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Kansas City Royals 1 Detroit Tigers 6

April 29,1973

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (13-8)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (10-10)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

16,245

Time of Game

2:47

Umpires

[HP]: George Maloney [1B]: Jim Evans [2B]: John Rice [3B]: Russ Goetz

Kansas City Royals 1 Detroit Tigers 6

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6th inning: **Debut game for Doug Bird**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	13-8		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			1	8	0		2	2	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	10-10		0	0	2		0	1	1		0	2	x			6	9	1		2	6	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Freddie Patek	ss	28.202	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.265		21	585
2	Cookie Rojas	2b	34.054	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.310		21	1311
3	Amos Otis	cf	26.003	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.295		21	536
4	John Mayberry	1b	24.070	L	3	1	0	0		1	0	.224		21	272
5	Ed Kirkpatrick	rf	28.203	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.375		14	840
6	Lou Piniella	lf	29.244	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.289		21	587
7	Gail Hopkins	dh	30.069	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.357		9	434
8	Paul Schaal	3b	30.057	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.270		21	963
9	Fran Healy	c	26.235	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.158		6	104
Totals

2B: Amos Otis (6), Paul Schaal (4), Fran Healy (2)

RBI: Lou Piniella (15)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Northrup	cf-lf	33.156	L	4	2	2	0		0	0	.243		10	1073
2	Al Kaline	rf	38.131	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.238		15	2609
3	Gates Brown	dh	33.362	L	2	0	1	1		0	0	.205		18	824
	Frank Howard	ph	36.264	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		13	1823
4	Norm Cash	1b	38.170	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.185		17	1932
	Mickey Stanley	cf	30.283	R	1	1	1	0		0	0	.254		20	1016
5	Duke Sims	c	31.328	L	2	2	1	2		2	0	.333		3	718
6	Rich Reese	lf-1b	31.212	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.037		12	797
7	Dick McAuliffe	2b	33.151	L	3	0	2	1		1	0	.235		15	1565
8	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	25.122	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.163		20	750
9	Ed Brinkman	ss	31.142	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.246		20	1477
Totals

2B: Al Kaline (3), Dick McAuliffe (4)

HR: Duke Sims (1)

RBI: Al Kaline (9), Gates Brown (9), Duke Sims 2 (2), Dick McAuliffe (4)

SH: Rich Reese (1)

SF: Gates Brown (1)

GDP: Frank Howard (2), Ed Brinkman (2)

CS: Dick McAuliffe (1)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Wayne Simpson	R	L 2-2	5.1	7	4	4	4	1	0		4.34	1.45		5	77
2	Doug Bird	R		0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	0.00		1	1
3	Mike Jackson	L		1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0		6.52	2.07		4	17
4	Tom Burgmeier	L		1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1		5.62	1.75		5	250
Totals				0.0

WP: Wayne Simpson (4)

BK: Wayne Simpson (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Wayne Simpson (0-0-0), Doug Bird (0-0-0), Mike Jackson (0-0-0), Tom Burgmeier (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Coleman	R	W 5-1	9.0	8	0	0	2	1	0		2.08	1.07		6	228
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Coleman (0-0-0)