1971 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1971 National League East Wrigley Field Chicago 83 79 y 3rd Philip K. Wrigley John Holland Leo Durocher WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Jim West) WGN(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) chc CHC The 1971 Chicago Cubs season was the 100th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 96th in the National League and the 56th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League East with a record of 83–79. Offseason November 30, 1970: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Hal Breeden.Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference December 3, 1970: Phil Gagliano was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Carmen Fanzone.Phil Gagliano at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft Dennis Lamp was drafted by the Cubs in the 3rd round. Player signed June 11, 1971.Dennis Lamp at Baseball Reference Jim Tyrone was drafted by the Cubs in the 7th round.Jim Tyrone at Baseball Reference September 9, 1971: Bruce Sutter was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.Bruce Sutter at Baseball Reference Roster 1971 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 33 Bill Bonham 48 Jim Colborn 36 Joe Decker 40 Larry Gura 49 Bill Hands 30 Ken Holtzman 44 Burt Hooton 31 Ferguson Jenkins 45 Bob Miller 45 Ray Newman 32 Milt Pappas 46 Juan Pizarro 27 Phil Regan 37 Earl Stephenson 38 Ron Tompkins Catchers 19 Danny Breeden 43 Chris Cannizzaro 47 Frank Fernández  9 Randy Hundley 12 J. C. Martin 15 Ken Rudolph Infielders 14 Ernie Banks 18 Glenn Beckert 19 Pat Bourque 25 Hal Breeden 16 Garry Jestadt 11 Don Kessinger  8 Joe Pepitone 22 Paul Popovich 10 Ron Santo 21 Héctor Torres 23 Ray Webster Outfielders  6 Johnny Callison 29 Brock Davis 23 Carmen Fanzone 28 Jim Hickman 16 Gene Hiser 24 Cleo James 25 Billy North 20 José Ortiz 26 Billy Williams Other batters  3 Al Spangler Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches  5 Joey Amalfitano  7 Peanuts Lowrey  3 Al Spangler  1 Mel Wright 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 Chris Cannizzaro 71 197 42 .213 5 23 1B Joe Pepitone 115 427 131 .307 16 61 2B Glenn Beckert 131 530 181 .342 2 42 SS Don Kessinger 155 617 159 .258 2 38 3B Ron Santo 154 555 148 .267 21 88 LF Billy Williams Billy Williams (left fielder) 157 594 179 .301 28 93 CF Brock Davis 106 301 77 .256 0 28 RF Johnny Callison 103 290 61 .210 8 38 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 Jim Hickman Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder) 117 383 98 .256 19 60 Paul Popovich 89 226 49 .217 4 28 Cleo James 54 150 43 .287 2 13 J.C. Martin 47 125 33 .264 2 17 José Ortiz José Ortiz (outfielder) 36 88 26 .295 0 3 Ernie Banks 39 83 16 .193 3 6 Ken Rudolph 25 76 15 .197 0 7 Danny Breeden 25 65 10 .154 0 4 Héctor Torres 31 58 13 .224 0 2 Carmen Fanzone 12 43 8 .186 2 5 Frank Fernández 17 41 7 .171 4 4 Pat Bourque 14 37 7 .189 1 3 Hal Breeden 23 36 5 .139 1 2 Gene Hiser 17 29 6 .207 0 1 Randy Hundley 9 21 7 .333 0 2 Billy North 8 16 6 .375 0 0 Ramon Webster 16 16 5 .313 0 0 Al Spangler 5 5 2 .400 0 0 Garry Jestadt 3 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 Fergie Jenkins 39 325.0 24 13 2.77 263 Milt Pappas 35 261.1 17 14 3.51 99 Bill Hands 36 242.1 12 18 3.42 128 Ken Holtzman 30 195.0 9 15 4.48 143 Juan Pizarro 16 101.1 7 6 3.46 67 Burt Hooton 3 21.1 2 0 2.11 22 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 Joe Decker 21 45.2 3 2 4.73 37 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 Phil Regan 48 5 5 6 3.93 28 Ron Tompkins 35 0 2 3 4.08 20 Bill Bonham 33 2 1 0 4.65 41 Ray Newman 30 1 2 2 3.52 35 Earl Stephenson 16 1 0 1 4.43 11 Jim Colborn 14 0 1 0 6.57 2 Larry Gura 6 0 0 1 6.00 2 Bob Miller 2 0 0 0 5.14 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Tacoma Cubs Pacific Coast League Jim Marshall AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Walt Dixon A Quincy Cubs Midwest League Dick LeMay Rookie Caldwell Cubs Pioneer League Sparky Davis Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1971 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:Long stubs with short prose Category:1971 in Chicago