1971 Washington Senators

63-96 • 0.396 Win% • 5th in AL E

📊 Season Record

63 Wins
96 Losses
0.396 Win %
5th Rank
537 R 660 RA
Diff -123

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537 Runs Scored
660 Runs Allowed
-123 Run Diff
655K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 AL Average

Batting Avg .230 7% below the 1971 league average (.246)
OBP .305 3% below the 1971 league average (.315)
SLG .279 12% below the 1971 league average (.315)
Team ERA 3.70 7% worse than the 1971 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 537 14% below the 1971 league average (623 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumR.F.K. Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 655,156
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Avg per Game 8,088

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Don Mincher 0.291 2 Dave Nelson 0.280 3 Frank Howard 0.279 4 Bernie Allen 0.266 5 Larry Biittner 0.257

Home Runs

1 Frank Howard 26 2 Don Mincher 10 3 Del Unser 9 4 Tommy McCraw 7 5 Dick Billings 6

RBI

1 Frank Howard 83 2 Dick Billings 48 3 Don Mincher 45 4 Del Unser 41 5 Dave Nelson 33
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Del Unser 153 581 63 148 0 0 9 41 59 68 11 0.255
Frank Howard 153 549 60 153 0 0 26 83 77 121 1 0.279
Tim Cullen 125 403 34 77 0 0 2 26 33 47 2 0.191
Toby Harrah 127 383 45 88 0 0 2 22 40 48 10 0.230
Dick Billings 116 349 32 86 0 0 6 48 21 54 2 0.246
Dave Nelson 85 329 47 92 0 0 5 33 23 29 17 0.280
Don Mincher 100 323 35 94 0 0 10 45 53 52 2 0.291
Paul Casanova 94 311 19 63 0 0 5 26 14 52 0 0.203
Elliott Maddox 128 258 38 56 0 0 1 18 51 42 10 0.217
Bernie Allen 97 229 18 61 0 0 4 22 33 27 2 0.266
Lenny Randle 75 215 27 47 0 0 2 13 24 56 1 0.219
Tommy McCraw 122 207 33 44 0 0 7 25 19 38 3 0.213
Jeff Burroughs 59 181 20 42 0 0 5 25 22 55 1 0.232
Larry Biittner 66 171 12 44 0 0 0 16 16 20 1 0.257
Joe Foy 41 128 12 30 0 0 0 11 27 14 4 0.234
Mike Epstein 24 85 6 21 0 0 1 9 12 31 1 0.247
Dick Bosman 35 75 5 7 0 0 0 3 8 31 0 0.093
Denny McLain 33 58 0 6 0 0 0 7 4 22 0 0.103
Richie Scheinblum 27 49 5 7 0 0 0 4 8 5 0 0.143
Pete Broberg 18 44 2 5 0 0 1 4 1 22 0 0.114
Jim French 14 41 6 6 0 0 0 4 7 7 0 0.146
Don Wert 20 40 2 2 0 0 0 2 4 10 0 0.050
Curt Flood 13 35 4 7 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 0.200
Bill Gogolewski 27 32 1 5 0 0 0 4 2 14 0 0.156
Frank Fernandez 18 30 0 3 0 0 0 4 4 10 0 0.100
Jim Shellenback 40 30 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.167
Casey Cox 54 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19 0 0.077
Tom Ragland 10 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.174
Paul Lindblad 43 19 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.158
Mike Thompson 16 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.118
Jackie Brown 14 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.133
Gerry Janeski 23 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.214
Jim Mason 3 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.333
Rick Stelmaszek 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bill Fahey 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Grzenda 46 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.143
Denny Riddleberger 57 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.000
Darold Knowles 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Horacio Pina 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Joe Grzenda 1.92 2 Paul Lindblad 2.58 3 Bill Gogolewski 2.75 4 Denny Riddleberger 3.23 5 Pete Broberg 3.47

Wins

1 Dick Bosman 12 2 Denny McLain 10 3 Bill Gogolewski 6 4 Paul Lindblad 6 5 Pete Broberg 5

Strikeouts

1 Dick Bosman 113 2 Denny McLain 103 3 Pete Broberg 89 4 Bill Gogolewski 70 5 Joe Grzenda 56
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dick Bosman 12 16 3.73 35 35 0 236.2 71 113
Denny McLain 10 22 4.28 33 32 0 216.2 72 103
Pete Broberg 5 9 3.47 18 18 0 124.2 53 89
Casey Cox 5 7 3.98 54 11 7 124.1 40 43
Bill Gogolewski 6 5 2.75 27 17 0 124.1 39 70
Jim Shellenback 3 11 3.53 40 15 0 120.0 49 47
Paul Lindblad 6 4 2.58 43 0 8 83.2 29 50
Joe Grzenda 5 2 1.92 46 0 5 70.1 17 56
Denny Riddleberger 3 1 3.23 57 0 1 69.2 32 56
Mike Thompson 1 6 4.86 16 12 0 66.2 54 41
Gerry Janeski 1 5 4.96 23 10 1 61.2 34 19
Horacio Pina 1 1 3.59 56 0 2 57.2 31 38
Jackie Brown 3 4 5.94 14 9 0 47.0 27 21
Darold Knowles 2 2 3.52 12 0 2 15.1 6 16

👥 Roster (39)

Bernie Allen Larry Biittner Dick Billings Dick Bosman Pete Broberg Jackie Brown Jeff Burroughs Paul Casanova Casey Cox Tim Cullen Mike Epstein Bill Fahey +27 more

39 players

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