1972 Kingsport Royals Statistics
Team Record: 38-32
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Jay Hankins (38-32)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 35,261, Avg. 1,007
The Kingsport Royals of the Appalachian League ended the 1972 season with a record of 38 wins and 32 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Royals topped the league with 373 runs, powered by 51 home runs. Kingsport allowed 322 runs. Joe Zdeb led the squad with 12 home runs and recorded 55 runs batted in. Gary Rahe topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .341. Ricky Romans paced the team with 8 wins, while Bary Woodruff recorded a 2.34 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Joe Zdeb and Dennis Leonard both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jay Hankins served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Romans | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.93 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 91 | 47 | 38 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bary Woodruff | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.34 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 73.0 | 51 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Stan Butkus | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.65 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 69 | 34 | 30 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Thomas Linnert | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.02 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 35 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Sepulveda | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 45.0 | 43 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Mike Lowen | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.80 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 71 | 42 | 30 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Leonard | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Gressick | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 51 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Howard Perkins | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.60 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 31 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roman Bailey | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.57 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| William Boliek | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.23 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Reginald Knapper | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 32 | .543 | 4.07 | 143 | 70 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 562.0 | 534 | 322 | 254 | 38 | 214 | 11 | 565 | 15 | 7 | 53 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zdeb | 69 | 298 | 263 | 57 | 84 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 37 | .319 | .389 | .521 | .910 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Rahe | 60 | 240 | 205 | 39 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 32 | .341 | .421 | .522 | .943 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Harris | 56 | 228 | 210 | 36 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 41 | .305 | .355 | .438 | .793 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Bradford | 70 | 282 | 224 | 41 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 50 | .246 | .394 | .295 | .689 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rondol Moss | 42 | 169 | 154 | 21 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | .331 | .373 | .461 | .834 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Karl Jacobsen | 40 | 151 | 138 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 46 | .319 | .377 | .471 | .848 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Rockwell | 53 | 225 | 181 | 37 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 61 | .243 | .377 | .414 | .792 | 75 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ray | 48 | 164 | 137 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 26 | .248 | .366 | .380 | .745 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dale Stevener | 52 | 175 | 152 | 26 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 40 | .211 | .314 | .303 | .617 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Cassibry | 33 | 104 | 93 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | .237 | .311 | .247 | .558 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Torres | 27 | 78 | 70 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .271 | .338 | .400 | .738 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Buchanan | 29 | 98 | 84 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .202 | .316 | .226 | .543 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Fleming | 12 | 50 | 49 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .245 | .260 | .367 | .627 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Bova | 20 | 57 | 48 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .208 | .333 | .312 | .646 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Lowen | 14 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .261 | .261 | .261 | .522 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bary Woodruff | 14 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .200 | .286 | .200 | .486 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Juan Quesada | 16 | 45 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .093 | .133 | .163 | .296 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Gressick | 11 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .188 | .278 | .250 | .528 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roman Bailey | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Boliek | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Leonard | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Linnert | 12 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .143 | .316 | .143 | .459 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Michael Sepulveda | 20 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .214 | .414 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Butkus | 10 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .087 | .222 | .087 | .309 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Romans | 15 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .069 | .289 | .103 | .393 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Perkins | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Cash | 6 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reginald Knapper | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 783 | 2589 | 2238 | 371 | 592 | 104 | 4 | 51 | 305 | 59 | 13 | 300 | 507 | .265 | .355 | .383 | .738 | 857 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Rahe | 1B | 58 | 382 | 31 | 9 | 21 | .979 | 7.121 | ||||
| Juan Quesada | 1B | 12 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .990 | 8.583 | ||||
| Jack Fleming | 1B | 6 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Douglas Cash | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Doug Buchanan | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Rockwell | 2B | 53 | 98 | 117 | 9 | 21 | .960 | 4.057 | ||||
| John Cassibry | 2B | 22 | 25 | 39 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 2.909 | ||||
| Gary Harris | 3B | 55 | 36 | 95 | 25 | 8 | .840 | 2.382 | ||||
| Jose Torres | 3B | 18 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .714 | 1.111 | ||||
| Karl Jacobsen | C | 37 | 284 | 21 | 11 | 0 | .965 | 8.243 | 12 | |||
| Doug Buchanan | C | 28 | 236 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .988 | 8.893 | 6 | |||
| Jack Fleming | C | 6 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 8.833 | 0 | |||
| Joe Zdeb | OF | 69 | 114 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .944 | 1.696 | ||||
| Dale Stevener | OF | 45 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .864 | 1.133 | ||||
| Robert Ray | OF | 43 | 55 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .894 | 1.372 | ||||
| Rondol Moss | OF | 41 | 67 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .922 | 1.732 | ||||
| Kevin Bova | OF | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .812 | ||||
| Douglas Cash | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Torres | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gary Rahe | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Sepulveda | P | 20 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .550 | ||||
| Roman Bailey | P | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Bary Woodruff | P | 14 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Ricky Romans | P | 13 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Mike Lowen | P | 13 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| William Boliek | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| Reginald Knapper | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Jeff Gressick | P | 11 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Howard Perkins | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Thomas Linnert | P | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Stan Butkus | P | 10 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.900 | ||||
| Dennis Leonard | P | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| David Bradford | SS | 70 | 69 | 170 | 20 | 14 | .923 | 3.414 | ||||
| Totals | 732 | 1680 | 628 | 133 | 75 | .946 | 3.153 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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