1971 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 78-84
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 703
Runs Allowed: 779
Exp W-L: 73-89
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 914,212
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 5th in the National League
AA: 70-67, 3rd in the National League
A: 81-56, 2nd in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Amos Otis 24 154 576 94 176 35 4 16 96 9 6 64 64 .306 .373 .464 .837 95.6 25.5 3.8
CF  Earl Robinson 34 155 564 90 135 34 4 23 93 6 2 71 98 .239 .322 .436 .758 80.8 17.8 0.1
RF  Bobby Bonds 25 154 536 87 125 14 5 26 75 15 7 77 124 .233 .331 .424 .755 77.1 16.1 1.9
CF  Cleon Jones 28 154 544 50 129 22 2 8 48 2 1 30 95 .237 .278 .329 .607 47.6 5.5 3.4
C  Johnny Bench 23 143 512 57 124 33 5 18 77 1 0 55 109 .242 .315 .432 .747 67.8 15.0 9.5
2B  Felix Millan 27 149 527 55 153 26 4 13 67 0 0 27 16 .290 .327 .429 .756 66.6 15.2 3.6
3B  Mike Shannon 31 126 496 65 148 20 6 6 62 0 0 38 73 .298 .346 .399 .745 64.7 14.6 3.9
1B *Willie Smith 32 123 470 47 107 15 4 8 36 1 3 29 110 .228 .273 .328 .600 38.7 2.7 1.6
SS  George Banks 32 133 390 56 49 11 1 9 24 0 3 63 113 .126 .246 .228 .474 22.5 0.0 3.2
LF  Brant Alyea 30 93 272 32 52 5 0 10 36 0 0 27 65 .191 .268 .320 .588 24.5 1.6 1.3
2B  George Williams 31 103 228 25 56 13 1 0 24 0 0 25 40 .246 .322 .311 .633 23.6 3.8 2.3
C *John Stephenson 30 81 226 20 48 10 2 3 27 0 0 20 19 .212 .282 .314 .596 19.6 1.4 2.6
C *John Sullivan 30 70 210 21 50 7 0 3 23 0 1 10 29 .238 .271 .314 .586 15.6 1.0 2.4
P  George Culver 27 20 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 1658 5553 703 1352 245 38 143 688 34 23 537 955 .243 .310 .379 .689 645.1 120.3 39.6
  Rank among 10 NL teams 8 7 7 7 2 6 7 8 5 5 7 7 8 7 7 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Fergie Jenkins 28 14 15 .483 34 34 0 266.3 285 128 35 81 141 4.33 14.0
 Nolan Ryan 24 13 10 .565 36 36 0 251.3 187 107 31 137 299 3.83 16.8
 Tony Cloninger 30 12 17 .414 32 32 0 245.7 267 146 37 82 137 5.35 5.9
*Denny Lemaster 32 6 20 .231 33 33 0 226.0 253 130 31 90 133 5.18 4.5
 Jim McAndrew 27 10 10 .500 27 27 0 200.3 193 83 20 57 108 3.73 14.1
 Catfish Hunter 25 12 6 .667 48 0 5 96.7 92 39 8 31 51 3.63 10.2
 Cisco Carlos 30 9 2 .818 52 0 5 79.7 99 43 10 26 42 4.86 4.7
 Joe Niekro 26 2 4 .333 50 0 9 73.3 84 36 11 29 30 4.42 3.2
 George Culver 27 0 0 .000 13 0 1 12.7 14 6 0 6 8 4.27 0.8
Team Totals 27.7 78 84 .481 325 162 20 1452.0 1474 718 183 539 949 4.45 74.1
Rank among 10 NL teams 7 7 8 7 7 6 9 8 6 4 9  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 37.2
J.Bench 1157.7 127 136 787 73 7 0 .992 48.1
J.Sullivan 286.0 34 35 192 8 0 0 1.000 23.5
J.Stephenson 8.3 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1452.0 162 172 984 81 7 0 .993 44.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.32
W.Smith 1035.0 117 120 1065 88 7 103 .994 10.03
J.Sullivan 205.0 22 31 208 22 2 22 .991 10.10
G.Banks 152.0 19 19 188 13 1 16 .995 11.90
J.Stephenson 31.7 3 9 30 3 1 1 .971 9.38
C.Jones 11.0 1 3 7 1 0 1 1.000 6.55
M.Shannon 8.3 0 1 5 2 0 1 1.000 7.56
A.Otis 8.0 0 1 6 0 1 0 .857 6.75
B.Alyea 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1452.0 162 185 1511 129 12 144 .993 10.17
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.66
F.Millan 1240.0 141 146 270 470 22 109 .971 5.37
G.Williams 208.0 21 36 46 72 2 11 .983 5.11
M.Shannon 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Culver 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.0 162 184 317 542 24 120 .973 5.32
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.90
J.Stephenson 566.3 64 68 39 147 4 10 .979 2.96
M.Shannon 483.0 56 56 44 91 11 8 .925 2.52
G.Banks 270.3 30 34 11 43 4 5 .931 1.80
G.Williams 131.3 12 24 10 35 0 6 1.000 3.08
G.Culver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.0 162 183 104 316 19 29 .957 2.60
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.06
M.Shannon 586.3 65 67 92 227 10 43 .970 4.90
G.Banks 554.0 65 69 89 195 7 41 .976 4.61
G.Williams 273.7 28 42 41 96 3 20 .979 4.51
F.Millan 9.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Bench 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Smith 8.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
E.Robinson 8.0 1 1 1 3 1 1 .800 4.50
J.Sullivan 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Culver 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1452.0 162 184 231 524 21 105 .973 4.68
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.87
B.Bonds 1173.0 133 134 240 6 28 1 .898 1.89
B.Alyea 229.0 24 26 63 3 1 1 .985 2.59
G.Banks 48.0 5 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.31
C.Jones 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.0 162 167 310 9 29 2 .917 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
A.Otis 1281.3 147 150 372 6 0 1 1.000 2.66
B.Alyea 138.3 15 17 30 0 2 0 .938 1.95
B.Bonds 29.0 0 12 16 1 0 1 1.000 5.28
E.Robinson 3.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1452.0 162 180 419 7 2 2 .995 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
C.Jones 1283.0 147 147 338 4 1 1 .997 2.40
B.Alyea 133.0 14 21 32 3 0 0 1.000 2.37
G.Banks 11.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
E.Robinson 10.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Bonds 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Culver 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Smith 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.0 162 184 379 7 1 1 .997 2.39
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.91
F.Jenkins 266.3 34 34 13 41 3 5 .947 1.82
N.Ryan 251.3 36 36 11 34 4 4 .918 1.61
T.Cloninger 245.7 32 32 22 27 1 2 .980 1.80
D.Lemaster 226.0 33 33 11 35 1 4 .979 1.83
J.McAndrew 200.3 27 27 11 20 1 1 .969 1.39
C.Hunter 96.7 0 48 11 13 1 0 .960 2.23
C.Carlos 79.7 0 52 5 15 2 0 .909 2.26
J.Niekro 73.3 0 50 11 10 1 0 .955 2.58
G.Culver 12.7 0 13 2 1 1 0 .750 2.13
Team Total 1452.0 162 325 97 196 15 16 .951 1.82
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Otis .306
On-Base Pct Otis .373
Slugging Pct Otis .464
OPS Otis .837
XR Otis 95.6
Games Robinson 155
At-Bats Otis 576
Runs Otis 94
Hits Otis 176
Total Bases Otis 267
Singles Otis 121
Doubles Otis 35
Triples Shannon 6
Homeruns Bonds 26
RBIs Otis 96
Stolen Bases Bonds 15
Caught Stealing Bonds 7
Walks Bonds 77
Strikeouts Bonds 124
ERA McAndrew 3.73
Wins Jenkins 14
Losses Lemaster 20
Winning Pct Hunter .667
Saves Niekro 9
Games Pitched Carlos 52
Games Started Ryan 36
Complete Games Jenkins 13
Shutouts Jenkins 3
Innings Pitched Jenkins 266.3
Hits Allowed Jenkins 285
Homeruns Allowed Cloninger 37
Strikeouts Ryan 299
Walks Allowed Ryan 137
Walks per 9IP McAndrew 2.6
Hits per 9IP Ryan 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan 10.7
WHiP McAndrew 1.25
OAVG Ryan .203
OOBP McAndrew .306
OSLG Ryan .352
OOPS Ryan .662
Team All-Stars
Amos Otis
Player Salaries
Earl Robinson $ 15,000,000
Nolan Ryan $ 4,907,143
Fergie Jenkins $ 4,500,000
Mike Shannon $ 4,100,000
Amos Otis $ 2,857,143
Johnny Bench $ 2,750,000
Tony Cloninger $ 2,000,000
Cleon Jones $ 1,500,000
Willie Smith $ 1,450,000
Felix Millan $ 985,714
Denny Lemaster $ 600,000
Jim McAndrew $ 400,000
Brant Alyea $ 378,571
George Williams $ 350,000
George Culver $ 350,000
Billy Cowan $ 350,000
John Stephenson $ 350,000
Cisco Carlos $ 350,000
John Sullivan $ 350,000
George Banks $ 350,000
Joe Niekro $ 300,000
Catfish Hunter $ 300,000
Bobby Bonds $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
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