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1971 World Series (4-3): Pittsburgh Pirates (97-65) over Baltimore Orioles (101-57)

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

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 9, 1971 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  3  0
    Baltimore Orioles            0  1  3    0  1  0    0  0  x     5 10  3

    PITCHERS: PIT - Ellis, Moose (3), Miller (7)
              BAL - McNally

               WP - Dave McNally
	       LP - Dock Ellis
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              BAL - Buford, Rettenmund, Robinson

  ATTENDANCE: 53,229

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 11, 1971 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0     3  8  1
    Baltimore Orioles            0  1  0    3  6  1    0  0  x    11 14  1

    PITCHERS: PIT - Johnson, Kison (4), Moose (4), Veale (5), Miller (6), Giusti (8)
              BAL - Palmer, Hall (9)

               WP - Jim Palmer
	       LP - Bob Johnson
             SAVE - Dick Hall

   HOME RUNS: PIT - Hebner
              BAL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 53,239

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 12, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh Pirates)

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

    PITCHERS: BAL - Cuellar, Dukes (7), Watt (8)
              PIT - Blass

               WP - Steve Blass
	       LP - Mike Cuellar
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Robinson
              PIT - Robertson

  ATTENDANCE: 50,403

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 13, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  4  1
    Pittsburgh Pirates           2  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  x     4 14  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Dobson, Jackson (6), Watt (7), Richert (8)
              PIT - Walker, Kison (1), Giusti (8)

               WP - Bruce Kison
	       LP - Eddie Watt
             SAVE - Dave Giusti

   HOME RUNS: BAL - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 51,378

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 14, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh Pirates)

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

    PITCHERS: BAL - McNally, Leonhard (5), Dukes (6)
              PIT - Briles

               WP - Nelson Briles
	       LP - Dave McNally
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - none
              PIT - Robertson

  ATTENDANCE: 51,377

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 16, 1971 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0     2  9  1
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0    1     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Moose, Johnson (6), Giusti (7), Miller (10)
              BAL - Palmer, Dobson (10), McNally (10)

               WP - Dave McNally
	       LP - Bob Miller
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - Clemente
              BAL - Buford

  ATTENDANCE: 44,174

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 17, 1971 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     2  6  1
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  4  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Blass
              BAL - Cuellar, Dobson (9), McNally (9)

               WP - Steve Blass
	       LP - Mike Cuellar
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - Clemente
              BAL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 47,291

Series MVP - Roberto Clemente

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 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 114 348 38 79 6 28 9 .227 .638
Steve Blass 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 34 83 5 10 0 2 0 .120 .276
Nelson Briles 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 37 39 3 10 1 4 0 .256 .703
Dave Cash 7 30 2 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 .133 .212 .167 .379 1 0 123 478 79 138 2 34 13 .289 .703
Roberto Clemente 7 29 3 12 2 1 2 4 2 2 .414 .452 .759 1.210 0 0 132 522 82 178 13 86 1 .341 .871
Gene Clines 3 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .091 .167 .273 .439 1 0 97 273 52 84 1 24 15 .308 .758
Vic Davalillo 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 99 295 48 84 1 33 10 .285 .695
Dock Ellis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 44 79 11 16 0 12 2 .203 .461
Dave Giusti 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 17 1 1 0 2 0 .059 .170
Richie Hebner 3 12 2 2 0 0 1 3 3 3 .167 .333 .417 .750 0 0 112 388 50 105 17 67 2 .271 .813
Jackie Hernandez 7 18 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 5 .222 .333 .222 .556 1 0 88 233 30 48 3 26 0 .206 .557
Bob Johnson 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 31 48 3 3 0 2 0 .063 .259
Bruce Kison 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 18 31 2 2 0 1 0 .065 .218
Milt May 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 49 126 15 35 6 25 0 .278 .750
Bill Mazeroski 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 70 193 17 49 1 16 0 .254 .599
Bob Miller 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *56 12 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .077
Bob Moose 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 30 39 2 4 0 0 1 .103 .269
Al Oliver 5 19 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 .211 .286 .316 .602 0 0 143 529 69 149 14 64 4 .282 .763
Jose Pagan 4 15 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 .267 .267 .400 .667 0 0 57 158 16 38 5 15 0 .241 .653
Bob Robertson 7 25 4 6 0 0 2 5 4 8 .240 .345 .480 .825 0 0 131 469 65 127 26 72 1 .271 .840
Charlie Sands 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 28 25 4 5 1 5 0 .200 .775
Manny Sanguillen 7 29 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 3 .379 .379 .414 .793 2 0 138 533 60 170 7 81 6 .319 .771
Willie Stargell 7 24 3 5 1 0 0 1 7 9 .208 .387 .250 .637 0 0 141 511 104 151 48 125 0 .295 1.026
Bob Veale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 9 2 3 0 1 0 .333 .667
Luke Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 46 1 1 0 0 0 .022 .156
Totals 85 238 23 56 9 2 5 21 26 47 .235 .313 .353 .666 5 0 162 5674 788 1555 154 65 .274 .746

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 7 21 4 5 0 1 0 0 5 2 .238 .385 .333 .718 1 0 150 500 67 133 0 35 10 .266 .685
Paul Blair 4 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 0 0 141 516 75 135 10 44 14 .262 .703
Don Buford 6 23 3 6 1 0 2 4 3 3 .261 .346 .565 .911 0 0 122 449 99 130 19 54 15 .290 .890
Mike Cuellar 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 38 107 7 11 1 5 0 .103 .259
Pat Dobson 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 38 91 3 10 0 4 0 .110 .248
Tom Dukes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 7 1 1 0 2 0 .143 .429
Andy Etchebarren 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 70 222 21 60 9 29 1 .270 .749
Dick Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5 0 2 0 0 0 .400 1.000
Elrod Hendricks 6 19 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 3 .263 .391 .316 .707 0 0 101 316 33 79 9 42 0 .250 .720
Grant Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 22 5 2 1 2 0 .091 .394
Davey Johnson 7 27 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 .148 .179 .148 .327 0 0 142 510 67 144 18 72 3 .282 .794
Dave Leonhard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 18 1 5 0 0 0 .278 .556
Dave McNally 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 30 74 3 12 2 7 0 .162 .479
Jim Palmer 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 38 102 7 20 0 9 1 .196 .425
Boog Powell 7 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .111 .138 .111 .249 0 0 128 418 59 107 22 92 1 .256 .839
Merv Rettenmund 7 27 3 5 0 0 1 4 0 4 .185 .185 .296 .481 0 0 141 491 81 156 11 75 15 .318 .870
Pete Richert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Brooks Robinson 7 22 2 7 0 0 0 5 3 1 .318 .370 .318 .689 0 0 156 589 67 160 20 92 0 .272 .754
Frank Robinson 7 25 5 7 0 0 2 2 2 8 .280 .357 .520 .877 0 0 133 455 82 128 28 99 3 .281 .894
Tom Shopay 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 47 74 10 19 0 5 2 .257 .569
Eddie Watt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167
Totals 83 219 24 45 3 1 5 22 20 35 .205 .280 .297 .577 1 0 158 5303 742 1382 158 66 .261 .745

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 1.00 2 0 0 2 18.0 7 2 4 13 0.611 33 33 2.85 15 8 0 240.0 226 68 136 1.225
Nelson Briles 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 2 0 2 2 0.444 37 14 3.04 8 4 1 136.0 131 35 76 1.221
Dock Ellis 1 1 15.43 0 1 0 0 2.1 4 4 1 1 2.143 31 31 3.06 19 9 0 226.2 207 63 137 1.191
Dave Giusti 3 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 5.1 3 0 2 4 0.938 58 0 2.93 5 6 30 86.0 79 31 55 1.279
Bob Johnson 2 1 9.00 0 1 0 0 5.0 5 5 3 3 1.600 31 27 3.45 9 10 0 174.2 170 55 101 1.288
Bruce Kison 2 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 6.1 1 0 2 3 0.474 18 13 3.40 6 5 0 95.1 93 36 60 1.353
Bob Miller 3 0 3.86 0 1 0 0 4.2 7 2 1 2 1.714 *56 0 1.64 8 5 10 98.2 83 40 51 1.247
Bob Moose 3 1 6.52 0 0 0 0 9.2 12 7 2 7 1.448 30 18 4.11 11 7 1 140.0 169 35 68 1.457
Bob Veale 1 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 2 0 4.500 37 0 6.99 6 0 2 46.1 59 24 40 1.791
Luke Walker 1 1 40.50 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 1 0 6.000 28 24 3.55 10 8 0 159.2 157 53 86 1.315
Totals 19 7 3.50 4 3 1 3 61.2 45 24 20 35 1.054 162 162 3.308 97 65 1461.0 1426 470 813 1.298

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 2 2 3.86 0 2 0 0 14.0 11 6 6 10 1.214 38 38 3.08 20 9 0 292.1 250 78 124 1.122
Pat Dobson 3 1 4.05 0 0 0 0 6.2 13 3 4 6 2.550 38 37 2.90 20 8 1 282.1 248 63 187 1.102
Tom Dukes 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 1 0.500 28 0 3.52 1 5 4 38.1 40 8 30 1.252
Dick Hall 1 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 27 0 4.98 6 6 1 43.1 52 11 26 1.454
Grant Jackson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 1 0 1.500 29 9 3.13 4 3 0 77.2 72 20 51 1.185
Dave Leonhard 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.000 12 6 2.83 2 3 1 54.0 51 19 18 1.296
Dave McNally 4 2 1.98 2 1 0 1 13.2 10 3 5 12 1.098 30 30 2.89 21 5 0 224.1 188 58 91 1.097
Jim Palmer 2 2 2.65 1 0 0 0 17.0 15 5 9 15 1.412 37 37 2.68 20 9 0 282.0 231 106 184 1.195
Pete Richert 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 1 0.000 35 0 3.47 3 5 4 36.1 26 22 35 1.321
Eddie Watt 2 0 3.86 0 1 0 0 2.1 4 1 0 2 1.714 35 0 1.82 3 1 11 39.2 39 8 26 1.185
Totals 19 7 2.66 3 4 1 1 61.0 56 18 26 47 1.344 158 158 2.989 101 57 1415.1 1257 416 793 1.182

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

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