1971 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1971
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago, Illinois
Owners:	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
General Managers:	Stu Holcomb
Managers:	Chuck Tanner
Television:	WFLD (Jack Drees, Bud Kelly)
Radio:	WTAQ (AM), WEAW (Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher)

The 1971 Chicago White Sox season was their 72nd season overall and 71st in the American League. They finished with a record of 79–83.

Offseason

• December 31, 1970: Chuck Hartenstein was purchased by the White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.^[1]
• March 29, 1971: Tommy McCraw was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ed Stroud.^[2]
• March 31, 1971: Duane Josephson and Danny Murphy were traded by the White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Tony Muser and Vicente Romo.^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

• Lee Richard, SS
• Jay Johnstone, CF
• Mike Andrews, 2B
• Bill Melton, 3B
• Carlos May, 1B
• Rick Reichardt, LF
• Walt Williams, RF
• Ed Herrmann, C
• Tommy John, P

Notable transactions

• June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Warren Cromartie was drafted by the White Sox in the 7th round, but did not sign.^[4]
  • Jeff Holly was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round.^[5]
• July 7, 1971: Lee Maye was released by the White Sox.^[6]
• August 6, 1971: Joe Henderson was acquired by the White Sox from the Algodoneros de Union Laguna of the Mexican League.^[7]

Roster

1971 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Alvarado, SS,2B	99	264	22	57	14	1	0	8	11	34	.216	1
Mike Andrews, 2B,1B	109	330	45	93	16	0	12	47	67	36	.282	3
Chuck Brinkman, C	15	20	0	4	0	0	0	1	3	5	.200	0
Tom Egan, C	85	251	29	60	11	1	10	34	26	94	.239	1
Ed Herrmann, C	101	294	32	63	6	0	11	35	44	48	.214	2
Mike Hershberger, CF,RF	74	177	22	46	9	0	2	15	30	23	.260	6
Ken Hottman, LF	6	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	0
Steve Huntz, 2B,SS,3B	35	86	10	18	3	1	2	6	7	9	.209	1
Jay Johnstone, CF,RF,LF	124	388	53	101	14	1	16	40	38	50	.260	10
Pat Kelly, RF	67	213	32	62	6	3	3	22	36	29	.291	14
Ron Lolich, RF	2	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0
Carlos May, 1B,LF	141	500	64	147	21	7	7	70	62	61	.294	16
Lee Maye, RF,LF	32	44	6	9	2	0	1	7	5	7	.205	0
Rich McKinney, 2B,RF,3B	114	369	35	100	11	2	8	46	35	37	.271	0
Bill Melton, 3B	150	543	72	146	18	2	33	86	61	87	.269	3
Rich Morales, SS,3B,2B	84	185	19	45	8	0	2	14	22	26	.243	2
Tony Muser, 1B	11	16	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	.313	0
Rick Reichardt, LF,CF,1B	138	496	53	138	14	2	19	62	37	90	.278	5
Lee Richard, SS,CF	87	260	38	60	7	3	2	17	20	46	.231	8
Bob Spence, 1B	14	27	2	4	0	0	0	1	5	6	.148	0
Ed Stroud, OF	53	141	19	25	4	3	0	2	11	20	.177	4
Walt Williams, RF,LF	114	361	43	106	17	3	8	35	24	27	.294	5

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Tom Bradley, P	48	96	6	15	0	0	1	6	1	32	.156	0
Don Eddy, P	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Terry Forster, P	45	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.400	0
Rich Hinton, P	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1
Joe Horlen, P	36	40	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.100	0
Pat Jacquez, P	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Tommy John, P	38	69	3	10	0	0	0	2	3	14	.145	0
Bart Johnson, P	53	57	3	11	1	0	0	8	0	12	.193	0
Steve Kealey, P	54	10	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	4	.200	0
Jim Magnuson, P	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Stan Perzanowski, P	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Vicente Romo, P	45	11	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.364	0
Wilbur Wood, P	44	96	1	5	0	0	0	0	11	57	.052	1
	162	5382	617	1346	185	30	138	568	562	870	.250	83

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Tom Bradley	15	15	2.96	45	39	2	285.2	273	111	94	16	79	206
Don Eddy	0	2	2.38	22	0	0	22.2	19	6	6	3	21	14
Terry Forster	2	3	3.99	45	3	1	49.2	46	23	22	5	26	48
Rich Hinton	3	4	4.44	18	2	0	24.1	27	12	12	1	7	15
Joe Horlen	8	9	4.26	34	18	2	137.1	150	72	65	12	32	82
Pat Jacquez	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	1
Tommy John	13	16	3.61	38	35	0	229.1	244	115	92	17	63	131
Bart Johnson	12	10	2.93	53	16	14	178.0	148	67	58	9	117	153
Steve Kealey	2	2	3.84	54	1	6	77.1	69	40	33	10	32	50
Jim Magnuson	1	1	4.50	15	4	0	30.0	30	18	15	0	16	11
Denny O'Toole	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Stan Perzanowski	0	1	12.00	5	0	1	6.0	14	10	8	1	3	5
Vicente Romo	1	7	3.38	45	2	5	72.0	52	27	27	5	43	48
Wilbur Wood	22	13	1.91	44	42	1	334.0	272	95	71	21	64	210
	79	83	3.12	162	162	32	1450.1	1348	597	503	100	506	976

Farm system

See also: Farm system.

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1971 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartech01.shtml Chuck Hartenstein page at Baseball-Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stroued01.shtml Ed Stroud page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muserto01.shtml Tony Muser page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cromawa01.shtml Warren Cromartie page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollyje01.shtml Jeff Holly page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayele01.shtml Lee Maye page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hendejo01.shtml Joe Henderson page at Baseball Reference