
1972 Kansas City Royals Statistics
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 4th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 707,656
Manager: Bob Lemon (76-78)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1972 Kansas City Royals Results
The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 1972 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's West Division. Bob Lemon 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Splittorff | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.13 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 216.0 | 189 | 81 | 75 | 11 | 67 | 2 | 140 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 876 |
Dick Drago | 12 | 17 | .414 | 3.01 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 239.3 | 230 | 88 | 80 | 22 | 51 | 4 | 135 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 974 |
Roger Nelson | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.08 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 173.3 | 120 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 652 |
Tom Burgmeier | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.23 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55.3 | 67 | 32 | 26 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 260 |
Bruce Dal Canton | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.40 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 132.3 | 135 | 54 | 50 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 551 |
Jim Rooker | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.38 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 72.0 | 78 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 310 |
Mike Hedlund | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.78 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113.0 | 119 | 67 | 60 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 488 |
Tom Murphy | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.07 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70.3 | 77 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 292 |
Steve Busby | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.58 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
Monty Montgomery | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.04 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56.3 | 55 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 |
Ted Abernathy | 3 | 4 | .429 | 1.70 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 58.3 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 239 |
Norm Angelini | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.25 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70 |
Al Fitzmorris | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.74 | 38 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101.0 | 99 | 46 | 42 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 427 |
Ken Wright | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.91 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 84 |
Mike Jackson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 |
Totals | 76 | 78 | .494 | 3.24 | 396 | 154 | 110 | 44 | 14 | 28 | 1381.3 | 1293 | 545 | 497 | 85 | 405 | 33 | 801 | 30 | 3 | 37 | 5698 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Piniella | 151 | 624 | 574 | 65 | 179 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 59 | .312 | .356 | .441 | .797 | 253 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Amos Otis | 143 | 605 | 540 | 75 | 158 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 50 | 59 | .293 | .352 | .413 | .765 | 223 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
John Mayberry | 149 | 588 | 503 | 65 | 150 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 74 | .298 | .394 | .507 | .900 | 255 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
Richie Scheinblum | 134 | 518 | 450 | 60 | 135 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 40 | .300 | .383 | .418 | .800 | 188 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Cookie Rojas | 137 | 541 | 487 | 49 | 127 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 35 | .261 | .315 | .331 | .646 | 161 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Freddie Patek | 136 | 577 | 518 | 59 | 110 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 47 | 64 | .212 | .280 | .276 | .556 | 143 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Ed Kirkpatrick | 113 | 423 | 364 | 43 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 50 | .275 | .365 | .396 | .761 | 144 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Paul Schaal | 127 | 503 | 435 | 47 | 99 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 59 | .228 | .323 | .326 | .650 | 142 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Steve Hovley | 105 | 226 | 196 | 24 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 29 | .270 | .351 | .352 | .703 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Carl Taylor | 63 | 135 | 113 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | .265 | .361 | .301 | .662 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Bobby Floyd | 61 | 140 | 134 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .179 | .209 | .201 | .410 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Knoop | 44 | 107 | 97 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .237 | .299 | .289 | .588 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jerry May | 53 | 131 | 116 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | .190 | .277 | .276 | .553 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Oliver | 16 | 65 | 63 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .270 | .292 | .381 | .673 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Splittorff | 35 | 83 | 71 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .225 | .276 | .254 | .530 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Gail Hopkins | 53 | 78 | 71 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .211 | .282 | .239 | .521 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Keough | 56 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .219 | .324 | .250 | .574 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Wohlford | 15 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .240 | .321 | .280 | .601 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hedlund | 29 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Roger Nelson | 34 | 61 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .093 | .140 | .093 | .233 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Burgmeier | 51 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Fitzmorris | 39 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .174 | .296 | .174 | .470 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Hansen | 16 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .133 | .212 | .133 | .345 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bruce Dal Canton | 35 | 47 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .098 | .119 | .122 | .241 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Drago | 35 | 84 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | .059 | .169 | .059 | .228 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Busby | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Monty Montgomery | 9 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .176 | .222 | .235 | .458 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Rooker | 18 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .095 | .100 | .195 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dennis Paepke | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Murphy | 21 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Abernathy | 45 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Jackson | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Norm Angelini | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Wright | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1975 | 5845 | 5167 | 580 | 1317 | 220 | 26 | 78 | 547 | 85 | 44 | 534 | 711 | .255 | .327 | .353 | .679 | 1823 | 134 | 34 | 72 | 38 | 57 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Mayberry | 1B | 146 | 138 | 1249.0 | 1338 | 82 | 7 | 141 | .995 | 1.232 | 9.726 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gail Hopkins | 1B | 13 | 11 | 86.0 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .990 | 1.360 | 7.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Taylor | 1B | 6 | 5 | 44.0 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.636 | 8.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Kirkpatrick | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cookie Rojas | 2B | 131 | 127 | 1100.0 | 265 | 360 | 9 | 82 | .986 | 5.114 | 4.771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Knoop | 2B | 33 | 22 | 228.0 | 61 | 80 | 4 | 24 | .972 | 5.566 | 4.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Wohlford | 2B | 8 | 5 | 49.0 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 3.490 | 2.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Floyd | 2B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Hansen | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Schaal | 3B | 123 | 122 | 1078.0 | 77 | 245 | 18 | 16 | .947 | 2.688 | 2.618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Floyd | 3B | 30 | 22 | 212.0 | 24 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .967 | 2.462 | 1.933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cookie Rojas | 3B | 6 | 5 | 37.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.703 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Hansen | 3B | 4 | 4 | 31.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.645 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Taylor | 3B | 5 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Knoop | 3B | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gail Hopkins | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Kirkpatrick | C | 108 | 104 | 915.0 | 590 | 49 | 6 | 5 | .991 | 6.285 | 5.917 | 11 | 0 | 54 | 29 | 34.9 |
Jerry May | C | 41 | 32 | 294.0 | 175 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 5.755 | 4.585 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 32.1 |
Carl Taylor | C | 21 | 17 | 155.0 | 101 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .982 | 6.213 | 5.095 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 23.1 |
Dennis Paepke | C | 2 | 1 | 18.0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
Lou Piniella | OF | 150 | 150 | 1287.0 | 275 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .976 | 1.979 | 1.887 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Amos Otis | OF | 137 | 137 | 1190.0 | 351 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .992 | 2.700 | 2.606 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Richie Scheinblum | OF | 119 | 118 | 1005.0 | 215 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .965 | 1.979 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Hovley | OF | 68 | 34 | 404.0 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 2.428 | 1.603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Oliver | OF | 16 | 16 | 143.0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 2.895 | 2.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Keough | OF | 16 | 6 | 92.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.272 | .813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Taylor | OF | 7 | 1 | 23.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.957 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Drago | P | 34 | 33 | 239.0 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 5 | .941 | 1.205 | .941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Splittorff | P | 35 | 33 | 216.0 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.375 | 1.629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Nelson | P | 34 | 19 | 173.0 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 2.133 | 1.206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Dal Canton | P | 35 | 16 | 132.0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.295 | .543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Hedlund | P | 29 | 16 | 113.0 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.469 | 1.069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Fitzmorris | P | 38 | 2 | 101.0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.584 | .763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Rooker | P | 18 | 10 | 72.0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.375 | 1.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Murphy | P | 18 | 9 | 70.0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 2.314 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted Abernathy | P | 45 | 0 | 58.0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 2.793 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Monty Montgomery | P | 9 | 8 | 56.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.607 | 1.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Burgmeier | P | 51 | 0 | 55.0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 3.109 | .373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Busby | P | 5 | 5 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.125 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Jackson | P | 7 | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 3.600 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Wright | P | 17 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Norm Angelini | P | 21 | 0 | 16.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Freddie Patek | SS | 136 | 133 | 1182.0 | 230 | 510 | 22 | 113 | .971 | 5.635 | 5.441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Floyd | SS | 29 | 18 | 167.0 | 30 | 49 | 3 | 12 | .963 | 4.257 | 2.724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Hansen | SS | 6 | 3 | 27.0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 5.667 | 2.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cookie Rojas | SS | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Schaal | SS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1769 | 1386 | 12429.0 | 4140 | 1759 | 116 | 447 | .981 | 4.272 | 3.335 | 17 | 0 | 86 | 42 | 32.8 |
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