1971 National League (NL) Statistics and Awards

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Expanded Standings

East Division Team W L WL% GB Pittsbgh PIT 97 65 .599 -- St.Louis STL 90 72 .556 7.0 ChicagoC CHC 83 79 .512 14.0 NewYorkM NYM 83 79 .512 14.0 Montreal MON 71 90 .441 25.5 Phildlpa PHI 67 95 .414 30.0

West Division Team W L WL% GB SanFranc SFG 90 72 .556 -- LosAngls LAD 89 73 .549 1.0 Atlanta ATL 82 80 .506 8.0 Cincnnti CIN 79 83 .488 11.0 Houston HOU 79 83 .488 11.0 SanDiego SDP 61 100 .379 28.5

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Postseason

World Series (4-3):	Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles
NL Championship Series (3-1):	Pittsburgh Pirates over San Francisco Giants

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1971 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 PIT  4.86   788  162  5674  1555  223  61  154  469   919  .274  .329  .416   65   31 117  4.91  4.82
 STL  4.53   739  163  5610  1542  225  54   95  543   757  .275  .339  .385  124   53 108  4.59  4.48
 SFG  4.36   706  162  5461  1348  224  36  140  654  1042  .247  .327  .378  101   36 110  4.59  4.12
 LAD  4.09   663  162  5523  1469  213  38   95  489   755  .266  .326  .370   76   40 108  4.00  4.19
 ATL  3.97   643  162  5575  1434  192  30  153  434   747  .257  .311  .385   57   46 101  4.46  3.46
 CHC  3.93   637  162  5438  1401  202  34  128  527   772  .258  .323  .378   44   32  95  4.48  3.38
 MON  3.84   622  162  5335  1312  197  29   88  543   800  .246  .316  .343   51   43  95  3.80  3.88
 NYM  3.63   588  162  5477  1365  203  29   98  547   958  .249  .317  .351   89   43  98  3.47  3.79
 CIN  3.62   586  162  5414  1306  203  28  138  438   907  .241  .298  .366   59   33  99  3.74  3.49
 HOU  3.61   585  162  5492  1319  230  52   71  478   888  .240  .301  .340  101   51  90  3.16  4.06
 PHI  3.44   558  162  5538  1289  209  35  123  499  1031  .233  .296  .350   63   39  87  3.65  3.23
 SDP  3.02   486  161  5366  1250  184  31   96  438   966  .233  .291  .332   70   45  88  2.88  3.16
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  3.91  7601 1944 65903 16590 2505 457 1379 6059 10542  .252  .316  .366  900  492

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYM  3.40   550  162  2.99  1466  1227   7.6   529  3.3  100  1157   42     9    13  22 114  3.16  3.63
 HOU  3.50   567  162  3.13  1471  1318   8.1   475  2.9   75   914   43    10    10  25 107  3.25  3.75
 SDP  3.79   610  161  3.22  1438  1351   8.4   559  3.5   93   923   47     9    10  17 102  3.65  3.93
 LAD  3.62   587  162  3.23  1449  1363   8.4   399  2.5  110   853   48    15    18  33 100  3.53  3.72
 PIT  3.70   599  162  3.31  1461  1426   8.8   470  2.9  108   813   43    14    15  48 105  3.49  3.90
 SFG  3.98   644  162  3.32  1454  1324   8.2   471  2.9  128   831   45    13    14  30 103  3.70  4.25
 CIN  3.59   581  162  3.35  1444  1298   8.0   501  3.1  112   750   27     7    11  38  97  3.10  4.07
 CHC  4.00   648  162  3.61  1444  1458   9.0   411  2.5  132   900   75    16    17  13 109  4.22  3.78
 PHI  4.25   688  162  3.71  1470  1396   8.6   525  3.2  132   838   31     9    10  25  95  4.36  4.14
 ATL  4.31   699  162  3.75  1474  1529   9.4   485  3.0  152   823   40    10    11  31  99  4.68  3.94
 STL  4.29   699  163  3.85  1467  1482   9.1   576  3.5  104   911   56    14    14  22  93  4.37  4.21
 MON  4.50   729  162  4.12  1434  1418   8.8   658  4.1  133   829   49     8     8  25  85  4.58  4.43
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  3.91  7601 1944  3.46 17472 16590   8.5  6059  3.1 1379 10542  546         151 329

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 PIT  133  164  .979   .702  1,501,132  18,764  101-61  52-28 45-37 102 100 27.7 27.7   3   4  28 Murtaugh
 SFG  177  153  .972   .716  1,106,043  13,655   88-74  51-30 39-42  99  99 27.2 28.5   4   4  23 Fox
 STL  142  155  .977   .688  1,604,671  19,569   85-77  45-36 45-36 104 104 28.5 27.1   3   3  18 Schoendienst
 LAD  131  159  .979   .708  2,064,594  25,489   90-72  42-39 47-34  94  93 28.7 28.4   2   1  38 Alston
 CHC  126  150  .980   .695  1,653,007  20,407   80-82  44-37 39-42 113 113 30.2 28.7   3   4  31 Durocher
 NYM  112  135  .982   .716  2,266,680  27,984   86-76  44-37 39-42  98  98 26.7 26.1   2   2  22 Hodges
 ATL  146  180  .977   .693  1,006,320  12,272   75-87  43-39 39-41 106 107 27.2 28.5   4   2  21 Harris
 CIN  103  174  .984   .726  1,501,122  18,532   82-80  46-35 33-48  95  94 26.8 25.1   2   4  31 Anderson
 HOU  104  152  .983   .714  1,261,589  15,575   83-79  39-42 40-41  98  97 26.1 26.5   1   2  26 Walker
 MON  150  164  .976   .697  1,290,963  16,137   69-92  36-44 35-46 100 101 28.3 27.0   0   1  12 Mauch
 PHI  121  158  .981   .712  1,511,223  18,657   66-96  34-47 33-48 100 102 26.3 28.6   1   1  23 Lucchesi
 SDP  161  144  .974   .697    557,513   6,883   64-97  33-48 28-52  93  95 26.4 26.3   0   1  10 Gomez
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Joe Torre
STL .363/.421/.555

Cy Young Award Fergie Jenkins
CHC 24-13 2.77 263 SO

Rookie of the Year Earl Williams
ATL .260/.324/.491

Gold Glove Winners

Pitcher Bob Gibson
Catcher Johnny Bench

First Base Wes Parker

Second Base Tommy Helms

Third Base Doug Rader

Shortstop Bud Harrelson

Outfield Bobby Bonds, Roberto Clemente, and Willie Davis

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average

Torre-STL .363

Garr-ATL .343

Beckert-CHC .342

Clemente-PIT .341

Aaron-ATL .327

On-base %

Mays-SFG .425

Torre-STL .421

Aaron-ATL .410

Hunt-MON .402

Stargell-PIT .398

Slugging %

Aaron-ATL .669

Stargell-PIT .628

Torre-STL .555

May-CIN .532

Bonds-SFG .512

OPS

Aaron-ATL 1.079

Stargell-PIT 1.026

Torre-STL .976

Mays-SFG .907

Williams-CHC .888

Games

Staub-MON 162

Cedeno-HOU 161

Torre-STL 161

Morgan-HOU 160

Rose-CIN 160

At Bats

Bowa-PHI 650

Davis-LAD 641

Brock-STL 640

Garr-ATL 639

Torre-STL 634

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Brock-STL 720

Rose-CIN 707

Torre-STL 707

Bowa-PHI 696

Garr-ATL 693

Runs

Brock-STL 126

Bonds-SFG 110

Stargell-PIT 104

Garr-ATL 101

Torre-STL 97

Hits

Torre-STL 230

Garr-ATL 219

Brock-STL 200

Davis-LAD 198

Alou-STL 192

Rose-CIN 192

Total Bases

Torre-STL 352

Aaron-ATL 331

Stargell-PIT 321

Bonds-SFG 317

Williams-CHC 300

Doubles

Cedeno-HOU 40

Brock-STL 37

Staub-MON 34

Torre-STL 34

Davis-LAD 33

Triples

Metzger-HOU 11

Morgan-HOU 11

Davis-LAD 10

Gaston-SDP 9

Clemente-PIT 8

Hebner-PIT 8

Millan-ATL 8

Money-PHI 8

Torre-STL 8

Home Runs

Stargell-PIT 48

Aaron-ATL 47

May-CIN 39

Johnson-PHI 34

Bonds-SFG 33

Williams-ATL 33

RBI

Torre-STL 137

Stargell-PIT 125

Aaron-ATL 118

Bonds-SFG 102

Montanez-PHI 99

Bases on Balls

Mays-SFG 112

Bailey-MON 97

Dietz-SFG 97

Allen-LAD 93

Morgan-HOU 88

Strikeouts

Stargell-PIT 154

Johnson-PHI 146

Bonds-SFG 137

May-CIN 135

Mays-SFG 123

Stolen Bases

Brock-STL 64

Morgan-HOU 40

Garr-ATL 30

Agee-NYM 28

Bowa-PHI 28

Harrelson-NYM 28

Singles

Garr-ATL 180

Torre-STL 164

Beckert-CHC 156

Alou-STL 151

Brock-STL 149

Wills-LAD 149

Adjusted OPS+

Aaron-ATL 194

Stargell-PIT 185

Torre-STL 171

Mays-SFG 158

Allen-LAD 151

Runs Created

Torre-STL 145

Aaron-ATL 137

Stargell-PIT 131

Bonds-SFG 115

Brock-STL 114

Adjusted Batting Runs

Aaron-ATL 63

Torre-STL 60

Stargell-PIT 59

Allen-LAD 41

Mays-SFG 40

Batting Wins

Aaron-ATL 6.4

Torre-STL 6.2

Stargell-PIT 6.0

Allen-LAD 4.2

Mays-SFG 4.1

Staub-MON 4.1

Extra-Base Hits

Stargell-PIT 74

Aaron-ATL 72

Bonds-SFG 69

Torre-STL 66

Johnson-PHI 63

Montanez-PHI 63

Times on Base

Torre-STL 297

Brock-STL 277

Staub-MON 269

Rose-CIN 263

Williams-CHC 259

Offensive Win%

Aaron-ATL .852

Stargell-PIT .824

Torre-STL .813

Mays-SFG .784

Williams-CHC .721

Hit By Pitch

Hunt-MON 50

Staub-MON 9

Foster-TOT 7

Speier-SFG 7

Stargell-PIT 7

Williams-ATL 7

Sac. Hits

Garr-ATL 18

Day-MON 16

Fuentes-SFG 16

Kessinger-CHC 14

Harrelson-NYM 13

Sac. Flies

Montanez-PHI 13

Oliver-PIT 10

Simmons-STL 10

Bailey-MON 9

Parker-LAD 8

Intentional Walks

Aaron-ATL 21

McCovey-SFG 21

Stargell-PIT 20

Torre-STL 20

Williams-CHC 18

Grounded into Double Plays

Bateman-MON 27

Allen-LAD 23

Sanguillen-PIT 21

Staub-MON 21

Bench-CIN 20

Cannizzaro-TOT 20

Foster-TOT 20

Santo-CHC 20

Simmons-STL 20

Caught Stealing

Brock-STL 19

Garr-ATL 14

Bowa-PHI 11

Alou-STL 10

Cedeno-HOU 9

Rose-CIN 9

Power/Speed Number

Bonds-SFG 29.1

Mays-SFG 20.2

Morgan-HOU 19.6

Agee-NYM 18.7

Henderson-SFG 16.4

At Bats per Strikeout

Millan-ATL 26.2

Alou-STL 22.6

Beckert-CHC 22.1

Sizemore-STL 18.4

McCarver-PHI 18.2

At Bats per Home Run

Aaron-ATL 10.5

Stargell-PIT 10.6

May-CIN 14.2

Williams-ATL 15.1

Johnson-PHI 17.1

Outs

Bowa-PHI 508

Fuentes-SFG 493

Kessinger-CHC 492

Speier-SFG 488

Montanez-PHI 485

ERA

Seaver-NYM 1.76

Roberts-SDP 2.10

Wilson-HOU 2.45

Forsch-HOU 2.53

Sutton-LAD 2.54

Wins

Jenkins-CHC 24

Carlton-STL 20

Downing-LAD 20

Seaver-NYM 20

Ellis-PIT 19

Won-Loss %

McGraw-NYM .733

Gullett-CIN .727

Carroll-CIN .714

Ray-HOU .714

Carlton-STL .690

Downing-LAD .690

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Seaver-NYM 0.946

Wilson-HOU 1.022

Jenkins-CHC 1.049

Marichal-SFG 1.075

Sutton-LAD 1.078

Hits Allowed/9IP

Wilson-HOU 6.55

Seaver-NYM 6.60

Kirby-SDP 7.17

Gentry-NYM 7.39

Stoneman-MON 7.42

Bases on Balls/9IP

Jenkins-CHC 1.02

Marichal-SFG 1.81

Stone-ATL 1.82

Hands-CHC 1.86

Sutton-LAD 1.87

Strikeouts/9IP

Seaver-NYM 9.08

Kirby-SDP 7.78

Stoneman-MON 7.67

Jenkins-CHC 7.28

Gentry-NYM 6.86

Games

Granger-CIN 70

Johnson-SFG 67

Marshall-MON 66

Carroll-CIN 61

McMahon-SFG 61

Saves

Giusti-PIT 30

Marshall-MON 23

Brewer-LAD 22

Johnson-SFG 18

Upshaw-ATL 17

Innings

Jenkins-CHC 325.0

Stoneman-MON 294.7

Seaver-NYM 286.3

Perry-SFG 280.0

Marichal-SFG 279.0

Strikeouts

Seaver-NYM 289

Jenkins-CHC 263

Stoneman-MON 251

Kirby-SDP 231

Sutton-LAD 194

Games Started

Jenkins-CHC 39

Stoneman-MON 39

Osteen-LAD 38

Marichal-SFG 37

Perry-SFG 37

Renko-MON 37

Sutton-LAD 37

Wise-PHI 37

Comp. Games

Jenkins-CHC 30

Seaver-NYM 21

Gibson-STL 20

Stoneman-MON 20

Carlton-STL 18

Marichal-SFG 18

Niekro-ATL 18

Wilson-HOU 18

Shutouts

Blass-PIT 5

Downing-LAD 5

Gibson-STL 5

Pappas-CHC 5

Arlin-SDP 4

Carlton-STL 4

Marichal-SFG 4

Niekro-ATL 4

Osteen-LAD 4

Seaver-NYM 4

Sutton-LAD 4

Wise-PHI 4

Home Runs Allow.

Jenkins-CHC 29

Lersch-PHI 28

Hands-CHC 27

Marichal-SFG 27

Niekro-ATL 27

Bases On Balls Allow.

Stoneman-MON 146

Renko-MON 135

Ryan-NYM 116

Reuss-STL 109

Arlin-SDP 103

Kirby-SDP 103

Hits Allowed

Jenkins-CHC 304

Pappas-CHC 279

Carlton-STL 275

Osteen-LAD 262

Wise-PHI 261

SO to Walk

Jenkins-CHC 7.11

Seaver-NYM 4.74

Sutton-LAD 3.53

Stone-ATL 3.14

Marichal-SFG 2.84

Losses

Arlin-SDP 19

Hands-CHC 18

Morton-MON 18

Roberts-SDP 17

Singer-LAD 17

Earned Runs Allow.

Renko-MON 115

Morton-MON 114

Reuss-STL 112

Carlton-STL 108

Stoneman-MON 103

Wild Pitches

McAnally-MON 18

Kirby-SDP 13

Carlton-STL 12

Downing-LAD 12

Norman-TOT 11

Renko-MON 11

Hit Batsmen

Billingham-HOU 16

Ryan-NYM 15

Blasingame-HOU 13

McAnally-MON 8

Gibson-STL 7

Gladding-HOU 7

Johnson-PIT 7

McMahon-SFG 7

Reuss-STL 7

Wilson-HOU 7

Batters Faced

Jenkins-CHC 1299

Stoneman-MON 1243

Renko-MON 1193

Carlton-STL 1171

Perry-SFG 1149

Games Finished

Marshall-MON 52

Giusti-PIT 49

Johnson-SFG 47

Frisella-NYM 42

Brewer-LAD 41

Granger-CIN 41

Upshaw-ATL 41

Adjusted ERA+

Seaver-NYM 193

Roberts-SDP 157

Jenkins-CHC 142

Wilson-HOU 137

Forsch-HOU 133

Oldest Player

Wilhelm-TOT 1922-07-26 (48)

McMahon-SFG 1930-01-04 (41)

Banks-CHC 1931-01-31 (40)

Mays-SFG 1931-05-06 (40)

Bunning-PHI 1931-10-23 (39)

Youngest Player

Franklin-SDP 1953-03-16 (18)

Ivie-SDP 1952-08-08 (18)

Anderson-PHI 1951-06-22 (20)

Stennett-PIT 1951-04-05 (20)

Cedeno-HOU 1951-02-25 (20)

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All Stars (* - indicates they played)
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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters
P. Dock Ellis (PIT)
C. Johnny Bench (CIN)
1B. Willie McCovey (SFG)
2B. Glenn Beckert (CHC)
3B. Joe Torre (STL)
SS. Bud Harrelson (NYM)
LF. Willie Stargell (PIT)
CF. Willie Mays (SFG)
RF. Hank Aaron (ATL)


Bobby Bonds* (SFG)
Lou Brock* (STL)
Steve Carlton (STL)
Clay Carroll (CIN)
Roberto Clemente* (PIT)
Nate Colbert* (SDP)
Willie Davis* (LAD)
Larry Dierker (HOU)
Fergie Jenkins* (CHC)

Don Kessinger* (CHC)
Juan Marichal* (SFG)
Lee May* (CIN)
Felix Millan* (ATL)
Pete Rose* (CIN)
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)
Ron Santo* (CHC)
Tom Seaver (NYM)
Rusty Staub (MON)

Don Wilson* (HOU)
Rick Wise (PHI)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Dock Ellis (PIT) C. Johnny Bench (CIN) 1B. Willie McCovey (SFG) 2B. Glenn Beckert (CHC) 3B. Joe Torre (STL) SS. Bud Harrelson (NYM) LF. Willie Stargell (PIT) CF. Willie Mays (SFG) RF. Hank Aaron (ATL)		Bobby Bonds* (SFG) Lou Brock* (STL) Steve Carlton (STL) Clay Carroll (CIN) Roberto Clemente* (PIT) Nate Colbert* (SDP) Willie Davis* (LAD) Larry Dierker (HOU) Fergie Jenkins* (CHC)		Don Kessinger* (CHC) Juan Marichal* (SFG) Lee May* (CIN) Felix Millan* (ATL) Pete Rose* (CIN) Manny Sanguillen (PIT) Ron Santo* (CHC) Tom Seaver (NYM) Rusty Staub (MON)		Don Wilson* (HOU) Rick Wise (PHI)