1971 Elmira Royals Statistics
Team Record: 78-61
Finished 1st in the EL's American Division
Manager: Harry Malmberg (78-61)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 52,949, Avg. 762
Playoffs - Elmira Royals 3 games, Trois Rivieres Aigles 1
The Elmira Royals of the Eastern League ended the 1971 season with a record of 78 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's American Division.
The Royals topped the league with just 436 runs allowed. Elmira scored 474 runs. Dan Haynes led the squad with 10 home runs Gary Sanserino accounted for 59 RBI. Gary Sanserino and Billy Wolff paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .279 average. Ed Assaf paced the squad with 11 wins, while Monty Montgomery registered a 1.82 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Keith Marshall, Monty Montgomery, Norm Angelini, Jim Bethke, Scott Northey, Jon Warden and Mike Jackson were all players from the 1971 Elmira Royals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Harry Malmberg served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Assaf | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.21 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 157.0 | 130 | 64 | 56 | 10 | 61 | 7 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Chlan | 10 | 12 | .455 | 2.61 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 190.0 | 151 | 71 | 55 | 7 | 83 | 12 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Mike Jackson | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.45 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 68 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Whisman | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.38 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 140.0 | 123 | 55 | 37 | 4 | 44 | 7 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dick Balderson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.03 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 95.0 | 87 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Monty Montgomery | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.82 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 119.0 | 81 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fernando Vega | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.24 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 147.0 | 135 | 72 | 53 | 10 | 65 | 8 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 5 | 6 | .455 | 1.67 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 70.0 | 53 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Guy Hansen | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.70 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| John Geise | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Murray | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.37 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Pasierb | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vaughn Kovach | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.95 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 64.0 | 47 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tommy Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jon Warden | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Bethke | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 78 | 61 | .561 | 2.63 | 274 | 139 | 0 | 60 | 9 | 20 | 1170.0 | 947 | 436 | 342 | 51 | 448 | 64 | 873 | 23 | 6 | 50 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Marshall | 129 | 534 | 470 | 65 | 123 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 51 | 45 | .262 | .341 | .328 | .669 | 154 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Gary Sanserino | 125 | 480 | 438 | 51 | 122 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 47 | .279 | .335 | .352 | .686 | 154 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Billy Wolff | 120 | 457 | 402 | 49 | 112 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 29 | .279 | .354 | .378 | .732 | 152 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Crichton | 114 | 421 | 359 | 49 | 90 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 40 | 65 | .251 | .334 | .337 | .671 | 121 | 7 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Lloyd Lightfoot | 119 | 414 | 366 | 36 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 53 | .208 | .284 | .257 | .541 | 94 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Smith | 87 | 281 | 256 | 19 | 73 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 31 | .285 | .339 | .387 | .726 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ken O'Donnell | 114 | 404 | 329 | 31 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 43 | .210 | .333 | .252 | .586 | 83 | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Tom Harmon | 55 | 229 | 200 | 24 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .260 | .313 | .335 | .648 | 67 | 6 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Joyce | 90 | 295 | 243 | 34 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 58 | .206 | .318 | .239 | .557 | 58 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Robert Burrows | 64 | 221 | 200 | 15 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 30 | .245 | .301 | .345 | .646 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dan Haynes | 48 | 195 | 180 | 25 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 31 | .261 | .295 | .467 | .762 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Roger Schmuck | 70 | 244 | 200 | 17 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 47 | .235 | .361 | .285 | .646 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ken Huebner | 27 | 115 | 108 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | .333 | .374 | .407 | .781 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sinnerud | 38 | 112 | 104 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .202 | .252 | .308 | .560 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Northey | 25 | 94 | 80 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .175 | .283 | .212 | .495 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Monty Montgomery | 17 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .289 | .308 | .342 | .650 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Whisman | 28 | 52 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .156 | .191 | .156 | .347 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ed Assaf | 24 | 60 | 57 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .123 | .153 | .123 | .275 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Balderson | 27 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .176 | .243 | .206 | .449 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Jackson | 18 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .167 | .250 | .222 | .472 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Vega | 28 | 54 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .114 | .220 | .136 | .356 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 28 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .160 | .192 | .240 | .432 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Chlan | 27 | 76 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .061 | .101 | .091 | .192 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Vaughn Kovach | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .222 | .364 | .222 | .586 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Hansen | 25 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .167 | .333 | .167 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Murray | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Pasierb | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bethke | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Warden | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Arsenuk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Geise | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1523 | 4923 | 4310 | 474 | 1036 | 168 | 24 | 33 | 418 | 68 | 27 | 454 | 657 | .240 | .317 | .313 | .630 | 1351 | 0 | 37 | 100 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Schmuck | 1B | 64 | 510 | 40 | 7 | 55 | .987 | 8.594 | ||||
| Dan Haynes | 1B | 47 | 443 | 22 | 5 | 30 | .989 | 9.894 | ||||
| Tommy Smith | 1B | 19 | 155 | 11 | 2 | 18 | .988 | 8.737 | ||||
| Ken Huebner | 1B | 7 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.429 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | 1B | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Thomas Crichton | 1B | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ken O'Donnell | 2B | 92 | 188 | 260 | 11 | 61 | .976 | 4.870 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 2B | 52 | 101 | 139 | 7 | 31 | .972 | 4.615 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | 2B | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Michael Arsenuk | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | 3B | 98 | 60 | 181 | 15 | 20 | .941 | 2.459 | ||||
| Mike Sinnerud | 3B | 37 | 15 | 44 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 1.595 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 3B | 11 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 2.091 | ||||
| Tommy Smith | 3B | 10 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 1.900 | ||||
| Thomas Crichton | 3B | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Billy Wolff | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Burrows | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Arsenuk | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Harmon | C | 54 | 383 | 27 | 7 | 4 | .983 | 7.593 | 7 | |||
| Robert Burrows | C | 50 | 313 | 31 | 11 | 4 | .969 | 6.880 | 10 | |||
| Tommy Smith | C | 41 | 232 | 32 | 3 | 3 | .989 | 6.439 | 12 | |||
| Keith Marshall | OF | 128 | 256 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 2.086 | ||||
| Billy Wolff | OF | 115 | 171 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 1.565 | ||||
| Thomas Crichton | OF | 102 | 167 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 1.667 | ||||
| Scott Northey | OF | 21 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 1.810 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | OF | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.143 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | OF | 20 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .898 | 2.650 | ||||
| Ken Huebner | OF | 18 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.556 | ||||
| Robert Burrows | OF | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Tommy Smith | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Mike Jackson | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Vaughn Kovach | P | 29 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .552 | ||||
| Fernando Vega | P | 27 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.630 | ||||
| Jimmy Whisman | P | 26 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.385 | ||||
| Greg Chlan | P | 26 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.346 | ||||
| Norm Angelini | P | 26 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Guy Hansen | P | 25 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .440 | ||||
| Dick Balderson | P | 25 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .760 | ||||
| Ed Assaf | P | 24 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Monty Montgomery | P | 17 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.235 | ||||
| Mike Jackson | P | 12 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chuck Murray | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .273 | ||||
| John Geise | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| John Pasierb | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Jim Bethke | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jon Warden | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tommy Smith | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lloyd Lightfoot | SS | 118 | 165 | 342 | 35 | 65 | .935 | 4.297 | ||||
| Ken O'Donnell | SS | 23 | 30 | 60 | 7 | 14 | .928 | 3.913 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | SS | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1461 | 3508 | 1486 | 154 | 330 | .970 | 3.418 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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