1971 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersBing Devine
ManagersRed Schoendienst
TelevisionKSD-TV
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Jim Woods)
Seasons

The 1971 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 90th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 80th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 90–72 during the season and finished second in the National League East, seven games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

Regular season

The Cardinals scrapped their traditional buttoned jerseys for T-shirt style uniform tops, and would keep them until they switched back in 1992.

Third baseman Joe Torre won the MVP Award this year, batting .363, with 24 home runs and 137 RBIs. Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year, and threw a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 14.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9765 0.599 — 52–28 45–37
St. Louis Cardinals 9072 0.556 7 45–36 45–36
Chicago Cubs 8379 0.512 14 44–37 39–42
New York Mets 8379 0.512 14 44–37 39–42
Montreal Expos 7190 0.441 25½ 36–44 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6795 0.414 30 34–47 33–48

Record vs. opponents

1971 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–79–99–99–97–57–58–44–811–77–116–6
Chicago 7–5—6–65–78–48–1011–711–76–129–33–99–9
Cincinnati 9–96–6—5–137–117–58–45–75–710–89–98–4
Houston 9–97–513–5—8–104–85–78–44–810–89–92–10
Los Angeles 9–94–811–710–8—8–45–77–54–813–512–66–6
Montreal 5–710–85–78–44–8—9–96–127–116–57–54–14
New York 5–77–114–87–57–59–9—13–510–87–54–810–8
Philadelphia 4-87–112–103–95–76–105–13—6–124–86–67–11
Pittsburgh 8–412–67–58–48–411–78–1012–6—9–33–911–7
San Diego 7–113–98–108–105–135–65–78–43–9—5–134–8
San Francisco 11–79–39–99–96–125–78–46–69–313–5—5–7
St. Louis 6–69–94–810–26–614–48–1011–77–118–47–5—

Game log

1971 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (90–72)[3]
April: (13–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Cubs1–2JenkinsGibson39,0790–1
2April 7@ Cubs14–3CarltonHands23,2871–1
3April 10Giants4–6RebergerReussJohnson26,8411–2
4April 11 (1)Giants4–2GibsonRobertson2–2
5April 11 (2)Giants2–7MarichalCleveland27,1042–3
6April 12Astros5–4CarltonBlasingameLinzy11,2703–3
7April 13Astros4–8CulverTorrezLemaster5,1053–4
8April 14@ Dodgers7–1ReussOsteenLinzy11,6444–4
9April 15@ Dodgers1–2DowningCleveland12,6324–5
10April 16@ Padres7–1GibsonCoombs6,7825–5
11April 17@ Padres4–0CarltonPhoebus3,4626–5
12April 18@ Padres4–2TorrezRossLinzy8,7777–5
13April 19@ Giants2–4BryantReuss3,6307–6
14April 20@ Giants2–1ClevelandMarichalDrabowsky9,7918–6
15April 21@ Giants5–3GibsonPerry6,1789–6
16April 22Phillies5–2CarltonBunning8,41110–6
17April 23Phillies6–8BrandonBrunet29,29010–7
18April 24Phillies5–0ReussChampion17,73311–7
19April 25Phillies5–4LinzyFryman13,12212–7
20April 26Mets2–12SeaverGibson20,40212–8
21April 27Mets1–2KoosmanCarltonFrisella8,57512–9
22April 28Mets1–9GentryTorrez8,17112–10
23April 29Mets0–7RyanReussFrisella10,21512–11
24April 30Expos4–2ShawRaymond10,76613–11
May: (19–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Expos2–2Rain outTied after7 innings32,06113–11
26May 2Expos1–0CarltonMorton10,32014–11
27May 3@ Phillies2–3LerschZacharyHoerner9,10214–12
28May 4@ Phillies7–3ReussShort9,33915–12
29May 5@ Phillies5–1ClevelandHoerner10,18416–12
30May 7@ Mets1–3SeaverGibson44,30416–13
31May 9@ Mets5–9KoosmanCarltonFrisella27,18916–14
32May 10@ Expos8–5ReussRenkoLinzy16,70317–14
33May 11@ Expos10–4ClevelandMortonLinzy8,86218–14
34May 14@ Astros4–2GibsonBillingham16,43719–14
35May 15@ Astros6–5CarltonGriffinTaylor19,28520–14
36May 16@ Astros4–12DierkerReussRay14,98320–15
37May 18Dodgers6–5DrabowskyBrewer14,75321–15
38May 19Dodgers5–6MikkelsenGibson13,86921–16
39May 20Dodgers5–0CarltonSinger11,87522–16
40May 21Padres15–8ShawLaxtonDrabowsky27,29823–16
41May 22Padres7–4ZacharyRobertsShaw10,77624–16
42May 23Padres6–1ClevelandArlin9,47525–16
43May 24Padres3–12PhoebusGibsonMiller8,60925–17
44May 25Cubs4–2CarltonHands12,66726–17
45May 26Cubs9–4TaylorHoltzman12,69027–17
46May 27Cubs10–0ZacharyJenkins14,16728–17
47May 28Braves4–0ClevelandReed14,53729–17
48May 29Braves8–7DrabowskyUpshaw47,59830–17
49May 30Braves8–3CarltonP. Niekro24,38031–17
50May 31Braves3–2ReussStone20,34932–17
June: (8–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Pirates0–9Ellis (7–3)Zachary (2–2)21,51632–18
52June 2@ Pirates1–10Walker (2–6)Cleveland (5–3)Veale (1)9,61232–19
53June 3@ Pirates7–1Carlton (10–2)Johnson (4–4)18,94733–19
54June 4@ Reds0–12Grimsley (3–1)Zachary (2–3)17,12033–20
55June 5@ Reds5–3Reuss (6–4)Cloninger (2–4)Drabowsky (3)18,14434–20
56June 6@ Reds2–4Gullett (6–2)Cleveland (5–4)Gibbon (5)20,18934–21
57June 7@ Braves7–6Drabowsky (3–0)Priddy (2–2)10,35435–21
58June 8@ Braves7–8Upshaw (7–4)Linzy (1–1)8,51835–22
59June 9@ Braves3–8P. Niekro (4–6)Zachary (2–4)7,50635–23
60June 10Pirates1–3Blass (6–3)Reuss (6–5)18,95035–24
61June 11Pirates4–11Ellis (9–3)Cleveland (5–5)Giusti (13)27,30835–25
62June 12Pirates3–4Grant (4–2)Arroyo (0–1)24,56535–26
63June 13Pirates4–8Giusti (2–1)Carlton (10–3)Hernández (1)21,20535–27
64June 14Reds2–7Grimsley (4–1)Reuss (6–6)Carroll (7)18,61335–28
65June 15Reds6–1Cleveland (6–5)Merritt (0–8)19,51436–28
66June 16Reds0–1Gullett (7–2)Santorini (0–3)19,23236–29
67June 17@ Cubs6–7Bonham (1–1)Zachary (2–5)22,74936–30
68June 18@ Cubs5–15Pappas (7–6)Reuss (6–7)Regan (2)23,54036–31
69June 19@ Cubs1–7Hands (8–8)Cleveland (6–6)32,80936–32
70June 20@ Cubs5–4Drabowsky (4–0)Holtzman (6–8)34,57437–32
71June 21@ Dodgers0–4O'Brien (2–1)Gibson (4–6)18,48037–33
72June 22@ Dodgers6–5Carlton (11–3)Osteen (8–5)21,00438–33
73June 23@ Dodgers3–1Drabowsky (5–0)Brewer (3–2)Shaw (2)19,91039–33
74June 24@ Dodgers4–11Downing (8–4)Cleveland (6–7)Peña (1)19,28239–34
75June 25Cubs0–12Bonham (2–1)Santorini (0–4)28,74339–35
76June 26Cubs1–5Holtzman (7–8)Gibson (4–7)43,30039–36
77June 27Cubs1–4Jenkins (11–7)Carlton (11–4)34,96439–37
78June 28Pirates5–11Moose (6–4)Reuss (6–8)Grant (7)15,02439–38
79June 29Pirates8–3Cleveland (7–7)Walker (3–7)14,58640–38
July: (18–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Giants7–8McMahonZacharyJohnson7,79440–39
81July 2@ Giants7–2GibsonStone11,26841–39
82July 3@ Giants1–10CumberlandCarlton24,89641-40
83July 4@ Padres3–2ReussArlinDrabowsky5,09542–40
84July 5@ Padres2–3MillerCleveland4,58842–41
85July 7@ Padres1–4KirbyGibson7,45642–42
86July 9 (1)Astros5–2CarltonForsch43–42
87July 9 (2)Astros9–5ReussBlasingameDrabowsky24,74844–42
88July 10Astros6–5LinzyGladding32,89545–42
89July 11Astros7–3GibsonRay15,25246–42
90July 15 (1)Expos7–3CarltonStrohmayer47–42
91July 15 (2)Expos4–6StonemanReuss19,40947–43
92July 16Expos6–0ClevelandRenko23,76548–43
93July 17Expos3–5McAnallyGibson22,79148–44
94July 18Mets8–5TaylorMatlackLinzy27,49749–44
95July 19Mets2–5SadeckiCarlton20,00349–45
96July 20Phillies1–5ShortReuss14,65049–46
97July 21Phillies6–1ClevelandLersch16,20050–46
98July 22Phillies8–0GibsonFryman20,54751–46
99July 23@ Expos6–2ZacharyMcGinn20,48052–46
100July 24 (1)@ Expos8–7ShawRaymond53–46
101July 24 (2)@ Expos9–3ReussMorton24,10954–46
102July 25@ Expos4–5StonemanCleveland20,34654–47
103July 26@ Mets4–0GibsonSadecki30,58655–47
104July 27@ Mets2–3FrisellaZachary35,59755–48
105July 28@ Mets6–3CarltonMatlack30,79656–48
106July 29@ Mets3–1ReussC. Williams30,25457–48
107July 30@ Phillies4–3GibsonShort26,46158–48
108July 31@ Phillies4–5BrandonDrabowsky19,26958–49
August: (18–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1@ Phillies9–6S. WilliamsMuñiz22,43259–49
110August 2Padres3–1CarltonRoberts13,59160–49
111August 3Padres1–6ArlinReuss14,24660–50
112August 4Giants7–2GibsonPerry27,02461–50
113August 5Giants3–2ClevelandMarichalDrabowsky18,64162–50
114August 6Giants12–8ShawMcMahonPatterson27,19263–50
115August 7Dodgers3–2LinzyMikkelsen36,63364–50
116August 8Dodgers2–4SuttonReussBrewer45,19564–51
117August 9Dodgers5–6DowningGibsonBrewer26,72364–52
118August 10Braves1–2StoneClevelandUpshaw20,92164–53
119August 11Braves3–9KelleyZacharyMcQueen21,90664–54
120August 12@ Pirates3–2CarltonWalker21,80565–54
121August 13@ Pirates2–0ReussBlass31,56366–54
122August 14@ Pirates11–0GibsonJohnson30,67867–54
123August 15@ Pirates6–4LinzyMillerDrabowsky49,32968–54
124August 16@ Reds5–6CarrollLinzy13,25968–55
125August 17@ Reds3–5GrangerTaylor14,57868–56
126August 18@ Reds0–5GullettGibson28,22868–57
127August 20@ Braves5–6BarberShaw16,09968–58
128August 21@ Braves5–8StoneCarlton22,45168–59
129August 22@ Braves13–4ReussReedTaylor19,65069–59
130August 23@ Astros3–2GibsonWilson19,16770–59
131August 24@ Astros2–1ClevelandForschSantorini13,86071–59
132August 25@ Astros4–1CarltonCook11,02572–59
133August 27Reds7–8GrangerLinzyGibbon33,27372–60
134August 28Reds4–0GibsonNolan40,82373–60
135August 29Reds4–3ShawGranger28,62474–60
136August 30Mets3–2CarltonKoosman15,25775–60
137August 31Mets2–1ReussFrisella15,85476–60
September: (14–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1Mets1–7SeaverGibson22,20476–61
139September 3Cubs6–1ClevelandHands26,70877–61
140September 4Cubs5–7PappasCarltonRegan31,80777–62
141September 5Cubs12–5ReussJenkinsTaylor39,30978–62
142September 6 (1)@ Phillies6–3GibsonWise79–62
143September 6 (2)@ Phillies1–2ChampionZacharyHoerner13,19379–63
144September 7@ Phillies7–5ShawWilsonSantorini9,33980–63
145September 10@ Cubs8–7S. WilliamsColborn6,79281–63
146September 11@ Cubs0–7PizarroReuss24,01081–64
147September 12@ Cubs4–0GibsonHoltzman24,01782–64
148September 13Phillies5–6WilsonShaw13,86382–65
149September 14Phillies4–5WiseZacharyShort10,64082–66
150September 15@ Pirates1–4EllisCarltonHernández21,75182–67
151September 16@ Pirates1–6WalkerReussHernández18,12782–68
152September 17@ Expos7–2GibsonMorton13,37183–68
153September 18@ Expos2–4StonemanCleveland16,77983–69
154September 19@ Expos11–0CarltonMcAnally25,76984–69
155September 21Pirates6–4DrabowskyEllis13,34885–69
156September 22Pirates1–5WalkerGibsonGiusti14,84585–70
157September 23Pirates0–5BrilesCleveland10,91885–71
158September 24Expos10–6TaylorMarshall8,10986–71
159September 25Expos8–6ShawMorton9,11487–71
160September 26Expos7–1HigginsStoneman11,47388–71
161September 27@ Mets6–1S. WilliamsCapraDrabowsky11,33189–71
162September 28@ Mets5–2CarltonRyan3,33890–71
163September 30@ Mets1–6SeaverPatterson42,34490–72

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1971 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CTed Simmons133510155.304777
1BJoe Hague12938086.2261654
2BTed Sizemore135478126.264342
SSDal Maxvill14235680.225024
3BJoe Torre161634230.36324137
LFLou Brock157640200.313761
CFJosé Cruz8329280.274927
RFJosé Cardenal8930173.243748

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
Matty Alou149609192.315774
Julián Javier9025967.259328
Luis Meléndez8817339.225011
Jim Beauchamp7716238.235216
Jerry McNertney5612837.289422
Ted Kubiak327218.250110
Bob Burda657121.296112
Dick Schofield346013.21716
Leron Lee25285.17912
Bob Stinson17194.21101
Milt Ramírez4113.27300
Jorge Roque3103.30001

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
Steve Carlton37273.12093.56172
Bob Gibson31245.216133.04185
Reggie Cleveland34222.012124.01148
Jerry Reuss36211.014144.78131

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
Chris Zachary2389.23105.3248
Al Santorini1949.2023.8121
Mike Torrez936.0126.008
Daryl Patterson1326.2014.3911
Santiago Guzmán210.0000.0013

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
Moe Drabowski516183.4349
Frank Linzy504362.1224
Don Shaw457222.6519
Chuck Taylor433133.5346
Stan Williams103001.428
Rudy Arroyo90105.405
George Brunet70105.794
Bob Reynolds400010.294
Harry Parker40007.202
Fred Norman400012.274
Dennis Higgins31003.866
Al Hrabosky10000.002
Bob Chlupsa10009.001
Mike Jackson10000.000

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tulsa Oilers American Association Warren Spahn and Gary Geiger
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Jack Krol
A Modesto Reds California League Roy Majtyka
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Joe Cunningham
A Cedar Rapids Cardinals Midwest League Bobby Dews
Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Tom Burgess

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Arkansas[10]

References

  1. ↑ Dick Allen page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Jerry McNertney page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "1971 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule".
  4. ↑ "1971 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. ↑ Keith Hernandez page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Al Santorini page at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  9. ↑ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.