over Baltimore Orioles (A.L. Many of those players helped the Bucs beat the Orioles in the 1971 World Series. He hit safely in all seven games of the Series, duplicating a feat he had performed in 1960. 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster. Starting pitcher Luke Walker gave up singles to the Orioles' first three batters, Paul Blair, Mark Belanger, and Merv Rettenmund, loading the bases. Gene Clines hit a leadoff triple in the fifth and scored on Roberto Clemente's single, his first RBI scoring hit of the series, to cap the scoring as the Pirates took a 3–2 series lead heading back to Baltimore. ... 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates World Series Champs Pennant Roster Clemente. Game 7 was the only game in which the visiting team won. These two teams met again in the fall classic eight years later, with the same result, as the Pirates won the final three games to win in seven. In the fifth, after two singles, Elrod Hendricks's two-run single, aided by an error and Robinson's single, made it 7–0 Orioles. 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Results. Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: This page was last edited on 20 November 2020, at 23:27. Two walks by Bruce Kison forced in another run to make it 4–0 Orioles. The 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates roster is above. Kison's heroics allowed the Pirates to claw back off of starter Pat Dobson. Oliver tied the score at 3 in the third with an RBI single. Pittsburgh Pirates 1971 World Series Pennant. After rain postponed Game 2—originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon—Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suggested that the rescheduled game be played on Monday night. Both teams threatened late; the Orioles had runners on second and third in the bottom of the ninth with two out, but failed to score. Walker then intentionally walked Frank Robinson and gave up consecutive sacrifice flies to Brooks Robinson and Boog Powell, giving the Orioles a 3–0 lead. The year was 1971. The first pitch was one hour later than usual due to a Baltimore ordinance, since repealed, which prohibited Sunday sporting events from beginning prior to 2 p.m. BAR ADVERTISING ... 1971 Pirates. Richard Nixon was in the Oval Office, Clint Eastwood introduced the world to "Dirty Harry" and Led Zeppelin IV was blaring through car stereos across the country. Orioles defeat Reds 4-1. With the Series shifting to Three Rivers Stadium and with Steve Blass available, the Pirates got back into it. In the seventh, Bob Robertson and Sanguillén stroked one-out singles off reliever Eddie Watt. It was the fourth World Series in which the home team won each of the first six games before the road team won Game 7 with the others being 1955, 1956 and 1965. A wild pitch with runners on first and third allowed another run to score to make it 3-0 after three innings. In the fourth, with the bases loaded by a single, hit-by-pitch and walk, Davey Johnson's two-run single made it 3–0 Orioles and knocked starter Bob Johnson out of the game. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates. Don Buford's groundout and Merv Rettenmund's RBI single made it 10–0 Orioles. The Orioles tied it off Johnson in the seventh when Mark Belanger singled, stole second, and scored on a single by Davey Johnson. Manager Danny Murtaugh then pulled Walker in favor of Bruce Kison. This also occurred in Game 4 of the 1966 World Series and Game 2 of the 1969 World Series. Roberto Clemente added a homer in the third. However, the Pirates objected as they wanted the honor of hosting the first World Series night game themselves at Three Rivers Stadium when Game Four was played. The Pirates won in seven games. 555 N. Central Ave. #416 https://baseball.fandom.com/wiki/1971_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season The Pirates scored three in the second off of Dave McNally due to sloppy defense by the Orioles. 1971 Championship World Series Ring. Moose started having trouble in the sixth, however. The 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates were "a product of an aggressive search for winning talent of any color and the willingness to play that talent at any position--even if it meant a lineup of blacks, whites, Asians, Latinos or any combination," according to author Bruce Markusen. The Pirates plated 788 runs, tops in the circuit. Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh chose Nelson Briles to start Game 5 over the Pirates' top starters, Steve Blass and Dock Ellis, choosing to save them for potential Games 6 and 7. SUPERB. 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates World Series Roster Scroll Large Pennant. Paul Guggenheimer remembers watching the World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971. The teams proved to be evenly matched, as the Series went the full seven games; the home team prevailed in each of the first six. Following a one-day delay caused by the first World Series rainout in nine years, the Orioles took a 2–0 series lead on Monday afternoon. Robertson reached third and Davalillo first, but Sanguillén was caught in a rundown between second and third. 1971 World Series - Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles (4-3) series statistics and schedule. [1] In his final World Series appearance, Roberto Clemente became the first Spanish-speaking ballplayer to earn World Series Most Valuable Player Award. This was very nearly the first night game in World Series history. Robinson's RBI single next inning off of Bob Miller capped the Orioles' scoring. Schedule. It is a large pennant. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame second baseman Bill Mazeroski, left, joins 1971 Pirates teammates Al Oliver, center, and Bob Robertson during a celebration of their 1971 World Series … [1]. Baltimore pounded six Pirate pitchers for 14 hits (all singles) and 11 runs, led by three hits and four RBI by Brooks Robinson, who drove in the first Oriole run in the second. 1971 WORLD SERIES PIRATES-WORLD CHAMPION ROSTER GLASS TIP DISH, JEWELRY TRAY, DISPLAY ITEM! The first night All-Star Game was held at Philadelphia's Shibe Park in 1943, while the first World Series night game was Game 4 of the 1971 Series at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Phone: 602.496.1460 Frank Robinson hit a home run in the second and Merv Rettenmund blasted a three-run home run in the third off Dock Ellis to give the Orioles the lead. The Orioles won the American League East by 12 games over the Detroit Tigers then swept the Oakland A's in the American League Championship Series. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Television replays showed Roberto Clemente, who was on second base, appearing to call a timeout, but Cuellar was already in his windup at the time. Though not as decorated as the O's staff, the Pirates featured 19-game winner Dock Ellis and 15-game winner Steve Blass. Notable Debut, Cronkite School at ASU Thus Game Two was played on Monday afternoon in Baltimore. 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