1971 Washington Senators Statistics and Roster

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1971 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970/1972)
63-96, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 537 runs, Allowed 660 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-94
Managed by Ted Williams

Ballpark: R.F.K. Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 655,156 (11th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
  (one-year): Batting - 92, Pitching - 94
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Paul Casanova       29   94  311   19   63   9  1   5   26  14   52  .203  .238  .286   0   3   8   1   1   2   1   52
1B *Don Mincher         33  100  323   35   94  15  1  10   45  53   52  .291  .389  .437   2   1   7   2   1   5   4  141
2B  Tim Cullen          29  125  403   34   77  13  4   2   26  33   47  .191  .252  .258   2   0  11   0   6   1   4   49
3B  Dave Nelson         27   85  329   47   92  11  3   5   33  23   29  .280  .328  .377  17   8   9   1   4   1   2  105
SS  Toby Harrah         22  127  383   45   88  11  3   2   22  40   48  .230  .300  .290  10   9   8   0   2   3   3   73
LF  Frank Howard        34  153  549   60  153  25  2  26   83  77  121  .279  .367  .474   1   0  29   2   0   5  20  144
CF *Del Unser           26  153  581   63  148  19  6   9   41  59   68  .255  .325  .355  11   6   4   2   4   2  10   98
RF *Larry Biittner      25   66  171   12   44   4  1   0   16  16   20  .257  .323  .292   1   0   7   1   0   1   3   81
    Dick Billings       28  116  349   32   86  14  0   6   48  21   54  .246  .296  .338   2   5   5   5   1   4   1   84
    Elliott Maddox      23  128  258   38   56   8  2   1   18  51   42  .217  .344  .275  10   4   6   0   1   2   3   83
   *Bernie Allen        32   97  229   18   61  11  1   4   22  33   27  .266  .359  .376   2   1   2   0   0   0   1  114
   #Len Randle          22   75  215   27   47  11  0   2   13  24   56  .219  .298  .298   1   1   3   1   7   2   2   74
   *Tommy McCraw        30  122  207   33   44   6  4   7   25  19   38  .213  .291  .382   3   3   4   5   0   3   2   95
    Jeff Burroughs      20   59  181   20   42   9  0   5   25  22   55  .232  .319  .365   1   0   4   1   0   0   0   99
    Joe Foy             28   41  128   12   30   8  0   0   11  27   14  .234  .363  .297   4   1   4   0   1   2   0   94
   *Mike Epstein        28   24   85    6   21   1  1   1    9  12   31  .247  .366  .318   1   0   0   4   0   0   1  101
   #Richie Scheinblum   28   27   49    5    7   3  0   0    4   8    5  .143  .263  .204   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   38
   *Jim French          29   14   41    6    6   2  0   0    4   7    7  .146  .271  .195   0   2   3   0   1   0   0   38
    Don Wert            32   20   40    2    2   1  0   0    2   4   10  .050  .156  .075   0   0   2   1   1   0   1  -31
    Curt Flood          33   13   35    4    7   0  0   0    2   5    2  .200  .300  .200   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   48
    Frank Fernandez     28   18   30    0    3   0  0   0    4   4   10  .100  .194  .100   0   0   2   0   1   2   0  -12
    Tom Ragland         25   10   23    1    4   0  0   0    0   0    5  .174  .208  .174   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   13
   *Jim Mason           20    3    9    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    3  .333  .400  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  116
   *Rick Stelmaszek     22    6    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Bill Fahey          21    2    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Dick Bosman         27   35   75    5    7   1  0   0    3   8   31  .093  .181  .107   0   0   1   0   5   0   0  -14
    Denny McLain        27   33   58    0    6   1  1   0    7   4   22  .103  .161  .155   0   0   0   0   9   0   0   -7
    Pete Broberg        21   18   44    2    5   2  0   1    4   1   22  .114  .133  .227   0   0   0   0   3   0   0    4
   *Bill Gogolewski     23   27   32    1    5   1  0   0    4   2   14  .156  .206  .188   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   15
   *Jim Shellenback     27   40   30    3    5   1  0   0    1   1   10  .167  .194  .200   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   15
    Casey Cox           29   54   26    1    2   0  0   0    0   1   19  .077  .111  .077   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -44
   *Paul Lindblad       29   43   19    2    3   2  0   0    1   0    5  .158  .158  .263   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   21
    Mike Thompson       21   16   17    1    2   0  0   0    0   2   13  .118  .250  .118   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   10
    Jackie Brown        28   14   15    1    2   0  0   0    1   0   10  .133  .133  .133   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -22
    Jerry Janeski       25   23   14    2    3   0  0   0    0   1    4  .214  .267  .214   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   42
    Joe Grzenda         34   46    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    4  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -16
    Denny Riddleberger  25   57    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    3  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    4
   *Darold Knowles      29   12    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Horacio Pina        26   56    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  159 5290  537 1219 189 30  86  501 575  956  .230  .306  .326  68  45 127  28  58  35  58   91
    Rank among 12 AL teams        11   10   11  10  5  11        3    2    11     9    12   7   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dick Bosman         27  35   3.73  12  16  0  35   0   7   1  236.7  245  110   98  29   71  113  993   2   5  0   9  88
SP  Denny McLain        27  33   4.28  10  22  0  32   1   9   3  216.7  233  115  103  31   72  103  931   4   3  1   8  77
SP  Pete Broberg        21  18   3.47   5   9  0  18   0   7   1  124.7  104   57   48  10   53   89  527  10  10  4   2  95
SP  Bill Gogolewski     23  27   2.75   6   5  0  17   3   4   1  124.3  112   39   38   5   39   70  514   1   2  0   6 120
SP  Mike Thompson       21  16   4.86   1   6  0  12   0   0   0   66.7   53   39   36   3   54   41  301   6   3  0   2  68
SP  Jackie Brown        28  14   5.94   3   4  0   9   0   0   0   47.0   60   34   31   9   27   21  223   3   1  0   2  55

CL *Paul Lindblad       29  43   2.58   6   4  8   0  23   0   0   83.7   58   25   24   6   29   50  331   2   2  0   6 128
RP *Denny Riddleberger  25  57   3.23   3   1  1   0  18   0   0   69.7   67   27   25   9   32   56  296   2   1  0   7 102
RP  Horacio Pina        26  56   3.59   1   1  2   0  21   0   0   57.7   47   26   23   2   31   38  250   3   4  0   7  92
RP *Joe Grzenda         34  46   1.92   5   2  5   0  21   0   0   70.3   54   19   15   2   17   56  273   2   1  0   7 172
RP  Casey Cox           29  54   3.98   5   7  7  11  21   0   0  124.3  131   69   55   9   40   43  543   5   7  0   8  83

   *Jim Shellenback     27  40   3.53   3  11  0  15  11   3   1  120.0  123   56   47  10   49   47  524   2   3  1   5  93
    Jerry Janeski       25  23   4.96   1   5  1  10   4   0   0   61.7   72   38   34   5   34   19  281   1   3  0   4  66
   *Darold Knowles      29  12   3.52   2   2  2   0   6   0   0   15.3   17    6    6   2    6   16   70   0   0  0   1  94
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.4 159   3.70  63  96 26 159 129  30  10 1418.0 1376  660  583 132  554  762 6057  43  45  6  74  89
    Rank among 12 AL teams          9  11   2  9          11  10      9    9    9        9    8   11

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- PCasanova 716 81 83 416 40 7 4 .985 6 20 32 17 DBillings 548 61 62 337 35 3 5 .992 16 21 44 21 JFrench 115 13 14 60 7 1 2 .985 1 2 4 4 BFahey 17 2 2 8 2 1 0 .909 0 0 1 1 RStelmaszek 13 1 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 1 FFernandez 8 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1418 159 159 830 85 12 11 .987 23 43 84 44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMincher 725 86 88 705 59 8 80 .990 9.48 FHoward 426 48 68 414 58 4 40 .992 9.96 MEpstein 208 24 24 224 12 2 30 .992 10.21 TMcCraw 47 0 30 44 1 1 3 .978 8.49 LBiittner 11 1 3 11 1 1 1 .923 9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1418 159 159 1398 131 16 154 .990 9.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TCullen 592 69 78 165 213 1 47 .997 5.74 LRandle 530 60 66 178 178 12 50 .967 6.04 BAllen 217 24 41 54 69 5 10 .961 5.10 TRagland 58 6 10 18 15 0 3 1.000 5.06 DWert 12 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 JFoy 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 DNelson 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1418 159 159 417 479 18 110 .980 5.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DNelson 714 80 84 63 149 14 15 .938 2.67 JFoy 311 36 37 44 77 5 12 .960 3.50 BAllen 261 32 34 31 57 5 6 .946 3.03 EMaddox 54 4 12 4 14 1 3 .947 2.98 THarrah 46 5 7 6 14 1 1 .952 3.91 DWert 26 2 7 2 7 2 1 .818 3.03 DBillings 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1418 159 159 151 318 28 38 .944 2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *4.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- THarrah 900 97 116 181 307 23 69 .955 4.88 TCullen 442 54 62 97 166 10 39 .963 5.35 DWert 47 5 7 5 15 0 1 1.000 3.83 JMason 26 3 3 8 13 1 1 .955 7.27 JFoy 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1418 159 159 291 502 34 110 .959 5.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FHoward 771 95 95 137 7 1 0 .993 1.68 JBurroughs 218 24 34 40 1 3 0 .932 1.69 DBillings 145 16 22 26 1 1 0 .964 1.67 TMcCraw 107 8 26 23 0 2 0 .920 1.92 RScheinblum 46 5 7 16 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 EMaddox 40 3 12 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 DUnser 39 3 10 5 1 1 0 .857 1.38 FFernandez 26 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 LBiittner 25 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1418 159 159 266 11 8 0 .972 1.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DUnser 856 103 106 273 5 4 1 .986 2.92 EMaddox 485 47 84 177 6 2 1 .989 3.39 CFlood 71 8 10 17 0 1 0 .944 2.15 TMcCraw 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1418 159 159 469 11 7 2 .986 3.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DUnser 385 37 70 106 3 3 1 .973 2.55 LBiittner 313 38 38 68 6 5 0 .937 2.13 TMcCraw 276 32 37 63 1 2 0 .970 2.08 JBurroughs 188 23 23 41 3 0 0 1.000 2.10 DBillings 77 9 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 EMaddox 76 8 10 16 2 0 1 1.000 2.13 RScheinblum 46 5 7 7 4 2 1 .846 2.15 FHoward 39 5 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 FFernandez 17 2 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1418 159 159 324 20 12 3 .966 2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.24 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DUnser 1280 143 151 394 10 8 2 .981 2.84 FHoward 810 100 100 141 7 1 0 .993 1.64 EMaddox 601 58 103 197 7 2 1 .990 3.05 JBurroughs 406 47 50 82 3 3 0 .966 1.88 TMcCraw 390 41 60 90 1 4 0 .958 2.10 LBiittner 338 40 41 72 6 5 0 .940 2.08 DBillings 222 25 32 41 2 1 0 .977 1.74 RScheinblum 92 10 13 23 5 2 1 .933 2.74 CFlood 71 8 10 16 0 1 0 .941 2.03 FFernandez 43 5 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1418 159 159 1063 42 27 4 .976 2.34 159 159 159 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBosman 236 35 35 21 27 1 1 .980 1.83 DMcLain 216 32 33 27 26 0 1 1.000 2.20 PBroberg 124 18 18 10 12 0 1 1.000 1.59 BGogolewski 124 17 27 10 18 1 1 .966 2.03 CCox 124 11 54 5 20 1 2 .962 1.81 JShellenbac 120 15 40 2 26 2 4 .933 2.10 PLindblad 83 0 43 3 18 0 1 1.000 2.26 JGrzenda 70 0 46 0 11 0 0 1.000 1.41 DRiddleberg 69 0 57 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.81 MThompson 66 12 16 6 12 1 0 .947 2.43 JJaneski 61 10 23 7 12 0 2 1.000 2.77 HPina 57 0 56 3 14 0 2 1.000 2.65 JBrown 47 9 14 6 9 0 0 1.000 2.87 DKnowles 15 0 12 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1418 159 159 106 215 6 16 .982 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Howard .279

On-base % Howard .367

Slugging % Howard .474

OPS Howard .841

Games Howard and Unser 153

At Bats Unser 581

Plate Appearances (approx.) Unser 648

Runs Unser 63

Hits Howard 153

Total Bases Howard 260

Doubles Howard 25

Triples Unser 6

Home Runs Howard 26

RBI Howard 83

Bases on Balls Howard 77

Strikeouts Howard 121

Stolen Bases Nelson 17

Singles Unser 114

Adjusted OPS+ Howard 144

Runs Created Howard 89

Adjusted Batting Runs Howard 32

Batting Wins Howard 3.4

Extra-Base Hits Howard 53

Times on Base Howard 232

Offensive Win% Howard .644

Hit By Pitch Billings and McCraw 5

Sac. Hits McLain 9

Sac. Flies Howard and Mincher 5

Intentional Walks Howard 20

Grounded into Double Plays Howard 29

Caught Stealing Harrah 9

Power/Speed Number Unser 9.9

At Bats per Strikeout Unser 8.5

At Bats per Home Run Howard 21.1

Outs Unser 449

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ERA Bosman 3.73

Wins Bosman 12

Won-Loss % Bosman .429

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Bosman 1.335

Hits Allowed/9IP Bosman 9.32

Bases on Balls/9IP Bosman 2.70

Strikeouts/9IP Bosman 4.30

Games Riddleberger 57

Saves Lindblad 8

Innings Bosman 236.7

Strikeouts Bosman 113

Games Started Bosman 35

Comp. Games McLain 9

Shutouts McLain 3

Home Runs Allow. McLain 31

Bases On Balls Allow. McLain 72

Hits Allowed Bosman 245

SO to Walk Bosman 1.59

Losses McLain 22

Earned Runs Allow. McLain 103

Wild Pitches Broberg 10

Hit Batsmen Broberg 10

Batters Faced Bosman 993

Games Finished Lindblad 23

Adjusted ERA+ Bosman 88

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