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1971 Kansas City Royals
Record: 111-51
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 971
Runs Allowed: 661
Exp W-L: 108-54
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,427,787
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 49-88, 9th in the American League
AA: 74-63, 3rd in the American League
A: 63-74, 8th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 1-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Toronto Blue Jays
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Joe Pepitone 30 155 624 91 195 29 2 21 98 2 1 37 68 .313 .349 .466 .816 92.8 20.1 3.1
SS  Dick Allen 29 147 535 105 135 22 8 31 99 31 7 108 150 .252 .376 .497 .873 103.2 22.9 9.8
3B  Adolfo Phillips 29 153 547 110 153 36 7 25 107 1 2 84 147 .280 .377 .508 .885 100.0 23.3 5.9
CF  Jimmy Wynn 29 153 544 84 143 31 4 19 74 22 6 85 156 .263 .360 .439 .799 90.0 19.2 4.2
RF  Tony Conigliaro 26 144 530 79 134 27 2 24 90 1 0 55 123 .253 .323 .447 .770 78.0 14.5 2.8
C *Billy Bryan 32 140 489 83 112 14 5 26 93 0 2 70 133 .229 .324 .438 .762 69.9 12.1 2.0
SS *Wayne Causey 34 132 466 65 113 17 2 8 50 2 1 57 54 .242 .326 .339 .665 54.1 8.2 5.1
1B *Rusty Staub 27 122 405 63 129 31 2 17 80 2 0 48 31 .319 .390 .531 .921 77.9 20.3 0.6
1B *Mike Epstein 28 110 308 60 86 11 1 17 60 1 0 53 59 .279 .395 .487 .882 61.7 14.7 1.6
LF  Jackie Brandt 37 101 330 61 105 22 1 9 51 2 0 29 17 .318 .371 .473 .844 55.0 12.9 0.3
LF  Dave Nicholson 31 75 230 50 70 6 1 15 54 0 1 41 60 .304 .407 .535 .941 49.0 12.3 1.1
RF *Willie Crawford 24 93 243 30 51 7 3 3 31 0 1 24 51 .210 .279 .300 .579 19.9 0.7 2.6
C  Doc Edwards 34 29 89 10 18 5 0 2 5 0 0 5 15 .202 .250 .326 .576 6.2 0.0 0.5
2B  Greg Luzinski 20 25 80 12 26 7 0 2 19 0 0 9 24 .325 .385 .488 .872 14.1 3.1 1.2
CF  Mickey Stanley 28 52 77 14 19 4 1 2 14 12 2 6 6 .247 .298 .403 .700 10.1 1.6 1.0
1B *John Mayberry 22 20 55 18 15 2 0 5 12 0 0 16 4 .273 .438 .582 1.020 14.5 3.5 0.0
RF *George Spriggs 30 70 32 36 7 0 0 0 1 30 5 1 10 .219 .242 .219 .461 4.9 0.7 0.2
  Team Totals 28.8 1721 5584 971 1511 271 39 226 938 106 28 728 1108 .271 .354 .455 .809 901.3 190.0 41.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 4 1 2 4 4 1 1 6 2 1 10 2 2 1 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Pat Dobson 29 15 12 .556 36 36 0 268.7 279 126 27 67 179 4.22 12.2
 Don Sutton 26 19 9 .679 34 34 0 267.7 206 110 30 84 288 3.70 17.6
*Pete Richert 31 13 9 .591 31 31 0 200.3 195 92 10 59 146 4.13 9.9
 Alan Foster 24 17 2 .895 28 22 0 186.3 176 60 11 54 89 2.90 16.0
 Buster Narum 30 16 5 .762 22 22 0 160.3 135 68 17 44 97 3.82 11.3
 Larry Dierker 24 12 1 .923 70 0 16 109.0 109 41 13 30 54 3.39 12.3
 Don Nottebart 35 6 5 .545 19 13 0 104.0 89 41 13 36 63 3.55 6.7
*Jim Merritt 27 6 5 .545 44 0 10 80.3 77 25 10 18 34 2.80 8.7
 Steve Renko 26 4 2 .667 29 0 7 43.0 49 14 3 18 22 2.93 4.2
 Ray Corbin 22 3 1 .750 4 4 0 29.3 24 12 3 5 16 3.68 2.2
 Jerry Cram 23 0 0 .000 7 0 0 10.0 10 5 1 3 7 4.50 0.0
Team Totals 27.0 111 51 .685 324 162 33 1459.0 1349 594 138 418 995 3.66 101.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 1 1 2 1 6 4 5 3 1 5 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 32.3
B.Bryan 1240.0 137 140 844 39 9 0 .990 17.8
D.Edwards 216.0 25 27 190 9 2 0 .990 27.3
W.Crawford 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.0 162 168 1037 48 11 0 .990 19.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.98
M.Epstein 744.0 83 104 864 53 6 66 .993 11.09
J.Pepitone 445.0 54 55 533 43 3 59 .995 11.65
R.Staub 231.0 25 31 304 16 1 24 .997 12.47
J.Brandt 25.0 0 9 28 3 1 2 .969 11.16
W.Crawford 12.0 0 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Allen 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1459.0 162 205 1744 115 11 151 .994 11.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
W.Causey 1041.3 122 122 192 437 17 85 .974 5.44
G.Luzinski 212.0 25 25 42 100 1 16 .993 6.03
W.Crawford 122.0 8 25 35 56 2 11 .978 6.71
M.Stanley 83.7 7 16 22 31 3 11 .946 5.70
Team Total 1459.0 162 188 291 624 23 123 .975 5.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.60
A.Phillips 1325.3 150 151 90 301 13 26 .968 2.66
W.Crawford 78.0 9 9 4 19 2 1 .920 2.65
M.Stanley 47.0 3 8 4 15 0 1 1.000 3.64
W.Causey 7.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Spriggs 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1459.0 162 171 99 335 15 28 .967 2.68
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.95
D.Allen 1259.0 140 145 200 538 16 97 .979 5.28
W.Crawford 114.3 13 15 9 46 1 5 .982 4.33
W.Causey 60.7 6 8 9 32 3 4 .932 6.08
M.Stanley 25.0 3 3 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.24
Team Total 1459.0 162 171 219 624 20 107 .977 5.20
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
J.Pepitone 801.0 91 100 151 6 0 2 1.000 1.76
D.Nicholson 508.0 59 61 86 1 2 0 .978 1.54
W.Crawford 98.3 12 13 22 0 1 0 .957 2.01
J.Brandt 26.0 0 11 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
D.Allen 9.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
G.Spriggs 7.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
M.Stanley 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Wynn 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Phillips 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
R.Staub 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 197 271 7 3 2 .989 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.39
J.Wynn 1246.7 147 148 295 18 6 3 .981 2.26
W.Crawford 152.0 15 22 38 1 0 1 1.000 2.31
J.Pepitone 20.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Brandt 19.3 0 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.72
M.Stanley 18.0 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Spriggs 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Nicholson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 192 352 19 6 4 .984 2.29
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
T.Conigliaro 1211.3 142 143 232 5 5 0 .979 1.76
J.Brandt 75.0 8 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
G.Spriggs 56.0 4 15 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Nicholson 39.0 3 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
J.Wynn 28.0 3 3 7 0 1 0 .875 2.25
R.Staub 20.3 1 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44
W.Crawford 18.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.Stanley 11.3 0 8 3 0 1 0 .750 2.38
Team Total 1459.0 162 201 276 5 7 0 .976 1.73
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.90
P.Dobson 268.7 36 36 22 45 0 3 1.000 2.24
D.Sutton 267.7 34 34 11 36 3 2 .940 1.58
P.Richert 200.3 31 31 7 27 2 2 .944 1.53
A.Foster 186.3 22 28 16 30 3 3 .939 2.22
B.Narum 160.3 22 22 11 21 0 2 1.000 1.80
L.Dierker 109.0 0 70 9 13 0 3 1.000 1.82
D.Nottebart 104.0 13 19 1 18 1 1 .950 1.64
J.Merritt 80.3 0 44 1 13 0 1 1.000 1.57
S.Renko 43.0 0 29 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.26
R.Corbin 29.3 4 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Cram 10.0 0 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1459.0 162 324 82 215 9 17 .971 1.83
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pepitone .313
On-Base Pct Phillips .377
Slugging Pct Phillips .508
OPS Phillips .885
XR Allen 103.2
Games Pepitone 155
At-Bats Pepitone 624
Runs Phillips 110
Hits Pepitone 195
Total Bases Pepitone 291
Singles Pepitone 143
Doubles Phillips 36
Triples Allen 8
Homeruns Allen 31
RBIs Phillips 107
Stolen Bases Allen 31
Caught Stealing Allen 7
Walks Allen 108
Strikeouts Wynn 156
ERA Foster 2.90
Wins Sutton 19
Losses Dobson 12
Winning Pct Foster .895
Saves Dierker 16
Games Pitched Dierker 70
Games Started Dobson 36
Complete Games Sutton 12
Shutouts Sutton 3
Innings Pitched Dobson 268.7
Hits Allowed Dobson 279
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 30
Strikeouts Sutton 288
Walks Allowed Sutton 84
Walks per 9IP Dobson 2.2
Hits per 9IP Sutton 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 9.7
WHiP Sutton 1.08
OAVG Sutton .210
OOBP Sutton .274
OSLG Foster .339
OOPS Sutton .633
Team All-Stars
Dick Allen
Jim Merritt
Buster Narum
Joe Pepitone
Adolfo Phillips
Don Sutton
Player Salaries
Dick Allen $ 8,250,000
Tony Conigliaro $ 7,830,000
Wayne Causey $ 4,850,000
Joe Pepitone $ 4,850,000
Jackie Brandt $ 4,750,000
Don Sutton $ 4,564,286
Rusty Staub $ 4,500,000
Billy Bryan $ 4,250,000
Jimmy Wynn $ 4,250,000
Pete Richert $ 4,200,000
Mike Epstein $ 4,164,286
Adolfo Phillips $ 2,785,714
Pat Dobson $ 2,600,000
Dave Nicholson $ 2,500,000
Willie Crawford $ 2,172,857
Don Nottebart $ 1,900,000
Jim Merritt $ 1,685,714
Larry Dierker $ 1,250,000
Ray Corbin $ 300,000
Jerry Cram $ 300,000
John Mayberry $ 300,000
Doc Edwards $ 300,000
Greg Luzinski $ 300,000
Buster Narum $ 300,000
Steve Renko $ 300,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
Mickey Stanley $ 300,000
Alan Foster $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Ike Brown Tampa Bay Chuck Schilling
3/3 Traded Chuck Schilling
Howie Koplitz
Phil Regan
Don Pavletich		 New York (N) Buster Narum
Jim Merritt
Doc Edwards
3/3 Traded Gene Hiser New York (N) Don Wert
3/3 Traded Tim Foli Detroit Frank Kreutzer
$4,500,000
4/2 Released Sandy Valdespino    
4/2 Released Tom Brown    
4/2 Released Frank Kreutzer    
4/2 Released Jack Warner    
4/2 Released Don Wert    
4/2 Released Jim Duckworth    
 
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