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Jake O'Donnell retired from umpiring after the 1971 season, after only three years on the job, but went on to work through 1995 as a referee in the NBA, earning assignment to every NBA Finals between 1972 and 1994. His work in this game makes him the only person to officiate in a Major League Baseball All-Star Game and an NBA All-Star Game.
The 1971 Major League Baseball season was the final season for the Senators in Washington, D.C., ... It is the only AL All-Star victory between 1962 and 1983. Jackson ...
May 6 – NBC Sports and Major League Baseball agree to a four-year, $72 million contract, running through 1976, for 26 Saturday "Game of the Week" telecasts, ten Monday night games, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, both the AL and NL League Championship Series, and the World Series. Part of the agreement stipulates that all World ...
Six future Hall of Famers hit round-trippers in a Home Run Derby of sorts during the 1971 All-Star Game at Detroit's Tiger Stadium.
A shutout of the White Sox makes Blue a Black Ace. Blue started the 1971 season on an unprecedented roll, winning 17 of 21 starts before the All-Star Game.
A second game was played for four seasons, from 1959 through 1962. The All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award was introduced in 1962 and the first recipient was Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2008 game featured the longest All-Star Game by time: 4 hours 50 minutes, and tied for innings at 15 with the 1967 game.
Pages in category "1971 Major League Baseball season" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game;
The Rochester Red Wings finished with the best record in the league for the first time since 1966.; On June 24, 1971, an International League all-star team beat the New York Yankees, 15–13, in an exhibition game at Silver Stadium in Rochester, New York, before a crowd of 11,001—notable players on the all-star squad included Don Baylor, Carlton Fisk, and Bobby Grich.