1971 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac

1971 Atlanta Braves Roster

The 1971 Atlanta Braves team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1971 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1971 Atlanta Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1971 Atlanta Braves salary list, a 1971 Atlanta Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1971 Atlanta Braves primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
24	Steve Barber	6-00	200	Left	Left	1938-02-22
29	Ron Herbel	6-01	195	Right	Right	1938-01-16
39	Tom House	5-11	190	Left	Left	1947-04-29
33	Pat Jarvis	5-10�	180	Right	Right	1941-03-18
36	Tom Kelley	6-00	191	Right	Right	1944-01-05
22	Mike McQueen	5-11	190	Left	Left	1950-08-30
23	Jim Nash	6-05	230	Right	Right	1945-02-09
31	Gary Neibauer	6-03	200	Right	Right	1944-10-29
35	Phil Niekro	6-01	180	Right	Right	1939-04-01
37	Bob Priddy	6-01	200	Right	Right	1939-12-10
38	Ron Reed	6-06	215	Right	Right	1942-11-02
40	George Stone	6-03	205	Left	Left	1946-07-09
34	Cecil Upshaw	6-06	205	Right	Right	1942-10-22
39	Hoyt Wilhelm	6-00	195	Right	Right	1922-07-26
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
4	Bob Didier	6-00	190	Right	Both	1949-02-16
15	Hal King	6-01	200	Right	Left	1944-02-01
32	Earl Williams	6-03	220	Right	Right	1948-07-14
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
44	Hank Aaron	6-00	180	Right	Right	1934-02-05
19	Tommie Aaron	6-01	200	Right	Right	1939-08-05
6	Clete Boyer	6-00	182	Right	Right	1937-02-09
2	Jim Breazeale	6-02	210	Right	Left	1949-10-03
30	Orlando Cepeda	6-02	210	Right	Right	1937-09-17
11	Darrell Evans	6-02	205	Right	Left	1947-05-26
14	Leo Foster	5-11	165	Right	Right	1951-02-02
7	Gil Garrido	5-08	160	Right	Right	1941-06-26
6	Tony La Russa	6-01	190	Right	Right	1944-10-04
17	Felix Millan	5-11	172	Right	Right	1943-08-21
9	Marty Perez	5-11	160	Right	Right	1947-02-28
14	Marv Staehle	5-10	172	Right	Left	1942-03-13
18	Zoilo Versalles	5-10	150	Right	Right	1939-12-18
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
12	Dusty Baker	6-02	187	Right	Right	1949-06-15
45	Oscar Brown	6-00	175	Right	Right	1946-02-08
48	Ralph Garr	5-11	197	Right	Left	1945-12-12
16	Sonny Jackson	5-09	155	Right	Left	1944-07-09
28	Mike Lum	6-00	180	Left	Left	1945-10-27
1971 Atlanta Braves Roster

The 1971 Atlanta Braves played 162 games during the regular season, won 82 games, lost 80 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Park Factors: 106/107) where 1,006,320 fans witnessed their 1971 Braves finish the season with a .506 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1971 Atlanta Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1971 Atlanta Braves salary list, a 1971 Atlanta Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1971 Atlanta Braves primary starters list:

1971 Atlanta Braves
Opening Day Starters

Hank Aaron
Clete Boyer
Orlando Cepeda
Gil Garrido
Sonny Jackson
Pat Jarvis
Hal King
Felix Millan
Marty Perez
1971 Atlanta Braves
Most Games by Position
C Earl Williams (72)
1B Hank Aaron (71)
2B Felix Millan (141)
3B Darrell Evans (72)
SS Marty Perez (126)
LF Ralph Garr (153)
CF Sonny Jackson (145)
RF Mike Lum (102)

SP Pat Jarvis
SP Tom Kelley
SP Jim Nash
SP Phil Niekro
SP Ron Reed
SP George Stone

RP Steve Barber
RP Ron Herbel
RP Bob Priddy
CL Cecil Upshaw

1971 Atlanta Braves
Salaries
Hank Aaron $125,000.00
Orlando Cepeda $80,000.00
Hal King $17,500.00
Ralph Garr $13,500.00
Darrell Evans $12,750.00
Leo Foster $12,750.00
Tom House $12,750.00
Earl Williams $12,750.00

1971 Atlanta Braves
Uniform Numbers
#2 Jim Breazeale
#4 Bob Didier
#6 Clete Boyer
#6 Tony La Russa
#7 Gil Garrido
#9 Marty Perez
#11 Darrell Evans
#12 Dusty Baker
#14 Leo Foster
#14 Marv Staehle
#15 Hal King
#16 Sonny Jackson
#17 Felix Millan
#18 Zoilo Versalles
#19 Tommie Aaron
#22 Mike McQueen
#23 Jim Nash
#24 Steve Barber
#28 Mike Lum
#29 Ron Herbel
#30 Orlando Cepeda
#31 Gary Neibauer
#32 Earl Williams
#33 Pat Jarvis
#34 Cecil Upshaw
#35 Phil Niekro
#36 Tom Kelley
#37 Bob Priddy
#38 Ron Reed
#39 Tom House
#39 Hoyt Wilhelm
#40 George Stone
#44 Hank Aaron
#45 Oscar Brown
#48 Ralph Garr

Did you know that a 1971 Atlanta Braves Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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