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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
Record76–78 (.494)
Divisional place4th
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersCedric Tallis
ManagersBob Lemon
TelevisionKBMA
RadioKMBZ
(Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews)
← 1971
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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+1⁄2 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 9362 .600 — 48‍–‍29 45‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox 8767 .565 5½ 55‍–‍23 32‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 7777 .500 15½ 42‍–‍32 35‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 7678 .494 16½ 44‍–‍33 32‍–‍45
California Angels 7580 .484 18 44‍–‍36 31‍–‍44
Texas Rangers 54100 .351 38½ 31‍–‍46 23‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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1972 American League records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —7–116–68–48–1010–86–610–56–67–66–66–6
Boston 11–7—8–46–68–75–96–611–74–89–99–38–4
California 6–64–8—7–118–45–79–67–57–84–88–1010–7
Chicago 4–86–611–7—8–45–78–99–38–67–57–814–4
Cleveland 10–87–84–84–8—10–86–65–108–47–112–109–3
Detroit 8–109–57–57–58–10—7–510–89–37–94–810–2
Kansas City 6–66–66–99–86–65–7—7–59–97–57–118–6
Milwaukee 5–107–115–73–910–58–105–7—4–89–94–85–7
Minnesota 6–68–48–76–84–83–99–98–4—6–68–911–7
New York 6–79–98–45–711–79–75–79–96–6—3–98–4
Oakland 6–63–910–88–710–28–411–78–49–89–3—11–4
Texas 6–64–87–104–143–92–106–87–57–114–84–11—

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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= Indicates team leader

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
CEd Kirkpatrick113364100.275943
1BJohn Mayberry149503150.29825100
2BCookie Rojas137487127.261353
SSFreddie Patek136518110.212032
3BPaul Schaal12743599.228641
LFLou Piniella151574179.3121172
CFAmos Otis143540158.2931154
RFRichie Scheinblum134450135.300866

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 Hovley10519653.270324
Bobby Floyd6113424.17905
Jerry May5311622.19014
Carl Taylor6311330.265011
Bobby Knoop449723.23707
Gail Hopkins537115.21105
Joe Keough566414.21905
Bob Oliver166317.27016
Ron Hansen16304.13302
Jim Wohlford15256.24000
Dennis Paepke260.00000

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 Drago34239.112173.01135
Paul Splittorff35216.012123.13140
Monty Montgomery956.1333.0424
Steve Busby540.0311.5831

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 Nelson34173.11162.08120
Bruce Dal Canton35132.1663.4075
Mike Hedlund29113.0574.7852
Jim Rooker1872.0564.3844
Tom Murphy1870.1443.0734
Mike Jackson719.2126.4115

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 Burgmeier516294.2318
Ted Abernathy453451.7028
Al Fitzmorris382533.7451
Norm Angelini212122.2516
Ken Wright171244.9118

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

  • Cookie Rojas, Second Base, Reserve
  • Lou Piniella, Outfield, Reserve
  • Richie Scheinblum, Outfield, Reserve

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
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