1971 Oakland Athletics season

:Secondary Phase ::Round 1: Phil Garner ::Round 3: Steve Staggs (did not sign) ## Regular season Vida Blue became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the American League Cy Young Award. He was also the youngest AL player in the 20th century to win the MVP Award. During the year, Vida Blue was on the cover of *Sports Illustrated* and *Time* magazine. ### Season standings ### Record vs. opponents ### Opening day starters - 1B Don Mincher - 2B Dick Green - 3B Sal Bando - SS Bert Campaneris - LF Felipe Alou - CF Rick Monday - RF Reggie Jackson - C Dave Duncan - P Vida Blue ### Notable transactions - May 8, 1971: Frank Fernández, Don Mincher, Paul Lindblad, and cash were traded by the Athletics to the Washington Senators for Darold Knowles and Mike Epstein. - May 26, 1971: Rob Gardner was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Curt Blefary. - June 12, 1971: Champ Summers was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent. ### Roster ::data[format=table] | 1971 Oakland Athletics | |---| | **Roster** | | **Pitchers** | :: ## Player stats ::data[format=table] | | = Indicates team leader | |---|---| :: ### 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* ::data[format=table] | Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | C | | 103 | 363 | 92 | .253 | 15 | 40 | | 1B | | 104 | 329 | 77 | .234 | 18 | 51 | | 2B | | 144 | 475 | 116 | .244 | 12 | 49 | | 3B | | 153 | 538 | 146 | .271 | 24 | 74 | | SS | | 134 | 569 | 143 | .251 | 5 | 47 | | LF | | 127 | 513 | 137 | .267 | 10 | 52 | | CF | | 116 | 355 | 87 | .245 | 18 | 56 | | RF | | 150 | 567 | 157 | .277 | 32 | 80 | :: #### Other batters *Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in* ::data[format=table] | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 94 | 287 | 82 | .286 | 4 | 30 | | | 79 | 219 | 71 | .324 | 3 | 42 | | | 70 | 189 | 37 | .196 | 1 | 9 | | | 65 | 179 | 49 | .274 | 7 | 25 | | | 42 | 114 | 27 | .237 | 0 | 8 | | | 50 | 101 | 22 | .218 | 5 | 12 | | | 28 | 98 | 22 | .239 | 2 | 8 | | | 65 | 55 | 13 | .236 | 0 | 3 | | | 16 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 3 | | | 24 | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 | 3 | | | 14 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 1 | 2 | | | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 | | | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | | 23 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | | 7 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | :: ### Pitching #### Starting pitchers *Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts* ::data[format=table] | Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 39 | 312.0 | 24 | 8 | 1.82 | 301 | | | 37 | 273.2 | 21 | 11 | 2.96 | 181 | | | 30 | 189.0 | 15 | 5 | 3.81 | 100 | | | 26 | 146.1 | 10 | 8 | 3.14 | 81 | | | 25 | 140.2 | 10 | 12 | 4.29 | 69 | :: #### Other pitchers *Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts* ::data[format=table] | Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 4 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 5 | :: #### Relief pitchers *Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts* ::data[format=table] | Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 48 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 2.99 | 98 | | | 47 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2.86 | 46 | | | 43 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3.59 | 40 | | | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.18 | 30 | | | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.38 | 25 | | | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.98 | 13 | | | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.94 | 4 | | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 2 | | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.12 | 4 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 | :: ## Awards and honors - Vida Blue, P, American League Cy Young Award - Vida Blue, P, American League Most Valuable Player Award. Sal Bando, second in American League MVP voting - Dick Williams, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year ### All-Stars **[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game](1971-major-league-baseball-all-star-game)** - Vida Blue, pitcher, starter - Dave Duncan, reserve - Reggie Jackson, reserve ## 1971 American League Championship Series *Main article: [1971 American League Championship Series](1971-american-league-championship-series)* ### Game 1 Sunday, October 3, 1971, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland |}} ### Game 2 Monday, October 4, 1971, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland |}} ### Game 3 Tuesday, October 5, 1971, at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California |}} ## Farm system ## References ## References 1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=OAK&year_ID=1971&draft_type=Janreg& 1971 Oakland Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft] 2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=OAK&year_ID=1971&draft_type=Jansec& 1971 Oakland Athletics Picks in the MLB January Amateur Draft (secondary phase)] 3. ''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0 4. ''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 152 5. ''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.148, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0 6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knowlda01.shtml Darold Knowles page at Baseball Reference] 7. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blefacu01.shtml Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference] 8. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/summech01.shtml Champ Summers page at Baseball Reference] 9. 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