The 1971 San Diego Padres season was the third season in franchise history. Offseason October 20, 1970: Sonny Ruberto was sent by the Padres to the Cincinnati Reds in a conditional deal.Sonny Ruberto at Baseball Reference November 30, 1970: Bill Laxton was drafted by the Padres from the Philadelphia Phillies in the rule 5 draft.Bill Laxton at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Opening Day starters Ollie Brown Dave Campbell Chris Cannizzaro Nate Colbert Tommy Dean Cito Gaston Tom Phoebus Ed Spiezio Larry Stahl
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 11, 1971: Al Santorini was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leron Lee and Fred Norman.Al Santorini at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1971 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Bob Barton 121 376 94 .250 5 23 1B Nate Colbert 156 565 149 .264 27 84 2B Don Mason 113 344 73 .212 2 11 SS 143 549 122 .222 0 12 3B Ed Spezio 97 308 71 .231 7 36 LF Leron Lee 79 256 70 .273 4 21 CF Cito Gaston 141 518 118 .228 17 61 RF 145 484 132 .273 9 55
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 108 365 83 .227 7 29 Larry Stahl 114 308 78 .253 8 36 Ivan Murrell 103 255 60 .235 7 24 Garry Jestadt 75 189 55 .291 0 13 Fred Kendall 49 111 19 .171 1 7 Johnny Jeter 18 75 24 .320 1 3 Tommy Dean 41 70 8 .114 0 1 Chris Cannizzaro 21 63 12 .190 1 8 52 58 9 .155 0 6 Ron Slocum 7 18 0 .000 0 0 Al Ferrara 17 17 2 .118 0 2 Rod Gaspar 16 17 2 .118 0 2 Mike Ivie 6 17 8 .471 0 3 Jerry Morales 12 17 2 .118 0 1 Ray Webster 10 8 1 .125 0 0 Dave Robinson 7 6 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 Dave Roberts 37 269.2 14 17 2.10 135 Clay Kirby 38 267.1 15 13 2.83 231 36 227.2 9 19 3.48 156 Tom Phoebus 29 133.1 3 11 4.46 80 Fred Norman 20 127.1 3 12 3.32 77 8 46.0 3 3 2.74 16
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 Danny Coombs 19 57.2 1 6 6.24 37 Al Santorini 18 38.1 0 2 3.76 21 3 5.2 0 1 6.35 4
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 Al Severinsen 59 2 5 8 3.47 31 Dick Kelley 48 2 3 2 3.47 42 Bob Miller 38 7 3 7 1.41 36 18 0 2 0 6.83 23 Gary Ross 13 1 3 0 2.96 13 Mike Corkins 8 0 0 0 3.46 16 6 1 0 0 0.00 5
Award winners
1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-CityJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1971 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 1971 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac