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1972 Kansas City Royals season

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1972 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkMunicipal Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersCedric Tallis
ManagersBob Lemon
TelevisionKBMA
RadioKMBZ
(Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews)
← 1971 Seasons 1973 →

The 1972 Kansas City Royals season was their fourth in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished fourth in the American League West at 76–78, 16+12 games behind the Oakland Athletics. John Mayberry, in his first season with Kansas City, led the team with 25 home runs and 100 runs batted in. Mayberry was the first Royals player to drive in at least 100 runs in a season.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 93 62 .600 48‍–‍29 45‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox 87 67 .565 55‍–‍23 32‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 77 77 .500 15½ 42‍–‍32 35‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 76 78 .494 16½ 44‍–‍33 32‍–‍45
California Angels 75 80 .484 18 44‍–‍36 31‍–‍44
Texas Rangers 54 100 .351 38½ 31‍–‍46 23‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore 7–11 6–6 8–4 8–10 10–8 6–6 10–5 6–6 7–6 6–6 6–6
Boston 11–7 8–4 6–6 8–7 5–9 6–6 11–7 4–8 9–9 9–3 8–4
California 6–6 4–8 7–11 8–4 5–7 9–6 7–5 7–8 4–8 8–10 10–7
Chicago 4–8 6–6 11–7 8–4 5–7 8–9 9–3 8–6 7–5 7–8 14–4
Cleveland 10–8 7–8 4–8 4–8 10–8 6–6 5–10 8–4 7–11 2–10 9–3
Detroit 8–10 9–5 7–5 7–5 8–10 7–5 10–8 9–3 7–9 4–8 10–2
Kansas City 6–6 6–6 6–9 9–8 6–6 5–7 7–5 9–9 7–5 7–11 8–6
Milwaukee 5–10 7–11 5–7 3–9 10–5 8–10 5–7 4–8 9–9 4–8 5–7
Minnesota 6–6 8–4 8–7 6–8 4–8 3–9 9–9 8–4 6–6 8–9 11–7
New York 6–7 9–9 8–4 5–7 11–7 9–7 5–7 9–9 6–6 3–9 8–4
Oakland 6–6 3–9 10–8 8–7 10–2 8–4 11–7 8–4 9–8 9–3 11–4
Texas 6–6 4–8 7–10 4–14 3–9 2–10 6–8 7–5 7–11 4–8 4–11


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1972 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Ed Kirkpatrick 113 364 100 .275 9 43
1B John Mayberry 149 503 150 .298 25 100
2B Cookie Rojas 137 487 127 .261 3 53
SS Freddie Patek 136 518 110 .212 0 32
3B Paul Schaal 127 435 99 .228 6 41
LF Lou Piniella 151 574 179 .312 11 72
CF Amos Otis 143 540 158 .293 11 54
RF Richie Scheinblum 134 450 135 .300 8 66

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Steve Hovley 105 196 53 .270 3 24
Bobby Floyd 61 134 24 .179 0 5
Jerry May 53 116 22 .190 1 4
Carl Taylor 63 113 30 .265 0 11
Bobby Knoop 44 97 23 .237 0 7
Gail Hopkins 53 71 15 .211 0 5
Joe Keough 56 64 14 .219 0 5
Bob Oliver 16 63 17 .270 1 6
Ron Hansen 16 30 4 .133 0 2
Jim Wohlford 15 25 6 .240 0 0
Dennis Paepke 2 6 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick Drago 34 239.1 12 17 3.01 135
Paul Splittorff 35 216.0 12 12 3.13 140
Monty Montgomery 9 56.1 3 3 3.04 24
Steve Busby 5 40.0 3 1 1.58 31

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Roger Nelson 34 173.1 11 6 2.08 120
Bruce Dal Canton 35 132.1 6 6 3.40 75
Mike Hedlund 29 113.0 5 7 4.78 52
Jim Rooker 18 72.0 5 6 4.38 44
Tom Murphy 18 70.1 4 4 3.07 34
Mike Jackson 7 19.2 1 2 6.41 15

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Burgmeier 51 6 2 9 4.23 18
Ted Abernathy 45 3 4 5 1.70 28
Al Fitzmorris 38 2 5 3 3.74 51
Norm Angelini 21 2 1 2 2.25 16
Ken Wright 17 1 2 4 4.91 18

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Jack McKeon
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Billy Gardner
A San Jose Bees California League Harry Malmberg
A Waterloo Royals Midwest League Steve Boros
Rookie Kingsport Royals Appalachian League Jay Hankins
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Buzzy Keller
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Gary Blaylock

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings

Notes

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  1. ^ Steve Hovley at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ John Mayberry at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ José Martínez at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Mark Williams at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ George Throop at Baseball Reference

References

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  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1972 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
  • 1972 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac