1973 Kansas City Royals Statistics
Team Record: 88-74
Finished 2nd in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 1,345,341, Avg. 18,182
Ballpark: Royals Stadium
Manager: Jack McKeon (88-74)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1973 Kansas City Royals Results
The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 1973 season with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses, finishing second in the AL's West Division.
The Royals scored 755 runs and allowed 752 runs. Amos Otis and John Mayberry paced Kansas City with 26 home runs apiece. John Mayberry drove in 100 runs. Amos Otis topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Paul Splittorff led the squad with 20 wins, while Steve Busby, too added 15 or more wins, too Paul Splittorff registered a 3.98 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Jack McKeon 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 |
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Paul Splittorff | 20 | 11 | .645 | 3.98 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 262.0 | 279 | 135 | 116 | 19 | 78 | 7 | 110 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1119 |
Steve Busby | 16 | 15 | .516 | 4.23 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 238.3 | 246 | 125 | 112 | 18 | 105 | 7 | 174 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1037 |
Dick Drago | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.23 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 212.7 | 252 | 116 | 100 | 16 | 76 | 10 | 98 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 937 |
Gene Garber | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.24 | 48 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 152.7 | 164 | 78 | 72 | 14 | 49 | 15 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 643 |
Al Fitzmorris | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.83 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 88 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 366 |
Ken Wright | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.91 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.7 | 60 | 48 | 44 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 372 |
Bruce Dal Canton | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.81 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 97.3 | 108 | 60 | 52 | 8 | 46 | 12 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 440 |
Doug Bird | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.99 | 54 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 102.3 | 81 | 37 | 34 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 414 |
Steve Mingori | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.04 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.3 | 59 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
Wayne Simpson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.73 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.7 | 66 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 273 |
Joe Hoerner | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.12 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19.3 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Mark Littell | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.68 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 44 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
Norm Angelini | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
Barry Raziano | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
Tom Burgmeier | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | |
Mike Jackson | 0 | 0 | 6.85 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106 | |
Totals | 88 | 74 | .543 | 4.21 | 375 | 162 | 122 | 40 | 6 | 41 | 1449.3 | 1521 | 752 | 678 | 114 | 617 | 75 | 790 | 33 | 6 | 43 | 6322 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amos Otis | 148 | 651 | 583 | 89 | 175 | 21 | 4 | 26 | 93 | 13 | 9 | 63 | 47 | .300 | .368 | .484 | .851 | 282 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Cookie Rojas | 139 | 595 | 551 | 77 | 152 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 18 | 4 | 37 | 38 | .276 | .320 | .372 | .692 | 205 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
John Mayberry | 152 | 638 | 510 | 87 | 142 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 79 | .278 | .417 | .478 | .895 | 244 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
Lou Piniella | 144 | 553 | 513 | 53 | 128 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 69 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 65 | .250 | .291 | .361 | .652 | 185 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Freddie Patek | 135 | 571 | 501 | 82 | 117 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 36 | 14 | 54 | 63 | .234 | .311 | .321 | .632 | 161 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
Paul Schaal | 121 | 471 | 396 | 61 | 114 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 45 | .288 | .389 | .399 | .788 | 158 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Ed Kirkpatrick | 126 | 485 | 429 | 61 | 113 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 48 | .263 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 161 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Hal McRae | 106 | 382 | 338 | 36 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 38 | .234 | .312 | .385 | .697 | 130 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Fran Healy | 95 | 315 | 279 | 25 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 56 | .276 | .348 | .409 | .757 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Kurt Bevacqua | 99 | 309 | 276 | 39 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 42 | .257 | .317 | .330 | .647 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Steve Hovley | 104 | 268 | 232 | 29 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 34 | .254 | .346 | .323 | .669 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Gail Hopkins | 74 | 171 | 138 | 17 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | .246 | .380 | .348 | .728 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Carl Taylor | 69 | 182 | 145 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 20 | .228 | .363 | .283 | .646 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Frank White | 51 | 151 | 139 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 23 | .223 | .262 | .281 | .542 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Wohlford | 45 | 123 | 109 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .266 | .333 | .385 | .719 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Reichardt | 41 | 145 | 127 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 28 | .220 | .279 | .362 | .641 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Bobby Floyd | 51 | 84 | 78 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .333 | .357 | .397 | .755 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Buck Martinez | 14 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Ortenzio | 9 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .280 | .333 | .480 | .813 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Poquette | 21 | 31 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .214 | .258 | .250 | .508 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
George Brett | 13 | 41 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .175 | .300 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry May | 11 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .133 | .235 | .233 | .469 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Marshall | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Simpson | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Barry Raziano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Paul Splittorff | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Mingori | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Doug Bird | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Burgmeier | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Busby | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bruce Dal Canton | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dick Drago | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Al Fitzmorris | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gene Garber | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Hoerner | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Jackson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mark Littell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Norm Angelini | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ken Wright | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2153 | 6274 | 5508 | 755 | 1440 | 239 | 40 | 114 | 703 | 105 | 69 | 644 | 696 | .261 | .339 | .381 | .720 | 2101 | 134 | 26 | 49 | 47 | 44 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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John Mayberry | 1B | 149 | 145 | 1289.3 | 1457 | 81 | 9 | 156 | .994 | 1.736 | 1.322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Bevacqua | 1B | 9 | 7 | 66.0 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .987 | 1.227 | 8.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Ortenzio | 1B | 7 | 6 | 50.0 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 1.260 | 8.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gail Hopkins | 1B | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.875 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Taylor | 1B | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cookie Rojas | 2B | 137 | 136 | 1163.3 | 297 | 429 | 13 | 114 | .982 | 5.617 | 5.299 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Floyd | 2B | 25 | 8 | 110.7 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.636 | 2.280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank White | 2B | 11 | 10 | 95.3 | 19 | 40 | 3 | 12 | .952 | 5.570 | 5.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Bevacqua | 2B | 16 | 8 | 80.0 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 4.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Schaal | 3B | 121 | 118 | 1028.3 | 77 | 237 | 30 | 14 | .913 | 2.748 | 2.595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Bevacqua | 3B | 40 | 35 | 319.0 | 26 | 60 | 6 | 7 | .935 | 2.426 | 2.150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Brett | 3B | 13 | 9 | 96.0 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 3.469 | 2.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hal McRae | 3B | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fran Healy | C | 92 | 87 | 744.3 | 429 | 43 | 10 | 3 | .979 | 5.707 | 5.130 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 31 | 44.9 |
Carl Taylor | C | 63 | 47 | 437.0 | 267 | 20 | 6 | 2 | .980 | 5.911 | 4.556 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 22.5 |
Buck Martinez | C | 14 | 10 | 94.0 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 5.362 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
Ed Kirkpatrick | C | 14 | 9 | 90.0 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 7.400 | 5.286 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 75.0 |
Jerry May | C | 11 | 9 | 84.0 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .940 | 5.036 | 4.273 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7.7 |
Amos Otis | OF | 135 | 134 | 1160.3 | 330 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .986 | 2.637 | 2.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Piniella | OF | 128 | 125 | 1070.7 | 196 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 1.723 | 1.602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Kirkpatrick | OF | 108 | 101 | 888.3 | 198 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .990 | 2.036 | 1.861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hal McRae | OF | 64 | 57 | 474.0 | 101 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .963 | 1.994 | 1.641 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Hovley | OF | 79 | 39 | 442.7 | 114 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 2.399 | 1.494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Wohlford | OF | 13 | 11 | 103.0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.883 | 2.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Poquette | OF | 20 | 7 | 84.0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 2.143 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Bevacqua | OF | 10 | 6 | 58.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.397 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Reichardt | OF | 7 | 5 | 40.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Keith Marshall | OF | 8 | 1 | 27.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Splittorff | P | 38 | 38 | 262.0 | 9 | 46 | 1 | 7 | .982 | 1.889 | 1.447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Busby | P | 37 | 37 | 238.3 | 10 | 47 | 6 | 3 | .905 | 2.152 | 1.541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Drago | P | 37 | 33 | 212.7 | 14 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .945 | 2.201 | 1.405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Garber | P | 48 | 8 | 152.7 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 2.358 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Bird | P | 54 | 0 | 102.3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .616 | .130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Dal Canton | P | 32 | 3 | 97.3 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 2.034 | .688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Fitzmorris | P | 15 | 13 | 89.0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.933 | 1.933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Wright | P | 25 | 12 | 80.7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .781 | .280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Simpson | P | 16 | 10 | 59.7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.961 | .813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Mingori | P | 19 | 1 | 56.3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.438 | .474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Littell | P | 8 | 7 | 38.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.658 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Jackson | P | 9 | 0 | 22.3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.612 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Hoerner | P | 22 | 0 | 19.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .466 | .045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Burgmeier | P | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Barry Raziano | P | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Norm Angelini | P | 7 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Freddie Patek | SS | 135 | 131 | 1133.7 | 242 | 503 | 26 | 115 | .966 | 5.914 | 5.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank White | SS | 37 | 23 | 212.3 | 52 | 81 | 9 | 24 | .937 | 5.637 | 3.595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Floyd | SS | 24 | 8 | 103.3 | 26 | 45 | 6 | 7 | .922 | 6.184 | 2.958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1879 | 1458 | 13044.0 | 4348 | 1917 | 167 | 517 | .974 | 4.323 | 3.334 | 8 | 0 | 86 | 49 | 36.3 |
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