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1971 AL Championship Series (3-0): Baltimore Orioles (101-57) over Oakland Athletics (101-60)

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WS: PIT-BAL / ALCS: BAL-OAK / NLCS: PIT-SFG
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1971 at Memor. Stad (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     3  9  0
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    1  0  0    4  0  x     5  7  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Blue, Fingers (8)
              BAL - McNally, Watt (8)

               WP - Dave McNally
	       LP - Vida Blue
             SAVE - Eddie Watt

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              BAL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 42,621

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1971 at Memor. Stad (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  6  0
    Baltimore Orioles            0  1  1    0  0  0    1  2  x     5  7  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Hunter
              BAL - Cuellar

               WP - Mike Cuellar
	       LP - Catfish Hunter
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              BAL - Hendricks, Powell (2), Robinson

  ATTENDANCE: 35,003

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1971 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            1  0  0    0  2  0    2  0  0     5 12  0
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    0  0  1    0  1  0     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Palmer
              OAK - Segui, Fingers (5), Knowles (7), Locker (7), Grant (8)

               WP - Jim Palmer
	       LP - Diego Segui
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - none
              OAK - Bando, Jackson (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 33,176

Series Batting Stats

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Baltimore Orioles

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Mark Belanger       3   8  1  2  0  0  0   1  3  2  .250  .455  .250  0 | 500 133  0  .266  .685  10
 Paul Blair          2   9  1  3  1  0  0   2  0  3  .333  .333  .444  0 | 516 135 10  .262  .703  14
#Don Buford          2   7  1  3  0  1  0   0  2  1  .429  .556  .714  0 | 449 130 19  .290  .890  15
*Mike Cuellar        1   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .333  .333  .333  0 | 107  11  1  .103  .259   0
 Andy Etchebarren    2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 222  60  9  .270  .749   1
*Ellie Hendricks     2   4  1  2  0  0  1   2  1  1  .500  .500 1.250  0 | 316  79  9  .250  .720   0
 Davey Johnson       3  10  2  3  2  0  0   0  3  1  .300  .462  .500  0 | 510 144 18  .282  .794   3
 Dave McNally        1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  74  12  2  .162  .479   0
 Curt Motton         1   1  0  1  1  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.000  0 |  53  10  4  .189  .751   0
 Jim Palmer          2   5  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .200  0 | 102  20  0  .196  .425   1
*Boog Powell         3  10  4  3  0  0  2   3  3  3  .300  .462  .900  0 | 418 107 22  .256  .838   1
 Merv Rettenmund     3   8  0  2  1  0  0   1  0  3  .250  .250  .375  0 | 491 156 11  .318  .870  15
 Brooks Robinson     3  11  2  4  1  0  1   3  0  1  .364  .364  .727  0 | 589 160 20  .272  .754   0
 Frank Robinson      3  12  2  1  1  0  0   1  1  4  .083  .154  .167  0 | 455 128 28  .281  .894   3
 Eddie Watt          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   0  0  .000  .167   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3  95 15 26  7  1  4  14 13 22  .274  .358  .495  0 |        158  .261  .742  66

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Oakland Athletics

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Sal Bando           3  11  3  4  2  0  1   1  1  0  .364  .417  .818  0 | 538 146 24  .271  .829   3
*Curt Blefary        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+137  29  6  .212  .673   0
#Vida Blue           1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 | 102  12  0  .118  .294   0
 Bert Campaneris     3  12  0  2  1  0  0   0  0  1  .167  .167  .250  0 | 569 143  5  .251  .610  34
 Tommy Davis         3   8  1  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  .375  .375  .500  0 | 219  71  3  .324  .774   7
 Dave Duncan         2   6  0  3  1  0  0   2  0  0  .500  .500  .667  0 | 363  92 15  .253  .726   1
*Mike Epstein        2   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .200  .200  .200  0 |+414  98 19  .237  .780   1
 Rollie Fingers      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  33   7  0  .212  .447   0
 Mudcat Grant        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 11   3  0  .273  .697   0
 Dick Green          3   7  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .286  .375  .286  0 | 475 116 12  .244  .674   1
*Mike Hegan          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+177  40  4  .226  .685   2
 Catfish Hunter      1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 103  36  1  .350  .770   1
*Reggie Jackson      3  12  2  4  1  0  2   2  0  1  .333  .333  .917  0 | 567 157 32  .277  .860  16
*Darold Knowles      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 10   1  0  .100  .200   0
#Bob Locker          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   0  0  .000  .143   0
 Angel Mangual       3  12  1  2  1  1  0   2  0  1  .167  .167  .417  0 | 287  82  4  .286  .686   1
*Rick Monday         1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .250  .000  0 | 355  87 18  .245  .774   6
 Joe Rudi            2   7  0  1  1  0  0   0  1  0  .143  .250  .286  0 | 513 137 10  .267  .690   3
 Diego Segui         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  47   4  1  .085  .271   0
 Gene Tenace         1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .250  .000  0 | 179  49  7  .274  .811   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3  96  7 22  8  1  3   7  5 16  .229  .267  .427  0 |        160  .252  .703  80

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Baltimore Orioles

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Mike Cuellar        1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  6  1  1  2 | 20-9  292  3.08  1.12 124   
 Jim Palmer          1   3.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  7  3  3  8 | 20-9  282  2.68  1.20 184   
*Dave McNally        1   3.86 1-0  0  0  7.0  7  3  1  5 | 21-5  224  2.89  1.10  91   
 Eddie Watt          1   0.00 0-0  1  0  2.0  2  0  0  1 |  3-1   40  1.82  1.18  26 11
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.33 3-0  1  2 27.0 22  7  5 16 |            2.99 1.180   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Oakland Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Catfish Hunter      1   5.62 0-1  0  1  8.0  7  5  2  6 | 21-11 274  2.96  1.11 181   
*Vida Blue           1   6.43 0-1  0  0  7.0  7  5  2  8 | 24-8  312  1.82  0.95 301   
 Diego Segui         1   5.79 0-1  0  0  4.7  6  3  6  4 | 10-8  146  3.14  1.26  81   
 Rollie Fingers      2   7.71 0-0  0  0  2.3  2  2  1  2 |  4-6  129  2.99  0.96  98 17
 Mudcat Grant        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  3  0  0  2 |+ 6-3  102  3.17  1.35  35 10
 Bob Locker          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  0  0  2  0 |  7-2   72  2.86  1.20  46  6
*Darold Knowles      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  0  0 |+ 7-4   68  3.57  1.16  56  9
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.40 0-3  0  1 25.0 26 15 13 22 |            3.05 1.180   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: PIT-BAL / ALCS: BAL-OAK / NLCS: PIT-SFG

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