- Source: 1971 Baltimore Orioles 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.
Offseason
December 16, 1970: Roger Freed was traded by the Orioles to the Philadelphia Phillies for Grant Jackson, Jim Hutto and Sam Parrilla
Regular season
= Season standings
== Record vs. opponents
== Opening Day starters
=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)
= Notable transactions
=May 28, 1971: Jim Hardin was traded by the Orioles to the New York Yankees for Bill Burbach.
May 28, 1971: Dave Boswell was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
Draft picks
June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
Randy Stein was drafted by the Orioles in the 1st round (23rd pick).
Kiko Garcia was drafted by the Orioles in the 3rd round. Player signed June 27, 1971.
= 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
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
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. 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.
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.
Source: Baltimore Orioles 1972 Media Guide (scroll down to pages 25 and 26).
References
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.
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