1971 Kansas City Royals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Kansas City Royals
season = 1971
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Municipal Stadium
y4 = 1973
city = Kansas City, Missouri
y5 = 1969
owners = Ewing Kauffman
managers = Bob Lemon
television =KMBC-TV
radio =KMBZ
(Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews)|The 1971 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 76 losses, 16 games behind the Oakland Athletics. This was also the first time in franchise history that the Royals had finished with a winning record in only their third season, the second-fastest of any expansion club in Major League Baseball history, until the 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks won the National League West title in their second season.

Offseason

* February 2, 1971: Ellie Rodriguez was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Carl Taylor.

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*June 8, 1971: George Brett was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. * [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brettge01.shtml George Brett Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Omaha Royals (American Association; Jack McKeon, manager)
* Class AA: Elmira Royals (Eastern League; Harry Malmberg, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: San Jose Bees (California League; Buddy Peterson, manager)
* Class A: Waterloo Royals (Midwest League; Steve Boros, manager)
* Rookie: Kingsport Royals (Appalachian League; Owen Friend, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Royals (Gulf Coast League; Buzzy Keller, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Rookie: Billings Mustangs (Pioneer League; Gary Blaylock, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KC/1971.shtml 1971 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1971&t=KCA 1971 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]