1971 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster

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1971 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970/1972)
85-76, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division
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Scored 603 runs, Allowed 566 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-76
Managed by Bob Lemon

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 910,784 (8th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 Stats (1970/1972) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jerry May           27   71  218   16   55  13  2   1   24  27   37  .252  .329  .344   0   0   7   0   0   4   8   92
1B *Gail Hopkins        28  103  295   35   82  16  1   9   47  37   13  .278  .364  .431   3   1   8   4   1   2   9  126
2B  Cookie Rojas        32  115  414   56  124  22  2   6   59  39   35  .300  .357  .406   8   3  12   2   1   7   3  117
3B  Paul Schaal         28  161  548   80  150  31  6  11   63 103   51  .274  .387  .412   7   5   9   2   0   6   5  128
SS  Freddie Patek       26  147  591   86  158  21 11   6   36  44   80  .267  .323  .371  49  14   6   5   7   1   3   97
LF  Lou Piniella        27  126  448   43  125  21  5   3   51  21   43  .279  .311  .368   5   3  12   2   0   5   4   93
CF  Amos Otis           24  147  555   80  167  26  4  15   79  40   74  .301  .345  .443  52   8  18   2   2   8   2  124
RF *Joe Keough          25  110  351   34   87  14  2   3   30  35   26  .248  .316  .325   0   6  10   1   3   2   5   83
    Bob Oliver          28  128  373   35   91  12  2   8   52  14   88  .244  .277  .351   0   0  13   5   1   5   3   78
   *Ed Kirkpatrick      26  120  365   46   80  12  1   9   46  48   60  .219  .308  .332   3   4  11   2   1   7   8   83
    Bobby Knoop         32   72  161   14   33   8  1   1   11  15   36  .205  .270  .286   1   0   6   0   2   2   1   59
    Dennis Paepke       26   60  152   11   31   6  0   2   14   8   29  .204  .242  .283   0   0   6   0   0   1   1   49
    Chuck Harrison      30   49  143    9   31   4  0   2   21  11   19  .217  .266  .287   0   0   1   0   0   4   2   58
    Bobby Floyd         27   31   66    8   10   3  0   0    2   7   21  .152  .233  .197   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   24
   *Sandy Valdespino    32   18   63   10   20   6  0   2   15   2    5  .317  .338  .508   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  139
    Buck Martinez       22   22   46    3    7   2  0   0    1   5    9  .152  .231  .196   0   1   1   0   1   1   0   23
    Carl Taylor         27   20   39    3    7   0  0   0    3   5   13  .179  .261  .179   0   1   1   0   0   2   0   28
    Rich Severson       26   16   30    4    9   0  2   0    1   3    5  .300  .364  .433   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  127
    Ted Savage          35   19   29    2    5   0  0   0    1   3    6  .172  .250  .172   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   23

    Dick Drago          26   35   77    3   10   3  0   0    4   8   44  .130  .212  .169   0   0   1   0   7   0   0   10
    Mike Hedlund        24   32   68    2    6   0  0   0    2   2   26  .088  .114  .088   0   0   1   0   5   0   0  -41
   *Paul Splittorff     24   22   48    3    5   1  0   0    1   3    8  .104  .157  .125   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -19
    Bruce Dal Canton    29   25   46    4    4   0  0   0    2   1   19  .087  .106  .087   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -44
   #Al Fitzmorris       25   36   44    6   11   1  0   0    3   0   16  .250  .244  .273   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   47
    Ken Wright          24   21   22    1    2   0  0   0    0   1   10  .091  .130  .091   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -36
   *Tom Burgmeier       27   68   20    2    5   2  0   0    0   1    7  .250  .286  .350   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   81
    Jim York            23   53   17    1    2   1  0   1    3   1    7  .118  .167  .353   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45
    Ted Abernathy       38   63   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    7  .077  .077  .077   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -56
   *Bill Butler         24   14   12    0    1   0  0   0    1   0   10  .083  .077  .083   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -54
    Jim Rooker          28   21   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    4  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -49
    Wally Bunker        26    7    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    5  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -69
   *Lance Clemons       23   10    7    4    2   0  1   1    1   1    1  .286  .375 1.000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  280
    Monty Montgomery    24    3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -62
    Roger Nelson        27   13    6    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .333  .429  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  120
   *Mike McCormick      32    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  161 5295  603 1323 225 40  80  573 490  819  .250  .313  .353 130  46 128  25  45  59  54   97
    Rank among 12 AL teams        10    8    8   2  2  12       10   11     7     8     8   1   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dick Drago          26  35   2.98  17  11  0  34   0  15   4  241.3  251   84   80  14   46  109  977   4   9  0   1 115
SP  Mike Hedlund        24  32   2.71  15   8  0  30   1   7   1  205.7  168   68   62  15   72   76  833   2   1  0   1 127
SP  Bruce Dal Canton    29  25   3.44   8   6  0  22   1   2   0  141.3  144   63   54   8   44   58  603   3   0  0   0 100
SP *Paul Splittorff     24  22   2.68   8   9  0  22   0   6   3  144.3  129   49   43   4   35   80  583   1   4  0   1 128
SP  Ken Wright          24  21   3.69   3   6  1  12   3   1   1   78.0   66   34   32   6   47   56  344   3   3  0   0  93
SP  Wally Bunker        26   7   5.01   2   3  0   6   1   0   0   32.3   35   19   18   7    6   15  136   0   0  0   0  69

CL  Ted Abernathy       38  63   2.56   4   6 23   0  46   0   0   81.0   60   28   23   3   50   55  348   1   6  0   4 134
RP *Tom Burgmeier       27  67   1.73   9   7 17   0  34   0   0   88.3   71   23   17   3   30   44  364   2   7  0   4 198
RP  Jim York            23  53   2.89   5   5  3   0  21   0   0   93.3   70   32   30   7   44  103  399   4   3  0   7 119
RP  Al Fitzmorris       25  36   4.17   7   5  0  15   6   2   1  127.3  112   61   59   6   55   53  527  15   1  1   2  82
RP *Jim Rooker          28  20   5.33   2   7  0   7   3   1   1   54.0   59   35   32   2   24   31  240   4   1  0   1  64

   *Bill Butler         24  14   3.45   1   2  0   6   3   0   0   44.3   45   19   17   6   18   32  190   0   0  0   0  99
    Roger Nelson        27  13   5.29   0   1  0   1   4   0   0   34.0   35   20   20   1    5   29  139   0   0  0   0  65
   *Lance Clemons       23  10   4.13   1   0  0   3   2   0   0   24.0   26   16   11   2   12   20  114   2   1  0   0  83
    Monty Montgomery    24   3   2.11   3   0  0   2   1   0   0   21.3   16    5    5   0    3   12   82   0   0  0   0 163
   *Mike McCormick      32   4   9.31   0   0  0   1   1   0   0    9.7   14   10   10   0    5    2   46   0   0  0   0  37
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6 161   3.25  85  76 44 161 127  34  15 1420.0 1301  566  513  84  496  775 5925  41  36  1  21 106
    Rank among 12 AL teams          5   4   9  1           9   4      8    4    3        1    4   10

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JMay 576 67 71 314 38 1 6 .997 5 14 25 18 EKirkpatric 473 55 59 294 28 7 5 .979 4 8 22 18 DPaepke 231 25 32 139 15 1 1 .994 0 9 13 6 BMartinez 138 14 21 84 6 3 0 .968 2 10 6 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1420 161 161 831 87 12 12 .987 11 41 66 44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHopkins 669 81 83 669 57 7 76 .990 9.76 BOliver 428 44 68 470 31 6 53 .988 10.54 CHarrison 323 36 39 335 24 3 31 .992 10.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1420 161 161 1474 112 16 160 .990 10.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRojas 941 111 111 252 293 5 76 .991 5.21 BKnoop 398 41 52 89 120 7 31 .968 4.73 RSeverson 41 5 6 7 20 0 7 1.000 5.93 BFloyd 40 4 8 13 13 0 3 1.000 5.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1420 161 161 361 446 12 117 .985 5.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSchaal 1407 161 161 107 335 28 31 .940 2.83 BOliver 8 0 2 2 3 1 0 .833 5.62 RSeverson 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BFloyd 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BKnoop 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1420 161 161 109 338 29 31 .939 2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *4.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FPatek 1259 145 147 301 459 25 107 .968 5.43 BFloyd 114 12 15 21 43 2 11 .970 5.02 RSeverson 36 3 6 8 15 2 4 .920 5.75 CRojas 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1420 161 161 332 517 29 122 .967 5.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LPiniella 994 113 115 200 6 3 2 .986 1.87 EKirkpatric 222 25 30 57 1 0 0 1.000 2.35 SValdespino 110 13 13 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.31 CTaylor 45 5 6 7 0 1 0 .875 1.40 TSavage 26 3 4 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.73 JKeough 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 DPaepke 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 BOliver 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CRojas 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1420 161 161 285 10 4 2 .987 1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOtis 1241 142 144 401 10 4 4 .990 2.98 EKirkpatric 120 13 16 48 1 1 1 .980 3.67 JKeough 58 6 7 15 0 1 0 .937 2.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1420 161 161 464 11 6 5 .988 3.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKeough 749 87 92 151 4 2 1 .987 1.86 BOliver 390 44 47 91 3 1 1 .989 2.17 DPaepke 100 12 16 17 0 2 0 .895 1.53 EKirkpatric 100 9 17 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 CTaylor 40 4 6 19 0 0 0 1.000 4.28 TSavage 23 3 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.14 SValdespino 17 2 2 4 0 1 0 .800 2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1420 161 161 304 8 6 2 .981 1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.24 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- AOtis 1241 142 144 404 10 4 4 .990 3.00 LPiniella 994 113 115 201 6 3 2 .986 1.87 JKeough 818 94 100 164 4 3 1 .982 1.85 EKirkpatric 442 47 61 118 2 1 1 .992 2.44 BOliver 392 44 48 94 3 1 0 .990 2.23 SValdespino 127 15 15 18 1 1 0 .950 1.35 DPaepke 108 13 17 21 0 2 0 .913 1.75 CTaylor 85 9 12 27 0 1 0 .964 2.86 TSavage 49 6 9 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.09 CRojas 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1420 161 161 1051 28 16 8 .985 2.28 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DDrago 241 34 35 7 42 2 9 .961 1.83 MHedlund 205 30 32 16 47 2 5 .969 2.76 PSplittorff 144 22 22 7 32 2 3 .951 2.43 BDal Canton 141 22 25 11 16 2 0 .931 1.72 AFitzmorris 127 15 36 15 25 2 4 .952 2.83 JYork 93 0 53 6 10 1 1 .941 1.54 TBurgmeier 88 0 67 7 28 1 3 .972 3.57 TAbernathy 81 0 63 8 20 2 0 .933 3.11 KWright 78 12 21 1 16 1 2 .944 1.96 JRooker 54 7 20 1 5 1 1 .857 1.00 BButler 44 6 14 0 7 1 0 .875 1.42 RNelson 34 1 13 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.91 WBunker 32 6 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.67 LClemons 24 3 10 1 4 1 0 .833 1.88 MMontgomery 21 2 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.11 MMcCormick 9 1 4 1 8 0 0 1.000 8.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1420 161 161 86 277 18 28 .953 2.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Otis .301

On-base % Schaal .387

Slugging % Otis .443

OPS Schaal .799

Games Schaal 161

At Bats Patek 591

Plate Appearances (approx.) Schaal 659

Runs Patek 86

Hits Otis 167

Total Bases Otis 246

Doubles Schaal 31

Triples Patek 11

Home Runs Otis 15

RBI Otis 79

Bases on Balls Schaal 103

Strikeouts Oliver 88

Stolen Bases Otis 52

Singles Otis 122

Adjusted OPS+ Schaal 128

Runs Created Schaal 95

Adjusted Batting Runs Schaal 26

Batting Wins Schaal 2.7

Extra-Base Hits Schaal 48

Times on Base Schaal 255

Offensive Win% Schaal .682

Hit By Pitch Oliver and Patek 5

Sac. Hits Drago and Patek 7

Sac. Flies Otis 8

Intentional Walks Hopkins 9

Grounded into Double Plays Otis 18

Caught Stealing Patek 14

Power/Speed Number Otis 23.3

At Bats per Strikeout Schaal 10.7

At Bats per Home Run Otis 37.0

Outs Patek 461

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Hedlund 2.71

Wins Drago 17

Won-Loss % Hedlund .652

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hedlund 1.167

Hits Allowed/9IP Hedlund 7.35

Bases on Balls/9IP Drago 1.72

Strikeouts/9IP Drago 4.06

Games Burgmeier 67

Saves Abernathy 23

Innings Drago 241.3

Strikeouts Drago 109

Games Started Drago 34

Comp. Games Drago 15

Shutouts Drago 4

Home Runs Allow. Hedlund 15

Bases On Balls Allow. Hedlund 72

Hits Allowed Drago 251

SO to Walk Drago 2.37

Losses Drago 11

Earned Runs Allow. Drago 80

Wild Pitches Fitzmorris 15

Hit Batsmen Drago 9

Batters Faced Drago 977

Games Finished Abernathy 46

Adjusted ERA+ Hedlund 127

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