1971 Baltimore Orioles Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 101-57
Finished 1st in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,023,037, Avg. 16,141
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Won League Championship Series
American League Championship Series - Defeated Oakland Athletics 3-0
World Series - Lost to Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3
Manager: Earl Weaver (101-57)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

1971 Baltimore Orioles Roster
1971 Baltimore Orioles Results

The Baltimore Orioles of the American League ended the 1971 season with a record of 101 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the AL's East Division.

The Orioles paced the league with 742 runs. Baltimore allowed 530 runs, least in the league. Frank Robinson led the team with 28 home runs, while Davey Johnson, Boog Powell, Brooks Robinson and Don Buford each walloped 20 or more as well. Frank Robinson accounted for 99 RBI. Merv Rettenmund topped all regular batters by hitting .318. Dave McNally paced the squad with 21 wins, and Mike Cuellar, Pat Dobson and Jim Palmer each added 15 or more victories as well Jim Palmer recorded a 2.68 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Earl Weaver coached the team. The 1971 Baltimore Orioles won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dave McNally	21	5	.808	2.89	30	30	0	11	1	0	224.3	188	75	72	24	58	2	91	5	0	5	899
Pat Dobson	20	8	.714	2.90	38	37	1	18	4	1	282.3	248	104	91	24	63	2	187	2	0	6	1134
Jim Palmer	20	9	.690	2.68	37	37	0	20	3	0	282.0	231	94	84	19	106	6	184	4	2	8	1165
Mike Cuellar	20	9	.690	3.08	38	38	0	21	4	0	292.3	250	111	100	30	78	1	124	1	0	3	1166
Dick Hall	6	6	.500	4.98	27	0	14	0	0	1	43.3	52	27	24	4	11	9	26	1	0	1	194
Grant Jackson	4	3	.571	3.13	29	9	0	0	0	0	77.7	72	31	27	7	20	5	51	2	0	4	318
Eddie Watt	3	1	.750	1.82	35	0	26	0	0	11	39.7	39	12	8	1	8	1	26	0	0	5	162
Pete Richert	3	5	.375	3.47	35	0	22	0	0	4	36.3	26	15	14	3	22	6	35	1	0	2	154
Dave Leonhard	2	3	.400	2.83	12	6	2	1	1	1	54.0	51	18	17	5	19	0	18	1	0	1	226
Dave Boswell	1	2	.333	4.38	15	1	6	0	0	0	24.7	32	16	12	4	15	1	14	0	0	1	121
Tom Dukes	1	5	.167	3.52	28	0	12	0	0	4	38.3	40	15	15	4	8	2	30	1	0	1	165
Jim Hardin	0	0		4.76	6	0	1	0	0	0	5.7	12	5	3	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	31
Orlando Pena	0	1	.000	3.07	5	0	3	0	0	0	14.7	16	7	5	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	64
Totals	101	57	.639	3.00	335	158	87	71	13	22	1415.3	1257	530	472	125	416	37	793	18	2	37	5799

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Brooks Robinson	156	663	589	67	160	21	1	20	92	0	0	63	50	.272	.341	.413	.754	243	15	3	1	7	8
Merv Rettenmund	141	589	491	81	156	23	4	11	75	15	6	87	60	.318	.422	.448	.870	220	13	4	4	3	2
Davey Johnson	142	574	510	67	144	26	1	18	72	3	1	51	55	.282	.351	.443	.794	226	15	5	4	4	5
Paul Blair	141	555	516	75	135	24	8	10	44	14	11	32	94	.262	.306	.397	.703	205	8	1	6	0	2
Mark Belanger	150	590	500	67	133	19	4	0	35	10	8	73	48	.266	.365	.320	.685	160	9	7	6	4	6
Don Buford	122	549	449	99	130	19	4	19	54	15	7	89	62	.290	.413	.477	.890	214	2	7	2	2	15
Frank Robinson	133	545	455	82	128	16	2	28	99	3	0	72	62	.281	.384	.510	.894	232	22	9	1	8	11
Boog Powell	128	509	418	59	107	19	0	22	92	1	0	82	64	.256	.379	.459	.839	192	10	4	0	5	11
Elrod Hendricks	101	361	316	33	79	14	1	9	42	0	0	39	38	.250	.334	.386	.720	122	9	2	2	2	5
Andy Etchebarren	70	243	222	21	60	8	0	9	29	1	4	16	40	.270	.321	.428	.749	95	5	1	3	1	2
Jim Palmer	38	116	102	7	20	1	0	0	9	1	0	3	41	.196	.219	.206	.425	21	0	0	11	0	0
Tom Shopay	47	79	74	10	19	2	0	0	5	2	1	3	7	.257	.286	.284	.569	21	2	0	2	0	1
Jerry DaVanon	38	94	81	14	19	5	0	0	4	0	0	12	20	.235	.340	.296	.637	24	5	1	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	42	90	84	11	15	1	0	2	7	0	0	3	21	.179	.205	.262	.466	22	3	0	2	1	0
Dave McNally	30	91	74	3	12	3	0	2	7	0	0	3	35	.162	.195	.284	.479	21	0	0	14	0	0
Mike Cuellar	38	117	107	7	11	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	54	.103	.119	.140	.259	15	2	0	8	0	0
Clay Dalrymple	23	67	49	6	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	16	13	.204	.409	.286	.695	14	0	1	1	0	1
Curt Motton	38	65	53	13	10	1	0	4	8	0	0	10	12	.189	.317	.434	.751	23	1	0	2	0	0
Pat Dobson	38	107	91	3	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	28	.110	.138	.110	.248	10	2	0	13	0	0
Bobby Grich	7	35	30	7	9	0	0	1	6	1	0	5	8	.300	.400	.400	.800	12	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Leonhard	13	19	18	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.278	.278	.278	.556	5	0	0	1	0	0
Terry Crowley	18	26	23	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.174	.269	.174	.443	4	2	0	0	0	0
Dick Hall	27	6	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	1	0	0
Grant Jackson	29	24	22	5	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.091	.167	.227	.394	5	1	0	0	0	0
Dave Boswell	15	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Dukes	28	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Richert	35	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Orlando Pena	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Baylor	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.000	.600	.000	.600	0	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	35	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Hardin	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1835	6143	5303	742	1382	207	25	158	702	66	38	672	844	.261	.347	.398	.745	2113	127	46	85	37	69

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Boog Powell	1B	124	114	1027.0	1031	67	5	97	.995	9.622	8.855	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	1B	37	37	307.0	272	17	6	25	.980	8.472	7.811	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	1B	9	4	50.0	42	2	0	4	1.000	7.920	4.889	0	0	0
Elrod Hendricks	1B	3	3	24.0	24	1	0	3	1.000	9.375	8.333	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	1B	2	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.500	0	0	0
Jerry DaVanon	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	2B	140	136	1213.0	361	367	12	103	.984	5.401	5.200	0	0	0
Jerry DaVanon	2B	20	11	119.0	34	31	2	6	.970	4.916	3.250	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	2B	9	9	64.0	26	12	2	5	.950	5.344	4.222	0	0	0
Bobby Grich	2B	2	2	20.0	5	7	0	2	1.000	5.400	6.000	0	0	0
Brooks Robinson	3B	156	155	1372.0	131	354	16	35	.968	3.181	3.109	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	3B	6	2	26.0	6	8	1	2	.933	4.846	2.333	0	0	0
Jerry DaVanon	3B	3	1	18.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	.333	0	0	0
Elrod Hendricks	C	90	83	735.0	429	33	7	5	.985	5.657	5.133	14	34	24	41.4
Andy Etchebarren	C	70	61	543.0	337	24	5	2	.986	5.983	5.157	2	18	22	55.0
Clay Dalrymple	C	18	14	138.0	94	7	3	1	.971	6.587	5.611	0	4	6	60.0
Merv Rettenmund	OF	134	129	1171.0	292	7	7	4	.977	2.298	2.231	0	0	0
Paul Blair	OF	138	121	1115.0	331	4	3	1	.991	2.704	2.428	0	0	0
Don Buford	OF	115	113	989.0	217	6	3	0	.987	2.029	1.939	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	OF	92	86	751.0	177	3	5	0	.973	2.157	1.957	0	0	0
Curt Motton	OF	16	10	98.0	20	1	0	0	1.000	1.929	1.313	0	0	0
Tom Shopay	OF	13	11	90.0	18	1	0	0	1.000	1.900	1.462	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	OF	6	3	24.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	.667	0	0	0
Don Baylor	OF	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000	0	0	0
Mike Cuellar	P	38	38	292.0	14	53	2	5	.971	2.065	1.763	0	0	0
Jim Palmer	P	37	37	282.0	27	41	5	3	.932	2.170	1.838	0	0	0
Pat Dobson	P	38	37	282.0	11	42	2	1	.964	1.691	1.395	0	0	0
Dave McNally	P	30	30	224.0	10	39	1	1	.980	1.969	1.633	0	0	0
Grant Jackson	P	29	9	78.0	3	11	1	1	.933	1.615	.483	0	0	0
Dave Leonhard	P	12	6	54.0	3	13	0	0	1.000	2.667	1.333	0	0	0
Dick Hall	P	27	0	43.0	1	3	1	0	.800	.837	.148	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	P	35	0	40.0	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.350	.171	0	0	0
Tom Dukes	P	28	0	38.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	.947	.143	0	0	0
Pete Richert	P	35	0	36.0	4	5	1	1	.900	2.250	.257	0	0	0
Dave Boswell	P	15	1	25.0	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.160	.400	0	0	0
Orlando Pena	P	5	0	15.0	0	3	1	1	.750	1.800	.600	0	0	0
Jim Hardin	P	6	0	6.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	.333	0	0	0
Mark Belanger	SS	149	142	1278.0	280	443	16	77	.978	5.092	4.852	0	0	0
Jerry DaVanon	SS	11	9	74.0	10	28	2	6	.950	4.622	3.455	0	0	0
Bobby Grich	SS	5	5	45.0	6	24	0	2	1.000	6.000	6.000	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	SS	5	2	18.0	1	8	3	1	.750	4.500	1.800	0	0	0
Totals		1710	1422	12740.0	4234	1678	112	394	.981	4.176	3.457	16	56	52	48.1

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Mike Cuellar	ALCS	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	33
Jim Palmer	ALCS	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	8	0	1	36
Dave McNally	ALCS	1	0	1.000	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	5	0	0	27
Eddie Watt	ALCS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
Dave McNally	WS	2	1	.667	1.98	4	2	2	1	0	13.7	10	7	3	1	5	0	12	0	2	59
Jim Palmer	WS	1	0	1.000	2.65	2	2	0	0	0	17.0	15	5	5	2	9	0	15	0	0	75
Dick Hall	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Tom Dukes	WS	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15
Dave Leonhard	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Grant Jackson	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Pete Richert	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Pat Dobson	WS	0	0		4.05	3	1	0	0	0	6.7	13	3	3	0	4	2	6	0	0	36
Eddie Watt	WS	0	1	.000	3.86	2	0	1	0	0	2.3	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	11
Mike Cuellar	WS	0	2	.000	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	14.0	11	7	6	2	6	1	10	0	0	60
Totals		6	4	.600	2.56	23	10	7	3	2	88.0	78	30	25	8	31	4	63	1	3	372

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Brooks Robinson	ALCS	3	11	11	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	.364	.364	.727	1.091	8	1	0	0	0	0
Don Buford	ALCS	2	9	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	.429	.556	.714	1.270	5	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Blair	ALCS	2	9	9	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	.333	.333	.444	.778	4	0	0	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	ALCS	3	13	10	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	.300	.462	.500	.962	5	0	0	0	0	0
Boog Powell	ALCS	3	13	10	4	3	0	0	2	3	0	3	3	.300	.462	.900	1.362	9	0	0	0	0	0
Elrod Hendricks	ALCS	2	6	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	5	0	0	0	1	1
Mark Belanger	ALCS	3	11	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	.250	.455	.250	.705	2	0	0	0	0	1
Merv Rettenmund	ALCS	3	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	3	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Motton	ALCS	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Cuellar	ALCS	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Palmer	ALCS	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	ALCS	3	13	12	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	.083	.154	.167	.321	2	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Etchebarren	ALCS	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave McNally	ALCS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Brooks Robinson	WS	7	27	22	2	7	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	.318	.370	.318	.689	7	1	0	0	2	0
Frank Robinson	WS	7	28	25	5	7	0	0	2	2	0	2	8	.280	.357	.520	.877	13	1	1	0	0	1
Don Buford	WS	6	26	23	3	6	1	0	2	4	0	3	3	.261	.346	.565	.911	13	0	0	0	0	0
Elrod Hendricks	WS	6	23	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	.263	.391	.316	.707	6	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Belanger	WS	7	26	21	4	5	0	1	0	0	1	5	2	.238	.385	.333	.718	7	1	0	0	0	0
Merv Rettenmund	WS	7	27	27	3	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	.185	.185	.296	.481	8	0	0	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	WS	7	28	27	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	.148	.179	.148	.327	4	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Blair	WS	4	9	9	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.444	.778	4	0	0	0	0	0
Boog Powell	WS	7	29	27	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.111	.138	.111	.249	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Palmer	WS	2	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Shopay	WS	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Cuellar	WS	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Dobson	WS	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Etchebarren	WS	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dave McNally	WS	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Richert	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Dukes	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Hall	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Jackson	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Leonhard	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		115	357	314	39	71	10	2	9	36	1	33	57	.226	.304	.357	.661	112	7	4	2	4	3

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Boog Powell	ALCS	1B	3	3	27.0	28	2	0	3	1.000	1.000	1.000
Davey Johnson	ALCS	2B	3	3	27.0	5	6	1	3	.917	3.667	3.667
Brooks Robinson	ALCS	3B	3	3	27.0	4	7	0	0	1.000	3.667	3.667
Elrod Hendricks	ALCS	C	2	2	15.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.600	3.000
Andy Etchebarren	ALCS	C	2	1	12.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	8.250	5.500
Paul Blair	ALCS	CF	2	2	18.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	2.500
Merv Rettenmund	ALCS	CF	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000
Don Buford	ALCS	LF	2	2	16.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.563	.500
Merv Rettenmund	ALCS	LF	2	1	11.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.455	1.500
Jim Palmer	ALCS	P	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
Mike Cuellar	ALCS	P	1	1	9.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	2.000
Dave McNally	ALCS	P	1	1	7.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.571	2.000
Eddie Watt	ALCS	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
Frank Robinson	ALCS	RF	3	3	27.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333	2.333
Mark Belanger	ALCS	SS	3	3	27.0	6	11	0	3	1.000	5.667	5.667
Boog Powell	WS	1B	7	7	61.0	52	4	1	1	.982	8.262	8.000
Davey Johnson	WS	2B	7	7	61.0	18	12	0	2	1.000	4.426	4.286
Brooks Robinson	WS	3B	7	7	61.0	6	17	2	1	.920	3.393	3.286
Elrod Hendricks	WS	C	6	6	53.0	40	4	1	0	.978	7.472	7.333
Andy Etchebarren	WS	C	1	1	8.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.750	6.000
Merv Rettenmund	WS	CF	5	5	40.0	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.925	2.600
Paul Blair	WS	CF	4	2	21.0	6	2	1	0	.889	3.429	2.000
Don Buford	WS	LF	6	6	51.0	13	1	0	0	1.000	2.471	2.333
Merv Rettenmund	WS	LF	2	1	10.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.700	1.500
Jim Palmer	WS	P	2	2	17.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.588	1.500
Mike Cuellar	WS	P	2	2	14.0	0	3	1	0	.750	1.929	1.500
Dave McNally	WS	P	4	2	13.7	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.317	.500
Pat Dobson	WS	P	3	1	6.7	0	3	0	0	1.000	4.050	1.000
Tom Dukes	WS	P	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Eddie Watt	WS	P	2	0	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Dave Leonhard	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Dick Hall	WS	P	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
Pete Richert	WS	P	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Grant Jackson	WS	P	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Frank Robinson	WS	RF	7	7	58.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.862	1.714
Merv Rettenmund	WS	RF	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000
Mark Belanger	WS	SS	7	7	61.0	10	20	3	1	.909	4.426	4.286
Totals			109	90	792.0	264	100	10	14	.973	4.136	3.339

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