1971 Baltimore Orioles season
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In , the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

finished first in the American League East
American League East
The American League Eastern Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions . This division was created before the start of the 1969 season along with the Western Division...

, with a record of 101 wins and 57 losses. As of 2010, the 1971 Orioles are the last Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 club to have four 20-game winners in a season: Jim Palmer
Jim Palmer
James Alvin "Jim" Palmer , nicknamed "Cakes", is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 20-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in .As of 2008, Palmer and his wife Susan have homes in Palm Beach, Florida, and...

, Dave McNally
Dave McNally
David Arthur "Dave" McNally was a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher from until . He was signed by the Baltimore Orioles and played with them every season except for his final season with the Montreal Expos.McNally has the unique distinction as the only pitcher in Major League...

, Mike Cuellar
Mike Cuellar
Miguel Ángel Cuellar Santana [KWAY-ar] was a Cuban left-handed starting pitcher who spent fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles and California Angels...

, and Pat Dobson
Pat Dobson
Patrick Edward Dobson, Jr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers , San Diego Padres , Baltimore Orioles , Atlanta Braves , New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians...

.

Offseason

  • December 16, 1970: Roger Freed
    Roger Freed
    Roger Vernon Freed was a Major League Baseball outfielder and pinch hitter. He played all or part of eight seasons between and for five different major league teams.-Orioles:...

     was traded by the Orioles to the Philadelphia Phillies
    Philadelphia Phillies
    The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...

     for Grant Jackson, Jim Hutto
    Jim Hutto
    James Neamon "Jim" Hutto was a Major League Baseball player. Hutto played for the Philadelphia Phillies in and the Baltimore Orioles in .-External links:...

     and Sam Parrilla
    Sam Parrilla
    Samuel Parilla was a left fielder and pinch-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1970. He played in the minor leagues from 1963 to 1972....


Opening Day starters

  • Mark Belanger
    Mark Belanger
    Mark Henry Belanger was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played almost his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles...

  • Paul Blair
    Paul Blair (baseball)
    Paul L. D. Blair is a former outfielder who spent seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles , New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds...

  • Elrod Hendricks
    Elrod Hendricks
    Elrod Jerome "Ellie" Hendricks was a catcher and coach in Major League Baseball. Hendricks played during a 12-year career that lasted from through for the Baltimore Orioles , Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees...

  • Davey Johnson
    Davey Johnson
    David Allen "Davey" Johnson is an American Major League Baseball player and current manager of the Washington Nationals. He was the starting second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles when they won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1965 and 1972...

  • Dave McNally
    Dave McNally
    David Arthur "Dave" McNally was a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher from until . He was signed by the Baltimore Orioles and played with them every season except for his final season with the Montreal Expos.McNally has the unique distinction as the only pitcher in Major League...

  • Boog Powell
    Boog Powell
    John Wesley Powell is a former major league first baseman who played for the Baltimore Orioles , Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers...

  • Merv Rettenmund
    Merv Rettenmund
    Mervin Weldon Rettenmund is a former Major League Baseball player and coach. He played thirteen seasons with the Baltimore Orioles , the Cincinnati Reds , the San Diego Padres and the California Angels ....

  • Brooks Robinson
    Brooks Robinson
    Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. is a former American professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles . Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner", he is generally acclaimed as the greatest defensive third-basemen in major league history...

  • Frank Robinson
    Frank Robinson
    Frank Robinson , is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played from 1956–1976, most notably for the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He is the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues...


Notable transactions

  • May 28, 1971: Jim Hardin
    Jim Hardin
    James Warren Hardin was a professional baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and Atlanta Braves from 1967 through 1973 and was a member of one of the best pitching staffs of the 1960s and 1970s that included Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Tom Phoebus, and Mike Cuellar...

     was traded by the Orioles to the New York Yankees
    New York Yankees
    The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

     for Bill Burbach
    Bill Burbach
    William David Burbach was a professional baseball player for the New York Yankees from 1969 through 1971.Burbach was the 19th overall selection of the first round of the 1965 draft. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Jim Hardin in May 1971 but did not play for the Orioles.-External...

    .
  • May 28, 1971: Dave Boswell
    Dave Boswell
    David Wilson Boswell was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the American League for the Minnesota Twins from 1964-1971....

     was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.

Draft picks

  • June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
    1971 Major League Baseball Draft
    -First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft.* Did not sign- Background :The June 1971 draft was a productive one, even though none of its top ten choices yielded players who would have memorable major league careers...

    • Randy Stein
      Randy Stein
      William Randolph Stein is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, and Chicago Cubs.-Sources:...

       was drafted by the Orioles in the 1st round (23rd pick).
    • Kiko Garcia
      Kiko Garcia
      Alfonso Rafael "Kiko" Garcia is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played ten seasons in the major leagues from until...

       was drafted by the Orioles in the 3rd round. Player signed June 27, 1971.

Roster

1971 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager

Coaches

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C 101 316 79 .250 9 42
1B 128 418 107 .256 22 92
2B 142 510 144 .282 18 72
3B 156 589 160 .272 20 92
SS 150 500 133 .266 0 35
LF 122 449 130 .290 19 54
CF 141 516 135 .262 10 44
RF 133 455 128 .281 28 99

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
141 491 156 .318 11 75
70 222 60 .270 9 29
42 84 15 .179 2 7
38 81 19 .235 0 4
47 74 19 .257 0 5
38 53 10 .189 4 8
23 49 10 .204 1 6
7 30 9 .300 1 6
18 23 4 .174 0 1
1 2 0 .000 0 1

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player G IP W L ERA SO
38 292.1 20 9 3.08 124
38 282.1 20 8 2.90 187
37 282.0 20 9 2.68 184
30 224.1 21 5 2.89 91

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player G IP W L ERA SO
29 77.2 4 3 3.13 51
12 54 2 3 2.83 18

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
35 39.2 3 1 11 1.82 26
35 36.1 3 5 4 3.47 35
28 38.1 1 5 4 3.52 30
27 43.1 6 6 1 4.98 26
16 24.2 1 2 0 4.38 14
6 5.2 0 0 0 4.76 3
5 14.2 0 1 0 3.07 4

ALCS

Baltimore Orioles defeat the Oakland Athletics
1971 Oakland Athletics season
The Oakland Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League West with a record of 101 wins and 60 losses. In their first postseason appearance of any kind since 1931, the A's were swept in three games by the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship...

, 3–0
Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Oakland - 3, Baltimore - 5 October 3 Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road...

42,641
2 Oakland - 1, Baltimore - 5 October 4 Memorial Stadium 35,003
3 Baltimore - 5, Oakland - 3 October 5 Oakland Coliseum 33,176

World Series

NL Pittsburgh Pirates
1971 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Pirates finishing first in the National League East with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses. They defeated the San Francisco Giants three games to one in the National League Championship Series and beat the Baltimore...

 (4) vs. AL Baltimore Orioles (3)
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Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1 Pirates – 3, Orioles – 5 October 9 Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road...

53,229 2:06
2 Pirates – 3, Orioles – 11 October 11 Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road...

53,239 2:55
3 Orioles – 1, Pirates – 5 October 12 Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

50,403 2:20
4 Orioles – 3, Pirates – 4 October 13 Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

51,378 2:48
5 Orioles – 0, Pirates – 4 October 14 Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

51,377 2:16
6 Pirates – 2, Orioles – 3 (10 inns) October 16 Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road...

44,174 2:59
7 Pirates – 2, Orioles – 1 October 17 Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road...

47,291 2:10

Farm system

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