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1971 Kansas City Royals Batting Statistics

1970 Season 1972 Season

Record: 85-76-0, Finished 2nd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bob Lemon (85-76)

General Manager: Cedric Tallis

Scouting Director: Lou Gorman

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 910,784 (8th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98

Pythagorean W-L: 85-76, 603 Runs, 566 Runs Allowed

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	93	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	127	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	118	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	98	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	129	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	94	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	125	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	84	114	10	1	3	2	5
Rk	Pos	Name	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	79	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	50	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	140	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	128	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	Name	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	30	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	-18	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	48	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	282	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	-61	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	121	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	27.3	161	5914	5295	603	1323	225	40	80	573	130	46	490	819	.250	.313	.353	.666	91	1868	128	25	45	59	54
		Rank in 12 AL teams				10	8	8	2	2	12		1	8	10	2	7	8	8	8		9		11		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.4	161	5455	4887	575	1272	217	39	78	556	130	46	467	650	.260	.325	.369	.693	98	1801	125	25	19	57	54
		Pitcher Totals	25.9	161	459	408	28	51	8	1	2	17	0	0	23	169	.125	.171	.164	.335	-4	67	3	0	26	2	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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