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1971 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1971
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Comiskey Park
city	Chicago, Illinois
owners	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
general_managers	Stu Holcomb
managers	Chuck Tanner
television	WFLD
(Jack Drees, Bud Kelly)
radio	WTAQ (AM), WEAW
(Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher)

(Jack Drees, Bud Kelly) (Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher) |}}

The 1971 Chicago White Sox season was their 72nd season overall and 71st in the American League. They finished with a record of 79–83.

Offseason

December 31, 1970: Chuck Hartenstein was purchased by the White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.
March 29, 1971: Tommy McCraw was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ed Stroud.
March 31, 1971: Duane Josephson and Danny Murphy were traded by the White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Tony Muser and Vicente Romo.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Lee Richard, SS
Jay Johnstone, CF
Mike Andrews, 2B
Bill Melton, 3B
Carlos May, 1B
Rick Reichardt, LF
Walt Williams, RF
Ed Herrmann, C
Tommy John, P

Notable transactions

June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
- Warren Cromartie was drafted by the White Sox in the 7th round, but did not sign.
- Jeff Holly was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round.
July 7, 1971: Lee Maye was released by the White Sox.
August 6, 1971: Joe Henderson was acquired by the White Sox from the Algodoneros de Union Laguna of the Mexican League.

Roster

1971 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Alvarado, SS, 2B	99	264	22	57	14	1	0	8	11	34	.216	1
Mike Andrews, 2B, 1B	109	330	45	93	16	0	12	47	67	36	.282	3
Chuck Brinkman, C	15	20	0	4	0	0	0	1	3	5	.200	0
Tom Egan, C	85	251	29	60	11	1	10	34	26	94	.239	1
Ed Herrmann, C	101	294	32	63	6	0	11	35	44	48	.214	2
Mike Hershberger, CF, RF	74	177	22	46	9	0	2	15	30	23	.260	6
Ken Hottman, LF	6	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	0
Steve Huntz, 2B, SS, 3B	35	86	10	18	3	1	2	6	7	9	.209	1
Jay Johnstone, CF, RF, LF	124	388	53	101	14	1	16	40	38	50	.260	10
Pat Kelly, RF	67	213	32	62	6	3	3	22	36	29	.291	14
Ron Lolich, RF	2	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0
Carlos May, 1B, LF	141	500	64	147	21	7	7	70	62	61	.294	16
Lee Maye, RF, LF	32	44	6	9	2	0	1	7	5	7	.205	0
Rich McKinney, 2B, RF, 3B	114	369	35	100	11	2	8	46	35	37	.271	0
Bill Melton, 3B	150	543	72	146	18	2	33	86	61	87	.269	3
Rich Morales, SS, 3B, 2B	84	185	19	45	8	0	2	14	22	26	.243	2
Tony Muser, 1B	11	16	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	.313	0
Rick Reichardt, LF, CF, 1B	138	496	53	138	14	2	19	62	37	90	.278	5
Lee Richard, SS, CF	87	260	38	60	7	3	2	17	20	46	.231	8
Bob Spence, 1B	14	27	2	4	0	0	0	1	5	6	.148	0
Ed Stroud, OF	53	141	19	25	4	3	0	2	11	20	.177	4
Walt Williams, RF, LF	114	361	43	106	17	3	8	35	24	27	.294	5

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Tom Bradley, P	48	96	6	15	0	0	1	6	1	32	.156	0
Don Eddy, P	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Terry Forster, P	45	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.400	0
Rich Hinton, P	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1
Joe Horlen, P	36	40	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.100	0
Pat Jacquez, P	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Tommy John, P	38	69	3	10	0	0	0	2	3	14	.145	0
Bart Johnson, P	53	57	3	11	1	0	0	8	0	12	.193	0
Steve Kealey, P	54	10	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	4	.200	0
Jim Magnuson, P	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Stan Perzanowski, P	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Vicente Romo, P	45	11	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.364	0
Wilbur Wood, P	44	96	1	5	0	0	0	0	11	57	.052	1
	162	5382	617	1346	185	30	138	568	562	870	.250	83

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Tom Bradley	15	15	2.96	45	39	2	285.2	273	111	94	16	79	206
Don Eddy	0	2	2.38	22	0	0	22.2	19	6	6	3	21	14
Terry Forster	2	3	3.99	45	3	1	49.2	46	23	22	5	26	48
Rich Hinton	3	4	4.44	18	2	0	24.1	27	12	12	1	7	15
Joe Horlen	8	9	4.26	34	18	2	137.1	150	72	65	12	32	82
Pat Jacquez	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	1
Tommy John	13	16	3.61	38	35	0	229.1	244	115	92	17	63	131
Bart Johnson	12	10	2.93	53	16	14	178.0	148	67	58	9	117	153
Steve Kealey	2	2	3.84	54	1	6	77.1	69	40	33	10	32	50
Jim Magnuson	1	1	4.50	15	4	0	30.0	30	18	15	0	16	11
Denny O'Toole	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Stan Perzanowski	0	1	12.00	5	0	1	6.0	14	10	8	1	3	5
Vicente Romo	1	7	3.38	45	2	5	72.0	52	27	27	5	43	48
Wilbur Wood	22	13	1.91	44	42	1	334.0	272	95	71	21	64	210
	79	83	3.12	162	162	32	1450.1	1348	597	503	100	506	976

Farm system

Notes

References

1971 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartech01.shtml Chuck Hartenstein page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stroued01.shtml Ed Stroud page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muserto01.shtml Tony Muser page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cromawa01.shtml Warren Cromartie page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollyje01.shtml Jeff Holly page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayele01.shtml Lee Maye page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hendejo01.shtml Joe Henderson page at Baseball Reference]

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