Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Briles ya shafe mafi yawan lokacinsa na farko a Pittsburgh a cikin bullpen, duk da haka, an kara da shi zuwa farawa a watan Satumba. Kodayake ya jefa sosai, (3-1 tare da shutouts biyu, wasa cikakke da 1.74 ERA) bai yi bayyanar a gasar ba.
Gasar Gasar Gasar Kasa ta 1971 da San Francisco Giants. Ya yi, duk da haka, ya sami wasa biyar a farkon wasan 1971 na Duniya da Baltimore Orioles. Tare da jerin da aka yi a wasanni biyu a kowane wasa, Briles ya buga kwallo mai ban mamaki guda biyu don ɗaukar masu cin kofin duniya zuwa 3-2 jerin. Har ila yau, ya yi gudu a karo na biyu. Ya jefa yanayi uku don Pirates, yana zuwa 36-28 tare da 2.98 ERA.