1972 Royals Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 41-22
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Buzzy Keller (41-22)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1972 Royals RosterTeam Record: 41-22
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Buzzy Keller (41-22)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Royals of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1972 season with a record of 41 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the GCL.
The Royals plated 336 runs and allowed 250 runs. David Campbell accounted for 35 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .321. Donald Oxidine led the team with 8 wins, while Larry Hubbard recorded a 1.24 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1972 Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mark Williams, Rodney Scott and Tom Bruno.
Buzzy Keller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Oxidine | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.83 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54.0 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Hayden | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.09 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 51 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Tom Bruno | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.76 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bob Gipson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.30 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 73 | 43 | 29 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Larry Hubbard | 5 | 5 | .500 | 1.24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 76 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Linnert | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Glen Gilmore | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.38 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53.0 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Natale | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.70 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 37.0 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bernard Kacenski | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.50 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ruben Cruz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mark Gland | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.00 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joseph McNamara | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Carlos Henson | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Kuhl | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Copeland | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 22 | .651 | 2.81 | 155 | 63 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 563.0 | 465 | 250 | 176 | 14 | 259 | 5 | 472 | 14 | 4 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Campbell | 56 | 231 | 190 | 32 | 61 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 43 | .321 | .412 | .474 | .886 | 90 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Mark Williams | 48 | 207 | 183 | 32 | 55 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 30 | .301 | .377 | .377 | .754 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Smith | 56 | 237 | 212 | 35 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 55 | .241 | .321 | .292 | .613 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Baker | 51 | 200 | 169 | 28 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 37 | .296 | .390 | .349 | .739 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Temple | 53 | 219 | 179 | 35 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 38 | .268 | .394 | .391 | .786 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rodney Scott | 35 | 136 | 125 | 23 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 20 | .376 | .426 | .464 | .890 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Tanner | 45 | 146 | 115 | 22 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 12 | .357 | .465 | .417 | .883 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Richard Smotherman | 55 | 208 | 163 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 35 | 40 | .233 | .383 | .270 | .653 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Gerry Clesi | 50 | 186 | 142 | 23 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 20 | .246 | .404 | .324 | .728 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Dohm | 55 | 224 | 174 | 29 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 42 | .195 | .366 | .293 | .659 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Bearg | 41 | 113 | 96 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 33 | .198 | .312 | .271 | .583 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Beranek | 20 | 82 | 71 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | .239 | .329 | .324 | .653 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rondol Moss | 16 | 50 | 49 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | .245 | .240 | .347 | .587 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Apolinar Liranzo | 20 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .188 | .333 | .188 | .521 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Gilmore | 13 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hubbard | 15 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .148 | .179 | .148 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Linnert | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Bruno | 5 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .235 | .333 | .569 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donald Oxidine | 20 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Hayden | 17 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .136 | .240 | .227 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Patrick O'Neill | 14 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .111 | .294 | .111 | .405 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ruben Cruz | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Brown | 11 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .143 | .368 | .143 | .511 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gipson | 13 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .071 | .206 | .071 | .277 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joseph McNamara | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Natale | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Domingo Luna | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Copeland | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Gland | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kuhl | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernard Kacenski | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 782 | 2539 | 2121 | 336 | 546 | 58 | 36 | 10 | 261 | 161 | 55 | 339 | 497 | .257 | .365 | .333 | .698 | 706 | 0 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Smotherman | 1B | 46 | 368 | 22 | 13 | 29 | .968 | 8.478 | ||||
| Larry Bearg | 1B | 21 | 150 | 12 | 8 | 18 | .953 | 7.714 | ||||
| Mark Williams | 1B | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Steve Temple | 2B | 47 | 76 | 129 | 7 | 21 | .967 | 4.362 | ||||
| Roy Tanner | 2B | 16 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 7 | .857 | 3.750 | ||||
| David Campbell | 2B | 9 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Dohm | 3B | 49 | 39 | 96 | 14 | 7 | .906 | 2.755 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | 3B | 9 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 2.444 | ||||
| David Campbell | 3B | 7 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 4.000 | ||||
| Roy Tanner | 3B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Gerry Clesi | C | 49 | 367 | 22 | 8 | 1 | .980 | 7.939 | 8 | |||
| Patrick O'Neill | C | 13 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 5.692 | 1 | |||
| Mark Brown | C | 11 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 3.182 | 1 | |||
| Larry Bearg | C | 6 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 5.333 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Smith | OF | 56 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .959 | 1.661 | ||||
| Ernest Baker | OF | 48 | 65 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .924 | 1.521 | ||||
| Mark Williams | OF | 47 | 100 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 2.277 | ||||
| Roy Tanner | OF | 23 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .870 | ||||
| Rondol Moss | OF | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .933 | ||||
| Apolinar Liranzo | OF | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| David Campbell | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce Beranek | OF | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Domingo Luna | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Kenneth Dohm | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Richard Smotherman | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Donald Oxidine | P | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .450 | ||||
| William Natale | P | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| William Hayden | P | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .647 | ||||
| Larry Hubbard | P | 15 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Bob Gipson | P | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .833 | 1.538 | ||||
| Glen Gilmore | P | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Joseph McNamara | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .091 | ||||
| Bernard Kacenski | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Mark Gland | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Ruben Cruz | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Michael Copeland | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .143 | ||||
| Carlos Henson | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Bruno | P | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Thomas Linnert | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Joe Kuhl | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Campbell | SS | 33 | 51 | 81 | 16 | 15 | .892 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | SS | 17 | 39 | 49 | 5 | 7 | .946 | 5.176 | ||||
| Bruce Beranek | SS | 15 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 6 | .889 | 3.733 | ||||
| Steve Temple | SS | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Totals | 737 | 1690 | 635 | 135 | 129 | .945 | 3.155 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
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