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1974 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975

77-85, Finished 5th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack McKeon (77-85)
Scored 667 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 1,173,292 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105

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1973 / 1975 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Kurt Bevacqua 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 23, 1947 4 39 18 39 33 0 0 14 7 13 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 6 -1.0 $
Doug Bird 24 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 2 55 1 1 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
George Brett HOF 21 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 2 133 128 133 133 0 0 0 0 132 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.8 $
Nelson Briles 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 5, 1943 10 18 17 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $71,000
Steve Busby 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 29, 1949 3 38 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 $ All-Star
Orlando Cepeda HOF 36 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 17, 1937 17 33 25 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 8 0 -0.7 $
Al Cowens 22 R R 6' 1" 197 Oct 25, 1951 1st 110 64 110 103 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 24 75 106 4 9 8 -0.5 $
Bruce Dal Canton 33 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1941 8 31 22 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
Al Fitzmorris 28 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 6 34 27 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $
Bobby Floyd 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 20, 1943 7 10 3 10 8 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.1 $
Gene Garber 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1947 5 17 0 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $28,000
Fernando Gonzalez 24 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 19, 1950 3 9 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -0.4 $9,600
Fran Healy 27 R R 6' 5" 220 Sep 6, 1946 5 139 129 139 138 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1.7 $36,500
Joe Hoerner 37 R L 6' 1" 200 Nov 12, 1936 11 30 0 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $37,000
Dennis Leonard 23 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1951 1st 5 4 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Aurelio Lopez 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 21, 1948 1st 8 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $15,000
Buck Martinez 25 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 7, 1948 5 43 31 43 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.5 $
John Mayberry 25 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 7 126 116 126 106 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 9 0 1.5 $50,000 All-Star
Lindy McDaniel 38 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 20 38 5 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $60,000
Hal McRae 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 6 148 145 148 57 0 0 0 0 2 0 40 0 20 60 90 3 0 3.5 $
Steve Mingori 30 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 29, 1944 5 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Amos Otis 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 7 146 142 146 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 2 3 0 4.4 $
Dennis Paepke 29 R R 6' 0" 202 Apr 17, 1945 4 6 3 6 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Freddie Patek 29 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 7 149 145 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.8 $
Marty Pattin 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 6, 1943 7 25 11 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $65,000
Vada Pinson 35 L L 5' 11" 170 Aug 11, 1938 17 115 102 115 111 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 6 91 111 2 11 1 0.1 $66,000
Rick Reichardt 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 16, 1943 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Cookie Rojas 35 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 6, 1939 13 144 133 144 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.4 $45,000 All-Star
Paul Schaal 31 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 3, 1943 11 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Richie Scheinblum 31 B R 6' 1" 180 Nov 5, 1942 8 36 15 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 20 1 -0.8 $36,000
Tony Solaita 27 L L 6' 0" 210 Jan 15, 1947 2 96 66 96 65 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 18 2 1.5 $20,000
Paul Splittorff 27 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 5 37 36 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4 $
Frank White 23 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 2 99 52 99 88 0 0 0 50 16 29 0 0 0 0 4 4 14 -0.9 $
Jim Wohlford 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 28, 1951 3 143 125 143 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 18 143 1 11 0 -1.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Cookie Rojas

Kurt Bevacqua

Richie Scheinblum

Jim Wohlford

John Mayberry

Tony Solaita

Paul Schaal

Hal McRae

Fernando Gonzalez

Bobby Floyd

Fran Healy

Dennis Paepke

Al Cowens

Nelson Briles

Frank White

Buck Martinez

Dennis Leonard

Steve Mingori

George Brett

Amos Otis

Joe Hoerner

Vada Pinson

Doug Bird

Orlando Cepeda
Richie Scheinblum

Gene Garber

Marty Pattin

Paul Splittorff

Freddie Patek

Aurelio Lopez

Al Fitzmorris

Steve Busby

Lindy McDaniel

Bruce Dal Canton

Rick Reichardt

1973 / 1975 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers