Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Da yake sane da yawan baiwa a cikin tsarin Pittsburgh, Murtaugh ya nemi ya dawo da aikin gudanarwa bayan an kori Larry Shepard a makon da ya gabata na kakar wasa. Da zarar likita ya tsabtace, ya zama kyaftin na Pirates sau ɗaya. (A cikin sa'o'i bayan wannan sake daukar aiki a ranar 9 ga Oktoba, Don Hoak, dan wasan sa na uku a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1960 Pirates kuma manaja a tsarin gonar Pirates a 1969, ya mutu sakamakon bugun zuciya bayan ya yi imanin cewa shi ne babban dan takarar da zai jagoranci kungiyar iyaye.) Kungiyoyinsa biyu na farko sun lashe gasar zakarun Turai ta Gabas ta Gabas ta 1970-71. Ko da yake tawagar ta fadi a gasar zakarun na National League na wannan kakar
zuwa Cincinnati Reds, Murtaugh's 1971 Pirates ya ci San Francisco Giants a cikin NLCS sannan kuma ya kama 1971 World Series tare da dawowa mai ban mamaki daga raunin wasanni biyu zuwa ɗaya da aka fi so Baltimore Orioles. Wannan Wasannin Wasannin Duniya ya kasance sananne ne ta hanyar wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayon na Baseball Hall of Fame na gaba Roberto Clemente, wanda ya buga.414 tare da 12 hits don ya jagoranci tawagarsa zuwa gasar zakarun Turai.