1971 California Angels season

The 1971 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

1971 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Gene Autry
General manager(s)Dick Walsh
Manager(s)Lefty Phillips
Local televisionKTLA
Local radioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus, Jerry Coleman)
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Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10160 0.627 — 46–35 55–25
Kansas City Royals 8576 0.528 16 44–37 41–39
Chicago White Sox 7983 0.488 22½ 39–42 40–41
California Angels 7686 0.469 25½ 35–46 41–40
Minnesota Twins 7486 0.463 26½ 37–42 37–44
Milwaukee Brewers 6992 0.429 32 34–48 35–44

Record vs. opponents
1971 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore —9–97–58–413–58–106–59–310–211–77–413–3
Boston 9–9—6–610–211–712–61–116–68–47–113–912–6
California 5–76–6—8–108–46–68–106–1212–66–67–114–8
Chicago 4–82–1010–8—3–97–59–911–77–115–711–710–2
Cleveland 5–137–114–89–3—6–122–104–84–88–104–87–11
Detroit 10–86–126–65–712–6—8–410–26–610–84–814–4
Kansas City 5–611–110–89–910–24–8—8–109–95–75–139–3
Milwaukee 3–96–612–67–118–42–1010–8—10–72–103–156–6
Minnesota 2–104–86–1211–78–46–69–97–10—8–48–105–6
New York 7–1111–76–67–510–88–107–510–24–8—5–77–11
Oakland 4–79–311–77–118–48–413–515–310–87–5—9–3
Washington 3–136–128–42–1011–74–143–96–66–511–73–9—

Opening Day starters
  • Sandy Alomar
  • Ken Berry
  • Tony Conigliaro
  • Jim Fregosi
  • Alex Johnson
  • Ken McMullen
  • Jerry Moses
  • Jim Spencer
  • Clyde Wright[1]

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster
1971 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
1BJim Spencer148510121.2371859
2BSandy Alomar162689179.260442
3BKen McMullen160593148.2502168
LFTony González11131477.245338
CFKen Berry11129866.221322
RFTony Conigliaro7426659.222415

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
Mickey Rivers7926871.265112
Alex Johnson6524263.260221
Art Kusnyer6132.15400

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
Andy Messersmith38276.220132.99179
Clyde Wright37276.216172.99135
Tom Murphy37243.16173.7789
Rudy May32208.111123.02156

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
Rickey Clark1144212.8628

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
Eddie Fisher5710832.7282
Dave LaRoche565192.5063
Lloyd Allen5446152.4972
Mel Queen442241.7853

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Angels Pacific Coast League Del Rice
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Les Moss
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Mike Stubbins
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Bob Clear

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salt Lake City, Quad Cities

Notes
  1. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1971&t=CAL
  2. Joe Henderson page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Ron Jackson page at Baseball Reference
  4. Billy Smith page at Baseball Reference

References
  • 1971 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1971 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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