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

WS: PIT-BAL / ALCS: BAL-OAK / NLCS: PIT-SFG
 1970 ALCS /  1972 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 3, 1971 at Memorial Stadium (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

  Monday, October 4, 1971 at Memorial Stadium (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

  Tuesday, October 5, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (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

Baltimore Orioles Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Mark Belanger 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 .250 .455 .250 .705 0 0 150 500 67 133 0 35 10 .266 .685
Paul Blair 2 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 .333 .333 .444 .778 0 0 141 516 75 135 10 44 14 .262 .703
Don Buford 2 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .429 .556 .714 1.270 0 0 122 449 99 130 19 54 15 .290 .890
Mike Cuellar 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 38 107 7 11 1 5 0 .103 .259
Andy Etchebarren 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 70 222 21 60 9 29 1 .270 .749
Elrod Hendricks 2 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 0 0 101 316 33 79 9 42 0 .250 .720
Davey Johnson 3 10 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 .300 .462 .500 .962 0 0 142 510 67 144 18 72 3 .282 .794
Dave McNally 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 30 74 3 12 2 7 0 .162 .479
Curt Motton 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0 0 38 53 13 10 4 8 0 .189 .751
Jim Palmer 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 38 102 7 20 0 9 1 .196 .425
Boog Powell 3 10 4 3 0 0 2 3 3 3 .300 .462 .900 1.362 0 0 128 418 59 107 22 92 1 .256 .839
Merv Rettenmund 3 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 0 0 141 491 81 156 11 75 15 .318 .870
Brooks Robinson 3 11 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 1 .364 .364 .727 1.091 0 0 156 589 67 160 20 92 0 .272 .754
Frank Robinson 3 12 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 .083 .154 .167 .321 0 0 133 455 82 128 28 99 3 .281 .894
Eddie Watt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167
Totals 32 95 15 26 7 1 4 14 13 22 .274 .358 .495 .853 0 0 158 5303 742 1382 158 66 .261 .745

Oakland Athletics Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Sal Bando 3 11 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 .364 .417 .818 1.235 0 0 153 538 75 146 24 94 3 .271 .828
Curt Blefary 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *71 137 19 29 6 14 0 .212 .673
Vida Blue 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 39 102 6 12 0 2 0 .118 .294
Bert Campaneris 3 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .250 .417 0 0 134 569 80 143 5 47 34 .251 .611
Tommy Davis 3 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875 0 1 79 219 26 71 3 42 7 .324 .774
Dave Duncan 2 6 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167 0 1 103 363 39 92 15 40 1 .253 .726
Mike Epstein 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 *128 414 49 98 19 60 1 .237 .780
Rollie Fingers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 33 4 7 0 0 0 .212 .447
Mudcat Grant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *57 11 2 3 0 1 0 .273 .697
Dick Green 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661 0 0 144 475 58 116 12 49 1 .244 .673
Mike Hegan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *111 177 24 40 4 14 2 .226 .684
Catfish Hunter 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 38 103 14 36 1 12 1 .350 .770
Reggie Jackson 3 12 2 4 1 0 2 2 0 1 .333 .333 .917 1.250 0 0 150 567 87 157 32 80 16 .277 .860
Darold Knowles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *55 10 0 1 0 0 0 .100 .200
Bob Locker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 6 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .143
Angel Mangual 3 12 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 .167 .167 .417 .583 0 0 94 287 32 82 4 30 1 .286 .686
Rick Monday 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 116 355 53 87 18 56 6 .245 .774
Joe Rudi 2 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .286 .536 0 0 127 513 62 137 10 52 3 .267 .690
Diego Segui 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 26 47 5 4 1 3 0 .085 .271
Gene Tenace 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 65 179 26 49 7 25 2 .274 .811
Totals 36 96 7 22 8 1 3 7 5 16 .229 .267 .427 .694 0 2 161 5494 691 1383 160 80 .252 .705

Baltimore Orioles Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Mike Cuellar 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 6 1 1 2 0.778 38 38 3.08 20 9 0 292.1 250 78 124 1.122
Dave McNally 1 1 3.86 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 3 1 5 1.143 30 30 2.89 21 5 0 224.1 188 58 91 1.097
Jim Palmer 1 1 3.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 7 3 3 8 1.111 37 37 2.68 20 9 0 282.0 231 106 184 1.195
Eddie Watt 1 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 35 0 1.82 3 1 11 39.2 39 8 26 1.185
Totals 4 3 2.33 3 0 1 2 27.0 22 7 5 16 1.000 158 158 2.989 101 57 1415.1 1257 416 793 1.182

Oakland Athletics Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Vida Blue 1 1 6.43 0 1 0 0 7.0 7 5 2 8 1.286 39 39 1.82 24 8 0 312.0 209 88 301 0.952
Rollie Fingers 2 0 7.71 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 2 1 2 1.286 48 8 2.99 4 6 17 129.1 94 30 98 0.959
Mudcat Grant 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 2 1.500 *57 0 3.17 6 3 10 102.1 104 34 35 1.349
Catfish Hunter 1 1 5.63 0 1 0 1 8.0 7 5 2 6 1.125 37 37 2.96 21 11 0 273.2 225 80 181 1.114
Darold Knowles 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 3.000 *55 0 3.57 7 4 9 68.0 57 22 56 1.162
Bob Locker 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 2 0 3.000 47 0 2.86 7 2 6 72.1 68 19 46 1.203
Diego Segui 1 1 5.79 0 1 0 0 4.2 6 3 6 4 2.571 26 21 3.14 10 8 0 146.1 122 63 81 1.264
Totals 8 3 5.40 0 3 0 1 25.0 26 15 13 22 1.560 161 161 3.050 101 60 1469.1 1229 501 999 1.177

WS: PIT-BAL / ALCS: BAL-OAK / NLCS: PIT-SFG
 1970 ALCS /  1972 ALCS

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