1971 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1971 MLB Season is the 71st Season for Major League Baseball

Rookie Draft Choices
Gary Alexander (C) - San Francisco Seals

Jim Dwyer (RF) - St. Louis Cardinals

Danny Goodwin (1B) - Oakland Panthers

Ron Hassey (C) - Cleveland Buckeyes

Roy Herbert (RP) - Houston Astros

Bob LaFreniere (RP) - Birmingham Barons

Sixto Lezcano (LF) - Milwaukee Brewers

Dave Tobik (RP) - Detroit Tigers

Shawn Westbrook (SP) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Luis Aponte (RP) - Boston Red Sox

George Brett (3B) - Kansas City Monarchs

Blake Green (RP) - Oklahoma City 89ers

Keith Hernandez (1B) - St. Louis Cardinals

Shigeru Kobayashi (SP) - Denver Rockies

Leon Lee (3B) - St. Louis Cardinals

John Nelson (SP) - New Orleans Pelicans

Ed Putnam (C) - Chicago Cubs

Jim Rice (LF) - Boston Red Sox

Luis Sanchez (RP) - Houston Astros

Bruce Sutter (RP) - Chicago Cubs

George Zeber (2B) - New York Yankees

Larry Andersen (SP) - Cleveland Indians

Tom Bruno (SP) - Kansas City Monarchs

John Candelaria (SP) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Warren Cromartie (LF) - Toronto Blue Jays

Final Standings
AL East: Boston Red Sox (101-55), New York Yankees (86-70), Baltimore Orioles (77-79), Toronto Blue Jays (70-86)

AL North: Detroit Tigers (93-63), Minneota Twins (79-77), Chicago White Sox (76-80), Kansas City Royals (62-94)

AL South: New Orleans Browns (104-52), Houston Astros (71-85), Dallas Rangers (62-94), Tampa Bay Rays (58-98)

AL West: San Francisco Athletics (90-66), Los Angeles Angels (88-68), Portland Beavers (67-89), Seattle Rainiers (64-92)

NL East: Washington Nationals (89-67), Brooklyn Dodgers (87-69), New York Giants (86-70), Montreal Expos (71-85)

NL North: Pittsburgh Pirates (89-67), Philadelphia Phillies (87-69), Cleveland Buckeyes (68-88), Cincinnati Reds (60-96)

NL Midwest: Chicago Cubs (93-63), St. Louis Cardinals (81-75), Indianapolis Racers (73-83), Milwaukee Brewers (53-103)

NL West: Los Angeles Blues (85-71), San Diego Padres (83-73), Atlanta Braves (82-74), Oakland Oaks (61-95)

Playoffs

ALDS: New Orleans def. San Francisco 4-1, Detroit def. Boston 4-1

NLDS: Los Angeles def. Chicago 4-1, Pittsburgh def. Washington 4-2

ALCS: New Orleans def. Detroit 4-0

NLCS: Los Angeles def. Pittsburgh 4-0

World Series: New Orleans def. Los Angeles 4-3

League Leaders
Batting Average - Rod Carew (Minnesota) .360

Home Runs - Willie Stargell (Atlanta) 43

RBI - Richie Scheinblum (Cleveland) 135

Stolen Bases - Al Cowens (Baltimore) 36

ERA - Raul Garza (San Francisco) 2.02

Wins - Rich Jaramillo (Detroit), Marcos Martinez (New Orleans) & Randy Sterling (Washington) 21

Strikeouts - Tom Butters (Philadelphia) 296