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1973 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974)
88-74, Finished 2nd in AL West
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Scored 755 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Manager: Jack McKeon (88-74)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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
Kurt Bevacqua 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 23, 1947 3 99 66 99 71 0 0 9 16 39 0 5 0 5 10 10 23 3
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
George Brett HOF 20 L R 6' 0" 200 May 15, 1953 1st 13 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Burgmeier 29 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 6 6 0 6 6 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 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Dal Canton 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1942 7 32 0 1 32 32 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 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Fitzmorris 27 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 5 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Floyd 29 R R 6' 0" 181 Oct 20, 1943 6 51 16 51 46 0 0 0 24 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 11
Gene Garber 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1947 4 49 0 4 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
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
Gail Hopkins 30 L R 5' 10" 200 Feb 19, 1943 6 74 34 74 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 36 0
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 80 12 19 7
Mike Jackson 27 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1946 4 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Kirkpatrick 28 L R 195 Oct 8, 1944 12 126 116 126 118 0 15 0 0 0 0 29 12 71 108 6 5 0
Mark Littell 20 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 8 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
Jerry May 29 R R 195 Dec 14, 1943 10 11 9 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Mayberry 24 L L 6' 3" 220 Feb 18, 1949 6 152 146 152 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 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 64 33 14 0
Steve Mingori 29 L L 5' 10" 170 Feb 29, 1944 4 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2 0
Amos Otis 26 R R 5' 11" 166 Apr 26, 1947 6 148 148 148 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 135 14 0 0 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
Lou Piniella 29 R R 6' 2" 198 Aug 28, 1943 7 144 133 144 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 128 8 11 0
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
Barry Raziano 26 B R 5' 10" 175 Feb 5, 1947 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Reichardt 30 R R 6' 3" 215 Mar 16, 1943 10 41 35 41 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 30 5 0
Cookie Rojas 34 R R 5' 10" 170 Mar 6, 1939 12 139 136 139 137 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 All-Star
Paul Schaal 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 3, 1943 10 121 118 121 121 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Wayne Simpson 24 R R 6' 3" 220 Dec 2, 1948 4 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Splittorff 26 L L 6' 3" 210 Oct 8, 1946 4 38 0 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Taylor 29 R R 6' 2" 207 Jan 20, 1944 6 69 48 69 65 0 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6
Frank White 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 4, 1950 1st 51 33 51 45 0 0 0 13 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
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 16 10 7
Ken Wright 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 4, 1946 4 25 0 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1972 / 1974 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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