1971 Boston Red Sox roster

35 players appeared for the Boston Red Sox in the 1971 MLB season.

1971 Red Sox roster: batting

1971 Boston Red Sox batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Reggie Smith15961885175309611.283.352.840
Rico Petrocelli1585538213928892.251.354.815
George Scott1465377214124780.263.317.758
Carl Yastrzemski1485087512915708.254.381.772
Luis Aparicio125491561144456.232.284.587
Doug Griffin1254835111832711.244.291.610
Billy Conigliaro101351429211333.262.310.745
Duane Josephson91306387510392.245.294.689
John Kennedy7427241755221.276.320.731
Joe Lahoud107256395514322.215.330.768
Bob Montgomery6720519492241.239.300.641
Phil Gagliano476811220130.324.413.810
Mike Fiore5162911160.177.311.569
Juan Beniquez1657817043.298.333.667
Carlton Fisk1448715260.313.327.847
Cecil Cooper1442913031.310.388.840
Ben Oglivie1438210040.263.263.605
Rick Miller1533911170.333.4521.028
Don Pavletich142757130.259.375.782
Bobby Bolin521203000.250.250.500
Buddy Hunter8922000.222.364.697

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1971 Red Sox roster: pitching

1971 Boston Red Sox pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Ray CulpP353514163.60242.11511.250
Sonny SiebertP323216102.91235.11311.190
Gary PetersP343214114.37214.01001.451
Jim LonborgP27261074.13167.21001.400
Bill LeeRP473922.74102.0741.452
Luis TiantSP2110174.8572.1591.450
Roger MoretP137432.9271.0471.270
Ken BrettRP292035.3459.0571.561
Ken TatumP361244.1953.2211.409
Sparky LyleRP500642.7552.1371.2216
Mike NagyP127136.6338.091.740
John CurtisRP53223.1226.0191.380
Cal KoonceP131015.5721.091.570
Mike GarmanP33113.8618.261.290

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.