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1973 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

88-74, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack McKeon (88-74)
Scored 755 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 1,345,341 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107

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1972 / 1974 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Norm Angelini 25 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 24, 1947 2 7 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Kurt Bevacqua 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 23, 1947 3 99 66 99 71 0 0 9 16 39 0 5 0 5 10 18 23 3 -0.1 $14,000
Doug Bird 23 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 1st 54 0 1 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
George Brett HOF 20 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 1st 13 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Tom Burgmeier 29 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Steve Busby 23 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 29, 1949 2 37 37 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Bruce Dal Canton 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1941 7 32 3 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dick Drago 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 5 38 33 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.1 $37,500
Al Fitzmorris 27 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 5 15 13 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Bobby Floyd 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 20, 1943 6 51 16 51 46 0 0 0 24 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0.5 $
Gene Garber 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1947 4 49 8 4 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.8 $16,000
Fran Healy 26 R R 6' 5" 220 Sep 6, 1946 4 95 88 95 92 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2.5 $19,500
Joe Hoerner 36 R L 6' 1" 200 Nov 12, 1936 10 22 0 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $37,000
Gail Hopkins 30 L R 5' 10" 198 Feb 19, 1943 6 74 34 74 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 36 0 -0.3 $
Steve Hovley 28 L L 5' 10" 188 Dec 18, 1944 5 104 51 104 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 26 53 83 15 19 7 0.0 $
Mike Jackson 27 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1946 4 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $12,600
Ed Kirkpatrick 28 L R 5' 11" 195 Oct 8, 1944 12 126 116 126 118 0 15 0 0 0 0 29 12 71 112 8 5 0 0.2 $35,000
Mark Littell 20 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 1st 8 7 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Keith Marshall 21 R R 6' 2" 175 Jul 2, 1951 1st 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 9 0 0 0 0.0 $
Buck Martinez 24 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 7, 1948 4 14 10 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jerry May 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1943 10 11 9 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $30,000
John Mayberry 24 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 6 152 146 152 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 5.1 $50,000 All-Star
Hal McRae 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 5 106 90 106 66 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 63 66 37 14 0 -0.6 $28,500
Steve Mingori 29 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 29, 1944 4 19 1 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Frank Ortenzio 22 R R 6' 2" 215 Feb 24, 1951 1st 9 6 9 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.2 $
Amos Otis 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 6 148 148 148 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 135 14 0 0 4.1 $ All-Star
Freddie Patek 28 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 6 135 131 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.1 $40,000
Lou Piniella 29 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 7 144 133 144 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 128 9 11 0 -3.1 $50,000
Tom Poquette 21 L R 5' 10" 175 Oct 30, 1951 1st 21 7 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 20 0 1 2 0.0 $
Barry Raziano 26 B R 5' 10" 175 Feb 5, 1947 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Rick Reichardt 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 16, 1943 10 41 35 41 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 31 5 0 -0.1 $
Cookie Rojas 34 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 6, 1939 12 139 136 139 137 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.1 $40,000 All-Star
Paul Schaal 30 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 3, 1943 10 121 118 121 121 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 $
Wayne Simpson 24 R R 6' 3" 220 Dec 2, 1948 4 16 10 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $27,500
Paul Splittorff 26 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 4 38 38 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
Carl Taylor 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 20, 1944 6 69 48 69 65 0 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 0.4 $
Frank White 22 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 1st 51 33 51 45 0 0 0 13 0 34 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 -0.4 $
Jim Wohlford 22 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 28, 1951 2 45 27 45 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 13 24 10 7 0.7 $
Ken Wright 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 4, 1946 4 25 12 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $15,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Cookie Rojas
Kurt Bevacqua
Jim Wohlford
John Mayberry
Ed Kirkpatrick
Lou Piniella
Paul Schaal
Hal McRae

Jerry May
Rick Reichardt
Carl Taylor
Bobby Floyd
Fran Healy
Frank Ortenzio
Gail Hopkins
Frank White
Barry Raziano

Tom Burgmeier
Al Fitzmorris
Steve Mingori
George Brett
Mike Jackson
Amos Otis
Joe Hoerner
Mark Littell
Ken Wright
Doug Bird
Steve Hovley

Gene Garber
Steve Mingori
Paul Splittorff
Freddie Patek
Norm Angelini
Al Fitzmorris
Steve Busby
Dick Drago
Keith Marshall
Buck Martinez

Bruce Dal Canton
Tom Poquette
Wayne Simpson

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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