1971 Baltimore Orioles season
In 1971, the Baltimore Orioles finished first in the American League East, with a record of 101 wins and 57 losses. As of 2016, the 1971 Orioles are one of only two Major League Baseball clubs to have four 20-game winners in a season: Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, and Pat Dobson.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 101 | 316 | 79 | .250 | 9 | 42 |
1B | | 128 | 418 | 107 | .256 | 22 | 92 |
2B | | 142 | 510 | 144 | .282 | 18 | 72 |
3B | | 156 | 589 | 160 | .272 | 20 | 92 |
SS | | 150 | 500 | 133 | .266 | 0 | 35 |
LF | | 122 | 449 | 130 | .290 | 19 | 54 |
CF | | 141 | 516 | 135 | .262 | 10 | 44 |
RF | | 133 | 455 | 128 | .281 | 28 | 99 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 141 | 491 | 156 | .318 | 11 | 75 |
| 70 | 222 | 60 | .270 | 9 | 29 |
| 42 | 84 | 15 | .179 | 2 | 7 |
| 38 | 81 | 19 | .235 | 0 | 4 |
| 47 | 74 | 19 | .257 | 0 | 5 |
| 38 | 53 | 10 | .189 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 38 | 292.1 | 20 | 9 | 3.08 | 124 |
| 38 | 282.1 | 20 | 8 | 2.90 | 187 |
| 37 | 282.0 | 20 | 9 | 2.68 | 184 |
| 30 | 224.1 | 21 | 5 | 2.89 | 91 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 29 | 77.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.13 | 51 |
| 12 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 2.83 | 18 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 35 | 39.2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1.82 | 26 |
| 35 | 36.1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.47 | 35 |
| 28 | 38.1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3.52 | 30 |
| 27 | 43.1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4.98 | 26 |
| 16 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.38 | 14 |
| 6 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 3 |
| 5 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.07 | 4 |
Postseason
ALCS
Baltimore Orioles defeat the Oakland Athletics, 3–0World Series
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Miami, Bluefield