1971 Kingsport Royals Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 38-30
Finished 1st in the AL's South Division
Manager: Owen Friend (38-30)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 24,538, Avg. 722

1971 Kingsport Royals Roster

The Kingsport Royals of the Appalachian League ended the 1971 season with a record of 38 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Royals led the league with just 241 runs allowed. Kingsport scored 304 runs. Dennis Brown drove in 35 runs. Philip Rashead paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .280. Ricky Romans topped the team with 7 wins, while Jeffry Tecklenberg earned a 2.05 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Roy Branch and Tom Brown both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Owen Friend served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Ricky Romans	7	4	.636	4.12	12	12		5	0	0	83.0	107	42	38	5	25	0	54	0	1
Jeffry Tecklenberg	6	3	.667	2.05	13	13		5	1	0	88.0	69	27	20	1	19	0	76	1	1
James Ross	5	2	.714	1.73	9	9		2	0	0	52.0	43	16	10	5	10	0	29	2	1
Billy Westbrooks	4	0	1.000	1.04	9	1		1	1	0	26.0	19	3	3	1	10	0	30	0	1
Tim Howard	4	3	.571	4.03	11	11		3	2	0	58.0	63	31	26	3	16	0	48	5	0
Steven Davis	4	5	.444	3.15	10	9		3	2	0	60.0	54	28	21	4	14	1	68	0	4
William Cowan	3	4	.429	4.24	14	9		1	0	1	68.0	62	38	32	7	32	0	65	3	5
Tom Brown	2	2	.500	4.50	17	1		1	0	5	40.0	43	28	20	4	9	2	40	0	2
John Midura	2	3	.400	2.67	13	0		0	0	5	27.0	24	9	8	1	6	0	31	0	1
Paul Walton	1	2	.333	3.38	15	0		0	0	3	24.0	24	13	9	3	3	0	16	0	2
Roy Branch	0	2	.000	2.70	3	3		1	0	0	20.0	12	6	6	1	8	0	18	0	1
Totals	38	30	.559	3.18	126	68	0	22	6	14	546.0	520	241	193	35	152	3	475	11	19	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
Bob Herold	66	266	232	34	64	9	3	8	34	6	1	32	42	.276	.368	.444	.812	103		2	0	0
Dennis Brown	49	193	177	30	54	12	2	7	35	4	1	10	20	.305	.335	.514	.849	91		0	2	4
Philip Rashead	58	209	189	24	53	12	0	2	33	4	1	17	19	.280	.340	.376	.715	71		1	0	2
Glenn Balsamo	49	202	146	43	52	9	0	3	21	8	4	47	18	.356	.513	.479	.992	70		3	3	3
Charles Smith	50	209	179	39	45	6	1	5	21	11	4	29	29	.251	.359	.380	.739	68		1	0	0
Robert Prokopowicz	50	163	138	19	35	7	0	2	19	2	0	22	11	.254	.350	.348	.698	48		0	0	3
George Feeley	56	204	183	18	30	4	0	1	16	7	2	18	66	.164	.243	.202	.445	37		1	2	0
John Johnson	45	153	140	14	29	3	0	0	12	3	0	10	13	.207	.265	.229	.493	32		1	2	0
Dave Masser	54	193	153	29	26	3	2	1	7	10	2	37	76	.170	.332	.235	.567	36		1	0	2
John Hurst	34	115	101	9	20	6	0	0	5	2	0	13	30	.198	.289	.257	.547	26		0	1	0
Pete Dunn	26	77	65	11	17	2	0	3	9	0	0	9	26	.262	.368	.431	.799	28		2	1	0
Joe Carbone	34	112	94	14	17	1	1	1	9	0	2	16	5	.181	.297	.245	.542	23		0	1	1
Christopher Crews	11	42	38	3	12	2	0	0	4	1	0	3	4	.316	.366	.368	.734	14		0	1	0
Ricky Romans	12	36	28	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	12	.179	.324	.214	.538	6		1	2	0
Domingo Mercedes	11	33	29	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	9	.138	.219	.138	.357	4		0	1	0
John Midura	13	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	2		0	1	0
William Pierce	6	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	2		0	1	0
Tim Howard	11	23	18	3	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	6	.111	.238	.222	.460	4		0	2	0
Paul Walton	15	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Billy Westbrooks	9	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	0	0
Tom Brown	17	11	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	.143	.400	.143	.543	1		0	1	0
Steven Davis	10	22	15	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	.067	.222	.067	.289	1		0	4	0
William Cowan	14	25	20	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.050	.050	.050	.100	1		0	5	0
Roy Branch	4	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Jeffry Tecklenberg	13	30	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	.000	.148	.000	.148	0		0	3	0
James Ross	9	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.000	.056	.000	.056	0		0	1	0
Robert Sedik	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	727	2381	2032	304	474	77	10	33	239	60	18	287	437	.233	.330	.330	.660	670	0	13	34	15	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Herold	1B	61	485	24	11	29	.979	8.344
William Pierce	1B	5	35	1	0	3	1.000	7.200
Pete Dunn	1B	3	22	0	0	2	1.000	7.333
John Hurst	2B	33	59	68	9	17	.934	3.848
Joe Carbone	2B	29	47	71	7	7	.944	4.069
Dennis Brown	2B	12	21	29	1	4	.980	4.167
Robert Prokopowicz	3B	41	33	63	6	4	.941	2.341
Dennis Brown	3B	19	12	41	5	1	.914	2.789
Christopher Crews	3B	10	8	19	3	1	.900	2.700
Philip Rashead	C	54	366	27	3	2	.992	7.278	8
Pete Dunn	C	17	119	10	1	0	.992	7.588	1
George Feeley	OF	54	84	2	3	0	.966	1.593
Dave Masser	OF	53	70	2	4	1	.947	1.358
Charles Smith	OF	49	57	3	5	1	.923	1.224
Glenn Balsamo	OF	46	93	5	1	2	.990	2.130
Bob Herold	OF	5	9	0	1	0	.900	1.800
Tom Brown	P	17	4	7	0	0	1.000	.647
Paul Walton	P	15	1	5	1	0	.857	.400
William Cowan	P	14	3	7	1	1	.909	.714
Jeffry Tecklenberg	P	13	3	15	0	2	1.000	1.385
John Midura	P	13	1	5	0	0	1.000	.462
Ricky Romans	P	12	4	7	1	1	.917	.917
Tim Howard	P	11	1	13	0	0	1.000	1.273
Steven Davis	P	10	5	7	3	2	.800	1.200
Billy Westbrooks	P	9	1	3	0	0	1.000	.444
James Ross	P	9	3	9	3	0	.800	1.333
Roy Branch	P	3	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.000
John Johnson	SS	43	58	108	18	22	.902	3.860
Dennis Brown	SS	16	17	48	8	5	.890	4.062
Domingo Mercedes	SS	9	12	23	2	1	.946	3.889
Totals		685	1635	626	97	108	.959	3.301	9	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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