1973 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1973 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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	Fran Healy	26	95	315	279	25	77	15	2	6	34	3	4	31	56	.276	.348	.409	.757	108	114	4	0	5	0	0
2	1B	John Mayberry*	24	152	638	510	87	142	20	2	26	100	3	0	122	79	.278	.417	.478	.895	146	244	5	2	0	4	17
3	2B	Cookie Rojas	34	139	595	551	78	152	29	3	6	69	18	4	37	38	.276	.320	.372	.692	90	205	16	1	1	5	1
4	SS	Freddie Patek	28	135	571	501	82	117	19	5	5	45	36	14	54	63	.234	.311	.321	.632	75	161	9	3	11	2	0
5	3B	Paul Schaal	30	121	471	396	61	114	14	3	8	42	5	6	63	45	.288	.389	.399	.788	118	158	13	5	3	4	0
6	LF	Lou Piniella	29	144	553	513	53	128	28	1	9	69	5	7	30	65	.250	.291	.361	.652	79	185	22	2	3	5	7
7	CF	Amos Otis	26	148	651	583	89	175	21	4	26	93	13	9	63	47	.300	.368	.484	.851	133	282	10	1	1	3	5
8	RF	Ed Kirkpatrick*	28	126	485	429	61	113	24	3	6	45	3	7	46	48	.263	.333	.375	.708	95	161	12	1	4	5	6
9	DH	Hal McRae	27	106	382	338	36	79	18	3	9	50	2	2	34	38	.234	.312	.385	.697	91	130	7	6	1	3	2
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
10	UT	Kurt Bevacqua	26	99	309	276	39	71	8	3	2	40	2	3	25	42	.257	.317	.330	.647	79	91	7	1	3	4	1
11	UT	Steve Hovley*	28	104	268	232	29	59	8	1	2	24	6	4	33	34	.254	.346	.323	.669	86	75	3	0	2	1	2
12	C	Carl Taylor	29	69	182	145	18	33	6	1	0	16	2	2	32	20	.228	.363	.283	.646	80	41	4	0	3	2	0
13	DH	Gail Hopkins*	30	74	171	138	17	34	6	1	2	16	1	2	29	15	.246	.380	.348	.728	102	48	8	2	0	2	2
14	SS	Frank White	22	51	151	139	20	31	6	1	0	5	3	1	8	23	.223	.262	.281	.542	50	39	1	0	2	2	0
15	DH	Rick Reichardt	30	41	145	127	15	28	5	2	3	17	0	1	11	28	.220	.279	.362	.641	75	46	4	0	5	2	1
16	UT	Jim Wohlford	22	45	123	109	21	29	1	3	2	10	1	1	11	12	.266	.333	.385	.719	98	42	2	0	3	0	0
17	MI	Bobby Floyd	29	51	84	78	10	26	3	1	0	8	1	1	4	14	.333	.357	.397	.755	108	31	3	0	0	2	0
18	3B	George Brett*	20	13	41	40	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.175	.300	-18	7	0	0	1	0	0
19	C	Buck Martinez	24	14	37	32	2	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	4	5	.250	.333	.375	.708	95	12	2	0	1	0	0
20	C	Jerry May	29	11	34	30	4	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	5	.133	.235	.233	.469	30	7	1	1	0	0	0
21	OF	Tom Poquette*	21	21	31	28	4	6	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	4	.214	.258	.250	.508	41	7	0	1	0	1	0
22	UT	Frank Ortenzio	22	9	27	25	1	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	2	6	.280	.333	.480	.813	122	12	0	0	0	0	0
23	OF	Keith Marshall	21	8	10	9	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.333	.633	74	3	1	0	0	0	0
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
24	P	Barry Raziano#	26	0	0	0					0
25	P	Mark Littell*	20	0	0	0					0
26	P	Dick Drago	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Norm Angelini*	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Al Fitzmorris#	27	0	0	0					0
29	P	Steve Busby	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Wayne Simpson	24	0	0	0					0
31	P	Steve Mingori*	29	0	0	0					0
32	P	Ken Wright	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Bruce Dal Canton	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Hoerner	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Mike Jackson*	27	0	0	0					0
36	P	Paul Splittorff*	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Doug Bird	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Gene Garber	25	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Tom Burgmeier*	29	0	0	0					0
		Team Totals	27.7	162	6274	5508	755	1440	239	40	114	703	105	69	644	696	.261	.339	.381	.720	98	2101	134	26	49	47	44
		Rank in 12 AL teams				6	2	4	2	3	9		5	2	2	11	4	3	8	5		8
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	Paul Splittorff*	26	20	11	.645	3.98	38	38	0	12	3	0	262.0	279	135	116	19	78	7	110	5	1	9	1119	102	1.363	9.6	0.7	2.7	3.8	1.41
2	SP	Steve Busby	23	16	15	.516	4.23	37	37	0	7	1	0	238.1	246	125	112	18	105	7	174	6	0	9	1037	96	1.473	9.3	0.7	4.0	6.6	1.66
3	SP	Dick Drago	28	12	14	.462	4.23	37	33	2	10	1	0	212.2	252	116	100	16	76	10	98	7	2	4	937	96	1.542	10.7	0.7	3.2	4.1	1.29
4	SP	Al Fitzmorris	27	8	3	.727	2.83	15	13	1	3	1	0	89.0	88	29	28	5	25	3	26	0	0	1	366	143	1.270	8.9	0.5	2.5	2.6	1.04
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
5	CL	Doug Bird	23	4	4	.500	2.99	54	0	41	0	0	20	102.1	81	37	34	10	30	7	83	2	1	1	414	136	1.085	7.1	0.9	2.6	7.3	2.77
6	RP	Gene Garber	25	9	9	.500	4.24	48	8	26	4	0	11	152.2	164	78	72	14	49	15	60	2	0	4	643	95	1.395	9.7	0.8	2.9	3.5	1.22
7	RP	Bruce Dal Canton	31	4	3	.571	4.81	32	3	16	1	0	3	97.1	108	60	52	8	46	12	38	4	1	5	440	84	1.582	10.0	0.7	4.3	3.5	0.83
8	RP	Ken Wright	26	6	5	.545	4.91	25	12	6	1	0	0	80.2	60	48	44	6	82	0	75	0	0	2	372	83	1.760	6.7	0.7	9.1	8.4	0.91
9	RP	Joe Hoerner*	36	2	0	1.000	5.12	22	0	9	0	0	4	19.1	28	11	11	0	13	5	15	0	0	0	100	79	2.121	13.0	0.0	6.1	7.0	1.15
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
10		Wayne Simpson	24	3	4	.429	5.73	16	10	4	1	0	0	59.2	66	39	38	1	35	0	29	1	1	7	273	71	1.693	10.0	0.2	5.3	4.4	0.83
11		Steve Mingori*	29	3	3	.500	3.04	19	1	7	0	0	1	56.1	59	21	19	6	23	6	46	3	0	0	248	133	1.456	9.4	1.0	3.7	7.3	2.00
12		Mark Littell	20	1	3	.250	5.68	8	7	0	1	0	0	38.0	44	25	24	5	23	1	16	0	0	0	179	71	1.763	10.4	1.2	5.4	3.8	0.70
13		Mike Jackson*	27	0	0		6.85	9	0	2	0	0	0	22.1	25	17	17	3	20	1	13	1	0	0	106	59	2.015	10.1	1.2	8.1	5.2	0.65
14		Tom Burgmeier*	29	0	0		5.40	6	0	5	0	0	1	10.0	13	6	6	2	4	0	4	1	0	1	47	75	1.700	11.7	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00
15		Barry Raziano	26	0	0		5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	22	75	1.400	10.8	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.00
16		Norm Angelini*	25	0	0		4.91	7	0	3	0	0	1	3.2	2	2	2	0	7	0	3	0	0	0	19	83	2.455	4.9	0.0	17.2	7.4	0.43
		Team Totals	25.9	88	74	.543	4.21	162	162	122	40	6	41	1449.1	1521	752	678	114	617	75	790	33	6	43	6322	96	1.475	9.4	0.7	3.8	4.9	1.28
		Rank in 12 AL teams		4	9		10				10	12	2	8	11	10	10	4	10		9852
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
Norm Angelini	25	7	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Kurt Bevacqua	26	91	56	523.0	219	120	90	9	20	.959	-4.0	-9.2	-5.0	-2.2	-2.8	0	1		3.61	2.31						3B-2B-1B-LF-RF-DH
Doug Bird	23	54	0	102.1	7	2	5	0	1	1.000									0.62	0.13						P
George Brett	20	13	9	96.0	38	9	28	1	2	.974	2.2	27.5	2.2	-0.2	2.3		0		3.47	2.85						3B
Tom Burgmeier	29	6	0	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									0.90	0.17						P
Steve Busby	23	37	37	238.1	63	10	47	6	3	.905									2.15	1.54						P
Bruce Dal Canton	31	32	3	97.1	23	5	17	1	1	.957									2.03	0.69						P
Dick Drago	28	37	33	212.2	55	14	38	3	3	.945									2.20	1.41						P
Al Fitzmorris	27	15	13	89.0	29	9	20	0	1	1.000									2.93	1.93						P
Bobby Floyd	29	49	16	214.0	134	52	76	6	14	.955	-0.8	-4.5	0.2	0.5	-0.3		-1		5.38	2.61						2B-SS
Gene Garber	25	48	8	152.2	42	14	26	2	3	.952									2.36	0.83						P
Fran Healy	26	93	87	744.1	482	429	43	10	3	.979	6.0	9.7						6	5.71	5.08	4	16	38	31	45%	C-DH
Joe Hoerner	36	22	0	19.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									0.47	0.05						P
Gail Hopkins	30	46	4	40.0	35	32	3	0	3	1.000	-1.1	-33.0	-1.1	-0.5	-0.6		0		7.88	0.76						1B-DH
Steve Hovley	28	98	39	442.2	122	115	4	3	1	.975	-2.1	-5.7	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	-2			2.42	1.21						RF-CF-LF-DH
Mike Jackson	27	9	0	22.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000									1.61	0.44						P
Ed Kirkpatrick	28	134	110	978.1	279	263	12	4	0	.986	-6.6	-8.1	-4.6	-0.1	-4.5	-4		2	2.53	2.05	1	3	2	6	75%	RF-LF-CF-C-DH
Mark Littell	20	8	7	38.0	7	2	5	0	0	1.000									1.66	0.88						P
Keith Marshall	21	9	1	27.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0.3	13.3	0.3	-0.2	0.5	0			2.00	0.67						LF-RF-CF
Buck Martinez	24	14	10	94.0	58	52	4	2	1	.966	0.0	0.0						0	5.36	4.00	0	1	3	2	40%	C
John Mayberry	24	150	145	1289.1	1547	1457	81	9	156	.994	-1.5	-1.4	-1.5	-2.8	1.3		0		10.74	10.25						1B-DH
Jerry May	29	11	9	84.0	50	43	4	3	2	.940	-4.0	-57.1						-4	5.04	4.27	1	4	12	1	8%	C
Hal McRae	27	105	57	480.0	110	99	6	5	0	.955	-5.5	-13.8	-3.5	-0.9	-2.8	-2	0		1.97	1.00						RF-LF-3B-DH
Steve Mingori	29	19	1	56.1	9	4	5	0	1	1.000									1.44	0.47						P
Frank Ortenzio	22	8	6	50.0	58	51	6	1	4	.983	-0.4	-9.6	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1		0		10.26	7.13						1B-DH
Amos Otis	26	149	134	1160.1	345	330	10	5	4	.986	-12.1	-12.5	-12.1	-2.8	-9.2	0			2.64	2.28						CF-DH
Freddie Patek	28	135	131	1133.2	771	242	503	26	115	.966	9.6	10.2	7.6	3.5	4.0		2		5.91	5.52						SS
Lou Piniella	29	137	125	1070.2	208	196	9	3	3	.986	-19.1	-21.4	-16.1	-9.9	-6.2	-3			1.72	1.50						LF-DH
Tom Poquette	21	20	7	84.0	23	19	1	3	0	.870	0.9	12.9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1			2.14	1.00						RF-CF
Barry Raziano	26	2	0	5.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									3.60	1.00						P
Rick Reichardt	30	38	5	40.0	8	7	1	0	1	1.000	0.7	21.0	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	1			1.80	0.21						RF-LF-DH
Cookie Rojas	34	137	136	1163.1	739	297	429	13	114	.982	-3.3	-3.4	-3.3	0.6	-4.0		0		5.62	5.30						2B
Paul Schaal	30	121	118	1028.1	344	77	237	30	14	.913	-11.8	-13.8	-10.8	-4.5	-6.4		-1		2.75	2.60						3B
Wayne Simpson	24	16	10	59.2	14	6	7	1	0	.929									1.96	0.81						P
Paul Splittorff	26	38	38	262.0	56	9	46	1	7	.982									1.89	1.45						P
Carl Taylor	29	66	47	441.0	296	270	20	6	2	.980	-5.7	-15.5	0.3	0.0	0.3		0	-6	5.92	4.39	2	19	31	9	23%	C-1B-DH
Frank White	22	48	33	307.2	204	71	121	12	36	.941	-0.8	-3.1	-2.8	-2.0	-0.8		2		5.62	4.00						SS-2B
Jim Wohlford	22	32	11	103.0	34	32	2	0	1	1.000	3.7	43.1	2.7	0.2	2.5	1			2.97	1.06						LF-RF-DH
Ken Wright	26	25	12	80.2	9	1	6	2	0	.778									0.78	0.28						P
Team Totals	27.3	162	1458	13044.0	6432	4348	1917	167	517	.974	-55.4	-5.1	-48.4	-20.1	-28.8	-8	3	-2	4.32	3.03	8	43	86	49	36%
Rank in 12 AL teams								1	1	11
	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

1972 / 1974 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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