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1971 American League West Team Record GB Oakland Athletics 101 - 60 — Kansas City Royals 85 - 76 16.0 Chicago White Sox 79 - 83 22.5 California Angels 76 - 86 25.5 Minnesota Twins 74 - 86 26.5 Milwaukee Brewers 69 - 92 32.0	2nd (AL West) Runs Scored: 603 Runs Allowed: 566 Attendance: 910,784
1971 Kansas City Royals Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Jerry May C 27 71 218 16 55 13 2 1 24 27 8 37 0 0 0 0 7 .252 .329 .344 .673 Gail Hopkins 1B 28 103 295 35 82 16 1 9 47 37 9 13 3 1 1 4 8 .278 .364 .431 .795 Cookie Rojas 2B 32 115 414 56 124 22 2 6 59 39 3 35 8 3 1 2 12 .300 .357 .406 .763 Paul Schaal 3B 28 161 548 80 150 31 6 11 63 103 5 51 7 5 0 2 9 .274 .387 .412 .799 Freddie Patek SS 26 147 591 86 158 21 11 6 36 44 3 80 49 14 7 5 6 .267 .323 .371 .694 Lou Piniella LF 27 126 448 43 125 21 5 3 51 21 4 43 5 3 0 2 12 .279 .311 .368 .679 Amos Otis CF 24 147 555 80 167 26 4 15 79 40 2 74 52 8 2 2 18 .301 .345 .443 .788 Joe Keough RF 25 110 351 34 87 14 2 3 30 35 5 26 0 6 3 1 10 .248 .316 .325 .641
1971 Kansas City Royals Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Bob Oliver 28 128 373 35 91 12 2 8 52 14 3 88 0 0 1 5 13 .244 .277 .351 .628 Ed Kirkpatrick 26 120 365 46 80 12 1 9 46 48 8 60 3 4 1 2 11 .219 .308 .332 .640 Bobby Knoop 32 72 161 14 33 8 1 1 11 15 1 36 1 0 2 0 6 .205 .270 .286 .556 Dennis Paepke 26 60 152 11 31 6 0 2 14 8 1 29 0 0 0 0 6 .204 .242 .283 .525 Chuck Harrison 30 49 143 9 31 4 0 2 21 11 2 19 0 0 0 0 1 .217 .266 .287 .553 Bobby Floyd 27 31 66 8 10 3 0 0 2 7 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 .152 .233 .197 .430 Buck Martinez 22 22 46 3 7 2 0 0 1 5 0 9 0 1 1 0 1 .152 .231 .196 .427 Carl Taylor 27 20 39 3 7 0 0 0 3 5 0 13 0 1 0 0 1 .179 .261 .179 .440 Ted Savage 35 19 29 2 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 .172 .250 .172 .422 Sandy Valdespino 32 18 63 10 20 6 0 2 15 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 .317 .338 .508 .846 Rich Severson 26 16 30 4 9 0 2 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .364 .433 .797
1971 Kansas City Royals Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Dick Drago P 26 35 77 3 10 3 0 0 4 8 0 44 0 0 7 0 1 .130 .212 .169 .381 Mike Hedlund P 24 32 68 2 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 26 0 0 5 0 1 .088 .114 .088 .202 Paul Splittorff P 24 22 48 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 0 8 0 0 1 0 1 .104 .157 .125 .282 Bruce Dal Canton P 29 25 46 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 19 0 0 6 0 0 .087 .106 .087 .193 Al Fitzmorris P 25 36 44 6 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 16 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .244 .273 .517 Ken Wright P 24 21 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .130 .091 .221 Tom Burgmeier P 27 68 20 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .286 .350 .636 Jim York P 23 53 17 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .167 .353 .520 Ted Abernathy P 38 63 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 Bill Butler P 24 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .077 .083 .160 Jim Rooker P 28 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 Wally Bunker P 26 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 .100 Lance Clemons P 23 10 7 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .375 1.000 1.375 Monty Montgomery P 24 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 Roger Nelson P 27 13 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 Mike McCormick P 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1971 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Dick Drago 26 35 34 17 11 .607 2.98 241.1 84 80 251 14 46 109 .272 9 4 15 4 0 3.53 Mike Hedlund 24 32 30 15 8 .652 2.71 205.2 68 62 168 15 72 76 .221 1 2 7 1 0 4.27 Bruce Dal Canton 29 25 22 8 6 .571 3.44 141.1 63 54 144 8 44 58 .258 0 3 2 0 0 3.85 Paul Splittorff 24 22 22 8 9 .471 2.68 144.1 49 43 129 4 35 80 .237 4 1 6 3 0 3.06 Ken Wright 24 21 12 3 6 .333 3.69 78.0 34 32 66 6 47 56 .224 3 3 1 1 1 4.49 Wally Bunker 26 7 6 2 3 .400 5.01 32.1 19 18 35 7 6 15 .269 0 0 0 0 0 5.44 Monty Montgomery 24 3 2 3 0 1.000 2.11 21.1 5 5 16 0 3 12 .203 0 0 0 0 0 2.30
1971 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Tom Burgmeier 27 67 0 9 7 .563 1.73 88.1 23 17 71 3 30 44 .217 7 2 0 0 17 3.70 Ted Abernathy 38 63 0 4 6 .400 2.56 81.0 28 23 60 3 50 55 .205 6 1 0 0 23 4.20 Jim York 23 53 0 5 5 .500 2.89 93.1 32 30 70 7 44 103 .199 3 4 0 0 3 3.28 Al Fitzmorris 25 36 15 7 5 .583 4.17 127.1 61 59 112 6 55 53 .238 1 15 2 1 0 4.10 Jim Rooker 28 20 7 2 7 .222 5.33 54.0 35 32 59 2 24 31 .274 1 4 1 1 0 3.72 Bill Butler 24 14 6 1 2 .333 3.45 44.1 19 17 45 6 18 32 .262 0 0 0 0 0 4.53 Roger Nelson 27 13 1 0 1 .000 5.29 34.0 20 20 35 1 5 29 .261 0 0 0 0 0 2.12 Lance Clemons 23 10 3 1 0 1.000 4.13 24.0 16 11 26 2 12 20 .257 1 2 0 0 0 4.04 Mike McCormick 32 4 1 0 0 .000 9.31 9.2 10 10 14 0 5 2 .341 0 0 0 0 0 4.14