Boston Americans History - 1971 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1971 Boston Americans	84	78	.519	3^rd	9	80-82	4	.261	4.48	X		3,086,797	$59,812,790	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Yadier Molina (C), Ron Cey (3B)	2
All-Star	Alex Gordon, Joe Musgrove, David Ortiz, Herb Pennock, Bobby Wallace	5
Pitcher of the Month	Herb Pennock (May)	1
Player of the Week	Carl Everett (Jun 21), Sammy Hughes (Jul 12), Greg Luzinski (Aug 2), George Brett (Sep 27, Oct 4)	5

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+
LF	Alex Gordon	27	147	539	164	33	1	19	75	93	69	13	0	4	110	13	2	.304	.394	.475	.869	4.9	127
SS	George Davis	34	137	499	127	31	4	0	53	65	44	6	8	2	35	40	11	.255	.321	.333	.654	2.0	72
1B	David Ortiz	29	136	458	113	21	2	34	87	73	45	3	0	3	90	1	0	.247	.316	.524	.840	2.1	116
3B	George Brett	31	133	425	113	26	2	22	83	54	43	2	0	8	49	0	1	.266	.331	.492	.822	2.9	113
CF	John J Anderson	30	106	430	120	29	3	6	45	68	16	7	0	2	41	33	5	.279	.314	.402	.717	1.9	87
2B	Newt Allen	32	120	385	85	9	5	2	27	41	33	6	4	1	28	19	10	.221	.292	.286	.577	-0.2	53
CF	Dom DiMaggio	25	126	342	95	23	1	9	49	45	30	13	2	5	53	6	4	.278	.354	.430	.784	2.4	105
RF	Carl Furillo	31	112	361	103	19	1	13	44	42	19	8	0	1	39	1	0	.285	.334	.452	.786	1.5	104
C	Yadier Molina	36	108	358	98	20	0	4	42	49	19	6	0	3	35	1	0	.274	.319	.363	.682	1.6	79
2B	Sammy Hughes	31	122	326	85	15	10	10	46	55	39	3	0	3	47	6	3	.261	.342	.460	.802	1.6	109
3B	Ron Cey	35	106	319	83	13	1	13	51	37	33	9	0	3	55	1	0	.260	.343	.429	.773	2.2	102
C	Jonathan Lucroy	36	69	225	60	12	0	9	35	24	24	1	0	3	36	1	1	.267	.336	.440	.776	1.3	102
1B	Greg Luzinski	33	78	182	40	10	0	8	25	20	15	10	0	3	54	0	1	.220	.310	.407	.716	0.3	86
RF	Gus J Williams	28	72	148	41	3	1	5	16	32	7	2	0	0	31	20	1	.277	.318	.412	.731	0.7	90
RF	Carl Everett	23	46	125	33	7	1	4	12	10	7	3	0	0	25	1	0	.264	.319	.432	.751	0.6	95
P	Herb Pennock	34	35	77	15	2	0	0	7	6	4	1	20	1	20	0	0	.195	.241	.221	.462	-1.0	23
P	Bobby Wallace	22	39	74	17	5	1	1	8	8	10	1	9	0	12	0	0	.230	.329	.365	.694	0.1	82
P	Willie McGill	22	38	71	15	5	0	0	2	11	9	2	9	0	18	0	0	.211	.317	.282	.599	-0.2	59
P	Jim Perry	29	34	58	14	3	1	1	6	7	2	1	10	1	13	0	0	.241	.274	.379	.654	-0.2	70
P	Charlie Lea	27	33	36	6	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	7	1	19	0	0	.167	.162	.167	.329	-0.5	-13
P	Mike Sullivan	23	6	14	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	.143	.200	.357	.557	-0.0	43
P	Jim J Hughes	37	31	14	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.071	.071	.286	.357	-0.2	-12
P	Dennis Eckersley	28	32	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	.000	.154	.000	.154	-0.2	-55
LF	Brandon Moss	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
24 Players		30.6	1868	5480	1430	286	34	162	720	744	470	98	73	44	825	143	39	.261	.328	.414	.742	23.4	93
AL Rank				4	3	1	2	3	2	2	5	1	2	2	5	2	4	2	4	1	2	2
ABBA Rank				9	6	1	3	7	4	4	9	1	6	4	9	2	8	4	7	4	5	4

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Herb Pennock	34	35	35	17	12	0	3.79	270.7	286	119	114	16	40	125	0	14	2	1.20	.296	7.8	114
Bobby Wallace	22	38	38	15	16	0	4.59	252.7	299	131	129	27	76	115	0	4	3	1.48	.318	3.7	94
Willie McGill	22	38	31	14	13	0	4.76	246.0	253	134	130	37	112	198	2	9	2	1.48	.304	1.9	91
Jim Perry	29	34	27	12	14	0	5.20	200.7	222	125	116	26	73	111	0	7	1	1.47	.298	1.9	83
Charlie Lea	27	33	14	6	7	0	4.37	138.0	151	68	67	15	59	72	0	4	0	1.52	.299	1.2	99
Dennis Eckersley	28	32	7	4	2	1	4.84	80.0	86	50	43	15	23	46	0	0	0	1.36	.282	0.0	89
Jim J Hughes	37	31	4	3	4	1	3.77	71.7	77	37	30	9	29	44	1	1	0	1.48	.285	0.5	115
Joe Musgrove	33	48	0	3	4	33	2.75	55.7	58	18	17	4	11	37	1	0	0	1.24	.321	1.5	157
Mike Sullivan	23	6	6	1	2	0	3.71	43.7	41	18	18	3	15	26	0	2	1	1.28	.286	1.0	116
Ben Taylor	23	38	0	7	3	1	5.72	39.3	50	26	25	5	19	26	3	0	0	1.75	.341	-0.0	75
Brooks Kieschnick	28	12	0	2	1	0	4.40	14.3	18	8	7	3	7	15	0	0	0	1.74	.375	-0.1	98
Walker Cress	31	7	0	0	0	0	7.59	10.7	11	9	9	2	10	5	0	0	0	1.97	.273	-0.3	57
Steve Bedrosian	23	8	0	0	0	0	8.10	10.0	15	9	9	3	5	9	1	0	0	2.00	.387	-0.2	53
Bob Stanley	31	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	.000	0.0	0
14 Pitchers	27.4	361	162	84	78	36	4.48	1434.3	1567	752	714	165	479	829	8	41	9	1.43	.303	18.8	99
AL Rank		4	1	2	4	2	5	5	6	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	2	5	6	3
ABBA Rank		7	1	4	8	3	10	10	11	9	9	5	5	10	7	7	4	10	12	6

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Pennock	35	35	17	35	4	54	2	.963	270.7	1.73	-0.7
B. Wallace	38	38	15	26	3	41	0	1.000	252.7	1.46	0.3
W. McGill	37	31	16	24	3	41	1	.976	246.0	1.46	-0.2
J. Perry	34	27	14	31	3	45	0	1.000	200.7	2.02	-0.1
C. Lea	33	14	9	20	1	30	1	.967	138.0	1.89	0.9
D. Eckersley	32	7	4	12	0	16	0	1.000	80.0	1.80	0.4
J. Hughes	31	4	2	5	0	8	1	.875	71.7	0.88	-0.1
J. Musgrove	48	0	3	6	0	9	0	1.000	55.7	1.46	-0.0
M. Sullivan	6	6	4	6	0	10	0	1.000	43.7	2.06	0.5
B. Taylor	37	0	5	2	0	7	0	1.000	39.3	1.60	-0.0
B. Kieschnick	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	14.3	0.63	-0.0
W. Cress	6	0	0	2	1	2	0	1.000	10.7	1.69	0.5
S. Bedrosian	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	10.0	0.00	-0.0
B. Stanley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	357	162	89	170	15	264	5	.981	1434.3	1.63	1.4

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
Y. Molina	107	100	534	63	8	601	4	.993	880.7	6.10	3.1	6	45.5
J. Lucroy	64	62	319	34	4	357	4	.989	553.7	5.74	0.8	4	50.0
Totals	171	162	853	97	12	958	8	.992	1434.3	5.96	3.9	10	47.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Ortiz	115	112	1009	68	84	1086	9	.992	989.0	9.80	-1.1
G. Luzinski	45	42	378	31	34	413	4	.990	370.3	9.94	-0.0
J. Anderson	7	6	52	3	7	55	0	1.000	48.7	10.17	0.7
J. Lucroy	5	2	24	0	3	24	0	1.000	22.3	9.67	-0.5
A. Gordon	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	4.0	9.00	-0.5
Totals	174	162	1467	102	128	1582	13	.992	1434.3	9.84	-1.5

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Allen	77	61	147	179	33	329	3	.991	563.3	5.21	2.2
S. Hughes	64	63	155	175	44	336	6	.982	522.0	5.69	-4.7
G. Brett	38	32	80	103	30	184	1	.995	295.0	5.58	2.8
G. Davis	7	6	10	19	3	30	1	.967	54.0	4.83	-1.2
Totals	186	162	392	476	110	879	11	.987	1434.3	5.45	-1.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Cey	74	70	50	139	9	191	2	.990	614.0	2.77	3.6
G. Brett	62	61	38	115	11	160	7	.956	509.3	2.70	-0.8
S. Hughes	20	16	15	46	2	66	5	.924	145.7	3.77	-1.0
G. Davis	19	11	11	33	4	44	0	1.000	125.7	3.15	1.2
N. Allen	6	4	4	10	1	16	2	.875	38.7	3.26	-0.5
B. Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	182	162	118	343	27	477	16	.966	1434.3	2.89	2.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Davis	106	100	113	297	55	418	8	.981	884.3	4.17	5.9
N. Allen	37	36	51	103	26	158	4	.975	319.0	4.34	1.5
G. Brett	14	14	13	37	8	51	1	.980	121.0	3.72	-1.0
R. Cey	12	11	14	28	7	42	0	1.000	95.3	3.97	-0.5
S. Hughes	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	14.7	1.23	-0.0
Totals	173	162	191	467	96	671	13	.981	1434.3	4.13	5.9

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Gordon	146	145	351	6	2	362	5	.986	1274.7	2.52	0.5
G. Williams	16	10	24	0	0	24	0	1.000	95.3	2.27	0.3
J. Anderson	7	7	19	0	0	19	0	1.000	61.0	2.80	1.1
B. Moss	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.3	7.71	0.0
G. Luzinski	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	172	162	397	6	2	408	5	.988	1434.3	2.53	1.9

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. DiMaggio	115	89	257	8	1	269	4	.985	833.3	2.86	3.1
J. Anderson	51	48	92	3	1	96	1	.990	392.3	2.18	-4.3
C. Everett	18	15	36	2	1	38	0	1.000	124.0	2.76	1.2
C. Furillo	12	10	20	3	1	23	0	1.000	84.7	2.44	-3.7
Totals	196	162	405	16	4	426	5	.988	1434.3	2.64	-3.7

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Furillo	81	78	179	12	2	192	1	.995	677.3	2.54	2.3
J. Anderson	44	43	93	4	0	98	1	.990	372.7	2.34	4.7
G. Williams	37	23	55	1	0	57	1	.982	228.0	2.21	-1.3
C. Everett	23	18	55	2	0	58	1	.983	154.3	3.32	0.1
B. Moss	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	186	162	382	19	2	405	4	.990	1434.3	2.52	5.8

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Alex Gordon	.304
On-Base Percentage	Alex Gordon	.394
Slugging Percentage	David Ortiz	.524
OPS	Alex Gordon	.869
Games	Alex Gordon	147
At-Bats	Alex Gordon	539
Runs	Alex Gordon	93
Hits	Alex Gordon	164
Doubles	Alex Gordon	33
Triples	Sammy Hughes	10
Home Runs	David Ortiz	34
Runs Batted In	David Ortiz	87
Stolen Bases	George Davis	40
Caught Stealing	George Davis	11
Walks	Alex Gordon	69
Strikeouts	Alex Gordon	110

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Herb Pennock	17
Losses	Bobby Wallace	16
Saves	Joe Musgrove	33
Games	Joe Musgrove	48
Games Started	Bobby Wallace	38
Complete Games	Herb Pennock	14
Shutouts	Bobby Wallace	3
Innings Pitched	Herb Pennock	270.7
Hits Allowed	Bobby Wallace	299
Home Runs Allowed	Willie McGill	37
Strikeouts	Willie McGill	198
Walks Allowed	Willie McGill	112
Earned Run Average	Herb Pennock	3.79
Walks + Hits per IP	Herb Pennock	1.20
BABIP	Herb Pennock	.296