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1971 Atlanta Braves season

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

1971 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAtlanta Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersWilliam Bartholomay
General managersPaul Richards
ManagersLum Harris
TelevisionWSB-TV
RadioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton)
← 1970
1972 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 .556 — 51‍–‍30 39‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8973 .549 1 42‍–‍39 47‍–‍34
Atlanta Braves 8280 .506 8 43‍–‍39 39‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 7983 .488 11 46‍–‍35 33‍–‍48
Houston Astros 7983 .488 11 39‍–‍42 40‍–‍41
San Diego Padres 61100 .379 28½ 33‍–‍48 28‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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1971 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–79–99–99–97–57–58–44–811–77–116–6
Chicago 7–5—6–65–78–48–1011–711–76–129–33–99–9
Cincinnati 9–96–6—5–137–117–58–45–75–710–89–98–4
Houston 9–97–513–5—8–104–85–78–44–810–89–92–10
Los Angeles 9–94–811–710–8—8–45–77–54–813–512–66–6
Montreal 5–710–85–78–44–8—9–96–127–116–57–54–14
New York 5–77–114–87–57–59–9—13–510–87–54–810–8
Philadelphia 4-87–112–103–95–76–105–13—6–124–86–67–11
Pittsburgh 8–412–67–58–48–411–78–1012–6—9–33–911–7
San Diego 7–113–98–108–105–135–65–78–43–9—5–134–8
San Francisco 11–79–39–99–96–125–78–46–69–313–5—5–7
St. Louis 6–69–94–810–26–614–48–1011–77–118–47–5—

Notable transactions

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Roster

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CEarl Williams145497129.2603387
1BHank Aaron139495162.32747118
2BFélix Millán143577167.289245
SSMarty Perez13041093.227432
3BDarrell Evans8926063.2421238
LFRalph Garr154639219.343944
CFSonny Jackson149547141.258225
RFMike Lum145454122.2691355

Other batters

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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
Orlando Cepeda7125069.2761444
Hal King8619841.207519
Zoilo Versalles6619437.191522
Bob Didier5115534.21905
Gil Garrido7912527.216012
Clete Boyer309824.245619
Dusty Baker296214.22604
Tommie Aaron255312.22603
Oscar Brown27439.20905
Marv Staehle22364.11101
Jim Breazeale10214.19013
Leo Foster9100.00000
Tony La Russa972.28600

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Niekro42268.215142.98173
Ron Reed32222.113143.72129
George Stone27172.2683.60110
Tom Kelley28143.0952.9668

Other pitchers

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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 Jarvis35162.16144.1068
Jim Nash32133.0974.9465
Gary Neibauer621.0102.146

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Priddy404944.2236
Steve Barber393124.8040
Ron Herbel250115.2322
Mike McQueen174113.5438
Tom House111003.0511
Hoyt Wilhelm300015.431

Farm system

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference
  2. 1 2 Hank Allen at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Don Cardwell at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Luis Tiant at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Clete Boyer at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Biff Pocoroba at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Mike Beard at Baseball Reference

References

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