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1972 Kingsport Royals

1972 > Class Rookie > 1972 Appalachian League
Overall: 38-32
Scored 373 runs, Allowed 322 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 40-30

Affiliation: Kansas City Royals-AL
Manager: Jay Hankins
Represented: Kingsport, TN
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Park (Kingsport, TN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1971 / 1973

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Roman Bailey	22	15	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	5	0	0	0
2	William Boliek	19	12	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0
3	Kevin Bova	18	20	57	48	5	10	2	0	1	4	0	0	9	22	.208	.333	.313	.646	15	0	0	0
4	David Bradford	21	70	282	224	41	55	8	0	1	13	1	0	51	50	.246	.394	.295	.689	66	4	3	0
5	Douglas Buchanan	21	29	98	84	10	17	2	0	0	8	1	0	13	24	.202	.316	.226	.543	19	1	0	0
6	Stan Butkus	21	10	27	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	.087	.222	.087	.309	2	0	0	0
7	Douglas Cash	23	6	15	12	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	2	.083	.267	.083	.350	1	0	0	0
8	John Cassibry*	22	33	104	93	18	22	1	0	0	8	3	1	9	13	.237	.311	.247	.558	23	1	1	0
9	Jack Fleming	19	12	50	49	6	12	1	1	1	9	0	0	0	3	.245	.260	.367	.627	18	1	0	0
10	Jeff Gressick*	18	11	18	16	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.188	.278	.250	.528	4	0	0	0
11	Gary Harris	21	56	228	210	36	64	10	0	6	33	2	0	17	41	.305	.355	.438	.793	92	0	0	1
12	Karl Jacobsen	18	40	151	138	17	44	6	0	5	18	1	0	12	46	.319	.377	.471	.848	65	1	0	0
13	Reginald Knapper	18	13	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
14	Dennis Leonard	21	4	11	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.200	.273	.200	.473	2	0	0	0
15	Thomas Linnert#	19	12	21	14	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.143	.316	.143	.459	2	0	2	1
16	Mike Lowen	20	14	26	23	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.261	.261	.261	.522	6	0	3	0
17	Rondol Moss	18	42	169	154	21	51	12	1	2	26	1	4	9	18	.331	.373	.461	.834	71	3	0	3
18	Howard Perkins	20	10	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	1	0
19	Juan Quesada#	19	16	45	43	4	4	3	0	0	3	1	0	2	19	.093	.133	.163	.296	7	0	0	0
20	Gary Rahe*	20	60	240	205	39	70	13	0	8	40	10	4	31	32	.341	.421	.522	.943	107	0	0	4
21	Robert Ray*	20	48	164	137	20	34	9	0	3	27	6	2	25	26	.248	.366	.380	.745	52	1	0	1
22	John Rockwell	18	53	225	181	37	44	11	1	6	18	11	1	35	61	.243	.377	.414	.792	75	4	5	0
23	Ricky Romans*	19	15	38	29	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	9	10	.069	.289	.103	.393	3	0	0	0
24	Michael Sepulveda*	21	20	15	14	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.143	.200	.214	.414	3	0	0	0
25	Dale Stevener*	18	52	175	152	26	32	3	1	3	21	7	0	20	40	.211	.314	.303	.617	46	3	0	0
26	Jose Torres	17	27	78	70	9	19	3	0	2	10	1	0	7	9	.271	.338	.400	.738	28	0	1	0
27	Bary Woodruff*	22	14	30	25	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.200	.286	.200	.486	5	0	2	0
28	Joe Zdeb	19	69	298	263	57	84	17	0	12	55	13	1	31	37	.319	.389	.521	.910	137	1	0	3
	28 Players	19.5	70	2590	2238	373	592	104	4	51	296	60	13	301	507	.265	.355	.383	.738	857	20	18	13	3

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Roman Bailey	22	2	3	.400	8.57	15	1		0	0	1	21.0	25	26	20	1	17	2	24	1	0	10	2.000	10.7	0.4	7.3	10.3	1.41
2	William Boliek	19	1	2	.333	5.23	12	2		0	0	0	31.0	29	24	18	1	20	0	42	0	0	4	1.581	8.4	0.3	5.8	12.2	2.10
3	Stan Butkus	21	5	4	.556	3.65	10	10		5	1	0	74.0	69	34	30	7	25	0	75	1	0	8	1.270	8.4	0.9	3.0	9.1	3.00
4	Jeff Gressick*	18	2	1	.667	4.20	11	6		2	1	0	45.0	51	26	21	4	20	0	49	0	0	2	1.578	10.2	0.8	4.0	9.8	2.45
5	Reginald Knapper	18	0	1	.000	3.38	11	1		0	0	0	16.0	19	9	6	1	8	1	12	1	0	1	1.688	10.7	0.6	4.5	6.8	1.50
6	Dennis Leonard	21	2	1	.667	3.27	4	4		1	1	0	22.0	19	9	8	0	6	0	31	1	0	0	1.136	7.8	0.0	2.5	12.7	5.17
7	Thomas Linnert*	19	4	1	.800	4.02	10	8		2	0	1	47.0	35	29	21	1	37	0	57	0	0	4	1.532	6.7	0.2	7.1	10.9	1.54
8	Mike Lowen	20	3	6	.333	3.80	13	10		3	0	0	71.0	71	42	30	4	24	2	62	2	0	6	1.338	9.0	0.5	3.0	7.9	2.58
9	Howard Perkins	20	2	3	.400	6.60	10	4		1	0	0	30.0	31	29	22	2	12	2	33	2	0	6	1.433	9.3	0.6	3.6	9.9	2.75
10	Ricky Romans*	19	8	3	.727	3.93	13	13		7	0	0	87.0	91	47	38	8	23	0	76	2	1	1	1.310	9.4	0.8	2.4	7.9	3.30
11	Michael Sepulveda	21	4	4	.500	4.20	20	3		1	0	4	45.0	43	25	21	4	13	3	41	3	2	6	1.244	8.6	0.8	2.6	8.2	3.15
12	Bary Woodruff*	22	5	3	.625	2.34	14	8		4	2	2	73.0	51	22	19	5	9	1	63	2	4	5	0.822	6.3	0.6	1.1	7.8	7.00
	12 Players	20.1	38	32	.543	4.06	70	70	44	26	6	8	563.0	534	322	254	38	214	11	565	15	5	53	1.329	8.5	0.6	3.4	9.0	2.64

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Karl Jacobsen	37	284	21	11	0	.965	8.24	12
Douglas Buchanan	28	236	13	3	1	.988	8.89	6
Jack Fleming	6	51	2	2	2	.964	8.83	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gary Rahe	58	382	31	9	21	.979	7.12
Juan Quesada	12	102	1	1	5	.990	8.58
Jack Fleming	6	46	2	0	0	1.000	8.00
Douglas Buchanan	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
Douglas Cash	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
John Rockwell	53		98	117	9	21	.960	4.06
John Cassibry	22		25	39	3	0	.955	2.91

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Gary Harris	55		36	95	25	8	.840	2.38
Jose Torres	18		10	10	8	0	.714	1.11

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
David Bradford	70		69	170	20	14	.923	3.41

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Zdeb	69	114	3	7	0	.944	1.70
Dale Stevener	45	47	4	8	0	.864	1.13
Robert Ray	43	55	4	7	1	.894	1.37
Rondol Moss	41	67	4	6	0	.922	1.73
Kevin Bova	16	13	0	0	0	1.000	0.81
Douglas Cash	5	5	0	1	0	.833	1.00
Jose Torres	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
Gary Rahe	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Michael Sepulveda	20	2	9	3	0	.786	0.55
Roman Bailey	15	0	4	0	0	1.000	0.27
Bary Woodruff	14	2	24	2	0	.929	1.86
Mike Lowen	13	6	10	1	0	.941	1.23
Ricky Romans	13	7	14	1	0	.955	1.62
William Boliek	12	2	5	2	0	.778	0.58
Jeff Gressick	11	4	14	0	1	1.000	1.64
Reginald Knapper	11	2	4	1	0	.857	0.55
Stan Butkus	10	4	15	1	1	.950	1.90
Thomas Linnert	10	3	3	1	0	.857	0.60
Howard Perkins	10	2	3	1	0	.833	0.50
Dennis Leonard	4	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.75

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Roman Bailey	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	May 29, 1950
William Boliek	19	R	R	6' 4.0"	180	Apr 22, 1953
Kevin Bova	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	210	Feb 13, 1954
David Bradford	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Aug 30, 1950
Douglas Buchanan	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	1951
Stan Butkus	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	May 6, 1951	Elgin, IL, US
Douglas Cash	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	1949
John Cassibry	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	1950
Jack Fleming	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Jan 6, 1953
Jeff Gressick	18	L	L	5' 10.0"	185	Dec 2, 1953	Menominee, MI, US
Gary Harris	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Oct 6, 1950
Karl Jacobsen	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Feb 3, 1954	White Plains, NY, US
Reginald Knapper	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	1954
Dennis Leonard	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	May 18, 1951	Brooklyn, NY, US
Thomas Linnert	19	S	L	5' 11.0"	165	Jul 31, 1952	Orange, CA, US
Mike Lowen	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	162	Mar 27, 1952
Rondol Moss	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	160	Sep 7, 1953	San Joaquin, CA, US
Howard Perkins	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	178	Nov 24, 1951
Juan Quesada	19	S	R	6' 2.0"		Jun 16, 1953
Gary Rahe	20	L	L	5' 11.0"	190	Feb 13, 1952	Fredericksburg, TX, US
Robert Ray	20	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	1952
John Rockwell	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	May 13, 1954	Chicago, IL, US
Ricky Romans	19	L	L	5' 9.0"	165	May 8, 1953
Michael Sepulveda	21	L	R	6' 1.0"	187	1951
Dale Stevener	18	L	L	6' 1.0"	200	Nov 16, 1953
Jose Torres	17	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Aug 31, 1954
Bary Woodruff	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	165	Mar 9, 1950	San Mateo, CA, US
Joe Zdeb	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jun 27, 1953	Compton, IL, US

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