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1972 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973) 76-78, Finished 4th in AL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 580 runs, Allowed 545 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73 Managed by Bob Lemon Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 707,656 (9th of 12) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Ed Kirkpatrick      27  113  364   43  100  15  1   9   43  51   50  .275  .365  .396   3   5   4   3   1   4   9  128
1B *John Mayberry       23  149  503   65  150  24  3  25  100  78   74  .298  .394  .507   0   2  12   3   1   3  13  168
2B  Cookie Rojas        33  137  487   49  127  25  0   3   53  41   35  .261  .315  .331   2   8  17   1   5   7   5   94
3B  Paul Schaal         29  127  435   47   99  19  3   6   41  61   59  .228  .323  .326   1   3  14   2   2   3   1   95
SS  Freddie Patek       27  136  518   59  110  25  4   0   32  47   64  .212  .280  .276  33   7   9   3   6   3   4   67
LF  Lou Piniella        28  151  574   65  179  33  4  11   72  34   59  .312  .356  .441   7   2  25   8   4   4   9  138
CF  Amos Otis           25  143  540   75  158  28  2  11   54  50   59  .293  .352  .413  28  12   6   3   6   6   3  129
RF #Richie Scheinblum   29  134  450   60  135  21  4   8   66  58   40  .300  .383  .418   0   1  19   4   3   3   3  140
   *Steve Hovley        27  105  196   24   53   5  1   3   24  24   29  .270  .351  .352   3   3   2   1   4   1   2  111
    Bobby Floyd         28   61  134    9   24   3  0   0    5   5   29  .179  .209  .201   1   0   4   0   1   0   0   23
    Jerry May           28   53  116   10   22   5  1   1    4  14   13  .190  .277  .276   0   0   4   0   1   0   2   66
    Carl Taylor         28   63  113   17   30   2  1   0   11  17   16  .265  .361  .301   4   1   3   1   2   2   1  100
    Bobby Knoop         33   44   97    8   23   5  0   0    7   9   16  .237  .299  .289   0   0   5   0   0   1   1   77
   *Gail Hopkins        29   53   71    1   15   2  0   0    5   7    4  .211  .282  .239   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   57
   *Joe Keough          26   56   64    8   14   2  0   0    5   8    7  .219  .324  .250   2   0   0   2   1   0   1   74
    Bob Oliver          29   16   63    7   17   2  1   1    6   2   12  .270  .292  .381   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  101
    Ron Hansen          34   16   30    2    4   0  0   0    2   3    6  .133  .212  .133   0   0   1   0   0   0   1    5
    Jim Wohlford        21   15   25    3    6   1  0   0    0   2    6  .240  .321  .280   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   81
    Dennis Paepke       27    2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  -54

   *Paul Splittorff     25   35   71    9   16   0  1   0    3   4    8  .225  .276  .254   0   0   2   1   7   0   0   60
    Dick Drago          27   35   68    4    4   0  0   0    5   8   36  .059  .169  .059   0   0   0   1   7   0   0  -30
    Roger Nelson        28   34   54    2    5   0  0   0    0   3   19  .093  .140  .093   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -29
    Bruce Dal Canton    30   35   41    3    4   1  0   0    0   1   14  .098  .119  .122   0   0   1   0   5   0   0  -28
    Mike Hedlund        25   29   32    1    6   0  0   0    0   0   17  .188  .188  .188   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   13
   #Al Fitzmorris       26   39   23    1    4   0  0   0    0   4    3  .174  .296  .174   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   43
    Jim Rooker          29   18   20    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    5  .100  .095  .100   0   0   1   0   0   1   0  -41
    Monty Montgomery    25    9   17    2    3   1  0   0    3   1   10  .176  .222  .235   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   37
    Steve Busby         22    5   15    0    3   1  0   0    4   0    3  .200  .200  .267   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   39
    Tom Murphy          26   21   13    3    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .071  .000   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -77
   *Tom Burgmeier       28   51   12    2    4   0  0   0    0   0    4  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  100
    Ted Abernathy       39   45    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Mike Jackson        26    7    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Norm Angelini       24   21    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ken Wright          25   17    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  154 5167  580 1317 220 26  78  547 534  711  .255  .325  .353  85  44 134  34  72  38  57  112
    Rank among 12 AL teams         6    3    1   2  7  10        1   11     1     1     5   4   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dick Drago          27  34   3.01  12  17  0  33   1  11   2  239.3  230   88   80  22   51  135  974   5   6  0   4 100
SP *Paul Splittorff     25  35   3.13  12  12  0  33   0  12   2  216.0  189   81   75  11   67  140  876   6   4  0   2  96
SP  Roger Nelson        28  34   2.08  11   6  3  19   9  10   6  173.3  120   41   40  13   31  120  652   4   1  0   1 145
SP  Mike Hedlund        25  29   4.78   5   7  0  16   4   1   0  113.0  119   67   60  10   41   52  488   2   4  1   1  63
SP *Jim Rooker          29  18   4.38   5   6  0  10   3   4   2   72.0   78   37   35   3   24   44  310   3   1  0   0  69
SP  Monty Montgomery    25   9   3.04   3   3  0   8   1   1   1   56.3   55   21   19   2   17   24  230   0   0  0   2  99
SP  Steve Busby         22   5   1.58   3   1  0   5   0   3   0   40.0   28    9    7   1    8   31  153   0   0  0   0 191

CL *Tom Burgmeier       28  51   4.23   6   2  9   0  30   0   0   55.3   67   32   26   0   33   18  260   0   1  0   6  71
RP  Ted Abernathy       39  45   1.70   3   4  5   0  25   0   0   58.3   44   15   11   2   19   28  239   0   3  0   3 177
RP  Al Fitzmorris       26  38   3.74   2   5  3   2  11   0   0  101.0   99   46   42  10   28   51  427   6   1  0   5  80
RP *Norm Angelini       24  21   2.25   2   1  2   0   5   0   0   16.0   13    4    4   1   12   16   70   2   1  0   1 134
RP  Bruce Dal Canton    30  35   3.40   6   6  2  16   8   1   0  132.3  135   54   50   7   29   75  551   5   1  2   6  88

    Tom Murphy          26  18   3.07   4   4  1   9   2   1   1   70.3   77   26   24   3   16   34  292   0   6  0   0  98
   *Mike Jackson        26   7   6.41   1   2  0   3   0   0   0   19.7   24   14   14   0   14   15   92   1   0  0   1  47
    Ken Wright          25  17   4.91   1   2  4   0  11   0   0   18.3   15   10   10   0   15   18   84   3   1  0   1  61
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3 154   3.24  76  78 29 154 110  44  16 1381.0 1293  545  497  85  405  801 5698  37  30  3  33  93
    Rank among 12 AL teams          9   8   5  8           6   7      8   10    9        1    2    9

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EKirkpatric 914 104 108 590 49 6 5 .991 11 27 54 29 JMay 294 32 41 175 13 4 1 .979 2 8 19 9 CTaylor 154 17 21 101 6 2 2 .982 4 2 10 3 DPaepke 18 1 2 14 2 3 0 .842 0 0 3 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1381 154 154 880 70 15 8 .984 17 37 86 42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMayberry 1249 138 146 1338 82 7 141 .995 10.23 GHopkins 86 11 13 97 2 1 7 .990 10.36 CTaylor 44 5 6 50 2 1 3 .981 10.64 EKirkpatric 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1381 154 154 1485 86 9 151 .994 10.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRojas 1099 127 131 265 360 9 82 .986 5.12 BKnoop 228 22 33 61 80 4 24 .972 5.57 JWohlford 48 5 8 7 12 1 1 .950 3.51 BFloyd 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 RHansen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1381 154 154 333 453 14 107 .983 5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSchaal 1078 122 123 77 245 18 16 .947 2.69 BFloyd 212 22 30 24 34 2 3 .967 2.46 CRojas 37 5 6 0 7 0 1 1.000 1.70 RHansen 31 4 4 1 15 0 2 1.000 4.65 CTaylor 15 1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 BKnoop 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GHopkins 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1381 154 154 104 305 20 22 .953 2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FPatek 1182 133 136 230 510 22 113 .971 5.63 BFloyd 167 18 29 30 49 3 12 .963 4.25 RHansen 27 3 6 4 13 1 1 .944 5.67 CRojas 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 PSchaal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1381 154 154 264 573 26 126 .970 5.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LPiniella 1287 150 150 279 8 7 2 .976 2.01 JKeough 57 4 9 3 1 0 1 1.000 0.63 SHovley 22 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 RScheinblum 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CTaylor 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1381 154 154 285 9 7 3 .977 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOtis 1190 137 137 352 7 3 3 .992 2.72 SHovley 181 16 25 52 3 0 0 1.000 2.73 JKeough 10 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1381 154 154 409 10 3 3 .993 2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RScheinblum 993 118 119 214 6 8 2 .965 1.99 SHovley 200 18 38 48 4 2 0 .963 2.34 BOliver 143 16 16 46 0 1 0 .979 2.89 JKeough 24 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 CTaylor 20 1 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1381 154 154 319 10 11 2 .968 2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- LPiniella 1287 150 150 275 8 7 2 .976 1.98 AOtis 1190 137 137 351 6 3 3 .992 2.70 RScheinblum 1005 118 119 215 6 8 2 .965 1.98 SHovley 403 34 68 103 6 2 0 .982 2.43 BOliver 143 16 16 45 1 1 0 .979 2.89 JKeough 91 6 16 12 1 0 1 1.000 1.28 CTaylor 23 1 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1381 154 154 1006 28 21 8 .980 2.25 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DDrago 239 33 34 4 28 2 5 .941 1.20 PSplittorff 216 33 35 6 51 0 5 1.000 2.38 RNelson 173 19 34 8 33 1 1 .976 2.13 BDal Canton 132 16 35 5 14 1 1 .950 1.29 MHedlund 113 16 29 12 19 0 3 1.000 2.47 AFitzmorris 101 2 38 7 22 0 3 1.000 2.58 JRooker 72 10 18 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.38 TMurphy 70 9 18 3 15 1 1 .947 2.30 TAbernathy 58 0 45 6 12 3 2 .857 2.78 MMontgomery 56 8 9 3 7 0 2 1.000 1.60 TBurgmeier 55 0 51 6 13 1 0 .950 3.09 SBusby 40 5 5 1 4 1 0 .833 1.12 MJackson 19 3 7 1 7 1 1 .889 3.65 KWright 18 0 17 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.48 NAngelini 16 0 21 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1381 154 154 68 244 11 25 .966 2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Piniella .312 On-base % Mayberry .394 Slugging % Mayberry .507 OPS Mayberry .901 Games Piniella 151 At Bats Piniella 574 Plate Appearances (approx.) Piniella 624 Runs Otis 75 Hits Piniella 179 Total Bases Mayberry 255 Doubles Piniella 33 Triples Patek, Piniella, and Scheinblum 4 Home Runs Mayberry 25 RBI Mayberry 100 Bases on Balls Mayberry 78 Strikeouts Mayberry 74 Stolen Bases Patek 33 Singles Piniella 131 Adjusted OPS+ Mayberry 168 Runs Created Mayberry 101 Adjusted Batting Runs Mayberry 45 Batting Wins Mayberry 4.9 Extra-Base Hits Mayberry 52 Times on Base Mayberry 231 Offensive Win% Mayberry .783 Hit By Pitch Piniella 8 Sac. Hits Drago and Splittorff 7 Sac. Flies Rojas 7 Intentional Walks Mayberry 13 Grounded into Double Plays Piniella 25 Caught Stealing Otis 12 Power/Speed Number Otis 15.8 At Bats per Strikeout Rojas 13.9 At Bats per Home Run Mayberry 20.1 Outs Patek 433

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Nelson 2.08 Wins Drago and Splittorff 12 Won-Loss % Nelson .647 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Nelson 0.871 Hits Allowed/9IP Nelson 6.23 Bases on Balls/9IP Nelson 1.61 Strikeouts/9IP Nelson 6.23 Games Burgmeier 51 Saves Burgmeier 9 Innings Drago 239.3 Strikeouts Splittorff 140 Games Started Drago and Splittorff 33 Comp. Games Splittorff 12 Shutouts Nelson 6 Home Runs Allow. Drago 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Splittorff 67 Hits Allowed Drago 230 SO to Walk Nelson 3.87 Losses Drago 17 Earned Runs Allow. Drago 80 Wild Pitches Fitzmorris and Splittorff 6 Hit Batsmen Drago and Murphy 6 Batters Faced Drago 974 Games Finished Burgmeier 30 Adjusted ERA+ Nelson 145

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Amos Otis
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Cookie Rojas
Richie Scheinblum

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