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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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Team Batting

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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
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* - 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 6 7 8 8 10 9 9 1 2 9
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
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* - 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 0.0 0.0 2.78 0.40 P
Norm Angelini 24 21 0 16.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.14 P
Tom Burgmeier 28 51 0 55.1 20 6 13 1 0 .950 0.0 0.0 3.09 0.37 P
Steve Busby 22 5 5 40.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 1.12 1.00 P
Bruce Dal Canton 30 35 16 132.1 20 5 14 1 1 .950 0.0 0.0 1.29 0.54 P
Dick Drago 27 34 33 239.1 34 4 28 2 5 .941 0.0 0.0 1.20 0.94 P
Al Fitzmorris 26 38 2 101.0 29 7 22 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.60 1.11 P
Tom Murphy 26 18 9 70.1 19 3 15 1 1 .947 0.0 0.0 2.30 1.00 P
Roger Nelson 28 34 19 173.1 42 8 33 1 1 .976 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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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