1971 Atlanta Braves

82-80 • .506 Win% • 3rd in NL W

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
80 Losses
.506 Win %
3rd Rank
643 R 699 RA
Diff -56

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⚡ Quick Stats

643 Runs Scored
699 Runs Allowed
-56 Run Diff
1,006K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 2% above the 1971 league average (.251)
OBP .311 1% below the 1971 league average (.316)
SLG .384 5% above the 1971 league average (.366)
Team ERA 3.75 8% worse than the 1971 league average (3.47)
Runs Scored 643 2% above the 1971 league average (633 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,006,320
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Avg per Game 12,272

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1971

Batting Avg

1 Ralph Garr 0.343 2 Hank Aaron 0.327 3 Felix Millan 0.289 4 Orlando Cepeda 0.276 5 Mike Lum 0.269

Home Runs

1 Hank Aaron 47 2 Earl Williams 33 3 Orlando Cepeda 14 4 Mike Lum 13 5 Darrell Evans 12

RBI

1 Hank Aaron 118 2 Earl Williams 87 3 Mike Lum 55 4 Felix Millan 45 5 Orlando Cepeda 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ralph Garr 154 639 101 219 24 6 9 44 30 68 30 0.343
Felix Millan 143 577 65 167 20 8 2 45 37 22 11 0.289
Sonny Jackson 149 547 58 141 20 5 2 25 35 45 7 0.258
Earl Williams 145 497 64 129 14 1 33 87 42 80 0 0.260
Hank Aaron 139 495 95 162 22 3 47 118 71 58 1 0.327
Mike Lum 145 454 56 122 14 1 13 55 47 43 0 0.269
Marty Perez 130 410 28 93 15 3 4 32 25 44 1 0.227
Darrell Evans 89 260 42 63 11 1 12 38 39 54 2 0.242
Orlando Cepeda 71 250 31 69 10 1 14 44 22 29 3 0.276
Hal King 86 198 14 41 9 0 5 19 29 43 0 0.207
Zoilo Versalles 66 194 21 37 11 0 5 22 11 40 2 0.191
Bob Didier 51 155 9 34 4 1 0 5 6 17 0 0.219
Gil Garrido 79 125 8 27 3 0 0 12 15 12 0 0.216
Clete Boyer 30 98 10 24 1 0 6 19 8 11 0 0.245
Phil Niekro 42 92 3 14 1 0 0 4 0 20 0 0.152
Ron Reed 32 74 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 20 0 0.149
Dusty Baker 29 62 2 14 2 0 0 4 1 14 0 0.226
George Stone 30 62 7 11 2 0 0 6 1 14 0 0.177
Tommie Aaron 25 53 4 12 2 0 0 3 3 5 0 0.226
Pat Jarvis 35 47 2 5 0 0 0 3 2 12 0 0.106
Jim Nash 33 47 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 18 0 0.149
Oscar Brown 27 43 4 9 4 0 0 5 3 8 0 0.209
Tom Kelley 28 43 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0.047
Marv Staehle 22 36 5 4 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 0.111
Jim Breazeale 10 21 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0.190
Mike McQueen 17 19 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.211
Cecil Upshaw 49 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Steve Barber 39 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.154
Ron Herbel 25 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.091
Bob Priddy 40 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.182
Leo Foster 9 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tony LaRussa 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.286
Tom House 11 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.400
Gary Neibauer 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Hoyt Wilhelm 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1971

ERA

1 Tom Kelley 2.96 2 Phil Niekro 2.98 3 Cecil Upshaw 3.51 4 Mike McQueen 3.54 5 George Stone 3.60

Wins

1 Phil Niekro 15 2 Ron Reed 13 3 Cecil Upshaw 11 4 Tom Kelley 9 5 Jim Nash 9

Strikeouts

1 Phil Niekro 173 2 Ron Reed 129 3 George Stone 110 4 Pat Jarvis 68 5 Tom Kelley 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Phil Niekro 15 14 2.98 42 36 2 268.2 248 89 70 173
Ron Reed 13 14 3.72 32 32 0 222.1 221 92 54 129
George Stone 6 8 3.60 27 24 0 172.2 186 69 35 110
Pat Jarvis 6 14 4.10 35 23 1 162.1 162 74 51 68
Tom Kelley 9 5 2.96 28 20 0 143.0 140 47 69 68
Jim Nash 9 7 4.94 32 19 2 133.0 166 73 50 65
Cecil Upshaw 11 6 3.51 49 0 17 82.0 95 32 28 56
Steve Barber 3 1 4.80 39 3 2 75.0 92 40 25 40
Bob Priddy 4 9 4.22 40 0 4 64.0 71 30 44 36
Mike McQueen 4 1 3.54 17 3 1 56.0 47 22 23 38
Ron Herbel 0 1 5.23 25 0 1 51.2 61 30 23 22
Gary Neibauer 1 0 2.14 6 1 1 21.0 14 5 9 6
Tom House 1 0 3.05 11 1 0 20.2 20 7 3 11
Hoyt Wilhelm 0 0 15.43 3 0 0 2.1 6 4 1 1

👥 Roster (35)

Hank Aaron Tommie Aaron Dusty Baker Steve Barber Clete Boyer Jim Breazeale Oscar Brown Orlando Cepeda Bob Didier Darrell Evans Leo Foster Ralph Garr +23 more

35 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1971 Atlanta Braves

What was the 1971 Atlanta Braves record?
The 1971 Atlanta Braves finished 82-80 (.506 win pct).
Who led the 1971 Atlanta Braves in home runs?
Hank Aaron led the 1971 Atlanta Braves with 47 home runs.
What was the 1971 Atlanta Braves team ERA?
The 1971 Atlanta Braves posted a team ERA of 3.75.
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