January - Famous Frank "Trader" Lane replaces Marvin Milkes as General Manager. March 6 - At Mesa, AZ, the A's and Brewers test Charlie Finley's idea of 3-ball walks. The A's win 13-9 in a game featuring 19 free passes, essentially ending the experiment. May 1 - Brewers starter Bill Parsons walks the first three A's batters and is lifted for Jim Colborn, who pitches a complete game, 4–3, win. Johnny Briggs drives in all the Milwaukee runs, including a home run in the 9th inning off Blue Moon Odom (0–5), to win it. June 26 - The Brewers Marty Pattin gives up 11 hits to Minnesota, but still shuts them out, 5-0. August 21 - Mickey Lolich allows six hits as Detroit beats the Brewers 7-2. It is Lolich's 20th win of the year September 2 - Royals P Ron Theobold pitches a one-hitter against the Brewers but still loses 1-0, as Milwaukee scores a 2nd inning run without a hit. Marty Pattin pitches his 5th shutout of the season September 7 - Kansas City's Amos Otis collects four hits and five SBs in a 4-3 win over Milwaukee. Darrell Porter's wild throw on a steal allows Otis to score the winning run September 30 - Chicago finishes the season by edging the last-place Brewers, 2-1, on Bill Melton's 33rd home run of the year. Melton is the first American League home run leader in Sox history October - Ken Sanders is named the Sporting News Fireman of the Year after he appears in 83 games, compiles 31 saves and 1.92 ERA, and sets an American League record by finishing 77 games. His 12 losses (against 7 wins) are the third-most relief losses in a season. October - Bill Parsons was the number-two starter for the last-place Brewers, going 13-17 with a 3.20 ERA. He is named The Sporting News' AL Rookie Pitcher of the Year for his efforts, and is runner-up to Chris Chambliss in the BBWAA vote for Rookie of the Year. October 11 - The Red Sox and the Brewers engineer a 10-player trade that sees P Jim Lonborg, P Ken Brett, OF Joe Lahoud, OF Billy Conigliaro and 1B George Scott go to Milwaukee, and P Marty Pattin, P Lew Krausse and OF Tommy Harper head to Boston.
1971 MILWAUKEE BREWERS ROSTER
INFIELD G Ag B T HT WT ML YR 1970 Team Acquired
Rick Auerbach (SS) 79 21 R R 6- 0 165 1 1 Portland (AAA) - Clinton (A) Jan 1969 Second Draft - 7th (145th)
Rob Ellis (3B-OF) 36 21 R R 5-11 180 1 1 None Jun 1971 Second Draft - 1st (3rd)
Gus Gil (2B-3B) 14 32 R R 5-10 180 3 4 MILWAUKEE - Portland (AAA) Purchase - Cleveland (5-13-68)
Tommy Harper (3B) 152 30 R R 5-10 168 3 10 MILWAUKEE Expansion Draft - Cleveland (3rd)
*-Mike Hegan (1B) 46 29 L L 6- 1 190 3 6 MILWAUKEE Purchase - NY Yankees (6-14-68)
Bob Heise (SS-2B) 68 24 R R 6- 0 175 1 5 SAN FRANCISCO Trade - San Francisco (6-1-71)
*-Ted Kubiak (2B-SS) 89 29 B R 6- 0 175 2 5 MILWAUKEE Trade - Oakland (12-7-69)
Tom Matchick (SS-3B) 42 27 L R 6- 0 175 1 5 BOSTON - KANSAS CITY Trade - Kan City (5-11-71)
Roberto Pena (SS) 113 34 R R 5- 8 175 2 6 OAKLAND - MILWAUKEE Trade - Oakland (5-18-70)
Dick Schofield (SS-2B) 23 36 B R 5- 9 165 1 19 Boston Trade - St. Louis (7-29-71)
Frank Tepedino (1B) 53 23 L L 5-11 192 1 4 NY YANKEES - Syracuse (AAA) Trade - NY Yankees (6-7-71)
Ron Theobald (2B) 126 28 R R 5- 8 165 1 1 Denver (AAA) - Indianapolis (AAA) Trade - Washington (5-11-70)
OUTFIELD
Johnny Briggs 125 27 L L 6- 1 195 1 8 PHILADELPHIA Trade - Philadelphia (4-22-71)
Jose Cardenal 63 27 R R 5-10 150 1 9 ST. LOUIS Trade - St. Louis (7-29-71)
Andy Kosco 98 29 R R 6- 3 207 1 7 LOS ANGELES Trade - Los Angeles (2-10-71)
Dave May 144 27 L R 186 2 5 BALTIMORE - MILWAUKEE Trade - Baltimore (6-15-70)
Bobby Mitchell 35 27 R R 6- 4 190 1 2 NY YANKEES - Syracuse (AAA) Trade - NY Yankees (6-7-71)
*-Ted Savage 14 35 R R 6- 1 185 2 9 MILWAUKEE Purchase - Cincinnati (4-5-70)
Bernie Smith 15 29 R R 5- 9 164 2 2 MILWAUKEE - Portland (AAA) Purchase - NY Mets (12-2-69)
Bill Voss 97 27 L L 6- 2 160 1 7 CALIFORNIA Trade - California (1-28-71)
*-Danny Walton 30 24 R R 6- 0 200 3 4 MILWAUKEE Trade - Houston (8-30-69)
*-Floyd Wicker 11 27 L R 6- 2 175 2 4 MILWAUKEE - Portland (AAA) Purchase - Montreal (8-20-70)
Al Yates 24 26 R R 6- 2 210 1 1 Louisville (AAA) Trade - Boston (10-6-70)
CATCHERS
*-Pete Koegel 2 24 R R 6- 6 230 2 2 MILWAUKEE-Portland (AAA)-Jacksonville (AA) Purchase - Oakland (8-29-69)
Darrell Porter 22 19 L R 6- 0 193 1 1 Clinton (A) June 1970 Draft - 1st (4th)
Paul Ratliff 23 27 L R 6- 2 190 1 3 MINNESOTA Trade - Minnesota (7-8-71)
Ellie Rodriguez 115 25 R R 5-11 185 1 4 KANSAS CITY Trade - Kansas City (2-2-71)
*-Phil Roof 41 30 R R 6- 3 210 2 9 MILWAUKEE Trade - Oakland (1-15-70)
STARTING PITCHERS GS G Ag B T HT WT ML YR 1970 Team Acquired
Lew Krausse 22 43 28 R R 6- 0 167 2 9 MILWAUKEE Trade - Oakland (1-15-70)
Skip Lockwood 33 32 25 R R 6- 0 200 3 3 MILWAUKEE - Portland (AAA) Expansion Draft - Oakland (46th)
Bill Parsons 35 36 23 R R 6- 6 195 1 1 Portland (AAA) June 1968 Draft - 7th (156)
Marty Pattin 36 36 28 R R 5-11 180 3 3 MILWAUKEE Expansion Draft - California (18th)
Jim Slaton 23 26 21 R R 6- 0 185 1 1 Clinton (A) June 1969 Draft - 15th (355)
RELIEF PITCHERS
Larry Bearnarth 0 2 29 R R 6- 2 203 1 5 Tidewater (AAA) Purchase - NY Mets (10-20-70)
Jerry Bell 0 8 23 B R 6- 4 190 1 1 Clinton (A) Jan 1969 Draft - 2nd round (45th)
*-Dick Ellsworth 0 11 31 L L 6- 4 195 2 13 CLEVELAND - MILWAUKEE Purchase - Cleveland (8-7-70)
John Gelnar 0 2 28 R R 6- 2 190 3 5 MILWAUKEE Trade - Kansas City (4-1-69)
Jim Hannan 1 21 31 R R 6- 3 205 1 10 WASHINGTON Trade - Detroit (5-11-71)
Marcelino Lopez 11 31 27 R L 6- 3 210 1 7 BALTIMORE Trade - Baltimore (4-5-71)
John Morris 1 43 30 R L 6- 1 198 3 5 MILWAUKEE Expansion Draft - Baltimore (52nd)
Bob Reynolds 0 3 24 R R 6- 0 205 1 2 Buffalo/Winnipeg (AAA) Trade - St. Louis (7-29-71)
Ken Sanders 0 83 30 R R 5-11 185 2 5 MILWAUKEE - Portland (AAA) Trade - Oakland (1-15-70)
Floyd Weaver 0 21 30 R R 6- 4 195 1 4 CHICAGO-AL - Tucson (AAA) Purchase - Chicago-AL (6-30-71)
* - Traded or released during the season
TEAM W L .PCT GB POS MANAGER LEADING BATTER - AVERAGE LEADING BATTER - RBIS HOME RUN LEADERS LEADING PITCHER - WINS LEADING PITCHER - ERA
AAA AA Evansville Triplets 60 78 .435 -23.5 4/4 Del Crandall Tommy Matchick .304 John Felske 68 John Felske 14 Dick Estelle 13 Jerry Bell 3.05
A MWL Danville Warriors 65 56 .537 - 6.5 3/5 Sandy Johnson Odis McCowan .294 Gorman Thomas 82 Gorman Thomas 31 Jerry O'Neill 9 Dennis Yard 2.94
A NYP Newark Co-Pilots 35 35 .500 -11.0 4/8 Al Widmar Duane Espy .302 Gary Martz 43 Gary Martz 11 Tom Hausman 7 Kevin Kobel 2.55
MINOR LEAGUE ALLSTARS
Danville - OF Gorman Thomas
PLAYOFFS
Danville (A) - Lost to Quad Cities in semi-finals, 1 game to 0
1971 MILWAUKEE BREWERS (69-92)
6th, 32 Games Back (AL West) - Manager : Dave Bristol
PRE-SEASON TRANSACTIONS
January 28 - Traded Gene Brabender to California Angels in exchange for Bill Voss
February 2 - Traded Bob Burda to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Fred Reahm. Traded Carl
Taylor to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Ellie Rodriguez
February 4 - Purchased Joe Nossek from St. Louis Cardinals
February 10 - Traded Al Downing to Los Angeles in exchange for Andy Kosco. Bob
Tillman released.
March 26 - Sold Fred Stanley to Cleveland Indians.
March 27 - Bob Humphreys, Bob Meyer, Russ Snyder released.
April 5 - Traded Roric Harrison and Marion Jackson to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for
Marcelino Lopez. Traded Wayne Twitchell to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Pat Skrable
April 6 - Tom Kelly released
REGULAR SEASON TRANSACTIONS
April 22 - Traded Ray Peters and Pete Koegel to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for John Briggs
May 11 - Traded John Gelnar and Jose Herrera to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jim Hannan. Traded Ted Savage to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Tommy Matchick.
June 1 - Traded Floyd Wicker to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Bob Heise
June 7 - Traded Danny Walton to NY Yankees in exchange for Frank Tepedino and Bobby Mitchell
June 14 - Sold Mike Hegan to Oakland Athletics
June 30 - Dick Ellsworth released. Purchased Floyd Weaver from Chicago White Sox
July 8 - Traded Phil Roof to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Paul Ratliff
July 29 - Traded Ted Kubiak and Charlie Loseth to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jose Cardenal, Dick Schofield and Bob Reynolds
POST-SEASON TRANSACTIONS
October 11 - Traded Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse, Tommy Harper and Pat Skrable to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, George Scott and Don Pavletich
October 20 - Traded John Morris to San Francisco in exchange for Gary Ryerson and Wes Scott
October 22 - Purchased Mike Ferraro from Baltimore Orioles
November 26 - Eduardo Rodriguez signed as a non-drafted free agent
November 29 - Major League Draft - Selected Aurelio Monteagudo from Kansas City Royals
December 3 - Traded Jose Cardenal to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Brock Davis, Jim Colborn and Earl Stephenson
December 9 - Traded cash and a player to be named later to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Curt Motton; Baltimore Orioles received Bob Reynolds (March 25, 1972)
December 31 - Jim Hannan released.
