1971 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 71-91
Finish: 4th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 716
Runs Allowed: 827
Exp W-L: 70-92
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,081,404
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 46-91, 10th in the American League
AA: 65-72, 5th in the American League
A: 60-77, 9th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
2B  Paul Schaal 28 155 604 85 165 31 3 9 48 3 7 70 62 .273 .351 .379 .730 75.6 14.4 3.4
LF  Cliff Cook 34 156 587 66 151 38 2 24 91 3 1 39 147 .257 .306 .451 .758 76.1 14.3 0.4
SS #Tom Tresh 33 153 557 69 117 29 2 16 57 10 5 42 134 .210 .274 .355 .629 48.8 3.5 5.4
1B *Willie McCovey 33 150 484 70 113 26 3 26 83 0 2 75 122 .233 .337 .461 .798 77.4 16.0 2.1
LF *Al Oliver 24 146 527 64 156 38 0 16 80 3 3 33 21 .296 .339 .459 .798 75.3 17.0 2.2
3B  Ed Spiezio 29 152 472 58 114 20 3 16 50 0 0 33 78 .242 .290 .398 .689 54.4 8.2 2.9
RF *Steve Whitaker 28 146 457 58 99 24 3 22 66 3 1 29 101 .217 .266 .427 .692 52.6 7.4 2.9
LF  Jim Hickman 34 131 438 43 119 16 3 9 54 1 1 43 80 .272 .336 .384 .720 52.8 8.9 1.5
C  Jack Hiatt 28 128 380 61 93 24 1 4 45 0 1 68 102 .245 .358 .345 .703 48.9 8.8 5.4
LF *Willie Stargell 31 78 297 49 72 14 0 16 46 0 1 29 68 .242 .314 .451 .765 41.9 7.8 1.1
SS  Ken Hamlin 36 104 242 19 53 9 1 1 12 0 0 13 46 .219 .258 .277 .535 14.9 0.0 1.8
C *Duke Sims 30 52 156 23 33 6 0 4 17 0 0 29 35 .212 .342 .327 .669 19.2 2.9 2.3
2B  Nelson Mathews 29 63 168 25 42 11 2 9 37 3 3 13 34 .250 .306 .500 .806 25.0 5.1 0.7
C  Dick Brown 36 22 78 6 12 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 17 .154 .185 .179 .365 0.0 0.0 1.2
C  Don Bryant 29 20 70 6 11 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .157 .169 .200 .369 -0.1 0.0 1.1
SS  Jerry Adair 34 33 28 4 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 4 .143 .200 .214 .414 0.2 0.0 0.4
DH  Dick Stuart 38 15 13 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .231 .333 .231 .564 1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Connolly 31 21 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Edmondson 28 13 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.2 1738 5565 716 1357 293 23 172 700 28 28 523 1074 .244 .311 .397 .708 663.6 114.4 34.7
  Rank among 10 AL teams 6 6 8 1 10 2 5 10 3 6 9 8 8 5 5 7  
* - 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
*Herb Score 38 8 13 .381 32 32 0 228.3 172 117 32 166 238 4.61 8.4
 Danny Frisella 25 14 12 .538 32 32 0 210.3 175 102 21 130 179 4.36 11.9
 Jim Palmer 25 11 14 .440 27 27 0 207.3 247 110 14 54 101 4.77 8.8
 Dave Boswell 26 14 8 .636 28 28 0 201.7 167 85 22 91 172 3.79 13.7
*Jerry Koosman 28 7 10 .412 22 22 0 163.3 155 90 16 76 106 4.96 5.6
*Joe Hoerner 34 5 9 .357 17 17 0 126.7 128 57 14 33 93 4.05 6.7
*Tommy John 28 3 8 .273 50 3 4 111.3 133 75 11 53 55 6.06 0.5
 Diego Segui 33 7 12 .368 71 1 17 93.3 94 52 10 43 66 5.01 6.0
 Paul Edmondson 28 1 5 .167 33 0 2 61.7 64 30 7 36 21 4.38 1.6
*Ed Connolly 31 1 0 1.000 25 0 4 37.7 28 28 6 31 26 6.69 0.2
 Cal Koonce 30 0 0 .000 10 0 0 15.0 17 8 1 11 9 4.80 0.4
Team Totals 29.6 71 91 .438 347 162 27 1456.6 1380 754 154 724 1066 4.66 63.9
Rank among 10 AL teams 8 8 4 8 8 5 7 8 9 1 8  
* - 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
J.Hiatt 765.7 84 93 570 51 4 1 .994 37.6
D.Sims 377.1 44 48 268 17 1 0 .997 31.6
D.Brown 177.7 17 22 134 7 0 0 1.000 41.7
D.Bryant 146.0 18 19 108 13 0 0 1.000 66.7
Team Total 1466.5 163 182 1080 88 5 1 .996 39.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.98
W.McCovey 1208.7 134 145 1330 102 12 132 .992 10.66
J.Hiatt 130.0 16 19 121 19 0 14 1.000 9.69
N.Mathews 36.2 4 5 38 4 0 3 1.000 10.44
K.Hamlin 29.0 3 6 27 4 1 5 .969 9.62
J.Hickman 20.0 2 2 24 0 0 2 1.000 10.80
W.Stargell 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1425.9 159 178 1542 129 13 157 .992 10.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
P.Schaal 1303.0 148 152 278 486 12 113 .985 5.28
K.Hamlin 83.7 8 18 23 38 0 11 1.000 6.56
N.Mathews 21.8 3 4 4 7 1 1 .917 4.54
J.Adair 19.0 0 10 4 13 0 2 1.000 8.05
D.Stuart 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.0 159 185 309 544 13 127 .985 5.38
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.60
E.Spiezio 1276.3 150 151 90 291 27 32 .934 2.69
N.Mathews 182.2 15 34 12 40 3 3 .945 2.57
K.Hamlin 92.7 7 23 2 22 1 0 .960 2.33
C.Cook 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Adair 4.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Schaal 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1562.2 172 213 105 356 31 35 .937 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.95
T.Tresh 1264.7 146 151 197 496 19 97 .973 4.93
K.Hamlin 144.0 13 30 24 64 3 13 .967 5.50
J.Adair 48.0 3 19 5 24 0 7 1.000 5.44
Team Total 1456.7 162 200 226 584 22 117 .974 5.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
W.Stargell 672.1 76 76 135 2 5 1 .965 1.83
J.Hickman 486.0 57 57 98 1 2 1 .980 1.83
A.Oliver 158.7 17 20 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.27
K.Hamlin 89.0 11 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
S.Whitaker 26.0 2 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
W.McCovey 16.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Cook 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
E.Spiezio 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.4 163 181 300 4 7 2 .977 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.39
S.Whitaker 1095.3 121 133 287 5 1 0 .997 2.40
J.Hickman 175.7 21 25 52 0 1 0 .981 2.66
N.Mathews 76.4 8 11 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.88
K.Hamlin 40.0 5 6 10 0 1 0 .909 2.25
A.Oliver 7.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Cook 2.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
P.Edmondson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Bryant 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1399.1 155 180 366 6 3 1 .992 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
A.Oliver 1060.0 122 124 207 3 4 1 .981 1.78
C.Cook 188.3 20 24 34 2 0 1 1.000 1.72
K.Hamlin 117.0 13 18 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
J.Hickman 73.0 6 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
N.Mathews 24.5 3 3 5 1 1 1 .857 2.20
S.Whitaker 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
D.Sims 4.1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
J.Hiatt 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Bryant 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1480.9 165 189 286 6 5 3 .983 1.77
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.90
H.Score 228.3 32 32 10 22 2 3 .941 1.26
D.Frisella 210.3 32 32 16 37 1 0 .981 2.27
J.Palmer 207.3 27 27 19 27 7 2 .868 2.00
D.Boswell 201.7 28 28 15 29 1 2 .978 1.96
J.Koosman 163.3 22 22 8 22 3 2 .909 1.65
J.Hoerner 126.7 17 17 6 20 1 1 .963 1.85
T.John 111.3 3 50 7 13 3 0 .870 1.62
D.Segui 93.3 1 71 5 7 1 2 .923 1.16
P.Edmondson 61.7 0 33 5 9 2 2 .875 2.04
E.Connolly 37.7 0 25 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.72
C.Koonce 15.0 0 10 2 3 1 1 .833 3.00
Team Total 1456.6 162 347 93 192 22 15 .928 1.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oliver .296
On-Base Pct Schaal .351
Slugging Pct McCovey .461
OPS Oliver .798
XR McCovey 77.4
Games Cook 156
At-Bats Schaal 604
Runs Schaal 85
Hits Schaal 165
Total Bases Cook 265
Singles Schaal 122
Doubles Oliver, Cook 38
Triples Hickman, McCovey, Schaal, Spiezio, Whitaker 3
Homeruns McCovey 26
RBIs Cook 91
Stolen Bases Tresh 10
Caught Stealing Schaal 7
Walks McCovey 75
Strikeouts Cook 147
ERA Boswell 3.79
Wins Boswell, Frisella 14
Losses Palmer 14
Winning Pct Boswell .636
Saves Segui 17
Games Pitched Segui 71
Games Started Frisella, Score 32
Complete Games Palmer 12
Shutouts Palmer 2
Innings Pitched Score 228.3
Hits Allowed Palmer 247
Homeruns Allowed Score 32
Strikeouts Score 238
Walks Allowed Score 166
Walks per 9IP Palmer 2.3
Hits per 9IP Score 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Score 9.4
WHiP Boswell 1.28
OAVG Score .210
OOBP Boswell .313
OSLG Boswell .366
OOPS Boswell .679
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Frank Baumann $ 7,200,000
Cliff Cook $ 4,200,000
Jim Palmer $ 4,142,857
Diego Segui $ 3,500,000
Tom Tresh $ 3,300,000
Paul Schaal $ 3,290,000
Dave Boswell $ 2,821,429
Willie McCovey $ 2,280,000
Tommy John $ 2,000,000
Jack Hiatt $ 1,365,714
Nelson Mathews $ 1,120,000
Tommie Sisk $ 762,857
Ken Hamlin $ 750,000
Jim Hickman $ 650,000
Jerry Adair $ 646,000
Herb Score $ 410,000
Ed Connolly $ 350,000
Jerry Koosman $ 350,000
Bobby Wine $ 350,000
Larry Howard $ 300,000
Al Oliver $ 300,000
Danny Frisella $ 300,000
Paul Edmondson $ 300,000
Juan Pizarro $ 300,000
Ed Spiezio $ 300,000
Don Bryant $ 300,000
Dick Brown $ 300,000
Dick Stuart $ 300,000
Ossie Blanco $ 300,000
Steve Whitaker $ 300,000
Cal Koonce $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Harmon Killebrew Montreal Cal Koonce
7/1 Traded Willie Stargell Detroit Frank Baumann
Bobby Wine
Ossie Blanco
Juan Pizarro
7/1 Traded Duke Sims
Joe Hoerner
Detroit Dick Brown
Dick Stuart
Larry Howard
Nelson Mathews
Tommie Sisk