The 1971 Cleveland Indians season was the 71st in franchise history. The team finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 60–102, 43 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season In the summer of 1971, Indians owner Vernon Stouffer was entertaining overtures with regards to the Cleveland Indians playing 27 to 30 home dates a year in New Orleans.Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 4, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position16 Larry Brown SS 12 Graig Nettles 3B27 Roy Foster LF8 Ray Fosse C40 Ken Harrelson 1B24 Eddie Leon 2B22 Ted Ford RF25 Buddy Bradford CF34 Steve Hargan P 1971 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1971 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager (Apr 6 - Jul 28) (Jul 29 - Sep 29) Coaches (Pitching) (Bench) (Third Base) (First Base)

Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Run batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 73 181 18 38 12 1 1 23 .210 1 18 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0 55 137 9 28 3 1 3 13 .204 0 20 38 4 6 2 1 0 3 .158 0 13 50 4 11 1 0 0 5 .220 0 39 81 5 16 2 0 0 0 .198 0 111 415 49 114 20 4 9 48 .275 2 13 18 2 3 0 1 0 0 .167 0 52 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 .138 0 32 55 5 10 1 0 1 7 .182 0 43 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 .071 0 74 196 15 38 6 0 2 14 .194 2 133 486 53 134 21 1 12 62 .276 4 37 51 2 2 1 0 0 3 .039 0 125 396 51 97 21 1 18 45 .245 6 16 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 .125 0 37 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 .063 0 52 161 20 32 2 0 5 14 .199 1 81 240 16 50 7 0 0 9 .208 1 57 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 88 147 13 33 7 0 5 14 .224 0 80 83 3 17 3 0 1 9 .205 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 43 43 3 4 0 0 0 0 .093 0 131 429 35 112 12 2 4 35 .261 3 58 140 15 26 5 0 4 9 .186 1 14 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 35 73 1 13 0 0 0 4 .178 0 54 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 158 598 78 156 18 1 28 86 .261 7 9 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 .600 0 17 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 .053 0 146 566 60 149 23 4 11 35 .263 25 60 129 14 29 4 0 2 12 .225 1 50 123 10 25 7 0 1 9 .203 0 141 500 52 144 20 3 2 47 .288 3 Team totals 162 5467 543 1303 200 20 109 507 .238 57

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K 0 0 5.09 23 0 1 23.0 25 15 13 20 20 1 2 4.67 18 0 0 34.2 30 21 18 13 25 7 6 3.97 50 10 2 142.2 140 71 63 71 74 8 14 4.50 31 29 1 184.0 173 98 92 109 132 5 4 4.35 43 4 4 78.2 77 42 38 41 48 8 12 4.16 36 26 0 181.2 158 93 84 82 97 2 6 5.79 15 12 0 60.2 74 43 39 38 26 1 13 6.19 37 16 1 113.1 138 83 78 56 52 4 3 4.94 57 0 14 82.0 80 45 45 51 69 0 0 4.50 5 0 0 6.0 8 3 3 3 4 6 12 3.35 43 21 1 158.1 147 67 59 69 91 0 2 6.38 14 0 3 18.1 16 16 13 15 9 13 17 3.40 35 31 1 214.2 160 89 81 153 192 1 2 1.43 54 0 4 56.2 31 10 9 24 45 2 2 3.09 9 1 0 23.1 17 9 8 11 20 2 7 5.95 17 12 0 62.0 78 42 41 14 33 Team totals 60 102 4.28 162 162 32 1440.0 1352 747 684 770 937

Awards and honors All-Star Game Ray Fosse, Gold Glove Award

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Notes

References 1971 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1971 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac