Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te mōhio ki te nui o ngā pūkenga i roto i te pūnaha o Pittsburgh, i tono a Murtaugh kia whakahokia mai te tūranga kaiwhakahaere i muri i te wehenga o Larry Shepard i te wiki whakamutunga o te tau. I te wa i whakawāteatia ai e te hauora, ka noho ia hei rangatira mo nga Pirates. (I etahi haora i muri mai i tenei whakahoutanga i te Oketopa 9, ko Don Hoak, tana tuatoru tuatoru i runga i te 1960 World Series toa Pirates me te kaiwhakahaere i te punaha pāmu Pirates i te 1969, i mate i te mate ngakau i muri i tana whakapono ko ia te kaitono nui ki te whakahaere i te karapu matua.) Ko ana karapu tuatahi e rua i toa i nga taitara o te Rohe o te Rohe o te Rohe o te Rohe i te tau 1970-71. Ahakoa i hinga te kapa i te National League Championship Series o taua wa
I muri i te tukinga o te kapa Pirates 1971 a Murtaugh ki te Cincinnati Reds, ka hinga te kapa Pirates 1971 a Murtaugh i te San Francisco Giants i te NLCS, kātahi ka riro i a ia te 1971 World Series me te hokinga mai e kore e warewarehia mai i te rua-kino-ki-kino-kore i te Baltimore Orioles. Ko taua World Series i tohuhia e te mahinga pai o te Whare Pepa Pepa o muri mai a Roberto Clemente, nana nei i patu.414 me nga whiu 12 hei arahi i tana kapa ki te toa.