1971 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1971 Pittsburgh Pirates
1971 Pittsburgh Pirates
1971 NL East Champions; 1971 NL Champions; 1971 World Series Champions
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	97–65 (.599)
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
Managers	Danny Murtaugh
Television	KDKA-TV 2; Bob Prince, Nellie King
Radio	KDKA–AM 1020; Bob Prince, Nellie King
Stats	ESPN.com; Baseball Reference

The 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 90th season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 85th in the National League. 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 Orioles four games to three in the World Series. The Pirates were managed by Danny Murtaugh, and played their first full season at Three Rivers Stadium, which had opened in July the year before.

Offseason

October 15, 1970: Charlie Sands and 2 minor leaguers traded to the Pirates by the New York Yankees for 3 minor leaguers.^[2]
October 26, 1970: Joe Gibbon released by the Pirates.^[3]
December 2, 1970: Freddie Patek, Bruce Dal Canton and Jerry May were traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Bob Johnson, Jackie Hernández and Jim Campanis.^[4]
January 29, 1971: Matty Alou and George Brunet were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Nelson Briles and Vic Davalillo.^[5]
February 10, 1971: Danny Rivas (minors) was traded by the Pirates to the Mexico City Reds for Ramón Hernández.^[6]

Regular season

In 1971, the Pirates became the first Major League Baseball team to field an all-black starting lineup.^[7] Taking the field, on September 1, was Rennie Stennett, Gene Clines, Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Manny Sanguillén, Dave Cash, Al Oliver, Jackie Hernández, and Dock Ellis.^[8]

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	97	65	.599	—	52‍–‍28	45‍–‍37
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	7	45‍–‍36	45‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs	83	79	.512	14	44‍–‍37	39‍–‍42
New York Mets	83	79	.512	14	44‍–‍37	39‍–‍42
Montreal Expos	71	90	.441	25½	36‍–‍44	35‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	.414	30	34‍–‍47	33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1971 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	9–9	9–9	9–9	7–5	7–5	8–4	4–8	11–7	7–11	6–6
Chicago	7–5	—	6–6	5–7	8–4	8–10	11–7	11–7	6–12	9–3	3–9	9–9
Cincinnati	9–9	6–6	—	5–13	7–11	7–5	8–4	5–7	5–7	10–8	9–9	8–4
Houston	9–9	7–5	13–5	—	8–10	4–8	5–7	8–4	4–8	10–8	9–9	2–10
Los Angeles	9–9	4–8	11–7	10–8	—	8–4	5–7	7–5	4–8	13–5	12–6	6–6
Montreal	5–7	10–8	5–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–9	6–12	7–11	6–5	7–5	4–14
New York	5–7	7–11	4–8	7–5	7–5	9–9	—	13–5	10–8	7–5	4–8	10–8
Philadelphia	4-8	7–11	2–10	3–9	5–7	6–10	5–13	—	6–12	4–8	6–6	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	12–6	7–5	8–4	8–4	11–7	8–10	12–6	—	9–3	3–9	11–7
San Diego	7–11	3–9	8–10	8–10	5–13	5–6	5–7	8–4	3–9	—	5–13	4–8
San Francisco	11–7	9–3	9–9	9–9	6–12	5–7	8–4	6–6	9–3	13–5	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	4–8	10–2	6–6	14–4	8–10	11–7	7–11	8–4	7–5	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Chicago Cubs	12	6	0.667	95	48
Montreal Expos	11	7	0.611	89	73
New York Mets	8	10	0.444	45	50
Philadelphia Phillies	12	6	0.667	104	80
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	11	7	0.611	90	64
Total	54	36	0.600	423	315
NL West
Atlanta Braves	8	4	0.667	83	52
Cincinnati Reds	7	5	0.583	53	40
Houston Astros	8	4	0.667	54	43
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	4	0.667	63	50
San Diego Padres	9	3	0.750	50	27
San Francisco Giants	3	9	0.250	62	72
Total	43	29	0.597	365	284
Season Total	97	65	0.599	788	599

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	22	12	10	0.545	84	62
May	26	17	9	0.654	129	85
June	30	20	10	0.667	175	127
July	28	18	10	0.643	149	109
August	31	14	17	0.452	140	144
September	25	16	9	0.640	111	72
Total	162	97	65	0.599	788	599

Total	162	97	65	0.599	788	599
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	80	52	28	0.650	393	279
Away	82	45	37	0.549	395	320

Game log

1971 Game Log: 97–65 (Home: 52–28; Away: 45–37)^[9]

April: 12–10 (Home: 7–5; Away: 5–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	April 6	Phillies	4–2	Ellis (1–0)	Short	—	39,712	1–0	W1
2	April 8	Phillies	2–0	Walker (1–0)	Fryman	—	12,289	2–0	W2
3	April 9	@ Braves	8–2	Moose (1–0)	Jarvis	Giusti (1)	32,734	3–0	W3
4	April 10	@ Braves	4–5 (12)	Upshaw	Briles (0–1)	—	13,079	3–1	L1
5	April 11	@ Braves	1–3	Nash	Ellis (1–1)	—	10,220	3–2	L2
6	April 12	@ Phillies	4–3 (11)	Giusti (1–0)	Selma	—	19,469	4–2	W1
7	April 13	@ Phillies	9–3	Briles (1–1)	Short	—	14,934	5–2	W2
8	April 14	@ Phillies	5–6	Hoerner	Grant (0–1)	Selma	8,379	5–3	L1
9	April 16	@ Mets	0–1	Seaver	Ellis (1–2)	—	18,491	5–4	L2
10	April 17	@ Mets	2–0	Blass (1–0)	Koosman	—	23,305	6–4	W1
11	April 18	@ Mets	2–5	Gentry	Walker (1–1)	—		6–5	L1
12	April 18	@ Mets	2–1	Johnson (1–0)	McGraw	—	51,905	7–5	W1
13	April 20	Braves	0–2	Niekro	Moose (1–1)	—	8,755	7–6	L1
14	April 21	Braves	10–2	Ellis (2–2)	Nash	—	7,992	8–6	W1
15	April 22	Braves	7–4	Blass (2–0)	Reed	Giusti (2)	4,708	9–6	W2
16	April 23	Giants	0–2	Stone	Walker (1–2)	—	12,350	9–7	L1
17	April 24	Giants	0–2	Bryant	Johnson (1–1)	—	8,386	9–8	L2
18	April 25	Giants	6–2	Briles (2–1)	Marichal	Giusti (3)	16,553	10–8	W1
19	April 27	Dodgers	5–7	Vance	Ellis (2–3)	Mikkelsen	6,518	10–9	L1
20	April 28	Dodgers	7–5	Blass (3–0)	O'Brien	Giusti (4)	6,191	11–9	W1
21	April 29	Dodgers	1–2	Mikkelsen	Giusti (1–1)	—	5,031	11–10	L1
22	April 30	Padres	5–3	Nelson (1–0)	Kelley	Grant (1)	5,944	12–10	W1

May: 17–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
23	May 1	Padres	5–4 (11)	Grant (1–1)	Laxton	—	6,068	13–10	W2
24	May 2	Padres	5–1	Ellis (3–3)	Arlin	Giusti (5)	8,482	14–10	W3
25	May 4	@ Giants	10–2	Moose (2–1)	Stone	Grant (2)	8,263	15–10	W4
26	May 5	@ Giants	1–2	Marichal	Walker (1–3)	—	5,212	15–11	L1
27	May 7	@ Dodgers	3–2	Johnson (2–1)	Sutton	Grant (3)	44,275	16–11	W1
28	May 8	@ Dodgers	5–3	Briles (3–1)	Downing	Giusti (6)	26,737	17–11	W2
29	May 9	@ Dodgers	11–5	Veale (1–0)	Mikkelsen	Grant (4)	26,349	18–11	W3
30	May 11	@ Padres	10–4	Ellis (4–3)	Coombs	Giusti (7)	4,440	19–11	W4
31	May 12	@ Padres	1–2	Roberts	Walker (1–4)	—	4,292	19–12	L1
32	May 14	Mets	2–8	Koosman	Johnson (2–2)	—	17,622	19–13	L2
33	May 15	Mets	5–9	Sadecki	Blass (3–1)	—	22,042	19–14	L3
34	May 16	Mets	4–2	Ellis (5–3)	Ryan	Giusti (8)	18,968	20–14	W1
35	May 17	Expos	6–5	Grant (2–1)	Marshall	—	6,431	21–14	W2
36	May 18	Expos	3–2	Johnson (3–2)	Marshall	—	10,226	22–14	W3
37	May 19	@ Reds	6–1	Moose (3–1)	Nolan	Giusti (9)	11,109	23–14	W4
38	May 20	@ Reds	4–5	Wilcox	Blass (3–2)	Carroll	9,530	23–15	L1
39	May 21	@ Expos	6–2 (13)	Grant (3–1)	Reed	—	17,379	24–15	W1
40	May 22	@ Expos	2–5	Stoneman	Walker (1–5)	—	18,814	24–16	L1
41	May 23	@ Expos	2–4	McAnally	Johnson (3–3)	Marshall	27,216	24–17	L2
42	May 25	Reds	4–7	Grimsley	Moose (3–2)	Gibbon	8,607	24–18	L3
43	May 26	Reds	2–0	Blass (4–2)	Cloninger	—	7,369	25–18	W1
44	May 27	Reds	5–2	Ellis (6–3)	Merritt	—	7,408	26–18	W2
45	May 28	Cubs	2–4	Pappas	Walker (1–6)	—	12,776	26–19	L1
46	May 29	Cubs	9–4	Johnson (4–3)	Hands	Giusti (10)	12,336	27–19	W1
47	May 30	Cubs	10–0	Moose (4–2)	Holtzman	—	14,643	28–19	W2
48	May 31	Cubs	6–0	Blass (5–2)	Jenkins	—	19,589	29–19	W3

June: 20–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 11–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
49	June 1	Cardinals	9–0	Ellis (7–3)	Zachary	—	21,516	30–19	W4
50	June 2	Cardinals	10–1	Walker (2–6)	Cleveland	Veale (1)	9,612	31–19	W5
51	June 3	Cardinals	1–7	Carlton	Johnson (4–4)	—	18,947	31–20	L1
52	June 4	Astros	3–2	Moose (5–2)	Billingham	Giusti (11)	14,025	32–20	W1
53	June 5	Astros	1–4	Dierker	Blass (5–3)	Gladding	23,793	32–21	L1
54	June 6	Astros	9–8	Ellis (8–3)	Blasingame	Veale (2)	23,051	33–21	W1
55	June 7	@ Cubs	11–6	Veale (2–0)	Pappas	Giusti (12)	16,478	34–21	W2
56	June 8	@ Cubs	0–1 (12)	Holtzman	Grant (3–2)	—	14,878	34–22	L1
57	June 9	@ Cubs	1–3	Jenkins	Moose (5–3)	—	16,438	34–23	L2
58	June 10	@ Cardinals	3–1	Blass (6–3)	Reuss	—	18,950	35–23	W1
59	June 11	@ Cardinals	11–4	Ellis (9–3)	Cleveland	Giusti (13)	27,308	36–23	W2
60	June 12	@ Cardinals	4–3	Grant (4–2)	Arroyo	—	24,565	37–23	W3
61	June 13	@ Cardinals	8–4	Giusti (2–1)	Carlton	Hernández (1)	21,205	38–23	W4
62	June 14	@ Astros	4–5	Gladding	Nelson (1–1)	—	11,655	38–24	L1
63	June 15	@ Astros	3–0	Blass (7–3)	Dierker	—	16,307	39–24	W1
64	June 16	@ Astros	6–4	Ellis (10–3)	Blasingame	—	16,098	40–24	W2
65	June 18	Expos	9–8 (11)	Giusti (3–1)	Raymond	—	26,644	41–24	W3
66	June 19	Expos	1–10	Morton	Moose (5–4)	—	12,091	41–25	L1
67	June 20	Expos	7–1	Blass (8–3)	Stoneman	—		42–25	W1
68	June 20	Expos	7–3	Briles (4–1)	Britton	Grant (5)	32,301	43–25	W2
69	June 21	Mets	6–0	Ellis (11–3)	Koosman	—	19,751	44–25	W3
70	June 22	Mets	2–3	Williams	Nelson (1–2)	Frisella	27,578	44–26	L1
71	June 23	Mets	6–2	Walker (3–6)	Gentry	Grant (6)	31,225	45–26	W1
72	June 25	@ Phillies	14–4	Blass (9–3)	Bunning	—	38,736	46–26	W2
73	June 26	@ Phillies	11–9	Ellis (12–3)	Short	Giusti (14)	24,965	47–26	W3
74	June 27	@ Phillies	4–8	Fryman	Johnson (4–5)	Hoerner		47–27	L1
75	June 27	@ Phillies	10–9	Veale (3–0)	Hoerner	Giusti (15)	37,062	48–27	W1
76	June 28	@ Cardinals	11–5	Moose (6–4)	Reuss	Grant (7)	15,024	49–27	W2
77	June 29	@ Cardinals	3–8	Cleveland	Walker (3–7)	—	14,586	49–28	L1
78	June 30	@ Mets	0–4	Ryan	Blass (9–4)	Frisella	50,399	49–29	L2

July: 18–10 (Home: 11–3; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
79	July 1	@ Mets	3–0	Ellis (13–3)	Koosman	Giusti (16)	26,650	50–29	W1
80	July 2	@ Cubs	5–1	Moose (7–4)	Jenkins	—	28,919	51–29	W2
81	July 3	@ Cubs	1–3	Pappas	Johnson (4–6)	—	31,422	51–30	L1
82	July 4	@ Cubs	7–9	Regan	Giusti (3–2)	Newman	30,401	51–31	L2
83	July 5	@ Cubs	6–2	Blass (10–4)	Holtzman	—	37,734	52–31	W1
84	July 6	Reds	5–2	Ellis (14–3)	McGlothlin	Giusti (17)	23,321	53–31	W2
85	July 7	Reds	9–3	Johnson (5–6)	Nolan	—	23,873	54–31	W3
86	July 8	Reds	7–1	Kison (1–0)	Gullett	Giusti (18)	22,534	55–31	W4
87	July 9	Braves	11–2	Briles (5–1)	Nash	—	29,678	56–31	W5
88	July 10	Braves	5–4	Grant (5–2)	Niekro	Giusti (19)	18,955	57–31	W6
42nd All-Star Game in Detroit, Michigan
89	July 15	Padres	4–3 (17)	Nelson (2–2)	Coombs	—	17,405	58–31	W7
90	July 16	Padres	2–1	Johnson (6–6)	Arlin	—	33,736	59–31	W8
91	July 17	Padres	9–2	Ellis (15–3)	Norman	—	14,278	60–31	W9
92	July 18	Dodgers	3–2	Giusti (4–2)	Downing	—		61–31	W10
93	July 18	Dodgers	7–1	Walker (4–7)	Singer	—	48,230	62–31	W11
94	July 19	Dodgers	4–10	Osteen	Briles (5–2)	—	17,437	62–32	L1
95	July 20	Giants	11–7	Veale (4–0)	Carrithers	Giusti (20)	29,865	63–32	W1
96	July 21	Giants	4–8	Johnson	Giusti (4–3)	Hamilton	35,145	63–33	L1
97	July 22	Giants	7–8 (10)	Johnson	Moose (7–5)	—	33,185	63–34	L2
98	July 23	@ Padres	4–0	Kison (2–0)	Kirby	—	10,133	64–34	W1
99	July 24	@ Padres	4–3	Blass (11–4)	Roberts	Giusti (21)	3,114	65–34	W2
100	July 25	@ Padres	1–2	Norman	Johnson (6–7)	—		65–35	L1
101	July 25	@ Padres	0–2	Arlin	Moose (7–6)	—	10,342	65–36	L2
102	July 27	@ Dodgers	5–8	Alexander	Ellis (15–4)	Mikkelsen	26,564	65–37	L3
103	July 28	@ Dodgers	4–0	Walker (5–7)	Singer	—	30,798	66–37	W1
104	July 29	@ Dodgers	8–5	Veale (5–0)	Osteen	Giusti (22)	23,590	67–37	W2
105	July 30	@ Giants	2–5	Perry	Kison (2–1)	—	10,088	67–38	L1
106	July 31	@ Giants	11–15	McMahon	Giusti (4–4)	Hamilton	18,834	67–39	L2

August: 14–17 (Home: 6–9; Away: 8–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
107	August 1	@ Giants	7–11	Johnson	Kison (2–2)	McMahon		67–40	L3
108	August 1	@ Giants	3–8	Reberger	Ellis (15–5)	Carrithers	33,301	67–41	L4
109	August 3	@ Expos	10–6	Veale (6–0)	Morton	Giusti (23)	18,137	68–41	W1
110	August 4	@ Expos	3–4 (11)	Marshall	Grant (5–3)	—	17,481	68–42	L1
111	August 5	@ Expos	7–2	Kison (3–2)	Strohmayer	—	21,233	69–42	W1
112	August 6	Phillies	2–3	Wilson	Ellis (15–6)	—	21,323	69–43	L1
113	August 7	Phillies	3–5	Wise	Moose (7–7)	Wilson	29,565	69–44	L2
114^{[permanent dead link]}	August 8	Phillies	2–3	Fryman	Blass (11–5)	Hoerner		69–45	L3
115^{[permanent dead link]}	August 8	Phillies	4–0	Johnson (7–7)	Short	—	31,448	70–45	W1
116	August 10	Cubs	1–2	Pizarro	Kison (3–3)	—	21,789	70–46	L1
117	August 11	Cubs	3–2	Ellis (16–6)	Regan	—	24,147	71–46	W1
118	August 12	Cardinals	2–3	Carlton	Walker (5–8)	—	21,805	71–47	L1
119	August 13	Cardinals	0–2	Reuss	Blass (11–6)	—	31,563	71–48	L2
120	August 14	Cardinals	0–11	Gibson	Johnson (7–8)	—	30,678	71–49	L3
121	August 15	Cardinals	4–6	Linzy	Miller (0–1)	Drabowsky	49,329	71–50	L4
122	August 16	Astros	8–3	Ellis (17–6)	Billingham	Giusti (24)	12,664	72–50	W1
123	August 17	Astros	5–6	Blasingame	Miller (0–2)	Ray	16,694	72–51	L1
124	August 18	Astros	3–2	Miller (1–2)	Lemaster	—	29,670	73–51	W1
125	August 19	@ Reds	5–1	Johnson (8–8)	McGlothlin	—	20,611	74–51	W2
126	August 20	@ Reds	0–6	Grimsley	Kison (3–4)	—	26,452	74–52	L1
127	August 21	@ Reds	3–6	Merritt	Ellis (17–7)	—	27,427	74–53	L2
128	August 22	@ Reds	3–6	Nolan	Briles (5–3)	—	31,431	74–54	L3
129	August 23	@ Braves	4–3	Blass (12–6)	Niekro	Giusti (25)		75–54	W1
130	August 23	@ Braves	15–4	Moose (8–7)	Kelley	Briles (1)	16,163	76–54	W2
131	August 24	@ Braves	5–15	McQueen	Johnson (8–9)	Upshaw	8,478	76–55	L1
132	August 25	@ Braves	13–6	Moose (9–7)	Jarvis	Miller (1)	8,365	77–55	W1
133	August 27	@ Astros	7–3	Ellis (18–7)	Billingham	Giusti (26)	14,933	78–55	W2
134	August 28	@ Astros	0–4	Wilson	Blass (12–7)	—	25,619	78–56	L1
135	August 29	@ Astros	5–2	Johnson (9–9)	Blasingame	Giusti (27)	15,723	79–56	W1
136	August 30	Phillies	6–4	Walker (6–8)	Wilson	Giusti (28)	13,399	80–56	W2
137	August 31	Phillies	7–5	Kison (4–4)	Hoerner	Miller (2)	16,179	81–56	W3

September: 16–9 (Home: 9–3; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
138	September 1	Phillies	10–7	Walker (7–8)	Brandon	—	11,278	82–56	W4
139	September 3	Expos	4–6	Britton	Giusti (4–5)	Marshall	17,951	82–57	L1
140	September 4	Expos	7–6 (11)	Giusti (5–5)	Marshall	—	11,302	83–57	W1
141	September 5	Expos	8–2	Kison (5–4)	Stoneman	Hernández (2)	15,897	84–57	W2
142	September 6	Cubs	4–1	Briles (6–3)	Pizarro	—	39,236	85–57	W3
143	September 6	Cubs	10–5	Walker (8–8)	Holtzman	Moose (1)	39,236	86–57	W4
144	September 8	Cubs	10–1	Blass (13–7)	Pappas	—	15,937	87–57	W5
145	September 10	@ Expos	2–3 (11)	Strohmayer	Giusti (5–6)	—	21,529	87–58	L1
146	September 11	@ Expos	1–4	McAnally	Kison (5–5)	—	18,376	87–59	L2
147	September 12	@ Expos	4–0	Briles (7–3)	Renko	—	16,770	88–59	W1
148	September 13	@ Cubs	5–1	Blass (14–7)	Pappas	—	6,477	89–59	W2
149	September 14	@ Cubs	4–3	Moose (10–7)	Jenkins	—	9,706	90–59	W3
150	September 15	Cardinals	4–1	Ellis (19–7)	Carlton	Hernández (3)	21,751	91–59	W4
151	September 16	Cardinals	6–1	Walker (9–8)	Reuss	Hernández (4)	18,127	92–59	W5
152	September 17	Mets	0–3	Gentry	Briles (7–4)	—	23,421	92–60	L1
153	September 18	Mets	4–0	Blass (15–7)	Sadecki	—	20,470	93–60	W1
154	September 19	Mets	2–5	Williams	Johnson (9–10)	Frisella	40,337	93–61	L1
155	September 21	@ Cardinals	4–6	Drabowsky	Ellis (19–8)	—	13,348	93–62	L2
156	September 22	@ Cardinals	5–1	Walker (10–8)	Gibson	Giusti (29)	14,845	94–62	W1
157	September 23	@ Cardinals	5–0	Briles (8–4)	Cleveland	—	10,918	95–62	W2
158	September 24	@ Mets	3–2	Kison (6–5)	Koosman	Miller (3)	35,936	96–62	W3
159	September 25	@ Mets	1–2 (15)	Frisella	Hernández (0–1)	—	29,295	96–63	L1
160	September 26	@ Mets	1–3	Seaver	Blass (15–8)	—	30,519	96–64	L2
161	September 28	@ Phillies	3–6	Wise	Ellis (19–9)	—	14,582	96–65	L3
162	September 30	@ Phillies	4–3	Moose (11–7)	Champion	Giusti (30)	14,157	97–65	W1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Composite Box

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	R	H	E
Opponents	79	60	80	54	56	60	83	70	49	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	599	1426	156
Pittsburgh	105	66	88	93	84	94	101	86	60	0	4	0	5	0	1	1	1	788	1555	133

Notable transactions

June 8, 1971: Craig Reynolds chosen by the Pirates in the 1st round of the 1971 Major League Baseball draft.^[10]
August 10, 1971: Bob Miller was traded to the Pirates by the San Diego Padres for Johnny Jeter and Ed Acosta.^[11]
August 10, 1971: Mudcat Grant sold by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics.^[12]

Roster

1971 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

48 Rimp Lanier
10 Frank Taveras

Manager

40 Danny Murtaugh

Coaches

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Bill Mazeroski	2B
Richie Hebner	3B
Roberto Clemente	RF
Manny Sanguillén	C
Bob Robertson	1B
Willie Stargell	LF
Al Oliver	CF
Jackie Hernández	SS
Dock Ellis	SP

^[13]

Postseason

Postseason game log

1971 Postseason Game Log (7–4)

1971 NL Championship Series: vs. San Francisco Giants (3–1)^[14]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series
1^{[permanent dead link]}	October 2	@ Giants	4–5	Perry (1–0)	Blass (0–1)	—	40,977	SFG 1–0
2^{[permanent dead link]}	October 3	@ Giants	9–4	Ellis (1–0)	Cumberland (0–1)	—	42,562	Tied 1–1
3	October 5	Giants	2–1	Johnson (1–0)	Marichal (0–1)	—	38,222	PIT 2–1
4	October 6	Giants	9–5	Kison (1–0)	Perry (1–1)	—	35,487	PIT 3–1

1971 World Series: vs. Baltimore Orioles (4–3)^[15]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series
1	October 9	@ Orioles	3–5	McNally (2–0)	Ellis (1–1)	—	53,229	BAL 1–0
	October 10	@ Orioles	Postponed (rain)					BAL 1–0
2	October 11	@ Orioles	3–11	Palmer (2–0)	Johnson (1–1)	Hall (1)	53,239	BAL 2–0
3	October 12	Orioles	5–1	Blass (1–1)	Cuellar (1–1)	—	50,403	BAL 2–1
4	October 13	Orioles	4–3	Kison (2–0)	Watt (0–1)	Giusti (1)	51,378	Tied 2–2
5	October 14	Orioles	4–0	Briles (1–0)	McNally (2–1)	—	51,377	PIT 3–2
6	October 16	@ Orioles	2–3 (10)	McNally (3–1)	Miller (0–1)	—	44,174	Tied 3–3
7	October 17	@ Orioles	2–1	Blass (2–1)	Cuellar (1–2)	—	47,291	PIT 4–3

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

National League Championship Series

The Pittsburgh Pirates won the series over the San Francisco Giants, 3–1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Pittsburgh – 4, San Francisco – 5	October 2	Candlestick Park	40,977
2	Pittsburgh – 9, San Francisco – 4	October 3	Candlestick Park	42,562
3	San Francisco – 1, Pittsburgh – 2	October 5	Three Rivers Stadium	38,322
4	San Francisco – 5, Pittsburgh – 9	October 6	Three Rivers Stadium	35,487

World Series

Composite box

1971 World Series (4–3): Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) over Baltimore Orioles (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	6	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	0	23	56	3
Baltimore Orioles	3	2	3	3	7	2	2	1	0	1	24	45	9
Total Attendance: 351,091 Average Attendance: 50,156
Winning Player's Share: – $18,165, Losing Player's Share– $13,906 *Includes Playoffs and World Series

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Manny Sanguillén	138	533	61	170	.319	7	81	6
1B	Bob Robertson	131	469	65	127	.271	26	72	1
2B	Dave Cash	123	478	79	138	.289	2	34	13
3B	Richie Hebner	112	388	50	105	.271	17	67	2
SS	Gene Alley	114	348	38	79	.227	6	28	9
CF	Al Oliver	143	529	69	149	.282	14	64	4
LF	Willie Stargell	141	511	104	151	.295	48	125	0
RF	Roberto Clemente	132	522	82	178	.341	13	86	1

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Vic Davalillo	99	295	48	84	.285	1	33	10
Gene Clines	97	273	52	84	.308	1	24	15
Jackie Hernández	88	233	30	48	.206	3	26	0
Bill Mazeroski	70	193	17	49	.254	1	16	0
José Pagán	57	158	16	38	.241	5	15	0
Milt May	49	126	15	35	.278	6	25	0
Rennie Stennett	50	153	24	54	.353	1	15	1
Charlie Sands	28	25	4	5	.200	1	5	0
Richie Zisk	7	15	2	3	.200	1	2	0
Carl Taylor	7	12	1	2	.167	0	0	0
Rimp Lanier	6	4	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Frank Taveras	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Dock Ellis	31	226.2	19	9	3.06	63	137
Steve Blass	33	240	15	8	2.85	68	136
Bob Johnson	31	174.2	9	10	3.45	55	101
Luke Walker	28	159.2	10	8	3.55	53	86

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Bob Moose	30	140	11	7	4.11	35	68
Nelson Briles	37	136	8	4	3.04	35	76
Bruce Kison	18	95.1	6	5	3.40	36	60

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Dave Giusti	58	86	5	6	30	2.93	31	55
Mudcat Grant	42	75	5	3	7	3.60	28	22
Bob Veale	37	46.1	6	0	2	6.99	24	40
Jim Nelson	17	34.2	2	2	0	2.34	25	11
Bob Miller	16	28	1	2	3	1.29	13	13
Ramón Hernández	10	12.1	0	1	4	0.73	2	7
John Lamb	2	4.1	0	0	0	0.00	1	1
Frank Brosseau	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0

Awards and honors

Roberto Clemente, Babe Ruth Award^[16]
Roberto Clemente, World Series Most Valuable Player Award^[17]
Roberto Clemente, Gold Glove Award^[18]

League leaders

Willie Stargell, National League home run champion (48)^[19]
Dave Giusti, Saves leader (30)^[20]

All-Stars

1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game^[21]

Dock Ellis, pitcher, starter
Willie Stargell, outfield, starter
Roberto Clemente, reserve
Vic Davalillo, reserve
Manny Sanguillén, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Charlies	International League	Joe Morgan
AA	Waterbury Pirates	Eastern League	Red Davis
A	Salem Rebels	Carolina League	Tim Murtaugh
A	Monroe Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Tom Saffell
A-Short Season	Niagara Falls Pirates	New York–Penn League	Chuck Cottier and Dick Cole
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Ed Napoleon

Notes

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ Charlie Sands at Baseball Almanace
^ Joe Gibbon at Baseball Almanace
^ Bob Johnson at Baseball Almanace
^ Nelson Briles at Baseball Almanace
^ Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference
^ John Perrotto (August 14, 2006). "Baseball Plog". The Beaver County Times.
^ "Honoring First All-Minority Lineup". The New York Times. September 17, 2006. p. Sports p. 2.
^ "1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Craig Reynolds at "Baseball Almanac"
^ Bob Miller at Baseball Almanac
^ Mudcat Grant at Baseball Almanac
^ 1971 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
^ "1971 National League Championship Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
^ "1971 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
^ Babe Ruth Award winners at Baseball Reference
^ World Series MVP Award winners at Baseball Reference
^ Gold Glove Award winners at Baseball Reference
^ 1971 Batting leaders at Baseball Reference
^ 1971 Pitching Leaders at Baseball Reference
^ 1971 All-Star Game at Baseball Reference

References

1971 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1971 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
Markusen, Bruce (2009). The Team That Changed Baseball: Roberto Clemente and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates. Yardley, Pennsylvania: Westholme Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59416-089-9.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Charlie Sands at Baseball Almanace

[3] Joe Gibbon at Baseball Almanace

[4] Bob Johnson at Baseball Almanace

[5] Nelson Briles at Baseball Almanace

[6] Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference

[7] John Perrotto (August 14, 2006). "Baseball Plog". The Beaver County Times.

[8] "Honoring First All-Minority Lineup". The New York Times. September 17, 2006. p. Sports p. 2.

[9] "1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[10] Craig Reynolds at "Baseball Almanac"

[11] Bob Miller at Baseball Almanac

[12] Mudcat Grant at Baseball Almanac

[13] 1971 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"

[14] "1971 National League Championship Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016.

[15] "1971 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016.

[16] Babe Ruth Award winners at Baseball Reference

[17] World Series MVP Award winners at Baseball Reference

[18] Gold Glove Award winners at Baseball Reference

[19] 1971 Batting leaders at Baseball Reference

[20] 1971 Pitching Leaders at Baseball Reference

[21] 1971 All-Star Game at Baseball Reference

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v t e Pittsburgh Pirates 1971 World Series champions
2 Jackie Hernández 4 Charlie Sands 7 Bob Robertson 8 Willie Stargell 9 Bill Mazeroski 11 José Pagán 14 Gene Alley 15 Gene Clines 16 Al Oliver 17 Dock Ellis 18 Vic Davalillo 20 Richie Hebner 21 Roberto Clemente (World Series MVP) 23 Luke Walker 25 Bruce Kison 27 Bob Johnson 28 Steve Blass 29 Milt May 30 Dave Cash 31 Dave Giusti 32 Bob Miller 34 Nelson Briles 35 Manny Sanguillén 38 Bob Moose 39 Bob Veale
Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh Coaches 5 Dave Ricketts 41 Bill Virdon 42 Don Osborn 43 Don Leppert 44 Frank Oceak
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