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(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 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 5, 1972
Released Bobby Knoop.
October 25, 1972
Traded Jim Rooker to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Gene Garber.
November, 1972
Purchased Dick Colpaert from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
November 2, 1972
Traded Mike Hedlund to the Cleveland Indians. Received Kurt Bevacqua.
November 28, 1972
Dick Colpaert drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1972 rule 5 draft.
November 30, 1972
Traded Roger Nelson and Richie Scheinblum to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Hal McRae and Wayne Simpson.
February 1, 1973
Traded Joe Keough to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jim Lyttle.
Traded Jerry Cram to the New York Mets. Received Barry Raziano.
February 2, 1973
Released Ted Abernathy.
April 2, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Greg Minton to the San Francisco Giants. Received Fran Healy.
May 8, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Tom Murphy to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Al Santorini.
May 14, 1973 (Standings)
Sold Jerry May to the New York Mets.
June 5, 1973 (Standings)
Drafted Ruppert Jones in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Drafted Bob McClure in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft (June Secondary).
Drafted Rob Picciolo in the 4th round of the 1973 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Mike Colbern in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Sandy Wihtol in the 13th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Chuck Baker in the 26th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 8, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Mike Jackson to the Cleveland Indians. Received Steve Mingori.
July 10, 1973 (Standings)
Sold Jim Lyttle to the Montreal Expos.
Signed Rick Reichardt as a free agent.
July 18, 1973 (Standings)
Purchased Joe Hoerner from the Atlanta Braves.
July 25, 1973 (Standings)
Signed Joe Gates as an amateur free agent.
August 23, 1973 (Standings)
Signed Jeff Cox as an amateur free agent.
October 24, 1973
Traded Tom Burgmeier to the Minnesota Twins. Received Ken Gill (minors).
Traded Dick Drago to the Boston Red Sox. Received Marty Pattin.
October 29, 1973
Signed Charlie Beamon as an amateur free agent.
November 29, 1973
Signed Luis Salazar as an amateur free agent.
December 3, 1973
Drafted Tony Solaita from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
December 4, 1973
Traded Winston Cole (minors), Kurt Bevacqua and Ed Kirkpatrick to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Nelson Briles and Fernando Gonzalez.
December 7, 1973
Traded Lou Piniella and Ken Wright to the New York Yankees. Received Lindy McDaniel.
December 10, 1973
Purchased Buddy Hunter from the Boston Red Sox.
1974
Signed Luis Silverio as an amateur free agent.
January 9, 1974
Drafted Mark Souza in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
Drafted Bobby Castillo in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
February 23, 1974
Traded Barry Raziano and cash to the California Angels. Received Vada Pinson.
March 26, 1974
Released Gail Hopkins.
Released Carl Taylor.
March 28, 1974
Traded Wayne Simpson to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jim Foor.
