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1971 League Championship Series (3-1): Pittsburgh Pirates (97-65) over San Francisco Giants (90-72)

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

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 2, 1971 at Candlestick Park (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  0     4  9  0
    San Francisco Giants         0  0  1    0  4  0    0  0  x     5  7  2

    PITCHERS: PIT - Blass, Moose (6), Giusti (8)
              SFG - Perry

               WP - Gaylord Perry
	       LP - Steve Blass
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              SFG - Fuentes, McCovey

  ATTENDANCE: 40,977

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 3, 1971 at Candlestick Park (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  1  0    2  1  0    4  0  1     9 15  0
    San Francisco Giants         1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     4  9  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Ellis, Miller (6), Giusti (9)
              SFG - Cumberland, Barr (4), McMahon (5), Carrithers (7), Bryant (7), Hamilton (9)

               WP - Dock Ellis
	       LP - John Cumberland
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - Clines, Robertson (3)
              SFG - Mays

  ATTENDANCE: 42,562

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 5, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  5  2
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  x     2  4  1

    PITCHERS: SFG - Marichal
              PIT - Johnson, Giusti (9)

               WP - Bob Johnson
	       LP - Juan Marichal
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SFG - none
              PIT - Hebner, Robertson

  ATTENDANCE: 38,222

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 6, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         1  4  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     5 10  0
    Pittsburgh Pirates           2  3  0    0  0  4    0  0  x     9 11  2

    PITCHERS: SFG - Perry, Johnson (6), McMahon (8)
              PIT - Blass, Kison (3), Giusti (7)

               WP - Bruce Kison
	       LP - Gaylord Perry
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SFG - McCovey, Speier
              PIT - Hebner, Oliver

  ATTENDANCE: 35,487

Series Batting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates 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
Gene Alley 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 114 348 38 79 6 28 9 .227 .638
Steve Blass 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 34 83 5 10 0 2 0 .120 .276
Dave Cash 4 19 5 8 2 0 0 1 0 1 .421 .421 .526 .947 1 1 123 478 79 138 2 34 13 .289 .703
Roberto Clemente 4 18 2 6 0 0 0 4 1 6 .333 .368 .333 .702 0 0 132 522 82 178 13 86 1 .341 .871
Gene Clines 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 0 0 97 273 52 84 1 24 15 .308 .758
Vic Davalillo 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 99 295 48 84 1 33 10 .285 .695
Dock Ellis 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 44 79 11 16 0 12 2 .203 .461
Dave Giusti 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 58 17 1 1 0 2 0 .059 .170
Richie Hebner 4 17 3 5 1 0 2 5 0 4 .294 .333 .706 1.039 0 0 112 388 50 105 17 67 2 .271 .813
Jackie Hernandez 4 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .231 .231 .231 .462 0 0 88 233 30 48 3 26 0 .206 .557
Bob Johnson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 31 48 3 3 0 2 0 .063 .259
Bruce Kison 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 18 31 2 2 0 1 0 .065 .218
Milt May 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 49 126 15 35 6 25 0 .278 .750
Bill Mazeroski 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 70 193 17 49 1 16 0 .254 .599
Bob Miller 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *56 12 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .077
Bob Moose 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 39 2 4 0 0 1 .103 .269
Al Oliver 4 12 2 3 0 0 1 5 1 3 .250 .308 .500 .808 0 0 143 529 69 149 14 64 4 .282 .763
Jose Pagan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 57 158 16 38 5 15 0 .241 .653
Bob Robertson 4 16 5 7 1 0 4 6 0 2 .438 .438 1.250 1.688 0 0 131 469 65 127 26 72 1 .271 .840
Manny Sanguillen 4 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .267 .313 .267 .579 1 0 138 533 60 170 7 81 6 .319 .771
Willie Stargell 4 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .176 .000 .176 0 0 141 511 104 151 48 125 0 .295 1.026
Totals 50 144 24 39 4 0 8 24 5 33 .271 .305 .465 .770 2 1 162 5674 788 1555 154 65 .274 .746

San Francisco Giants 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
Jim Barr 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Bobby Bonds 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250 .400 .250 .650 0 0 155 619 110 178 33 102 26 .288 .867
Ron Bryant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 50 7 10 0 5 0 .200 .432
Don Carrithers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 17 3 3 0 2 1 .176 .471
John Cumberland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 59 1 7 0 3 0 .119 .252
Dick Dietz 4 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 .067 .176 .067 .243 0 0 142 453 58 114 19 72 1 .252 .806
Frank Duffy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *34 44 4 8 0 3 0 .182 .405
Tito Fuentes 4 16 4 5 1 0 1 2 1 3 .313 .353 .563 .915 0 0 152 630 63 172 4 52 12 .273 .654
Al Gallagher 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0 0 136 429 47 119 5 57 2 .277 .717
Steve Hamilton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Jim Ray Hart 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 31 39 5 10 2 5 0 .256 .766
Ken Henderson 4 16 3 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 .313 .389 .375 .764 1 0 141 504 80 133 15 65 18 .264 .798
Jerry Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 13 1 2 0 1 0 .154 .374
Dave Kingman 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 0 0 41 115 17 32 6 24 5 .278 .885
Hal Lanier 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 109 206 21 48 1 13 0 .233 .569
Juan Marichal 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 37 105 4 14 2 9 0 .133 .388
Willie Mays 4 15 2 4 2 0 1 3 3 3 .267 .389 .600 .989 1 0 136 417 82 113 18 61 23 .271 .907
Willie McCovey 4 14 2 6 0 0 2 6 4 2 .429 .556 .857 1.413 0 0 105 329 45 91 18 70 0 .277 .876
Don McMahon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Gaylord Perry 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 38 98 5 10 1 4 0 .102 .272
Jimmy Rosario 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 192 26 43 0 13 7 .224 .603
Chris Speier 4 14 4 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 .357 .400 .643 1.043 0 0 157 601 74 141 8 46 4 .235 .630
Totals 52 132 15 31 5 0 5 14 16 28 .235 .322 .386 .709 2 0 162 5461 706 1348 140 101 .247 .707

Pittsburgh Pirates 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
Steve Blass 2 2 11.57 0 1 0 0 7.0 14 9 2 11 2.286 33 33 2.85 15 8 0 240.0 226 68 136 1.225
Dock Ellis 1 1 3.60 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 4 1 2.000 31 31 3.06 19 9 0 226.2 207 63 137 1.191
Dave Giusti 4 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 5.1 1 0 2 3 0.563 58 0 2.93 5 6 30 86.0 79 31 55 1.279
Bob Johnson 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 0 3 7 1.000 31 27 3.45 9 10 0 174.2 170 55 101 1.288
Bruce Kison 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 4.2 2 0 2 3 0.857 18 13 3.40 6 5 0 95.1 93 36 60 1.353
Bob Miller 1 0 6.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 3 3 2.000 *56 0 1.64 8 5 10 98.2 83 40 51 1.247
Bob Moose 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0.000 30 18 4.11 11 7 1 140.0 169 35 68 1.457
Totals 11 4 3.34 3 1 0 0 35.0 31 13 16 28 1.343 162 162 3.308 97 65 1461.0 1426 470 813 1.298

San Francisco Giants 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
Jim Barr 1 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 2 3.000 17 0 3.57 1 1 0 35.1 33 5 16 1.075
Ron Bryant 1 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 2 1.000 27 22 3.79 7 10 0 140.0 146 49 79 1.393
Don Carrithers 1 0 inf 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 3 0 0 22 12 4.03 5 3 1 80.1 77 37 41 1.419
John Cumberland 1 1 9.00 0 1 0 0 3.0 7 3 0 4 2.333 45 21 2.92 9 6 2 185.0 153 55 65 1.124
Steve Hamilton 1 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 3 1.000 39 0 3.02 2 2 4 44.2 29 11 38 0.896
Jerry Johnson 1 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 2 1 2 1.500 67 0 2.97 12 9 18 109.0 93 48 85 1.294
Juan Marichal 1 1 2.25 0 1 0 1 8.0 4 2 0 6 0.500 37 37 2.94 18 11 0 279.0 244 56 159 1.075
Don McMahon 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 3 0.000 61 0 4.06 10 6 4 82.0 73 37 71 1.341
Gaylord Perry 2 2 6.14 1 1 0 1 14.2 19 10 3 11 1.500 37 37 2.76 16 12 0 280.0 255 67 158 1.150
Totals 11 4 6.09 1 3 0 2 34.0 39 23 5 33 1.294 162 162 3.316 90 72 1454.2 1324 471 831 1.234

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

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