1972 Kansas City Royals Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 76–78 (.494), 4th place (16.5 games behind) in American League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Fitzmorris 39 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 .174 .296 .174 .470
Amos Otis 143 546 75 158 28 2 11 54 50 59 28 12 .289 .349 .408 .757
Bob Oliver 16 63 7 17 2 1 1 6 2 12 1 0 .270 .292 .381 .673
Bobby Floyd 61 135 9 24 3 0 0 5 5 29 1 0 .178 .207 .200 .407
Bobby Knoop 44 97 8 23 5 0 0 7 9 16 0 0 .237 .299 .289 .588
Bruce Dal Canton 35 46 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 .087 .106 .109 .215
Carl Taylor 63 115 17 30 2 1 0 11 17 16 4 1 .261 .356 .296 .651
Cookie Rojas 137 492 49 127 25 0 3 53 41 35 2 8 .258 .312 .327 .640
Dennis Paepke 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Dick Drago 35 75 4 4 0 0 0 5 8 36 0 0 .053 .155 .053 .208
Ed Kirkpatrick 113 365 43 100 15 1 9 43 51 50 3 5 .274 .364 .395 .759
Freddie Patek 136 524 59 110 25 4 0 32 47 64 33 7 .210 .277 .273 .550
Gail Hopkins 53 71 1 15 2 0 0 5 7 4 0 0 .211 .282 .239 .521
Jerry May 53 117 10 22 5 1 1 4 14 13 0 0 .188 .275 .274 .548
Jim Rooker 18 20 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 .100 .095 .100 .195
Jim Wohlford 15 25 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 .240 .321 .280 .601
Joe Keough 56 65 8 14 2 0 0 5 8 7 2 0 .215 .320 .246 .566
John Mayberry 149 504 65 150 24 3 25 100 78 74 0 2 .298 .393 .506 .899
Ken Wright 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lou Piniella 151 578 65 179 33 4 11 72 34 59 7 2 .310 .354 .438 .792
Mike Hedlund 29 35 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 .171 .171 .171 .343
Mike Jackson 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Monty Montgomery 9 20 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 10 0 0 .150 .190 .200 .390
Norm Angelini 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul Schaal 127 437 47 99 19 3 6 41 61 59 1 3 .227 .322 .325 .647
Paul Splittorff 35 78 9 16 0 1 0 3 4 8 0 0 .205 .253 .231 .484
Richie Scheinblum 134 453 60 135 21 4 8 66 58 40 0 1 .298 .380 .415 .795
Roger Nelson 34 58 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 19 0 0 .086 .131 .086 .217
Ron Hansen 16 30 2 4 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 .133 .212 .133 .345
Steve Hovley 105 200 24 53 5 1 3 24 24 29 3 3 .265 .345 .345 .690
Steve Busby 5 15 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .267 .467
Ted Abernathy 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tom Burgmeier 51 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Tom Murphy 21 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .000 .053 .000 .053
– 1,975 5,239 580 1,317 220 26 78 547 534 711 85 44 .251 .322 .348 .670

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Al Fitzmorris 38 101.0 2 5 3 0 0 99 46 42 28 1 51 2 0 0 0 3.74 1.26
Bruce Dal Canton 35 132.1 6 6 2 0 0 135 54 50 29 1 75 16 0 1 0 3.40 1.24
Dick Drago 34 239.1 12 17 0 0 0 230 88 80 51 6 135 33 0 11 2 3.01 1.17
Jim Rooker 18 72.0 5 6 0 0 0 78 37 35 24 1 44 10 0 4 2 4.37 1.42
Ken Wright 17 18.1 1 2 4 0 0 15 10 10 15 1 18 0 0 0 0 4.91 1.64
Mike Hedlund 29 113.0 5 7 0 0 0 119 67 60 41 4 52 16 0 1 0 4.78 1.42
Mike Jackson 7 19.2 1 2 0 0 0 24 14 14 14 0 15 3 0 0 0 6.41 1.93
Monty Montgomery 9 56.1 3 3 0 0 0 55 21 19 17 0 24 8 0 1 1 3.04 1.28
Norm Angelini 21 16.0 2 1 2 0 0 13 4 4 12 1 16 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.56
Paul Splittorff 35 216.0 12 12 0 0 0 189 81 75 67 4 140 33 0 12 2 3.12 1.19
Roger Nelson 34 173.1 11 6 2 0 0 120 41 40 31 1 120 19 0 10 6 2.08 0.87
Steve Busby 5 40.0 3 1 0 0 0 28 9 7 8 0 31 5 0 3 0 1.57 0.90
Ted Abernathy 45 58.1 3 4 5 0 0 44 15 11 19 3 28 0 0 0 0 1.70 1.08
Tom Burgmeier 51 55.1 6 2 9 0 0 67 32 26 33 1 18 0 0 0 0 4.23 1.81
Tom Murphy 18 70.1 4 4 1 0 0 77 26 24 16 6 34 9 0 1 1 3.07 1.32
– 396 1,381.1 76 78 28 0 0 1,293 545 497 405 30 801 154 0 44 14 3.24 1.23

Post-Season Stats

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Awards

Player Award Stats
Cookie Rojas All-Star (2B) .258–3–53, 2 SB
Freddie Patek All-Star (SS) .210–0–32, 33 SB
Lou Piniella All-Star (CF) .310–11–72, 7 SB
Richie Scheinblum All-Star (CF) .298–8–66
Amos Otis All-Star (CF) .289–11–54, 28 SB