1971 San Francisco Giants season

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 the 1957 season, and their 12th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in first place in the National League West with a 90–72 record. The Giants faced the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1971 National League Championship Series, losing three games to one.

1971 San Francisco Giants
1971 National League West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Jerry Donovan
Manager(s)Charlie Fox
Local televisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Local radioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
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Offseason

Regular season
The Giants play at Candlestick Park, July 1971, with upper deck expansion in progress.
  • 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 a Major League record first set by Karl Spooner.[2]

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 — 51–30 39–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8973 0.549 1 42–39 47–34
Atlanta Braves 8280 0.506 8 43–39 39–41
Cincinnati Reds 7983 0.488 11 46–35 33–48
Houston Astros 7983 0.488 11 39–42 40–41
San Diego Padres 61100 0.379 28½ 33–48 28–52

Record vs. opponents
1971 National League Records

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—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Game log and schedule
Legend
 Giants win
 Giants loss
 Postponement
BoldGiants team member
1971 Game Log (90–72) (Home: 51–30; Road: 39–42)

Postseason
1971 Postseason Game Log

Roster
1971 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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
CDick Dietz14245358114.25219721
1BWillie McCovey1053294591.27718700
2BTito Fuentes15263063172.27345212
3BAl Gallagher13642947119.2775572
SSChris Speier15760174141.2358464
LFKen Henderson14150480133.264156518
CFWillie Mays13641782113.271186123
RFBobby Bonds155619110178.2883310226

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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
Jimmy Rosario9219243.224013
Hal Lanier10920648.233113
Dave Kingman4111532.278624
George Foster3610528.26738
Fran Healy479326.280211
Bernie Williams357313.17815
Russ Gibson255711.19317
Frank Johnson32494.08205
Ed Goodson20428.19001
Jim Ray Hart313910.25625
Frank Duffy21285.17902
Floyd Wicker9213.14301
Chris Arnold6133.23113
Jim Howarth7133.23102
Bob Heise13110.00000
Dave Rader340.00000

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
Gaylord Perry3728016122.76158
Juan Marichal3727918112.94159
Ron Bryant271407103.7979
Steve Stone24110.2594.1663

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
John Cumberland45185962.9265
Don Carrithers2280.1534.0341
Rich Robertson2361224.5732
Frank Reberger1343.2303.9221
Jim Willoughby24019.003

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
Jerry Johnson67129182.9785
Don McMahon6110644.0671
Steve Hamilton392243.0238
Jim Barr171103.5716

National League Championship Series
Main article: 1971 National League Championship Series

The Pittsburgh Pirates win the series, 3–1, over the Giants.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Pittsburgh – 4, San Francisco – 5October 2Candlestick Park40,977
2Pittsburgh – 9, San Francisco – 4October 3Candlestick Park42,562
3San Francisco – 1, Pittsburgh – 2October 5Three Rivers Stadium38,322
4San Francisco – 5, Pittsburgh – 9October 6Three Rivers Stadium35,487

Award winners

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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[8]

References
  1. Ron Hunt at Baseball-Reference
  2. Seidel, Jeff (June 9, 2010). "K street: Strasburg racks up the strikeouts". MLB.com. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  3. George Foster at Baseball-Reference
  4. Floyd Wicker at Baseball-Reference
  5. Frank Riccelli at Baseball-Reference
  6. Willie Prall at Baseball-Reference
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/1971.shtml
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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