Kammala wannan jumla: Sanguillen ya kasance memba mai mahimmanci na zakaran duniya na 1971 Pirates. Ya yi shekara mafi kyau dangane da samar da hare-hare ta hanyar buga wasan batting na.319, yayin da ya buga gidaje 7 da 81 ya buga. Ya kuma sami shekara mafi kyau a cikin tsaro, ya gama na uku a tsakanin 'yan wasan National League a wasannin da aka kama (135), na biyu a cikin' yan wasan da aka kama da sata (37), ya kama satar sata (51.4%), yawan filin wasa (.994) kuma na farko a cikin taimako (72). 'Yan fashin teku sun lashe gasar National League Eastern Division ta wasanni 7 a kan St. Louis Cardinals, sannan suka ci San Francisco Giants a gasar
1971 Gasar Zakarun Kasa ta Kasa, kafin cin nasarar Gasar Duniya da Baltimore Orioles. A cikin wasannin wasanni bakwai, Sanguillen yana da.379 batting average tare da 11 hits, na biyu kawai ga 12 hits by Roberto Clemente.