🏆 World Series Champions

1971 Pittsburgh Pirates

97-65 • 0.599 Win% • 1st in NL E

📊 Season Record

97 Wins
65 Losses
0.599 Win %
1st Rank
788 R 599 RA
Diff +189

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⚡ Quick Stats

788 Runs Scored
599 Runs Allowed
+189 Run Diff
1,501K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 NL Average

Batting Avg .274 9% above the 1971 league average (.251)
OBP .329 5% above the 1971 league average (.314)
SLG .355 13% above the 1971 league average (.314)
Team ERA 3.31 5% better than the 1971 league average (3.47)
Runs Scored 788 24% above the 1971 league average (633 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThree Rivers Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,501,132
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Avg per Game 18,764

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rennie Stennett 0.353 2 Roberto Clemente 0.341 3 Manny Sanguillen 0.319 4 Gene Clines 0.308 5 Willie Stargell 0.295

Home Runs

1 Willie Stargell 48 2 Bob Robertson 26 3 Richie Hebner 17 4 Al Oliver 14 5 Roberto Clemente 13

RBI

1 Willie Stargell 125 2 Roberto Clemente 86 3 Manny Sanguillen 81 4 Bob Robertson 72 5 Richie Hebner 67
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Manny Sanguillen 138 533 60 170 0 0 7 81 19 32 6 0.319
Al Oliver 143 529 69 149 0 0 14 64 27 72 4 0.282
Roberto Clemente 132 522 82 178 0 0 13 86 26 65 1 0.341
Willie Stargell 141 511 104 151 0 0 48 125 83 154 0 0.295
Dave Cash 123 478 79 138 0 0 2 34 46 33 13 0.289
Bob Robertson 131 469 65 127 0 0 26 72 60 101 1 0.271
Richie Hebner 112 388 50 105 0 0 17 67 32 68 2 0.271
Gene Alley 114 348 38 79 0 0 6 28 35 43 9 0.227
Vic Davalillo 99 295 48 84 0 0 1 33 11 31 10 0.285
Gene Clines 97 273 52 84 0 0 1 24 22 36 15 0.308
Jackie Hernandez 88 233 30 48 0 0 3 26 17 45 0 0.206
Bill Mazeroski 70 193 17 49 0 0 1 16 15 8 0 0.254
Jose Pagan 57 158 16 38 0 0 5 15 16 25 0 0.241
Rennie Stennett 50 153 24 54 0 0 1 15 7 9 1 0.353
Milt May 49 126 15 35 0 0 6 25 9 16 0 0.278
Steve Blass 34 83 5 10 0 0 0 2 1 15 0 0.120
Dock Ellis 44 79 11 16 0 0 0 12 6 29 2 0.203
Bob Johnson 31 48 3 3 0 0 0 2 8 33 0 0.062
Luke Walker 28 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 30 0 0.022
Nelson Briles 37 39 3 10 0 0 1 4 2 13 0 0.256
Bob Moose 30 39 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 11 1 0.103
Bruce Kison 18 31 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 16 0 0.065
Charlie Sands 28 25 4 5 0 0 1 5 7 6 0 0.200
Dave Giusti 58 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.059
Richie Zisk 7 15 2 3 0 0 1 2 4 7 0 0.200
Carl Taylor 7 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.167
Bob Veale 37 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.333
Mudcat Grant 42 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.250
Jim Nelson 17 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.500
Rimp Lanier 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ramon Hernandez 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500
John Lamb 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Miller 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Frank Brosseau 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Taveras 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Nelson 2.34 2 Steve Blass 2.85 3 Dave Giusti 2.93 4 Nelson Briles 3.04 5 Dock Ellis 3.06

Wins

1 Dock Ellis 19 2 Steve Blass 15 3 Bob Moose 11 4 Luke Walker 10 5 Bob Johnson 9

Strikeouts

1 Dock Ellis 137 2 Steve Blass 136 3 Bob Johnson 101 4 Luke Walker 86 5 Nelson Briles 76
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Steve Blass 15 8 2.85 33 33 0 240.0 68 136
Dock Ellis 19 9 3.06 31 31 0 226.2 63 137
Bob Johnson 9 10 3.45 31 27 0 174.2 55 101
Luke Walker 10 8 3.55 28 24 0 159.2 53 86
Bob Moose 11 7 4.11 30 18 1 140.0 35 68
Nelson Briles 8 4 3.04 37 14 1 136.0 35 76
Bruce Kison 6 5 3.40 18 13 0 95.1 36 60
Dave Giusti 5 6 2.93 58 0 30 86.0 31 55
Mudcat Grant 5 3 3.60 42 0 7 75.0 28 22
Bob Veale 6 0 6.99 37 0 2 46.1 24 40
Jim Nelson 2 2 2.34 17 2 0 34.2 26 11
Bob Miller 1 2 1.29 16 0 3 28.0 13 13
Ramon Hernandez 0 1 0.73 10 0 4 12.1 2 7
John Lamb 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 4.1 1 1
Frank Brosseau 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
PIT def. SFN 3-1
World Series
PIT def. BAL 4-3

👥 Roster (35)

Gene Alley Steve Blass Nelson Briles Frank Brosseau Dave Cash Roberto Clemente Gene Clines Vic Davalillo Dock Ellis Dave Giusti Mudcat Grant Richie Hebner +23 more

35 players

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