1973 Kansas City Royals

88-74 • 0.543 Win% • 2nd in AL W

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
74 Losses
0.543 Win %
2nd Rank
755 R 752 RA
Diff +3

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

755 Runs Scored
752 Runs Allowed
+3 Run Diff
1,345K Attendance

📈 vs. 1973 AL Average

Batting Avg .261 1% above the 1973 league average (.259)
OBP .338 4% above the 1973 league average (.326)
SLG .323 2% below the 1973 league average (.329)
Team ERA 4.19 10% worse than the 1973 league average (3.82)
Runs Scored 755 9% above the 1973 league average (693 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,345,441
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Avg per Game 16,610

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bobby Floyd 0.333 2 Amos Otis 0.300 3 Paul Schaal 0.288 4 John Mayberry 0.278 5 Fran Healy 0.276

Home Runs

1 John Mayberry 26 2 Amos Otis 26 3 Hal McRae 9 4 Lou Piniella 9 5 Paul Schaal 8

RBI

1 John Mayberry 100 2 Amos Otis 93 3 Lou Piniella 69 4 Cookie Rojas 69 5 Hal McRae 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Amos Otis 148 583 89 175 0 0 26 93 63 47 13 0.300
Cookie Rojas 139 551 77 152 0 0 6 69 37 38 18 0.276
Lou Piniella 144 513 53 128 0 0 9 69 30 65 5 0.250
John Mayberry 152 510 87 142 0 0 26 100 122 79 3 0.278
Freddie Patek 135 501 82 117 0 0 5 45 54 63 36 0.234
Ed Kirkpatrick 126 429 61 113 0 0 6 45 46 48 3 0.263
Paul Schaal 121 396 61 114 0 0 8 42 63 45 5 0.288
Hal McRae 106 338 36 79 0 0 9 50 34 38 2 0.234
Fran Healy 95 279 25 77 0 0 6 34 31 56 3 0.276
Kurt Bevacqua 99 276 39 71 0 0 2 40 25 42 2 0.257
Steve Hovley 104 232 29 59 0 0 2 24 33 34 6 0.254
Carl Taylor 69 145 18 33 0 0 0 16 32 20 2 0.228
Frank White 51 139 20 31 0 0 0 5 8 23 3 0.223
Gail Hopkins 74 138 17 34 0 0 2 16 29 15 1 0.246
Rick Reichardt 41 127 15 28 0 0 3 17 11 28 0 0.220
Jim Wohlford 45 109 21 29 0 0 2 10 11 12 1 0.266
Bobby Floyd 51 78 11 26 0 0 0 8 4 14 1 0.333
George Brett 13 40 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Buck Martinez 14 32 2 8 0 0 1 6 4 5 0 0.250
Jerry May 11 30 4 4 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0.133
Tom Poquette 21 28 4 6 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 0.214
Frank Ortenzio 9 25 1 7 0 0 1 6 2 6 0 0.280
Keith Marshall 8 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0.222
Norm Angelini 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Bird 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Burgmeier 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Busby 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Dal Canton 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Drago 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Fitzmorris 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gene Garber 49 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Hoerner 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Jackson 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Littell 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Mingori 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Barry Raziano 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wayne Simpson 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Splittorff 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Wright 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Al Fitzmorris 2.83 2 Doug Bird 2.99 3 Steve Mingori 3.04 4 Paul Splittorff 3.98 5 Steve Busby 4.23

Wins

1 Paul Splittorff 20 2 Steve Busby 16 3 Dick Drago 12 4 Gene Garber 9 5 Al Fitzmorris 8

Strikeouts

1 Steve Busby 174 2 Paul Splittorff 110 3 Dick Drago 98 4 Doug Bird 83 5 Ken Wright 75
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Paul Splittorff 20 11 3.98 38 38 0 262.0 78 110
Steve Busby 16 15 4.23 37 37 0 238.1 105 174
Dick Drago 12 14 4.23 37 33 0 212.2 76 98
Gene Garber 9 9 4.24 48 8 11 152.2 49 60
Doug Bird 4 4 2.99 54 0 20 102.1 30 83
Bruce Dal Canton 4 3 4.81 32 3 3 97.1 46 38
Al Fitzmorris 8 3 2.83 15 13 0 89.0 25 26
Ken Wright 6 5 4.91 25 12 0 80.2 82 75
Wayne Simpson 3 4 5.73 16 10 0 59.2 35 29
Steve Mingori 3 3 3.04 19 1 1 56.1 23 46
Mark Littell 1 3 5.68 8 7 0 38.0 23 16
Mike Jackson 0 0 6.85 9 0 0 22.1 20 13
Joe Hoerner 2 0 5.12 22 0 4 19.1 13 15
Tom Burgmeier 0 0 5.40 6 0 1 10.0 4 4
Barry Raziano 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 5.0 1 0
Norm Angelini 0 0 4.91 7 0 1 3.2 7 3

👥 Roster (39)

Norm Angelini Kurt Bevacqua Doug Bird George Brett Tom Burgmeier Steve Busby Bruce Dal Canton Dick Drago Al Fitzmorris Bobby Floyd Gene Garber Fran Healy +27 more

39 players

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