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1971 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972

85-76, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Lemon (85-76)
Scored 603 runs, Allowed 566 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-76

Ballparks: Municipal Stadium · Attendance: 910,784 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98

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1970 / 1972 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Ted Abernathy 38 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 6, 1933 13 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $38,000
Wally Bunker 26 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 25, 1945 9 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Tom Burgmeier 27 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 4 68 0 68 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.4 $
Bill Butler 24 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 12, 1947 3 14 6 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Lance Clemons 23 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 6, 1947 1st 10 3 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $12,750
Bruce Dal Canton 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1941 5 25 22 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $16,000
Dick Drago 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 3 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $
Al Fitzmorris 25 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 3 36 15 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Bobby Floyd 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 20, 1943 4 31 16 31 24 0 0 0 8 1 15 0 0 0 0 3 7 0.1 $14,000
Chuck Harrison 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 25, 1941 5 49 36 49 39 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.4 $
Mike Hedlund 24 R R 6' 1" 182 Aug 11, 1946 5 32 30 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $
Gail Hopkins 28 L R 5' 10" 198 Feb 19, 1943 4 103 81 103 83 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 1.9 $9,000
Joe Keough 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1946 4 110 94 110 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 92 100 11 2 -0.2 $
Ed Kirkpatrick 26 L R 5' 11" 195 Oct 8, 1944 10 120 102 120 118 0 60 0 0 0 0 30 16 17 61 12 0 0.9 $
Bobby Knoop 32 R R 6' 1" 170 Oct 18, 1938 8 72 41 72 53 0 0 0 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 -0.7 $
Buck Martinez 22 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 7, 1948 3 22 14 22 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.6 $
Jerry May 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1943 8 71 67 71 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.3 $25,000
Mike McCormick 32 L L 6' 2" 195 Sep 29, 1938 16 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Monty Montgomery 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1946 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Roger Nelson 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 7, 1944 5 13 1 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bob Oliver 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 8, 1943 4 128 88 128 114 0 0 68 0 2 0 1 0 47 48 23 1 -0.6 $
Amos Otis 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 4 147 142 147 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 5 0 5.3 $ All-Star
Dennis Paepke 26 R R 6' 0" 202 Apr 17, 1945 2 60 38 60 49 0 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 17 19 0 -1.5 $
Freddie Patek 26 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 4 147 145 147 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.8 $
Lou Piniella 27 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 5 126 113 126 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 115 13 0 -0.1 $
Cookie Rojas 32 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 6, 1939 10 115 112 115 112 0 0 0 111 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 3.5 $30,000 All-Star
Jim Rooker 28 R L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1942 4 21 7 21 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.0 $
Ted Savage 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 21, 1937 9 19 6 19 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 9 12 1 -0.3 $
Paul Schaal 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 3, 1943 8 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $
Rich Severson 26 R R 6' 0" 174 Jan 18, 1945 2 16 8 16 13 0 0 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.5 $
Paul Splittorff 24 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 2 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Carl Taylor 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 20, 1944 4 20 9 20 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 12 10 0 0.0 $
Sandy Valdespino 32 L L 5' 8" 170 Jan 24, 1939 7 18 15 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 15 3 0 0.5 $
Ken Wright 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 4, 1946 2 21 12 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Jim York 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 27, 1947 2 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $12,500
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Cookie Rojas
Freddie Patek
Bobby Floyd
Ted Savage
Sandy Valdespino
Buck Martinez
Chuck Harrison
Ted Savage
Ed Kirkpatrick
Lou Piniella
Paul Schaal

Jerry May
Jim Rooker
Bobby Floyd
Rich Severson
Joe Keough
Dennis Paepke
Gail Hopkins
Bobby Knoop
Monty Montgomery

Tom Burgmeier
Al Fitzmorris
Mike McCormick
Paul Splittorff
Amos Otis
Wally Bunker
Lance Clemons
Ken Wright
Bill Butler
Bruce Dal Canton

Mike Hedlund
Bob Oliver
Paul Splittorff
Roger Nelson
Ted Abernathy
Freddie Patek
Jim York
Dick Drago

Bruce Dal Canton
Monty Montgomery
Carl Taylor

1970 / 1972 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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