1971 Kansas City Royals Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 85-76
Finished 2nd in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 910,784, Avg. 12,650
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II
Manager: Bob Lemon (85-76)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1971 Kansas City Royals Roster
1971 Kansas City Royals Results

The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 1971 season with a record of 85 wins and 76 losses, finishing second in the AL's West Division.

The Royals scored 603 runs and yielded 566 runs. Amos Otis led Kansas City with 15 home runs and recorded 79 runs batted in, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .301 clip. Dick Drago topped the team with 17 wins, plus Mike Hedlund, too added 15 or more wins, too Paul Splittorff registered a 2.68 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bob Lemon coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Dick Drago1711.6072.98353401540241.3251848014461109904977
Mike Hedlund158.6522.7132301710205.716868621572176102833
Tom Burgmeier97.5631.7367034001788.3712317330444702364
Bruce Dal Canton86.5713.4425221200141.31446354844058003603
Paul Splittorff89.4712.6822220630144.31294943435180401583
Al Fitzmorris75.5834.1736156210127.311261596552531115527
Jim York55.5002.895302100393.37032307447103304399
Ted Abernathy46.4002.5663046002381.0602823350455601348
Monty Montgomery301.0002.1132100021.316550301200082
Ken Wright36.3333.692112311178.0663432647056303344
Wally Bunker23.4005.0176100032.335191876015000136
Jim Rooker27.2225.33207311054.0593532224131104240
Lance Clemons101.0004.13103200024.0261611212020102114
Bill Butler12.3333.45146300044.3451917618032000190
Mike McCormick009.314110009.7141010050200046
Roger Nelson01.0005.29131400034.035202015029000139
Totals8576.5283.254251611273411441420.313015665138449621775361415925

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Amos Otis1476075558016726415795284074.301.345.443.789246182282
Freddie Patek14764859186158211163649144480.267.323.371.69321965713
Paul Schaal1616595488015031611637510351.274.387.412.79922692065
Lou Piniella12647644843125215351532143.279.311.368.679165122054
Cookie Rojas11546341456124222659833935.300.357.406.763168122173
Bob Oliver1283983733591122852001488.244.277.351.628131135153
Joe Keough1103923513487142330063526.248.316.325.641114101325
Gail Hopkins1033392953582161947313713.278.364.431.79412784129
Ed Kirkpatrick1204233654680121946344860.219.308.332.640121112178
Jerry May712492181655132124002737.252.329.344.6737570048
Bobby Knoop72180161143381111101536.205.270.286.5554660221
Chuck Harrison4915814393140221001119.217.266.287.5534110042
Dennis Paepke6016115211316021400829.204.242.283.5254360011
Sandy Valdespino1865631020602150025.317.338.508.8463220000
Al Fitzmorris364744611100300016.250.244.273.5171200210
Bobby Floyd317366810300200721.152.233.197.4301300000
Dick Drago359277310300400844.130.212.169.3811310700
Rich Severson1633304902010035.300.364.433.7971300000
Carl Taylor20463937000301513.179.261.179.440710020
Buck Martinez2253463720010159.152.231.196.426910110
Mike Hedlund32756826000200226.088.114.088.203610500
Tom Burgmeier6821202520000017.250.286.350.636700000
Ted Savage1932292500012036.172.250.172.422520000
Paul Splittorff2252483510010038.104.157.125.282610100
Bruce Dal Canton25534644000200119.087.106.087.193400600
Roger Nelson13762200000012.333.429.333.762200000
Lance Clemons10974201110011.286.3751.0001.375700100
Jim York5318171210130017.118.167.353.520600000
Ken Wright21242212000000110.091.130.091.221200100
Bill Butler14131201000100010.083.077.083.160100010
Ted Abernathy6314130100000007.077.077.077.154100100
Jim Rooker2113100000000024.000.167.000.167000100
Monty Montgomery3970000000013.000.125.000.125000100
Wally Bunker71090000000015.000.100.000.100000000
Mike McCormick4220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Totals1962591452956031323225408057313046490819.250.313.353.666186812825455954


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Gail Hopkins1B8381669.066957776.9909.7678.7470000
Bob Oliver1B6844428.047031653.9881.5357.3680000
Chuck Harrison1B3936323.033524331.9921.0039.2050000
Cookie Rojas2B111111941.0252293576.9915.2134.9100000
Bobby Knoop2B5241398.089120731.9684.7264.0190000
Rich Severson2B6541.0720071.0005.9274.5000000
Bobby Floyd2B8440.01313031.0005.8503.2500000
Paul Schaal3B1611611407.01073352831.9402.8272.7450000
Bob Oliver3B208.02310.8335.6252.5000000
Rich Severson3B103.00000.000.0000000
Bobby Knoop3B101.00000.000.0000000
Bobby Floyd3B101.00000.000.0000000
Jerry MayC7167577.03143816.9975.4904.95850251841.9
Ed KirkpatrickC5955474.02942875.9796.1145.45840221845.0
Dennis PaepkeC3225232.01391511.9945.9744.8130013631.6
Buck MartinezC2114138.084630.9685.8704.286206225.0
Amos OtisOF1441421241.04041044.9903.0022.8750000
Lou PiniellaOF115113994.0201632.9861.8741.8000000
Joe KeoughOF10094819.0164431.9821.8461.6800000
Ed KirkpatrickOF6147443.0118211.9922.4381.9670000
Bob OliverOF4844392.094310.9902.2272.0210000
Sandy ValdespinoOF1515127.018110.9501.3461.2670000
Dennis PaepkeOF1713108.021020.9131.7501.2350000
Carl TaylorOF12985.027010.9642.8592.2500000
Ted SavageOF9650.042001.0001.080.6670000
Cookie RojasOF102.00000.000.0000000
Dick DragoP3534241.074229.9611.8301.4000000
Mike HedlundP3230206.0164725.9692.7521.9690000
Paul SplittorffP2222144.073223.9512.4371.7730000
Bruce Dal CantonP2522141.0111620.9311.7231.0800000
Al FitzmorrisP3615127.0152524.9522.8351.1110000
Jim YorkP53093.061011.9411.548.3020000
Tom BurgmeierP67088.072813.9723.580.5220000
Ted AbernathyP63081.082020.9333.111.4440000
Ken WrightP211278.011612.9441.962.8100000
Jim RookerP20754.01511.8571.000.3000000
Bill ButlerP14644.00710.8751.432.5000000
Roger NelsonP13134.029001.0002.912.8460000
Wally BunkerP7632.015001.0001.688.8570000
Lance ClemonsP10324.01410.8331.875.5000000
Monty MontgomeryP3221.023001.0002.1431.6670000
Mike McCormickP4110.018001.0008.1002.2500000
Freddie PatekSS1471451260.030145925107.9685.4295.1700000
Bobby FloydSS1512115.02143211.9705.0094.2670000
Rich SeversonSS6336.081524.9205.7503.8330000
Cookie RojasSS2110.020001.0001.8001.0000000
Totals1833144912781.042441805132478.9794.2603.300110664440.0




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