1971 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1971 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1971

World Series Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates

Runner Up

Baltimore Orioles

Most Valuable Players

AL: Vida Blue NL: Joe Torre

Cy Young Winners

AL: Vida Blue NL: Fergie Jenkins

Rookies of the Year

AL: Chris Chambliss NL: Earl Williams

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Danny Goodwin (Chicago White Sox)

All-Star Game

Detroit,Michigan

Teams

Players

827

Attendance

29,193,417

Payroll

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1971 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	158	101	57	.639	--	742	530	212	Lost World Series (Pirates)	1,023,037	14	Harry Dalton	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
2	3	4	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	12.0	701	645	56	dnq	1,591,073	6	Jim Campbell	Billy Martin	Tiger Stadium
3	5	9	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	18.0	691	667	24	dnq	1,678,732	3	Dick O'Connell	Eddie Kasko	Fenway Park
4	6	13	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	21.0	648	641	7	dnq	1,070,771	13	Lee MacPhail	Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I
5	11	22	Washington Senators II	T - S - R - L	159	63	96	.396	38.5	537	660	-123	dnq	655,156	22	Bob Short	Ted Williams	RFK Memorial Stadium
6	12	24	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	60	102	.370	43.0	543	747	-204	dnq	591,361	23	Alvin Dark	Alvin Dark, Johnny Lipon	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	161	101	60	.627	--	691	564	127	Lost ALCS (Orioles)	914,993	18	Charlie Finley	Dick Williams	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2	4	8	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	161	85	76	.528	16.0	603	566	37	dnq	910,784	19	Cedric Tallis	Bob Lemon	Municipal Stadium
3	7	15	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	22.5	617	597	20	dnq	833,891	20	Stu Holcomb	Chuck Tanner	Comiskey Park
4	8	17	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	25.5	511	576	-65	dnq	926,373	17	Dick Walsh	Lefty Phillips	Anaheim Stadium
5	9	18	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	160	74	86	.463	26.5	654	670	-16	dnq	940,858	16	Calvin Griffith	Bill Rigney	Metropolitan Stadium
6	10	20	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	161	69	92	.429	32.0	534	609	-75	dnq	731,531	21	Frank Lane	Dave Bristol	County Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	788	599	189	Won World Series (Orioles)	1,501,132	8	Joe Brown	Danny Murtaugh	Three Rivers Stadium
2	2	6	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	7.0	739	699	40	dnq	1,604,671	5	Bing Devine	Red Schoendienst	Busch Stadium II
3	5	10	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	14.0	588	550	38	dnq	2,266,680	1	Bob Scheffing	Gil Hodges	Shea Stadium
4	6	11	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	14.0	637	648	-11	dnq	1,653,007	4	John Holland	Leo Durocher	Wrigley Field
5	10	19	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	161	71	90	.441	25.5	622	729	-107	dnq	1,290,963	10	Jim Fanning	Gene Mauch	Jarry Park
6	11	21	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	30.0	558	688	-130	dnq	1,511,223	7	John Quinn	Frank Lucchesi	Veterans Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	706	644	62	Lost NLCS (Pirates)	1,106,043	12	Horace Stoneham	Charlie Fox	Candlestick Park
2	4	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	1.0	663	587	76	dnq	2,064,594	2	Al Campanis	Walter Alston	Dodger Stadium
3	7	12	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	8.0	643	699	-56	dnq	1,006,320	15	Paul Richards	Lum Harris	Atlanta Stadium
4	8	14	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	11.0	585	567	18	dnq	1,261,589	11	Spec Richardson	Harry Walker	Astrodome
5	9	16	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	11.0	586	581	5	dnq	1,501,122	9	Bob Howsam	Sparky Anderson	Riverfront Stadium
6	12	23	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	161	61	100	.379	28.5	486	610	-124	dnq	557,513	24	Buzzie Bavasi	Preston Gomez	San Diego Stadium
24 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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