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In 1971, the Pirates became the first Major League Baseball team to field an all-black starting lineup. [6] Taking the field, on September 1, was Rennie Stennett , Gene Clines , Roberto Clemente , Willie Stargell , Manny Sanguillén , Dave Cash , Al Oliver , Jackie Hernández , and Dock Ellis .
The 1971 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series in Major League Baseball’s 1971 postseason that pitted the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the West Division champion San Francisco Giants. The Pirates won the Series three games to one and won the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.
The 1971 World Series was the championship round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1971 season and featured the first night game in its history. The 68th edition of the Fall Classic was a best-of-seven playoff between the defending World Series and American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
The first all-minority lineup in MLB history took the field on September 1, 1971. [91] The lineup was Rennie Stennett , Gene Clines , Roberto Clemente , Willie Stargell , Manny Sanguillén , Dave Cash , Al Oliver , Jackie Hernández , and Dock Ellis .
Holtzman scores the only run, unearned, in the third inning, to beat Reds pitcher Gary Nolan. June 6 – Willie Mays hits his major league-leading 22nd and last career extra-inning home run. It comes against Phillies reliever Joe Hoerner. June 8 – The June 1971 amateur draft features future notable players who are selected in the early rounds.
In Pittsburgh, the Pirates took Game 3 off a solid performance from starting pitcher Bob Johnson, and took Game 4 by a 9–5 score to secure the pennant. Both teams would meet again in the 2014 Wild Card Game, which the Giants won 8–0. The Pirates would win their next and most recent NL pennant in 1979, where they swept the Cincinnati Reds.
Robert Eugene Robertson (born October 2, 1946) [1] is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman between 1967 and 1979, most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won five National League Eastern Division titles in six years between 1970 and 1975 and, won the World Series in 1971.
David Cash Jr. (born June 11, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player and coach.He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1969 to 1980, most prominently as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates where, he was a member of the 1971 World Series winning team and, with the Philadelphia Phillies where he became a three-time All-Star player.