1972 Kansas City Royals Statistics
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 4th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 707,656, Avg. 10,243
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II
Manager: Bob Lemon (76-78)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1972 Kansas City Royals Results
The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 1972 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's West Division.
The Royals scored 580 runs and yielded 545 runs. John Mayberry led Kansas City with 25 home runs and drove in 100 runs. Lou Piniella paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .312 clip. Dick Drago and Paul Splittorff topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Roger Nelson recorded a 2.08 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Bob Lemon coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Splittorff | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.13 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 216.0 | 189 | 81 | 75 | 11 | 67 | 2 | 140 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 876 |
Dick Drago | 12 | 17 | .414 | 3.01 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 239.3 | 230 | 88 | 80 | 22 | 51 | 4 | 135 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 974 |
Roger Nelson | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.08 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 173.3 | 120 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 652 |
Tom Burgmeier | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.23 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55.3 | 67 | 32 | 26 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 260 |
Bruce Dal Canton | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.40 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 132.3 | 135 | 54 | 50 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 551 |
Jim Rooker | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.38 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 72.0 | 78 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 310 |
Mike Hedlund | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.78 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113.0 | 119 | 67 | 60 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 488 |
Tom Murphy | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.07 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70.3 | 77 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 292 |
Steve Busby | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.58 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
Monty Montgomery | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.04 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56.3 | 55 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 |
Ted Abernathy | 3 | 4 | .429 | 1.70 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 58.3 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 239 |
Norm Angelini | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.25 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70 |
Al Fitzmorris | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.74 | 38 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101.0 | 99 | 46 | 42 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 427 |
Ken Wright | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.91 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 84 |
Mike Jackson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 |
Totals | 76 | 78 | .494 | 3.24 | 396 | 154 | 110 | 44 | 14 | 28 | 1381.3 | 1293 | 545 | 497 | 85 | 405 | 33 | 801 | 30 | 3 | 37 | 5698 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Piniella | 151 | 624 | 574 | 65 | 179 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 59 | .312 | .356 | .441 | .797 | 253 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Amos Otis | 143 | 605 | 540 | 75 | 158 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 50 | 59 | .293 | .352 | .413 | .765 | 223 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
John Mayberry | 149 | 588 | 503 | 65 | 150 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 74 | .298 | .394 | .507 | .900 | 255 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
Richie Scheinblum | 134 | 518 | 450 | 60 | 135 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 40 | .300 | .383 | .418 | .800 | 188 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Cookie Rojas | 137 | 541 | 487 | 49 | 127 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 35 | .261 | .315 | .331 | .646 | 161 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Freddie Patek | 136 | 577 | 518 | 59 | 110 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 47 | 64 | .212 | .280 | .276 | .556 | 143 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Ed Kirkpatrick | 113 | 423 | 364 | 43 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 50 | .275 | .365 | .396 | .761 | 144 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Paul Schaal | 127 | 503 | 435 | 47 | 99 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 59 | .228 | .323 | .326 | .650 | 142 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Steve Hovley | 105 | 226 | 196 | 24 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 29 | .270 | .351 | .352 | .703 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Carl Taylor | 63 | 135 | 113 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | .265 | .361 | .301 | .662 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Bobby Floyd | 61 | 140 | 134 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .179 | .209 | .201 | .410 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Knoop | 44 | 107 | 97 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .237 | .299 | .289 | .588 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jerry May | 53 | 131 | 116 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | .190 | .277 | .276 | .553 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Oliver | 16 | 65 | 63 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .270 | .292 | .381 | .673 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Splittorff | 35 | 83 | 71 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .225 | .276 | .254 | .530 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Gail Hopkins | 53 | 78 | 71 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .211 | .282 | .239 | .521 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Keough | 56 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .219 | .324 | .250 | .574 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Wohlford | 15 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .240 | .321 | .280 | .601 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hedlund | 29 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Roger Nelson | 34 | 61 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .093 | .140 | .093 | .233 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Burgmeier | 51 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Fitzmorris | 39 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .174 | .296 | .174 | .470 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Hansen | 16 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .133 | .212 | .133 | .345 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bruce Dal Canton | 35 | 47 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .098 | .119 | .122 | .241 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Drago | 35 | 84 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | .059 | .169 | .059 | .228 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Busby | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Monty Montgomery | 9 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .176 | .222 | .235 | .458 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Rooker | 18 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .095 | .100 | .195 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dennis Paepke | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Murphy | 21 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Abernathy | 45 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Jackson | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Norm Angelini | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Wright | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1975 | 5845 | 5167 | 580 | 1317 | 220 | 26 | 78 | 547 | 85 | 44 | 534 | 711 | .255 | .327 | .353 | .679 | 1823 | 134 | 34 | 72 | 38 | 57 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Mayberry | 1B | 146 | 138 | 1249.0 | 1338 | 82 | 7 | 141 | .995 | 1.232 | 9.726 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gail Hopkins | 1B | 13 | 11 | 86.0 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .990 | 1.360 | 7.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Taylor | 1B | 6 | 5 | 44.0 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.636 | 8.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Kirkpatrick | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cookie Rojas | 2B | 131 | 127 | 1100.0 | 265 | 360 | 9 | 82 | .986 | 5.114 | 4.771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Knoop | 2B | 33 | 22 | 228.0 | 61 | 80 | 4 | 24 | .972 | 5.566 | 4.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Wohlford | 2B | 8 | 5 | 49.0 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 3.490 | 2.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Floyd | 2B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Hansen | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Schaal | 3B | 123 | 122 | 1078.0 | 77 | 245 | 18 | 16 | .947 | 2.688 | 2.618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Floyd | 3B | 30 | 22 | 212.0 | 24 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .967 | 2.462 | 1.933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cookie Rojas | 3B | 6 | 5 | 37.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.703 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Hansen | 3B | 4 | 4 | 31.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.645 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Taylor | 3B | 5 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Knoop | 3B | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gail Hopkins | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Kirkpatrick | C | 108 | 104 | 915.0 | 590 | 49 | 6 | 5 | .991 | 6.285 | 5.917 | 11 | 0 | 54 | 29 | 34.9 |
Jerry May | C | 41 | 32 | 294.0 | 175 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 5.755 | 4.585 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 32.1 |
Carl Taylor | C | 21 | 17 | 155.0 | 101 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .982 | 6.213 | 5.095 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 23.1 |
Dennis Paepke | C | 2 | 1 | 18.0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
Lou Piniella | OF | 150 | 150 | 1287.0 | 275 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .976 | 1.979 | 1.887 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Amos Otis | OF | 137 | 137 | 1190.0 | 351 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .992 | 2.700 | 2.606 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Richie Scheinblum | OF | 119 | 118 | 1005.0 | 215 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .965 | 1.979 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Hovley | OF | 68 | 34 | 404.0 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 2.428 | 1.603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Oliver | OF | 16 | 16 | 143.0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 2.895 | 2.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Keough | OF | 16 | 6 | 92.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.272 | .813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Taylor | OF | 7 | 1 | 23.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.957 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Drago | P | 34 | 33 | 239.0 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 5 | .941 | 1.205 | .941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Splittorff | P | 35 | 33 | 216.0 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.375 | 1.629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Nelson | P | 34 | 19 | 173.0 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 2.133 | 1.206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Dal Canton | P | 35 | 16 | 132.0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.295 | .543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Hedlund | P | 29 | 16 | 113.0 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.469 | 1.069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Fitzmorris | P | 38 | 2 | 101.0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.584 | .763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Rooker | P | 18 | 10 | 72.0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.375 | 1.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Murphy | P | 18 | 9 | 70.0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 2.314 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted Abernathy | P | 45 | 0 | 58.0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 2.793 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Monty Montgomery | P | 9 | 8 | 56.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.607 | 1.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Burgmeier | P | 51 | 0 | 55.0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 3.109 | .373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Busby | P | 5 | 5 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.125 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Jackson | P | 7 | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 3.600 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Wright | P | 17 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Norm Angelini | P | 21 | 0 | 16.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Freddie Patek | SS | 136 | 133 | 1182.0 | 230 | 510 | 22 | 113 | .971 | 5.635 | 5.441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Floyd | SS | 29 | 18 | 167.0 | 30 | 49 | 3 | 12 | .963 | 4.257 | 2.724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Hansen | SS | 6 | 3 | 27.0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 5.667 | 2.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cookie Rojas | SS | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Schaal | SS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1769 | 1386 | 12429.0 | 4140 | 1759 | 116 | 447 | .981 | 4.272 | 3.335 | 17 | 0 | 86 | 42 | 32.8 |
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