1971 Kansas City Royals

85-76 • 0.528 Win% • 2nd in AL W

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
76 Losses
0.528 Win %
2nd Rank
603 R 566 RA
Diff +37

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⚡ Quick Stats

603 Runs Scored
566 Runs Allowed
+37 Run Diff
910K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 AL Average

Batting Avg .249 1% above the 1971 league average (.246)
OBP .313 1% below the 1971 league average (.315)
SLG .295 7% below the 1971 league average (.315)
Team ERA 3.25 6% better than the 1971 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 603 3% below the 1971 league average (623 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 910,784
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Avg per Game 11,244

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Sandy Valdespino 0.317 2 Amos Otis 0.301 3 Cookie Rojas 0.300 4 Lou Piniella 0.279 5 Gail Hopkins 0.278

Home Runs

1 Amos Otis 15 2 Paul Schaal 11 3 Gail Hopkins 9 4 Ed Kirkpatrick 9 5 Bob Oliver 8

RBI

1 Amos Otis 79 2 Paul Schaal 63 3 Cookie Rojas 59 4 Bob Oliver 52 5 Lou Piniella 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Freddie Patek 147 591 86 158 0 0 6 36 44 80 49 0.267
Amos Otis 147 555 80 167 0 0 15 79 40 74 52 0.301
Paul Schaal 161 548 80 150 0 0 11 63 103 51 7 0.274
Lou Piniella 126 448 43 125 0 0 3 51 21 43 5 0.279
Cookie Rojas 115 414 56 124 0 0 6 59 39 35 8 0.300
Bob Oliver 128 373 35 91 0 0 8 52 14 88 0 0.244
Ed Kirkpatrick 120 365 46 80 0 0 9 46 48 60 3 0.219
Joe Keough 110 351 34 87 0 0 3 30 35 26 0 0.248
Gail Hopkins 103 295 35 82 0 0 9 47 37 13 3 0.278
Jerry May 71 218 16 55 0 0 1 24 27 37 0 0.252
Bobby Knoop 72 161 14 33 0 0 1 11 15 36 1 0.205
Dennis Paepke 60 152 11 31 0 0 2 14 8 29 0 0.204
Chuck Harrison 49 143 9 31 0 0 2 21 11 19 0 0.217
Dick Drago 35 77 3 10 0 0 0 4 8 44 0 0.130
Mike Hedlund 32 68 2 6 0 0 0 2 2 26 0 0.088
Bobby Floyd 31 66 8 10 0 0 0 2 7 21 0 0.152
Sandy Valdespino 18 63 10 20 0 0 2 15 2 5 0 0.317
Paul Splittorff 22 48 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 0.104
Bruce Dal Canton 25 46 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 19 0 0.087
Buck Martinez 22 46 3 7 0 0 0 1 5 9 0 0.152
Al Fitzmorris 36 44 6 11 0 0 0 3 0 16 0 0.250
Carl Taylor 20 39 3 7 0 0 0 3 5 13 0 0.179
Rich Severson 16 30 4 9 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.300
Ted Savage 19 29 2 5 0 0 0 1 3 6 2 0.172
Ken Wright 21 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.091
Tom Burgmeier 68 20 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.250
Jim York 53 17 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 7 0 0.118
Ted Abernathy 63 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.077
Bill Butler 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.083
Jim Rooker 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.000
Wally Bunker 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Lance Clemons 10 7 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0.286
Monty Montgomery 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Roger Nelson 13 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.333
Mike McCormick 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tom Burgmeier 1.73 2 Ted Abernathy 2.56 3 Paul Splittorff 2.68 4 Mike Hedlund 2.71 5 Jim York 2.89

Wins

1 Dick Drago 17 2 Mike Hedlund 15 3 Tom Burgmeier 9 4 Bruce Dal Canton 8 5 Paul Splittorff 8

Strikeouts

1 Dick Drago 109 2 Jim York 103 3 Paul Splittorff 80 4 Mike Hedlund 76 5 Bruce Dal Canton 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dick Drago 17 11 2.98 35 34 0 241.1 46 109
Mike Hedlund 15 8 2.71 32 30 0 205.2 72 76
Paul Splittorff 8 9 2.68 22 22 0 144.1 35 80
Bruce Dal Canton 8 6 3.44 25 22 0 141.1 44 58
Al Fitzmorris 7 5 4.17 36 15 0 127.1 55 53
Jim York 5 5 2.89 53 0 3 93.1 44 103
Tom Burgmeier 9 7 1.73 67 0 17 88.1 30 44
Ted Abernathy 4 6 2.56 63 0 23 81.0 50 55
Ken Wright 3 6 3.69 21 12 1 78.0 47 56
Jim Rooker 2 7 5.33 20 7 0 54.0 24 31
Bill Butler 1 2 3.45 14 6 0 44.1 18 32
Roger Nelson 0 1 5.29 13 1 0 34.0 5 29
Wally Bunker 2 3 5.01 7 6 0 32.1 6 15
Lance Clemons 1 0 4.13 10 3 0 24.0 12 20
Monty Montgomery 3 0 2.11 3 2 0 21.1 3 12
Mike McCormick 0 0 9.31 4 1 0 9.2 5 2

👥 Roster (35)

Ted Abernathy Wally Bunker Tom Burgmeier Bill Butler Lance Clemons Bruce Dal Canton Dick Drago Al Fitzmorris Bobby Floyd Chuck Harrison Mike Hedlund Gail Hopkins +23 more

35 players

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