1971 Major League Baseball season

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1971 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 5 – October 17, 1971
Number of games162
Number of teams24
TV partner(s)NBC
Draft
Top draft pickDanny Goodwin
Picked byChicago White Sox
Regular season
Season MVPAL: Vida Blue (OAK)
NL: Joe Torre (STL)
Postseason
AL championsBaltimore Orioles
  AL runners-upOakland Athletics
NL championsPittsburgh Pirates
  NL runners-upSan Francisco Giants
World Series
ChampionsPittsburgh Pirates
  Runners-upBaltimore Orioles
World Series MVPRoberto Clemente (PIT)
MLB seasons

The 1971 Major League Baseball season was the final season for the Senators in Washington, D.C., before the team's relocation to the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb Arlington for the following season, as the Texas Rangers, leaving the nation's capital without a baseball team of its own until 2005.

This was the final season the majority of MLB teams wore wool flannel uniforms. The Pirates and Cardinals wore double knit uniforms of nylon and rayon throughout 1971, and the Orioles gradually phased out flannels, going all-double knit in time for the ALCS. By 1973, flannel uniforms completely disappeared from the MLB scene.

Standings

American League

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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
AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 101 60 .627 46‍–‍35 55‍–‍25
Kansas City Royals 85 76 .528 16 44‍–‍37 41‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox 79 83 .488 22½ 39‍–‍42 40‍–‍41
California Angels 76 86 .469 25½ 35‍–‍46 41‍–‍40
Minnesota Twins 74 86 .463 26½ 37‍–‍42 37‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 69 92 .429 32 34‍–‍48 35‍–‍44

National League

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 97 65 .599 52‍–‍28 45‍–‍37
St. Louis Cardinals 90 72 .556 7 45‍–‍36 45‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs 83 79 .512 14 44‍–‍37 39‍–‍42
New York Mets 83 79 .512 14 44‍–‍37 39‍–‍42
Montreal Expos 71 90 .441 25½ 36‍–‍44 35‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies 67 95 .414 30 34‍–‍47 33‍–‍48
NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 90 72 .556 51‍–‍30 39‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers 89 73 .549 1 42‍–‍39 47‍–‍34
Atlanta Braves 82 80 .506 8 43‍–‍39 39‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 79 83 .488 11 46‍–‍35 33‍–‍48
Houston Astros 79 83 .488 11 39‍–‍42 40‍–‍41
San Diego Padres 61 100 .379 28½ 33‍–‍48 28‍–‍52

Postseason

Bracket

League Championship Series
(ALCS, NLCS)
World Series
EastBaltimore555
WestOakland313
ALBaltimore511130310*1
NLPittsburgh3354422
EastPittsburgh4929
WestSan Francisco5415

*Denotes walk-off

Umpires

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

Statistic American League National League
AVG Tony Oliva MIN .337 Joe Torre STL .363
HR Bill Melton CWS 33 Willie Stargell PIT 48
RBIs Harmon Killebrew MIN 119 Joe Torre STL 137
Wins Mickey Lolich DET 25 Ferguson Jenkins CHC 24
ERA Vida Blue OAK 1.82 Tom Seaver NYM 1.76
SO Mickey Lolich DET 308 Tom Seaver NYM 289
SV Ken Sanders MIL 31 Dave Giusti PIT 30
SB Amos Otis KC 52 Lou Brock STL 64

Regular season recap

Three of the four division races were anticlimactic; the only race was in the NL West between old rivals Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. The Giants led by 8.5 games on September 1 but the Dodgers chipped away. In mid September, the Dodgers won 8 in a row, including 5 over the Giants to narrow the gap to one game. But they could get no closer; ultimately both teams won on the final day of the season and the Giants won the division by 1 game.

Home field attendance

Team name Wins Home attendance Per game
New York Mets[53] 83 0.0% 2,266,680 −16.0% 27,984
Los Angeles Dodgers[54] 89 2.3% 2,064,594 21.7% 25,489
Boston Red Sox[55] 85 −2.3% 1,678,732 5.2% 20,984
Chicago Cubs[56] 83 −1.2% 1,653,007 0.6% 20,407
St. Louis Cardinals[57] 90 18.4% 1,604,671 −1.5% 19,569
Detroit Tigers[58] 91 15.2% 1,591,073 6.0% 19,643
Philadelphia Phillies[59] 67 −8.2% 1,511,223 113.4% 18,657
Pittsburgh Pirates[60] 97 9.0% 1,501,132 11.9% 18,764
Cincinnati Reds[61] 79 −22.5% 1,501,122 −16.8% 18,532
Montreal Expos[62] 71 −2.7% 1,290,963 −9.4% 16,137
Houston Astros[63] 79 0.0% 1,261,589 0.6% 15,575
San Francisco Giants[64] 90 4.7% 1,106,043 49.3% 13,655
New York Yankees[65] 82 −11.8% 1,070,771 −5.8% 13,219
Baltimore Orioles[66] 101 −6.5% 1,023,037 −3.2% 13,286
Atlanta Braves[67] 82 7.9% 1,006,320 −6.7% 12,272
Minnesota Twins[68] 74 −24.5% 940,858 −25.4% 11,910
California Angels[69] 76 −11.6% 926,373 −14.0% 11,437
Oakland Athletics[70] 101 13.5% 914,993 17.6% 11,296
Kansas City Royals[71] 85 30.8% 910,784 31.4% 11,244
Chicago White Sox[72] 79 41.1% 833,891 68.3% 10,295
Milwaukee Brewers[73] 69 6.2% 731,531 −21.7% 8,921
Washington Senators[74] 63 −10.0% 655,156 −20.6% 8,088
Cleveland Indians[75] 60 −21.1% 591,361 −19.0% 7,301
San Diego Padres[76] 61 −3.2% 557,513 −13.4% 6,883

Events

January–June

July–December

Television coverage

NBC was the exclusive national TV broadcaster of MLB, airing the weekend Game of the Week, the All-Star Game, both League Championship Series, and the World Series.

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