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1971 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Bltmore BAL 101 57 .639 -- Detroit DET 91 71 .562 12.0 BostonRS BOS 85 77 .525 18.0 NewYorkY NYY 82 80 .506 21.0 Washngtn WSA 63 96 .396 38.5 Clvlnd CLE 60 102 .370 43.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB Oakland OAK 101 60 .627 -- KansasCy KCR 85 76 .528 16.0 ChicagoW CHW 79 83 .488 22.5 Califrna CAL 76 86 .469 25.5 Minnesta MIN 74 86 .463 26.5 Milwkee MIL 69 92 .429 32.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-3):   Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles AL Championship Series (3-0):   Baltimore Orioles over Oakland Athletics BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1971 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  4.70   742  158  5303  1382  207  25  158  672   844  .261  .344  .398   66   38 122  4.86  4.54
 DET  4.33   701  162  5502  1399  214  38  179  540   854  .254  .321  .405   35   43 111  4.35  4.31
 OAK  4.29   691  161  5494  1383  195  25  160  542  1018  .252  .319  .384   80   53 107  4.01  4.58
 BOS  4.27   691  162  5401  1360  246  28  161  552   871  .252  .321  .397   51   34 101  4.69  3.85
 MIN  4.09   654  160  5414  1406  197  31  116  512   846  .260  .324  .372   66   44 101  4.20  3.98
 NYY  4.00   648  162  5413  1377  195  43   97  581   717  .254  .327  .360   75   55 109  4.04  3.96
 CHW  3.81   617  162  5382  1346  185  30  138  562   870  .250  .321  .373   83   65 102  3.43  4.19
 KCR  3.75   603  161  5295  1323  225  40   80  490   819  .250  .313  .353  130   46  97  3.65  3.84
 WSA  3.38   537  159  5290  1219  189  30   86  575   956  .230  .306  .326   68   45  91  3.31  3.45
 CLE  3.35   543  162  5467  1303  200  20  109  467   868  .238  .298  .342   57   37  82  3.67  3.04
 MIL  3.32   534  161  5185  1188  160  23  104  543   924  .229  .302  .329   82   53  88  3.44  3.19
 CAL  3.15   511  162  5495  1271  213  18   96  441   827  .231  .288  .329   72   34  86  2.88  3.43
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  3.87  7472 1932 64641 15957 2426 351 1484 6477 10414  .247  .317  .364  865  547

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  3.35   530  158  2.99  1415  1257   8.0   416  2.6  125   793   71    13    14  22 112  3.30  3.41
 OAK  3.50   564  161  3.05  1469  1229   7.6   501  3.1  131   999   57    15    18  36 110  3.70  3.30
 CAL  3.56   576  162  3.10  1481  1246   7.7   607  3.7  101   904   39     9    11  32 104  3.67  3.44
 CHW  3.69   597  162  3.12  1450  1348   8.3   468  2.9  100   976   46    16    19  32 115  3.83  3.54
 KCR  3.52   566  161  3.25  1420  1301   8.1   496  3.1   84   775   34    11    15  44 106  3.42  3.61
 MIL  3.78   609  161  3.38  1416  1303   8.1   569  3.5  130   795   32    14    23  32 103  3.89  3.67
 NYY  3.96   641  162  3.43  1452  1382   8.5   423  2.6  126   707   67    15    15  12  95  3.67  4.25
 DET  3.98   645  162  3.63  1468  1355   8.4   609  3.8  126  1000   53     8    11  32 100  3.57  4.40
 WSA  4.15   660  159  3.70  1418  1376   8.7   554  3.5  132   762   30     7    10  26  89  3.65  4.67
 BOS  4.12   667  162  3.80  1443  1424   8.8   535  3.3  136   871   44    10    11  35  98  4.23  4.01
 MIN  4.19   670  160  3.81  1416  1384   8.7   529  3.3  139   895   43     9     9  25  93  4.51  3.88
 CLE  4.61   747  162  4.28  1440  1352   8.3   770  4.8  154   937   21     4     7  32  89  4.94  4.28
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  3.87  7472 1932  3.46 17288 15957   8.3  6477  3.4 1484 10414  537         164 360

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BAL  112  148  .981   .728  1,023,037  13,286  103-55  53-24 48-33  99  97 29.8 29.5   3   6  22 Weaver
 OAK  117  157  .981   .729    914,993  11,296   95-66  46-35 55-25  98  97 26.8 26.5   3   3  37 Williams
 DET  106  156  .983   .709  1,591,073  19,643   87-75  54-27 37-44 105 105 29.5 26.7   1   4  20 Martin
 BOS  116  149  .981   .702  1,678,732  20,984   84-78  47-33 38-44 108 108 27.9 29.1   3   3  22 Kasko
 KCR  132  178  .979   .712    910,784  11,244   85-76  44-37 41-39  99  99 27.2 26.6   0   2  13 Lemon
 NYY  125  159  .981   .718  1,070,771  13,219   82-80  44-37 38-43  94  94 28.4 27.3   0   2  18 Houk
 CHW  160  128  .975   .699    833,891  10,295   83-79  39-42 40-41 104 104 25.6 25.9   0   2  13 Tanner
 CAL  131  159  .980   .727    926,373  11,437   72-90  35-46 41-40  93  93 27.6 26.4   0   1  26 Phillips
 MIN  117  134  .980   .703    940,858  11,910   78-82  37-42 37-44 103 102 28.4 27.3   2   5  11 Rigney
 MIL  138  152  .977   .717    731,531   8,921   71-90  34-48 35-44  98 100 27.1 26.0   0   1  16 Bristol
 WSA  141  170  .977   .706    655,156   8,088   65-94  35-46 28-50  94  95 27.6 26.4   0   1  23 Williams
 CLE  116  159  .981   .711    591,361   7,301   58-104 29-52 31-50 109 110 26.2 25.1   0   2  22 Dark and Lipon
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Vida Blue OAK 24-8  1.82 301 SO Cy Young Award Vida Blue OAK 24-8  1.82 301 SO Rookie of the Year Chris Chambliss CLE .275/.341/.407

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Jim Kaat Catcher Ray Fosse First Base George Scott Second Base Davey Johnson Third Base Brooks Robinson Shortstop Mark Belanger Outfield Paul Blair, Amos Otis, and Carl Yastrzemski

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Oliva-MIN .337 Murcer-NYY .331 Rettenmund-BAL .318 Tovar-MIN .310 Carew-MIN .307	On-base % Murcer-NYY .427 Rettenmund-BAL .422 Kaline-DET **.416 Buford-BAL .413 White-NYY .388	Slugging % Oliva-MIN .546 Murcer-NYY .543 Cash-DET .531 Robinson-BAL .510 Jackson-OAK .508	OPS Murcer-NYY .970 Oliva-MIN .915 Cash-DET .903 Robinson-BAL .894 Buford-BAL .890
Games Alomar-CAL 162 Schaal-KCR 161 McMullen-CAL 160 Brinkman-DET 159 Clarke-NYY 159 Smith-BOS 159	At Bats Alomar-CAL 689 Tovar-MIN 657 Clarke-NYY 625 Smith-BOS 618 Rodriguez-DET 604	Plate Appearances (approx.) Alomar-CAL 739 Tovar-MIN 718 Clarke-NYY 696 Smith-BOS 692 Nettles-CLE 690	Runs Buford-BAL 99 Murcer-NYY 94 Tovar-MIN 94 Carew-MIN 88 Jackson-OAK 87
Hits Tovar-MIN 204 Alomar-CAL 179 Carew-MIN 177 Murcer-NYY 175 Smith-BOS 175	Total Bases Smith-BOS 302 Jackson-OAK 288 Murcer-NYY 287 Melton-CHW 267 Oliva-MIN 266	Doubles Smith-BOS 33 Schaal-KCR 31 Oliva-MIN 30 Rodriguez-DET 30 Jackson-OAK 29 Tovar-MIN 29	Triples Patek-KCR 11 Carew-MIN 10 Blair-BAL 8 Clarke-NYY 7 May-CHW 7 Rodriguez-DET 7 White-NYY 7
Home Runs Melton-CHW 33 Cash-DET 32 Jackson-OAK 32 Smith-BOS 30 Killebrew-MIN 28 Nettles-CLE 28 Petrocelli-BOS 28 Robinson-BAL 28	RBI Killebrew-MIN 119 Robinson-BAL 99 Smith-BOS 96 Bando-OAK 94 Murcer-NYY 94	Bases on Balls Killebrew-MIN 114 Yastrzemski-BOS 106 Schaal-KCR 103 Murcer-NYY 91 Petrocelli-BOS 91	Strikeouts Jackson-OAK 161 Howard-WSA 121 Petrocelli-BOS 108 Mitterwald-MIN 104 Epstein-TOT 102 Scott-BOS 102
Stolen Bases Otis-KCR 52 Patek-KCR 49 Alomar-CAL 39 Campaneris-OAK 34 Harper-MIL 25 Pinson-CLE 25	Singles Tovar-MIN 171 Carew-MIN 149 Alomar-CAL 148 Clarke-NYY 124 Otis-KCR 122	Adjusted OPS+ Murcer-NYY 181 Oliva-MIN 154 Buford-BAL 153 Robinson-BAL 153 White-NYY 149	Runs Created Murcer-NYY 126 Smith-BOS 106 Jackson-OAK 103 White-NYY 103 Rettenmund-BAL 99
Adjusted Batting Runs Murcer-NYY 59 White-NYY 39 Rettenmund-BAL 37 Buford-BAL 36 Robinson-BAL 34	Batting Wins Murcer-NYY 6.1 White-NYY 4.0 Rettenmund-BAL 3.8 Buford-BAL 3.7 Robinson-BAL 3.6	Extra-Base Hits Smith-BOS 65 Jackson-OAK 64 Murcer-NYY 56 Petrocelli-BOS 56 Oliva-MIN 55	Times on Base Murcer-NYY 266 Schaal-KCR 255 Tovar-MIN 252 Rettenmund-BAL 247 White-NYY 246
Offensive Win% Murcer-NYY .814 Buford-BAL .772 Cash-DET .757 Rettenmund-BAL .752 Oliva-MIN .730	Hit By Pitch Epstein-TOT 12 Melton-CHW 11 Freehan-DET 9 Robinson-BAL 9 Bando-OAK 8 Rodriguez-MIL 8	Sac. Hits Theobald-MIL 19 Culp-BOS 17 Wood-CHW 17 Lolich-DET 16 McNally-BAL 14 Peterson-NYY 14	Sac. Flies White-NYY 17 Cardenas-MIN 11 Killebrew-MIN 10 Petrocelli-BOS 9 Otis-KCR 8 Robinson-BAL 8
Intentional Walks Howard-WSA 20 Buford-BAL 15 Green-OAK 14 Killebrew-MIN 14 Murcer-NYY 13	Grounded into Double Plays Howard-WSA 29 Carew-MIN 23 Scott-BOS 23 Killebrew-MIN 21 Oliva-MIN 21 Robinson-BAL 21	Caught Stealing Patek-KCR 14 Tovar-MIN 14 Blair-BAL 11 Alomar-CAL 10 Jackson-OAK 10 Reichardt-CHW 10	Power/Speed Number Otis-KCR 23.3 Jackson-OAK 21.3 Harper-MIL 17.9 Murcer-NYY 17.9 Buford-BAL 16.8
At Bats per Strikeout Alou-TOT 18.8 Tovar-MIN 16.8 Clarke-NYY 14.5 Robinson-BAL 11.8 Alomar-CAL 11.5	At Bats per Home Run Cash-DET 14.1 Robinson-BAL 16.3 Melton-CHW 16.5 Jackson-OAK 17.7 Killebrew-MIN 17.9	Outs Alomar-CAL 536 Clarke-NYY 495 Tovar-MIN 485 Rodriguez-DET 476 McMullen-CAL 472	ERA Blue-OAK 1.82 Wood-CHW 1.91 Palmer-BAL 2.68 Hedlund-KCR 2.71 Blyleven-MIN 2.81
Wins Lolich-DET 25 Blue-OAK 24 Wood-CHW 22 Hunter-OAK 21 McNally-BAL 21	Won-Loss % McNally-BAL .808 Blue-OAK .750 Dobson-OAK .750 Dobson-BAL .714 Coleman-DET .690 Cuellar-BAL .690 Palmer-BAL .690	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Blue-OAK 0.952 Wood-CHW 1.000 Kline-NYY 1.093 McNally-BAL 1.097 Dobson-BAL 1.102	Hits Allowed/9IP Blue-OAK 6.03 McDowell-CLE 6.71 May-CAL 6.91 Messersmith-CAL 7.29 Wright-CAL 7.32
Bases on Balls/9IP Peterson-NYY 1.38 Kline-NYY 1.50 Kaat-MIN 1.62 Wood-CHW 1.67 Drago-KCR 1.72	Strikeouts/9IP Blue-OAK 8.68 McDowell-CLE 8.05 Johnson-CHW 7.74 Coleman-DET 7.43 Lolich-DET 7.37	Games Sanders-MIL 83 Scherman-DET 69 Burgmeier-KCR 67 Abernathy-KCR 63 Fisher-CAL 57 Hennigan-CLE 57 Riddleberger-WSA 57	Saves Sanders-MIL 31 Abernathy-KCR 23 Scherman-DET 20 Burgmeier-KCR 17 Fingers-OAK 17
Innings Lolich-DET 376.0 Wood-CHW 334.0 Blue-OAK 312.0 Cuellar-BAL 292.3 Coleman-DET 286.0	Strikeouts Lolich-DET 308 Blue-OAK 301 Coleman-DET 236 Blyleven-MIN 224 Wood-CHW 210	Games Started Lolich-DET 45 Wood-CHW 42 Blue-OAK 39 Bradley-CHW 39 Perry-MIN 39	Comp. Games Lolich-DET 29 Blue-OAK 24 Wood-CHW 22 Cuellar-BAL 21 Palmer-BAL 20
Shutouts Blue-OAK 8 Stottlemyre-NYY 7 Wood-CHW 7 Bradley-CHW 6 Blyleven-MIN 5 Pattin-MIL 5	Home Runs Allow. Perry-MIN 39 Lolich-DET 36 McLain-WSA 31 Cuellar-BAL 30 Bosman-WSA 29 Pattin-MIL 29	Bases On Balls Allow. McDowell-CLE 153 Messersmith-CAL 121 Johnson-CHW 111 Dunning-CLE 109 Palmer-BAL 106	Hits Allowed Lolich-DET 336 Kaat-MIN 275 Bradley-CHW 273 Wood-CHW 272 Peterson-NYY 269
SO to Walk Blyleven-MIN 3.80 Blue-OAK 3.42 Wood-CHW 3.39 Lolich-DET 3.35 Peterson-NYY 3.31	Losses McLain-WSA 22 McDowell-CLE 17 Murphy-CAL 17 Parsons-MIL 17 Perry-MIN 17 Wright-CAL 17	Earned Runs Allow. Perry-MIN 127 Lolich-DET 122 Peters-BOS 104 McLain-WSA 103 Murphy-CAL 102	Wild Pitches Murphy-CAL 17 Fitzmorris-KCR 15 McDowell-CLE 13 Johnson-CHW 11 Blue-OAK 10 Broberg-WSA 10 John-CHW 10
Hit Batsmen Lonborg-BOS 14 Broberg-WSA 10 Drago-KCR 9 Murphy-CAL 9 Fingers-OAK 8 Queen-CAL 8 Tatum-BOS 8 Williams-MIN 8	Batters Faced Lolich-DET 1538 Wood-CHW 1316 Blue-OAK 1207 Bradley-CHW 1198 Coleman-DET 1174	Games Finished Sanders-MIL 77 Abernathy-KCR 46 Scherman-DET 40 Hennigan-CLE 38 Lyle-BOS 36	Adjusted ERA+ Wood-CHW 188 Blue-OAK 185 Siebert-BOS 129 Hedlund-KCR 127 Blyleven-MIN 126
Oldest Player Hall-BAL 1930-09-27 (40) Abernathy-KCR 1933-03-06 (38) Pena-BAL 1933-11-17 (37) Pascual-CLE 1934-01-20 (37) Aparicio-BOS 1934-04-29 (37)	Youngest Player Porter-MIL 1952-01-17 (19) Forster-CHW 1952-01-14 (19) Hassler-CAL 1951-10-18 (19) Meoli- 1951-05-01 (20) Blyleven-MIN 1951-04-06 (20)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All Stars (* - indicates they played)
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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Vida Blue (OAK) C. Bill Freehan (DET) 1B. Norm Cash (DET) 2B. Rod Carew (MIN) 3B. Brooks Robinson (BAL) SS. Luis Aparicio (BOS) LF. Carl Yastrzemski (BOS) CF. Bobby Murcer (NYY) RF. Frank Robinson (BAL)		Don Buford* (BAL) Leo Cardenas (MIN) Mike Cuellar* (BAL) Dave Duncan (OAK) Ray Fosse (CLE) Frank Howard* (WSA) Reggie Jackson* (OAK) Al Kaline* (DET) Harmon Killebrew* (MIN)		Mickey Lolich* (DET) Sam McDowell (CLE) Bill Melton (CHW) Andy Messersmith (CAL) Thurman Munson* (NYY) Tony Oliva (MIN) Amos Otis* (KCR) Jim Palmer* (BAL) Marty Pattin (MIL)		Jim Perry (MIN) Boog Powell (BAL) Cookie Rojas* (KCR) Sonny Siebert (BOS) Wilbur Wood (CHW)

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