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

 1970 NLCS /  1972 NLCS

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

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1971 at Candlestick (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

  October 3, 1971 at Candlestick (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 - Dave Giusti

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

  ATTENDANCE: 42,562

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1971 at 3 Rivers Std (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 - Dave Giusti

   HOME RUNS: SFG - none
              PIT - Hebner, Robertson

  ATTENDANCE: 38,222

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1971 at 3 Rivers Std (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 - Dave Giusti

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

  ATTENDANCE: 35,487

Series Batting Stats

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Pittsburgh Pirates

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Gene Alley          1   2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 | 348  79  6  .227  .638   9
 Steve Blass         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  83  10  0  .120  .276   0
 Dave Cash           4  19  5  8  2  0  0   1  0  1  .421  .421  .526  1 | 478 138  2  .289  .703  13
 Roberto Clemente    4  18  2  6  0  0  0   4  1  6  .333  .368  .333  0 | 522 178 13  .341  .872   1
 Gene Clines         1   3  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  1  .333  .333 1.333  0 | 273  84  1  .308  .758  15
*Vic Davalillo       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 295  84  1  .285  .695  10
#Dock Ellis          1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  79  16  0  .203  .462   2
 Dave Giusti         4   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  17   1  0  .059  .170   0
*Richie Hebner       4  17  3  5  1  0  2   4  0  4  .294  .333  .706  0 | 388 105 17  .271  .813   2
 Jackie Hernandez    4  13  2  3  0  0  0   1  0  4  .231  .231  .231  0 | 233  48  3  .206  .557   0
*Bob Johnson         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  48   3  0  .063  .259   0
 Bruce Kison         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  31   2  0  .065  .218   0
*Milt May            1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 126  35  6  .278  .750   0
 Bill Mazeroski      1   1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 193  49  1  .254  .598   0
 Bob Miller          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 12   0  0  .000  .077   0
 Bob Moose           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  39   4  0  .103  .270   1
*Al Oliver           4  12  2  3  0  0  1   5  1  3  .250  .308  .500  0 | 529 149 14  .282  .763   4
 Jose Pagan          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 158  38  5  .241  .653   0
 Bob Robertson       4  16  5  7  1  0  4   6  0  2  .438  .438 1.250  0 | 469 127 26  .271  .840   1
 Manny Sanguillen    4  15  1  4  0  0  0   1  1  1  .267  .313  .267  1 | 533 170  7  .319  .771   6
*Willie Stargell     4  14  1  0  0  0  0   0  2  6  .000  .176  .000  0 | 511 151 48  .295 1.026   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 144 24 39  4  0  8  23  5 33  .271  .305  .465  2 |        154  .274  .746  65

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

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

San Francisco Giants

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Jim Barr            1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Bobby Bonds         3   8  0  2  0  0  0   0  2  4  .250  .400  .250  0 | 619 178 33  .288  .867  26
#Ron Bryant          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  50  10  0  .200  .432   0
 Don Carrithers      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  17   3  0  .176  .470   1
 John Cumberland     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  59   7  0  .119  .252   0
 Dick Dietz          4  15  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  5  .067  .176  .067  0 | 453 114 19  .252  .806   1
 Frank Duffy         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 44   8  0  .182  .405   0
#Tito Fuentes        4  16  4  5  1  0  1   2  1  3  .313  .353  .563  0 | 630 172  4  .273  .655  12
 Al Gallagher        4  10  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .100  .182  .100  0 | 429 119  5  .277  .718   2
*Steve Hamilton      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Jim Ray Hart        3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  39  10  2  .256  .766   0
#Ken Henderson       4  16  3  5  1  0  0   2  2  1  .313  .389  .375  1 | 504 133 15  .264  .799  18
 Jerry Johnson       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   2  0  .154  .374   0
 Dave Kingman        4   9  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .111  .200  .111  0 | 115  32  6  .278  .885   5
 Hal Lanier          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 206  48  1  .233  .569   0
 Juan Marichal       1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 105  14  2  .133  .388   0
 Willie Mays         4  15  2  4  2  0  1   3  3  3  .267  .389  .600  1 | 417 113 18  .271  .907  23
*Willie McCovey      4  14  2  6  0  0  2   6  4  2  .429  .556  .857  0 | 329  91 18  .277  .876   0
 Don McMahon         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Gaylord Perry       2   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0 |  98  10  1  .102  .272   0
#Jimmy Rosario       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 192  43  0  .224  .604   7
 Chris Speier        4  14  4  5  1  0  1   1  1  1  .357  .400  .643  0 | 601 141  8  .235  .630   4
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 132 15 31  5  0  5  14 16 28  .235  .322  .386  2 |        140  .247  .705 101

    * - 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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Pittsburgh Pirates

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Bob Johnson         1   0.00 1-0  0  0  8.0  5  0  3  7 |  9-10 175  3.45  1.29 101   
 Steve Blass         2  11.57 0-1  0  0  7.0 14  9  2 11 | 15-8  240  2.85  1.23 136   
 Dave Giusti         4   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.3  1  0  2  3 |  5-6   86  2.93  1.28  55 30
 Dock Ellis          1   3.60 1-0  0  0  5.0  6  2  4  1 | 19-9  227  3.06  1.19 137   
 Bruce Kison         1   0.00 1-0  0  0  4.7  2  0  2  3 |  6-5   95  3.40  1.35  60   
 Bob Miller          1   6.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  2  3  3 |+ 8-5   99  1.64  1.25  51 10
 Bob Moose           1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  0  0  0  0 | 11-7  140  4.11  1.46  68  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.34 3-1  0  0 35.0 31 13 16 28 |            3.31 1.300   

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

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

San Francisco Giants

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Gaylord Perry       2   6.14 1-1  0  1 14.7 19 10  3 11 | 16-12 280  2.76  1.15 158   
 Juan Marichal       1   2.25 0-1  0  1  8.0  4  2  0  6 | 18-11 279  2.94  1.08 159   
*John Cumberland     1   9.00 0-1  0  0  3.0  7  3  0  4 |  9-6  185  2.92  1.12  65  2
 Don McMahon         2   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  0  0  0  3 | 10-6   82  4.06  1.34  71  4
*Ron Bryant          1   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  1  1  1  2 |  7-10 140  3.79  1.39  79   
 Jerry Johnson       1  13.50 0-0  0  0  1.3  1  2  1  2 | 12-9  109  2.97  1.29  85 18
 Jim Barr            1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  3  1  0  2 |  1-1   35  3.57  1.08  16   
*Steve Hamilton      1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  1  0  3 |  2-2   45  3.02  0.90  38  4
 Don Carrithers      1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  3  3  0  0 |  5-3   80  4.03  1.42  41  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   6.09 1-3  0  2 34.0 39 23  5 33 |            3.32 1.230   

    * - 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

 1970 NLCS /  1972 NLCS

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