1971 Chicago Cubs roster

36 players appeared for the Chicago Cubs in the 1971 MLB season.

1971 Cubs roster: batting

1971 Chicago Cubs batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Don Kessinger1556177715923815.258.318.634
Billy Williams1575948617928937.301.383.888
Ron Santo1545557714821884.267.354.778
Glenn Beckert131530801812423.342.367.773
Joe Pepitone1154275013116611.307.347.830
Jim Hickman117383509819600.256.342.791
Brock Davis10630122770280.256.335.648
Johnny Callison10329027618382.210.298.640
Paul Popovich8922624494280.217.260.570
Cleo James5415025432136.287.353.727
J. c. Martin4712513332171.264.336.688
Jose Ortiz36881026032.295.347.745
Ernie Banks3983416360.193.247.572
Ken Rudolph2576515070.197.265.502
Danny Breeden2565310040.154.263.432
Hector Torres3158413020.224.274.550
Carmen Fanzone124358250.186.222.594
Pat Bourque143737130.189.250.574
Hal Breeden233615120.139.184.434
Gene Hiser172946011.207.303.510
Randy Hundley92117020.333.333.714
Bill North81636001.375.524.899

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1971 Cubs roster: pitching

1971 Chicago Cubs pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Fergie JenkinsSP393924132.77325.02631.050
Milt PappasP353517143.51261.1991.300
Bill HandsP363512183.42242.11281.230
Ken HoltzmanP30299154.48195.01431.420
Juan PizarroP1614763.46101.1671.160
Phil ReganP481553.9373.1281.606
Bill BonhamSP332214.6560.0411.650
Joe DeckerP214324.7345.2371.910
Ron TompkinsP350024.0839.2201.313
Ray NewmanP300123.5238.1351.232
Burt HootonSP33202.1121.1220.840
Earl StephensonP160104.4320.1111.721
Jim ColbornP140016.9710.122.030
Larry GuraSP60006.003.022.331

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.