1972 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

| Level: MLB

Location: Kansas City,MO
Team Record: 76-78 .494
Result: 4th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Bob Lemon
General Manager: Cedric Tallis
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 707,656
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ted Abernathy (39)
Youngest Player: Jim Wohlford (21)
Longest Tenure: Lou Piniella, Tom Burgmeier, Joe Keough, Dick Drago, Paul Schaal, Jim Rooker, Al Fitzmorris, Mike Hedlund, Roger Nelson, Ed Kirkpatrick, Bob Oliver (4)
Top Hitter: John Mayberry (5)
Top Pitcher: Roger Nelson (9)
Top Draft Pick: Jamie Quirk (#18)

Roster Continuity: 87.40%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Oakland	93	62	.600	--
Chi White Sox	87	67	.565	5.5
Minnesota	77	77	.500	15.5
KC Royals	76	78	.494	16.5
California	75	80	.484	18.0
Texas	54	100	.351	38.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
9	Lou Piniella	of	7	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	151	574	65	179	33	4	11	72	7	2	34	59	8	9	4	4	25	.312	.356	.441	797	253	624	430	94	5.9	.331
26	Amos Otis	of	14	25	1965-5-95	MLB	143	540	75	158	28	2	11	54	28	12	50	59	3	3	6	6	6	.293	.352	.413	765	223	605	412	89	5.8	.309
37	Freddie Patek	ss	46	27	1965-22-421	MLB	136	518	59	110	25	4	0	32	33	7	47	64	3	4	6	3	9	.212	.280	.276	556	143	577	433	45	2.8	.241
7	John Mayberry	1b	5	23	1967-1-6	MLB	149	503	65	150	24	3	25	100	0	2	78	74	3	13	1	3	12	.298	.394	.507	900	255	588	371	107	7.8	.307
1	Cookie Rojas	2b	41	33	UDFA: 1956	MLB	137	487	49	127	25	0	3	53	2	8	41	35	1	5	5	7	17	.261	.315	.331	646	161	541	397	53	3.6	.272
5	Richie Scheinblum	of	25	29	UDFA: 1964	MLB	134	450	60	135	21	4	8	66	0	1	58	40	4	3	3	3	19	.300	.383	.418	800	188	518	341	78	6.2	.314
10	Paul Schaal	3b	63	29	UDFA: 1962	MLB	127	435	47	99	19	3	6	41	1	3	61	59	2	1	2	3	14	.228	.323	.326	650	142	503	358	49	3.7	.249
8	Ed Kirkpatrick	of-c	81	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	113	364	43	100	15	1	9	43	3	5	51	50	3	9	1	4	4	.275	.365	.396	761	144	423	278	58	5.7	.294
30	Steve Hovley	of	-	27	1966-35-665	MLB	105	196	24	53	5	1	3	24	3	3	24	29	1	2	4	1	2	.270	.351	.352	703	69	226	153	26	4.6	.303
15	Bobby Floyd	ss-2b	-	28	UDFA: 1964	MLB	61	134	9	24	3	0	0	5	1	0	5	29	0	0	1	0	4	.179	.209	.201	410	27	140	115	1	0.2	.229
12	Jerry May	c	-	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	53	116	10	22	5	1	1	4	0	0	14	13	0	2	1	0	4	.190	.277	.276	553	32	131	99	9	2.4	.206
14	Carl Taylor	c-of	-	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	63	113	17	30	2	1	0	11	4	1	17	16	1	1	2	2	3	.265	.361	.301	662	34	135	91	14	4.2	.303
19	Bobby Knoop	2b	-	33	-	MLB	44	97	8	23	5	0	0	7	0	0	9	16	0	1	0	1	5	.237	.299	.289	588	28	107	80	7	2.5	.280
18	Gail Hopkins	1b	-	29	UDFA: 1965	MLB	53	71	1	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	0	2	.211	.282	.239	521	17	78	58	5	2.3	.224
34	Paul Splittorff	p	-	25	1968-25-574	MLB	35	71	9	16	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	8	1	0	7	0	2	.225	.276	.254	530	18	83	64	5	2.0	.254
41	Dick Drago	p	-	27	UDFA: 1965	MLB	35	68	4	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	36	1	0	7	0	0	.059	.169	.059	228	4	84	71	-5	-2.0	.125
16	Joe Keough	of	-	26	1965-2-21	MLB	56	64	8	14	2	0	0	5	2	0	8	7	2	1	1	0	0	.219	.324	.250	574	16	75	51	7	3.5	.246
33	Bob Oliver	1b-of	17	29	1965-49-760	MLB	16	63	7	17	2	1	1	6	1	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	2	.270	.292	.381	673	24	65	48	7	3.8	.320
35	Roger Nelson	p	-	28	1968-6-130	MLB	34	54	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	0	0	4	0	0	.093	.140	.093	233	5	61	53	-3	-1.6	.143
43	Bruce Dalcanton	p	-	30	UDFA: 1966	MLB	35	41	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	5	0	1	.098	.119	.122	241	5	47	43	-2	-1.5	.148
32	Mike Hedlund	p	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	29	32	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	3	0	0	.187	.187	.187	375	6	35	29	-1	-1.0	.400
2	Ron Hansen	ss	-	34	-	MLB	16	30	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	0	1	.133	.212	.133	345	4	33	27	-1	-0.5	.167
6	Jim Wohlford	of	-	21	1970-3-61	MLB	15	25	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	.240	.321	.280	601	7	28	19	2	3.3	.316
23	Al Fitzmorris	p	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	39	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	.174	.296	.174	470	4	27	20	1	1.3	.200
25	Jim Rooker	p	-	29	UDFA: 1962	MLB	18	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	.100	.095	.100	195	2	21	20	-2	-2.1	.125
20	Monty Montgomery	p	-	25	1968-9-201	MLB	9	17	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	0	0	3	0	0	.176	.222	.235	458	4	21	17	0	0.1	.429
40	Steve Busby	p	-	22	1971-2-39	MLB	5	15	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.267	467	4	15	12	1	1.4	.250
29	Tom Murphy	p	-	26	1967-1-6	MLB	21	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.071	.000	71	0	19	18	-1	-1.7	.000
22	Tom Burgmeier	p	-	28	UDFA: 1963	MLB	51	12	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	4	12	8	1	3.4	.500
17	Dennis Paepke	c-of	-	27	-	MLB	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	0	7	6	-1	-2.7	.000
36	Ted Abernathy	p	-	39	UDFA: 1952	MLB	45	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
25	Mike Jackson	p	-	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
39	Norm Angelini	p	-	24	1967-8-134	MLB	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
28	Ken Wright	p	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (34 players)							154	5167	580	1317	220	26	78	547	85	44	534	711	34	57	72	38	134	.255	.327	.353	680	1823	5845	4138	637	4.2	.281

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
41	Dick Drago	21	27	UDFA: 1965	MLB	12	17	3.01	34	33	11	2	1	0	239.1	230	88	80	22	51	135	5	0	1.17	8.65	0.83	1.92	5.08	0.38	.278	0.96
34	Paul Splittorff	38	25	1968-25-574	MLB	12	12	3.13	35	33	12	2	0	0	216.0	189	81	75	11	67	140	6	0	1.19	7.88	0.46	2.79	5.83	0.48	.281	1.43
35	Roger Nelson	9	28	1968-6-130	MLB	11	6	2.08	34	19	10	6	9	3	173.1	120	41	40	13	31	120	4	0	0.87	6.23	0.68	1.61	6.23	0.26	.223	0.88
43	Bruce Dalcanton	-	30	UDFA: 1966	MLB	6	6	3.40	35	16	1	0	8	2	132.1	135	54	50	7	29	75	5	2	1.24	9.18	0.48	1.97	5.10	0.39	.299	1.08
32	Mike Hedlund	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	5	7	4.78	29	16	1	0	4	0	113.0	119	67	60	10	41	52	2	1	1.42	9.48	0.80	3.27	4.14	0.79	.294	1.00
23	Al Fitzmorris	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	2	5	3.74	38	2	0	0	11	3	101.0	99	46	42	10	28	51	6	0	1.26	8.82	0.89	2.50	4.54	0.55	.269	1.52
25	Jim Rooker	-	29	UDFA: 1962	MLB	5	6	4.38	18	10	4	2	3	0	72.0	78	37	35	3	24	44	3	0	1.42	9.75	0.38	3.00	5.50	0.55	.323	1.25
29	Tom Murphy	-	26	1967-1-6	MLB	4	4	3.07	18	9	1	1	2	1	70.1	77	26	24	3	16	34	0	0	1.32	9.85	0.38	2.05	4.35	0.47	--	1.42
36	Ted Abernathy	63	39	UDFA: 1952	MLB	3	4	1.70	45	0	0	0	25	5	58.1	44	15	11	2	19	28	0	0	1.08	6.79	0.31	2.93	4.32	0.68	.231	1.38
20	Monty Montgomery	-	25	1968-9-201	MLB	3	3	3.04	9	8	1	1	1	0	56.1	55	21	19	2	17	24	0	0	1.28	8.79	0.32	2.72	3.83	0.71	.290	0.79
22	Tom Burgmeier	44	28	UDFA: 1963	MLB	6	2	4.23	51	0	0	0	30	9	55.1	67	32	26	0	33	18	0	0	1.81	10.90	0.00	5.37	2.93	1.83	.340	1.48
40	Steve Busby	-	22	1971-2-39	MLB	3	1	1.57	5	5	3	0	0	0	40.0	28	9	7	1	8	31	0	0	0.90	6.30	0.23	1.80	6.98	0.26	.250	0.80
25	Mike Jackson	-	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	1	2	6.41	7	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	24	14	14	0	14	15	1	0	1.93	10.98	0.00	6.41	6.86	0.93	.400	1.20
28	Ken Wright	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	1	2	4.91	17	0	0	0	11	4	18.1	15	10	10	0	15	18	3	0	1.64	7.36	0.00	7.36	8.84	0.83	.319	0.52
39	Norm Angelini	-	24	1967-8-134	MLB	2	1	2.25	21	0	0	0	5	2	16.0	13	4	4	1	12	16	2	0	1.56	7.31	0.56	6.75	9.00	0.75	.300	2.88
Totals: (34 players)						76	78	3.24	154	154	44	14	110	29	1,381	1293	545	497	78	405	801	37	3	1.34	8.42	0.55	2.64	5.22	0.51	.303

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Kirkpatrick	C	108	914	590	49	6	5	.991	6.29
Jerry May	C	41	294	175	13	4	1	.979	5.76
Carl Taylor	C	21	154	101	6	2	2	.982	6.25
Dennis Paepke	C	2	18	14	2	3	0	.842	8.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Mayberry	1B	146	1249	1338	82	7	141	.995	10.23
Gail Hopkins	1B	13	86	97	2	1	7	.990	10.36
Carl Taylor	1B	6	44	50	2	1	3	.981	10.64
Ed Kirkpatrick	1B	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cookie Rojas	2B	131	1099	265	360	9	82	.986	5.12
Bobby Knoop	2B	33	228	61	80	4	24	.972	5.57
Jim Wohlford	2B	8	48	7	12	1	1	.950	3.55
Bobby Floyd	2B	2	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
Ron Hansen	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Paul Schaal	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Paul Schaal	3B	123	1078	77	245	18	16	.947	2.69
Bobby Floyd	3B	30	212	24	34	2	3	.967	2.46
Cookie Rojas	3B	6	37	0	7	0	1	1.000	1.70
Carl Taylor	3B	5	15	1	4	0	0	1.000	3.00
Ron Hansen	3B	4	31	1	15	0	2	1.000	4.65
Bobby Knoop	3B	4	7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Gail Hopkins	3B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Freddie Patek	SS	136	1182	230	510	22	113	.971	5.63
Bobby Floyd	SS	29	167	30	49	3	12	.963	4.25
Ron Hansen	SS	6	27	4	13	1	1	.944	5.67
Cookie Rojas	SS	2	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
Paul Schaal	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lou Piniella	OF	149	1287	275	8	7	2	.976	1.98
Amos Otis	OF	137	1190	351	6	3	3	.992	2.70
Richie Scheinblum	OF	119	1005	215	6	8	2	.965	1.98
Steve Hovley	OF	67	403	103	6	2	0	.982	2.43
Joe Keough	OF	16	91	12	1	0	1	1.000	1.28
Bob Oliver	OF	16	143	45	1	1	0	.979	2.89
Carl Taylor	OF	7	23	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.96
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Burgmeier	P	51	55	6	13	1	0	.950	3.10
Ted Abernathy	P	45	58	6	12	3	2	.857	2.79
Al Fitzmorris	P	38	101	7	22	0	3	1.000	2.58
Bruce Dalcanton	P	35	132	5	14	1	1	.950	1.29
Paul Splittorff	P	35	216	6	51	0	5	1.000	2.38
Dick Drago	P	34	239	4	28	2	5	.941	1.20
Roger Nelson	P	34	173	8	33	1	1	.976	2.13
Mike Hedlund	P	29	113	12	19	0	3	1.000	2.47
Norm Angelini	P	21	16	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.69
Tom Murphy	P	18	70	3	15	1	1	.947	2.31
Jim Rooker	P	18	72	3	16	0	1	1.000	2.38
Ken Wright	P	17	18	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.49
Monty Montgomery	P	9	56	3	7	0	2	1.000	1.60
Mike Jackson	P	7	19	1	7	1	1	.889	3.75
Steve Busby	P	5	40	1	4	1	0	.833	1.13

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