1971 Waterloo Royals Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 55-64
Finished 3rd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Steve Boros (55-64)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 35,886, Avg. 603
1971 Waterloo Royals RosterTeam Record: 55-64
Finished 3rd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Steve Boros (55-64)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 35,886, Avg. 603
The Waterloo Royals of the Midwest League ended the 1971 season with a record of 55 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Royals plated 497 runs and conceded 517 runs. Tom Poquette drove in 60 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .297. Greg Minton led the squad with 11 wins, while Whitey Reid recorded a 2.08 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1971 Waterloo Royals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Al Cowens, Al Autry, Greg Minton, John Wathan and Tom Poquette.
Steve Boros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Minton | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.05 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 124.0 | 118 | 52 | 42 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Whitey Reid | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.08 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 117.0 | 91 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 114 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Paul Pelz | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.58 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 122.0 | 117 | 46 | 35 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bruce Griggs | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.34 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 108 | 68 | 55 | 8 | 94 | 0 | 124 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Randy Hammon | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.14 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 103 | 61 | 48 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Dennis Lane | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.90 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Ballantine | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.72 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 62 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Pasierb | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.08 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 65.0 | 51 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Michael Nichols | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.14 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.0 | 76 | 52 | 40 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Steven Myers | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.53 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32.0 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Autry | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.90 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Scott McManis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Pratt | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Ford | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Arsenuk | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Duncan | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hannah | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Luck | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeffry Tecklenberg | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mack Payne | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.73 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Allen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.00 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Gaylord | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 55 | 61 | .474 | 3.51 | 287 | 117 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 965.0 | 892 | 490 | 376 | 58 | 462 | 25 | 938 | 35 | 4 | 77 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Poquette | 111 | 444 | 381 | 65 | 113 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 51 | 36 | .297 | .384 | .436 | .819 | 166 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bob Servoss | 100 | 400 | 361 | 45 | 94 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 57 | .260 | .328 | .366 | .694 | 132 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stanley Jackson | 114 | 408 | 308 | 49 | 68 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 89 | .221 | .402 | .312 | .714 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jeff Stout | 96 | 361 | 330 | 30 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 60 | .197 | .261 | .233 | .494 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Opatkiewicz | 93 | 276 | 257 | 24 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 31 | .226 | .272 | .261 | .532 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rex Goodson | 61 | 240 | 202 | 40 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 61 | .277 | .378 | .416 | .794 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Monte Perkins | 71 | 265 | 238 | 26 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 33 | .231 | .307 | .269 | .576 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Wathan | 43 | 180 | 147 | 31 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 18 | .279 | .404 | .422 | .826 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Arsenuk | 56 | 195 | 174 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 27 | .201 | .268 | .259 | .527 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Sam Beard | 64 | 139 | 116 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 28 | .241 | .350 | .345 | .695 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Hannah | 53 | 187 | 159 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 41 | .176 | .299 | .302 | .601 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Woolsey | 38 | 140 | 121 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 31 | .223 | .297 | .339 | .636 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Richard Corrada | 32 | 111 | 100 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .260 | .312 | .300 | .612 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Johnson | 35 | 117 | 105 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 27 | .210 | .284 | .248 | .532 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Cowens | 16 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .292 | .340 | .396 | .735 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Calvin Meier | 19 | 69 | 56 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .214 | .362 | .304 | .666 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Minton | 29 | 44 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .194 | .275 | .278 | .553 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whitey Reid | 31 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .189 | .231 | .189 | .420 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Paul Pelz | 19 | 49 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .184 | .311 | .184 | .495 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jose Salas | 16 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | .200 | .351 | .300 | .651 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Nichols | 41 | 44 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .143 | .163 | .143 | .306 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Autry | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .500 | .571 | .833 | 1.405 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Pasierb | 26 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .214 | .312 | .214 | .527 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Griggs | 21 | 45 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .075 | .095 | .075 | .170 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Randy Hammon | 18 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .074 | .074 | .111 | .185 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pete Duncan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ballantine | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Gaylord | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mack Payne | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Myers | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Lane | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Petty | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Carbone | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffry Tecklenberg | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott McManis | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Allen | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1298 | 3965 | 3425 | 446 | 792 | 114 | 23 | 41 | 363 | 84 | 41 | 435 | 685 | .231 | .323 | .314 | .637 | 1075 | 0 | 43 | 37 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Jackson | 1B | 113 | 873 | 47 | 17 | 62 | .982 | 8.142 | ||||
| James Smith | 1B | 12 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .991 | 9.000 | ||||
| Al Cowens | 1B | 5 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .969 | 6.200 | ||||
| John Wathan | 1B | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.750 | ||||
| Jose Salas | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jeff Stout | 2B | 76 | 154 | 182 | 11 | 43 | .968 | 4.421 | ||||
| Richard Corrada | 2B | 26 | 36 | 60 | 4 | 5 | .960 | 3.692 | ||||
| Bob Servoss | 2B | 13 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 4 | .907 | 3.000 | ||||
| Michael Arsenuk | 2B | 11 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 6 | .978 | 4.091 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | 2B | 10 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 8 | .978 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ronald Opatkiewicz | 2B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Joe Carbone | 2B | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Michael Arsenuk | 3B | 48 | 23 | 52 | 7 | 5 | .915 | 1.562 | ||||
| James Smith | 3B | 37 | 21 | 61 | 15 | 5 | .845 | 2.216 | ||||
| Bob Servoss | 3B | 18 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 4 | .737 | 1.556 | ||||
| Tom Poquette | 3B | 16 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ronald Opatkiewicz | 3B | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .750 | .857 | ||||
| Al Cowens | 3B | 7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Jeff Stout | 3B | 6 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 3.000 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | 3B | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jose Salas | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Hannah | C | 46 | 325 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .992 | 7.891 | 7 | |||
| Sam Beard | C | 40 | 259 | 25 | 8 | 2 | .973 | 7.100 | 5 | |||
| John Wathan | C | 36 | 255 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 9 | |||
| Bob Servoss | C | 10 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .986 | 7.200 | 4 | |||
| Jose Salas | C | 10 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 8.900 | 5 | |||
| James Smith | C | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.333 | 1 | |||
| Tom Poquette | OF | 97 | 125 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .951 | 1.402 | ||||
| Monte Perkins | OF | 65 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.154 | ||||
| Bob Servoss | OF | 59 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.508 | ||||
| Rex Goodson | OF | 58 | 79 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .934 | 1.466 | ||||
| Jack Woolsey | OF | 34 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 1.412 | ||||
| John Wathan | OF | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Jim Hannah | OF | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Al Cowens | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Richard Corrada | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Ballantine | P | 35 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .314 | ||||
| Michael Nichols | P | 30 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .633 | ||||
| Whitey Reid | P | 28 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .857 | ||||
| Greg Minton | P | 27 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Pasierb | P | 26 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .654 | ||||
| Bruce Griggs | P | 21 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .619 | ||||
| Paul Pelz | P | 19 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.526 | ||||
| Randy Hammon | P | 18 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.056 | ||||
| Steven Myers | P | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Brian Ford | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Pratt | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Lane | P | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Mack Payne | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .167 | ||||
| Scott McManis | P | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeffry Tecklenberg | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| David Allen | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Thomas Luck | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Al Autry | P | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| John Gaylord | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pete Duncan | P | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Hannah | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Arsenuk | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Opatkiewicz | SS | 70 | 75 | 199 | 22 | 31 | .926 | 3.914 | ||||
| John Johnson | SS | 30 | 26 | 86 | 22 | 15 | .836 | 3.733 | ||||
| Jeff Stout | SS | 27 | 53 | 77 | 10 | 11 | .929 | 4.815 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1318 | 2967 | 1250 | 184 | 243 | .958 | 3.200 | 31 | 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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