1971 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1971 American League East Cleveland Municipal Stadium Cleveland, Ohio Vernon Stouffer Alvin Dark, Gabe Paul Alvin Dark, Johnny Lipon WJW-TV WERE (1300) The 1971 Cleveland Indians season was the 71st in franchise history. The team finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 60–102, 43 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. Regular season In the summer of 1971, Indians owner Vernon Stouffer was entertaining overtures with regards to the Cleveland Indians playing 27 to 30 home dates a year in New Orleans.Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 4, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, 978-0-06-169031-0 Season standings Record vs. opponents CLE Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position16 Larry Brown SS 12 Graig Nettles 3B27 Roy Foster LF8 Ray Fosse C40 Ken Harrelson 1B24 Eddie Leon 2B22 Ted Ford RF25 Buddy Bradford CF34 Steve Hargan P 1971 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference Roster 1971 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers 33 Rick Austin 49 Mark Ballinger 44 Vince Colbert 46 Steve Dunning 47 Ed Farmer 32 Alan Foster 45 Rich Hand 34 Steve Hargan 38 Phil Hennigan 51 Bob Kaiser 30 Ray Lamb 50 Chuck Machemehl 48 Sam McDowell 31 Steve Mingori 36 Camilo Pascual 39 Mike Paul Catchers  8 Ray Fosse  7 Ken Suarez Infielders 25 Kurt Bevacqua 16 Larry Brown 17 Lou Camilli 14 Chris Chambliss 40 Ken Harrelson 18 Jack Heidemann 23 Chuck Hinton 10 Gomer Hodge 24 Eddie Leon 29 John Lowenstein 12 Graig Nettles 16 Fred Stanley Outfielders 21 Frank Baker 25 Buddy Bradford 40 Jim Clark 22 Ted Ford 27 Roy Foster 28 Vada Pinson 11 Ted Uhlaender Manager  1 Alvin Dark (Apr 6 - Jul 28)  4 Johnny Lipon (Jul 29 - Sep 29) Coaches  2 Cot Deal (Pitching)  3 Kerby Farrell (Bench)  6 Bobby Hofman (Third Base)  4 Johnny Lipon (First Base) Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Run batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB Rick Austin Rick Austin (baseball) 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Frank Baker Frank Baker (outfielder) 73 181 18 38 12 1 1 23 .210 1 Mark Ballinger 18 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0 Kurt Bevacqua 55 137 9 28 3 1 3 13 .204 0 Buddy Bradford 20 38 4 6 2 1 0 3 .158 0 Larry Brown Larry Brown (infielder) 13 50 4 11 1 0 0 5 .220 0 Lou Camilli 39 81 5 16 2 0 0 0 .198 0 Chris Chambliss 111 415 49 114 20 4 9 48 .275 2 Jim Clark Jim Clark (1970s outfielder) 13 18 2 3 0 1 0 0 .167 0 Vince Colbert 52 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 .138 0 Steve Dunning 32 55 5 10 1 0 1 7 .182 0 Ed Farmer 43 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 .071 0 Ted Ford 74 196 15 38 6 0 2 14 .194 2 Ray Fosse 133 486 53 134 21 1 12 62 .276 4 Alan Foster Alan Foster (baseball) 37 51 2 2 1 0 0 3 .039 0 Roy Foster Roy Foster (baseball) 125 396 51 97 21 1 18 45 .245 6 Rich Hand 16 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 .125 0 Steve Hargan 37 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 .063 0 Ken Harrelson 52 161 20 32 2 0 5 14 .199 1 Jack Heidemann 81 240 16 50 7 0 0 9 .208 1 Phil Hennigan 57 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Chuck Hinton 88 147 13 33 7 0 5 14 .224 0 Gomer Hodge 80 83 3 17 3 0 1 9 .205 0 Bob Kaiser 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Ray Lamb 43 43 3 4 0 0 0 0 .093 0 Eddie Leon 131 429 35 112 12 2 4 35 .261 3 John Lowenstein 58 140 15 26 5 0 4 9 .186 1 Chuck Machemehl 14 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 Sam McDowell 35 73 1 13 0 0 0 4 .178 0 Steve Mingori 54 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 Graig Nettles 158 598 78 156 18 1 28 86 .261 7 Camilo Pascual 9 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 .600 0 Mike Paul 17 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 .053 0 Vada Pinson 146 566 60 149 23 4 11 35 .263 25 Fred Stanley Fred Stanley (baseball) 60 129 14 29 4 0 2 12 .225 1 Ken Suarez 50 123 10 25 7 0 1 9 .203 0 Ted Uhlaender 141 500 52 144 20 3 2 47 .288 3 Team totals 162 5467 543 1303 200 20 109 507 .238 57 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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K Rick Austin Rick Austin (baseball) 0 0 5.09 23 0 1 23.0 25 15 13 20 20 Mark Ballinger 1 2 4.67 18 0 0 34.2 30 21 18 13 25 Vince Colbert 7 6 3.97 50 10 2 142.2 140 71 63 71 74 Steve Dunning 8 14 4.50 31 29 1 184.0 173 98 92 109 132 Ed Farmer 5 4 4.35 43 4 4 78.2 77 42 38 41 48 Alan Foster Alan Foster (baseball) 8 12 4.16 36 26 0 181.2 158 93 84 82 97 Rich Hand 2 6 5.79 15 12 0 60.2 74 43 39 38 26 Steve Hargan 1 13 6.19 37 16 1 113.1 138 83 78 56 52 Phil Hennigan 4 3 4.94 57 0 14 82.0 80 45 45 51 69 Bob Kaiser 0 0 4.50 5 0 0 6.0 8 3 3 3 4 Ray Lamb 6 12 3.35 43 21 1 158.1 147 67 59 69 91 Chuck Machemehl 0 2 6.38 14 0 3 18.1 16 16 13 15 9 Sam McDowell 13 17 3.40 35 31 1 214.2 160 89 81 153 192 Steve Mingori 1 2 1.43 54 0 4 56.2 31 10 9 24 45 Camilo Pascual 2 2 3.09 9 1 0 23.1 17 9 8 11 20 Mike Paul 2 7 5.95 17 12 0 62.0 78 42 41 14 33 Team totals 60 102 4.28 162 162 32 1440.0 1352 747 684 770 937 Awards and honors All-Star Game Ray Fosse, Gold Glove Award Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Ken Aspromonte AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Ray Hathaway A Reno Silver Sox California League Pinky May Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Len JohnstonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes 2 References 1971 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1971 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cincinnati Indians Category:1970s in Cleveland Category:Long stubs with short prose