The 1971 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 2nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 3rd overall. The Brewers' finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason October 1, 1970: Sixto Lezcano was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent. October 20, 1970: Jerry McNertney, George Lauzerique, and Jesse Huggins (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Carl Taylor and Jim Ellis.Jerry McNertney page at Baseball Reference.com October 20, 1970: Larry Bearnarth was purchased by the Brewers from the New York Mets.Larry Bearnarth at Baseball Reference December 2, 1970: Hank Allen, John Ryan (minors) and Paul Click (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Bob Tillman.Hank Allen at Baseball Reference February 2, 1971: Carl Taylor was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Ellie Rodríguez.Ellie Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference.com February 10, 1971: Al Downing was traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Andy Kosco.Andy Kosco at Baseball Reference March 6, 1971: Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley persuaded American League president Joe Cronin to have a preseason game in which a walk was allowed on three pitches rather than four. The Athletics bested the Milwaukee Brewers by a 13–9 tally. Nineteen total walks were issued in the game, and a collective six home runs were hit.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.146, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 22, 1971: Ray Peters and Pete Koegel were traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Briggs.Johnny Briggs at Baseball Reference May 11, 1971: Ted Savage was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Tom Matchick.Tom Matching at Baseball Reference June 1, 1971: Floyd Wicker was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Bob Heise.Bob Heise page at Baseball Reference.com June 7, 1971: Danny Walton was traded by the Brewers to the New York Yankees for Frank Tepedino and Bobby Mitchell.Frank Tepedino at Baseball Reference June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft Rob Ellis was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round.Rob Ellis page at Baseball Reference.com Kevin Kobel was drafted by the Brewers in the 10th round.Kevin Kobel at Baseball Reference July 8, 1971: Phil Roof was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins for Paul Ratliff.Phil Roof at Baseball Reference

Roster 1971 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Third base) (Hitting) (First base) (Bullpen) (Pitching)

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 115 319 67 .210 1 30 1B 125 375 99 .264 21 59 2B Ron Theobald 126 388 107 .276 1 23 SS Rick Auerbach 79 236 48 .203 1 9 3B Tommy Matchick 42 114 25 .219 1 7 LF 98 264 60 .227 10 39 CF Dave May 144 501 139 .277 16 65 RF Bill Voss 97 275 69 .251 10 30

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 113 274 65 .237 3 28 Andy Kosco 98 264 60 .227 10 39 Ted Kubiak 89 260 59 .227 3 17 53 198 91 .258 3 32 Bob Heise 68 189 48 .254 0 7 Mike Hegan 46 122 27 .221 4 11 Phil Roof 41 114 22 .193 1 10 36 111 22 .198 0 6 Frank Tepedino 53 106 21 .198 2 7 Darrell Porter 22 70 15 .214 2 9 Danny Walton 30 69 14 .203 2 9 Bobby Mitchell 35 55 10 .182 2 6 Al Yates 24 47 13 .277 1 4 Paul Ratliff 23 41 7 .171 3 7 Bernie Smith 15 36 5 .139 1 3 Gus Gil 14 32 5 .156 0 3 Ducky Schofield 23 28 3 .107 0 1 14 17 3 .176 0 1 Floyd Wicker 11 8 1 .125 0 0 2 3 0 .000 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 Marty Pattin 36 264.2 14 14 3.13 169 Bill Parsons 36 244.2 13 17 3.20 139 Skip Lockwood 33 208.0 10 15 3.33 115 Jim Slaton 26 147.2 10 8 3.78 63

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 43 180.1 8 12 2.94 92 31 67.2 2 7 4.66 42

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 Ken Sanders 83 7 12 31 1.91 80 John Morris 43 2 2 1 3.72 42 Jim Hannan 21 1 1 0 5.01 17 Floyd Weaver 21 0 1 0 7.24 12 11 0 1 0 4.91 10 8 2 1 0 3.07 8 Bob Reynolds 3 0 1 0 3.00 4 2 0 0 0 18.00 2 2 0 0 0 13.50 0

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of three minor league affiliates in 1971.

Notes

References 1971 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference 1971 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac