1971 Little League World Series

The 1971 Little League World Series was the 25th Little League World Series. The eight teams playing were Brockville, ON, Tainan, Caguas, Madrid, Wahiawa, HI, Gary, IN, Lexington, KY (the first LLWS entry from Kentucky) and Augusta, ME. The big star of the Series was Lloyd McClendon, who homered in all five at-bats to set Series records for average, OBP, slugging and homers; he was walked every other time up. He was the only future major leaguer in the Series.

In the championship game, McClendon battled Tainan ace Chin-Mu Hsu to a 3-3 tie after 8 innings (a 3-run homer by McClendon accounting for all of Gary's runs), but McClendon folded in the 9th and Taiwan scored 9 times to make a deceptive 12-3 final score. McClendon wasn't the only player to have a record-setting Series; Hsu struck out a record 22 in the finale (McClendon fanned 12) and Gary catcher Ralph Basemore had 10 passed balls trying to catch McClendon (through 2011, no other player had more than 5 in a game).

Source: 2012 Little League World Series Media Guide

Participants

United States Teams				International Teams
Region	City	League		Region	City	League
Central	Gary, IN	Anderson Little League		Canada	Brockville, ON	Brockville Little League
East	Augusta, ME	Augusta East Little League		Europe	Madrid	Madrid Little League
South	Lexington, KY	Gardenside Little League		Far East	Tainan	Tainan Little League
West	Wahiawa, HI	Wahiawa American Little League		Latin America	Caguas	Caguas-Gillette Little League

Results

Game Results

• Tainan 7, Caguas 0
• Wahiawa, HI 3, Brockville, ON 2
• Madrid 5, Augusta, ME 0
• Gary, IN 7, Lexington, KY 2
• Tainan 11, Wahiawa, HI 0
• Gary, IN 7, Madrid 0
• Wahiawa, HI 3, Madrid 1 (Consolation game)
• Tainan 12, Gary, IN 3 (Championship game)

• Caguas 5, Brockville, ON 2
• Augusta, ME 1, Lexington, KY 0
• Brockville, ON 4, Lexington, KY 1 (7th place)
• Caguas 4, Augusta, ME 0 (5th Place)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Tainan	7
		Caguas	0
							Tainan	11
							Wahiawa, HI	0
		Wahiawa, HI	3
		Brockville, ON	2
												Tainan	12
												Gary, IN	3
		Madrid	5
		Augusta, ME	0
							Madrid	0
							Gary, IN	7
		Gary, IN	7
		Lexington, KY	2