1971 Baltimore Orioles | ||
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American League Champions American League East Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Memorial Stadium | |
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |
Record | 101–57 (.639) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Jerold Hoffberger | |
General managers | Harry Dalton | |
Managers | Earl Weaver | |
Television | WJZ-TV | |
Radio | WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, John Gordon, Bill O'Donnell) | |
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In 1971, the Baltimore Orioles finished first in the American League East, with a record of 101 wins and 57 losses. As of 2023, the 1971 Orioles are one of only two Major League Baseball clubs (the 1920 Chicago White Sox being the other) to have four 20-game winners in a season: Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, and Pat Dobson.[1]
Offseason
[edit]- December 16, 1970: Roger Freed was traded by the Orioles to the Philadelphia Phillies for Grant Jackson, Jim Hutto and Sam Parrilla[2]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 101 | 57 | .639 | — | 53–24 | 48–33 |
Detroit Tigers | 91 | 71 | .562 | 12 | 54–27 | 37–44 |
Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 18 | 47–33 | 38–44 |
New York Yankees | 82 | 80 | .506 | 21 | 44–37 | 38–43 |
Washington Senators | 63 | 96 | .396 | 38½ | 35–46 | 28–50 |
Cleveland Indians | 60 | 102 | .370 | 43 | 29–52 | 31–50 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | WSH | |
Baltimore | — | 9–9 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 6–5 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 11–7 | 7–4 | 13–3 | |
Boston | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 10–2 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 1–11 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 12–6 | |
California | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 4–8 | |
Chicago | 4–8 | 2–10 | 10–8 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 10–2 | |
Cleveland | 5–13 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 6–12 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |
Detroit | 10–8 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 12–6 | — | 8–4 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 14–4 | |
Kansas City | 5–6 | 11–1 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–2 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 5–13 | 9–3 | |
Milwaukee | 3–9 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 10–8 | — | 10–7 | 2–10 | 3–15 | 6–6 | |
Minnesota | 2–10 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–10 | — | 8–4 | 8–10 | 5–6 | |
New York | 7–11 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | — | 5–7 | 7–11 | |
Oakland | 4–7 | 9–3 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 15–3 | 10–8 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | |
Washington | 3–13 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 11–7 | 3–9 | — |
Opening Day starters
[edit]- Mark Belanger (SS)
- Paul Blair (CF)
- Elrod Hendricks (C)
- Davey Johnson (2B)
- Dave McNally (P)
- Boog Powell (1B)
- Merv Rettenmund (LF)
- Brooks Robinson (3B)
- Frank Robinson (RF) [3]
Notable transactions
[edit]- May 28, 1971: Jim Hardin was traded by the Orioles to the New York Yankees for Bill Burbach.[4]
- May 28, 1971: Dave Boswell was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[5]
Draft picks
[edit]- June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
- Randy Stein was drafted by the Orioles in the 1st round (23rd pick).[6]
- Kiko Garcia was drafted by the Orioles in the 3rd round. Player signed June 27, 1971.[7]
Roster
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Outfielders
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Player stats
[edit]= Indicates team leader |
Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Elrod Hendricks | 101 | 316 | 79 | .250 | 9 | 42 |
1B | Boog Powell | 128 | 418 | 107 | .256 | 22 | 92 |
2B | Davey Johnson | 142 | 510 | 144 | .282 | 18 | 72 |
3B | Brooks Robinson | 156 | 589 | 160 | .272 | 20 | 92 |
SS | Mark Belanger | 150 | 500 | 133 | .266 | 0 | 35 |
LF | Don Buford | 122 | 449 | 130 | .290 | 19 | 54 |
CF | Paul Blair | 141 | 516 | 135 | .262 | 10 | 44 |
RF | Frank Robinson | 133 | 455 | 128 | .281 | 28 | 99 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Merv Rettenmund | 141 | 491 | 156 | .318 | 11 | 75 |
Andy Etchebarren | 70 | 222 | 60 | .270 | 9 | 29 |
Chico Salmon | 42 | 84 | 15 | .179 | 2 | 7 |
Jerry DaVanon | 38 | 81 | 19 | .235 | 0 | 4 |
Tom Shopay | 47 | 74 | 19 | .257 | 0 | 5 |
Curt Motton | 38 | 53 | 10 | .189 | 4 | 8 |
Clay Dalrymple | 23 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 1 | 6 |
Bobby Grich | 7 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 1 | 6 |
Terry Crowley | 18 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 1 |
Don Baylor | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Cuellar | 38 | 292.1 | 20 | 9 | 3.08 | 124 |
Pat Dobson | 38 | 282.1 | 20 | 8 | 2.90 | 187 |
Jim Palmer | 37 | 282.0 | 20 | 9 | 2.68 | 184 |
Dave McNally | 30 | 224.1 | 21 | 5 | 2.89 | 91 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Grant Jackson | 29 | 77.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.13 | 51 |
Dave Leonhard | 12 | 54.0 | 2 | 3 | 2.83 | 18 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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 |
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Eddie Watt | 35 | 39.2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1.82 | 26 |
Pete Richert | 35 | 36.1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.47 | 35 |
Tom Dukes | 28 | 38.1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3.52 | 30 |
Dick Hall | 27 | 43.1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4.98 | 26 |
Dave Boswell | 16 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.38 | 14 |
Jim Hardin | 6 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 3 |
Orlando Peña | 5 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.07 | 4 |
Postseason
[edit]ALCS
[edit]Baltimore Orioles defeat the Oakland Athletics, 3–0
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Oakland – 3, Baltimore – 5 | October 3 | Memorial Stadium | 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
[edit]NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs. AL Baltimore Orioles (3)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | Time of Game |
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1 | Pirates – 3, Orioles – 5 | October 9 | Memorial Stadium | 53,229 | 2:06 |
2 | Pirates – 3, Orioles – 11 | October 11 | Memorial Stadium | 53,239 | 2:55 |
3 | Orioles – 1, Pirates – 5 | October 12 | Three Rivers Stadium | 50,403 | 2:20 |
4 | Orioles – 3, Pirates – 4 | October 13 | Three Rivers Stadium | 51,378 | 2:48 |
5 | Orioles – 0, Pirates – 4 | October 14 | Three Rivers Stadium | 51,377 | 2:16 |
6 | Pirates – 2, Orioles – 3 (10 inns) | October 16 | Memorial Stadium | 44,174 | 2:59 |
7 | Pirates – 2, Orioles – 1 [8] | October 17 | Memorial Stadium | 47,291 | 2:10 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Miami, Bluefield
Japan tour
[edit]Three days after the conclusion of the World Series, the Orioles embarked on a tour of Japan to play 18 games against Nippon Professional Baseball competition beginning on October 23. The team had accepted the invitation to participate in the Yomiuri Shimbun-sponsored event at the start of the calendar year on January 1.[9] Included in the 12–2–4 overall record was the Orioles going undefeated at 8–0–3 in head-to-head competition against the Yomiuri Giants which was owned by the tour's sponsor and had recently captured its seventh consecutive Japan Series championship.[10]
The Japanese point of view of high hopes entering the exhibitions and the disappointment with the unfavorably lopsided results is chronicled in Robert Whiting's 1977 book The Chrysanthemum and the Bat.[11]
Game | Month | Date | Day | Place | Opponent | W/L/D | Score | Orioles Pitcher of Record | Notes |
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1 | OCT | 23 | SA | Tokyo | Yomiuri Giants | W | 8–4 | Jim Palmer | |
2 | OCT | 24 | SU | Tokyo | Yomiuri Giants | W | 8–2 | Mike Cuellar | |
3 | OCT | 27 | W | Sendai | Yomiuri Giants | W | 10–1 | Pat Dobson | Dobson three-hitter; two triples and four RBI for Mark Belanger.[12] |
4 | OCT | 28 | TH | Kōriyama | Yomiuri Giants | D | 3–3 (10) | – | |
5 | OCT | 31 | SU | Osaka | Japan All-Stars | W | 4–1 | Mike Cuellar | |
6 | NOV | 1 | M | Nishinomiya | Yomiuri Giants/Nankai Hawks | W | 2–0 | Dave McNally | Scheduled OCT 30 (rain);[13] consecutive homers by Brooks Robinson and Davey Johnson in the fifth.[14] |
7 | NOV | 2 | TU | Toyama | Yomiuri Giants | W | 2–0 | Pat Dobson | Dobson pitches a no-hit, no-run game. |
8 | NOV | 3 | W | Tokyo | Japan All-Stars | W | 7–0 | Jim Palmer | |
9 | NOV | 5 | F | Niigata | Yomiuri Giants | D | 4–4 (10) | – | |
10 | NOV | 6 | SA | Tokyo | Yomiuri Giants | D | 9–9 (10) | – | |
11 | NOV | 7 | SU | Tokyo | Yomiuri Giants | W | 7–0 (5) | Pat Dobson | Game abbreviated by rain. |
12 | NOV | 9 | TU | Kyoto | Yomiuri Giants/Hankyu Braves | L | 2–8 | Jim Palmer | Palmer loses to Hisashi Yamada in a duel between two 20‐game winners.[15] |
13 | NOV | 10 | W | Hiroshima | Yomiuri Giants/Hiroshima Toyo Carp | W | 4–2 | Mike Cuellar | |
14 | NOV | 11 | TH | Matsuyama | Yomiuri Giants | W | 2–0 (11) | Eddie Watt | |
15 | NOV | 13 | SA | Fukuoka | Yomiuri Giants/Nishitetsu Lions | D | 9–9 (10) | – | |
16 | NOV | 14 | SU | Kitakyushu | Yomiuri Giants | W | 8–7 | Pete Richert | |
17 | NOV | 16 | TU | Nagoya | Yomiuri Giants/Chunichi Dragons | L | 1–9 | Grant Jackson | |
18 | NOV | 20 | SA | Tokyo | Yomiuri Giants | W | 5–0 | Tom Dukes | Scheduled OCT 26 in Sapporo, then NOV 18 in Tokyo (rain both times).[16] |
Source: Baltimore Orioles 1972 Media Guide (scroll down to pages 25 and 26).
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 1971 Baltimore Orioles Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com Archived March 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Roger Freed page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 1971 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac
- ^ Bill Burbach page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dave Boswell page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Kiko Garcia page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 1971 World Series – PIT vs. BAL – Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Orioles to Tour Japan," The Associated Press (AP), Friday, January 1, 1971. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ "Orioles Look Anemic, Losing 1st to Carp, 1–0," The Washington Post, Sunday, October 28, 1984. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ "The Chrysanthemum and the Bat," Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 1977. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ "Orioles Beat Yomiuri Giants," United Press International (UPI), Wednesday, October 27, 1971. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ "Orioles Rained Out in Japan," United Press International (UPI), Saturday, October 30, 1971. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ "Orioles Win in Japan, 2‐0," The Associated Press (AP), Monday, November 1, 1971. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ "Orioles Suffer First Japan Loss," The Associated Press (AP), Tuesday, November 9, 1971. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ Glassman, Steven M. "The Baltimore Orioles’ 1971 Japan Trip," Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Retrieved March 22, 2023.
External links
[edit]- 1971 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
- 1971 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.