1971 Kansas City Royals Roster by Baseball Almanac

1971 Kansas City Royals Roster

The 1971 Kansas City Royals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1971 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1971 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1971 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1971 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1971 Kansas City Royals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Ted Abernathy

6-04

215

Right

1933-03-06

Wally Bunker

6-02

197

Right

1945-01-25

Tom Burgmeier

5-11

185

Left

1943-08-02

Bill Butler

6-02

210

Left

1947-03-12

Lance Clemons

6-02

205

Left

1947-07-06

Bruce Dal Canton

6-02

205

Right

1941-06-15

Dick Drago

6-01

190

Right

1945-06-25

Al Fitzmorris

6-02

190

Right

Both

1946-03-21

Mike Hedlund

6-01

190

Right

1946-08-11

Mike McCormick

6-02

195

Left

1938-09-29

Monty Montgomery

6-03

200

Right

1946-09-01

Roger Nelson

6-03

205

Right

1944-06-07

Jim Rooker

6-00

201

Left

Right

1942-09-23

Paul Splittorff

6-03

210

Left

1946-10-08

Ken Wright

6-02

210

Right

1946-09-04

Jim York

6-03

200

Right

1947-08-27

Buck Martinez

5-10

190

Right

1948-11-07

Jerry May

6-02½

195

Right

1943-12-14

Dennis Paepke

6-00

202

Right

1945-04-17

Bobby Floyd

6-00

181

Right

1943-10-20

Chuck Harrison

5-10

190

Right

1941-04-25

18, 39

Gail Hopkins

5-10

200

Right

Left

1943-02-19

Bobby Knoop

6-01

170

Right

1938-10-18

Bob Oliver

6-02

215

Right

1943-02-08

2, 37

Freddie Patek

5-05

148

Right

1944-10-09

Cookie Rojas

5-10

170

Right

1939-03-06

Paul Schaal

5-11

180

Right

1943-03-03

Rich Severson

6-00

174

Right

1945-01-18

Joe Keough

6-00

185

Left

1946-01-07

Ed Kirkpatrick

5-11½

195

Right

Left

1944-10-08

Amos Otis

5-11

166

Right

1947-04-26

Lou Piniella

6-02

198

Right

1943-08-28

Ted Savage

6-01

185

Right

1936-02-21

Carl Taylor

6-02

207

Right

1944-01-20

Sandy Valdespino

5-08

170

Left

1939-01-14

The 1971 Kansas City Royals played 161 games during the regular season, won 85 games, lost 76 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 99/99) where 910,784 fans witnessed their 1971 Royals finish the season with a .528 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1971 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1971 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1971 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1971 Kansas City Royals primary starters list:

1971 Kansas City Royals
Opening Day Starters

Bruce Dal Canton
Joe Keough
Ed Kirkpatrick
Bob Oliver
Amos Otis
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
1971 Kansas City Royals
Most Games by Position
C Jerry May (71)
1B Gail Hopkins (83)
2B Cookie Rojas (111)
3B Paul Schaal (161)
SS Freddie Patek (147)
LF Lou Piniella (115)
CF Amos Otis (144)
RF Joe Keough (93)

SP Bruce Dal Canton
SP Dick Drago
SP Al Fitzmorris
SP Mike Hedlund
SP Paul Splittorff

RP Tom Burgmeier
RP Jim Rooker
RP Jim York
CL Ted Abernathy

1971 Kansas City Royals
Salaries
Ted Abernathy $38,000.00
Cookie Rojas $30,000.00
Jerry May $25,000.00
Ted Savage $22,000.00
Bruce Dal Canton $16,000.00
Bobby Floyd $14,000.00
Lance Clemons $12,750.00
Jim York $12,500.00
Gail Hopkins $9,000.00

1971 Kansas City Royals
Uniform Numbers
#1 Cookie Rojas
#2 Freddie Patek
#5 Ted Savage
#6 Buck Martinez
#7 Chuck Harrison
#8 Ed Kirkpatrick
#9 Lou Piniella
#10 Paul Schaal
#12 Jerry May
#14 Jim Rooker
#15 Bobby Floyd
#15 Rich Severson
#16 Joe Keough
#17 Dennis Paepke
#18 Gail Hopkins
#19 Bobby Knoop
#20 Monty Montgomery
#22 Tom Burgmeier
#23 Al Fitzmorris
#25 Mike McCormick
#25 Paul Splittorff
#26 Amos Otis
#27 Wally Bunker
#27 Lance Clemons
#28 Ken Wright
#29 Bill Butler
#32 Mike Hedlund
#33 Bob Oliver
#35 Roger Nelson
#36 Ted Abernathy
#37 Freddie Patek
#39 Gail Hopkins
#40 Jim York
#41 Dick Drago
#43 Bruce Dal Canton
#44 Carl Taylor
#49 Sandy Valdespino

Did you know that a 1971 Kansas City Royals Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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