1971 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Bobby Murcer	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	146	529	94	175	25	6	25	94	14	8	91	60	0	1	3	9	.331	.427	.543	970
2	Reggie Jackson	OF	Retired	Oakland	150	567	87	157	29	3	32	80	16	10	63	161	6	0	6	7	.277	.352	.508	860
3	Reggie Smith	OF-CF	Retired	Boston	159	618	85	175	33	2	30	96	11	3	63	82	5	1	5	15	.283	.352	.489	841
4	Roy White	OF	Retired	NY Yankees	147	524	86	153	22	7	19	84	14	7	86	66	7	0	17	10	.292	.388	.469	857
5	Don Buford	OF-2B	Retired	Baltimore	122	449	99	130	19	4	19	54	15	7	89	62	7	2	2	2	.290	.413	.477	890
6	Cesar Tovar	OF-3B	Deceased	Minnesota	157	657	94	204	29	3	1	45	18	14	45	39	3	11	2	5	.311	.356	.368	724
7	Frank Robinson	OF	Retired	Baltimore	133	455	82	128	16	2	28	99	3	0	72	62	9	1	8	21	.281	.384	.510	894
8	Harmon Killebrew	1B-3B	Deceased	Minnesota	147	500	61	127	19	1	28	119	3	2	114	96	0	0	10	21	.254	.386	.464	850
9	Frank Howard	OF-1B	Retired	Washington	153	549	60	153	25	2	26	83	1	0	77	121	2	0	5	29	.279	.367	.474	841
10	Rico Petrocelli	SS-3B	Retired	Boston	158	553	82	139	24	4	28	89	2	0	91	108	2	6	9	20	.251	.354	.461	815
11	Paul Schaal	3B	Retired	KC Royals	161	548	80	150	31	6	11	63	7	5	103	51	2	0	6	9	.274	.387	.412	799
12	Tony Oliva	OF	Retired	Minnesota	126	487	73	164	30	3	22	81	4	1	25	44	2	0	4	21	.337	.369	.546	915
13	Sal Bando	3B	Retired	Oakland	153	538	75	146	23	1	24	94	3	7	86	55	8	6	5	14	.271	.377	.452	829
14	Norm Cash	1B	Deceased	Detroit	135	452	72	128	10	3	32	91	1	0	59	86	7	1	4	5	.283	.372	.531	903
15	Merv Rettenmund	OF	Retired	Baltimore	141	491	81	156	23	4	11	75	15	6	87	60	4	4	3	13	.318	.422	.448	870
16	Graig Nettles	3B	Retired	Cleveland	158	598	78	156	18	1	28	86	7	4	82	56	3	1	6	15	.261	.350	.435	785
17	Amos Otis	OF	Retired	KC Royals	147	555	80	167	26	4	15	79	52	8	40	74	2	2	8	18	.301	.345	.443	788
18	Bill Melton	3B	Retired	Chi White Sox	150	543	72	146	18	2	33	86	3	3	61	87	11	1	5	8	.269	.352	.492	844
19	Sandy Alomar	2B	Retired	California	162	689	77	179	24	3	4	42	39	10	41	60	0	7	2	7	.260	.301	.321	622
20	Freddie Patek	SS	Retired	KC Royals	147	591	86	158	21	11	6	36	49	14	44	80	5	7	1	6	.267	.323	.371	694
21	Horace Clarke	2B	Retired	NY Yankees	159	625	76	156	23	7	2	41	17	7	64	43	2	4	1	14	.250	.321	.318	639
22	Brooks Robinson	3B	Retired	Baltimore	156	589	67	160	21	1	20	92	0	0	63	50	3	1	7	15	.272	.341	.413	754
23	Aurelio Rodriguez	3B	Deceased	Detroit	154	604	68	153	30	7	15	39	4	6	27	93	3	3	2	14	.253	.288	.401	689
24	Rod Carew	1B-2B	Retired	Minnesota	147	577	88	177	16	10	2	48	6	7	45	81	1	6	3	23	.307	.356	.380	736
25	Tommy Harper	OF-3B	Retired	Milwaukee	152	585	79	151	26	3	14	52	25	3	65	92	1	1	1	3	.258	.333	.385	718
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Boog Powell	1B-OF	Retired	Baltimore	128	418	59	107	19	0	22	92	1	0	82	64	4	0	5	10	.256	.379	.459	838
27	Mike Epstein	1B	Retired	Washington	24	85	6	21	1	1	1	9	1	0	12	31	4	0	0	0	.247	.366	.318	684
		1B	Retired	Oakland	104	329	43	77	13	0	18	51	0	3	62	71	8	2	1	3	.234	.367	.438	805
28	Carl Yastrzemski	OF-LF	Retired	Boston	148	508	75	129	21	2	15	70	8	7	106	60	1	0	5	14	.254	.381	.392	773
29	Bill Freehan	C	Retired	Detroit	148	516	57	143	26	4	21	71	2	7	54	48	9	3	4	13	.277	.353	.465	818
30	Del Unser	OF	Retired	Washington	153	581	63	148	19	6	9	41	11	6	59	68	2	4	2	4	.255	.325	.355	680
31	Carlos May	OF-1B	First Base Coach - Schaumburg (2012)	Chi White Sox	141	500	64	147	21	7	7	70	16	7	62	61	6	1	5	16	.294	.375	.406	781
32	Bert Campaneris	SS	Retired	Oakland	134	569	80	143	18	4	5	47	34	7	29	64	2	3	6	7	.251	.287	.323	610
33	Mark Belanger	SS	Deceased	Baltimore	150	500	67	133	19	4	0	35	10	8	73	48	7	6	4	9	.266	.365	.320	685
34	Ken McMullen	3B	Retired	California	160	593	63	148	19	2	21	68	1	1	53	74	3	4	4	18	.250	.312	.395	707
35	George Scott	1B	Retired	Boston	146	537	72	141	16	4	24	78	0	3	41	102	5	0	7	23	.263	.317	.441	758
36	Paul Blair	OF	Retired	Baltimore	141	516	75	135	24	8	10	44	14	11	32	94	1	6	0	8	.262	.306	.397	703
37	Leo Cardenas	SS	Retired	Minnesota	153	554	59	146	25	4	18	75	3	3	51	69	1	7	11	16	.264	.321	.421	742
38	Jim Northrup	OF	Deceased	Detroit	136	459	72	124	27	2	16	71	7	4	60	43	2	0	3	14	.270	.355	.442	797
39	Al Kaline	OF	Retired	Detroit	133	405	69	119	19	2	15	54	4	6	82	57	7	1	6	12	.294	.416	.462	878
40	Vada Pinson	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	146	566	60	149	23	4	11	35	25	6	21	58	6	3	3	9	.263	.295	.376	671
41	Felipe Alou	OF-1B	Retired	NY Yankees	131	461	52	133	20	6	8	69	5	5	32	24	2	1	5	15	.289	.334	.410	744
		OF-1B	Retired	Oakland	2	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.375	625
42	Ed Brinkman	SS	Deceased	Detroit	159	527	40	120	18	2	1	37	1	4	44	54	7	6	5	14	.228	.293	.275	568
43	George Mitterwald	C	Retired	Minnesota	125	388	38	97	13	1	13	44	3	3	39	104	0	3	4	9	.250	.316	.389	705
44	Davey Johnson	2B	Manager - Washington Nationals (2013)	Baltimore	142	510	67	144	26	1	18	72	3	1	51	55	5	4	4	15	.282	.351	.443	794
45	Dick Green	2B	Retired	Oakland	144	475	58	116	14	1	12	49	1	1	51	83	3	6	3	14	.244	.320	.354	674
46	Willie Horton	OF	Retired	Detroit	119	450	64	130	25	1	22	72	1	5	37	75	7	0	4	15	.289	.349	.496	845
47	Ron Theobald	2B	Retired	Milwaukee	126	388	50	107	12	2	1	23	11	8	38	39	3	19	4	4	.276	.342	.325	667
48	Ted Uhlaender	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	141	500	52	144	20	3	2	47	3	6	38	44	0	0	3	7	.288	.336	.352	688
49	Ray Culp	P	Retired	Boston	35	68	5	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	40	0	17	0	1	.118	.189	.118	307
50	Wilbur Wood	P	Retired	Chi White Sox	44	96	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	57	0	17	0	2	.052	.150	.052	202
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Dick McAuliffe	2B-SS	Retired	Detroit	128	477	67	99	16	6	18	57	4	1	53	67	5	1	1	8	.208	.293	.379	672
52	Mickey Lolich	P	Retired	Detroit	45	115	9	15	2	0	0	7	0	0	16	55	1	16	0	4	.130	.242	.148	390
53	Ellie Rodriguez	C	Retired	Milwaukee	115	319	28	67	10	1	1	30	1	1	41	51	8	7	5	12	.210	.311	.257	568
54	Dave McNally	P	Deceased	Baltimore	30	74	3	12	3	0	2	7	0	0	3	35	0	14	0	0	.162	.195	.284	479
55	Fritz Peterson	P	Retired	NY Yankees	37	85	2	7	1	0	0	8	0	0	5	22	0	14	1	2	.082	.132	.094	226
56	Jose Cardenal	OF	Retired	Milwaukee	53	198	20	51	10	0	3	32	9	5	13	20	1	0	7	4	.258	.297	.354	651
57	Ed Herrmann	C	Retired	Chi White Sox	101	294	32	63	6	0	11	35	2	0	44	48	2	0	4	8	.214	.317	.347	664
58	Pat Dobson	P	Deceased	Baltimore	38	91	3	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	28	0	13	0	2	.110	.138	.110	248
59	Rick Reichardt	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	138	496	53	138	14	2	19	62	5	10	37	90	6	3	2	12	.278	.335	.429	764
60	Cookie Rojas	2B	Retired	KC Royals	115	414	56	124	22	2	6	59	8	3	39	35	2	1	7	12	.300	.357	.406	763
61	Vida Blue	P	Retired	Oakland	39	102	6	12	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	63	2	13	0	0	.118	.167	.127	294
62	Dave Nelson	2B-3B	Retired	Washington	85	329	47	92	11	3	5	33	17	8	23	29	1	4	1	9	.280	.328	.377	705
63	Tom Egan	C	Retired	Chi White Sox	85	251	29	60	11	1	10	34	1	0	26	94	4	0	0	2	.239	.320	.410	730
64	Eddie Leon	SS-2B	Retired	Cleveland	131	429	35	112	12	2	4	35	3	5	34	69	1	12	0	16	.261	.317	.326	643
65	Luis Aparicio	SS	Retired	Boston	125	491	56	114	23	0	4	45	6	4	35	43	2	9	4	7	.232	.284	.303	587
66	Billy Conigliaro	OF	Retired	Boston	101	351	42	92	26	1	11	33	3	2	25	68	0	2	2	9	.262	.310	.436	746
67	Ed Kirkpatrick	OF-C	Retired	KC Royals	120	365	46	80	12	1	9	46	3	4	48	60	2	1	7	11	.219	.308	.332	640
68	Marty Pattin	P	Retired	Milwaukee	36	83	4	7	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	29	1	11	0	1	.084	.146	.108	254
69	Rick Monday	OF	Retired	Oakland	116	355	53	87	9	3	18	56	6	9	49	93	0	3	2	5	.245	.335	.439	774
70	Dave May	OF	Deceased	Milwaukee	144	501	74	139	20	3	16	65	15	9	50	59	3	3	5	18	.277	.343	.425	768
71	Joe Rudi	OF-1B	Retired	Oakland	127	513	62	137	23	4	10	52	3	2	28	62	1	10	4	15	.267	.304	.386	690
72	Jim Palmer	P	Retired	Baltimore	38	102	7	20	1	0	0	9	1	0	3	41	0	11	0	0	.196	.219	.206	425
73	Danny Cater	1B-OF	Retired	NY Yankees	121	428	39	118	16	5	4	50	0	3	19	25	2	4	3	18	.276	.308	.364	672
74	Bob Oliver	1B-OF	Retired	KC Royals	128	373	35	91	12	2	8	52	0	0	14	88	5	1	5	13	.244	.277	.351	628
75	Skip Lockwood	P	Retired	Milwaukee	36	62	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	5	20	0	10	0	1	.081	.149	.145	294
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
76	Johnny Briggs	OF	Retired	Milwaukee	125	375	51	99	11	1	21	59	1	2	71	79	1	2	5	4	.264	.378	.467	845
77	John Kennedy	3B-SS	Retired	Boston	74	272	41	75	12	5	5	22	1	1	14	42	4	5	1	4	.276	.320	.412	732
78	Thurman Munson	C	Deceased	NY Yankees	125	451	71	113	15	4	10	42	6	5	52	65	7	4	3	10	.251	.335	.368	703
79	John Ellis	1B-C	Retired	NY Yankees	83	238	16	58	12	1	3	34	0	0	23	42	6	1	3	12	.244	.322	.340	662
80	Joe Coleman	P	Pitching Coach - Jupiter (2013)	Detroit	39	96	1	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	39	0	9	1	3	.094	.146	.115	261
81	Lou Piniella	OF	Retired	KC Royals	126	448	43	125	21	5	3	51	5	3	21	43	2	0	5	12	.279	.311	.368	679
82	Don Mincher	1B	Deceased	Oakland	28	92	9	22	6	1	2	8	1	1	20	14	0	1	0	2	.239	.375	.391	766
		1B	Deceased	Washington	100	323	35	94	15	1	10	45	2	1	53	52	2	1	5	7	.291	.389	.437	826
83	Gail Hopkins	1B	Retired	KC Royals	103	295	35	82	16	1	9	47	3	1	37	13	4	1	2	8	.278	.364	.431	795
84	Clyde Wright	P	Retired	California	40	91	4	14	3	1	0	5	0	1	6	27	0	9	1	2	.154	.204	.209	413
85	Pat Kelly	OF	Deceased	Chi White Sox	67	213	32	62	6	3	3	22	14	9	36	29	1	1	1	3	.291	.394	.390	784
86	Mickey Stanley	OF	Retired	Detroit	139	401	43	117	14	5	7	41	1	3	24	44	0	3	4	7	.292	.329	.404	733
87	Ted Kubiak	2B-SS	Manager - Mahoning Valley (2013)	Milwaukee	89	260	26	59	6	5	3	17	0	5	41	31	0	8	2	7	.227	.330	.323	653
88	Roy Foster	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	125	396	51	97	21	1	18	45	6	1	35	48	6	0	2	12	.245	.314	.439	753
89	Jim Spencer	1B	Deceased	California	148	510	50	121	21	2	18	59	0	1	48	63	3	6	5	16	.237	.304	.392	696
90	Chris Chambliss	1B	Hitting Coach - Seattle Mariners (2012)	Cleveland	111	415	49	114	20	4	9	48	2	0	40	83	2	2	0	9	.275	.341	.407	748
91	Jerry May	C	Deceased	KC Royals	71	218	16	55	13	2	1	24	0	0	27	37	0	0	4	7	.252	.329	.344	673
92	Tommy John	P	Retired	Chi White Sox	38	69	3	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	0	9	0	0	.145	.181	.145	326
93	Denny McLain	P	Retired	Washington	33	58	0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	4	22	0	9	0	0	.103	.161	.155	316
94	Mike Andrews	2B	Retired	Chi White Sox	109	330	45	93	16	0	12	47	3	5	67	36	1	6	4	6	.282	.400	.439	839
95	Mickey Rivers	OF	Retired	California	79	268	31	71	12	2	1	12	13	1	19	38	1	8	0	0	.265	.316	.336	652
96	Rich Reese	1B	Retired	Minnesota	120	329	40	72	8	3	10	39	7	4	20	35	5	0	5	9	.219	.270	.353	623
97	Jerry Kenney	3B-SS	Retired	NY Yankees	120	325	50	85	10	3	0	20	9	8	56	38	1	9	4	10	.262	.368	.311	679

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