Kansas City Athletics History - 1971 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1971 Kansas City Athletics	74	88	.457	5^th	19	74-88	0	.257	4.11			2,524,475	$55,636,576	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Kirby Puckett (CF), Vladimir Guerrero (RF)	2
All-Star	Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Vladimir Guerrero	3
Pitcher of the Month	Billy Pierce (Apr)	1
Player of the Week	Rod Carew (Apr 19, May 17)	2

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
CF	Kirby Puckett	29	156	643	193	38	1	16	83	75	20	9	0	6	84	2	3	.300	.327	.437	.764	4.9	111
RF	Vladimir Guerrero	28	156	577	153	23	1	28	80	79	40	7	0	4	69	8	4	.265	.318	.454	.773	2.8	113
LF	Rocco Colavito	25	149	563	122	20	0	18	41	60	58	4	1	1	106	0	1	.217	.294	.348	.642	-0.0	79
C	Elston Howard	34	132	508	135	24	4	19	68	64	32	8	0	2	68	0	0	.266	.318	.441	.759	3.2	110
1B	George C Scott	32	149	509	135	27	7	15	54	67	29	6	0	2	100	0	1	.265	.311	.434	.746	1.3	106
SS	Brian Roberts	33	144	488	114	35	0	4	54	45	48	4	0	6	59	13	9	.234	.304	.330	.634	-0.3	77
2B	Rod Carew	29	121	487	150	33	3	12	56	74	43	4	0	3	40	12	11	.308	.367	.462	.829	3.6	130
3B	Rance Mulliniks	29	130	440	109	32	2	13	45	49	45	0	0	4	68	0	0	.248	.315	.418	.733	1.5	103
RF	Gene Woodling	29	86	208	64	9	6	13	35	34	27	2	0	1	27	0	0	.308	.391	.596	.987	2.0	171
3B	Carney Lansford	23	78	215	61	10	3	2	28	16	13	2	2	3	38	1	1	.284	.326	.386	.712	0.5	98
1B	Ed Kranepool	28	88	141	42	6	0	5	16	19	10	2	0	2	9	0	1	.298	.348	.447	.795	0.6	120
2B	George J Burns	32	69	128	30	3	1	1	11	24	15	4	0	0	18	0	7	.234	.333	.297	.630	-0.5	78
C	Hank Severeid	25	33	108	28	5	0	0	8	11	8	3	0	0	10	0	1	.259	.328	.306	.633	0.1	79
SS	Bud Harrelson	32	94	97	25	5	2	0	8	9	21	0	0	0	14	0	2	.258	.390	.351	.740	0.6	109
P	Steve Carlton	28	33	80	12	1	0	1	5	4	3	2	20	0	23	0	0	.150	.200	.200	.400	-1.0	12
P	Luis Tiant, Jr.	34	32	69	8	3	0	0	6	2	1	0	14	1	37	0	0	.116	.127	.159	.286	-1.3	-21
P	Billy Pierce	35	32	62	13	2	0	0	4	1	4	1	15	0	21	0	0	.210	.269	.242	.511	-0.5	44
P	Willard Nixon	25	29	54	8	3	0	0	5	2	4	0	3	0	22	0	0	.148	.207	.204	.411	-0.4	15
P	Fred Norman	31	27	47	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	0	18	0	0	.043	.062	.043	.105	-1.3	-70
P	Milt Pappas	30	27	35	4	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	6	0	18	0	0	.114	.139	.143	.282	-0.6	-21
P	Sean Doolittle	37	54	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Clay Zavada	26	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	David Phelps	25	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Severino Gonzalez	23	17	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0.1	307
24 Players		29.5	1891	5474	1409	281	30	147	610	639	423	58	71	35	857	36	41	.257	.316	.400	.716	15.0	98
AL Rank				5	5	2	4	5	6	6	6	4	3	4	3	5	3	5	6	5	5	6
ABBA Rank				10	10	2	6	10	12	12	12	6	8	9	7	10	6	8	11	10	10	11

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Steve Carlton	28	33	33	17	8	0	3.03	270.3	216	94	91	30	61	210	0	16	2	1.02	.246	6.3	134
Luis Tiant, Jr.	34	32	32	6	18	0	3.56	240.0	238	108	95	32	64	112	0	7	3	1.26	.265	2.7	114
Billy Pierce	35	32	32	13	16	0	4.93	233.7	261	140	128	31	51	84	0	6	1	1.34	.286	2.0	82
Willard Nixon	25	29	23	5	9	1	4.20	173.7	164	83	81	14	92	110	0	3	2	1.47	.286	2.0	97
Fred Norman	31	27	21	11	8	0	4.88	158.7	156	88	86	29	69	129	0	4	1	1.42	.278	0.7	83
Milt Pappas	30	27	19	5	12	0	5.39	132.0	153	89	79	30	34	60	0	1	0	1.42	.285	-0.9	75
Sean Doolittle	37	54	0	6	11	22	5.37	70.3	92	43	42	11	24	66	4	0	0	1.65	.373	0.9	75
Mike Koplove	24	42	0	6	5	7	3.33	48.7	47	20	18	2	28	22	1	0	0	1.54	.271	0.1	122
David Phelps	25	30	2	4	1	4	2.14	46.3	24	11	11	3	16	28	0	0	0	.86	.165	0.5	190
Clay Zavada	26	25	0	0	0	0	1.60	39.3	31	7	7	2	16	18	0	0	0	1.19	.232	0.3	253
Severino Gonzalez	23	17	0	1	0	0	6.94	23.3	32	18	18	3	13	8	0	0	0	1.93	.345	-0.4	58
11 Pitchers	30.4	348	162	74	88	34	4.11	1436.3	1414	701	656	187	468	847	5	37	9	1.31	.274	14.0	107
AL Rank		5	1	5	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	2	3	6	4	2	3	2	4
ABBA Rank		10	1	8	4	6	4	8	5	4	4	8	3	8	11	9	4	5	4	9

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Carlton	33	33	19	22	0	42	1	.976	270.3	1.36	0.8
L. Tiant, Jr.	32	32	24	30	1	58	4	.931	240.0	2.02	-0.7
B. Pierce	32	32	16	27	2	44	1	.977	233.7	1.66	0.8
W. Nixon	29	23	10	21	0	32	1	.969	173.7	1.61	0.9
F. Norman	27	21	8	19	2	31	4	.871	158.7	1.53	-2.1
M. Pappas	27	19	7	19	1	28	2	.929	132.0	1.77	-0.6
S. Doolittle	54	0	3	4	1	7	0	1.000	70.3	0.90	-0.1
M. Koplove	42	0	3	7	0	11	1	.909	48.7	1.85	-0.5
D. Phelps	29	2	4	5	0	9	0	1.000	46.3	1.75	-0.0
C. Zavada	25	0	4	6	0	10	0	1.000	39.3	2.29	1.0
S. Gonzalez	17	0	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	23.3	3.09	0.5
Totals	347	162	100	166	7	280	14	.950	1436.3	1.67	-0.1

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
E. Howard	132	132	696	47	7	746	3	.996	1171.3	5.71	-0.2	7	31.1
H. Severeid	31	30	172	11	1	185	2	.989	265.0	6.22	-0.8	3	11.8
Totals	163	162	868	58	8	931	5	.995	1436.3	5.80	-1.1	10	26.9

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Scott	136	135	1087	102	110	1196	7	.994	1166.0	9.18	2.9
E. Kranepool	30	22	208	16	17	224	0	1.000	202.3	9.96	0.1
R. Mulliniks	5	5	42	5	4	49	2	.959	41.7	10.15	-0.9
G. Burns	11	0	17	0	0	17	0	1.000	19.7	7.78	0.0
B. Harrelson	5	0	7	0	1	8	1	.875	6.7	9.45	-0.5
Totals	187	162	1361	123	132	1494	10	.993	1436.3	9.30	1.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Carew	121	121	282	324	86	613	7	.989	1061.0	5.14	1.0
G. Burns	32	27	54	79	17	136	3	.978	254.7	4.70	-2.5
R. Mulliniks	15	14	25	34	11	60	1	.983	118.7	4.47	-0.9
C. Lansford	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.5
Totals	169	162	361	438	114	810	11	.986	1436.3	5.01	-2.9

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Mulliniks	102	101	54	204	25	266	8	.970	887.3	2.62	-0.6
C. Lansford	58	54	43	104	10	151	4	.974	485.0	2.73	0.2
B. Harrelson	10	7	3	20	0	23	0	1.000	63.0	3.29	0.0
G. Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	171	162	100	328	35	440	12	.973	1436.3	2.68	-0.3

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Roberts	143	142	167	335	75	509	7	.986	1161.3	3.89	-7.6
B. Harrelson	79	20	39	76	15	117	2	.983	268.7	3.85	1.0
R. Mulliniks	3	0	2	2	1	4	0	1.000	4.0	9.00	0.5
G. Scott	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0
G. Burns	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	228	162	208	414	91	631	9	.986	1436.3	3.90	-6.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Colavito	139	139	315	3	1	323	5	.985	1216.0	2.35	3.1
G. Woodling	23	22	45	0	0	46	1	.978	198.0	2.05	-1.4
G. Burns	12	1	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	20.0	2.70	-0.8
V. Guerrero	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.3	3.86	0.0
Totals	175	162	366	4	1	376	6	.984	1436.3	2.32	1.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Puckett	156	156	500	13	4	516	3	.994	1384.3	3.34	17.2
G. Woodling	4	4	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	35.0	2.57	-0.8
H. Severeid	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	-0.0
R. Colavito	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12	-0.7
Totals	162	162	513	13	4	529	3	.994	1436.3	3.30	15.7

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Guerrero	139	138	363	6	1	374	5	.987	1227.7	2.71	4.6
G. Woodling	23	23	65	1	0	66	0	1.000	198.3	2.99	-1.4
E. Kranepool	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	10.3	0.87	-0.0
Totals	164	162	429	7	1	441	5	.989	1436.3	2.73	3.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Rod Carew	.308
On-Base Percentage	Rod Carew	.367
Slugging Percentage	Rod Carew	.462
OPS	Rod Carew	.829
Games	Kirby Puckett, Vladimir Guerrero	156
At-Bats	Kirby Puckett	643
Runs	Vladimir Guerrero	79
Hits	Kirby Puckett	193
Doubles	Kirby Puckett	38
Triples	George C Scott	7
Home Runs	Vladimir Guerrero	28
Runs Batted In	Kirby Puckett	83
Stolen Bases	Brian Roberts	13
Caught Stealing	Rod Carew	11
Walks	Rocco Colavito	58
Strikeouts	Rocco Colavito	106

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Steve Carlton	17
Losses	Luis Tiant, Jr.	18
Saves	Sean Doolittle	22
Games	Sean Doolittle	54
Games Started	Steve Carlton	33
Complete Games	Steve Carlton	16
Shutouts	Luis Tiant, Jr.	3
Innings Pitched	Steve Carlton	270.3
Hits Allowed	Billy Pierce	261
Home Runs Allowed	Luis Tiant, Jr.	32
Strikeouts	Steve Carlton	210
Walks Allowed	Willard Nixon	92
Earned Run Average	Steve Carlton	3.03
Walks + Hits per IP	Steve Carlton	1.02
BABIP	Steve Carlton	.246