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24 teams in AL, NL · 1938 regular-season games · 1971-04-05 to 1971-09-30 · attendance 29,193,417

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World Series champion

Pittsburgh Pirates

MVP

Vida Blue AL
Joe Torre NL

Cy Young

Vida Blue AL
Fergie Jenkins NL

Rookie of the Year

Chris Chambliss AL
Earl Williams NL

All-Star Game

1971-07-13 at Tiger Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1971

Chick Hafey, Dave Bancroft, George Weiss, Harry Hooper, Jake Beckley, Joe Kelley, Rube Marquard, Satchel Paige

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Pittsburgh Pirates 3–1 San Francisco Giants	4
League Championship	Baltimore Orioles 3–0 Oakland Athletics	3
World Series	Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3 Baltimore Orioles	7

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Baltimore Orioles	101	57	.639	—	530	1,023,037	Earl Weaver	Pennant Division
2	Detroit Tigers	91	71	.562	12	645	1,591,073	Billy Martin
3	Boston Red Sox	85	77	.525	18	667	1,678,732	Eddie Kasko
4	New York Yankees	82	80	.506	21	641	1,070,771	Ralph Houk
5	Washington Senators	63	96	.396	38.5	660	655,156	Ted Williams
6	Cleveland Indians	60	102	.370	43	747	591,361	Al Dark, Johnny Lipon

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	101	60	.627	—	564	914,993	Dick Williams	Division
2	Kansas City Royals	85	76	.528	16	566	910,784	Bob Lemon
3	Chicago White Sox	79	83	.488	22.5	597	833,891	Chuck Tanner
4	California Angels	76	86	.469	25.5	576	926,373	Lefty Phillips
5	Minnesota Twins	74	86	.463	26.5	670	940,858	Bill Rigney
6	Milwaukee Brewers	69	92	.429	32	609	731,531	Dave Bristol

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	97	65	.599	—	599	1,501,132	Danny Murtaugh	World Series Division
2	St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	7	699	1,604,671	Red Schoendienst
3	Chicago Cubs	83	79	.512	14	648	1,653,007	Leo Durocher
3	New York Mets	83	79	.512	14	550	2,266,680	Gil Hodges
5	Montreal Expos	71	90	.441	25.5	729	1,290,963	Gene Mauch
6	Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	.414	30	688	1,511,223	Frank Lucchesi

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	San Francisco Giants	90	72	.556	—	644	1,106,043	Charlie Fox	Division
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	89	73	.549	1	587	2,064,594	Walter Alston
3	Atlanta Braves	82	80	.506	8	699	1,006,320	Lum Harris
4	Cincinnati Reds	79	83	.488	11	581	1,501,122	Sparky Anderson
4	Houston Astros	79	83	.488	11	567	1,261,589	Harry Walker
6	San Diego Padres	61	100	.379	28.5	610	557,513	Preston Gomez

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Ken Holtzman, Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds, 1971-06-03
Rick Wise, Philadelphia Phillies vs. Cincinnati Reds, 1971-06-23
Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1971-08-14

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