Ka kammala wannan magana:'Yan Cardinals sun yi musayar Davalillo tare da Nelson Briles zuwa Pittsburgh Pirates don Matty Alou da George Brunet a watan Janairu. Ya ci gaba a matsayinsa na dan wasa mai amfani, yana fuskantar galibi masu jefa hannun dama kuma yana wasa duka wurare uku na waje kuma a matsayin dan wasa na farko. Davalillo ya ƙare shekara tare da matsakaicin matsakaicin.285, yana taimaka wa Pirates su sami taken National League Eastern Division. 'Yan fashin teku sun ci San Francisco Giants a cikin
Gasar Gasar Gasar Kasa ta 1971 kafin ta lashe Gasar Duniya ta 1971 a kan Baltimore Orioles. A cikin 1972, ya ci gaba da kasancewa ɗan wasa mai mahimmanci, yana buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa.318 a cikin wasanni 117, yana taimaka wa Pirates lashe gasar Division ta Gabas, kafin su rasa Cincinnati Reds a 1972 National League Championship Series.