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1972 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
76-78, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 580 runs, Allowed 545 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73
Manager: Bob Lemon (76-78)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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
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1971 / 1973 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Ted Abernathy 39 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 6, 1933 14 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Angelini 24 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 24, 1947 1st 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Burgmeier 28 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 5 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Busby 22 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 29, 1949 1st 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Dal Canton 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1942 6 35 16 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Drago 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 4 35 33 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Fitzmorris 26 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 4 39 2 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Floyd 28 R R 6' 0" 181 Oct 20, 1943 5 61 40 61 61 0 0 0 2 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ron Hansen 34 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 5, 1938 15 16 7 16 16 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 7 1
Mike Hedlund 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 11, 1946 6 29 16 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gail Hopkins 29 L R 5' 10" 200 Feb 19, 1943 5 53 11 53 53 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
Steve Hovley 27 L L 5' 10" 188 Dec 18, 1944 4 105 34 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 38 68 42 16
Mike Jackson 26 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1946 3 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Keough 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1946 5 56 6 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 5 16 36 7
Ed Kirkpatrick 27 L R 195 Oct 8, 1944 11 113 104 113 113 0 108 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Bobby Knoop 33 R R 6' 1" 170 Oct 18, 1938 9 44 22 44 44 0 0 0 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Jerry May 28 R R 195 Dec 14, 1943 9 53 32 53 53 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
John Mayberry 23 L L 6' 3" 220 Feb 18, 1949 5 149 138 149 149 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Monty Montgomery 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1946 2 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Murphy 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 30, 1945 5 21 9 21 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Roger Nelson 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 7, 1944 6 34 19 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Oliver 29 R R 6' 2" 215 Feb 8, 1943 5 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 0 0
Amos Otis 25 R R 5' 11" 166 Apr 26, 1947 5 143 137 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 6 0 All-Star
Dennis Paepke 27 R R 6' 0" 202 Apr 17, 1945 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek 27 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 5 136 133 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Lou Piniella 28 R R 6' 2" 198 Aug 28, 1943 6 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 1 0 All-Star
Cookie Rojas 33 R R 5' 10" 170 Mar 6, 1939 11 137 132 137 137 0 0 0 131 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 All-Star
Jim Rooker 29 R L 6' 0" 201 Sep 23, 1942 5 18 10 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Schaal 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 3, 1943 9 127 122 127 127 0 0 0 0 123 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Richie Scheinblum 29 B R 6' 1" 180 Nov 5, 1942 6 134 118 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 119 119 16 0 All-Star
Paul Splittorff 25 L L 6' 3" 210 Oct 8, 1946 3 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Taylor 28 R R 6' 2" 207 Jan 20, 1944 5 63 24 63 63 0 21 6 0 5 0 1 0 6 7 32 1
Jim Wohlford 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 28, 1951 1st 15 5 15 15 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Ken Wright 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 4, 1946 3 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1971 / 1973 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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