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1971 Atlanta Braves season

Field	Value
name	Atlanta Braves
season	1971
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Atlanta Stadium
city	Atlanta
record	82–80 (.506)
divisional_place	3rd
owners	William Bartholomay
general_managers	Paul Richards
managers	Lum Harris
television	WSB-TV
radio	WSB
(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton)

(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton) |}}

The 1971 Atlanta Braves season was the sixth season in Atlanta along with the 101st season as a franchise overall.

Offseason

November 30, 1970: Hal Breeden was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Hoyt Wilhelm.
December 2, 1970: Bob Tillman was traded by the Braves to the Milwaukee Brewers for Hank Allen, John Ryan (minors) and Paul Click (minors).
December 22, 1970: Don Cardwell was released by the Braves.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 1971: Hank Allen was released by the Braves.
April 16, 1971: Luis Tiant was signed as a free agent by the Braves.
May 15, 1971: Luis Tiant was released by the Braves.
June 2, 1971: Clete Boyer was released by the Braves.
June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
- Biff Pocoroba was drafted by the Braves in the 17th round.
- Mike Beard was drafted by the Braves in the 1st round (18th pick) of the secondary phase.
June 29, 1971: Hoyt Wilhelm was released by the Braves.

Roster

1971 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		145	497	129	.260	33	87
1B		139	495	162	.327	47	118
2B		143	577	167	.289	2	45
SS	Marty Perez	130	410	93	.227	4	32
3B	Darrell Evans	89	260	63	.242	12	38
LF	Ralph Garr	154	639	219	.343	9	44
CF	Sonny Jackson		149	547	141	.258	2	25
RF	Mike Lum	145	454	122	.269	13	55

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	71	250	69	.276	14	44
Hal King	86	198	41	.207	5	19
Zoilo Versalles	66	194	37	.191	5	22
Bob Didier	51	155	34	.219	0	5
Gil Garrido	79	125	27	.216	0	12
	30	98	24	.245	6	19
Dusty Baker	29	62	14	.226	0	4
Tommie Aaron	25	53	12	.226	0	3
	27	43	9	.209	0	5
Marv Staehle	22	36	4	.111	0	1
Jim Breazeale	10	21	4	.190	1	3
	9	10	0	.000	0	0
	9	7	2	.286	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Phil Niekro	42	268.2	15	14	2.98	173
Ron Reed	32	222.1	13	14	3.72	129
George Stone	27	172.2	6	8	3.60	110
	28	143.0	9	5	2.96	68

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pat Jarvis	35	162.1	6	14	4.10	68
	32	133.0	9	7	4.94	65
Gary Neibauer	6	21.0	1	0	2.14	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
40	4	9	4	4.22	36
39	3	1	2	4.80	40
25	0	1	1	5.23	22
17	4	1	1	3.54	38
11	1	0	0	3.05	11
3	0	0	0	15.43	1

Farm system

Notes

References

1971 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilheho01.shtml Hoyt Wilhelm] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allenha02.shtml Hank Allen] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardwdo01.shtml Don Cardwell] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tiantlu01.shtml Luis Tiant] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl02.shtml Clete Boyer] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pocorbi01.shtml Biff Pocoroba] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beardmi01.shtml Mike Beard] at ''Baseball Reference''

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