1971 Cleveland Indians season

1971 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Vernon Stouffer
General manager(s)	Alvin Dark, Gabe Paul
Manager(s)	Alvin Dark, Johnny Lipon
Local television	WJW-TV
Local radio	WERE (1300)
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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.

Offseason[]

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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.^[1]

Season standings[]

v t AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	101	57	0.639	—	53–24	48–33
Detroit Tigers	91	71	0.562	12	54–27	37–44
Boston Red Sox	85	77	0.525	18	47–33	38–44
New York Yankees	82	80	0.506	21	44–37	38–43
Washington Senators	63	96	0.396	38½	35–46	28–50
Cleveland Indians	60	102	0.370	43	29–52	31–50

Record vs. opponents[]

1971 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	WSH
Baltimore	—	9–9	7–5	8–4	13–5	8–10	6–5	9–3	10–2	11–7	7–4	13–3
Boston	9–9	—	6–6	10–2	11–7	12–6	1–11	6–6	8–4	7–11	3–9	12–6
California	5–7	6–6	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	8–10	6–12	12–6	6–6	7–11	4–8
Chicago	4–8	2–10	10–8	—	3–9	7–5	9–9	11–7	7–11	5–7	11–7	10–2
Cleveland	5–13	7–11	4–8	9–3	—	6–12	2–10	4–8	4–8	8–10	4–8	7–11
Detroit	10–8	6–12	6–6	5–7	12–6	—	8–4	10–2	6–6	10–8	4–8	14–4
Kansas City	5–6	11–1	10–8	9–9	10–2	4–8	—	8–10	9–9	5–7	5–13	9–3
Milwaukee	3–9	6–6	12–6	7–11	8–4	2–10	10–8	—	10–7	2–10	3–15	6–6
Minnesota	2–10	4–8	6–12	11–7	8–4	6–6	9–9	7–10	—	8–4	8–10	5–6
New York	7–11	11–7	6–6	7–5	10–8	8–10	7–5	10–2	4–8	—	5–7	7–11
Oakland	4–7	9–3	11–7	7–11	8–4	8–4	13–5	15–3	10–8	7–5	—	9–3
Washington	3–13	6–12	8–4	2–10	11–7	4–14	3–9	6–6	6–5	11–7	3–9	—

Opening Day Lineup[]

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
16	Larry Brown	SS
12	Graig Nettles	3B
27	Roy Foster	LF
8	Ray Fosse	C
40	Ken Harrelson	1B
24	Eddie Leon	2B
22	Ted Ford	RF
25	Buddy Bradford	CF
34	Steve Hargan	P

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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  6 Bobby Hofman (Third Base)  4 Johnny Lipon (First Base)

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	Ray Fosse	133	486	134	.276	12	62
1B	Chris Chambliss	111	415	114	.275	9	48
2B	Eddie Leon	131	429	112	.261	4	35
SS	Jack Heidemann	81	240	50	.208	0	9
3B	Graig Nettles	158	598	156	.261	28	86
LF	Ted Uhlaender	141	500	144	.288	2	47
CF	Vada Pinson	146	566	149	.263	11	35
RF	Roy Foster	125	396	97	.245	18	45

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
Larry Brown	13	50	11	.220	0	7
Jim Clark	13	18	3	.167	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

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
Vince Colbert	50	142.2	7	6	3.97	74

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
Rick Austin	23	0	0	1	5.09	20
Mark Ballinger	18	1	2	0	4.67	25

Awards and honors[]

• All-Star Game
• Ray Fosse, Gold Glove Award

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

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Notes[]

References[]

• 1971 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1971 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac