1971 Atlanta Braves Roster
Team Record: 82-80
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,006,320, Avg. 13,241
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Manager: Lum Harris (82-80)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1971 Atlanta Braves Results
The Atlanta Braves of the National League ended the 1971 season with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, finishing third in the NL's West Division.
The Braves scored 643 runs and gave up 699 runs. Hank Aaron walloped 47 home runs for Atlanta, and Earl Williams added 20 or more, too. Hank Aaron drove in 118 runs. Ralph Garr led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .343. Phil Niekro topped the team with 15 wins, while Tom Kelley recorded a 2.96 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Lum Harris coached the team.
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Player | Pos. | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Hank Aaron | 1B | R | R | February 5, 1934 | 6'0" | 180 | Mobile, AL USA |
Tommie Aaron | 1B | R | R | August 5, 1939 | 6'3" | 190 | Mobile, AL USA |
Dusty Baker | RF | R | R | June 15, 1949 | 6'2" | 183 | Riverside, CA USA |
Steve Barber | P | L | L | February 22, 1938 | 6'0" | 195 | Takoma Park, MD USA |
Clete Boyer | 3B | R | R | February 9, 1937 | 6'0" | 165 | Cassville, MO USA |
Jim Breazeale | 1B | L | R | October 3, 1949 | 6'2" | 210 | Houston, TX USA |
Oscar Brown | OF | R | R | February 8, 1946 | 6'0" | 175 | Long Beach, CA USA |
Orlando Cepeda | 1B | R | R | September 17, 1937 | 6'2" | 210 | Ponce, P.R. |
Bob Didier | C | B | R | February 16, 1949 | 6'0" | 190 | Hattiesburg, MS USA |
Darrell Evans | 3B | L | R | May 26, 1947 | 6'2" | 200 | Pasadena, CA USA |
Leo Foster | SS | R | R | February 2, 1951 | 5'11" | 165 | Covington, KY USA |
Ralph Garr | LF | L | R | December 12, 1945 | 5'11" | 185 | Monroe, LA USA |
Gil Garrido | IF | R | R | June 26, 1941 | 5'9" | 150 | Panama, Panama Panama |
Ron Herbel | P | R | R | January 16, 1938 | 6'1" | 195 | Denver, CO USA |
Tom House | P | L | L | April 29, 1947 | 5'11" | 190 | Seattle, WA USA |
Sonny Jackson | CF | L | R | July 9, 1944 | 5'9" | 150 | Washington, DC USA |
Pat Jarvis | P | R | R | March 18, 1941 | 5'10" | 180 | Carlyle, IL USA |
Tom Kelley | P | R | R | January 5, 1944 | 6'0" | 190 | Manchester, CT USA |
Hal King | C | L | R | February 1, 1944 | 6'1" | 200 | Oviedo, FL USA |
Tony LaRussa | 2B | R | R | October 4, 1944 | 6'0" | 175 | Tampa, FL USA |
Mike Lum | RF | L | L | October 27, 1945 | 6'0" | 180 | Honolulu, HI USA |
Mike McQueen | P | L | L | August 30, 1950 | 6'0" | 188 | Oklahoma City, OK USA |
Felix Millan | 2B | R | R | August 21, 1943 | 5'11" | 172 | Yabucoa, P.R. |
Jim Nash | P | R | R | February 9, 1945 | 6'5" | 215 | Hawthorne, NV USA |
Gary Neibauer | P | R | R | October 29, 1944 | 6'3" | 200 | Billings, MT USA |
Phil Niekro | P | R | R | April 1, 1939 | 6'1" | 180 | Blaine, OH USA |
Marty Perez | SS | R | R | February 28, 1946 | 5'11" | 160 | Visalia, CA USA |
Bob Priddy | P | R | R | December 10, 1939 | 6'1" | 200 | Pittsburgh, PA USA |
Ron Reed | P | R | R | November 2, 1942 | 6'6" | 215 | La Porte, IN USA |
Marv Staehle | 2B | L | R | March 13, 1942 | 5'10" | 165 | Oak Park, IL USA |
George Stone | P | L | L | July 9, 1946 | 6'3" | 205 | Ruston, LA USA |
Cecil Upshaw | P | R | R | October 22, 1942 | 6'6" | 205 | Spearsville, LA USA |
Zoilo Versalles | 3B | R | R | December 18, 1939 | 5'10" | 146 | La Habana, La Habana Cuba |
Hoyt Wilhelm | P | R | R | July 26, 1922 | 6'0" | 190 | Huntersville, NC USA |
Earl Williams | C | R | R | July 14, 1948 | 6'3" | 215 | Newark, NJ USA |