Back دورى كورة القاعده الرئيسى 1971 ARZ Temporada 1971 de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol Spanish 1971年のメジャーリーグベースボール Japanese 1971년 메이저 리그 베이스볼 시즌 Korean МЛБ в сезоне 1971 Russian 1971年美國職棒大聯盟球季 Chinese
| 1971 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular season:
|
| Number of games | 162 |
| Number of teams | 24 (12 per league) |
| TV partner(s) | NBC |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Danny Goodwin |
| Picked by | Chicago White Sox |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Vida Blue (OAK) NL: Joe Torre (STL) |
| Postseason | |
| AL champions | Baltimore Orioles |
| AL runners-up | Oakland Athletics |
| NL champions | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| NL runners-up | San Francisco Giants |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Runners-up | Baltimore Orioles |
| World Series MVP | Roberto Clemente (PIT) |
The 1971 major league baseball season began on April 5, 1971, while the regular season ended on September 30. The postseason began on October 2. The 68th World Series began with Game 1 on October 9 and ended with Game 7 on October 17, with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League defeating the Baltimore Orioles of the American League, four games to three, capturing their fourth championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1960. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Baltimore Orioles from the 1970 season.
The 42nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game, was held on July 13 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, home of the Detroit Tigers. The American League won, 6–4, and was the first American League win since the second game of 1962, and their last until 1983.
This was the final season that the Washington Senators would play in Washington, D.C., as the team would relocate to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex city of Arlington, Texas as the Texas Rangers the following season. Washington would remain vacant of a major league team for 33 seasons until the Montreal Expos relocated there as the Washington Nationals in 2005.
This was the final season the majority of MLB teams wore wool flannel uniforms. The Pirates and Cardinals wore double knit uniforms of nylon and rayon throughout 1971, and the Orioles gradually phased out flannels, going all-double knit in time for the ALCS. By 1973, flannel uniforms completely disappeared from the MLB scene.