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1973 Kansas City Royals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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
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 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
11 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
12 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
13 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
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 DH 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Mark Littell* 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Dick Drago 28 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Norm Angelini* 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Al Fitzmorris# 27 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Steve Busby 23 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Wayne Simpson 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Steve Mingori* 29 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Ken Wright 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Bruce Dal Canton 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Joe Hoerner 36 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Mike Jackson* 27 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Paul Splittorff* 26 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Doug Bird 23 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Gene Garber 25 49 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Tom Burgmeier* 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 11 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
* - 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 1 366 144 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 96 1.395 9.7 0.8 2.9 3.5 1.22
7 RP Bruce Dal Canton 32 4 3 .571 4.81 32 3 16 1 0 3 97.1 108 60 52 8 46 12 38 4 1 5 440 85 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 81 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 0 248 134 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 72 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 60 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 78 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 81 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 91 2.455 4.9 0.0 17.2 7.4 0.43
Team Totals 26.0 88 74 .543 4.19 162 162 122 40 6 41 1449.1 1521 752 675 114 617 75 790 33 6 43 6322 97 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 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Norm Angelini 25 7 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Kurt Bevacqua 26 71 66 44 523.0 219 120 90 9 20 .959 -4 -9 3.61 2.26 3B-2B-1B-LF-RF-DH
Doug Bird 23 54 0 0 102.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0.62 0.13 8 0 0% 0 P
George Brett 20 13 9 8 96.0 38 9 28 1 2 .974 2 28 3.47 2.85 3B
Tom Burgmeier 29 6 0 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0.17 0 0 0 P
Steve Busby 23 37 37 7 238.1 63 10 47 6 3 .905 2.15 1.54 16 10 38% 11 P
Bruce Dal Canton 32 32 3 1 97.1 23 5 17 1 1 .957 2.03 0.69 3 5 63% 0 P
Dick Drago 28 37 33 10 212.2 55 14 38 3 3 .945 2.20 1.41 13 9 41% 8 P
Al Fitzmorris 27 15 13 3 89.0 29 9 20 0 1 1.000 2.93 1.93 7 2 22% 0 P
Bobby Floyd 29 46 16 12 214.0 134 52 76 6 14 .955 -1 -4 5.38 2.61 2B-SS
Gene Garber 25 48 8 4 152.2 42 14 26 2 3 .952 2.36 0.83 5 7 58% 0 P
Fran Healy 26 92 88 74 744.1 482 429 43 10 3 .979 6 10 5.71 5.08 4 16 38 31 45% 2 C-DH
Joe Hoerner 36 22 0 0 19.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.47 0.05 2 0 0% 0 P
Gail Hopkins 30 10 34 1 40.0 35 32 3 0 3 1.000 -1 -33 7.88 0.73 1B-DH
Steve Hovley 28 80 51 35 442.2 122 115 4 3 1 .975 -2 -6 2.42 1.21 RF-CF-LF-DH
Mike Jackson 27 9 0 0 22.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.44 1 3 75% 1 P
Ed Kirkpatrick 28 118 116 91 978.1 279 263 12 4 0 .986 -7 -8 2.53 2.05 1 3 2 6 75% 0 RF-LF-CF-C-DH
Mark Littell 20 8 7 1 38.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.66 0.88 3 0 0% 1 P
Keith Marshall 21 8 1 1 27.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 0.67 LF-RF-CF
Buck Martinez 24 14 10 8 94.0 58 52 4 2 1 .966 0 0 5.36 4.00 0 1 3 2 40% 0 C
John Mayberry 24 149 146 136 1289.1 1547 1457 81 9 156 .994 -2 -1 10.74 10.25 1B-DH
Jerry May 29 11 9 6 84.0 50 43 4 3 2 .940 -4 -57 5.04 4.27 1 4 12 1 8% 0 C
Hal McRae 27 66 90 25 480.0 110 99 6 5 0 .955 -6 -14 1.97 1.00 RF-LF-3B-DH
Steve Mingori 29 19 1 0 56.1 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.44 0.47 2 1 33% 0 P
Frank Ortenzio 22 7 6 5 50.0 58 51 6 1 4 .983 -0 -10 10.26 7.13 1B-DH
Amos Otis 26 135 148 124 1160.1 345 330 10 5 4 .986 -12 -13 2.64 2.28 CF-DH
Freddie Patek 28 135 131 109 1133.2 771 242 503 26 115 .966 10 10 5.91 5.52 SS
Lou Piniella 29 128 133 109 1070.2 208 196 9 3 3 .986 -19 -21 1.72 1.50 LF-DH
Tom Poquette 21 20 7 5 84.0 23 19 1 3 0 .870 1 13 2.14 1.00 RF-CF
Barry Raziano 26 2 0 0 5.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 1.00 0 1 100% 0 P
Rick Reichardt 30 7 35 2 40.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 1 21 1.80 0.21 RF-LF-DH
Cookie Rojas 34 137 136 117 1163.1 739 297 429 13 114 .982 -3 -3 5.62 5.30 2B
Paul Schaal 30 121 118 109 1028.1 344 77 237 30 14 .913 -12 -14 2.75 2.60 3B
Wayne Simpson 24 16 10 1 59.2 14 6 7 1 0 .929 1.96 0.81 8 2 20% 0 P
Paul Splittorff 26 38 38 12 262.0 56 9 46 1 7 .982 1.89 1.45 11 5 31% 4 P
Carl Taylor 29 65 48 36 441.0 296 270 20 6 2 .980 -6 -16 5.92 4.39 2 19 31 9 23% 0 C-1B-DH
Frank White 22 45 33 25 307.2 204 71 121 12 36 .941 -1 -3 5.62 3.84 SS-2B-DH
Jim Wohlford 22 13 27 9 103.0 34 32 2 0 1 1.000 4 43 2.97 0.92 LF-RF-DH
Ken Wright 26 25 12 1 80.2 9 1 6 2 0 .778 0.78 0.28 7 4 36% 0 P
Team Totals 27.3 162 1458 1131 13044.0 6432 4348 1917 167 517 .974 -55 -5 4.32 3.33 8 43 86 49 36% 27
Rank in 12 AL teams 1 1 11
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Kurt Bevacqua 26 309 -7 1 0 0 -4 -1 10 -1 -0.1 3 0.3 -0.4 $14,000 Traded 5D4/379
George Brett* 20 41 -6 0 0 1 2 0 1 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $ Amateur Draft 5
Bobby Floyd 29 84 1 1 0 -1 -1 1 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded 46
Fran Healy 26 315 4 -2 0 1 6 5 10 24 2.5 18 1.9 0.6 $19,500 Traded 2/D
Gail Hopkins* 30 171 2 -2 -2 -1 -1 -4 6 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Traded D3
Steve Hovley* 28 268 -3 1 -2 1 -2 -3 9 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft 98D/7
Ed Kirkpatrick* 28 485 -2 0 -1 0 -7 -5 16 2 0.2 8 0.8 -0.6 $35,000 Traded 9728/D
Keith Marshall 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /789
Buck Martinez 24 37 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Jerry May 29 34 -3 0 2 0 -4 1 1 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $30,000 Traded 2
John Mayberry* 24 638 36 1 0 2 -2 -10 20 47 5.1 49 5.2 -0.1 $50,000 Traded *3/D
Hal McRae 27 382 -4 1 -2 -1 -6 -6 13 -5 -0.6 1 0.1 -0.7 $28,500 Traded 9D/75
Frank Ortenzio 22 27 1 0 0 0 -0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /3D
Amos Otis 26 651 26 4 2 1 -12 -3 20 38 4.1 50 5.3 -1.2 $ Traded *8D
Freddie Patek 28 571 -16 5 -4 1 10 8 18 22 2.1 12 1.3 0.8 $40,000 Traded *6
Lou Piniella 29 553 -16 -1 -1 -4 -19 -7 18 -30 -3.1 -11 -1.2 -1.9 $50,000 Traded *7/D
Tom Poquette* 21 31 -2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Amateur Draft 9/8
Rick Reichardt 30 145 -4 0 1 0 1 -3 5 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency D/97
Cookie Rojas 34 595 -6 4 4 0 -3 3 19 21 2.1 24 2.5 -0.4 $40,000 Traded *4
Paul Schaal 30 471 14 -2 3 -1 -12 3 16 21 2.2 33 3.5 -1.3 $ Expansion Draft *5
Carl Taylor 29 182 -2 0 3 0 -6 3 6 4 0.4 10 1.1 -0.7 $ Purchased 2/3D
Frank White 22 151 -9 0 -1 1 -1 2 5 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 64/D
Jim Wohlford 22 123 0 1 0 1 4 -3 4 7 0.7 3 0.3 0.4 $ Amateur Draft D7/9
Team Total 27.7 6274 4 12 2 0 -55 -18 203 148 15.1 203 21.4 -6.3 $307,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Norm Angelini* 25 3.2 0 2 3 0 2.2 1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Doug Bird 23 102.1 0 37 66 -3 1.4 29 2.5 $ Amateur Draft
Tom Burgmeier* 29 10.0 0 6 6 0 .2 0 0.0 $ Expansion Draft
Steve Busby 23 238.1 37 125 153 -9 1.0 28 2.9 $ Amateur Draft
Bruce Dal Canton 32 97.1 3 60 64 -4 .8 4 0.0 $ Traded
Dick Drago 28 212.2 33 116 135 -9 1.1 19 2.1 $ Expansion Draft
Al Fitzmorris 27 89.0 13 29 57 -4 1.0 28 2.9 $ Expansion Draft
Gene Garber 25 152.2 8 78 99 -6 1.2 21 1.8 $ Traded
Joe Hoerner* 36 19.1 0 11 12 -1 1.6 1 0.0 $ Purchased
Mike Jackson* 27 22.1 0 17 14 -1 .7 -3 -0.4 $ Purchased--return
Mark Littell 20 38.0 7 25 24 -2 1.1 -1 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Steve Mingori* 29 56.1 1 21 35 -2 .8 14 1.0 $ Traded
Barry Raziano 26 5.0 0 3 4 0 .3 1 0.0 $ Traded
Wayne Simpson 24 59.2 10 39 38 -2 .8 -1 -0.1 $ Traded
Paul Splittorff* 26 262.0 38 135 169 -11 1.0 34 3.5 $ Amateur Draft
Ken Wright 26 80.2 12 48 51 -2 1.0 3 0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft
Team Total 26.0 1449.1 162 752 930 -56 1.0 178 16.3 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1972 / 1974 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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