1971 San Francisco Giants season

1971 San Francisco Giants 1971 National League West Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1883) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Candlestick Park (since 1960) San Francisco, California (since 1958)
1971 information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)	Jerry Donovan
Manager(s)	Charlie Fox
Local television	KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Local radio	KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
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Offseason

• December 30, 1970: Ron Hunt was traded by the Giants to the Montreal Expos for Dave McDonald.

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 Sstros struck out 15 batters in his very first game, tying a Major League record first set by Karl Spooner.

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	90	72	--	.556
Los Angeles Dodgers	89	73	1	.549
Atlanta Braves	82	80	8	.506
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	11	.488
Houston Astros	79	83	11	.488
San Diego Padres	61	100	28.5	.379

Notable transactions

• May 29, 1971: George Foster was traded by the Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert.
• June 1, 1971: Bob Heise was traded by the Giants to the Milwaukee Brewers for Floyd Wicker.
• June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Frank Riccelli was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (18th pick).
  • Willie Prall was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round.

Roster

1971 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 33 Jim Barr 32 Ron Bryant 30 Don Carrithers 40 John Cumberland 38 Steve Hamilton 35 Jerry Johnson 27 Juan Marichal 47 Don McMahon 36 Gaylord Perry 39 Frank Reberger 45 Rich Robertson 33 Steve Stone 19 Jim Willoughby		Catchers  2 Dick Dietz 18 Russ Gibson  5 Fran Healy  8 Dave Rader Infielders 31 Chris Arnold 14 Frank Duffy 23 Tito Fuentes 10 Al Gallagher 34 Ed Goodson 16 Jim Ray Hart 17 Bob Heise 37 Frank Johnson 45 Dave Kingman 22 Hal Lanier 44 Willie McCovey 35 Chris Speier		Outfielders 25 Bobby Bonds 14 George Foster 15 Ken Henderson 37 Jim Howarth 24 Willie Mays 43 Jimmy Rosario 26 Floyd Wicker 20 Bernie Williams		Manager  7 Charlie Fox Coaches 46 Larry Jansen  1 John McNamara  3 Ozzie Virgil  9 Wes Westrum

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
C	Dietz, DickDick Dietz	142	453	58	114	.252	19	72	1
1B	McCovey, WillieWillie McCovey	105	329	45	91	.277	18	70	0
2B	Fuentes, TitoTito Fuentes	152	630	63	172	.273	4	52	12
3B	Gallagher, AlAl Gallagher	136	429	47	119	.277	5	57	2
SS	Speier, ChrisChris Speier	157	601	74	141	.235	8	46	4
LF	Henderson, KenKen Henderson	141	504	80	133	.264	15	65	18
CF	Mays, WillieWillie Mays	136	417	82	113	.271	18	61	23
RF	Bonds, BobbyBobby Bonds	155	619	110	178	.288	33	102	26

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
Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	36	105	28	.267	3	8
Healy, FranFran Healy	47	93	26	.280	2	11
Williams, BernieBernie Williams	35	73	13	.178	1	5
Duffy, FrankFrank Duffy	21	28	5	.179	0	2
Kingman, DaveDave Kingman	41	115	24	.278	6	24
Wicker, FloydFloyd Wicker	9	21	3	.143	0	1
Howarth, JimJim Howarth	7	13	3	.231	0	2
Heise, BobBob Heise	13	11	0	.000	0	0

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
Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry	37	280	16	12	2.76	158
Marichal, JuanJuan Marichal	37	279	18	11	2.94	159
Bryant, RonRon Bryant	27	140	7	10	3.79	79
Stone, SteveSteve Stone	24	110.2	5	9	4.16	63

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
Cumberland, JohnJohn Cumberland	45	185	9	6	2.92	65
Carrithers, DonDon Carrithers	22	80.1	5	3	4.03	41
Robertson, RichRich Robertson	23	61	2	2	4.57	32

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
Johnson, JerryJerry Johnson	67	12	9	18	2.97	85
Hamilton, SteveSteve Hamilton	39	2	2	4	3.02	38
Barr, JimJim Barr	17	1	1	0	3.57	16

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1971 National League Championship Series

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

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Pittsburgh - 4, San Francisco - 5	October 2	Candlestick Park	40,977
2	Pittsburgh - 9, San Francisco - 4	October 3	Candlestick Park	42,562
3	San Francisco - 1, Pittsburgh - 2	October 5	Three Rivers Stadium	38,322
4	San Francisco - 5, Pittsburgh - 9	October 6	Three Rivers Stadium	35,487

Award winners

• Willie Mays, Commissioner's Award

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

External links

• 1971 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1971 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

Preceded by Cincinnati Reds 1970

NL West Championship Season 1971

Succeeded by Cincinnati Reds 1972