1971 Kansas City Royals roster

33 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1971 MLB season.

1971 Royals roster: batting

1971 Kansas City Royals 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.
Freddie Patek1475918615863649.267.323.693
Amos Otis14755580167157952.301.345.789
Paul Schaal1615488015011637.274.387.799
Lou Piniella126448431253515.279.311.679
Cookie Rojas115414561246598.300.357.763
Bob Oliver12837335918520.244.277.628
Ed Kirkpatrick12036546809463.219.308.640
Joe Keough11035134873300.248.316.641
Gail Hopkins10329535829473.278.364.794
Jerry May7121816551240.252.329.673
Bobby Knoop7216114331111.205.270.555
Dennis Paepke6015211312140.204.242.525
Chuck Harrison491439312210.217.266.553
Bobby Floyd3166810020.152.233.430
Sandy Valdespino186310202150.317.338.846
Buck Martinez224637010.152.231.426
Rich Severson163049010.300.364.797

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

1971 Royals roster: pitching

1971 Kansas City Royals 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.
Dick DragoRP353417112.98241.11091.230
Mike HedlundP32301582.71205.2761.170
Paul SplittorffRP2222892.68144.1801.140
Bruce Dal CantonP2522863.44141.1581.330
Al FitzmorrisP3615754.17127.1531.310
Jim YorkP530552.8993.11031.223
Tom BurgmeierRP670971.7388.1441.1417
Ted AbernathyP630462.5681.0551.3623
Ken WrightP2112363.6978.0561.451
Jim RookerSP207275.3354.0311.540
Bill ButlerP146123.4544.1321.420
Roger NelsonP131015.2934.0291.180
Wally BunkerP76235.0132.1151.270
Lance ClemonsP103104.1324.0201.580
Monty MontgomeryP32302.1121.1120.890
Mike McCormickP41009.319.221.970

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.