1971 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

| Level: MLB

Location: Kansas City,MO
Team Record: 85-76 .528
Result: 2nd in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Bob Lemon
General Manager: Cedric Tallis
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 910,784
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ted Abernathy (38)
Youngest Player: Buck Martinez (22)
Longest Tenure: Bill Butler, Roger Nelson, Bob Oliver, Mike Hedlund, Al Fitzmorris, Buck Martinez, Lou Piniella, Dick Drago, Jim Rooker, Paul Schaal, Ed Kirkpatrick, Joe Keough, Tom Burgmeier, Wally Bunker (3)
Top Hitter: Paul Schaal (11)
Top Pitcher: Dick Drago (19)
Top Draft Pick: Roy Branch (#5)

Roster Continuity: 66.23%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Oakland	101	60	.627	--
KC Royals	85	76	.528	16.0
Chi White Sox	79	83	.488	22.5
California	76	86	.469	25.5
Minnesota	74	86	.462	26.5
Milwaukee	69	92	.429	32.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
2,37	Freddie Patek	ss	20	26	1965-22-421	MLB	147	591	86	158	21	11	6	36	49	14	44	80	5	3	7	1	6	.267	.323	.371	693	219	648	461	81	4.7	.300
26	Amos Otis	of	17	24	1965-5-95	MLB	147	555	80	167	26	4	15	79	52	8	40	74	2	2	2	8	18	.301	.345	.443	789	246	607	424	94	6.0	.321
10	Paul Schaal	3b	11	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	161	548	80	150	31	6	11	63	7	5	103	51	2	5	0	6	9	.274	.387	.412	799	226	659	418	105	6.8	.283
9	Lou Piniella	of	81	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	126	448	43	125	21	5	3	51	5	3	21	43	2	4	0	5	12	.279	.311	.368	679	165	476	343	55	4.3	.300
1	Cookie Rojas	2b	60	32	UDFA: 1956	MLB	115	414	56	124	22	2	6	59	8	3	39	35	2	3	1	7	12	.300	.357	.406	763	168	463	313	67	5.8	.311
33	Bob Oliver	1b-of	74	28	1965-49-760	MLB	128	373	35	91	12	2	8	52	0	0	14	88	5	3	1	5	13	.244	.277	.351	628	131	398	301	31	2.8	.294
8	Ed Kirkpatrick	of-c	67	26	UDFA: 1962	MLB	120	365	46	80	12	1	9	46	3	4	48	60	2	8	1	7	11	.219	.308	.332	640	121	423	308	38	3.3	.234
16	Joe Keough	of	-	25	1965-2-21	MLB	110	351	34	87	14	2	3	30	0	6	35	26	1	5	3	2	10	.248	.316	.325	641	114	392	285	38	3.6	.259
39	Gail Hopkins	1b	83	28	UDFA: 1965	MLB	103	295	35	82	16	1	9	47	3	1	37	13	4	9	1	2	8	.278	.364	.431	794	127	339	225	54	6.4	.265
12	Jerry May	c	91	27	UDFA: 1961	MLB	71	218	16	55	13	2	1	24	0	0	27	37	0	8	0	4	7	.252	.329	.344	673	75	249	174	26	4.0	.293
19	Bobby Knoop	2b	-	32	-	MLB	72	161	14	33	8	1	1	11	1	0	15	36	0	1	2	2	6	.205	.270	.286	555	46	180	138	10	2.1	.254
17	Dennis Paepke	c-of	-	26	-	MLB	60	152	11	31	6	0	2	14	0	0	8	29	0	1	0	1	6	.204	.242	.283	525	43	161	128	7	1.6	.238
7	Chuck Harrison	1b	-	30	UDFA: 1962	MLB	49	143	9	31	4	0	2	21	0	0	11	19	0	2	0	4	1	.217	.266	.287	553	41	158	117	11	2.6	.230
41	Dick Drago	p	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	35	77	3	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	8	44	0	0	7	0	1	.130	.212	.169	381	13	92	75	-2	-0.8	.303
32	Mike Hedlund	p	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	32	68	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	26	0	0	5	0	1	.088	.114	.088	203	6	75	68	-5	-2.1	.143
15	Bobby Floyd	ss-2b	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	31	66	8	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	21	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.233	.197	430	13	73	56	1	0.6	.222
49	Sandy Valdespino	of	-	32	-	MLB	18	63	10	20	6	0	2	15	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	.317	.338	.508	846	32	65	45	12	7.1	.321
25	Paul Splittorff	p	-	24	1968-25-574	MLB	22	48	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	0	0	1	0	1	.104	.157	.125	282	6	52	45	-1	-0.8	.125
43	Bruce Dalcanton	p	-	29	UDFA: 1966	MLB	25	46	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	0	0	6	0	0	.087	.106	.087	193	4	53	48	-4	-2.0	.148
6	Buck Martinez	c	-	22	UDFA: 1967	MLB	22	46	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	5	9	0	0	1	1	1	.152	.231	.196	426	9	53	43	1	0.6	.184
23	Al Fitzmorris	p	-	25	UDFA: 1965	MLB	36	44	6	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	0	0	2	1	0	.250	.244	.273	517	12	47	36	2	1.2	.379
44	Carl Taylor	c-of	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	20	39	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	13	0	0	0	2	1	.179	.261	.179	440	7	46	36	0	0.2	.250
15	Rich Severson	ss-2b	-	26	-	MLB	16	30	4	9	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.433	797	13	33	21	5	6.8	.360
5	Ted Savage	of	-	35	-	MLB	19	29	2	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	.172	.250	.172	422	5	32	26	0	0.3	.217
28	Ken Wright	p	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	21	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.130	.091	221	2	24	21	-2	-2.1	.167
22	Tom Burgmeier	p	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	68	20	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.350	636	7	21	15	2	3.3	.385
40	Jim York	p	-	23	1969-16-381	MLB	53	17	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.353	520	6	18	15	1	1.2	.111
36	Ted Abernathy	p	-	38	UDFA: 1952	MLB	63	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.077	.077	154	1	14	13	-1	-2.9	.167
29	Bill Butler	p	-	24	1965-37-662	MLB	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	.083	.077	.083	160	1	13	12	-2	-3.7	.333
13	Jim Rooker	p	-	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	0	13	11	-1	-1.9	.000
27	Wally Bunker	p	-	26	-	MLB	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	100	0	10	9	-1	-3.4	.000
20	Monty Montgomery	p	-	24	1968-9-201	MLB	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125	0	9	8	-1	-2.3	.000
27	Lance Clemons	p	-	23	1968-7-153	MLB	10	7	4	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	1.000	1375	7	9	6	3	13.3	.200
35	Roger Nelson	p	-	27	1968-6-130	MLB	13	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	762	2	7	4	1	5.7	.500
25	Mike McCormick	p	-	32	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (35 players)							161	5295	603	1323	225	40	80	573	130	46	490	819	25	54	45	59	128	.250	.313	.353	666	1868	5914	4250	621	3.9	.279

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
41	Dick Drago	19	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	17	11	2.98	35	34	15	4	0	0	241.1	251	84	80	14	46	109	4	0	1.23	9.36	0.52	1.72	4.06	0.42	.302	1.16
32	Mike Hedlund	26	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	15	8	2.71	32	30	7	1	1	0	205.2	168	68	62	15	72	76	2	0	1.17	7.35	0.66	3.15	3.33	0.95	.236	1.21
25	Paul Splittorff	-	24	1968-25-574	MLB	8	9	2.68	22	22	6	3	0	0	144.1	129	49	43	4	35	80	1	0	1.14	8.04	0.25	2.18	4.99	0.44	.280	1.14
43	Bruce Dalcanton	-	29	UDFA: 1966	MLB	8	6	3.44	25	22	2	0	1	0	141.1	144	63	54	8	44	58	3	0	1.33	9.17	0.51	2.80	3.69	0.76	.282	1.12
23	Al Fitzmorris	-	25	UDFA: 1965	MLB	7	5	4.17	36	15	2	1	6	0	127.1	112	61	59	6	55	53	15	1	1.31	7.92	0.42	3.89	3.75	1.04	.266	1.30
40	Jim York	62	23	1969-16-381	MLB	5	5	2.89	53	0	0	0	21	3	93.1	70	32	30	7	44	103	4	0	1.22	6.75	0.68	4.24	9.93	0.43	.273	0.56
22	Tom Burgmeier	30	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	9	7	1.73	67	0	0	0	34	17	88.1	71	23	17	3	30	44	2	0	1.14	7.23	0.31	3.06	4.48	0.68	.250	1.22
36	Ted Abernathy	28	38	UDFA: 1952	MLB	4	6	2.56	63	0	0	0	46	23	81.0	60	28	23	3	50	55	1	0	1.36	6.67	0.33	5.56	6.11	0.91	.250	1.45
28	Ken Wright	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	3	6	3.69	21	12	1	1	3	1	78.0	66	34	32	6	47	56	3	0	1.45	7.62	0.69	5.42	6.46	0.84	.267	1.21
13	Jim Rooker	-	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	2	7	5.33	20	7	1	1	3	0	54.0	59	35	32	2	24	31	4	0	1.54	9.83	0.33	4.00	5.17	0.77	.326	1.13
29	Bill Butler	-	24	1965-37-662	MLB	1	2	3.45	14	6	0	0	3	0	44.1	45	19	17	6	18	32	0	0	1.42	9.14	1.22	3.65	6.50	0.56	.293	0.77
35	Roger Nelson	-	27	1968-6-130	MLB	0	1	5.29	13	1	0	0	4	0	34.0	35	20	20	1	5	29	0	0	1.18	9.26	0.26	1.32	7.68	0.17	.340	0.71
27	Wally Bunker	-	26	-	MLB	2	3	5.01	7	6	0	0	1	0	32.1	35	19	18	7	6	15	0	0	1.27	9.74	1.95	1.67	4.18	0.40	.262	0.90
27	Lance Clemons	-	23	1968-7-153	MLB	1	0	4.13	10	3	0	0	2	0	24.0	26	16	11	2	12	20	2	0	1.58	9.75	0.75	4.50	7.50	0.60	.312	1.00
20	Monty Montgomery	-	24	1968-9-201	MLB	3	0	2.11	3	2	0	0	1	0	21.1	16	5	5	0	3	12	0	0	0.89	6.75	0.00	1.27	5.06	0.25	.242	0.86
25	Mike McCormick	-	32	-	MLB	0	0	9.31	4	1	0	0	1	0	9.2	14	10	10	0	5	2	0	0	1.97	13.03	0.00	4.66	1.86	2.50	.368	1.17
Totals: (35 players)						85	76	3.25	161	161	34	11	127	44	1,420	1301	566	513	80	496	775	41	1	1.28	8.24	0.53	3.14	4.91	0.64	.276

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry May	C	71		314	38	1	6	.997	0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick	C	59		294	28	7	5	.979	0.00
Dennis Paepke	C	32		139	15	1	1	.994	0.00
Buck Martinez	C	21		84	6	3	0	.968	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gail Hopkins	1B	83		669	57	7	76	.990	0.00
Bob Oliver	1B	68		470	31	6	53	.988	0.00
Chuck Harrison	1B	39		335	24	3	31	.992	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cookie Rojas	2B	111		252	293	5	76	.991	0.00
Bobby Knoop	2B	52		89	120	7	31	.968	0.00
Bobby Floyd	2B	8		13	13	0	3	1.000	0.00
Rich Severson	2B	6		7	20	0	7	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Paul Schaal	3B	161		107	335	28	31	.940	0.00
Bob Oliver	3B	2		2	3	1	0	.833	0.00
Bobby Floyd	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bobby Knoop	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Rich Severson	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Freddie Patek	SS	147		301	459	25	107	.968	0.00
Bobby Floyd	SS	15		21	43	2	11	.970	0.00
Rich Severson	SS	6		8	15	2	4	.920	0.00
Cookie Rojas	SS	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Amos Otis	OF	144		404	10	4	4	.990	0.00
Lou Piniella	OF	115		201	6	3	2	.986	0.00
Joe Keough	OF	100		164	4	3	1	.982	0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick	OF	61		118	2	1	1	.992	0.00
Bob Oliver	OF	48		94	3	1	0	.990	0.00
Dennis Paepke	OF	17		21	0	2	0	.913	0.00
Sandy Valdespino	OF	15		18	1	1	0	.950	0.00
Carl Taylor	OF	12		27	0	1	0	.964	0.00
Ted Savage	OF	9		4	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Cookie Rojas	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Burgmeier	P	67	88	7	28	1	3	.972	3.58
Ted Abernathy	P	63	81	8	20	2	0	.933	3.11
Jim York	P	53	93	6	10	1	1	.941	1.55
Al Fitzmorris	P	36	127	15	25	2	4	.952	2.83
Dick Drago	P	35	241	7	42	2	9	.961	1.83
Mike Hedlund	P	32	205	16	47	2	5	.969	2.76
Bruce Dalcanton	P	25	141	11	16	2	0	.931	1.72
Paul Splittorff	P	22	144	7	32	2	3	.951	2.44
Ken Wright	P	21	78	1	16	1	2	.944	1.96
Jim Rooker	P	20	54	1	5	1	1	.857	1.00
Bill Butler	P	14	44	0	7	1	0	.875	1.43
Roger Nelson	P	13	34	2	9	0	0	1.000	2.91
Lance Clemons	P	10	24	1	4	1	0	.833	1.88
Wally Bunker	P	7	32	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.68
Mike McCormick	P	4	9	1	8	0	0	1.000	8.80
Monty Montgomery	P	3	21	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.13

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