1971 Kansas City Royals

Roster of 35 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

85–76

Runs

603

Home runs

Team AVG

.250

Team ERA

3.25

Pitching K

775

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Freddie PatekSS	147	591	86	158	6	36	49	.267	.694	10.4
Amos OtisCF	147	555	80	167	15	79	52	.301	.788	13.8
Paul Schaal3B	161	548	80	150	11	63	7	.274	.799	12.0
Lou PiniellaLF	126	448	43	125	3	51	5	.279	.679	7.3
Cookie Rojas2B	115	414	56	124	6	59	8	.300	.763	9.2
Bob Oliver1B	128	373	35	91	8	52	0	.244	.628	6.3
Ed KirkpatrickC	120	365	46	80	9	46	3	.219	.640	6.8
Joe KeoughRF	110	351	34	87	3	30	0	.248	.641	5.2
Gail Hopkins1B	103	295	35	82	9	47	3	.278	.795	7.8
Jerry MayC	71	218	16	55	1	24	0	.252	.673	3.4
Bobby Knoop2B	72	161	14	33	1	11	1	.205	.556	1.9
Dennis PaepkeC	60	152	11	31	2	14	0	.204	.525	1.6
Chuck Harrison1B	49	143	9	31	2	21	0	.217	.553	1.9
Dick DragoP	35	77	3	10	0	4	0	.130	.381	10.0
Mike HedlundP	32	68	2	6	0	2	0	.088	.202	9.3
Bobby FloydSS	31	66	8	10	0	2	0	.152	.430	0.3
Sandy ValdespinoOF	18	63	10	20	2	15	0	.317	.846	—
Paul SplittorffP	22	48	3	5	0	1	0	.104	.282	6.7
Bruce Dal CantonP	25	46	4	4	0	2	0	.087	.193	5.7
Buck MartinezC	22	46	3	7	0	1	0	.152	.427	—
Al FitzmorrisP	36	44	6	11	0	3	0	.250	.517	6.5
Carl TaylorC	20	39	3	7	0	3	0	.179	.440	—
Rich SeversonSS	16	30	4	9	0	1	0	.300	.797	—
Ted SavageLF	19	29	2	5	0	1	2	.172	.422	—
Ken WrightP	21	22	1	2	0	0	0	.091	.221	4.4
Tom BurgmeierP	68	20	2	5	0	0	0	.250	.636	13.1
Jim YorkP	53	17	1	2	1	3	0	.118	.520	10.2
Ted AbernathyP	63	13	0	1	0	0	0	.077	.154	10.6
Bill ButlerP	14	12	0	1	0	1	0	.083	.160	2.7
Jim RookerP	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	2.0
Wally BunkerP	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	—
Lance ClemonsP	10	7	4	2	1	1	0	.286	1.375	1.4
Monty MontgomeryP	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	—
Roger NelsonP	13	6	2	2	0	0	0	.333	.762	2.0
Mike McCormickP	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Dick DragoP	35	34	17	11	0	241.1	109	2.98	10.0
Mike HedlundP	32	30	15	8	0	205.2	76	2.71	9.3
Paul SplittorffP	22	22	8	9	0	144.1	80	2.68	6.7
Bruce Dal CantonP	25	22	8	6	0	141.1	58	3.44	5.7
Al FitzmorrisP	36	15	7	5	0	127.1	53	4.17	6.5
Jim YorkP	53	0	5	5	3	93.1	103	2.89	10.2
Tom BurgmeierP	67	0	9	7	17	88.1	44	1.73	13.1
Ted AbernathyP	63	0	4	6	23	81.0	55	2.56	10.6
Ken WrightP	21	12	3	6	1	78.0	56	3.69	4.4
Jim RookerP	20	7	2	7	0	54.0	31	5.33	2.0
Bill ButlerP	14	6	1	2	0	44.1	32	3.45	2.7
Roger NelsonP	13	1	0	1	0	34.0	29	5.29	2.0
Wally BunkerP	7	6	2	3	0	32.1	15	5.01	—
Lance ClemonsP	10	3	1	0	0	24.0	20	4.13	1.4
Monty MontgomeryP	3	2	3	0	0	21.1	12	2.11	—
Mike McCormickP	4	1	0	0	0	9.2	2	9.31	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Freddie PatekSS	147	591	86	158	6	36	49	.267	.694	10.4
Amos OtisCF	147	555	80	167	15	79	52	.301	.788	13.8
Paul Schaal3B	161	548	80	150	11	63	7	.274	.799	12.0
Lou PiniellaLF	126	448	43	125	3	51	5	.279	.679	7.3
Cookie Rojas2B	115	414	56	124	6	59	8	.300	.763	9.2
Bob Oliver1B	128	373	35	91	8	52	0	.244	.628	6.3
Ed KirkpatrickC	120	365	46	80	9	46	3	.219	.640	6.8
Joe KeoughRF	110	351	34	87	3	30	0	.248	.641	5.2
Gail Hopkins1B	103	295	35	82	9	47	3	.278	.795	7.8
Jerry MayC	71	218	16	55	1	24	0	.252	.673	3.4
Bobby Knoop2B	72	161	14	33	1	11	1	.205	.556	1.9
Dennis PaepkeC	60	152	11	31	2	14	0	.204	.525	1.6
Chuck Harrison1B	49	143	9	31	2	21	0	.217	.553	1.9
Dick DragoP	35	77	3	10	0	4	0	.130	.381	10.0
Mike HedlundP	32	68	2	6	0	2	0	.088	.202	9.3
Bobby FloydSS	31	66	8	10	0	2	0	.152	.430	0.3
Sandy ValdespinoOF	18	63	10	20	2	15	0	.317	.846	—
Paul SplittorffP	22	48	3	5	0	1	0	.104	.282	6.7
Bruce Dal CantonP	25	46	4	4	0	2	0	.087	.193	5.7
Buck MartinezC	22	46	3	7	0	1	0	.152	.427	—
Al FitzmorrisP	36	44	6	11	0	3	0	.250	.517	6.5
Carl TaylorC	20	39	3	7	0	3	0	.179	.440	—
Rich SeversonSS	16	30	4	9	0	1	0	.300	.797	—
Ted SavageLF	19	29	2	5	0	1	2	.172	.422	—
Ken WrightP	21	22	1	2	0	0	0	.091	.221	4.4
Tom BurgmeierP	68	20	2	5	0	0	0	.250	.636	13.1
Jim YorkP	53	17	1	2	1	3	0	.118	.520	10.2
Ted AbernathyP	63	13	0	1	0	0	0	.077	.154	10.6
Bill ButlerP	14	12	0	1	0	1	0	.083	.160	2.7
Jim RookerP	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	2.0
Wally BunkerP	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	—
Lance ClemonsP	10	7	4	2	1	1	0	.286	1.375	1.4
Monty MontgomeryP	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	—
Roger NelsonP	13	6	2	2	0	0	0	.333	.762	2.0
Mike McCormickP	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Dick DragoP	35	34	17	11	0	241.1	109	2.98	10.0
Mike HedlundP	32	30	15	8	0	205.2	76	2.71	9.3
Paul SplittorffP	22	22	8	9	0	144.1	80	2.68	6.7
Bruce Dal CantonP	25	22	8	6	0	141.1	58	3.44	5.7
Al FitzmorrisP	36	15	7	5	0	127.1	53	4.17	6.5
Jim YorkP	53	0	5	5	3	93.1	103	2.89	10.2
Tom BurgmeierP	67	0	9	7	17	88.1	44	1.73	13.1
Ted AbernathyP	63	0	4	6	23	81.0	55	2.56	10.6
Ken WrightP	21	12	3	6	1	78.0	56	3.69	4.4
Jim RookerP	20	7	2	7	0	54.0	31	5.33	2.0
Bill ButlerP	14	6	1	2	0	44.1	32	3.45	2.7
Roger NelsonP	13	1	0	1	0	34.0	29	5.29	2.0
Wally BunkerP	7	6	2	3	0	32.1	15	5.01	—
Lance ClemonsP	10	3	1	0	0	24.0	20	4.13	1.4
Monty MontgomeryP	3	2	3	0	0	21.1	12	2.11	—
Mike McCormickP	4	1	0	0	0	9.2	2	9.31	—