Offseason

• October 20, 1970: Jerry McNertney
  Jerry McNertney
  Gerald Edward McNertney is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He stood 6'1" and weighed 190 pounds in his playing days....
  
  , George Lauzerique
  George Lauzerique
  George Albert Lauzerique is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for four years from 1967 to 1970 for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics and the Milwaukee Brewers.-1967:...
  
  , and Jesse Huggins (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
  The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
  
   for Carl Taylor and Jim Ellis
  Jim Ellis (baseball)
  James Russell Ellis is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1967 and 1969 for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals....
  
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• October 20, 1970: Larry Bearnarth
  Larry Bearnarth
  Lawrence Donald Bearnarth was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers . Bearnarth batted and threw right-handed...
  
   was purchased by the Brewers from the New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
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• December 2, 1970: Hank Allen
  Hank Allen
  Harold Andrew "Hank" Allen is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators , Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox ....
  
  , John Ryan (minors) and Paul Click (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves
  Atlanta Braves
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
  
   for Bob Tillman
  Bob Tillman
  John Robert Tillman was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, he threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed ....
  
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• February 2, 1971: Carl Taylor was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals
  Kansas City Royals
  The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
  
   for Ellie Rodríguez
  Ellie Rodríguez
  Eliseo Rodríguez Delgado , is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played from 1968-1976 for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, and Los Angeles Dodgers....
  
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• February 10, 1971: Al Downing was traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   for Andy Kosco
  Andy Kosco
  Andy Kosco is a former Major League Baseball player who was affiliated at various times with the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, Boston Red Sox, and Cincinnati Reds....
  
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• March 6, 1971: Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley persuaded American League president Joe Cronin
  Joe Cronin
  Joseph Edward Cronin was a Major League Baseball shortstop and manager.During a 20-year playing career, he played from 1926–45 for three different teams, primarily for the Boston Red Sox. Cronin was a major league manager from 1933–47...
  
   to have a preseason game in which a walk was allowed on three pitches rather than four. The Athletics bested the Milwaukee Brewers by a 13-9 tally. Nineteen total walks were issued in the game, and a collective six home runs were hit.

Notable transactions

• April 22, 1971: Ray Peters
  Ray Peters
  Raymond James Peters is a retired American professional baseball player and a former Major League pitcher. Peters, a , right-hander, attended Harvard University. He was drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the first round of the 1969 amateur draft...
  
   and Pete Koegel
  Pete Koegel
  Pete Koegel is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, catcher, and outfielder. Koegel was drafted in the fourth round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Athletics. He remained in the organization through its move to Oakland, California before being traded along with...
  
   were traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies
  Philadelphia Phillies
  The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   for Johnny Briggs
  Johnny Briggs (baseball)
  John Edward Briggs is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins...
  
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• May 11, 1971: Ted Savage
  Ted Savage
  Theodore Edmund Savage, Jr., born as Ephesian Savage on February 21, 1936 in Venice, Illinois, was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1962-1971.-Biography:Ted Savage played for eight teams in a nine-year major league career...
  
   was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals
  Kansas City Royals
  The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
  
   for Tom Matchick
  Tom Matchick
  John Thomas Matchick is a former professional baseball player. He was a utility infielder over parts of 6 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles. Matchick was a member of the 1968 World Series champion Tigers...
  
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• June 1, 1971: Floyd Wicker
  Floyd Wicker
  Floyd Euliss Wicker is a retired American professional baseball outfielder. Wicker attended East Carolina University; he batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood and weighed ....
  
   was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   for Bob Heise
  Bob Heise
  Robert Lowell Heise is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets , San Francisco Giants , Milwaukee Brewers , St. Louis Cardinals , California Angels , Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals...
  
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• June 7, 1971: Danny Walton
  Danny Walton
  Daniel James Walton is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Houston Astros , Seattle Pilots , Milwaukee Brewers , New York Yankees , Minnesota Twins , Los Angeles Dodgers , Taiyo Whales , and Texas Rangers...
  
   was traded by the Brewers to the New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   for Frank Tepedino
  Frank Tepedino
  Frank Ronald Tepedino is a former left-handed Major League Baseball player. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He played for the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves professional baseball teams in Major League Baseball during his career...
  
   and Bobby Mitchell
  Bobby Mitchell (1970s outfielder)
  Robert Vance Mitchell, better known as Bobby Mitchell is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born on October 22, 1943 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 1965. Mitchell played for the New York Yankees in 1970 and the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971-1975...
  
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• June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
  1971 Major League Baseball Draft
  -First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft.* Did not sign- Background :The June 1971 draft was a productive one, even though none of its top ten choices yielded players who would have memorable major league careers...
  
  
  • Rob Ellis was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round.
  • Kevin Kobel
    Kevin Kobel
    Kevin Richard Kobel is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of six seasons in the majors, three for the Milwaukee Brewers and three for the New York Mets .-Sources:...
    
     was drafted by the Brewers in the 10th round.
• July 8, 1971: Phil Roof
  Phil Roof
  Phillip Anthony Roof is an American former professional baseball player, coach and minor league manager. He played for 15 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball in and from to , most notably for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins...
  
   was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins
  Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
  
   for Paul Ratliff
  Paul Ratliff
  Paul Hawthorne Ratliff was a Major League Baseball player, who played catcher for the Minnesota Twins during the 1963, 1970, and 1971 seasons and for the Milwaukee Brewers 1971-1972....
  
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