The 1971 Chicago Cubs season was the 100th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 96th in the National League and the 56th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League East with a record of 83–79.

Offseason November 30, 1970: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Hal Breeden.Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference December 3, 1970: Phil Gagliano was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Carmen Fanzone.Phil Gagliano at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft Dennis Lamp was drafted by the Cubs in the 3rd round. Player signed June 11, 1971.Dennis Lamp at Baseball Reference Jim Tyrone was drafted by the Cubs in the 7th round.Jim Tyrone at Baseball Reference September 9, 1971: Bruce Sutter was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.Bruce Sutter at Baseball Reference

Roster 1971 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters 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 C Chris Cannizzaro 71 197 42 .213 5 23 1B Joe Pepitone 115 427 131 .307 16 61 2B 131 530 181 .342 2 42 SS 155 617 159 .258 2 38 3B 154 555 148 .267 21 88 LF 157 594 179 .301 28 93 CF Brock Davis 106 301 77 .256 0 28 RF Johnny Callison 103 290 61 .210 8 38

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 117 383 98 .256 19 60 Paul Popovich 89 226 49 .217 4 28 Cleo James 54 150 43 .287 2 13 J.C. Martin 47 125 33 .264 2 17 36 88 26 .295 0 3 Ernie Banks 39 83 16 .193 3 6 25 76 15 .197 0 7 Danny Breeden 25 65 10 .154 0 4 Héctor Torres 31 58 13 .224 0 2 12 43 8 .186 2 5 Frank Fernández 17 41 7 .171 4 4 Pat Bourque 14 37 7 .189 1 3 23 36 5 .139 1 2 Gene Hiser 17 29 6 .207 0 1 Randy Hundley 9 21 7 .333 0 2 Billy North 8 16 6 .375 0 0 Ramon Webster 16 16 5 .313 0 0 Al Spangler 5 5 2 .400 0 0 Garry Jestadt 3 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 39 325.0 24 13 2.77 263 Milt Pappas 35 261.1 17 14 3.51 99 Bill Hands 36 242.1 12 18 3.42 128 Ken Holtzman 30 195.0 9 15 4.48 143 Juan Pizarro 16 101.1 7 6 3.46 67 Burt Hooton 3 21.1 2 0 2.11 22

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 Joe Decker 21 45.2 3 2 4.73 37

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 Phil Regan 48 5 5 6 3.93 28 Ron Tompkins 35 0 2 3 4.08 20 33 2 1 0 4.65 41 Ray Newman 30 1 2 2 3.52 35 Earl Stephenson 16 1 0 1 4.43 11 14 0 1 0 6.57 2 Larry Gura 6 0 0 1 6.00 2 Bob Miller 2 0 0 0 5.14 2

Farm system

Notes

References

1971 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference