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1971 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972)
85-76, Finished 2nd in AL West
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Scored 603 runs, Allowed 566 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-76
Manager: Bob Lemon (85-76)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 910,784 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
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1970 / 1972 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Ted Abernathy 38 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 6, 1933 13 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Bunker 26 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 25, 1945 9 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Burgmeier 27 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 4 68 0 68 68 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Butler 24 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 12, 1947 3 14 6 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Clemons 23 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 6, 1947 1st 10 3 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Dal Canton 29 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1942 5 25 22 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Drago 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 3 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Fitzmorris 25 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 3 36 15 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Floyd 27 R R 6' 0" 181 Oct 20, 1943 4 31 16 31 31 0 0 0 8 1 15 0 0 0 0 3 7
Chuck Harrison 30 R R 5' 10" 190 Apr 25, 1941 5 49 36 49 49 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Mike Hedlund 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 11, 1946 5 32 30 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gail Hopkins 28 L R 5' 10" 200 Feb 19, 1943 4 103 81 103 103 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Joe Keough 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1946 4 110 94 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 92 100 11 2
Ed Kirkpatrick 26 L R 195 Oct 8, 1944 10 120 102 120 120 0 59 0 0 0 0 30 16 17 61 12 0
Bobby Knoop 32 R R 6' 1" 170 Oct 18, 1938 8 72 41 72 72 0 0 0 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
Buck Martinez 22 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 7, 1948 3 22 14 22 22 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jerry May 27 R R 195 Dec 14, 1943 8 71 67 71 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Mike McCormick 32 L L 6' 2" 195 Sep 29, 1938 16 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monty Montgomery 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1946 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Nelson 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 7, 1944 5 13 1 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Oliver 28 R R 6' 2" 215 Feb 8, 1943 4 128 88 128 128 0 0 68 0 2 0 1 0 47 48 23 1
Amos Otis 24 R R 5' 11" 166 Apr 26, 1947 4 147 142 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 5 0 All-Star
Dennis Paepke 26 R R 6' 0" 202 Apr 17, 1945 2 60 38 60 60 0 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 17 19 0
Freddie Patek 26 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 4 147 145 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lou Piniella 27 R R 6' 2" 198 Aug 28, 1943 5 126 113 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 115 13 0
Cookie Rojas 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Mar 6, 1939 10 115 112 115 115 0 0 0 111 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 All-Star
Jim Rooker 28 R L 6' 0" 201 Sep 23, 1942 4 21 7 21 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ted Savage 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 21, 1936 9 19 6 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 9 12 1
Paul Schaal 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 3, 1943 8 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Severson 26 R R 6' 0" 174 Jan 18, 1945 2 16 8 16 16 0 0 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 1
Paul Splittorff 24 L L 6' 3" 210 Oct 8, 1946 2 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Taylor 27 R R 6' 2" 207 Jan 20, 1944 4 20 9 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 12 10 0
Sandy Valdespino 32 L L 5' 8" 170 Jan 14, 1939 7 18 15 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 15 3 0
Ken Wright 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 4, 1946 2 21 12 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim York 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 27, 1947 2 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1970 / 1972 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played