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1971 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Players Division Team W L WPct GB Seattle 97 65 .599 -- Toronto 94 68 .580 3 Minnesota 81 81 .500 16 Detroit 81 81 .500 16 New York (A) 48 114 .296 49	Union Division Team W L WPct GB Kansas City 111 51 .685 -- Oakland 106 56 .654 5 Tampa Bay 82 80 .506 29 Boston (A) 71 91 .438 40 Cleveland (A) 54 108 .333 57

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1)	Montreal Expos over Seattle Mariners
AL League Series (4-1)	Seattle Mariners over Kansas City Royals
AL Divisional Series (4-3)	Seattle Mariners over Oakland Athletics
AL Divisional Series (4-3)	Kansas City Royals over Toronto Blue Jays

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
KCR	6.0	971	162	5584	1511	271	39	226	728	1108	.271	.355	.455	.809
SEM	5.6	912	162	5625	1603	288	50	130	642	788	.285	.358	.423	.782
OAK	5.5	889	162	5593	1494	253	40	172	671	912	.267	.346	.419	.765
MIN	4.6	752	162	5654	1501	249	29	154	475	837	.265	.322	.401	.724
TAM	4.4	720	162	5568	1398	201	31	139	655	1033	.251	.330	.373	.703
BOS	4.4	716	162	5565	1357	293	23	172	523	1074	.244	.309	.397	.706
TOR	4.3	696	162	5514	1368	272	23	126	616	960	.248	.324	.374	.698
DET	4.1	667	162	5535	1402	238	28	141	472	1000	.253	.312	.383	.695
CLE	3.6	577	162	5555	1328	202	28	69	445	922	.239	.296	.323	.618
NYA	3.5	565	162	5389	1182	193	39	110	469	1041	.219	.282	.331	.613
Totals	4.6	7465	1620	55582	14144	2460	330	1439	5696	9675	.254	.324	.388	.712
Average		746	162	5558	1414	246	33	144	570	968

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
OAK	3.8	611	162	3.41	1463.3	1316	8.1	523	3.2	1017	6.3	22
TOR	3.9	638	162	3.58	1459.7	1319	8.1	440	2.7	1025	6.3	37
SEM	4.1	657	162	3.80	1461.3	1311	8.1	572	3.5	1041	6.4	26
KCR	4.1	661	162	3.67	1457.0	1349	8.3	418	2.6	995	6.1	33
MIN	4.5	724	162	4.18	1459.7	1407	8.7	665	4.1	966	6.0	26
DET	4.5	727	162	4.08	1455.0	1401	8.6	514	3.2	920	5.7	29
TAM	4.6	745	162	4.16	1467.7	1428	8.8	497	3.1	970	6.0	25
BOS	5.1	827	162	4.67	1453.3	1380	8.5	724	4.5	1066	6.6	27
CLE	5.3	859	162	5.05	1448.0	1567	9.7	620	3.8	816	5.0	21
NYA	5.5	886	162	5.17	1420.7	1506	9.3	735	4.5	781	4.8	25
Totals	4.5	7335	1620	4.17	14545.6	13984	8.6	5708	3.5	9597	5.9	271
Average		734	162		1455	1398		571		960		27

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
KCR	108	54	3	6	19	2	0	2	9	1.00	1.12	2,427,787		Ricky Sanford
OAK	108	54	-2	6	13	1	4	2	7	0.96	0.87	2,427,866		Marwan Najdawi
MIN	84	78	-3	4	13	0	1	2	17	1.03	0.93	2,121,036		Bill Rigney
SEM	105	57	-8	3	13	5	3	2	8	1.01	0.85	2,405,376		Peter Fletcher
TOR	87	75	7	3	14	0	4	1	4	0.93	0.92	1,881,931		Chuck Glidden
CLE	53	109	1	1	8	0	0	1	1	1.02	1.26	796,858		Jason Morton
DET	75	87	6	1	22	2	0	4	37	0.99	1.12	1,074,234		Pie Traynor
TAM	78	84	4	1	15	2	1	4	13	1.05	0.95	1,773,356		Jeff Randall
BOS	70	92	1	0	15	0	0	1	10	1.01	0.95	2,081,404		Brian Rodgers
NYA	49	113	-1	0	11	0	0	0	6	1.08	1.04	1,116,354		Jason Spiegel

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
KCR	333	190.03	101.03	41.90	2.49	3.27	6.87	6.60	11.12	11.56
OAK	318	163.98	109.39	44.59	11.02	3.68	8.22	3.77	5.50	12.42
SEM	291	155.30	93.68	41.97	8.34	1.17	5.35	5.56	9.35	12.21
TOR	282	120.88	111.14	49.94	4.83	2.28	10.52	7.23	7.14	17.96
TAM	246	111.08	91.40	43.46	7.93	2.41	8.21	4.23	6.48	14.21
MIN	243	115.28	87.81	39.87	8.24	3.24	6.11	3.59	6.88	11.81
DET	243	104.33	96.83	41.79	9.81	3.55	6.29	3.87	4.47	13.82
BOS	213	114.37	63.90	34.69	9.79	2.41	3.87	3.56	6.39	8.68
CLE	162	67.89	61.56	32.51	10.20	3.07	5.07	3.89	4.88	5.42
NYA	144	60.24	52.01	31.69	7.15	3.41	2.75	3.85	7.11	7.45

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Johnny Briggs	SEM	.321, 25 HR, 124 RBI
Platinum Arm:	John Gelnar	TOR	19-5, 2.06, 275.7 IP, 224 K
Bronze Rookie:	Andy Hassler	DET
Gold Glove Winners
P	Earl Francis	NYA	.935, 19 PO, 39 A, 4 E
C	Frank Fernandez	SEM	.989, 825 PO, 67 A, 10 E 40.2% (45-112) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Frank Howard	OAK	.994, 1518 PO, 108 A, 9 E
2B	Dick McAuliffe	MIN	.986, 301 PO, 539 A, 12 E
3B	Billy Williams	DET	.981, 38 PO, 167 A, 4 E
SS	Dick Allen	KCR	.979, 200 PO, 538 A, 16 E
LF	Roy White	OAK	.996, 262 PO, 9 A, 1 E
CF	Jerry Morales	CLE	.992, 356 PO, 9 A, 3 E
RF	Roger Repoz	TAM	1.000, 265 PO, 8 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Jackson SEM .329 Hassler DET .327* Briggs SEM .321 Powell TOR .318 White OAK .315	On-Base Pct Briggs SEM .427 Morgan SEM .406 Mincher OAK .406 Powell TOR .399 White OAK .397	Slugging Pct Mincher OAK .571 Briggs SEM .536 Murcer TOR .517* Hall MIN .513 Phillips KCR .508	OPS Mincher OAK .977 Briggs SEM .963 Powell TOR .891 Phillips KCR .885 Murcer TOR .876*
XR Mincher OAK 126.4 Briggs SEM 118.5 Morgan SEM 107.5 Monday OAK 103.2 Allen KCR 103.2	Games Garr CLE 158 Howard OAK 157 Beckert MIN 156 Briggs SEM 156 Cardenal CLE 156	At-Bats Pepitone KCR 624 Alou MIN 617 Schaal BOS 604 Cardenal CLE 601 Stargell   600	Runs Morgan SEM 122 Mincher OAK 118 Phillips KCR 110 White OAK 109 Allen KCR 105
Hits Pepitone KCR 195 Alou MIN 193 White OAK 187 Briggs SEM 176 Aaron TAM 174	Total Bases Mincher OAK 320 Briggs SEM 294 Hall MIN 293 Pepitone KCR 291 Phillips KCR 278	Singles Alou MIN 169 Aaron TAM 153 Hassler DET 147 Pepitone KCR 143 White OAK 138	Doubles Cook BOS 38 Oliver BOS 38 Kranepool TOR 37 Fregosi OAK 36 Phillips KCR 36
Triples Allen KCR 8 Callison NYA 8 Brock SEM 7 Campaneris SEM 7 Fregosi OAK 7	Homeruns Hall MIN 43 Mincher OAK 41 Stargell   35 Allen KCR 31 Fernandez SEM 28	RBIs Briggs SEM 124 Mincher OAK 122 Hall MIN 108 Phillips KCR 107 Howard OAK 104	Stolen Bases North SEM 68 Morgan SEM 64 Jackson SEM 63 Campaneris SEM 50 Geiger TAM 41
Caught Stealing Morgan SEM 51 Campaneris SEM 26 Brock SEM 21 Jackson SEM 21 North SEM 20	Walks Morgan SEM 124 Fernandez SEM 120 Mincher OAK 112 Allen KCR 108 Briggs SEM 105	Strikeouts Stargell   162 Wynn KCR 156 Allen KCR 150 Cook BOS 147 Phillips KCR 147

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Gelnar TOR 2.06 Seaver OAK 2.15 Fingers TAM 2.22 Moeller MIN 2.63 Sheldon SEM 2.87	Wins Seaver OAK 22 Gelnar TOR 19 Sutton KCR 19 Koufax OAK 18 Foster KCR 17	Losses Dickson NYA 20 Pattin CLE 20 Reed CLE 20 Francis NYA 19 Selma CLE 19	Winning Pct Foster KCR .895 Stephenson SEM .810 Gelnar TOR .792 Seaver OAK .786 Narum KCR .762
Saves Lyle DET 21 Segui BOS 17 Dierker KCR 16 Taylor TAM 14 Gardner OAK 13	Games Pitched Giusti TAM 72 Segui BOS 71 Dierker KCR 70 Hrabosky SEM 68 Lyle DET 61	Games Started Dobson KCR 36 Gelnar TOR 36 Moeller MIN 36 Selma CLE 36 Pattin CLE 35	Complete Games Pattin CLE 21 Seaver OAK 20 Carlton OAK 17 Moeller MIN 17 Koufax OAK 12
Shutouts Seaver OAK 6 Koufax OAK 4 Carlton OAK 3 Drysdale DET 3 Moeller MIN 3	Innings Pitched Moeller MIN 311.3 Pattin CLE 283.7 Seaver OAK 280.0 Gelnar TOR 275.7 Koufax OAK 272.7	Hits Allowed Pattin CLE 297 Dobson KCR 279 Moeller MIN 267 Reed CLE 266 Carlton OAK 264	Homeruns Allowed Drysdale DET 32 Pattin CLE 32 Score BOS 32 Reed CLE 31 Sutton KCR 30
Strikeouts Sutton KCR 288 Koufax OAK 264 Murakami TOR 249 Score BOS 238 Gelnar TOR 224	Walks Allowed Score BOS 166 Walker MIN 135 Frisella BOS 130 Francis NYA 117 McCool NYA 116	Walks per 9IP McLain TAM 0.7 Sheldon SEM 1.2 Gelnar TOR 1.2 Moeller MIN 1.4 Kline DET 1.7	Hits per 9IP Fingers TAM 5.9 Koufax OAK 6.0 Score BOS 6.8 Lumenti DET 6.8 Gelnar TOR 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton KCR 9.7 Murakami TOR 9.5 Score BOS 9.4 Koufax OAK 8.7 Selma CLE 8.3	WHiP Gelnar TOR 0.90 Fingers TAM 0.96 Sheldon SEM 1.00 Moeller MIN 1.01 Murakami TOR 1.03	OAVG Fingers TAM .184 Koufax OAK .188 Gelnar TOR .210 Sutton KCR .210 Score BOS .210	OOBP Gelnar TOR .241 Fingers TAM .246 Moeller MIN .259 Sheldon SEM .261 Murakami TOR .267
OSLG Koufax OAK .272 Stephenson SEM .284 Fingers TAM .296 Reniff SEM .299 Chance SEM .307	OOPS Fingers TAM .542 Koufax OAK .544 Gelnar TOR .555 Moeller MIN .584 Seaver OAK .585

League All-Stars
Dick Allen	Johnny Briggs	Joe Gaines
John Gelnar	Sonny Jackson	Duane Josephson
Sandy Koufax	Dick McAuliffe	Jim Merritt
Don Mincher	Joe Moeller	Rick Monday
Joe Morgan	Buster Narum	Joe Pepitone
Adolfo Phillips	Boog Powell	Roberto Rodriguez
Joe Schaffernoth	Tom Seaver	Don Sutton
Tim Talton	Ron Taylor	Roy White
Billy Williams

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Tom Qualters	SEM	$ 13,600,000
2.	Joe Moeller	MIN	$ 13,000,000
3.	George Brunet	DET	$ 11,250,000
4.	Jim Fregosi	OAK	$ 10,220,000
5.	Willie Stargell	DET	$ 10,000,000
6.	Rollie Sheldon	SEM	$ 9,000,000
7.	Sandy Koufax	OAK	$ 8,960,000
8.	Joe Torre	MIN	$ 8,750,000
	Masanori Murakami	TOR	$ 8,750,000
10.	Dean Chance	SEM	$ 8,500,000
11.	Dick Allen	KCR	$ 8,250,000
12.	Tony Conigliaro	KCR	$ 7,830,000
13.	Johnny Briggs	SEM	$ 7,500,000
	Orlando Cepeda	DET	$ 7,500,000
	Hal Reniff	SEM	$ 7,500,000
16.	Frank Baumann	BOS	$ 7,200,000
17.	Boog Powell	TOR	$ 6,700,000
18.	Joe Morgan	SEM	$ 6,500,000
19.	Howie Nunn	TAM	$ 6,430,000
20.	John Gelnar	TOR	$ 6,385,714
21.	Ken Harrelson	TAM	$ 6,000,000
22.	Don Mincher	OAK	$ 5,960,000
23.	Tom Seaver	OAK	$ 5,957,143
24.	Don Drysdale	DET	$ 5,500,000
	Charlie Beamon	MIN	$ 5,500,000

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