1971 Annual Draft

Last updated 9/27/2022

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Draft order

Tiebreakers listed where needed.

1 Wichita
2 Carolina Poorer road record than WIC
3 Tidewater
4 Third Coast
5 Springfield
6 Calgary
7 Frankfort
8 Cape Fear
9 Grindstone
10 Kansas City
11 Topsail Beach
12 Big Sky
13 Flushing
14 Mudville
15 Texas
16 West Essex poorer road record than TEX

1970 Trades that included 1971 draft picks

    1. 7/16/21 – Wichita trades Tom Phoebus and WIC #7
      to Mudville for Casey Cox and MUD #3.
    2. 7/16/21 – Wichita trades Orlando Cepeda and WIC #5
      to Big Sky for Rich Reese and BSC #2.
    3. 7/24/21 – Wichita trades Ken Holtzman, Ron Hunt, Chuck Hinton, Ike Brown, and WIC #8
      to Grindstone for Bobby Grich, Jim Lefebvre, Jim Nelson, Reggie Cleveland, and GRI #2.
    4. 1/6/22 – West Essex trades Moe Drabowsky, WEK #1, and WEK #3
      to Third Coast for Ken Sanders, TCR #5, and TCR #9.

1971 Pre-Draft Trades

    1. 6/27/22 – Wichita trades Mike Hedlund, Al Downing, Jose Cruz, Maury Wills, and BSC #2
      to Big Sky for Cesar Cedeno, Dick McAuliffe, Ron Bryant, Horacio Pina, and WIC #5.
    2. 9/19/22 – Tidewater trades Eddie Leon, Ken Boswell, and TID #12
      to Texas for TEX #5.
    3. 9/20/22 – Tidewater trades Tommy Helms and Roger Metzger
      to Calgary for Tim Foli.
    4. 9/23/22 – Cape Fear trades Dick Dietz and Tom Hall
      to Grindstone for Bill Gogolewski and Bob Locker.
    5. 9/24/22 – Calgary trades Mickey Rivers, Skip Lockwood, and CAL #4
      to Tidewater for Jim Ray, Roy White, and TID #3.
    6. 9/25/22 – Big Sky trades Ellie Rodriguez
      to Frankfort for Ken McMullen and Pete Mikkelsen.
    7. 9/25/22 – Frankfort trades Vicente Romo
      to Calgary for Bob Barton.
    8. 9/26/22 – Calgary trades Ed Herrmann
      to Grindstone for John Ellis.
    9. 9/26/22 – Mudville trades Willie McCovey, Denny Riddleberger, and Joe Gibbon
      to Big Sky for Jim Lonborg, Steve Arlin, and Mudcat Grant.

1971 Annual Draft pick status

This grid shows which team currently owns the listed pick. All traded 1971 draft picks are included here.

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Big Sky Catch BSC BSC BSC BSC BSC BSC BSC BSC BSC BSC BSC BSC
Calgary Thunder CAL CAL CAL TID CAL CAL CAL CAL CAL CAL CAL CAL
Cape Fear Currents CFC CFC CFC CFC CFC CFC CFC CFC CFC CFC CFC CFC
Carolina Riverdogs CAR CAR CAR CAR CAR CAR CAR CAR CAR CAR CAR CAR
Flushing Falcons FLU FLU FLU FLU FLU FLU FLU FLU FLU FLU FLU FLU
Frankfort Hot Dogs FRA FRA FRA FRA FRA FRA FRA FRA FRA FRA FRA FRA
Grindstone Patch GRI WIC GRI GRI GRI GRI GRI GRI GRI GRI GRI GRI
Kansas City Monarchs KCM KCM KCM KCM KCM KCM KCM KCM KCM KCM KCM KCM
Mudville Nine MUD MUD WIC MUD MUD MUD MUD MUD MUD MUD MUD MUD
Springfield Swedes SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR
Texas Gunslingers TEX TEX TEX TEX TID TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX TEX
Third Coast Rednecks TCR TCR TCR TCR WEK TCR TCR TCR WEK TCR TCR TCR
Tidewater Tides TID TID CAL TID TID TID TID TID TID TID TID TEX
Topsail Beach Pirates TBP TBP TBP TBP TBP TBP TBP TBP TBP TBP TBP TBP
West Essex Knights TCR WEK TCR WEK WEK WEK WEK WEK WEK WEK WEK WEK
Wichita Wrecking Crew WIC WIC WIC WIC WIC WIC MUD GRI WIC WIC WIC WIC
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