1972 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1971 Season 1973 Season

Record: 76-78-0, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bob Lemon (76-78)

General Manager: Cedric Tallis

Scouting Director: Lou Gorman

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 707,656 (9th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 81-73, 580 Runs, 545 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Ed Kirkpatrick*	27	113	423	364	43	100	15	1	9	43	3	5	51	50	.275	.365	.396	.761	128	144	4	3	1	4	9
2	1B	John Mayberry*	23	149	588	503	65	150	24	3	25	100	0	2	78	74	.298	.394	.507	.900	168	255	12	3	1	3	13
3	2B	Cookie Rojas	33	137	541	487	49	127	25	0	3	53	2	8	41	35	.261	.315	.331	.646	94	161	17	1	5	7	5
4	SS	Freddie Patek	27	136	577	518	59	110	25	4	0	32	33	7	47	64	.212	.280	.276	.556	67	143	9	3	6	3	4
5	3B	Paul Schaal	29	127	503	435	47	99	19	3	6	41	1	3	61	59	.228	.323	.326	.650	95	142	14	2	2	3	1
6	LF	Lou Piniella	28	151	624	574	65	179	33	4	11	72	7	2	34	59	.312	.356	.441	.797	138	253	25	8	4	4	9
7	CF	Amos Otis	25	143	605	540	75	158	28	2	11	54	28	12	50	59	.293	.352	.413	.765	129	223	6	3	6	6	3
8	RF	Richie Scheinblum#	29	134	520	450	60	135	21	4	8	66	0	1	58	40	.300	.383	.418	.800	140	188	19	4	3	3	3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Steve Hovley*	27	105	226	196	24	53	5	1	3	24	3	3	24	29	.270	.351	.352	.703	111	69	2	1	4	1	2
10	IF	Bobby Floyd	28	61	140	134	9	24	3	0	0	5	1	0	5	29	.179	.209	.201	.410	23	27	4	0	1	0	0
11	C	Carl Taylor	28	63	135	113	17	30	2	1	0	11	4	1	17	16	.265	.361	.301	.662	100	34	3	1	2	2	1
12	C	Jerry May	28	53	131	116	10	22	5	1	1	4	0	0	14	13	.190	.277	.276	.553	66	32	4	0	1	0	2
13	2B	Bobby Knoop	33	44	107	97	8	23	5	0	0	7	0	0	9	16	.237	.299	.289	.588	77	28	5	0	0	1	1
14	1B	Gail Hopkins*	29	53	78	71	1	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	4	.211	.282	.239	.521	57	17	2	0	0	0	1
15	OF	Joe Keough*	26	56	76	64	8	14	2	0	0	5	2	0	8	7	.219	.324	.250	.574	74	16	0	2	1	0	1
16	RF	Bob Oliver	29	16	65	63	7	17	2	1	1	6	1	0	2	12	.270	.292	.381	.673	101	24	2	0	0	0	0
17	IF	Ron Hansen	34	16	33	30	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.133	.212	.133	.345	5	4	1	0	0	0	1
18	2B	Jim Wohlford	21	15	28	25	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.240	.321	.280	.601	81	7	0	1	0	0	0
19	C	Dennis Paepke	27	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-54	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Dick Drago	27	35	84	68	4	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	36	.059	.169	.059	.228	-30	4	0	1	7	0	0
21	P	Paul Splittorff*	25	35	83	71	9	16	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	8	.225	.276	.254	.530	60	18	2	1	7	0	0
22	P	Roger Nelson	28	34	61	54	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	.093	.140	.093	.233	-29	5	0	0	4	0	0
23	P	Bruce Dal Canton	31	35	47	41	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.098	.119	.122	.241	-28	5	1	0	5	0	0
24	P	Mike Hedlund	25	29	35	32	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.188	.188	.188	.375	13	6	0	0	3	0	0
25	P	Al Fitzmorris#	26	39	27	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	.174	.296	.174	.470	43	4	1	0	0	0	0
26	P	Jim Rooker	29	18	22	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.100	.095	.100	.195	-41	2	1	0	0	1	0
27	P	Monty Montgomery	25	9	21	17	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.176	.222	.235	.458	37	4	0	0	3	0	0
28	P	Tom Murphy	26	21	19	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.071	.000	.071	-77	0	0	0	5	0	0
29	P	Steve Busby	22	5	15	15	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.267	.467	39	4	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Tom Burgmeier*	28	51	12	12	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.333	.667	100	4	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Ted Abernathy	39	45	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Mike Jackson*	26	7	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Norm Angelini*	24	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Ken Wright	25	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.7	154	5849	5167	580	1317	220	26	78	547	85	44	534	711	.255	.327	.353	.679	104	1823	134	34	72	38	57
		Rank in 12 AL teams				6	3	1	2	7	10		4	7	1	2	1	1	5	2		4		5		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	154	5407	4786	552	1266	217	25	78	530	85	44	512	580	.265	.337	.369	.706	112	1767	129	32	37	37	57
		Pitcher Totals	26.9	154	442	381	28	51	3	1	0	17	0	0	22	131	.134	.185	.147	.332	0	56	5	2	35	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Dick Drago	27	12	17	.414	3.01	34	33	1	11	2	0	239.1	230	88	80	22	51	4	135	6	0	5	974	100	3.18	1.174	8.6	0.8	1.9	5.1	2.65
2	SP	Paul Splittorff*	25	12	12	.500	3.13	35	33	0	12	2	0	216.0	189	81	75	11	67	2	140	4	0	6	876	97	2.75	1.185	7.9	0.5	2.8	5.8	2.09
3	SP	Roger Nelson	28	11	6	.647	2.08	34	19	9	10	6	2	173.1	120	41	40	13	31	1	120	1	0	4	652	145	2.54	0.871	6.2	0.7	1.6	6.2	3.87
4	SP	Mike Hedlund	25	5	7	.417	4.78	29	16	4	1	0	0	113.0	119	67	60	10	41	1	52	4	1	2	488	63	3.82	1.416	9.5	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.27
5	SP	Jim Rooker*	29	5	6	.455	4.38	18	10	3	4	2	0	72.0	78	37	35	3	24	0	44	1	0	3	310	69	2.76	1.417	9.8	0.4	3.0	5.5	1.83
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Tom Burgmeier*	28	6	2	.750	4.23	51	0	30	0	0	9	55.1	67	32	26	0	33	6	18	1	0	0	260	72	3.59	1.807	10.9	0.0	5.4	2.9	0.55
7	RP	Bruce Dal Canton	31	6	6	.500	3.40	35	16	8	1	0	2	132.1	135	54	50	7	29	6	75	1	2	5	551	89	2.63	1.239	9.2	0.5	2.0	5.1	2.59
8	RP	Al Fitzmorris	26	2	5	.286	3.74	38	2	11	0	0	3	101.0	99	46	42	10	28	5	51	1	0	6	427	81	3.54	1.257	8.8	0.9	2.5	4.5	1.82
9	RP	Ted Abernathy	39	3	4	.429	1.70	45	0	25	0	0	5	58.1	44	15	11	2	19	3	28	3	0	0	239	179	3.02	1.080	6.8	0.3	2.9	4.3	1.47
10	RP	Norm Angelini*	24	2	1	.667	2.25	21	0	5	0	0	2	16.0	13	4	4	1	12	1	16	1	0	2	70	138	3.65	1.563	7.3	0.6	6.8	9.0	1.33
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Tom Murphy	26	4	4	.500	3.07	18	9	2	1	1	1	70.1	77	26	24	3	16	0	34	6	0	0	292	99	2.93	1.322	9.9	0.4	2.0	4.4	2.13
12		Monty Montgomery	25	3	3	.500	3.04	9	8	1	1	1	0	56.1	55	21	19	2	17	2	24	0	0	0	230	100	2.91	1.278	8.8	0.3	2.7	3.8	1.41
13		Steve Busby	22	3	1	.750	1.58	5	5	0	3	0	0	40.0	28	9	7	1	8	0	31	0	0	0	153	193	1.77	0.900	6.3	0.2	1.8	7.0	3.88
14		Mike Jackson*	26	1	2	.333	6.41	7	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	24	14	14	0	14	1	15	0	0	1	92	48	3.01	1.932	11.0	0.0	6.4	6.9	1.07
15		Ken Wright	25	1	2	.333	4.91	17	0	11	0	0	4	18.1	15	10	10	0	15	1	18	1	0	3	84	63	3.05	1.636	7.4	0.0	7.4	8.8	1.20
		Team Totals	27.3	76	78	.494	3.24	154	154	110	44	14	28	1381.1	1293	545	497	85	405	33	801	30	3	37	5698	93	2.98	1.229	8.4	0.6	2.6	5.2	1.98
		Rank in 12 AL teams		8	5		9				6	7	8	8	10	9	9	1	2		9
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W