1971 Chicago White Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 79-83
Finished 3rd in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 833,891, Avg. 12,064
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Chuck Tanner (79-83)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1971 Chicago White Sox RosterTeam Record: 79-83
Finished 3rd in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 833,891, Avg. 12,064
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Chuck Tanner (79-83)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1971 Chicago White Sox Results
The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1971 season with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, finishing third in the AL's West Division.
The White Sox plated 617 runs and conceded 597 runs. Bill Melton walloped 33 home runs for Chicago, while Jay Johnstone and Rick Reichardt swatted 20 or more, too. Bill Melton drove in 86 runs. Carlos May led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Wilbur Wood topped the squad with 22 wins, plus Tom Bradley added 15 or more wins, too Wilbur Wood recorded a 1.91 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Chuck Tanner coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbur Wood | 22 | 13 | .629 | 1.91 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 334.0 | 272 | 95 | 71 | 21 | 62 | 2 | 210 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1316 |
| Tom Bradley | 15 | 15 | .500 | 2.96 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 285.7 | 273 | 111 | 94 | 16 | 74 | 5 | 206 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1198 |
| Tommy John | 13 | 16 | .448 | 3.61 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 229.3 | 244 | 115 | 92 | 17 | 58 | 5 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 975 |
| Bart Johnson | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.93 | 53 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 178.0 | 148 | 67 | 58 | 9 | 111 | 6 | 153 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 784 |
| Joe Horlen | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.26 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 137.3 | 150 | 72 | 65 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 82 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 575 |
| Rich Hinton | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.44 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 |
| Steve Kealey | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.84 | 54 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 77.3 | 69 | 40 | 33 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 328 |
| Terry Forster | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.99 | 45 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.7 | 46 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 219 |
| Jim Magnuson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 131 |
| Vicente Romo | 1 | 7 | .125 | 3.38 | 45 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72.0 | 52 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 37 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 302 |
| Denny O'Toole | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Pat Jacquez | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Stan Perzanowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Don Eddy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.38 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Totals | 79 | 83 | .488 | 3.13 | 421 | 162 | 116 | 46 | 16 | 32 | 1450.3 | 1348 | 597 | 504 | 100 | 468 | 38 | 976 | 29 | 5 | 43 | 6089 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos May | 141 | 574 | 500 | 64 | 147 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 16 | 7 | 62 | 61 | .294 | .375 | .406 | .781 | 203 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Bill Melton | 150 | 621 | 543 | 72 | 146 | 18 | 2 | 33 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 87 | .269 | .352 | .492 | .843 | 267 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Rick Reichardt | 138 | 544 | 496 | 53 | 138 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 62 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 90 | .278 | .335 | .429 | .764 | 213 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 114 | 397 | 361 | 43 | 106 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 27 | .294 | .344 | .424 | .767 | 153 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Jay Johnstone | 124 | 436 | 388 | 53 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 50 | .260 | .329 | .425 | .755 | 165 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Rich McKinney | 114 | 414 | 369 | 35 | 100 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 37 | .271 | .334 | .377 | .711 | 139 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Mike Andrews | 109 | 408 | 330 | 45 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 47 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 36 | .282 | .400 | .439 | .840 | 145 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Ed Herrmann | 101 | 344 | 294 | 32 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 48 | .214 | .317 | .347 | .664 | 102 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| Pat Kelly | 67 | 252 | 213 | 32 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 29 | .291 | .394 | .390 | .784 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Tom Egan | 85 | 281 | 251 | 29 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 94 | .239 | .320 | .410 | .731 | 103 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Richard | 87 | 288 | 260 | 38 | 60 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 46 | .231 | .286 | .304 | .590 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Luis Alvarado | 99 | 278 | 264 | 22 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 34 | .216 | .246 | .277 | .523 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Hershberger | 74 | 214 | 177 | 22 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 23 | .260 | .377 | .345 | .722 | 61 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rich Morales | 84 | 212 | 185 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 26 | .243 | .336 | .319 | .655 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ed Stroud | 53 | 153 | 141 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | .177 | .237 | .248 | .485 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Huntz | 35 | 96 | 86 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .209 | .266 | .337 | .603 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Bradley | 48 | 104 | 96 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | .156 | .165 | .188 | .352 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bart Johnson | 53 | 61 | 57 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .193 | .207 | .211 | .417 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy John | 38 | 81 | 69 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .145 | .181 | .145 | .325 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Maye | 32 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .205 | .280 | .318 | .598 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Muser | 11 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .313 | .353 | .438 | .790 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbur Wood | 44 | 124 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 57 | .052 | .150 | .052 | .202 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Vicente Romo | 45 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .364 | .417 | .364 | .780 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Brinkman | 15 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .200 | .304 | .200 | .504 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Spence | 14 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .148 | .273 | .148 | .421 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Horlen | 36 | 43 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .098 | .100 | .198 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Forster | 45 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Kealey | 54 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .500 | .700 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hottman | 6 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Eddy | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Lolich | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Perzanowski | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Magnuson | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Jacquez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Hinton | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny O'Toole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 2081 | 6114 | 5382 | 617 | 1346 | 185 | 30 | 138 | 568 | 83 | 65 | 562 | 870 | .250 | .325 | .373 | .697 | 2005 | 105 | 51 | 81 | 38 | 45 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos May | 1B | 130 | 123 | 1117.0 | 1189 | 71 | 18 | 90 | .986 | 1.152 | 9.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Andrews | 1B | 25 | 25 | 197.0 | 197 | 11 | 4 | 17 | .981 | 9.503 | 8.320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Spence | 1B | 7 | 6 | 58.0 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 11.017 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Reichardt | 1B | 9 | 6 | 52.0 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 9.173 | 5.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Muser | 1B | 4 | 2 | 24.0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 9.750 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Egan | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Andrews | 2B | 76 | 70 | 640.0 | 177 | 191 | 17 | 51 | .956 | 5.175 | 4.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich McKinney | 2B | 67 | 64 | 574.0 | 148 | 159 | 10 | 34 | .968 | 4.814 | 4.582 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Huntz | 2B | 14 | 13 | 113.0 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.221 | 3.786 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Alvarado | 2B | 16 | 13 | 112.0 | 31 | 49 | 1 | 12 | .988 | 6.429 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Morales | 2B | 3 | 2 | 12.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 5.250 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Melton | 3B | 148 | 148 | 1270.0 | 116 | 371 | 16 | 26 | .968 | 3.451 | 3.291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Morales | 3B | 18 | 4 | 79.0 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .885 | 2.620 | 1.278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Huntz | 3B | 6 | 5 | 52.0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.462 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich McKinney | 3B | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.864 | 2.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Herrmann | C | 97 | 90 | 780.0 | 556 | 56 | 3 | 5 | .995 | 7.062 | 6.309 | 16 | 0 | 41 | 28 | 40.6 |
| Tom Egan | C | 77 | 67 | 603.0 | 443 | 41 | 7 | 2 | .986 | 7.224 | 6.286 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 15 | 23.1 |
| Chuck Brinkman | C | 14 | 5 | 67.0 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.582 | 3.500 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 28.6 |
| Rick Reichardt | OF | 128 | 122 | 1064.0 | 203 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .981 | 1.751 | 1.617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Johnstone | OF | 119 | 102 | 921.0 | 232 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .968 | 2.355 | 2.025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | OF | 90 | 83 | 727.0 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.993 | 1.789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Kelly | OF | 61 | 53 | 473.0 | 100 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 2.036 | 1.754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hershberger | OF | 59 | 43 | 412.0 | 96 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .960 | 2.119 | 1.644 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Stroud | OF | 44 | 30 | 292.0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.572 | 1.159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich McKinney | OF | 25 | 21 | 191.0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.120 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Richard | OF | 16 | 8 | 82.0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 2.524 | 1.438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos May | OF | 9 | 9 | 72.0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Maye | OF | 10 | 8 | 62.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.742 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Hottman | OF | 5 | 5 | 38.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.184 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Lolich | OF | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .563 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Morales | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wilbur Wood | P | 44 | 42 | 334.0 | 11 | 65 | 1 | 3 | .987 | 2.048 | 1.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Bradley | P | 45 | 39 | 286.0 | 24 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.762 | 1.244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy John | P | 38 | 35 | 229.0 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 1.690 | 1.132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bart Johnson | P | 53 | 16 | 178.0 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.567 | .585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Horlen | P | 34 | 18 | 137.0 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 2.431 | 1.088 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Kealey | P | 54 | 1 | 77.0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.870 | .296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vicente Romo | P | 45 | 2 | 72.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.375 | .422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Forster | P | 45 | 3 | 50.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Magnuson | P | 15 | 4 | 30.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Hinton | P | 18 | 2 | 24.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.625 | .389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Eddy | P | 22 | 0 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.174 | .136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Perzanowski | P | 5 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denny O'Toole | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Jacquez | P | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Alvarado | SS | 71 | 60 | 530.0 | 89 | 189 | 12 | 34 | .959 | 4.721 | 3.915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Richard | SS | 68 | 54 | 491.0 | 87 | 210 | 26 | 30 | .920 | 5.444 | 4.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Morales | SS | 57 | 46 | 406.0 | 66 | 138 | 5 | 14 | .976 | 4.522 | 3.579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Huntz | SS | 7 | 2 | 24.0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1911 | 1458 | 13053.0 | 4347 | 1843 | 160 | 351 | .975 | 4.268 | 3.239 | 32 | 0 | 101 | 47 | 31.8 |
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