1971 American Association season

The 1971 American Association season was the 64th in the league's history, and ended with the Denver Bears winning their first league championship since 1957. The Bears would go on to lose the Junior World Series.

Final standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

East Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Indianapolis Indians	84	55	.604	—	Vern Rapp	Cincinnati Reds
Iowa Oaks	71	69	.507	13½	Sherm Lollar	Oakland Athletics
Omaha Royals	69	70	.496	15	Jack McKeon	Kansas City Royals
Evansville Triplets	60	78	.475	23½	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Brewers

West Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Denver Bears	73	67	.521	—	Del Wilber	Washington Senators
Oklahoma City 89ers	71	69	.507	2	Jim Williams	Houston Astros
Wichita Aeros	66	74	.471	7	Ken Aspromonte	Cleveland Indians
Tulsa Oilers	64	76	.457	9	Warren Spahn/Gary Geiger	St. Louis Cardinals

Denver vs. Indianapolis
Date	Away	Home
September 3	Denver 2	Indianapolis 3
September 4	Denver 2	Indianapolis 3
September 5	Denver 6	Indianapolis 3
	10 innings
September 6	Indianapolis 2	Denver 3
September 8	Indianapolis 10	Denver 5
September 9	Indianapolis 2	Denver 4
Game 2	Indianapolis 2	Denver 5
Denver wins series 4-3 and
advances to Junior World Series

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.