1971 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1971 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jerry May	27	71	249	218	16	55	13	2	1	24	0	0	27	37	.252	.329	.344	.673	92	75	7	0	0	4	8
2	1B	Gail Hopkins*	28	103	339	295	35	82	16	1	9	47	3	1	37	13	.278	.364	.431	.794	126	127	8	4	1	2	9
3	2B	Cookie Rojas	32	115	463	414	56	124	22	2	6	59	8	3	39	35	.300	.357	.406	.763	117	168	12	2	1	7	3
4	SS	Freddie Patek	26	147	648	591	86	158	21	11	6	36	49	14	44	80	.267	.323	.371	.693	97	219	6	5	7	1	3
5	3B	Paul Schaal	28	161	659	548	80	150	31	6	11	63	7	5	103	51	.274	.387	.412	.799	128	226	9	2	0	6	5
6	LF	Lou Piniella	27	126	476	448	43	125	21	5	3	51	5	3	21	43	.279	.311	.368	.679	93	165	12	2	0	5	4
7	CF	Amos Otis	24	147	607	555	80	167	26	4	15	79	52	8	40	74	.301	.345	.443	.789	124	246	18	2	2	8	2
8	RF	Joe Keough*	25	110	392	351	34	87	14	2	3	30	0	6	35	26	.248	.316	.325	.641	83	114	10	1	3	2	5
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Ed Kirkpatrick*	26	120	423	365	46	80	12	1	9	46	3	4	48	60	.219	.308	.332	.640	83	121	11	2	1	7	8
10	UT	Bob Oliver	28	128	398	373	35	91	12	2	8	52	0	0	14	88	.244	.277	.351	.628	78	131	13	5	1	5	3
11	2B	Bobby Knoop	32	72	180	161	14	33	8	1	1	11	1	0	15	36	.205	.270	.286	.555	59	46	6	0	2	2	1
12	C	Dennis Paepke	26	60	161	152	11	31	6	0	2	14	0	0	8	29	.204	.242	.283	.525	49	43	6	0	0	1	1
13	1B	Chuck Harrison	30	49	158	143	9	31	4	0	2	21	0	0	11	19	.217	.266	.287	.553	58	41	1	0	0	4	2
14	MI	Bobby Floyd	27	31	73	66	8	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	21	.152	.233	.197	.430	24	13	0	0	0	0	0
15	LF	Sandy Valdespino*	32	18	65	63	10	20	6	0	2	15	0	0	2	5	.317	.338	.508	.846	139	32	2	0	0	0	0
16	C	Buck Martinez	22	22	53	46	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	5	9	.152	.231	.196	.426	23	9	1	0	1	1	0
17	OF	Carl Taylor	27	20	46	39	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	13	.179	.261	.179	.440	28	7	1	0	0	2	0
18	IF	Rich Severson	26	16	33	30	4	9	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	5	.300	.364	.433	.797	127	13	0	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Ted Savage	35	19	32	29	2	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	6	.172	.250	.172	.422	23	5	2	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Dick Drago	26	35	92	77	3	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	8	44	.130	.212	.169	.381	10	13	1	0	7	0	0
21	P	Mike Hedlund	24	32	75	68	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	26	.088	.114	.088	.203	-41	6	1	0	5	0	0
22	P	Bruce Dal Canton	29	25	53	46	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	.087	.106	.087	.193	-44	4	0	0	6	0	0
23	P	Paul Splittorff*	24	22	52	48	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.104	.157	.125	.282	-19	6	1	0	1	0	0
24	P	Al Fitzmorris#	25	36	47	44	6	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	.250	.244	.273	.517	47	12	0	0	2	1	0
25	P	Ken Wright	24	21	24	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.091	.130	.091	.221	-36	2	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Tom Burgmeier*	27	68	21	20	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.250	.286	.350	.636	81	7	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Jim York	23	53	18	17	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.118	.167	.353	.520	45	6	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Ted Abernathy	38	63	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.077	.077	.077	.154	-56	1	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Jim Rooker	28	21	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	-49	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Bill Butler*	24	14	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.083	.077	.083	.160	-54	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	P	Wally Bunker	26	7	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Lance Clemons*	23	10	9	7	4	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	1.000	1.375	280	7	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Monty Montgomery	24	3	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	0	0	0	1	0	0
34	P	Roger Nelson	27	13	7	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	120	2	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Mike McCormick*	32	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.2	161	5914	5295	603	1323	225	40	80	573	130	46	490	819	.250	.313	.353	.666	90	1868	128	25	45	59	54
		Rank in 12 AL teams				10	8	8	2	2	12		1	5	10	11	7	8	8	8		9
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Dick Drago	26	17	11	.607	2.98	35	34	0	15	4	0	241.1	251	84	80	14	46	1	109	9	0	4	977	115	1.231	9.4	0.5	1.7	4.1	2.37
2	SP	Mike Hedlund	24	15	8	.652	2.71	32	30	1	7	1	0	205.2	168	68	62	15	72	1	76	1	0	2	833	127	1.167	7.4	0.7	3.2	3.3	1.06
3	SP	Paul Splittorff*	24	8	9	.471	2.68	22	22	0	6	3	0	144.1	129	49	43	4	35	1	80	4	0	1	583	128	1.136	8.0	0.2	2.2	5.0	2.29
4	SP	Bruce Dal Canton	29	8	6	.571	3.44	25	22	1	2	0	0	141.1	144	63	54	8	44	0	58	0	0	3	603	100	1.330	9.2	0.5	2.8	3.7	1.32
5	SP	Ken Wright	24	3	6	.333	3.69	21	12	3	1	1	1	78.0	66	34	32	6	47	0	56	3	0	3	344	93	1.449	7.6	0.7	5.4	6.5	1.19
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Ted Abernathy	38	4	6	.400	2.56	63	0	46	0	0	23	81.0	60	28	23	3	50	4	55	6	0	1	348	134	1.358	6.7	0.3	5.6	6.1	1.10
7	RP	Al Fitzmorris	25	7	5	.583	4.17	36	15	6	2	1	0	127.1	112	61	59	6	55	2	53	1	1	15	527	82	1.312	7.9	0.4	3.9	3.7	0.96
8	RP	Jim York	23	5	5	.500	2.89	53	0	21	0	0	3	93.1	70	32	30	7	44	7	103	3	0	4	399	119	1.221	6.8	0.7	4.2	9.9	2.34
9	RP	Tom Burgmeier*	27	9	7	.563	1.73	67	0	34	0	0	17	88.1	71	23	17	3	30	4	44	7	0	2	364	198	1.143	7.2	0.3	3.1	4.5	1.47
10	RP	Jim Rooker*	28	2	7	.222	5.33	20	7	3	1	1	0	54.0	59	35	32	2	24	1	31	1	0	4	240	64	1.537	9.8	0.3	4.0	5.2	1.29
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Bill Butler*	24	1	2	.333	3.45	14	6	3	0	0	0	44.1	45	19	17	6	18	0	32	0	0	0	190	99	1.421	9.1	1.2	3.7	6.5	1.78
12		Roger Nelson	27	0	1	.000	5.29	13	1	4	0	0	0	34.0	35	20	20	1	5	0	29	0	0	0	139	65	1.176	9.3	0.3	1.3	7.7	5.80
13		Wally Bunker	26	2	3	.400	5.01	7	6	1	0	0	0	32.1	35	19	18	7	6	0	15	0	0	0	136	69	1.268	9.7	1.9	1.7	4.2	2.50
14		Lance Clemons*	23	1	0	1.000	4.12	10	3	2	0	0	0	24.0	26	16	11	2	12	0	20	1	0	2	114	83	1.583	9.8	0.8	4.5	7.5	1.67
15		Monty Montgomery	24	3	0	1.000	2.11	3	2	1	0	0	0	21.1	16	5	5	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	82	163	0.891	6.8	0.0	1.3	5.1	4.00
16		Mike McCormick*	32	0	0		9.31	4	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	14	10	10	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	46	37	1.966	13.0	0.0	4.7	1.9	0.40
		Team Totals	26.2	85	76	.528	3.25	161	161	127	34	11	44	1420.1	1301	566	513	84	496	21	775	36	1	41	5925	106	1.265	8.2	0.5	3.1	4.9	1.56
		Rank in 12 AL teams		4	9						9	4	1	8	4	3	5	1	4		10
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Ted Abernathy	38	63	0	81.0	30	8	20	2	0	.933									3.11	0.44						P
Wally Bunker	26	7	6	32.1	6	1	5	0	0	1.000									1.67	0.86						P
Tom Burgmeier	27	67	0	88.1	36	7	28	1	3	.972									3.57	0.52						P
Bill Butler	24	14	6	44.1	8	0	7	1	0	.875									1.42	0.50						P
Lance Clemons	23	10	3	24.0	6	1	4	1	0	.833									1.88	0.50						P
Bruce Dal Canton	29	25	22	141.1	29	11	16	2	0	.931									1.72	1.08						P
Dick Drago	26	35	34	241.1	51	7	42	2	9	.961									1.83	1.40						P
Al Fitzmorris	25	36	15	127.1	42	15	25	2	4	.952									2.83	1.11						P
Bobby Floyd	27	24	16	155.2	92	34	56	2	14	.978	1.9	14.6	1.9	2.4	-0.6		0		5.20	3.75						SS-2B-3B
Chuck Harrison	30	39	36	323.0	362	335	24	3	31	.992	2.1	7.8	2.1	0.8	1.3		0		10.00	9.21						1B
Mike Hedlund	24	32	30	205.2	65	16	47	2	5	.969									2.76	1.97						P
Gail Hopkins	28	83	81	669.1	733	669	57	7	76	.990	0.6	1.1	1.6	-0.1	1.7		-1		9.76	8.75						1B
Joe Keough	25	101	94	818.2	175	168	4	3	1	.983	-1.9	-2.8	-0.9	2.3	-3.2	-1			1.89	1.70						RF-CF-LF
Ed Kirkpatrick	26	122	102	916.1	457	418	31	8	6	.982	8.1	10.6	5.1	5.0	0.3	0		3	4.41	3.68	4	8	22	18	45%	C-LF-CF-RF
Bobby Knoop	32	53	41	399.0	216	89	120	7	31	.968	-2.0	-6.0	-3.0	-2.7	-0.3		1		4.71	3.94						2B-3B
Buck Martinez	22	21	14	138.1	93	84	6	3	0	.968	-3.0	-26.0						-3	5.86	4.29	2	10	6	2	25%	C
Jerry May	27	71	67	576.2	353	314	38	1	6	.997	4.0	8.3						4	5.49	4.96	5	14	25	18	42%	C
Mike McCormick	32	4	1	9.2	9	1	8	0	0	1.000									8.38	2.25						P
Monty Montgomery	24	3	2	21.1	5	2	3	0	0	1.000									2.11	1.67						P
Roger Nelson	27	13	1	34.0	11	2	9	0	0	1.000									2.91	0.85						P
Bob Oliver	28	118	88	828.1	608	563	37	8	54	.987	1.0	1.4	2.0	4.3	-2.5	-1	0		6.52	5.08						1B-RF-3B-LF
Amos Otis	24	144	142	1241.1	415	401	10	4	4	.990	6.5	6.3	8.5	1.8	6.7	-2			2.98	2.85						CF
Dennis Paepke	26	49	38	340.0	175	157	15	3	1	.983	-5.6	-19.8	-3.6	-2.5	-1.1	-1		-1	4.55	3.51	0	9	13	6	32%	C-RF-LF
Freddie Patek	26	147	145	1259.2	785	301	459	25	107	.968	-2.0	-1.9	-5.0	-4.4	-0.6		3		5.43	5.17						SS
Lou Piniella	27	115	113	994.0	209	200	6	3	2	.986	-6.6	-8.0	-2.6	-0.7	-1.9	-4			1.87	1.79						LF
Cookie Rojas	32	114	112	953.1	552	254	293	5	76	.991	3.4	4.3	2.4	2.6	-0.2		1		5.16	4.80						2B-SS-LF
Jim Rooker	28	20	7	54.0	7	1	5	1	1	.857									1.00	0.30						P
Ted Savage	35	9	6	49.2	8	6	2	0	0	1.000	-1.3	-31.4	-1.3	-0.9	-0.4	0			1.45	0.89						LF-RF
Paul Schaal	28	161	161	1407.1	470	107	335	28	31	.940	-8.2	-7.0	-8.2	-5.9	-2.3		0		2.83	2.75						3B
Rich Severson	26	13	8	80.0	52	15	35	2	11	.962	2.5	37.5	1.5	2.1	-0.6		1		5.62	3.85						2B-SS-3B
Paul Splittorff	24	22	22	144.1	41	7	32	2	3	.951									2.43	1.77						P
Carl Taylor	27	12	9	85.0	27	26	0	1	0	.963	1.7	24.0	1.7	-1.3	3.0	0			2.75	2.17						LF-RF
Sandy Valdespino	32	15	15	127.0	21	19	1	1	0	.952	-0.1	-0.9	-1.1	-0.1	-0.9	1			1.42	1.33						LF-RF
Ken Wright	24	21	12	78.0	18	1	16	1	2	.944									1.96	0.81						P
Jim York	23	53	0	93.1	17	6	10	1	1	.941									1.54	0.30						P
Team Totals	27.3	161	1449	12783.0	6181	4244	1805	132	478	.979	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.7	-1.6	-8	5	3	4.26	3.30	11	41	66	44	40%
Rank in 12 AL teams								4	1	9
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1970 / 1972 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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