1971 Chicago Cubs Statistics and Roster

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1971 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970/1972)
83-79, Finished 3rd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 637 runs, Allowed 648 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Managed by Leo Durocher

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,653,007 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 113, Pitching - 113
  (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 109
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Chris Cannizzaro    33   71  197   18   42   8  1   5   23  28   24  .213  .311  .340   0   0  13   1   6   2   2   76
1B *Joe Pepitone        30  115  427   50  131  19  4  16   61  24   41  .307  .347  .482   1   2  14   4   2   3   8  122
2B  Glenn Beckert       30  131  530   80  181  18  5   2   42  24   24  .342  .367  .406   3   2  16   0  12   4   0  108
3B  Ron Santo           31  154  555   77  148  22  1  21   88  79   95  .267  .354  .423   4   0  20   0   1   7   8  109
SS #Don Kessinger       28  155  617   77  159  18  6   2   38  52   54  .258  .318  .316  15   8  11   3  14   1   6   72
LF *Billy Williams      33  157  594   86  179  27  5  28   93  77   44  .301  .383  .505   7   5  17   3   0   3  18  138
CF *Brock Davis         27  106  301   22   77   7  5   0   28  35   34  .256  .335  .312   0   6   1   2   4   2   0   76
RF *Johnny Callison     32  103  290   27   61  12  1   8   38  36   55  .210  .298  .341   2   1   6   2   1   4   8   72
    Jim Hickman         34  117  383   50   98  13  2  19   60  50   61  .256  .342  .449   0   1  12   3   3   5   7  112
   #Paul Popovich       30   89  226   24   49   7  1   4   28  14   17  .217  .260  .310   0   1   7   0   1   2   0   53
    Cleo James          30   54  150   25   43   7  0   2   13  10   16  .287  .353  .373   6   2   3   6   5   1   0   96
   *J.C. Martin         34   47  125   13   33   5  0   2   17  12   16  .264  .336  .352   1   1   2   2   2   1   6   86
    Jose Ortiz          24   36   88   10   26   7  1   0    3   4   10  .295  .347  .398   2   2   0   3   1   0   0  101
    Ernie Banks         40   39   83    4   16   2  0   3    6   6   14  .193  .247  .325   0   0   1   0   3   0   1   53
    Ken Rudolph         24   25   76    5   15   3  0   0    7   6   20  .197  .265  .237   0   0   3   1   3   0   0   36
    Danny Breeden       29   25   65    3   10   1  0   0    4   9   18  .154  .263  .169   0   0   2   1   3   1   0   19
    Hector Torres       25   31   58    4   13   3  0   0    2   4   10  .224  .274  .276   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   49
    Carmen Fanzone      27   12   43    5    8   2  0   2    5   2    7  .186  .222  .372   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   58
    Frank Fernandez     28   17   41   11    7   1  0   4    4  17   15  .171  .414  .488   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  143
   *Pat Bourque         24   14   37    3    7   0  1   1    3   3    9  .189  .250  .324   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   54
    Hal Breeden         27   23   36    1    5   1  0   1    2   2    7  .139  .184  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   16
   *Gene Hiser          22   17   29    4    6   0  0   0    1   4    8  .207  .303  .207   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   40
    Randy Hundley       29    9   21    1    7   1  0   0    2   0    2  .333  .333  .381   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   92
   #Billy North         23    8   16    3    6   0  0   0    0   4    6  .375  .524  .375   1   1   0   1   0   0   1  147
   *Ray Webster         28   16   16    1    5   2  0   0    0   1    3  .313  .353  .438   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  112
   *Al Spangler         37    5    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  117
    Garry Jestadt       24    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Fergie Jenkins      28   39  115   13   28   7  1   6   20   7   40  .243  .282  .478   0   0   2   0   8   2   0  102
    Milt Pappas         32   35   91    6   14   2  0   0    2   4   30  .154  .206  .176   1   0   3   2   2   0   0    4
    Bill Hands          31   36   72    3    6   3  0   0    6   6   42  .083  .154  .125   0   0   0   0   9   0   0  -24
    Ken Holtzman        25   30   69    4    9   2  0   1    5   3   15  .130  .164  .203   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   -1
   *Juan Pizarro        34   16   34    3    6   1  0   1    2   2   11  .176  .216  .294   0   0   4   0   2   1   0   36
    Bill Bonham         22   33   12    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    4  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -10
    Joe Decker          24   22    8    1    2   1  0   0    0   1    5  .250  .333  .375   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   91
    Phil Regan          34   48    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   3   0   0 -100
    Burt Hooton         21    3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    6  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -63
   *Ray Newman          26   30    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Earl Stephenson     23   16    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Larry Gura          23    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bob Miller          32    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ron Tompkins        26   35    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2  162 5438  637 1401 202 34 128  603 527  772  .258  .323  .378  44  32 144  34  92  40  65   95
    Rank among 12 NL teams         9    6    5   9  7   5        5    9     4     5     4  12  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Fergie Jenkins      28  39   2.77  24  13  0  39   0  30   3  325.0  304  114  100  29   37  263 1299   3   5  4   6 142
SP  Bill Hands          31  36   3.42  12  18  0  35   1  14   1  242.3  248  112   92  27   50  128 1019   5   2  0   6 115
SP  Milt Pappas         32  35   3.51  17  14  0  35   0  14   5  261.3  279  109  102  25   62   99 1099   6   5  0   6 112
SP *Ken Holtzman        25  30   4.48   9  15  0  29   1   9   3  195.0  213  108   97  18   64  143  848  10   2  0   7  88
SP *Juan Pizarro        34  16   3.46   7   6  0  14   0   6   3  101.3   78   43   39  10   40   67  419   3   2  0   3 113

CL  Phil Regan          34  48   3.93   5   5  6   1  30   0   0   73.3   84   37   32   4   33   28  326   0   2  0  13 100
RP  Ron Tompkins        26  35   4.08   0   2  3   0  22   0   0   39.7   31   18   18   3   21   20  171   0   3  1   3  96
RP  Bill Bonham         22  33   4.65   2   1  0   2   4   0   0   60.0   63   38   31   6   36   41  272   5   5  1   5  84
RP *Ray Newman          26  30   3.52   1   2  2   0  12   0   0   38.3   30   15   15   4   17   35  156   2   0  0   0 111
RP  Joe Decker          24  21   4.73   3   2  0   4   4   0   0   45.7   62   24   24   2   25   37  215   1   0  0   3  83

    Burt Hooton         21   3   2.11   2   0  0   3   0   2   1   21.3    8    5    5   2   10   22   82   1   0  0   0 186
   *Earl Stephenson     23  16   4.43   1   0  1   0   5   0   0   20.3   24   10   10   1   11   11   90   1   0  0   0  89
    Jim Colborn         25  14   6.97   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   10.3   18    8    8   1    3    2   50   0   0  0   0  56
    Bob Miller          32   2   5.14   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.0   10    4    4   0    1    2   30   0   0  0   0  76
   *Larry Gura          23   6   6.00   0   0  1   0   2   0   0    3.0    6    3    2   0    1    2   18   1   0  0   1  65
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7 162   3.61  83  79 13 162  87  75  17 1444.0 1458  648  579 132  411  900 6094  38  26  6  53 109
    Rank among 12 NL teams          8   5   7 12           1   2      9   10    8        9    2    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CCannizzaro 546 61 70 311 26 6 2 .983 5 21 36 15 JMartin 318 35 43 218 21 1 2 .996 7 10 24 12 KRudolph 214 24 25 153 16 0 1 1.000 1 0 3 13 DBreeden 193 21 25 150 7 4 2 .975 3 5 10 4 FFernandez 129 13 16 91 6 2 0 .980 2 2 6 6 RHundley 42 8 8 43 3 1 0 .979 0 0 2 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1444 162 162 966 79 14 7 .987 18 38 81 52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPepitone 780 89 95 872 64 9 75 .990 10.80 JHickman 341 39 44 364 31 1 28 .997 10.40 EBanks 160 18 20 167 12 0 15 1.000 10.02 PBourque 87 9 11 75 13 4 6 .957 9.03 HBreeden 54 5 8 48 7 1 2 .982 9.17 CFanzone 16 2 2 11 1 0 2 1.000 6.75 RWebster 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 1539 129 15 129 .991 10.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBeckert 1111 129 129 275 382 9 76 .986 5.32 PPopovich 313 31 40 74 119 3 26 .985 5.54 HTorres 18 2 4 1 5 1 1 .857 2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 350 506 13 103 .985 5.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanto 1294 147 149 118 274 17 29 .958 2.72 PPopovich 115 12 16 4 27 1 1 .969 2.42 CFanzone 21 2 3 2 8 2 0 .833 4.29 CJames 10 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 GJestadt 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 125 310 20 30 .956 2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 *5.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKessinger 1329 151 154 263 512 27 97 .966 5.25 HTorres 111 11 18 11 40 2 6 .962 4.12 PPopovich 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 274 552 29 103 .966 5.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWilliams 1306 148 151 273 8 6 3 .979 1.94 RSanto 53 6 6 10 1 1 0 .917 1.87 CFanzone 43 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 BDavis 20 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 CJames 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 JHickman 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 JMartin 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JPepitone 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JCallison 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BNorth 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 301 9 7 3 .978 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDavis 713 80 85 204 3 4 1 .981 2.61 CJames 276 31 35 73 4 2 2 .975 2.51 JOrtiz 217 23 31 53 1 0 1 1.000 2.23 JPepitone 176 22 22 31 0 1 0 .969 1.58 GHiser 34 3 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 JHickman 26 3 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 380 8 7 4 .982 2.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCallison 725 82 88 156 3 3 0 .981 1.97 JHickman 511 60 65 93 3 2 0 .980 1.69 CJames 66 5 14 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 BNorth 44 5 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.61 GHiser 36 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 BWilliams 36 4 4 7 0 1 0 .875 1.75 BDavis 17 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 CFanzone 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 291 6 6 0 .980 1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BWilliams 1342 152 154 284 8 7 3 .977 1.96 BDavis 750 83 93 213 5 4 1 .982 2.61 JCallison 726 82 89 158 3 3 0 .982 2.00 JHickman 541 63 69 106 3 2 0 .982 1.81 CJames 351 37 48 89 4 2 2 .979 2.38 JOrtiz 217 23 30 53 1 0 1 1.000 2.23 JPepitone 179 22 23 32 0 1 0 .970 1.60 GHiser 70 7 9 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 RSanto 53 6 6 10 1 1 0 .917 1.87 CFanzone 51 6 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 BNorth 45 5 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 JMartin 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1444 162 162 977 25 20 7 .980 2.08 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FJenkins 325 39 39 31 48 7 1 .919 2.19 MPappas 261 35 35 19 30 0 1 1.000 1.69 BHands 242 35 36 21 32 2 2 .964 1.97 KHoltzman 195 29 30 6 28 3 2 .919 1.57 JPizarro 101 14 16 4 16 0 0 1.000 1.78 PRegan 73 1 48 5 18 2 1 .920 2.82 BBonham 60 2 33 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.70 JDecker 45 4 21 0 11 0 0 1.000 2.17 RTompkins 39 0 35 2 12 0 0 1.000 3.17 RNewman 38 0 30 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.64 BHooton 21 3 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.27 EStephenson 20 0 16 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.66 JColborn 10 0 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.50 BMiller 7 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 5.14 LGura 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 101 224 15 10 .956 2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Beckert .342

On-base % Williams .383

Slugging % Williams .505

OPS Williams .888

Games Williams 157

At Bats Kessinger 617

Plate Appearances (approx.) Kessinger 687

Runs Williams 86

Hits Beckert 181

Total Bases Williams 300

Doubles Williams 27

Triples Kessinger 6

Home Runs Williams 28

RBI Williams 93

Bases on Balls Santo 79

Strikeouts Santo 95

Stolen Bases Kessinger 15

Singles Beckert 156

Adjusted OPS+ Williams 138

Runs Created Williams 112

Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 32

Batting Wins Williams 3.3

Extra-Base Hits Williams 60

Times on Base Williams 259

Offensive Win% Williams .721

Hit By Pitch James 6

Sac. Hits Kessinger 14

Sac. Flies Santo 7

Intentional Walks Williams 18

Grounded into Double Plays Santo 20

Caught Stealing Kessinger 8

Power/Speed Number Williams 11.2

At Bats per Strikeout Beckert 22.1

At Bats per Home Run Williams 21.2

Outs Kessinger 492

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Jenkins 2.77

Wins Jenkins 24

Won-Loss % Jenkins .649

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Jenkins 1.049

Hits Allowed/9IP Jenkins 8.42

Bases on Balls/9IP Jenkins 1.02

Strikeouts/9IP Jenkins 7.28

Games Regan 48

Saves Regan 6

Innings Jenkins 325.0

Strikeouts Jenkins 263

Games Started Jenkins 39

Comp. Games Jenkins 30

Shutouts Pappas 5

Home Runs Allow. Jenkins 29

Bases On Balls Allow. Holtzman 64

Hits Allowed Jenkins 304

SO to Walk Jenkins 7.11

Losses Hands 18

Earned Runs Allow. Pappas 102

Wild Pitches Holtzman 10

Hit Batsmen Bonham, Jenkins, and Pappas 5

Batters Faced Jenkins 1299

Games Finished Regan 30

Adjusted ERA+ Jenkins 142

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Glenn Beckert (Starting 2B)
Fergie Jenkins
Don Kessinger
Ron Santo

1970/1972

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