1971 Bakersfield Dodgers Statistics
California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-82
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Don LeJohn (56-82)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 58,872, Avg. 853
1971 Bakersfield Dodgers RosterTeam Record: 56-82
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Don LeJohn (56-82)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 58,872, Avg. 853
The Bakersfield Dodgers of the California League ended the 1971 season with a record of 56 wins and 82 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.
The Dodgers scored 690 runs and conceded 778 runs. Orlando Álvarez led Bakersfield with 14 home runs and accounted for 80 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .298 clip. Greg Shanahan topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 4.01 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1971 Bakersfield Dodgers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Orlando Álvarez, Iván de Jesús, Greg Shanahan, Jerry Royster, Bob Randall and Greg Heydeman.
Don LeJohn served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Shanahan | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.01 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 164.0 | 176 | 104 | 73 | 11 | 78 | 7 | 182 | 6 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Richard Dorsch | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.88 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 50.0 | 49 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Philip Keller | 7 | 14 | .333 | 4.34 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 143.0 | 146 | 97 | 69 | 14 | 65 | 5 | 170 | 10 | 1 | 8 | ||
| James Allen | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.08 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 108.0 | 90 | 36 | 25 | 2 | 49 | 11 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Miller | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.56 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 79 | 39 | 38 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Mark Meschuk | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.57 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 138.0 | 130 | 88 | 70 | 22 | 70 | 8 | 117 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ronald Hall | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.17 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 93 | 67 | 59 | 12 | 53 | 4 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Randall Bayer | 4 | 1 | .800 | 6.32 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 76 | 49 | 40 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bruce Raible | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.38 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 100 | 70 | 49 | 11 | 39 | 10 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Gnagi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken O'Brien | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.70 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 46 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Greg Heydeman | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 27 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mickey Johnson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.60 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 42 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Bettega | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Al Dawson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.05 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Plunkett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Tomlinson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Arthur Pauls | 0 | 7 | .000 | 4.92 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 86.0 | 74 | 60 | 47 | 7 | 59 | 7 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 82 | .406 | 4.58 | 337 | 138 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 26 | 1173.0 | 1210 | 778 | 597 | 120 | 639 | 77 | 1137 | 45 | 3 | 101 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Álvarez | 134 | 533 | 483 | 78 | 144 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 80 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 99 | .298 | .356 | .449 | .806 | 217 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ron Estes | 98 | 391 | 351 | 54 | 111 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 54 | .316 | .374 | .444 | .818 | 156 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Red Daniels | 104 | 418 | 331 | 78 | 109 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 21 | 4 | 82 | 54 | .329 | .463 | .480 | .943 | 159 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| John Hughes | 118 | 465 | 421 | 59 | 108 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 77 | .257 | .316 | .344 | .660 | 145 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Iván de Jesús | 126 | 553 | 462 | 77 | 108 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 84 | 108 | .234 | .353 | .316 | .669 | 146 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Corder | 93 | 364 | 325 | 48 | 91 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 57 | .280 | .343 | .403 | .747 | 131 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John Snider | 98 | 373 | 338 | 43 | 80 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 66 | .237 | .297 | .308 | .605 | 104 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Lee Robinson | 62 | 267 | 224 | 39 | 66 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 38 | .295 | .400 | .406 | .806 | 91 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Stanley Russell | 82 | 293 | 263 | 30 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 38 | .240 | .308 | .316 | .624 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bob Randall | 42 | 188 | 171 | 26 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 19 | .269 | .328 | .327 | .655 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kara Hall | 65 | 225 | 190 | 33 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 35 | .226 | .333 | .437 | .770 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Patchin | 48 | 179 | 151 | 15 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25 | .278 | .382 | .391 | .773 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Ristig | 42 | 154 | 136 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 26 | .228 | .299 | .294 | .593 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Norman Brown | 42 | 104 | 96 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | .240 | .288 | .333 | .622 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Homik | 20 | 68 | 55 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .255 | .397 | .291 | .688 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Vaughn | 20 | 67 | 59 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .203 | .284 | .271 | .555 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Lizalde | 19 | 78 | 63 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .190 | .338 | .254 | .592 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Victor Lopez | 13 | 54 | 50 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .200 | .259 | .260 | .519 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Raible | 21 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .364 | .517 | .364 | .881 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Miller | 19 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .320 | .414 | .400 | .814 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randall Bayer | 31 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .286 | .412 | .321 | .733 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Hall | 28 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .258 | .258 | .258 | .516 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Greg Shanahan | 27 | 64 | 55 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34 | .145 | .175 | .200 | .375 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Haren | 8 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .269 | .296 | .346 | .642 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philip Keller | 27 | 54 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .158 | .365 | .263 | .629 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Victor Felix | 13 | 49 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .109 | .163 | .109 | .272 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Dawson | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .375 | .444 | .625 | 1.069 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Pauls | 31 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .136 | .296 | .136 | .433 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Allen | 48 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .094 | .121 | .125 | .246 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Meschuk | 28 | 49 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .067 | .106 | .067 | .173 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Dorsch | 33 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Johnson | 13 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken O'Brien | 10 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Royster | 7 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .100 | .143 | .150 | .293 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Gnagi | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Heydeman | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .429 | .000 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven DuBois | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Plunkett | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Bettega | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Tomlinson | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1615 | 5306 | 4622 | 690 | 1191 | 175 | 30 | 77 | 584 | 119 | 48 | 569 | 967 | .258 | .342 | .359 | .701 | 1657 | 0 | 39 | 46 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hughes | 1B | 113 | 845 | 62 | 16 | 75 | .983 | 8.027 | ||||
| Stanley Russell | 1B | 35 | 232 | 20 | 9 | 16 | .966 | 7.200 | ||||
| William Homik | 1B | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 6.500 | ||||
| Ron Estes | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Randall | 2B | 42 | 103 | 127 | 13 | 33 | .947 | 5.476 | ||||
| Wayne Ristig | 2B | 37 | 82 | 100 | 8 | 23 | .958 | 4.919 | ||||
| Kara Hall | 2B | 35 | 69 | 68 | 13 | 8 | .913 | 3.914 | ||||
| John Snider | 2B | 26 | 47 | 61 | 2 | 10 | .982 | 4.154 | ||||
| Iván de Jesús | 2B | 7 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 2.714 | ||||
| Thomas Corder | 3B | 78 | 61 | 106 | 28 | 17 | .856 | 2.141 | ||||
| John Snider | 3B | 36 | 23 | 60 | 12 | 6 | .874 | 2.306 | ||||
| John Lizalde | 3B | 19 | 16 | 41 | 6 | 3 | .905 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jerry Royster | 3B | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Orlando Álvarez | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Kara Hall | 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Patchin | C | 46 | 348 | 29 | 8 | 3 | .979 | 8.196 | 28 | |||
| Lee Robinson | C | 43 | 350 | 32 | 7 | 4 | .982 | 8.884 | 19 | |||
| Ronald Vaughn | C | 20 | 173 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .968 | 9.200 | 12 | |||
| William Homik | C | 18 | 113 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 6.889 | 9 | |||
| John Snider | C | 16 | 106 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 7.500 | 6 | |||
| Dennis Haren | C | 7 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 1.286 | 2 | |||
| Steven DuBois | C | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Orlando Álvarez | OF | 123 | 175 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .953 | 1.496 | ||||
| Red Daniels | OF | 96 | 124 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .951 | 1.406 | ||||
| Ron Estes | OF | 90 | 145 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .953 | 1.789 | ||||
| Stanley Russell | OF | 40 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .927 | 1.275 | ||||
| Norman Brown | OF | 25 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.320 | ||||
| Lee Robinson | OF | 19 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.474 | ||||
| Kara Hall | OF | 14 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Victor Felix | OF | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| John Snider | OF | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| James Allen | P | 48 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .972 | .729 | ||||
| Richard Dorsch | P | 33 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Arthur Pauls | P | 29 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .810 | .586 | ||||
| Mark Meschuk | P | 28 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .867 | .929 | ||||
| Greg Shanahan | P | 27 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.370 | ||||
| Philip Keller | P | 27 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .815 | ||||
| Ronald Hall | P | 25 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .760 | ||||
| Bruce Raible | P | 21 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .762 | ||||
| Wayne Miller | P | 18 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Randall Bayer | P | 17 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .941 | ||||
| Richard Gnagi | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .357 | ||||
| Mickey Johnson | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .615 | ||||
| Ken O'Brien | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| William Tomlinson | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Greg Heydeman | P | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Al Dawson | P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Bettega | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Michael Plunkett | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Iván de Jesús | SS | 117 | 151 | 311 | 48 | 53 | .906 | 3.949 | ||||
| Victor Lopez | SS | 13 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | .818 | 3.462 | ||||
| Thomas Corder | SS | 9 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 3.222 | ||||
| John Snider | SS | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .812 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1502 | 3515 | 1373 | 262 | 282 | .949 | 3.254 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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