1971 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1971 American League West Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin 69 92 y 6th Bud Selig Frank Lane Dave Bristol WTMJ-TV WTMJ (AM)(Merle Harmon, Tom Collins, Bob Uecker) mil MIL The 1971 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 2nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 3rd overall. The Brewers' finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses. Offseason October 1, 1970: Sixto Lezcano was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lezcasi01.shtml Sixto Lezacano: Career Statistics Baseball Reference 14 March 2018 October 20, 1970: Jerry McNertney, George Lauzerique, and Jesse Huggins (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Carl Taylor and Jim Ellis.Jerry McNertney page at Baseball Reference.com October 20, 1970: Larry Bearnarth was purchased by the Brewers from the New York Mets.Larry Bearnarth at Baseball Reference December 2, 1970: Hank Allen, John Ryan (minors) and Paul Click (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Bob Tillman.Hank Allen at Baseball Reference February 2, 1971: Carl Taylor was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Ellie Rodríguez.Ellie Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference.com February 10, 1971: Al Downing was traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Andy Kosco.Andy Kosco at Baseball Reference March 6, 1971: Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley persuaded American League president Joe Cronin to have a preseason game in which a walk was allowed on three pitches rather than four. The Athletics bested the Milwaukee Brewers by a 13–9 tally. Nineteen total walks were issued in the game, and a collective six home runs were hit.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.146, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, 978-0-8027-1745-0 Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Notable transactions April 22, 1971: Ray Peters and Pete Koegel were traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Briggs.Johnny Briggs at Baseball Reference May 11, 1971: Ted Savage was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Tom Matchick.Tom Matching at Baseball Reference June 1, 1971: Floyd Wicker was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Bob Heise.Bob Heise page at Baseball Reference.com June 7, 1971: Danny Walton was traded by the Brewers to the New York Yankees for Frank Tepedino and Bobby Mitchell.Frank Tepedino at Baseball Reference June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft Rob Ellis was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round.Rob Ellis page at Baseball Reference.com Kevin Kobel was drafted by the Brewers in the 10th round.Kevin Kobel at Baseball Reference July 8, 1971: Phil Roof was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins for Paul Ratliff.Phil Roof at Baseball Reference Roster 1971 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 29 Larry Bearnarth 40 Jerry Bell 49 Dick Ellsworth 25 John Gelnar 34 Jim Hannan 24 Lew Krausse Jr. 42 Skip Lockwood 38 Marcelino López 35 John Morris 52 Bill Parsons 33 Marty Pattin 25 Bob Reynolds 20 Ken Sanders 41 Jim Slaton 49 Floyd Weaver Catchers 15 Darrell Porter  5 Paul Ratliff  6 Ellie Rodríguez  5 Phil Roof Infielders 19 Rick Auerbach  8 Rob Ellis 22 Gus Gil  8 Mike Hegan  2 Bob Heise 17 Pete Koegel  1 Ted Kubiak 22 Tom Matchick 28 Roberto Peña  9 Ducky Schofield  7 Frank Tepedino 16 Ron Theobald Outfielders 12 Johnny Briggs  1 José Cardenal 21 Tommy Harper 10 Andy Kosco 11 Dave May 23 Bobby Mitchell  2 Ted Savage 22 Bernie Smith 32 Bill Voss 12 Danny Walton  9 Al Yates Other batters 40 Floyd Wicker Manager  4 Dave Bristol Coaches 27 Cal Ermer (Third base) 31 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting) 26 Roy McMillan (First base) 30 Jackie Moore (Bullpen) 18 Wes Stock (Pitching) 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 Ellie Rodríguez 115 319 67 .210 1 30 1B Johnny Briggs Johnny Briggs (baseball) 125 375 99 .264 21 59 2B Ron Theobald 126 388 107 .276 1 23 SS Rick Auerbach 79 236 48 .203 1 9 3B Tommy Matchick 42 114 25 .219 1 7 LF Andy Kosco 98 264 60 .227 10 39 CF Dave May 144 501 139 .277 16 65 RF Bill Voss 97 275 69 .251 10 30 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 Roberto Peña 113 274 65 .237 3 28 Andy Kosco 98 264 60 .227 10 39 Ted Kubiak 89 260 59 .227 3 17 José Cardenal 53 198 91 .258 3 32 Bob Heise 68 189 48 .254 0 7 Mike Hegan 46 122 27 .221 4 11 Phil Roof 41 114 22 .193 1 10 Rob Ellis Rob Ellis (baseball) 36 111 22 .198 0 6 Frank Tepedino 53 106 21 .198 2 7 Darrell Porter 22 70 15 .214 2 9 Danny Walton 30 69 14 .203 2 9 Bobby Mitchell 35 55 10 .182 2 6 Al Yates 24 47 13 .277 1 4 Paul Ratliff 23 41 7 .171 3 7 Bernie Smith 15 36 5 .139 1 3 Gus Gil 14 32 5 .156 0 3 Ducky Schofield 23 28 3 .107 0 1 Ted Savage 14 17 3 .176 0 1 Floyd Wicker 11 8 1 .125 0 0 Pete Koegel 2 3 0 .000 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 Marty Pattin 36 264.2 14 14 3.13 169 Bill Parsons 36 244.2 13 17 3.20 139 Skip Lockwood 33 208.0 10 15 3.33 115 Jim Slaton 26 147.2 10 8 3.78 63 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 Lew Krausse Jr. 43 180.1 8 12 2.94 92 Marcelino López 31 67.2 2 7 4.66 42 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Ken Sanders 83 7 12 31 1.91 80 John Morris 43 2 2 1 3.72 42 Jim Hannan 21 1 1 0 5.01 17 Floyd Weaver 21 0 1 0 7.24 12 Dick Ellsworth 11 0 1 0 4.91 10 Jerry Bell Jerry Bell (pitcher) 8 2 1 0 3.07 8 Bob Reynolds 3 0 1 0 3.00 4 Larry Bearnarth 2 0 0 0 18.00 2 John Gelnar 2 0 0 0 13.50 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of three minor league affiliates in 1971.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1971 1971 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 Triple-A Evansville Triplets American Association Del Crandall Class A Danville Warriors Midwest League Sandy Johnson Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Al Widmar Notes 2 References 1971 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference 1971 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Category:1971 in sports in Wisconsin Category:1970s in Milwaukee