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1973 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972/1974)
88-74, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division
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Scored 755 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Managed by Jack McKeon

Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,345,341 (3rd of 12)
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Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 107
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1972/1974) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

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 Wayne Simpson and Hal McRae.

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 (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Rob Picciolo in the 4th round of the 1973 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), 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 Ed Kirkpatrick, Kurt Bevacqua, and Winston Cole (minors) 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.

Drafted Bobby Castillo in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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