1972 Kansas City Royals Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 4th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 706,756, Avg. 10,243
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II
Manager: Bob Lemon (76-78)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1972 Kansas City Royals Roster
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.

The Royals scored 580 runs and yielded 545 runs. John Mayberry led Kansas City with 25 home runs and drove in 100 runs. Lou Piniella paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .312 clip. Dick Drago and Paul Splittorff topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Roger Nelson recorded a 2.08 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

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 Splittorff1212.5003.13353301220216.0189817511672140406876
Dick Drago1217.4143.01343311120239.3230888022514135605974
Roger Nelson116.6472.08341991062173.3120414013311120104652
Tom Burgmeier62.7504.235103000955.3673226033618100260
Bruce Dal Canton66.5003.4035168102132.31355450729675125551
Jim Rooker56.4554.381810342072.0783735324044103310
Mike Hedlund57.4174.7829164100113.011967601041152412488
Tom Murphy44.5003.07189211170.3772624316034600292
Steve Busby31.7501.5855030040.0289718031000153
Monty Montgomery33.5003.0498111056.3552119217224000230
Ted Abernathy34.4291.704502500558.3441511219328300239
Norm Angelini21.6672.25210500216.0134411211610270
Al Fitzmorris25.2863.7438211003101.09946421028551106427
Ken Wright12.3334.911701100418.315101001511810384
Mike Jackson12.3336.4173000019.724141401411500192
Totals7678.4943.243961541104414281381.312935454978540533801303375698

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 Piniella151624574651793341172723459.312.356.441.797253258449
Amos Otis14360554075158282115428125059.293.352.413.76522363663
John Mayberry1495885036515024325100027874.298.394.507.9002551231313
Richie Scheinblum13451845060135214866015840.300.383.418.800188194333
Cookie Rojas13754148749127250353284135.261.315.331.646161171575
Freddie Patek136577518591102540323374764.212.280.276.55614393634
Ed Kirkpatrick11342336443100151943355150.275.365.396.76114443149
Paul Schaal1275034354799193641136159.228.323.326.650142142231
Steve Hovley105226196245351324332429.270.351.352.7036921412
Carl Taylor63135113173021011411716.265.361.301.6623431221
Bobby Floyd61140134924300510529.179.209.201.4102740100
Bobby Knoop4410797823500700916.237.299.289.5882850011
Jerry May5313111610225114001413.190.277.276.5533240102
Bob Oliver166563717211610212.270.292.381.6732420000
Paul Splittorff35837191601030048.225.276.254.5301821700
Gail Hopkins53787111520050074.211.282.239.5211720001
Joe Keough56756481420052087.219.324.250.5741602101
Jim Wohlford1528253610000026.240.321.280.601701000
Mike Hedlund29353216000000017.188.188.188.375600300
Roger Nelson34615425000000319.093.140.093.233500400
Tom Burgmeier5112122400000004.333.333.333.667400000
Al Fitzmorris3927231400000043.174.296.174.470410000
Ron Hansen1633302400020036.133.212.133.345410001
Bruce Dal Canton35474134100000114.098.119.122.241510500
Dick Drago35846844000500836.059.169.059.228401700
Steve Busby515150310040003.200.200.267.467400000
Monty Montgomery9211723100300110.176.222.235.458400300
Jim Rooker1821201200020005.100.095.100.195210010
Dennis Paepke2760000000012.000.143.000.143000001
Tom Murphy2119133000000013.000.071.000.071000500
Ted Abernathy45660000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Mike Jackson7650000000004.000.000.000.000000100
Norm Angelini21220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Ken Wright17220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Totals197558455167580131722026785478544534711.255.327.353.679182313434723857


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
John Mayberry1B1461381249.01338827141.9951.2329.7260000
Gail Hopkins1B131186.097217.9901.3607.6150000
Carl Taylor1B6544.050213.9811.6368.6670000
Ed Kirkpatrick1B102.00000.000.0000000
Cookie Rojas2B1311271100.0265360982.9865.1144.7710000
Bobby Knoop2B3322228.06180424.9725.5664.2730000
Jim Wohlford2B8549.071211.9503.4902.3750000
Bobby Floyd2B203.001001.0003.000.5000000
Ron Hansen2B101.00000.000.0000000
Paul Schaal3B1231221078.0772451816.9472.6882.6180000
Bobby Floyd3B3022212.0243423.9672.4621.9330000
Cookie Rojas3B6537.007011.0001.7031.1670000
Ron Hansen3B4431.0115021.0004.6454.0000000
Carl Taylor3B5115.014001.0003.0001.0000000
Bobby Knoop3B407.00000.000.0000000
Gail Hopkins3B101.010001.0009.0001.0000000
Ed KirkpatrickC108104915.05904965.9916.2855.917110542934.9
Jerry MayC4132294.01751341.9795.7554.5852019932.1
Carl TaylorC2117155.0101622.9826.2135.0954010323.1
Dennis PaepkeC2118.014230.8428.0008.000003125.0
Lou PiniellaOF1501501287.0275872.9761.9791.8870000
Amos OtisOF1371371190.0351633.9922.7002.6060000
Richie ScheinblumOF1191181005.0215682.9651.9791.8570000
Steve HovleyOF6834404.0103620.9822.4281.6030000
Bob OliverOF1616143.045110.9792.8952.8750000
Joe KeoughOF16692.0121011.0001.272.8130000
Carl TaylorOF7123.050001.0001.957.7140000
Dick DragoP3433239.042825.9411.205.9410000
Paul SplittorffP3533216.0651051.0002.3751.6290000
Roger NelsonP3419173.083311.9762.1331.2060000
Bruce Dal CantonP3516132.051411.9501.295.5430000
Mike HedlundP2916113.01219031.0002.4691.0690000
Al FitzmorrisP382101.0722031.0002.584.7630000
Jim RookerP181072.0316011.0002.3751.0560000
Tom MurphyP18970.031511.9472.3141.0000000
Ted AbernathyP45058.061232.8572.793.4000000
Monty MontgomeryP9856.037021.0001.6071.1110000
Tom BurgmeierP51055.061310.9503.109.3730000
Steve BusbyP5540.01410.8331.1251.0000000
Mike JacksonP7320.01711.8893.6001.1430000
Ken WrightP17018.012001.0001.500.1760000
Norm AngeliniP21016.021001.0001.688.1430000
Freddie PatekSS1361331182.023051022113.9715.6355.4410000
Bobby FloydSS2918167.03049312.9634.2572.7240000
Ron HansenSS6327.041311.9445.6672.8330000
Cookie RojasSS204.001001.0002.250.5000000
Paul SchaalSS101.00000.000.0000000
Totals1769138612429.041401759116447.9814.2723.335170864232.8




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