1972 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1972 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Ed Kirkpatrick*	27	113	423	364	43	100	15	1	9	43	3	5	51	50	.275	.365	.396	.761	128	144	4	3	1	4	9
2	1B	John Mayberry*	23	149	588	503	65	150	24	3	25	100	0	2	78	74	.298	.394	.507	.900	168	255	12	3	1	3	13
3	2B	Cookie Rojas	33	137	541	487	49	127	25	0	3	53	2	8	41	35	.261	.315	.331	.646	94	161	17	1	5	7	5
4	SS	Freddie Patek	27	136	577	518	59	110	25	4	0	32	33	7	47	64	.212	.280	.276	.556	67	143	9	3	6	3	4
5	3B	Paul Schaal	29	127	503	435	47	99	19	3	6	41	1	3	61	59	.228	.323	.326	.650	95	142	14	2	2	3	1
6	LF	Lou Piniella	28	151	624	574	65	179	33	4	11	72	7	2	34	59	.312	.356	.441	.797	138	253	25	8	4	4	9
7	CF	Amos Otis	25	143	605	540	75	158	28	2	11	54	28	12	50	59	.293	.352	.413	.765	129	223	6	3	6	6	3
8	RF	Richie Scheinblum#	29	134	518	450	60	135	21	4	8	66	0	1	58	40	.300	.383	.418	.800	140	188	19	4	3	3	3
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Steve Hovley*	27	105	226	196	24	53	5	1	3	24	3	3	24	29	.270	.351	.352	.703	111	69	2	1	4	1	2
10	IF	Bobby Floyd	28	61	140	134	9	24	3	0	0	5	1	0	5	29	.179	.209	.201	.410	23	27	4	0	1	0	0
11	C	Carl Taylor	28	63	135	113	17	30	2	1	0	11	4	1	17	16	.265	.361	.301	.662	100	34	3	1	2	2	1
12	C	Jerry May	28	53	131	116	10	22	5	1	1	4	0	0	14	13	.190	.277	.276	.553	66	32	4	0	1	0	2
13	2B	Bobby Knoop	33	44	107	97	8	23	5	0	0	7	0	0	9	16	.237	.299	.289	.588	77	28	5	0	0	1	1
14	CI	Gail Hopkins*	29	53	78	71	1	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	4	.211	.282	.239	.521	57	17	2	0	0	0	1
15	OF	Joe Keough*	26	56	75	64	8	14	2	0	0	5	2	0	8	7	.219	.324	.250	.574	74	16	0	2	1	0	1
16	RF	Bob Oliver	29	16	65	63	7	17	2	1	1	6	1	0	2	12	.270	.292	.381	.673	101	24	2	0	0	0	0
17	IF	Ron Hansen	34	16	33	30	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.133	.212	.133	.345	5	4	1	0	0	0	1
18	2B	Jim Wohlford	21	15	28	25	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.240	.321	.280	.601	81	7	0	1	0	0	0
19	C	Dennis Paepke	27	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-54	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Dick Drago	27	35	84	68	4	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	36	.059	.169	.059	.228	-30	4	0	1	7	0	0
21	P	Paul Splittorff*	25	35	83	71	9	16	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	8	.225	.276	.254	.530	60	18	2	1	7	0	0
22	P	Roger Nelson	28	34	61	54	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	.093	.140	.093	.233	-29	5	0	0	4	0	0
23	P	Bruce Dal Canton	30	35	47	41	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.098	.119	.122	.241	-28	5	1	0	5	0	0
24	P	Mike Hedlund	25	29	35	32	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.188	.188	.188	.375	13	6	0	0	3	0	0
25	P	Al Fitzmorris#	26	39	27	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	.174	.296	.174	.470	43	4	1	0	0	0	0
26	P	Jim Rooker	29	18	21	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.100	.095	.100	.195	-41	2	1	0	0	1	0
27	P	Monty Montgomery	25	9	21	17	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.176	.222	.235	.458	37	4	0	0	3	0	0
28	P	Tom Murphy	26	21	19	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.071	.000	.071	-77	0	0	0	5	0	0
29	P	Steve Busby	22	5	15	15	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.267	.467	39	4	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Tom Burgmeier*	28	51	12	12	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.333	.667	100	4	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Ted Abernathy	39	45	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Mike Jackson*	26	7	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Norm Angelini*	24	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Ken Wright	25	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.6	154	5845	5167	580	1317	220	26	78	547	85	44	534	711	.255	.327	.353	.679	104	1823	134	34	72	38	57
		Rank in 12 AL teams				6	3	1	2	7	10		4	6	1	11	1	1	5	2		4
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Dick Drago	27	12	17	.414	3.01	34	33	1	11	2	0	239.1	230	88	80	22	51	4	135	6	0	5	974	100	1.174	8.6	0.8	1.9	5.1	2.65
2	SP	Paul Splittorff*	25	12	12	.500	3.12	35	33	0	12	2	0	216.0	189	81	75	11	67	2	140	4	0	6	876	96	1.185	7.9	0.5	2.8	5.8	2.09
3	SP	Roger Nelson	28	11	6	.647	2.08	34	19	9	10	6	3	173.1	120	41	40	13	31	1	120	1	0	4	652	145	0.871	6.2	0.7	1.6	6.2	3.87
4	SP	Mike Hedlund	25	5	7	.417	4.78	29	16	4	1	0	0	113.0	119	67	60	10	41	1	52	4	1	2	488	63	1.416	9.5	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.27
5	SP	Jim Rooker*	29	5	6	.455	4.38	18	10	3	4	2	0	72.0	78	37	35	3	24	0	44	1	0	3	310	69	1.417	9.8	0.4	3.0	5.5	1.83
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Tom Burgmeier*	28	6	2	.750	4.23	51	0	30	0	0	9	55.1	67	32	26	0	33	6	18	1	0	0	260	71	1.807	10.9	0.0	5.4	2.9	0.55
7	RP	Bruce Dal Canton	30	6	6	.500	3.40	35	16	8	1	0	2	132.1	135	54	50	7	29	6	75	1	2	5	551	88	1.239	9.2	0.5	2.0	5.1	2.59
8	RP	Al Fitzmorris	26	2	5	.286	3.74	38	2	11	0	0	3	101.0	99	46	42	10	28	5	51	1	0	6	427	80	1.257	8.8	0.9	2.5	4.5	1.82
9	RP	Ted Abernathy	39	3	4	.429	1.70	45	0	25	0	0	5	58.1	44	15	11	2	19	3	28	3	0	0	239	177	1.080	6.8	0.3	2.9	4.3	1.47
10	RP	Norm Angelini*	24	2	1	.667	2.25	21	0	5	0	0	2	16.0	13	4	4	1	12	1	16	1	0	2	70	134	1.563	7.3	0.6	6.8	9.0	1.33
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Tom Murphy	26	4	4	.500	3.07	18	9	2	1	1	1	70.1	77	26	24	3	16	0	34	6	0	0	292	98	1.322	9.9	0.4	2.0	4.4	2.13
12		Monty Montgomery	25	3	3	.500	3.04	9	8	1	1	1	0	56.1	55	21	19	2	17	2	24	0	0	0	230	99	1.278	8.8	0.3	2.7	3.8	1.41
13		Steve Busby	22	3	1	.750	1.58	5	5	0	3	0	0	40.0	28	9	7	1	8	0	31	0	0	0	153	191	0.900	6.3	0.2	1.8	7.0	3.88
14		Mike Jackson*	26	1	2	.333	6.41	7	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	24	14	14	0	14	1	15	0	0	1	92	47	1.932	11.0	0.0	6.4	6.9	1.07
15		Ken Wright	25	1	2	.333	4.91	17	0	11	0	0	4	18.1	15	10	10	0	15	1	18	1	0	3	84	61	1.636	7.4	0.0	7.4	8.8	1.20
		Team Totals	27.2	76	78	.494	3.24	154	154	110	44	14	29	1381.1	1293	545	497	85	405	33	801	30	3	37	5698	93	1.229	8.4	0.6	2.6	5.2	1.98
		Rank in 12 AL teams		8	5		9				6	7	8	8	10	9	9	1	2		10175
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Ted Abernathy	39	45	0	58.1	21	6	12	3	2	.857									2.78	0.40						P
Norm Angelini	24	21	0	16.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000									1.69	0.14						P
Tom Burgmeier	28	51	0	55.1	20	6	13	1	0	.950									3.09	0.37						P
Steve Busby	22	5	5	40.0	6	1	4	1	0	.833									1.12	1.00						P
Bruce Dal Canton	30	35	16	132.1	20	5	14	1	1	.950									1.29	0.54						P
Dick Drago	27	34	33	239.1	34	4	28	2	5	.941									1.20	0.94						P
Al Fitzmorris	26	38	2	101.0	29	7	22	0	3	1.000									2.58	0.76						P
Bobby Floyd	28	61	40	382.2	143	54	84	5	15	.965	-3.3	-10.3	-4.3	-1.1	-3.1		1		3.25	2.26						3B-SS-2B
Ron Hansen	34	11	7	59.0	34	5	28	1	3	.971	1.8	36.6	1.8	2.1	-0.2		0		5.03	3.00						3B-SS-2B
Mike Hedlund	25	29	16	113.0	31	12	19	0	3	1.000									2.47	1.07						P
Gail Hopkins	29	14	11	87.0	101	98	2	1	7	.990	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.3		0		10.34	7.14						1B-3B
Steve Hovley	27	68	34	403.2	111	102	7	2	0	.982	1.2	3.6	0.2	-2.8	3.0	1			2.43	1.60						RF-CF-LF
Mike Jackson	26	7	3	19.2	9	1	7	1	1	.889									3.66	1.14						P
Joe Keough	26	16	6	91.2	13	12	1	0	1	1.000	-2.2	-28.8	-2.2	-1.2	-1.0	0			1.28	0.81						LF-RF-CF
Ed Kirkpatrick	27	109	104	916.2	645	590	49	6	5	.991	-2.2	-2.9	-0.2	-0.2	0.0			-2	6.27	5.86	11	27	54	29	35%	C-1B
Bobby Knoop	33	37	22	235.0	145	61	80	4	24	.972	-3.1	-15.8	-4.1	-1.5	-2.6		1		5.40	3.81						2B-3B
John Mayberry	23	146	138	1249.1	1427	1338	82	7	141	.995	-5.4	-5.2	-6.4	-1.5	-4.9		1		10.23	9.73						1B
Jerry May	28	41	32	294.0	192	175	13	4	1	.979	-2.0	-8.2						-2	5.76	4.59	2	8	19	9	32%	C
Monty Montgomery	25	9	8	56.1	10	3	7	0	2	1.000									1.60	1.11						P
Tom Murphy	26	18	9	70.1	19	3	15	1	1	.947									2.30	1.00						P
Roger Nelson	28	34	19	173.1	42	8	33	1	1	.976									2.13	1.21						P
Bob Oliver	29	16	16	143.1	47	46	0	1	0	.979	2.9	24.3	3.9	1.9	2.0	-1			2.89	2.88						RF
Amos Otis	25	137	137	1190.0	362	352	7	3	3	.992	-7.1	-7.2	-4.1	-0.5	-3.6	-3			2.72	2.62						CF
Dennis Paepke	27	2	1	18.0	19	14	2	3	0	.842	-1.0	-66.7						-1	8.00	8.00	0	0	3	1	25%	C
Freddie Patek	27	136	133	1182.0	762	230	510	22	113	.971	18.3	18.6	15.3	5.4	9.9		3		5.63	5.44						SS
Lou Piniella	28	150	150	1287.1	294	279	8	7	2	.976	-2.3	-2.1	-0.3	-2.8	2.5	-2			2.01	1.91						LF
Cookie Rojas	33	139	132	1140.2	642	265	368	9	83	.986	2.3	2.4	1.3	-4.7	6.0		1		4.99	4.55						2B-3B-SS
Jim Rooker	29	18	10	72.0	19	3	16	0	1	1.000									2.38	1.06						P
Paul Schaal	29	124	122	1079.0	340	77	245	18	16	.947	-3.7	-4.1	-2.7	-6.6	3.9		-1		2.69	2.60						3B-SS
Richie Scheinblum	29	121	118	1005.0	228	214	6	8	2	.965	-7.7	-9.2	-3.7	-4.0	0.2	-4			1.97	1.82						RF-LF
Paul Splittorff	25	35	33	216.0	57	6	51	0	5	1.000									2.38	1.63						P
Carl Taylor	28	39	24	236.2	175	160	12	3	5	.983	-2.3	-11.7	-1.3	-0.2	-1.0	0	0	-1	6.54	4.41	4	2	10	3	23%	C-1B-RF-3B-LF
Jim Wohlford	21	8	5	48.2	20	7	12	1	1	.950	-0.1	-2.5	-0.1	0.1	-0.2		0		3.51	2.38						2B
Ken Wright	25	17	0	18.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000									1.47	0.18						P
Team Totals	27.8	154	1386	12431.0	6015	4140	1759	116	447	.981	-15.9	-1.5	-6.9	-17.9	11.2	-9	6	-6	4.27	3.33	17	37	86	42	33%
Rank in 12 AL teams								8	2	4
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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