1971 Season

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1971 Season

The 1971 season was the first to suffer from the Divisional setup, as the Orioles and Athletics would have staged an exciting pennant race. But since they were in separate divisions, Baltimore won by 12 games and Oakland by 16 -- no excitement. Of course had there been no division play, the missing games for the Orioles and Athletics would have been made up to decide the pennant winner. Since the Orioles swept the Athletics in the League Championship series, we will consider them the legitimate pennant winners. In the NL a close race between the Giants and Dodgers would not have mattered without division play, but both teams were well behind the Pirates. The Giants did manage one win in the League Championship Series, but the best team still prevailed. The Pirates beat the Orioles in 7 games in the World Series.

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FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE	W	L	Pct	GB	NATIONAL LEAGUE	W	L	Pct	GB
Baltimore	101	57	.639	--	Pittsburgh	97	65	.599	--
Oakland	101	60	.627	1½	San Francisco	90	72	.556	7
Detroit	91	71	.562	12	St. Louis	90	72	.556	7
Kansas City	85	76	.528	17½	Los Angeles	89	73	.549	8
Boston	85	77	..525	18	Chicago	83	79	.512	14
New York	82	80	.506	21	New York	83	79	.512	14
Chicago	79	83	.488	24	Atlanta	82	80	.506	15
California	76	86	.469	27	Cincinnati	79	83	.488	18
Minnesota	74	86	.463	28	Houston	79	83	.488	18
Milwaukee	69	92	.429	33½	Montreal	71	90	.441	25½
Washington	63	96	.396	38½	Philadelphia	67	95	.414	30
Cleveland	60	102	.370	43	San Diego	61	100	.379	35½

Data source The Sporting News Official Major League Baseball Fact Book 2000 Edition

PENNANT RACE

AMERICAN LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

WORLD SERIES

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