1971 California Angels season

The 1971 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Sandy Alomar Sr.
• Ken Berry
• Tony Conigliaro
• Jim Fregosi
• Alex Johnson
• Ken McMullen
• Jerry Moses
• Jim Spencer
• Clyde Wright

Notable transactions

• April 4, 1971: Joe Henderson was released by the Angels.

Draft picks

• June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
  • Ron Jackson was drafted by the Angels in the 2nd round.
  • Billy Smith was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round.

Roster

1971 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 40 Lloyd Allen 44 Rickey Clark 24 Eddie Fisher 42 Andy Hassler 16 Dave LaRoche 30 Fred Lasher 43 Jim Maloney 34 Rudy May 47 Andy Messersmith 41 Tom Murphy 46 Mel Queen 35 Archie Reynolds 38 Clyde Wright 45 Billy Wynne		Catchers 39 Art Kusnyer 10,19 Jerry Moses 37 John Stephenson  3 Jeff Torborg Infielders 1,2 Sandy Alomar Sr.  1 Bruce Christensen 11 Jim Fregosi  7 Ken McMullen  8 Syd O'Brien 18 Billy Parker 15 Chico Ruiz  9 Jim Spencer		Outfielders 12 Ken Berry  4 Tony Conigliaro 14 Billy Cowan 25 Tony González 17 Alex Johnson  6 Roger Repoz 19 Tommie Reynolds  5 Mickey Rivers 33 Tom Silverio Other batters 15 Rudy Meoli		Manager 36 Lefty Phillips Coaches 22 Rocky Bridges 20 Fred Koenig 27 Pete Reiser 21 Norm Sherry

Player stats

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	John Stephenson	98	279	61	.219	3	25
1B		148	510	121	.237	18	59
2B		162	689	179	.260	4	42
SS	Jim Fregosi	107	347	81	.233	5	33
3B		160	593	148	.250	21	68
LF		111	314	77	.245	3	38
CF		111	298	66	.221	3	22
RF		74	266	59	.222	4	15

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
Roger Repoz	113	297	59	.199	13	41
	79	268	71	.265	1	12
Syd O'Brien	90	251	50	.199	5	21
	65	242	63	.260	2	21
Jerry Moses	69	181	41	.227	4	15
Billy Cowan	74	174	48	.276	4	20
Jeff Torborg	55	123	25	.203	0	5
Tommie Reynolds	45	86	16	.186	2	8
Billy Parker	20	70	16	.229	1	6
Bruce Christensen	29	63	17	.270	0	3
Chico Ruiz	31	19	5	.263	0	0
	6	13	2	.154	0	0
Rudy Meoli	7	3	0	.000	0	0
Tom Silverio	3	3	1	.333	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
	38	276.2	20	13	2.99	179
	37	276.2	16	17	2.99	135
	37	243.1	6	17	3.77	89
	32	208.1	11	12	3.02	156

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
	11	44.0	2	1	2.86	28
Jim Maloney	13	30.1	0	3	5.04	13
Andy Hassler	6	18.2	0	3	3.86	13

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
	54	4	6	15	2.49	72
	57	10	8	3	2.72	82
	56	5	1	9	2.50	63
	44	2	2	4	1.78	53
Archie Reynolds	15	0	3	0	4.61	15
Billy Wynne	3	0	0	0	4.91	6
Fred Lasher	2	0	0	0	27.00	0

Farm system

Template:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salt Lake City, Quad Cities

References

• 1971 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1971 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com