1971 San Francisco Giants | ||||
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National League West Champions | ||||
League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Candlestick Park | |||
City | San Francisco | |||
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |||
General managers | Jerry Donovan | |||
Managers | Charlie Fox | |||
Television | KTVU (Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) | |||
Radio | KSFO (Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) | |||
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The 1971 San Francisco Giants season was the: Giants' 89th year in Major League Baseball, their 14th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following theββ1957 season, and their 12th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in first place in the National League West with a 90β72 record. The Giants faced the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLCS, losing three gamesββto one.
Offseasonβ»
- December 30, 1970: Ron Hunt was traded by, the Giantsββto the Montreal Expos for Dave McDonald.
Regular seasonβ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Candlestick_Park_-_7-24-1971.jpg/220px-Candlestick_Park_-_7-24-1971.jpg)
- The Giants battled their arch rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, throughout the "season for the NL West Division lead." The Giants led by 8.5 games on September 1. In mid September the Dodgers won 8 in a row, "including 5 over the Giants to narrow the gap to one game." On the final day of the season, rookie Dave Kingman homered, leading the Giants to a win over the San Diego Padres to take the division crown, allowing Juan Marichal, Willie Mays, and Willie McCovey to play in the post season for the last time together.
- September 5, 1971: In a game against the Giants, J. R. Richard of the Houston Astros struck out 15 batters in his very first game, tying Major League record first set by Karl Spooner.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | β | 51β30 | 39β42 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 89 | 73 | .549 | 1 | 42β39 | 47β34 |
Atlanta Braves | 82 | 80 | .506 | 8 | 43β39 | 39β41 |
Cincinnati Reds | 79 | 83 | .488 | 11 | 46β35 | 33β48 |
Houston Astros | 79 | 83 | .488 | 11 | 39β42 | 40β41 |
San Diego Padres | 61 | 100 | .379 | 28Β½ | 33β48 | 28β52 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 5β7 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 11β7 | 7β11 | 6β6 | |||||
Chicago | 7β5 | β | 6β6 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 8β10 | 11β7 | 11β7 | 6β12 | 9β3 | 3β9 | 9β9 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9β9 | 6β6 | β | 5β13 | 7β11 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 8β4 | |||||
Houston | 9β9 | 7β5 | 13β5 | β | 8β10 | 4β8 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 2β10 | |||||
Los Angeles | 9β9 | 4β8 | 11β7 | 10β8 | β | 8β4 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 13β5 | 12β6 | 6β6 | |||||
Montreal | 5β7 | 10β8 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 4β8 | β | 9β9 | 6β12 | 7β11 | 6β5 | 7β5 | 4β14 | |||||
New York | 5β7 | 7β11 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 9β9 | β | 13β5 | 10β8 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 10β8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4-8 | 7β11 | 2β10 | 3β9 | 5β7 | 6β10 | 5β13 | β | 6β12 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 7β11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8β4 | 12β6 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 11β7 | 8β10 | 12β6 | β | 9β3 | 3β9 | 11β7 | |||||
San Diego | 7β11 | 3β9 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 5β13 | 5β6 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 3β9 | β | 5β13 | 4β8 | |||||
San Francisco | 11β7 | 9β3 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 6β12 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 13β5 | β | 5β7 | |||||
St. Louis | 6β6 | 9β9 | 4β8 | 10β2 | 6β6 | 14β4 | 8β10 | 11β7 | 7β11 | 8β4 | 7β5 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- May 29, 1971: George Foster was traded by the Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert.
- June 1, 1971: Bob Heise was traded by the Giants to the Milwaukee Brewers for Floyd Wicker.
- June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
- Frank Riccelli was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (18th pick).
- Willie Prall was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round.
Game log and scheduleβ»
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Postseasonβ»
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Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
= Indicates team leader |
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Dick Dietz | 142 | 453 | 58 | 114 | .252 | 19 | 72 | 1 |
1B | Willie McCovey | 105 | 329 | 45 | 91 | .277 | 18 | 70 | 0 |
2B | Tito Fuentes | 152 | 630 | 63 | 172 | .273 | 4 | 52 | 12 |
3B | Al Gallagher | 136 | 429 | 47 | 119 | .277 | 5 | 57 | 2 |
SS | Chris Speier | 157 | 601 | 74 | 141 | .235 | 8 | 46 | 4 |
LF | Ken Henderson | 141 | 504 | 80 | 133 | .264 | 15 | 65 | 18 |
CF | Willie Mays | 136 | 417 | 82 | 113 | .271 | 18 | 61 | 23 |
RF | Bobby Bonds | 155 | 619 | 110 | 178 | .288 | 33 | 102 | 26 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Hal Lanier | 109 | 206 | 48 | .233 | 1 | 13 |
Jimmy Rosario | 92 | 192 | 43 | .224 | 0 | 13 |
Dave Kingman | 41 | 115 | 32 | .278 | 6 | 24 |
George Foster | 36 | 105 | 28 | .267 | 3 | 8 |
Fran Healy | 47 | 93 | 26 | .280 | 2 | 11 |
Bernie Williams | 35 | 73 | 13 | .178 | 1 | 5 |
Russ Gibson | 25 | 57 | 11 | .193 | 1 | 7 |
Frank Johnson | 32 | 49 | 4 | .082 | 0 | 5 |
Ed Goodson | 20 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Ray Hart | 31 | 39 | 10 | .256 | 2 | 5 |
Frank Duffy | 21 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 0 | 2 |
Floyd Wicker | 9 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Arnold | 6 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 1 | 3 |
Jim Howarth | 7 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Heise | 13 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Rader | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gaylord Perry | 37 | 280.0 | 16 | 12 | 2.76 | 158 |
Juan Marichal | 37 | 279.0 | 18 | 11 | 2.94 | 159 |
Ron Bryant | 27 | 140.0 | 7 | 10 | 3.79 | 79 |
Steve Stone | 24 | 110.2 | 5 | 9 | 4.16 | 63 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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John Cumberland | 45 | 185.0 | 9 | 6 | 2.92 | 65 |
Don Carrithers | 22 | 80.1 | 5 | 3 | 4.03 | 41 |
Rich Robertson | 23 | 61.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.57 | 32 |
Frank Reberger | 13 | 43.2 | 3 | 0 | 3.92 | 21 |
Jim Willoughby | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 3 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jerry Johnson | 67 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 2.97 | 85 |
Don McMahon | 61 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4.06 | 71 |
Steve Hamilton | 39 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.02 | 38 |
Jim Barr | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.57 | 16 |
National League Championship Seriesβ»
The Pittsburgh Pirates win the series, 3β1, over the Giants.
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Pittsburgh β 4, San Francisco β 5 | October 2 | Candlestick Park | 40,977 |
2 | Pittsburgh β 9, San Francisco β 4 | October 3 | Candlestick Park | 42,562 |
3 | San Francisco β 1, Pittsburgh β 2 | October 5 | Three Rivers Stadium | 38,322 |
4 | San Francisco β 5, Pittsburgh β 9 | October 6 | Three Rivers Stadium | 35,487 |
Award winnersβ»
Farm systemβ»
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Jim Davenport |
AA | Amarillo Giants | Texas League | Andy Gilbert |
A | Fresno Giants | California League | Dennis Sommers |
A | Decatur Commodores | Midwest League | Frank Funk |
Rookie | Great Falls Giants | Pioneer League | Dick Wilson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls
Referencesβ»
- ^ Ron Hunt at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Seidel, Jeff (June 9, 2010). "K street: Strasburg racks up the strikeouts". MLB.com. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ George Foster at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Floyd Wicker at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Frank Riccelli at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Willie Prall at Baseball-Reference
- ^ "1971 San Francisco Giants Statistics".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and "3rd editions." Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External linksβ»
- 1971 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference
- 1971 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac