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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

1971 World SeriesWWikipedia↗W1971 season↗

Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 · 1971-10-09 to 1971-10-17 · 7 games · attendance 351,091 · season overview

◀ 1970 1972 ▶

Champion · 4th title

Pittsburgh Pirates
Manager Danny Murtaugh

Runner-up

Baltimore Orioles
Manager Earl Weaver

Series MVP

Roberto Clemente

Ballparks

Memorial Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium

Note

Decided in game 7

Games

#	Date	Away at Home	Series	Park	Attendance	Win	Loss	Save
1	1971-10-09	Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Baltimore Orioles 5	0–1	Memorial Stadium	53,229	Dave McNally	Dock Ellis
2	1971-10-11	Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Baltimore Orioles 11	0–2	Memorial Stadium	53,239	Jim Palmer	Bob Johnson	Dick Hall
3	1971-10-12	Baltimore Orioles 1 at Pittsburgh Pirates 5	1–2	Three Rivers Stadium	50,403	Steve Blass	Mike Cuellar
4	1971-10-13	Baltimore Orioles 3 at Pittsburgh Pirates 4	2–2	Three Rivers Stadium	51,378	Bruce Kison	Eddie Watt	Dave Giusti
5	1971-10-14	Baltimore Orioles 0 at Pittsburgh Pirates 4	3–2	Three Rivers Stadium	51,377	Nelson Briles	Dave McNally
6	1971-10-16	Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Baltimore Orioles 3	3–3	Memorial Stadium	44,174	Dave McNally	Bob Miller
7	1971-10-17	Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Baltimore Orioles 1	4–3	Memorial Stadium	47,291	Steve Blass	Mike Cuellar

The players

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Dave Cash	7	30	2	4	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	.133
Roberto Clemente	7	29	3	12	2	1	2	4	2	2	0	.414
Manny Sanguillen	7	29	3	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	.379
Bob Robertson	7	25	4	6	0	0	2	5	4	8	0	.240
Willie Stargell	7	24	3	5	1	0	0	1	7	9	0	.208
Al Oliver	5	19	1	4	2	0	0	2	2	5	0	.211
Jackie Hernandez	7	18	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	.222
Jose Pagan	4	15	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	.267
Richie Hebner	3	12	2	2	0	0	1	3	3	3	0	.167
Gene Clines	3	11	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	.091
Steve Blass	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Vic Davalillo	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Bob Johnson	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Nelson Briles	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500
Milt May	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500
Gene Alley	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Bruce Kison	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Bob Moose	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Dock Ellis	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Bill Mazeroski	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Charlie Sands	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000

Pitching	G	GS	W–L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Steve Blass	2	2	2–0	0	18.0	7	2	2	4	13	1	1.00
Bob Moose	3	1	0–0	0	9.2	12	7	7	2	7	2	6.52
Nelson Briles	1	1	1–0	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0.00
Bruce Kison	1	0	1–0	0	6.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Dave Giusti	3	0	0–0	1	5.1	3	0	0	2	4	0	0.00
Bob Johnson	2	1	0–1	0	5.0	5	5	5	3	3	0	9.00
Bob Miller	3	0	0–1	0	4.2	7	2	2	1	2	0	3.86
Dock Ellis	1	1	0–1	0	2.1	4	4	4	1	1	2	15.43
Luke Walker	1	1	0–0	0	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	40.50
Bob Veale	1	0	0–0	0	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	13.50

Baltimore Orioles

Batting	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Merv Rettenmund	7	27	3	5	0	0	1	4	0	4	0	.185
Davey Johnson	7	27	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	.148
Boog Powell	7	27	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	.111
Frank Robinson	7	25	5	7	0	0	2	2	2	8	0	.280
Don Buford	6	23	3	6	1	0	2	4	3	3	0	.261
Brooks Robinson	7	22	2	7	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	.318
Mark Belanger	7	21	4	5	0	1	0	0	5	2	1	.238
Elrod Hendricks	6	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	.263
Paul Blair	3	9	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Dave McNally	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000
Jim Palmer	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	.000
Tom Shopay	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Mike Cuellar	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Pat Dobson	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Andy Etchebarren	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching	G	GS	W–L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jim Palmer	2	2	1–0	0	17.0	15	5	5	9	15	2	2.65
Mike Cuellar	2	2	0–2	0	14.0	11	7	6	6	10	2	3.86
Dave McNally	4	2	2–1	0	13.2	10	7	3	5	12	1	1.98
Pat Dobson	3	1	0–0	0	6.2	13	3	3	4	6	0	4.05
Tom Dukes	2	0	0–0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Eddie Watt	2	0	0–1	0	2.1	4	1	1	0	2	0	3.86
Dave Leonhard	1	0	0–0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Dick Hall	1	0	0–0	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Pete Richert	1	0	0–0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Grant Jackson	1	0	0–0	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00