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1974 Kansas City Royals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 27 139 514 445 59 112 24 2 9 53 16 8 62 73 .252 .343 .375 .718 103 167 12 1 4 2 1
2 1B John Mayberry* 25 126 512 427 63 100 13 1 22 69 4 2 77 72 .234 .358 .424 .782 120 181 4 6 1 1 11
3 2B Cookie Rojas 35 144 590 542 52 147 17 1 6 60 8 4 30 43 .271 .309 .339 .649 83 184 24 3 8 7 4
4 SS Freddie Patek 29 149 630 537 72 121 18 6 3 38 33 15 77 69 .225 .324 .298 .622 77 160 7 3 9 4 1
5 3B George Brett* 21 133 486 457 49 129 21 5 2 47 8 5 21 38 .282 .313 .363 .676 91 166 9 0 6 2 3
6 LF Jim Wohlford 23 143 549 501 55 136 16 7 2 44 16 13 39 74 .271 .327 .343 .670 90 172 10 3 4 2 3
7 CF Amos Otis 27 146 632 552 87 157 31 9 12 73 18 5 58 67 .284 .348 .438 .786 121 242 16 2 8 12 4
8 RF Vada Pinson* 35 115 436 406 46 112 18 2 6 41 21 5 21 45 .276 .312 .374 .686 93 152 6 2 3 4 4
9 DH Hal McRae 28 148 607 539 71 167 36 4 15 88 11 8 54 68 .310 .375 .475 .850 139 256 12 5 5 4 6
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 OF Al Cowens 22 110 296 269 28 65 7 1 1 25 5 0 23 38 .242 .303 .286 .589 67 77 10 1 2 1 0
11 1B Tony Solaita* 27 96 277 239 31 64 12 0 7 30 0 3 35 70 .268 .361 .406 .767 117 97 2 1 0 2 5
12 MI Frank White 23 99 214 204 19 45 6 3 1 18 3 4 5 33 .221 .239 .294 .533 50 60 4 0 5 0 0
13 C Buck Martinez 25 43 123 107 10 23 3 1 1 8 0 1 14 19 .215 .317 .290 .607 73 31 1 2 0 0 0
14 DH Orlando Cepeda 36 33 117 107 3 23 5 0 1 18 1 0 9 16 .215 .282 .290 .572 62 31 5 1 0 0 0
15 IF Kurt Bevacqua 27 39 100 90 10 19 0 0 0 3 1 1 9 20 .211 .290 .211 .501 44 19 3 1 0 0 0
16 DH Richie Scheinblum# 31 36 91 83 7 15 2 0 0 2 0 1 8 8 .181 .253 .205 .458 31 17 4 0 0 0 0
17 3B Paul Schaal 31 12 43 34 3 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 5 .176 .286 .324 .609 72 11 3 1 1 2 0
18 UT Fernando Gonzalez 24 9 21 21 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 .143 .143 .190 .333 -6 4 0 0 0 0 0
19 UT Dennis Paepke 29 6 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .167 .231 .167 .397 14 2 1 0 0 0 0
20 IF Bobby Floyd 30 10 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 12 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Rick Reichardt 31 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 467 1 0 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
22 P Marty Pattin 31 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Dennis Leonard 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Al Fitzmorris# 28 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Steve Busby 24 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Steve Mingori* 30 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Bruce Dal Canton 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Lindy McDaniel 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Joe Hoerner 37 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Nelson Briles 30 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Aurelio Lopez 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Paul Splittorff* 27 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Doug Bird 24 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Gene Garber 26 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.5 162 6263 5582 667 1448 232 42 89 623 146 76 550 768 .259 .327 .364 .691 95 2031 133 32 56 43 42
Rank in 12 AL teams 2 7 6 2 2 12 2 4 3 9 6 5 11 8 8 7 7
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 Steve Busby 24 22 14 .611 3.39 38 38 0 20 3 0 292.1 284 118 110 14 92 6 198 9 2 5 1220 113 1.286 8.7 0.4 2.8 6.1 2.15
2 SP Paul Splittorff* 27 13 19 .406 4.10 36 36 0 8 1 0 226.0 252 122 103 23 75 8 90 1 1 1 985 93 1.447 10.0 0.9 3.0 3.6 1.20
3 SP Al Fitzmorris 28 13 6 .684 2.79 34 27 1 9 4 1 190.0 189 73 59 8 63 10 53 0 0 10 806 136 1.326 9.0 0.4 3.0 2.5 0.84
4 SP Bruce Dal Canton 33 8 10 .444 3.13 31 22 4 9 2 0 175.1 135 71 61 5 82 3 96 5 0 16 736 122 1.238 6.9 0.3 4.2 4.9 1.17
5 SP Nelson Briles 30 5 7 .417 4.02 18 17 0 3 0 0 103.0 118 48 46 9 21 1 41 2 0 1 432 95 1.350 10.3 0.8 1.8 3.6 1.95
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
6 CL Doug Bird 24 7 6 .538 2.73 55 1 44 1 0 10 92.1 100 31 28 6 27 9 62 1 0 1 390 140 1.375 9.7 0.6 2.6 6.0 2.30
7 RP Marty Pattin 31 3 7 .300 3.99 25 11 5 2 0 0 117.1 121 55 52 10 28 3 50 2 0 0 497 96 1.270 9.3 0.8 2.1 3.8 1.79
8 RP Lindy McDaniel 38 1 4 .200 3.46 38 5 19 2 0 1 106.2 109 50 41 6 24 5 47 0 0 1 443 110 1.247 9.2 0.5 2.0 4.0 1.96
9 RP Steve Mingori* 30 2 3 .400 2.81 36 0 15 0 0 2 67.1 53 31 21 4 23 5 43 2 0 3 281 136 1.129 7.1 0.5 3.1 5.7 1.87
10 RP Joe Hoerner* 37 2 3 .400 3.82 30 0 11 0 0 2 35.1 32 15 15 3 12 5 24 4 1 1 153 101 1.245 8.2 0.8 3.1 6.1 2.00
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
11 Gene Garber 26 1 2 .333 4.82 17 0 4 0 0 1 28.0 35 21 15 3 13 9 14 1 0 2 132 80 1.714 11.3 1.0 4.2 4.5 1.08
12 Dennis Leonard 23 0 4 .000 5.32 5 4 0 0 0 0 22.0 28 15 13 0 12 0 8 3 0 0 105 73 1.818 11.5 0.0 4.9 3.3 0.67
13 Aurelio Lopez 25 0 0 5.63 8 1 5 0 0 0 16.0 21 12 10 0 10 0 5 0 0 1 76 69 1.938 11.8 0.0 5.6 2.8 0.50
Team Totals 28.7 77 85 .475 3.51 162 162 108 54 10 17 1471.2 1477 662 574 91 482 64 731 30 4 42 6256 109 1.331 9.0 0.6 2.9 4.5 1.52
Rank in 12 AL teams 8 4 4 6 3 9 2 12 7 5 2 6 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
Kurt Bevacqua 27 33 18 13 192.0 124 90 29 5 20 .960 -7 -41 5.58 3.31 3B-1B-2B-SS
Doug Bird 24 55 1 1 92.1 20 8 12 0 3 1.000 1.95 0.36 6 3 33% 0 P
George Brett 21 133 128 114 1137.2 402 102 279 21 16 .948 -7 -7 3.01 2.86 3B-SS
Nelson Briles 30 18 17 3 103.0 21 8 12 1 1 .952 1.75 1.11 8 7 47% 0 P
Steve Busby 24 38 38 20 292.1 85 24 53 8 2 .906 2.37 2.03 16 11 41% 5 P
Orlando Cepeda 36 25 25 0.00 DH
Al Cowens 22 103 64 54 658.1 169 154 12 3 2 .982 1 2 2.27 1.54 RF-CF-LF-3B
Bruce Dal Canton 33 31 22 9 175.1 40 14 25 1 2 .975 2.00 1.26 25 11 31% 1 P
Al Fitzmorris 28 34 27 9 190.0 59 20 39 0 4 1.000 2.79 1.74 13 2 13% 1 P
Bobby Floyd 30 8 3 1 31.0 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 2 85 4.94 2.13 2B-3B-SS
Gene Garber 26 17 0 0 28.0 8 2 4 2 0 .750 1.93 0.35 2 1 33% 0 P
Fernando Gonzalez 24 8 4 3 41.0 17 10 7 0 1 1.000 -1 -29 3.73 1.89 3B-DH
Fran Healy 27 138 129 123 1170.2 700 620 64 16 4 .977 -5 -5 5.26 4.96 21 30 93 45 33% 0 C
Joe Hoerner 37 30 0 0 35.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 0.03 2 2 50% 0 P
Dennis Leonard 23 5 4 0 22.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 4.09 2.00 1 0 0% 0 P
Aurelio Lopez 25 8 1 0 16.0 6 0 4 2 0 .667 2.25 0.50 3 2 40% 0 P
Buck Martinez 25 38 31 21 281.0 171 151 16 4 1 .977 -4 -17 5.35 4.39 6 12 19 7 27% 0 C
John Mayberry 25 106 116 88 892.1 1034 963 61 10 101 .990 -4 -5 10.33 8.39 1B-DH
Lindy McDaniel 38 38 5 2 106.2 30 8 21 1 0 .967 2.45 0.76 8 6 43% 0 P
Hal McRae 28 57 145 39 479.1 142 132 3 7 2 .951 3 9 2.53 0.90 LF-RF-3B-DH
Steve Mingori 30 36 0 0 67.1 22 6 16 0 3 1.000 2.94 0.61 4 2 33% 1 P
Amos Otis 27 143 142 134 1257.2 436 422 8 6 3 .986 5 5 3.08 2.97 CF-DH
Dennis Paepke 29 5 3 2 28.0 12 10 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -4 3.86 2.40 2 0 3 3 50% 0 C-RF
Freddie Patek 29 149 145 129 1293.1 768 250 493 25 108 .967 1 1 5.17 4.99 SS
Marty Pattin 31 25 11 2 117.1 20 5 14 1 1 .950 1.46 0.76 13 2 13% 0 P
Vada Pinson 35 111 102 68 869.0 212 199 9 4 2 .981 -2 -3 2.15 1.84 RF-LF-CF-1B-DH
Cookie Rojas 35 141 133 106 1168.2 669 292 368 9 94 .987 -6 -6 5.08 4.68 2B
Paul Schaal 31 12 12 10 99.0 39 11 26 2 4 .949 0 0 3.36 3.08 3B
Richie Scheinblum 31 2 15 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 LF-DH
Tony Solaita 27 65 66 44 493.0 553 508 40 5 36 .991 7 17 10.00 7.03 1B-DH
Paul Splittorff 27 36 36 8 226.0 49 8 39 2 2 .959 1.87 1.31 14 6 30% 3 P
Frank White 23 88 52 33 522.2 320 119 189 12 40 .963 -0 -0 5.30 3.24 2B-SS-3B
Jim Wohlford 23 138 125 114 1156.2 285 273 7 5 4 .982 -10 -10 2.18 1.96 LF-RF
Team Totals 27.4 162 1458 1150 13245.0 6442 4415 1875 152 458 .976 -25 -2 4.27 3.38 29 42 115 55 32% 11
Rank in 12 AL teams 3 4 8
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 27 100 -7 1 0 0 -7 -1 3 -10 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $ Traded 35/46
George Brett* 21 486 -9 1 0 4 -7 3 16 8 0.8 15 1.6 -0.8 $ Amateur Draft *5/6
Orlando Cepeda 36 117 -6 0 0 -1 0 -3 4 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ Free Agency D
Al Cowens 22 296 -12 3 -2 0 1 -4 10 -4 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 98/75
Bobby Floyd 30 11 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ Traded /456
Fernando Gonzalez 24 21 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $9,600 Traded /5D
Fran Healy 27 514 0 -1 -3 0 -5 9 17 17 1.7 22 2.4 -0.7 $36,500 Traded *2
Buck Martinez 25 123 -4 -1 -1 0 -4 2 4 -4 -0.5 0 0.0 -0.5 $ Traded 2
John Mayberry* 25 513 9 0 -2 2 -4 -8 17 14 1.5 18 1.9 -0.4 $50,000 Traded 3D
Hal McRae 28 607 24 0 -2 -1 3 -12 20 33 3.5 29 3.1 0.4 $ Traded D79/5
Amos Otis 27 632 13 5 2 -1 5 -2 20 42 4.4 37 4.0 0.4 $ Traded *8/D
Dennis Paepke 29 13 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /29
Freddie Patek 29 630 -17 6 -2 1 1 10 20 19 1.8 18 1.9 -0.1 $ Traded *6
Vada Pinson* 35 436 -7 2 -1 1 -2 -5 14 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $66,000 Traded *97/83D
Rick Reichardt 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency
Cookie Rojas 35 590 -15 0 -1 -2 -6 3 19 -2 -0.4 4 0.4 -0.8 $45,000 Traded *4
Paul Schaal 31 43 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Expansion Draft 5
Richie Scheinblum# 31 91 -8 0 1 -1 -0 -2 3 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.8 0.0 $36,000 Traded D/7
Tony Solaita* 27 279 4 -3 1 1 7 -5 9 14 1.5 7 0.8 0.7 $20,000 Rule 5 Draft 3D/
Frank White 23 215 -15 -1 0 0 -0 2 7 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.8 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 465
Jim Wohlford 23 549 -9 -3 -1 0 -10 -7 18 -12 -1.3 -2 -0.2 -1.1 $ Amateur Draft *79
Team Total 27.5 6267 -65 9 -11 2 -25 -20 203 92 8.7 118 12.7 -4.0 $263,100
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
Doug Bird 24 92.1 1 31 55 -2 1.8 24 2.8 $ Amateur Draft
Nelson Briles 30 103.0 17 48 63 -2 .9 15 1.4 $ Traded
Steve Busby 24 292.1 38 118 173 -5 1.1 55 6.1 $ Amateur Draft
Bruce Dal Canton 33 175.1 22 71 103 -3 1.0 32 3.5 $ Traded
Al Fitzmorris 28 190.0 27 73 114 -4 1.2 41 4.7 $ Expansion Draft
Gene Garber 26 28.0 0 21 17 -1 1.3 -4 -0.8 $ Traded
Joe Hoerner* 37 35.1 0 15 21 -1 1.4 6 0.4 $ Purchased
Dennis Leonard 23 22.0 4 15 13 0 1.2 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Aurelio Lopez 25 16.0 1 12 10 0 .4 -2 -0.2 $ Purchased
Lindy McDaniel 38 106.2 5 50 64 -2 .8 14 1.0 $ Traded
Steve Mingori* 30 67.1 0 31 40 -1 1.2 9 0.5 $ Traded
Marty Pattin 31 117.1 11 55 71 -2 1.0 16 1.5 $ Traded
Paul Splittorff* 27 226.0 36 122 135 -4 1.1 13 1.4 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 28.7 1471.2 162 662 879 -27 1.1 217 22.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1973 / 1975 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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