Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'ịmara nke ọma banyere ọtụtụ ndị nwere nkà n'usoro Pittsburgh, Murtaugh rịọrọ ka e weghachite ọrụ njikwa mgbe a chụpụrụ Larry Shepard n'izu ikpeazụ nke oge ahụ. Ozugbo a gwọchara ya, ọ ghọrọ onyeisi ndị Pirates ọzọ. (Naanị awa ole na ole mgbe a nwetaghachiri ya na Ọktoba 9, Don Hoak, onye isi nke atọ ya na 1960 World Series champion Pirates na onye njikwa na sistemụ ugbo Pirates na 1969, nwụrụ na nkụchi obi mgbe o kwenyere na ọ bụ onye isi na-agba ọsọ iji jikwaa klọb nne na nna.) Klọb abụọ mbụ ya meriri asọmpi National League East Division nke afọ 1970 na 1971. Ọ bụ ezie na ndị otu ahụ dara na National League Championship Series nke oge ahụ na Cincinnati Reds, Murtaugh's 1971 Pirates meriri San Francisco Giants na NLCS
ma mesịa merie World Series nke 1971 site na nlọghachi a na-agaghị echefu echefu site na egwuregwu abụọ na-enweghị ihe ọ bụla megide Baltimore Orioles. E ji ọmarịcha egwu nke onye ga-abụ onye ama ama n'egwuregwu Baseball bụ Roberto Clemente mara World Series ahụ, onye gbara.414 na 12 hits iji duru ndị otu ya gaa n'asọmpi ahụ.