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1972 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

76-78, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Lemon (76-78)
Scored 580 runs, Allowed 545 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73

Ballparks: 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

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1971 / 1973 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 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 1.3 $
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 0.4 $
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 -1.3 $
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 1.1 $
Bruce Dal Canton 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1941 6 35 16 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Dick Drago 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 4 35 33 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.5 $
Al Fitzmorris 26 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 4 39 2 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Bobby Floyd 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 20, 1943 5 61 40 61 61 0 0 0 2 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1.5 $
Ron Hansen 34 R R 6' 3" 190 Apr 5, 1938 15 16 7 16 11 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.2 $
Mike Hedlund 25 R R 6' 1" 182 Aug 11, 1946 6 29 16 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0 $27,000
Gail Hopkins 29 L R 5' 10" 198 Feb 19, 1943 5 53 11 53 14 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 -0.3 $
Steve Hovley 27 L L 5' 10" 188 Dec 18, 1944 4 105 34 105 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 38 67 42 16 0.6 $17,500
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 -0.8 $
Joe Keough 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1946 5 56 6 56 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 5 16 36 7 0.1 $
Ed Kirkpatrick 27 L R 5' 11" 195 Oct 8, 1944 11 113 104 113 108 0 108 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3.4 $
Bobby Knoop 33 R R 6' 1" 170 Oct 18, 1938 9 44 22 44 37 0 0 0 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.5 $26,000
Jerry May 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1943 9 53 32 53 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.3 $
John Mayberry 23 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 5 149 138 149 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.1 $17,000
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 0.6 $
Tom Murphy 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 30, 1945 5 21 9 21 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.7 $34,000
Roger Nelson 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 7, 1944 6 34 19 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $16,000
Bob Oliver 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 8, 1943 5 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 0 0 0.5 $27,500
Amos Otis 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 5 143 137 143 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 6 0 2.8 $ 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 -0.2 $
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 2.2 $ All-Star
Lou Piniella 28 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 6 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 1 0 3.2 $ All-Star
Cookie Rojas 33 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 6, 1939 11 137 132 137 134 0 0 0 131 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.2 $ All-Star
Jim Rooker 29 R L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1942 5 18 10 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Paul Schaal 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 3, 1943 9 127 122 127 125 0 0 0 1 123 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.1 $
Richie Scheinblum 29 B R 6' 1" 180 Nov 5, 1942 6 134 118 134 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 119 119 16 0 2.6 $15,000 All-Star
Paul Splittorff 25 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 3 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Carl Taylor 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 20, 1944 5 63 24 63 38 0 21 6 0 5 0 1 0 6 7 32 1 0.1 $20,000
Jim Wohlford 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 28, 1951 1st 15 5 15 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.0 $
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 -0.5 $
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

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Cookie Rojas
Ron Hansen
Richie Scheinblum
Jim Wohlford
John Mayberry
Ed Kirkpatrick
Lou Piniella
Paul Schaal

Jerry May
Carl Taylor
Bobby Floyd
Mike Jackson
Joe Keough
Dennis Paepke
Gail Hopkins
Bobby Knoop
Monty Montgomery

Tom Burgmeier
Al Fitzmorris
Mike Jackson
Jim Rooker
Amos Otis
Ken Wright
Tom Murphy
Steve Hovley
Mike Hedlund

Bob Oliver
Paul Splittorff
Roger Nelson
Ted Abernathy
Freddie Patek
Norm Angelini
Steve Busby
Dick Drago

Bruce Dal Canton

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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