1971 Oakland Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1971
misc = 1971 AL West Champions

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Charles O. Finley
managers = Dick Williams
television = KBHK
radio = KEST
(Monte Moore, Bob Elson, Red Rush) |The Oakland Athletics' 1971 season involved the A's finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 101 wins and 60 losses. Vida Blue became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the AL Cy Young award. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.199, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0] He was also the youngest American League player in the 20th Century to win the MVP Award. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0] The A’s won the A.L. West title in 1971 for their first postseason appearance of any kind since 1931.

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

eason standings

Notable transactions

*May 8, 1971: Darold Knowles was traded by the Washington Senators with Mike Epstein to the Oakland Athletics for Frank Fernandez, Don Mincher, Paul Lindblad, and cash. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knowlda01.shtml]
*May 26, 1971: Curt Blefary was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Rob Gardner. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blefacu01.shtml Curt Blefary Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 12, 1971: Champ Summers was signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/summech01.shtml Champ Summers Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Award Winners

* Vida Blue, P, American League Cy Young Award
* Vida Blue, P, American League Most Valuable Player Award
* Dick Williams, Associated Press AL Manager of the YearAll-Star Game

* Vida Blue, Pitcher, Starter
* Dave Duncan, Catcher, Reserve
* Reggie Jackson, Outfield, Reserve

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1971.shtml 1971 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1971&t=OAK 1971 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

succession box
title = AL West Championship Season
years = 1971
before = Minnesota Twins
1970
after = Oakland Athletics
1972