1971

1971 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1971.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Hankyu Braves (PL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Hankyu Braves (Details)
• Claxton Shield: South Australia

Europe

• European Cup: Milano B.C., Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Nice Université Club
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Sparta Rotterdam
  • Serie A1: Glent Grant Nettuno

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) over the Baltimore Orioles (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Baltimore Orioles (Details)
    • National League: Pittsburgh Pirates (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Rochester Red Wings (IL) over the Denver Bears (AA), 4 - 3 (Details)
  • American Association: Denver Bears (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bluefield Orioles
  • California League: Visalia Mets
  • Carolina League: Peninsula Phillies
  • Eastern League: Elmira Royals
  • Florida State League: Miami Marlins
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Royals
  • International League: Rochester Red Wings (Details)
  • Mexican Center League: Ebano Rojos
  • Mexican Northern League: Mexicali Aguilas
  • Midwest League: Quad Cities Angels
  • New York-Penn League: Oneonta Yankees
  • Northern League: St. Cloud Rox
  • Northwest League: Tri-City Padres
  • Pacific Coast League: Salt Lake City Angels (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Great Falls Giants
  • Southern League: Charlotte Hornets
  • Texas League: Arkansas Travelers
  • Western Carolinas League: Greenwood Braves

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Charros de Jalisco defeated the Saraperos de Saltillo in the finals, 4 - 3

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Azucareros (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Leones del Escogido in the finals, 6 - 1
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Naranjeros de Hermosillo
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Cangrejeros de Santurce
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tiburones de La Guaira defeated the Navegantes del Magallanes in the finals, 4 - 3

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): The University of Southern California defeated Southern Illinois University in the finals, 7 - 2 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Florida Southern College over the Central Michigan University, 4 - 0 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Linfield College over the David Lipscomb University, 9 - 8 (10 inn.) in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Mesa Community College
• Community College League of California: Cañada College over Los Angeles City College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Anchorage Glacier Pilots (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Asia University defeated the Hosei University in the final, 7 - 4 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: The Third High School of Nihon University (Tokyo) defeat Daitetsu High School (Osaka), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Toin Gakuen High School (Kanagawa) defeat Iwaki High School (Fukushima), 1 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Tainan (Tainan, Taiwan) defeat Anderson (Gary, IN), 12 - 3 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Cuba (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Colombia (Silver); Nicaragua (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Seoul, South Korea (Details)
  • South Korea (Gold); Japan (Silver); The Philippines (Bronze)
• European Championship in Parma, Italy and Bologna, Italy (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Germany (Bronze)
• Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Colombia (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Baseball: The Golden Age, by Harold Seymour
• The Way It Is, by Curt Flood and Richard Carter

Song

• The Philadelphia Fillies, by Del Reeves
• Vida Blue, by Albert Jones

Births

Further information: Births in 1971

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1971