1971 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1971 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1971 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Willie Stargell led with 48 home runs, Joe Torre led with 137 RBI, and Joe Torre led with 230 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 502 plate appearances at 162 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (162 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 502 plate appearances at 162 team games. 113 of the 268 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1971 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1971 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Joe Torre SLN 161 707 634 97 230 34 8 24 137 4 63 70 .363 .421 .555 .976
Ralph Garr ATL 154 693 639 101 219 24 6 9 44 30 30 68 .343 .372 .441 .813
Glenn Beckert CHN 131 570 530 80 181 18 5 2 42 3 24 24 .342 .367 .406 .773
Roberto Clemente PIT 132 553 522 82 178 29 8 13 86 1 26 65 .341 .370 .502 .871
Tony Oliva MIN 126 518 487 73 164 30 3 22 81 4 25 44 .337 .369 .546 .915
Bobby Murcer NYA 146 624 529 94 175 25 6 25 94 14 91 60 .331 .427 .543 .969
Hank Aaron ATL 139 573 495 95 162 22 3 47 118 1 71 58 .327 .410 .669 1.079
Manny Sanguillen PIT 138 557 533 60 170 26 5 7 81 6 19 32 .319 .345 .426 .771
Cleon Jones NYN 136 568 505 63 161 24 6 14 69 6 53 87 .319 .382 .473 .856
Merv Rettenmund BAL 141 589 491 81 156 23 4 11 75 15 87 60 .318 .422 .448 .870
Matty Alou SLN 149 660 609 85 192 28 6 7 74 19 34 27 .315 .352 .415 .767
Lou Brock SLN 157 720 640 126 200 37 7 7 61 64 76 107 .312 .385 .425 .810
Rusty Staub MON 162 690 599 94 186 34 6 19 97 9 74 42 .311 .392 .482 .874
Cesar Tovar MIN 157 718 657 94 204 29 3 1 45 18 45 39 .311 .356 .368 .725
Willie Davis LAN 158 672 641 84 198 33 10 10 74 20 23 47 .309 .330 .438 .769
Rod Carew MIN 147 632 577 88 177 16 10 2 48 6 45 81 .307 .356 .380 .736
Ted Simmons SLN 133 563 510 64 155 32 4 7 77 1 36 50 .304 .347 .424 .771
Pete Rose CIN 160 707 632 86 192 27 4 13 44 13 68 50 .304 .373 .421 .793
Billy Williams CHN 157 677 594 86 179 27 5 28 93 7 77 44 .301 .383 .505 .888
Amos Otis KCA 147 607 555 80 167 26 4 15 79 52 40 74 .301 .345 .443 .789
Willie Stargell PIT 141 606 511 104 151 26 0 48 125 0 83 154 .295 .398 .628 1.026
Dick Allen LAN 155 649 549 82 162 24 1 23 90 8 93 113 .295 .395 .468 .863
Carlos May CHA 141 574 500 64 147 21 7 7 70 16 62 61 .294 .375 .406 .781
Roy White NYA 147 634 524 86 153 22 7 19 84 14 86 66 .292 .388 .469 .857
Don Buford BAL 122 549 449 99 130 19 4 19 54 15 89 62 .290 .413 .477 .890
Felix Millan ATL 143 635 577 65 167 20 8 2 45 11 37 22 .289 .332 .362 .694
Dave Cash PIT 123 532 478 79 138 17 4 2 34 13 46 33 .289 .349 .354 .703
Bob Watson HOU 129 514 468 49 135 17 3 9 67 0 41 56 .288 .347 .395 .742
Ted Uhlaender CLE 141 541 500 52 144 20 3 2 47 3 38 44 .288 .336 .352 .688
Felipe Alou 2 teams 133 510 469 52 135 21 6 8 69 5 32 25 .288 .333 .409 .742
Bobby Bonds SFN 155 691 619 110 178 32 4 33 102 26 62 137 .288 .355 .512 .867
Norm Cash DET 135 523 452 72 128 10 3 32 91 1 59 86 .283 .372 .531 .903
Reggie Smith BOS 159 692 618 85 175 33 2 30 96 11 63 82 .283 .352 .489 .840
Davey Johnson BAL 142 574 510 67 144 26 1 18 72 3 51 55 .282 .351 .443 .794
Al Oliver PIT 143 573 529 69 149 31 7 14 64 4 27 72 .282 .317 .446 .763
Frank Robinson BAL 133 545 455 82 128 16 2 28 99 3 72 62 .281 .384 .510 .894
Maury Wills LAN 149 654 601 73 169 14 3 3 44 15 40 44 .281 .323 .329 .652
Ron Hunt MON 152 638 520 89 145 20 3 5 38 5 58 41 .279 .402 .358 .759
Frank Howard WS2 153 633 549 60 153 25 2 26 83 1 77 121 .279 .367 .474 .840
Lee May CIN 147 602 553 85 154 17 3 39 98 3 42 135 .278 .332 .532 .864
Tim McCarver PHI 134 525 474 51 132 20 5 8 46 5 43 26 .278 .337 .392 .730
Rick Reichardt CHA 138 544 496 53 138 14 2 19 62 5 37 90 .278 .335 .429 .764
Dave May ML4 144 562 501 74 139 20 3 16 65 15 50 59 .277 .343 .425 .769
Bill Freehan DET 148 586 516 57 143 26 4 21 71 2 54 48 .277 .353 .465 .818
Reggie Jackson OAK 150 642 567 87 157 29 3 32 80 16 63 161 .277 .352 .508 .860
Ray Fosse CLE 133 529 486 53 134 21 1 12 62 4 36 62 .276 .329 .397 .726
Wes Parker LAN 157 609 533 69 146 24 1 6 62 6 63 63 .274 .347 .356 .704
Paul Schaal KCA 161 659 548 80 150 31 6 11 63 7 103 51 .274 .387 .412 .799
Tito Fuentes SFN 152 672 630 63 172 28 6 4 52 12 18 46 .273 .299 .356 .654
Ollie Brown SDN 145 542 484 36 132 16 0 9 55 3 52 74 .273 .346 .362 .707
Brooks Robinson BAL 156 663 589 67 160 21 1 20 92 0 63 50 .272 .341 .413 .754
Sal Bando OAK 153 643 538 75 146 23 1 24 94 3 86 55 .271 .377 .452 .828
Willie Mays SFN 136 537 417 82 113 24 5 18 61 23 112 123 .271 .425 .482 .907
Bob Robertson PIT 131 536 469 65 127 18 2 26 72 1 60 101 .271 .356 .484 .840
Jim Northrup DET 136 524 459 72 124 27 2 16 71 7 60 43 .270 .355 .442 .797
Tony Perez CIN 158 664 609 72 164 22 3 25 91 4 51 120 .269 .325 .438 .764
Bill Melton CHA 150 621 543 72 146 18 2 33 86 3 61 87 .269 .352 .492 .843
Mike Lum ATL 145 512 454 56 122 14 1 13 55 0 47 43 .269 .340 .390 .730
Freddie Patek KCA 147 648 591 86 158 21 11 6 36 49 44 80 .267 .323 .371 .693
Joe Rudi OAK 127 556 513 62 137 23 4 10 52 3 28 62 .267 .304 .386 .690
Ron Santo CHN 154 642 555 77 148 22 1 21 88 4 79 95 .267 .354 .423 .778
Mark Belanger BAL 150 590 500 67 133 19 4 0 35 10 73 48 .266 .365 .320 .685
Deron Johnson PHI 158 660 582 74 154 29 0 34 95 0 72 146 .265 .347 .490 .836
Ken Henderson SFN 141 598 504 80 133 26 6 15 65 18 84 76 .264 .370 .429 .798
Nate Colbert SDN 156 639 565 81 149 25 3 27 84 5 63 119 .264 .339 .462 .801
Ted Sizemore SLN 135 532 478 53 126 14 5 3 42 4 42 26 .264 .322 .333 .655
Leo Cardenas MIN 153 624 554 59 146 25 4 18 75 3 51 69 .264 .321 .421 .741
Cesar Cedeno HOU 161 649 611 85 161 40 6 10 81 20 25 102 .264 .293 .398 .690
Vada Pinson CLE 146 599 566 60 149 23 4 11 35 25 21 58 .263 .295 .376 .672
George Scott BOS 146 590 537 72 141 16 4 24 78 0 41 102 .263 .317 .441 .758
Paul Blair BAL 141 555 516 75 135 24 8 10 44 14 32 94 .262 .306 .397 .703
Graig Nettles CLE 158 690 598 78 156 18 1 28 86 7 82 56 .261 .350 .435 .785
Sandy Alomar CAL 162 739 689 77 179 24 3 4 42 39 41 60 .260 .301 .321 .621
Earl Williams ATL 145 550 497 64 129 14 1 33 87 0 42 80 .260 .324 .491 .815
Tommy Harper ML4 152 653 585 79 151 26 3 14 52 25 65 92 .258 .333 .385 .717
Tommy Helms CIN 150 588 547 40 141 26 1 3 52 3 26 33 .258 .289 .325 .615
Sonny Jackson ATL 149 593 547 58 141 20 5 2 25 7 35 45 .258 .302 .324 .626
Don Kessinger CHN 155 687 617 77 159 18 6 2 38 15 52 54 .258 .318 .316 .634
Ron Fairly MON 146 542 447 58 115 23 0 13 71 1 81 65 .257 .373 .396 .769
Boog Powell BAL 128 509 418 59 107 19 0 22 92 1 82 64 .256 .379 .459 .839
Joe Morgan HOU 160 689 583 87 149 27 11 13 56 40 88 52 .256 .351 .407 .757
Willie Montanez PHI 158 683 599 78 153 27 6 30 99 4 67 105 .255 .327 .471 .798
Del Unser WS2 153 648 581 63 148 19 6 9 41 11 59 68 .255 .325 .355 .679
Harmon Killebrew MIN 147 624 500 61 127 19 1 28 119 3 114 96 .254 .386 .464 .850
Carl Yastrzemski BOS 148 620 508 75 129 21 2 15 70 8 106 60 .254 .381 .392 .772
Aurelio Rodriguez DET 154 639 604 68 153 30 7 15 39 4 27 93 .253 .288 .401 .688
Bud Harrelson NYN 142 618 547 55 138 16 6 0 32 28 53 59 .252 .319 .303 .622
Dick Dietz SFN 142 558 453 58 114 19 0 19 72 1 97 86 .252 .387 .419 .806
Bob Bailey MON 157 654 545 65 137 21 4 14 83 13 97 105 .251 .359 .382 .741
Rico Petrocelli BOS 158 661 553 82 139 24 4 28 89 2 91 108 .251 .354 .461 .815
Bert Campaneris OAK 134 609 569 80 143 18 4 5 47 34 29 64 .251 .287 .323 .611
Thurman Munson NYA 125 517 451 71 113 15 4 10 42 6 52 65 .251 .335 .368 .703
Horace Clarke NYA 159 696 625 76 156 23 7 2 41 17 64 43 .250 .321 .318 .639
Ken McMullen CAL 160 657 593 63 148 19 2 21 68 1 53 74 .250 .312 .395 .707
Larry Bowa PHI 159 696 650 74 162 18 5 0 25 28 36 61 .249 .293 .292 .586
Jose Cardenal 2 teams 142 558 499 57 124 22 4 10 80 21 42 55 .248 .300 .369 .669
Denis Menke HOU 146 547 475 57 117 26 3 1 43 4 59 68 .246 .328 .320 .648
Doug Griffin BOS 125 526 483 51 118 23 2 3 27 11 31 45 .244 .291 .319 .610
Dick Green OAK 144 538 475 58 116 14 1 12 49 1 51 83 .244 .320 .354 .673
Doug Rader HOU 135 534 484 51 118 21 4 12 56 5 40 112 .244 .303 .378 .681
John Bateman MON 139 526 492 34 119 17 3 10 56 1 19 87 .242 .273 .350 .623
George Foster 2 teams 140 514 473 50 114 23 4 13 58 7 29 120 .241 .292 .389 .681
Johnny Bench CIN 149 613 562 80 134 19 2 27 61 2 49 83 .238 .299 .423 .722
Jim Spencer CAL 148 572 510 50 121 21 2 18 59 0 48 63 .237 .304 .392 .696
Mike Epstein 2 teams 128 503 414 49 98 14 1 19 60 1 74 102 .237 .367 .413 .780
Roger Metzger HOU 150 617 562 64 132 14 11 0 26 15 44 50 .235 .294 .299 .593
Chris Speier SFN 157 670 601 74 141 17 6 8 46 4 56 90 .235 .307 .323 .630
Luis Aparicio BOS 125 541 491 56 114 23 0 4 45 6 35 43 .232 .284 .303 .587
Cito Gaston SDN 141 547 518 57 118 13 9 17 61 1 24 121 .228 .264 .386 .650
Ed Brinkman DET 159 589 527 40 120 18 2 1 37 1 44 54 .228 .293 .275 .568
Gene Michael NYA 139 514 456 36 102 15 0 3 35 3 48 64 .224 .299 .276 .576
Enzo Hernandez SDN 143 618 549 58 122 9 3 0 12 21 54 34 .222 .295 .250 .545
Dick McAuliffe DET 128 537 477 67 99 16 6 18 57 4 53 67 .208 .293 .379 .672
Gates Brown UNQ DET 82 218 195 37 66 2 3 11 29 4 21 17 .338 .408 .549 .957
Tommy Davis UNQ OAK 79 238 219 26 71 8 1 3 42 7 15 19 .324 .363 .411 .774
Ron Blomberg UNQ NYA 64 216 199 30 64 6 2 7 31 2 14 23 .322 .363 .477 .840
Manny Mota UNQ LAN 91 300 269 24 84 13 5 0 34 4 20 20 .312 .361 .398 .759
Gene Clines UNQ PIT 97 300 273 52 84 12 4 1 24 15 22 36 .308 .366 .392 .758
Joe Pepitone UNQ CHN 115 460 427 50 131 19 4 16 61 1 24 41 .307 .347 .482 .830
Cookie Rojas UNQ KCA 115 463 414 56 124 22 2 6 59 8 39 35 .300 .357 .406 .763
Al Kaline UNQ DET 133 501 405 69 119 19 2 15 54 4 82 57 .294 .416 .462 .878
Walt Williams UNQ CHA 114 397 361 43 106 17 3 8 35 5 24 27 .294 .344 .424 .767
Mickey Stanley UNQ DET 139 432 401 43 117 14 5 7 41 1 24 44 .292 .329 .404 .733
Pat Kelly UNQ CHA 67 252 213 32 62 6 3 3 22 14 36 29 .291 .394 .390 .784
Willie Horton UNQ DET 119 498 450 64 130 25 1 22 72 1 37 75 .289 .349 .496 .845
Garry Jestadt UNQ 2 teams 78 207 192 17 55 13 0 0 13 1 11 24 .286 .324 .354 .678
Angel Mangual UNQ OAK 94 307 287 32 82 8 1 4 30 1 17 27 .286 .324 .362 .686
Vic Davalillo UNQ PIT 99 312 295 48 84 14 6 1 33 10 11 31 .285 .312 .383 .695
Tommie Agee UNQ NYN 113 482 425 58 121 19 0 14 50 28 50 84 .285 .362 .428 .790
Boots Day UNQ MON 127 422 371 53 105 10 2 4 33 9 33 39 .283 .342 .353 .695
Mike Andrews UNQ CHA 109 408 330 45 93 16 0 12 47 3 67 36 .282 .400 .439 .840
Willie Crawford UNQ LAN 114 375 342 64 96 16 6 9 40 5 28 49 .281 .334 .442 .776
Ed Kranepool UNQ NYN 122 467 421 61 118 20 4 14 58 0 38 33 .280 .340 .447 .786
Dave Nelson UNQ WS2 85 358 329 47 92 11 3 5 33 17 23 29 .280 .328 .377 .705
Don Mincher UNQ 2 teams 128 497 415 44 116 21 2 12 53 3 73 66 .280 .386 .427 .812
Jesus Alou UNQ HOU 122 455 433 41 121 21 4 2 40 3 13 17 .279 .305 .360 .666
Lou Piniella UNQ KCA 126 476 448 43 125 21 5 3 51 5 21 43 .279 .311 .368 .679
Gail Hopkins UNQ KCA 103 339 295 35 82 16 1 9 47 3 37 13 .278 .364 .431 .794
Al Gallagher UNQ SFN 136 478 429 47 119 18 5 5 57 2 40 57 .277 .340 .378 .717
Willie McCovey UNQ SFN 105 402 329 45 91 13 0 18 70 0 64 57 .277 .396 .480 .876
Bill Buckner UNQ LAN 108 383 358 37 99 15 1 5 41 4 11 18 .277 .306 .366 .672
Orlando Cepeda UNQ ATL 71 276 250 31 69 10 1 14 44 3 22 29 .276 .330 .492 .822
Jack Hiatt UNQ HOU 69 214 174 16 48 8 1 1 16 0 35 39 .276 .401 .351 .752
Ron Theobald UNQ ML4 126 452 388 50 107 12 2 1 23 11 38 39 .276 .342 .325 .667
John Kennedy UNQ BOS 74 296 272 41 75 12 5 5 22 1 14 42 .276 .320 .412 .731
Danny Cater UNQ NYA 121 456 428 39 118 16 5 4 50 0 19 25 .276 .308 .364 .672
Chris Chambliss UNQ CLE 111 459 415 49 114 20 4 9 48 2 40 83 .275 .341 .407 .749
Jose Cruz UNQ SLN 83 346 292 46 80 13 2 9 27 6 49 35 .274 .377 .425 .801
Duke Sims UNQ LAN 90 263 230 23 63 7 2 6 25 0 30 39 .274 .357 .400 .757
Gene Tenace UNQ OAK 65 211 179 26 49 7 0 7 25 2 29 34 .274 .381 .430 .811
Ken Boswell UNQ NYN 116 436 392 46 107 20 1 5 40 5 36 31 .273 .334 .367 .701
Rich McKinney UNQ CHA 114 414 369 35 100 11 2 8 46 0 35 37 .271 .334 .377 .711
Richie Hebner UNQ PIT 112 434 388 50 105 17 8 17 67 2 32 68 .271 .326 .487 .813
Jerry Grote UNQ NYN 125 450 403 35 109 25 0 2 35 1 40 47 .270 .339 .347 .686
Andy Etchebarren UNQ BAL 70 243 222 21 60 8 0 9 29 1 16 40 .270 .321 .428 .749
Tony Taylor UNQ 2 teams 91 314 288 36 77 12 3 4 24 7 21 21 .267 .318 .372 .690
Tom Haller UNQ LAN 84 234 202 23 54 5 0 5 32 0 25 30 .267 .346 .366 .712
Bernie Allen UNQ WS2 97 262 229 18 61 11 1 4 22 2 33 27 .266 .359 .376 .734
Mickey Rivers UNQ CAL 79 296 268 31 71 12 2 1 12 13 19 38 .265 .316 .336 .652
Hal McRae UNQ CIN 99 354 337 39 89 24 2 9 34 3 11 35 .264 .291 .427 .718
Leron Lee UNQ 2 teams 104 307 284 32 75 21 2 5 23 4 22 57 .264 .317 .405 .722
Billy Conigliaro UNQ BOS 101 380 351 42 92 26 1 11 33 3 25 68 .262 .310 .436 .745
Jerry Kenney UNQ NYA 120 395 325 50 85 10 3 0 20 9 56 38 .262 .368 .311 .679
Eddie Leon UNQ CLE 131 476 429 35 112 12 2 4 35 3 34 69 .261 .317 .326 .643
Alex Johnson UNQ CAL 65 261 242 19 63 8 0 2 21 5 15 34 .260 .308 .318 .626
Jay Johnstone UNQ CHA 124 436 388 53 101 14 1 16 40 10 38 50 .260 .329 .425 .755
Mike Hershberger UNQ CHA 74 214 177 22 46 9 0 2 15 6 30 23 .260 .377 .345 .722
John Briggs UNQ 2 teams 135 482 397 54 103 12 1 21 62 1 77 81 .259 .377 .453 .830
Jim Holt UNQ MIN 126 361 340 35 88 11 3 1 29 5 16 28 .259 .292 .318 .610
Julian Javier UNQ SLN 90 276 259 32 67 6 4 3 28 5 9 33 .259 .286 .347 .633
Ron Swoboda UNQ 2 teams 93 259 213 24 55 6 4 2 26 0 38 51 .258 .381 .352 .733
Gary Sutherland UNQ MON 111 331 304 25 78 7 2 4 26 3 18 12 .257 .302 .332 .634
Jim Hickman UNQ CHN 117 444 383 50 98 13 2 19 60 0 50 61 .256 .342 .449 .791
Brock Davis UNQ CHN 106 344 301 22 77 7 5 0 28 0 35 34 .256 .335 .312 .648
Bill Mazeroski UNQ PIT 70 213 193 17 49 3 1 1 16 0 15 8 .254 .303 .295 .599
Steve Braun UNQ MIN 128 402 343 51 87 12 2 5 35 8 48 50 .254 .350 .344 .694
Dave Duncan UNQ OAK 103 398 363 39 92 13 1 15 40 1 28 77 .253 .307 .419 .726
Larry Stahl UNQ SDN 114 341 308 27 78 13 4 8 36 4 26 59 .253 .310 .399 .709
Jerry May UNQ KCA 71 249 218 16 55 13 2 1 24 0 27 37 .252 .329 .344 .673
Bill Voss UNQ ML4 97 303 275 31 69 4 0 10 30 2 24 45 .251 .312 .375 .687
Bob Barton UNQ SDN 121 413 376 23 94 17 2 5 23 0 35 49 .250 .317 .346 .663
Elrod Hendricks UNQ BAL 101 361 316 33 79 14 1 9 42 0 39 38 .250 .334 .386 .720
George Mitterwald UNQ MIN 125 434 388 38 97 13 1 13 44 3 39 104 .250 .316 .389 .705
Bobby Valentine UNQ LAN 101 307 281 32 70 10 2 1 25 5 15 20 .249 .287 .310 .597
Joe Keough UNQ KCA 110 392 351 34 87 14 2 3 30 0 35 26 .248 .316 .325 .641
Donn Clendenon UNQ NYN 88 288 263 29 65 10 0 11 37 1 21 78 .247 .302 .411 .713
Dick Billings UNQ WS2 116 380 349 32 86 14 0 6 48 2 21 54 .246 .296 .338 .634
Tony Gonzalez UNQ CAL 111 350 314 32 77 9 2 3 38 0 28 28 .245 .310 .315 .626
Duane Josephson UNQ BOS 91 331 306 38 75 14 1 10 39 2 22 35 .245 .294 .395 .689
Rick Monday UNQ OAK 116 409 355 53 87 9 3 18 56 6 49 93 .245 .335 .439 .774
Jim Fairey UNQ MON 92 220 200 19 49 8 1 1 19 3 12 23 .245 .285 .310 .595
Ken Singleton UNQ NYN 115 366 298 34 73 5 0 13 46 0 61 64 .245 .374 .393 .766
Roy Foster UNQ CLE 125 439 396 51 97 21 1 18 45 6 35 48 .245 .314 .439 .754
Jim Lefebvre UNQ LAN 119 437 388 40 95 14 2 12 68 0 39 55 .245 .314 .384 .698
Bob Oliver UNQ KCA 128 398 373 35 91 12 2 8 52 0 14 88 .244 .277 .351 .628
John Ellis UNQ NYA 83 271 238 16 58 12 1 3 34 0 23 42 .244 .322 .340 .663
Rich Morales UNQ CHA 84 212 185 19 45 8 0 2 14 2 22 26 .243 .336 .319 .655
Darrell Evans UNQ ATL 89 305 260 42 63 11 1 12 38 2 39 54 .242 .338 .431 .768
Woody Woodward UNQ CIN 136 309 273 22 66 9 1 0 18 4 27 28 .242 .309 .282 .591
Bob Heise UNQ 2 teams 81 209 200 12 48 7 0 0 7 1 7 16 .240 .264 .275 .539
Tom Egan UNQ CHA 85 281 251 29 60 11 1 10 34 1 26 94 .239 .320 .410 .731
Bob Montgomery UNQ BOS 67 229 205 19 49 11 2 2 24 1 16 43 .239 .300 .341 .641
Dave Marshall UNQ NYN 100 250 214 28 51 9 1 3 21 3 26 54 .238 .322 .332 .654
Roberto Peña UNQ ML4 113 293 274 17 65 9 3 3 28 2 15 37 .237 .279 .325 .604
Don Hahn UNQ NYN 98 203 178 16 42 5 1 1 11 2 21 32 .236 .317 .292 .609
Ivan Murrell UNQ SDN 103 267 255 23 60 6 3 7 24 5 7 60 .235 .263 .365 .628
Johnny Edwards UNQ HOU 106 345 317 18 74 13 4 1 23 1 26 38 .233 .291 .309 .600
Jim Fregosi UNQ CAL 107 399 347 31 81 15 1 5 33 2 39 61 .233 .317 .326 .643
Hal Lanier UNQ SFN 109 227 206 21 48 8 0 1 13 0 15 26 .233 .283 .286 .569
Jeff Burroughs UNQ WS2 59 204 181 20 42 9 0 5 25 1 22 55 .232 .319 .365 .683
Ted Kubiak UNQ 2 teams 121 395 332 34 77 9 7 4 27 1 52 43 .232 .333 .337 .671
Denny Doyle UNQ PHI 95 368 342 34 79 12 1 3 24 4 19 31 .231 .280 .298 .578
Lee Richard UNQ CHA 87 288 260 38 60 7 3 2 17 8 20 46 .231 .286 .304 .590
Ed Spiezio UNQ SDN 97 340 308 16 71 10 1 7 36 6 22 50 .231 .286 .338 .624
Toby Harrah UNQ WS2 127 428 383 45 88 11 3 2 22 10 40 48 .230 .300 .290 .590
Bill Russell UNQ LAN 91 223 211 29 48 7 4 2 15 6 11 39 .227 .265 .327 .592
Dave Campbell UNQ SDN 108 414 365 38 83 14 2 7 29 9 37 75 .227 .299 .334 .633
Andy Kosco UNQ ML4 98 290 264 27 60 6 2 10 39 1 24 57 .227 .291 .379 .669
Ron Stone UNQ PHI 95 214 185 16 42 8 1 2 23 2 25 36 .227 .315 .314 .628
Gene Alley UNQ PIT 114 389 348 38 79 8 7 6 28 9 35 43 .227 .296 .342 .638
Marty Perez UNQ ATL 130 445 410 28 93 15 3 4 32 1 25 44 .227 .272 .307 .579
Steve Garvey UNQ LAN 81 249 225 27 51 12 1 7 26 1 21 33 .227 .290 .382 .673
Joe Hague UNQ SLN 129 443 380 46 86 9 3 16 54 0 58 69 .226 .330 .392 .722
Mike Hegan UNQ 2 teams 111 215 177 24 40 7 1 4 14 2 31 32 .226 .340 .345 .684
Tim Foli UNQ NYN 97 312 288 32 65 12 2 0 24 5 18 50 .226 .272 .281 .553
Luis Melendez UNQ SLN 88 200 173 25 39 3 1 0 11 2 24 29 .225 .320 .254 .574
Bob Aspromonte UNQ NYN 104 377 342 21 77 9 1 5 33 0 29 25 .225 .285 .301 .586
Dal Maxvill UNQ SLN 142 408 356 31 80 10 1 0 24 1 43 45 .225 .307 .258 .565
Jimmy Rosario UNQ SFN 92 231 192 26 43 6 1 0 13 7 33 35 .224 .338 .266 .603
Don Money UNQ PHI 121 482 439 40 98 22 8 7 38 4 31 80 .223 .276 .358 .634
Tony Conigliaro UNQ CAL 74 292 266 23 59 18 0 4 15 3 23 52 .222 .285 .335 .620
Ken Berry UNQ CAL 111 326 298 29 66 17 0 3 22 3 18 33 .221 .269 .309 .578
Oscar Gamble UNQ PHI 92 309 280 24 62 11 1 6 23 5 21 35 .221 .275 .332 .607
Roger Freed UNQ PHI 118 401 348 23 77 12 1 6 37 0 44 86 .221 .312 .313 .625
Bernie Carbo UNQ CIN 106 369 310 33 68 20 1 5 20 2 54 56 .219 .338 .339 .677
Ed Kirkpatrick UNQ KCA 120 423 365 46 80 12 1 9 46 3 48 60 .219 .308 .332 .640
Rich Reese UNQ MIN 120 359 329 40 72 8 3 10 39 7 20 35 .219 .270 .353 .623
John Stephenson UNQ CAL 98 308 279 24 61 17 0 3 25 0 22 21 .219 .281 .312 .593
Lenny Randle UNQ WS2 75 249 215 27 47 11 0 2 13 1 24 56 .219 .298 .298 .595
Jake Gibbs UNQ NYA 70 224 206 23 45 9 0 5 21 2 12 23 .218 .270 .335 .605
Elliott Maddox UNQ WS2 128 312 258 38 56 8 2 1 18 10 51 42 .217 .344 .275 .619
Paul Popovich UNQ CHN 89 243 226 24 49 7 1 4 28 0 14 17 .217 .260 .310 .570
Luis Alvarado UNQ CHA 99 278 264 22 57 14 1 0 8 1 11 34 .216 .246 .277 .523
Joe Lahoud UNQ BOS 107 301 256 39 55 9 3 14 32 2 40 45 .215 .330 .438 .768
Ed Herrmann UNQ CHA 101 344 294 32 63 6 0 11 35 2 44 48 .214 .317 .347 .664
Phil Roof UNQ 2 teams 72 219 201 12 43 6 1 1 16 0 16 46 .214 .275 .269 .544
Wayne Garrett UNQ NYN 56 235 202 20 43 2 0 1 11 1 28 31 .213 .310 .238 .548
Tommy McCraw UNQ WS2 122 234 207 33 44 6 4 7 25 3 19 38 .213 .291 .382 .672
Don Mason UNQ SDN 113 377 344 43 73 12 1 2 11 6 27 35 .212 .270 .270 .540
Johnny Callison UNQ CHN 103 333 290 27 61 12 1 8 38 2 36 55 .210 .298 .341 .640
Ellie Rodriguez UNQ ML4 115 380 319 28 67 10 1 1 30 1 41 51 .210 .311 .257 .568
Jack Heidemann UNQ CLE 81 260 240 16 50 7 0 0 9 1 12 46 .208 .251 .237 .488
Chris Cannizzaro UNQ 2 teams 92 309 260 20 54 9 1 6 31 0 39 34 .208 .314 .319 .633
Hal King UNQ ATL 86 233 198 14 41 9 0 5 19 0 29 43 .207 .320 .328 .649
Jackie Hernandez UNQ PIT 88 255 233 30 48 7 3 3 26 0 17 45 .206 .257 .300 .557
Dave Concepcion UNQ CIN 130 354 327 24 67 4 4 1 20 9 18 51 .205 .246 .251 .496
Terry Harmon UNQ PHI 79 248 221 27 45 4 2 0 12 3 20 45 .204 .279 .240 .519
Rick Auerbach UNQ ML4 79 263 236 22 48 10 0 1 9 3 20 40 .203 .271 .258 .530
Jim Wynn UNQ HOU 123 466 404 38 82 16 0 7 45 10 56 63 .203 .302 .295 .596
Paul Casanova UNQ WS2 94 329 311 19 63 9 1 5 26 0 14 52 .203 .238 .286 .524
Larry Brown UNQ 2 teams 83 254 239 18 48 3 1 1 14 1 10 22 .201 .239 .234 .473
Bobby Wine UNQ MON 119 379 340 25 68 9 0 1 16 0 25 46 .200 .253 .235 .489
Syd O'Brien UNQ CAL 90 271 251 25 50 8 1 5 21 0 15 33 .199 .247 .299 .546
Roger Repoz UNQ CAL 113 360 297 39 59 11 1 13 41 3 60 69 .199 .333 .374 .707
Ted Ford UNQ CLE 74 206 196 15 38 6 0 2 14 2 9 34 .194 .229 .255 .484
Tim Cullen UNQ WS2 125 443 403 34 77 13 4 2 26 2 33 47 .191 .252 .258 .510
Zoilo Versalles UNQ ATL 66 210 194 21 37 11 0 5 22 2 11 40 .191 .233 .325 .558
John Vukovich UNQ PHI 74 233 217 11 36 5 0 0 14 2 12 34 .166 .211 .189 .400
Showing 1-50 of 268 batters listed (113 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 162 innings at 162 team games. 83 of the 215 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1971 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Tom Seaver NYN 20 10 36 35 21 4 0 286.1 210 56 61 289 1.76 0.95
Vida Blue OAK 24 8 39 39 24 8 0 312.0 209 63 88 301 1.82 0.95
Wilbur Wood CHA 22 13 44 42 22 7 1 334.0 272 71 62 210 1.91 1.00
Dave Roberts SDN 14 17 37 34 14 2 0 269.2 238 63 61 135 2.10 1.11
Don Wilson HOU 16 10 35 34 18 3 0 268.0 195 73 79 180 2.45 1.02
Ken Forsch HOU 8 8 33 23 7 2 0 188.1 162 53 53 131 2.53 1.14
Don Sutton LAN 17 12 38 37 12 4 1 265.1 231 75 55 194 2.54 1.08
Don Gullett CIN 16 6 35 31 4 3 0 217.2 196 64 64 107 2.65 1.19
Al Downing LAN 20 9 37 36 12 5 0 262.1 245 78 84 136 2.68 1.25
Jim Palmer BAL 20 9 37 37 20 3 0 282.0 231 84 106 184 2.68 1.20
Mike Hedlund KCA 15 8 32 30 7 1 0 205.2 168 62 72 76 2.71 1.17
Gaylord Perry SFN 16 12 37 37 14 2 0 280.0 255 86 67 158 2.76 1.15
Fergie Jenkins CHN 24 13 39 39 30 3 0 325.0 304 100 37 263 2.77 1.05
Bert Blyleven MIN 16 15 38 38 17 5 0 278.1 267 87 59 224 2.81 1.17
Clay Kirby SDN 15 13 38 36 13 2 0 267.1 213 84 103 231 2.83 1.18
Steve Blass PIT 15 8 33 33 12 5 0 240.0 226 76 68 136 2.85 1.23
Mel Stottlemyre NYA 16 12 35 35 19 7 0 269.2 234 86 69 132 2.87 1.12
Rick Wise PHI 17 14 38 37 17 4 0 272.1 261 87 70 155 2.88 1.22
Dave McNally BAL 21 5 30 30 11 1 0 224.1 188 72 58 91 2.89 1.10
Pat Dobson BAL 20 8 38 37 18 4 1 282.1 248 91 63 187 2.90 1.10
Sonny Siebert BOS 16 10 32 32 12 4 0 235.1 220 76 60 131 2.91 1.19
John Cumberland SFN 9 6 45 21 5 2 2 185.0 153 60 55 65 2.92 1.12
Mickey Lolich DET 25 14 45 45 29 4 0 376.0 336 122 92 308 2.92 1.14
Ray Sadecki NYN 7 7 34 20 5 2 0 163.1 139 53 44 120 2.92 1.12
Bart Johnson CHA 12 10 53 16 4 0 14 178.0 148 58 111 153 2.93 1.46
Juan Marichal SFN 18 11 37 37 18 4 0 279.0 244 91 56 159 2.94 1.08
Lew Krausse ML4 8 12 43 22 1 0 0 180.1 164 59 62 92 2.94 1.25
Steve Kline NYA 12 13 31 30 15 1 0 222.1 206 73 37 81 2.96 1.09
Catfish Hunter OAK 21 11 37 37 16 4 0 273.2 225 90 80 181 2.96 1.11
Tom Bradley CHA 15 15 45 39 7 6 2 285.2 273 94 74 206 2.96 1.21
Phil Niekro ATL 15 14 42 36 18 4 2 268.2 248 89 70 173 2.98 1.18
Dick Drago KCA 17 11 35 34 15 4 0 241.1 251 80 46 109 2.98 1.23
Andy Messersmith CAL 20 13 38 38 14 4 0 276.2 224 92 121 179 2.99 1.25
Clyde Wright CAL 16 17 37 37 10 2 0 276.2 225 92 82 135 2.99 1.11
Rudy May CAL 11 12 32 31 7 2 0 208.1 160 70 87 156 3.02 1.19
Bob Gibson SLN 16 13 31 31 20 5 0 245.2 215 83 76 185 3.04 1.18
Jerry Koosman NYN 6 11 26 24 4 0 0 165.2 160 56 51 96 3.04 1.27
Fritz Peterson NYA 15 13 37 35 16 4 1 274.0 269 93 42 139 3.05 1.14
Dock Ellis PIT 19 9 31 31 11 2 0 226.2 207 77 63 137 3.06 1.19
Mike Cuellar BAL 20 9 38 38 21 4 0 292.1 250 100 78 124 3.08 1.12
Marty Pattin ML4 14 14 36 36 9 5 0 264.2 225 92 73 169 3.13 1.13
Bill Stoneman MON 17 16 39 38 19 3 0 294.2 243 103 146 251 3.15 1.32
Joe Coleman DET 20 9 39 38 16 3 0 286.0 241 100 96 236 3.15 1.18
Gary Nolan CIN 12 15 35 35 9 0 0 244.2 208 86 59 146 3.16 1.09
Bill Parsons ML4 13 17 36 35 12 4 0 244.2 219 87 93 139 3.20 1.28
Jim McGlothlin CIN 8 12 30 26 6 0 0 170.2 151 61 47 93 3.22 1.16
Gary Gentry NYN 12 11 32 31 8 3 0 203.1 167 73 82 155 3.23 1.22
Jim Kaat MIN 13 14 39 38 15 4 0 260.1 275 96 47 137 3.32 1.24
Skip Lockwood ML4 10 15 33 32 5 1 0 208.0 191 77 91 115 3.33 1.36
Stan Bahnsen NYA 14 12 36 34 14 3 0 242.0 221 90 72 110 3.35 1.21
Jack Billingham HOU 10 16 33 33 8 3 0 228.1 205 86 68 139 3.39 1.20
Sam McDowell CLE 13 17 35 31 8 2 1 214.2 160 81 153 192 3.40 1.46
Bill Hands CHN 12 18 36 35 14 1 0 242.1 248 92 50 128 3.42 1.23
Bob Johnson PIT 9 10 31 27 7 1 0 174.2 170 67 55 101 3.45 1.29
Steve Arlin SDN 9 19 36 34 10 4 0 227.2 211 88 103 156 3.48 1.38
Claude Osteen LAN 14 11 38 38 11 4 0 259.0 262 101 63 109 3.51 1.25
Milt Pappas CHN 17 14 35 35 14 5 0 261.1 279 102 62 99 3.51 1.30
Steve Carlton SLN 20 9 37 36 18 4 0 273.1 275 108 98 172 3.56 1.36
George Stone ATL 6 8 27 24 4 2 0 172.2 186 69 35 110 3.60 1.28
Ray Culp BOS 14 16 35 35 12 3 0 242.1 236 97 67 151 3.60 1.25
Tommy John CHA 13 16 38 35 10 3 0 229.1 244 92 58 131 3.61 1.32
Ron Reed ATL 13 14 32 32 8 1 0 222.1 221 92 54 129 3.72 1.24
Dick Bosman WS2 12 16 35 35 7 1 0 236.2 245 98 71 113 3.73 1.34
Steve Renko MON 15 14 40 37 9 3 0 275.2 256 115 135 129 3.75 1.42
Tom Murphy CAL 6 17 37 36 7 0 0 243.1 228 102 82 89 3.77 1.27
Barry Lersch PHI 5 14 38 30 3 0 0 214.1 203 90 50 113 3.78 1.18
Chuck Dobson OAK 15 5 30 30 7 1 0 189.0 185 80 71 100 3.81 1.35
Chris Short PHI 7 14 31 26 5 2 1 173.0 182 74 63 95 3.85 1.42
Ernie McAnally MON 11 12 31 25 8 2 0 177.2 150 77 87 98 3.90 1.33
Reggie Cleveland SLN 12 12 34 34 10 2 0 222.0 238 99 53 148 4.01 1.31
Mike Kekich NYA 10 9 37 24 3 0 0 170.1 167 77 82 93 4.07 1.46
Pat Jarvis ATL 6 14 35 23 3 3 1 162.1 162 74 51 68 4.10 1.31
Jim Lonborg BOS 10 7 27 26 5 1 0 167.2 167 77 67 100 4.13 1.40
Bill Singer LAN 10 17 31 31 8 1 0 203.1 195 94 71 144 4.16 1.31
Alan Foster CLE 8 12 36 26 3 0 0 181.2 158 84 82 97 4.16 1.32
Jim Perry MIN 17 17 40 39 8 0 1 270.0 263 127 102 126 4.23 1.35
Denny McLain WS2 10 22 33 32 9 3 0 216.2 233 103 72 103 4.28 1.41
Gary Peters BOS 14 11 34 32 9 1 1 214.0 241 104 70 100 4.37 1.45
Ken Holtzman CHN 9 15 30 29 9 3 0 195.0 213 97 64 143 4.48 1.42
Ken Reynolds PHI 5 9 35 25 2 1 0 162.1 163 81 82 81 4.49 1.51
Steve Dunning CLE 8 14 31 29 3 1 1 184.0 173 92 109 132 4.50 1.53
Jerry Reuss SLN 14 14 36 35 7 2 0 211.0 228 112 109 131 4.78 1.60
Carl Morton MON 10 18 36 35 9 0 1 213.2 252 114 83 84 4.80 1.57
Steve Mingori UNQ CLE 1 2 54 0 0 0 4 56.2 31 9 24 45 1.43 0.97
Bob Miller UNQ 2 teams 8 5 56 0 0 0 10 98.2 83 18 40 51 1.64 1.25
Tug McGraw UNQ NYN 11 4 51 1 0 0 8 111.0 73 21 41 109 1.70 1.03
Tom Burgmeier UNQ KCA 9 7 67 0 0 0 17 88.1 71 17 30 44 1.73 1.14
Mel Queen UNQ CAL 2 2 44 0 0 0 4 65.2 49 13 29 53 1.78 1.19
Jim Brewer UNQ LAN 6 5 55 0 0 0 22 81.1 55 17 24 66 1.88 0.97
Ken Sanders UNQ ML4 7 12 83 0 0 0 31 136.1 111 29 34 80 1.91 1.06
Joe Grzenda UNQ WS2 5 2 46 0 0 0 5 70.1 54 15 17 56 1.92 1.01
Joe Hoerner UNQ PHI 4 5 49 0 0 0 9 73.0 57 16 21 57 1.97 1.07
Danny Frisella UNQ NYN 8 5 53 0 0 0 12 90.2 76 20 30 93 1.99 1.17
Fred Gladding UNQ HOU 4 5 48 0 0 0 12 51.1 51 12 22 17 2.10 1.42
Jim Ray UNQ HOU 10 4 47 1 0 0 3 97.2 72 23 31 46 2.12 1.05
Frank Linzy UNQ SLN 4 3 50 0 0 0 6 59.1 49 14 27 24 2.12 1.28
Lloyd Allen UNQ CAL 4 6 54 1 0 0 15 94.0 75 26 40 72 2.49 1.22
Clay Carroll UNQ CIN 10 4 61 0 0 0 15 93.2 78 26 42 64 2.50 1.28
Dave LaRoche UNQ CAL 5 1 56 0 0 0 9 72.0 55 20 27 63 2.50 1.14
Ted Abernathy UNQ KCA 4 6 63 0 0 0 23 81.0 60 23 50 55 2.56 1.36
Jack Aker UNQ NYA 4 4 41 0 0 0 4 55.2 48 16 26 24 2.59 1.33
George Culver UNQ HOU 5 8 59 0 0 0 7 95.1 89 28 38 57 2.64 1.33
Don Shaw UNQ SLN 7 2 45 0 0 0 2 51.0 45 15 31 19 2.65 1.49
Paul Splittorff UNQ KCA 8 9 22 22 6 3 0 144.1 129 43 35 80 2.68 1.14
Fred Scherman UNQ DET 11 6 69 1 1 0 20 113.0 91 34 49 46 2.71 1.24
Larry Dierker UNQ HOU 12 6 24 23 6 2 0 159.0 150 48 33 91 2.72 1.15
Eddie Fisher UNQ CAL 10 8 57 3 0 0 3 119.0 92 36 50 82 2.72 1.19
Bill Lee UNQ BOS 9 2 47 3 0 0 2 102.0 102 31 46 74 2.74 1.45
Bill Gogolewski UNQ WS2 6 5 27 17 4 1 0 124.1 112 38 39 70 2.75 1.21
Sparky Lyle UNQ BOS 6 4 50 0 0 0 16 52.1 41 16 23 37 2.75 1.22
Paul Lindblad UNQ 2 teams 7 4 51 0 0 0 8 99.2 76 31 31 54 2.80 1.07
Dave Leonhard UNQ BAL 2 3 12 6 1 1 1 54.0 51 17 19 18 2.83 1.30
Bob Locker UNQ OAK 7 2 47 0 0 0 6 72.1 68 23 19 46 2.86 1.20
Jim York UNQ KCA 5 5 53 0 0 0 3 93.1 70 30 44 103 2.89 1.22
Roger Moret UNQ BOS 4 3 13 7 4 1 0 71.0 50 23 40 47 2.92 1.27
Dave Giusti UNQ PIT 5 6 58 0 0 0 30 86.0 79 28 31 55 2.93 1.28
Joe Gibbon UNQ CIN 5 6 50 0 0 0 11 64.1 54 21 32 34 2.94 1.34
Tom Kelley UNQ ATL 9 5 28 20 5 0 0 143.0 140 47 69 68 2.96 1.46
Jerry Johnson UNQ SFN 12 9 67 0 0 0 18 109.0 93 36 48 85 2.97 1.29
Rollie Fingers UNQ OAK 4 6 48 8 2 1 17 129.1 94 43 30 98 2.99 0.96
Nelson Briles UNQ PIT 8 4 37 14 4 2 1 136.0 131 46 35 76 3.04 1.22
Bill Wilson UNQ PHI 4 6 38 0 0 0 7 58.2 39 20 22 40 3.07 1.04
Grant Jackson UNQ BAL 4 3 29 9 0 0 0 77.2 72 27 20 51 3.13 1.18
Diego Segui UNQ OAK 10 8 26 21 5 0 0 146.1 122 51 63 81 3.14 1.26
Mudcat Grant UNQ 2 teams 6 3 57 0 0 0 10 102.1 104 36 34 35 3.17 1.35
Denny Riddleberger UNQ WS2 3 1 57 0 0 0 1 69.2 67 25 32 56 3.23 1.42
Wayne Granger UNQ CIN 7 6 70 0 0 0 11 100.0 94 37 28 51 3.33 1.22
Tom Hall UNQ MIN 4 7 48 11 0 0 9 129.2 104 48 58 137 3.33 1.25
Ray Lamb UNQ CLE 6 12 43 21 3 1 1 158.1 147 59 69 91 3.35 1.36
Woodie Fryman UNQ PHI 10 7 37 17 3 2 2 149.1 133 56 46 104 3.38 1.20
Vicente Romo UNQ CHA 1 7 45 2 0 0 5 72.0 52 27 37 48 3.38 1.24
Bruce Kison UNQ PIT 6 5 18 13 2 1 0 95.1 93 36 36 60 3.40 1.35
Moe Drabowsky UNQ SLN 6 1 51 0 0 0 8 60.1 45 23 33 49 3.43 1.29
Bruce Dal Canton UNQ KCA 8 6 25 22 2 0 0 141.1 144 54 44 58 3.44 1.33
Denny Lemaster UNQ HOU 0 2 42 0 0 0 2 60.0 59 23 22 28 3.45 1.35
Juan Pizarro UNQ CHN 7 6 16 14 6 3 0 101.1 78 39 40 67 3.46 1.16
Pete Broberg UNQ WS2 5 9 18 18 7 1 0 124.2 104 48 53 89 3.47 1.26
Dick Kelley UNQ SDN 2 3 48 1 0 0 2 59.2 52 23 23 42 3.47 1.26
Al Severinsen UNQ SDN 2 5 59 0 0 0 8 70.0 77 27 30 31 3.47 1.53
Cecil Upshaw UNQ ATL 11 6 49 0 0 0 17 82.0 95 32 28 56 3.51 1.50
Dean Chance UNQ DET 4 6 31 14 0 0 0 89.2 91 35 50 64 3.51 1.57
Jim Shellenback UNQ WS2 3 11 40 15 3 1 0 120.0 123 47 49 47 3.52 1.43
Chuck Taylor UNQ SLN 3 1 43 1 0 0 3 71.1 72 28 25 46 3.53 1.36
Mike McQueen UNQ ATL 4 1 17 3 0 0 1 56.0 47 22 23 38 3.54 1.25
Luke Walker UNQ PIT 10 8 28 24 4 2 0 159.2 157 63 53 86 3.55 1.32
Ross Grimsley UNQ CIN 10 7 26 26 6 3 0 161.1 151 64 43 67 3.57 1.20
Fred Norman UNQ 2 teams 3 12 24 18 5 0 0 131.0 121 52 63 81 3.57 1.40
Darold Knowles UNQ 2 teams 7 4 55 0 0 0 9 68.0 57 27 22 56 3.57 1.16
Horacio Pina UNQ WS2 1 1 56 0 0 0 2 57.2 47 23 31 38 3.59 1.35
Pete Mikkelsen UNQ LAN 8 5 41 0 0 0 5 74.0 67 30 17 46 3.65 1.14
Ron Taylor UNQ NYN 2 2 45 0 0 0 2 69.0 71 28 11 32 3.65 1.19
Ken Wright UNQ KCA 3 6 21 12 1 1 1 78.0 66 32 47 56 3.69 1.45
John Morris UNQ ML4 2 2 43 1 0 0 1 67.2 69 28 27 42 3.72 1.42
Stan Williams UNQ 2 teams 7 5 56 1 0 0 4 90.2 76 38 46 55 3.77 1.35
Jim Slaton UNQ ML4 10 8 26 23 5 4 0 147.2 140 62 71 63 3.78 1.43
Al Santorini UNQ 2 teams 0 4 37 8 0 0 2 88.0 94 37 30 42 3.78 1.41
Ron Bryant UNQ SFN 7 10 27 22 3 2 0 140.0 146 59 49 79 3.79 1.39
Joe Moeller UNQ LAN 2 4 28 1 0 0 1 66.1 72 28 12 32 3.80 1.27
Doyle Alexander UNQ LAN 6 6 17 12 4 0 0 92.1 105 39 18 30 3.80 1.33
Steve Kealey UNQ CHA 2 2 54 1 0 0 6 77.1 69 33 26 50 3.84 1.23
Tom Timmermann UNQ DET 7 6 52 2 0 0 4 84.0 82 36 37 51 3.86 1.42
Tony Cloninger UNQ CIN 3 6 28 8 1 1 0 97.1 79 42 49 51 3.88 1.32
Darrell Brandon UNQ PHI 6 6 52 0 0 0 4 83.0 81 36 47 44 3.90 1.54
Phil Regan UNQ CHN 5 5 48 1 0 0 6 73.1 84 32 33 28 3.93 1.60
Nolan Ryan UNQ NYN 10 14 30 26 3 0 0 152.0 125 67 116 137 3.97 1.59
Vince Colbert UNQ CLE 7 6 50 10 2 0 2 142.2 140 63 71 74 3.97 1.48
Casey Cox UNQ WS2 5 7 54 11 0 0 7 124.1 131 55 40 43 3.98 1.38
Don Carrithers UNQ SFN 5 3 22 12 2 1 1 80.1 77 36 37 41 4.03 1.42
Don McMahon UNQ SFN 10 6 61 0 0 0 4 82.0 73 37 37 71 4.06 1.34
Ray Corbin UNQ MIN 8 11 52 11 2 0 3 140.1 141 64 70 83 4.10 1.50
Bob Moose UNQ PIT 11 7 30 18 3 1 1 140.0 169 64 35 68 4.11 1.46
Steve Stone UNQ SFN 5 9 24 19 2 2 0 110.2 110 51 55 63 4.15 1.49
Al Fitzmorris UNQ KCA 7 5 36 15 2 1 0 127.1 112 59 55 53 4.17 1.31
Ken Tatum UNQ BOS 2 4 36 1 0 0 9 53.2 50 25 25 21 4.19 1.40
Bob Priddy UNQ ATL 4 9 40 0 0 0 4 64.0 71 30 44 36 4.22 1.80
Joe Horlen UNQ CHA 8 9 34 18 3 0 2 137.1 150 65 30 82 4.26 1.31
Bobby Bolin UNQ BOS 5 3 52 0 0 0 6 69.2 74 33 24 51 4.26 1.41
Mike Marshall UNQ MON 5 8 66 0 0 0 23 111.1 100 53 50 85 4.28 1.35
Blue Moon Odom UNQ OAK 10 12 25 25 3 1 0 140.2 147 67 71 69 4.29 1.55
Howie Reed UNQ MON 2 3 43 0 0 0 0 56.2 66 27 24 25 4.29 1.59
John Strohmayer UNQ MON 7 5 27 15 2 0 1 114.0 124 55 31 56 4.34 1.36
Ed Farmer UNQ CLE 5 4 43 4 0 0 4 78.2 77 38 41 48 4.35 1.50
Les Cain UNQ DET 10 9 26 26 3 1 0 144.2 121 70 91 118 4.35 1.47
Jim Merritt UNQ CIN 1 11 28 11 0 0 0 107.0 115 52 31 38 4.37 1.36
Jim McAndrew UNQ NYN 2 5 24 10 0 0 0 90.1 78 44 32 42 4.38 1.22
Bill Champion UNQ PHI 3 5 37 9 0 0 0 108.2 100 53 48 49 4.39 1.36
Tom Phoebus UNQ SDN 3 11 29 21 2 0 0 133.1 144 66 64 80 4.46 1.56
Joe Niekro UNQ DET 6 7 31 15 0 0 1 122.1 136 61 49 43 4.49 1.51
Rich Robertson UNQ SFN 2 2 23 6 1 0 1 61.0 66 31 31 32 4.57 1.59
Wade Blasingame UNQ HOU 9 11 30 28 2 0 0 158.1 177 81 45 93 4.60 1.40
Bill Bonham UNQ CHN 2 1 33 2 0 0 0 60.0 63 31 36 41 4.65 1.65
Marcelino Lopez UNQ ML4 2 7 31 11 0 0 0 67.2 64 35 60 42 4.66 1.83
Claude Raymond UNQ MON 1 7 37 0 0 0 0 53.2 81 28 25 29 4.70 1.98
Wayne Simpson UNQ CIN 4 7 22 21 1 0 0 117.1 106 62 77 61 4.76 1.56
Charlie Williams UNQ NYN 5 6 31 9 1 0 0 90.1 92 48 41 53 4.78 1.47
Steve Barber UNQ ATL 3 1 39 3 0 0 2 75.0 92 40 25 40 4.80 1.56
Luis Tiant UNQ BOS 1 7 21 10 1 0 0 72.1 73 39 32 59 4.85 1.45
Mike Thompson UNQ WS2 1 6 16 12 0 0 0 66.2 53 36 54 41 4.86 1.60
Phil Hennigan UNQ CLE 4 3 57 0 0 0 14 82.0 80 45 51 69 4.94 1.60
Jim Nash UNQ ATL 9 7 32 19 2 0 2 133.0 166 73 50 65 4.94 1.62
Gerry Janeski UNQ WS2 1 5 23 10 0 0 1 61.2 72 34 34 19 4.96 1.72
Mike Kilkenny UNQ DET 4 5 30 11 2 0 1 86.1 83 48 44 47 5.00 1.47
Steve Luebber UNQ MIN 2 5 18 12 0 0 1 68.0 73 38 37 35 5.03 1.62
Lindy McDaniel UNQ NYA 5 10 44 0 0 0 4 69.2 82 39 24 39 5.04 1.52
Ron Herbel UNQ ATL 0 1 25 0 0 0 1 51.2 61 30 23 22 5.23 1.63
Chris Zachary UNQ SLN 3 10 23 12 1 1 0 89.2 114 53 26 48 5.32 1.56
Jim Rooker UNQ KCA 2 7 20 7 1 1 0 54.0 59 32 24 31 5.33 1.54
Ken Brett UNQ BOS 0 3 29 2 0 0 1 59.0 57 35 35 57 5.34 1.56
Jim Bunning UNQ PHI 5 12 29 16 1 0 1 110.0 126 67 37 58 5.48 1.48
Ron Perranoski UNQ 2 teams 1 5 47 0 0 0 7 60.2 76 37 31 29 5.49 1.76
Rich Hand UNQ CLE 2 6 15 12 0 0 0 60.2 74 39 38 26 5.79 1.85
Mike Paul UNQ CLE 2 7 17 12 1 0 0 62.0 78 41 14 33 5.95 1.48
Dan McGinn UNQ MON 1 4 28 6 1 0 0 71.0 74 47 42 40 5.96 1.63
Steve Hargan UNQ CLE 1 13 37 16 1 0 1 113.1 138 78 56 52 6.19 1.71
Danny Coombs UNQ SDN 1 6 19 7 0 0 0 57.2 81 40 25 37 6.24 1.84
Showing 1-50 of 215 pitchers listed (83 qualified)

Reading the 1971 leader tables

113 of the 268 hitters in the 1971 table reach the qualification line. The first qualified row belongs to Joe Torre, a .363 hitter, ahead of Ralph Garr (.343). By OPS the best qualified line is Hank Aaron's 1.079. Willie Stargell has the most home runs in the table, 48, while Joe Torre leads the RBI column with 137. 83 pitchers qualify out of the 215 in the 1971 table. The qualified ERA race is led by Tom Seaver at 1.76. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Mickey Lolich in wins (25) and Ken Sanders in saves (31).

1971 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1971?
Willie Stargell led with 48 home runs in 1971.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1971?
Joe Torre led with 137 RBI in 1971.
Who led MLB in hits in 1971?
Joe Torre led with 230 hits in 1971.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1971?
Joe Torre led at .363 in 1971, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1971?
Mickey Lolich led with 25 wins in 1971.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1971?
Mickey Lolich led with 308 strikeouts in 1971.