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The 1971 American League Championship Series was a matchup between the East Division Champion Baltimore Orioles and the West Division Champion Oakland Athletics. The Orioles swept the A's in three games, despite the fact that each team had won 101 games.
1971 ALCS - Baltimore Orioles over Oakland Athletics (3-0) series statistics and schedule on Baseball-Reference.com.
Baltimore Orioles beat Oakland Athletics (5-3). Oct 3, 1971, Attendance: 42621, Time of Game: 2:23. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability.
The 1971 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1971 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
Team Statistics. Previous Season Next Season. Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL. Pennant Winner: Baltimore Orioles. AL Most Valuable Player: Vida Blue. AL Cy Young: Vida Blue. AL Rookie of the Year: Chris Chambliss.
May 28, 2019 · 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.
At the World Series, Roberto Clemente and Steve Blass combined on both sides of the plate for a 2-1, Game 7 victory that granted the Pirates their first World Championship title since 1960. After the game, some 40,000 ecstatic fans rioted in downtown Pittsburgh resulting in over one-hundred injuries and thousands of dollars in property damage.
