1971 Chicago Cubs season
The 1971 Chicago Cubs season was the 100th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 96th in the National League and the 56th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League East with a record of 83–79.
Offseason
- November 30, 1970: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Hal Breeden.
- December 3, 1970: Phil Gagliano was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Carmen Fanzone.
Regular season
Notable transactions
- June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
- *Dennis Lamp was drafted by the Cubs in the 3rd round. Player signed June 11, 1971.
- *Jim Tyrone was drafted by the Cubs in the 7th round.
- September 9, 1971: Bruce Sutter was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.
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 | Chris Cannizzaro | 71 | 197 | 42 | .213 | 5 | 23 |
| 1B | Joe Pepitone | 115 | 427 | 131 | .307 | 16 | 61 |
| 2B | 131 | 530 | 181 | .342 | 2 | 42 | |
| SS | 155 | 617 | 159 | .258 | 2 | 38 | |
| 3B | 154 | 555 | 148 | .267 | 21 | 88 | |
| LF | 157 | 594 | 179 | .301 | 28 | 93 | |
| CF | Brock Davis | 106 | 301 | 77 | .256 | 0 | 28 |
| RF | Johnny Callison | 103 | 290 | 61 | .210 | 8 | 38 |
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 |
| 117 | 383 | 98 | .256 | 19 | 60 | |
| Paul Popovich | 89 | 226 | 49 | .217 | 4 | 28 |
| Cleo James | 54 | 150 | 43 | .287 | 2 | 13 |
| J.C. Martin | 47 | 125 | 33 | .264 | 2 | 17 |
| 36 | 88 | 26 | .295 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ernie Banks | 39 | 83 | 16 | .193 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 0 | 7 | |
| Danny Breeden | 25 | 65 | 10 | .154 | 0 | 4 |
| Héctor Torres | 31 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 2 | 5 | |
| Frank Fernández | 17 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 4 | 4 |
| Pat Bourque | 14 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | 36 | 5 | .139 | 1 | 2 | |
| Gene Hiser | 17 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Hundley | 9 | 21 | 7 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy North | 8 | 16 | 6 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Webster | 16 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Spangler | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Jestadt | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| 39 | 325.0 | 24 | 13 | 2.77 | 263 | |
| Milt Pappas | 35 | 261.1 | 17 | 14 | 3.51 | 99 |
| Bill Hands | 36 | 242.1 | 12 | 18 | 3.42 | 128 |
| Ken Holtzman | 30 | 195.0 | 9 | 15 | 4.48 | 143 |
| Juan Pizarro | 16 | 101.1 | 7 | 6 | 3.46 | 67 |
| Burt Hooton | 3 | 21.1 | 2 | 0 | 2.11 | 22 |
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 |
| Joe Decker | 21 | 45.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.73 | 37 |
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 |
| Phil Regan | 48 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3.93 | 28 |
| Ron Tompkins | 35 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.08 | 20 |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.65 | 41 | |
| Ray Newman | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.52 | 35 |
| Earl Stephenson | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.43 | 11 |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.57 | 2 | |
| Larry Gura | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 |