Major League Baseball season
Major League Baseball team season
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
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day starters
Notable transactions
Draft picks
Roster
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
[1]
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
[1]
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Postseason
ALCS
Baltimore Orioles defeat the Oakland Athletics, 3–0
World Series
NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs. AL Baltimore Orioles (3)
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Miami, Bluefield
Japan tour
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]
Source: Baltimore Orioles 1972 Media Guide (scroll down to pages 25 and 26).
References
- ^ 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
- 1971 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
- 1971 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com
Bibliography
- 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.