1972 Kansas City Royals

76-78 • 0.494 Win% • 4th in AL W

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
78 Losses
0.494 Win %
4th Rank
580 R 545 RA
Diff +35

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⚡ Quick Stats

580 Runs Scored
545 Runs Allowed
+35 Run Diff
706K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .254 7% above the 1972 league average (.239)
OBP .324 7% above the 1972 league average (.303)
SLG .300 1% above the 1972 league average (.296)
Team ERA 3.24 6% worse than the 1972 league average (3.06)
Runs Scored 580 8% above the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium II
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 706,756
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Avg per Game 9,178

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Lou Piniella 0.312 2 Richie Scheinblum 0.300 3 John Mayberry 0.298 4 Amos Otis 0.293 5 Ed Kirkpatrick 0.275

Home Runs

1 John Mayberry 25 2 Amos Otis 11 3 Lou Piniella 11 4 Ed Kirkpatrick 9 5 Richie Scheinblum 8

RBI

1 John Mayberry 100 2 Lou Piniella 72 3 Richie Scheinblum 66 4 Amos Otis 54 5 Cookie Rojas 53
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lou Piniella 151 574 65 179 0 0 11 72 34 59 7 0.312
Amos Otis 143 540 75 158 0 0 11 54 50 59 28 0.293
Freddie Patek 136 518 59 110 0 0 0 32 47 64 33 0.212
John Mayberry 149 503 65 150 0 0 25 100 78 74 0 0.298
Cookie Rojas 137 487 49 127 0 0 3 53 41 35 2 0.261
Richie Scheinblum 134 450 60 135 0 0 8 66 58 40 0 0.300
Paul Schaal 127 435 47 99 0 0 6 41 61 59 1 0.228
Ed Kirkpatrick 113 364 43 100 0 0 9 43 51 50 3 0.275
Steve Hovley 105 196 24 53 0 0 3 24 24 29 3 0.270
Bobby Floyd 61 134 9 24 0 0 0 5 5 29 1 0.179
Jerry May 53 116 10 22 0 0 1 4 14 13 0 0.190
Carl Taylor 63 113 17 30 0 0 0 11 17 16 4 0.265
Bobby Knoop 44 97 8 23 0 0 0 7 9 16 0 0.237
Gail Hopkins 53 71 1 15 0 0 0 5 7 4 0 0.211
Paul Splittorff 35 71 9 16 0 0 0 3 4 8 0 0.225
Dick Drago 35 68 4 4 0 0 0 5 8 36 0 0.059
Joe Keough 56 64 8 14 0 0 0 5 8 7 2 0.219
Bob Oliver 16 63 7 17 0 0 1 6 2 12 1 0.270
Roger Nelson 34 54 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 19 0 0.093
Bruce Dal Canton 35 41 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 0.098
Mike Hedlund 29 32 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0.188
Ron Hansen 16 30 2 4 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 0.133
Jim Wohlford 15 25 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.240
Al Fitzmorris 39 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0.174
Jim Rooker 18 20 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.100
Monty Montgomery 9 17 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 10 0 0.176
Steve Busby 5 15 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0.200
Tom Murphy 21 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Tom Burgmeier 51 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.333
Ted Abernathy 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Dennis Paepke 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Mike Jackson 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Norm Angelini 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Wright 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Steve Busby 1.58 2 Ted Abernathy 1.70 3 Roger Nelson 2.08 4 Dick Drago 3.01 5 Monty Montgomery 3.04

Wins

1 Dick Drago 12 2 Paul Splittorff 12 3 Roger Nelson 11 4 Tom Burgmeier 6 5 Bruce Dal Canton 6

Strikeouts

1 Paul Splittorff 140 2 Dick Drago 135 3 Roger Nelson 120 4 Bruce Dal Canton 75 5 Mike Hedlund 52
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dick Drago 12 17 3.01 34 33 0 239.1 51 135
Paul Splittorff 12 12 3.13 35 33 0 216.0 67 140
Roger Nelson 11 6 2.08 34 19 2 173.1 31 120
Bruce Dal Canton 6 6 3.40 35 16 2 132.1 29 75
Mike Hedlund 5 7 4.78 29 16 0 113.0 41 52
Al Fitzmorris 2 5 3.74 38 2 3 101.0 28 51
Jim Rooker 5 6 4.38 18 10 0 72.0 24 44
Tom Murphy 4 4 3.07 18 9 1 70.1 16 34
Ted Abernathy 3 4 1.70 45 0 5 58.1 19 28
Monty Montgomery 3 3 3.04 9 8 0 56.1 17 24
Tom Burgmeier 6 2 4.23 51 0 9 55.1 33 18
Steve Busby 3 1 1.58 5 5 0 40.0 8 31
Mike Jackson 1 2 6.41 7 3 0 19.2 14 15
Ken Wright 1 2 4.91 17 0 4 18.1 15 18
Norm Angelini 2 1 2.25 21 0 2 16.0 12 16

👥 Roster (34)

Ted Abernathy Norm Angelini Tom Burgmeier Steve Busby Bruce Dal Canton Dick Drago Al Fitzmorris Bobby Floyd Ron Hansen Mike Hedlund Gail Hopkins Steve Hovley +22 more

34 players

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