| NXPL 1971 DRAFT GRID | |||||||
| TEAM | FRANCHISE PICK | 1ST RND | 2ND RND | 3RD RND | 4TH RND | 5TH RND | 6TH RND |
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | Chuck Seelbach | Jim Slaton | Pete Broberg | Rick Auerbach | Ray Newman | Enzo Hernandez | Steve Luebber |
| Philadelphia Phillies (PHI) | Mike Anderson | Jon Matlock | Juan Beniquez | Jim Willoughby | Brock Davis | Don Hahn | Rich Chiles |
| St. Louis Cardinals (STL) | Rudy Arroyo | Richie Zisk | Rick Miller (CRW) | Charlie Williams | Chris Zachary | Lee Richard | Tom Shopay |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | Terry Forester | JR Richards | Bill Bonhan | Kurt Bevacqua | Jerry Bell | Jim Mason | Ken Suarez |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | Rich Chambliss | Darrell Porter | Ed Farmer | Terry Humphrey | Rich Hinton | Gomer Hodge | Pass |
| Milwaukee Braves (MIL) | Tom House | Mike Caldwell | Bill Parsons | Ernie McAnally | Jimmy Rosario | Santiago Guzman | Ted Ford |
| Baltimore Orioles (BAL) | None | Jim Barr | Ron Bloomberg | Bobby Darwin | Bill Grief | Hal Breedan | Jerry DaVanon |
| Brooklyn Dodgers (BRO) | Ron Cey | Doyle Alexander | Dave Radar | Mike Garman | Ed Sprague | Earl Stephenson | Bobby Mitchell |
| Pittsburgh Pirates (PIT) | Rennie Stennett | Bruce Kison | Frank Taveras | Ron Theobald | Mark Ballinger | Roger Hambright | Jim Britton |
| Kansas City A's (KCA) | George Hendrick | Chris Speier | Buzz Capra | Don Shaw | Clyde Mashore | Frank Baker | Bob Gebhard |
| Boston Red Sox (BRS) | Cecil Cooper | Ben Oglivie | Andy Hassler | Bill Denehy | Bob O'Brien | Rickey Clark | Pass |
| Cincinnati Roadwarriors (CIN) | Ross Grimsley | Steve Stone | Mike Ivie (STL) | Jim Strickland (STL) | Bill Fahey | pass | Pass |
| New York Giants (NYG) | Dave Kingman | Jon Milner | pass | pass | pass | pass | pass |
| Chicago Cubs (CHC) | Billy North | Burt Hooton | Derrell Thomas (STL) | Ken Rudolph | Monty Montgomery | Bobby Pfeil | Charlie Sands |
| Minnesota Twins (MIN) | Steve Braun | Eric Soderholm | Ray Corbin | Bucky Brandon | Mike Thompson | Tony Muser | Pass |
| New York Yankees (NYY) | Rusty Torres | Lenny Randle (Minn) | Angel Mangual (Milw)\ | Al Severnsen (MIN) | Mike Strahler | John Vukovich | Lance Clemons |
| Draft ended-all trades now for 1970 | |||||||
| 1. NY Yankees trade # 1 and # 3 picks (1971) to Minnesota for Ron Hunt | |||||||
| 2. The Yankees trade Horace Clarke, George Culver, Lowell Palmer, and NYY 2nd rd pick (1971) to the Braves for Wayne Simpson and Paul Popovich. | |||||||
| 3. Cleveland trades Jim Perry to Cincinnati for Frank Robinson | |||||||
| 4. Cleveland trades Tommie Agee to Milwaukee for Bill Hands | |||||||
| 5. St.Louis Cardinals trade Jose Cruz Sr. to The Cinicinnati Roadwarriers for Don Gullett | |||||||
| 6. Yanks send Graig Nettles and Thurman Munson to the Cubs for Joe Torre, Ron Santo, and Johnny Edwards. | |||||||
| 7. Baltimore trades Wilhelm, Bunker, Alyea & Hinton to Chicago Cubs for Oscar Gamble | |||||||
| 8. Cincinnati sends WIllie Montanez, Gene Michael and Ken Harrelson to Detroit for Fred Gladding, Horatio Pina and Wayne Granger | |||||||
| 9. Detroit releases Bill Denehy | |||||||
| 10.Cincinnati trades Dick Hall and Fritz Peterson to St. Louis for Lindy McDaniel and Jack Aker | |||||||
| 11. Cubs trade Gary Ross and # 2 pick to St. Louis for Mike Epstein | |||||||
| 12. Cincinnati trades Cin 2nd Pick, 3rd Round Pick, Tony Perez and Claude Osteen to St. Louis for Steve Mingori, Bob Gibson and St L 2nd Round pick | |||||||
| 13. Baltimore trades Pat Jarvis to NY Yankees for Alan Foster | |||||||
| Trading Ended-1971 trades | |||||||
| 1971 TRADES | |||||||
| Baltimore cuts Adolfo Phillips and Lee Maye | |||||||
| New York Yankees send Steve Kealey to the Dodgers for Frank Howard | |||||||
| Cleveland trades Tommy John to Brooklyn Dodgers for Ken Henderson and Tom Grieve | |||||||
| New York Yankees send Bob Bailey to Baltimore for Jack Hiatt and Jim Ray | |||||||
| Brooklyn releases John Donaldson and Billy Wynne and Dick Ellsworth. | |||||||
| Twins cut Jim Campanis and Dave Boswell | |||||||
| Indians cut Willie Smith | |||||||
| Phillies cut Dennis Papke | |||||||
| Cubs cut Bobby Brooks, Jim Gosger and Jan Dukes | |||||||
| Cards cut Byron Browne, Frank Johnson, Hal King, Paul Doyle and Rudy Arroyo | |||||||
| White Sox cut Minnie Monoso and Dave Baldwin | |||||||
| The Yankees send to Detroit Frank Howard, Ron Santo, Johnny Edwards, Pat Jarvis, NYY 1st & 3rd picks for Norm Cash & Bill Freehan | |||||||
| Tigers send SS Rick Auerbach to Pittsburgh for 2B Bill Mazeroski | |||||||
| Philadelphia trades its 1972 #2 pick to Detroit for Jerry Johnson, Jim Bunning, amd the Detroit 1972 #3 pick. | |||||||
| The Yankees add Pat Bourque, Jim Breazelale, Ron Clark, Bruce Christensen, Dwain Anderson, Norm Miller and Jim Panter | |||||||
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Philadelphia Phillies (PHI) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals (STL) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Milwaukee Braves (MIL) | Stan Swanson | Al Yates | Al Closter | ||||
| Baltimore Orioles (BAL) | Stan Perzanowski | Steve Barber (RHP) | at 50 | ||||
| Brooklyn Dodgers (BRO) | Bill Laxton | Chris Arnold | Tim Hosley | ||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates (PIT) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Kansas City A's (KCA) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Boston Red Sox (BRS) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Cincinnati Roadwarriors (CIN) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| New York Giants (NYG) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Chicago Cubs (CHC) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Minnesota Twins (MIN) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| New York Yankees (NYY) | no waiver choices | ||||||
| Waiver Cut | |||||||
| Dodgers cut Sal Campisi when picking up Bill Laxton | |||||||
| Dodgers cut Charlie Manual when picking up Tim Hosley | |||||||
| Dodgers cut Raymond Webster when picking up Chris Arnold | |||||||