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1972 American League West Team Record GB Oakland Athletics 93 - 62 — Chicago White Sox 87 - 67 5.5 Minnesota Twins 77 - 77 15.5 Kansas City Royals 76 - 78 16.5 California Angels 75 - 80 18.0 Texas Rangers 54 - 100 38.5	4th (AL West) Runs Scored: 580 Runs Allowed: 545 Attendance: 707,656
1972 Kansas City Royals Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Ed Kirkpatrick C 27 113 364 43 100 15 1 9 43 51 9 50 3 5 1 3 4 .275 .365 .396 .761 John Mayberry 1B 23 149 503 65 150 24 3 25 100 78 13 74 0 2 1 3 12 .298 .394 .507 .901 Cookie Rojas 2B 33 137 487 49 127 25 0 3 53 41 5 35 2 8 5 1 17 .261 .315 .331 .646 Paul Schaal 3B 29 127 435 47 99 19 3 6 41 61 1 59 1 3 2 2 14 .228 .323 .326 .649 Freddie Patek SS 27 136 518 59 110 25 4 0 32 47 4 64 33 7 6 3 9 .212 .280 .276 .556 Lou Piniella LF 28 151 574 65 179 33 4 11 72 34 9 59 7 2 4 8 25 .312 .356 .441 .797 Amos Otis CF 25 143 540 75 158 28 2 11 54 50 3 59 28 12 6 3 6 .293 .352 .413 .765 Richie Scheinblum RF 29 134 450 60 135 21 4 8 66 58 3 40 0 1 3 4 19 .300 .383 .418 .801
1972 Kansas City Royals Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Steve Hovley 27 105 196 24 53 5 1 3 24 24 2 29 3 3 4 1 2 .270 .351 .352 .703 Carl Taylor 28 63 113 17 30 2 1 0 11 17 1 16 4 1 2 1 3 .265 .361 .301 .662 Bobby Floyd 28 61 134 9 24 3 0 0 5 5 0 29 1 0 1 0 4 .179 .209 .201 .410 Joe Keough 26 56 64 8 14 2 0 0 5 8 1 7 2 0 1 2 0 .219 .324 .250 .574 Gail Hopkins 29 53 71 1 15 2 0 0 5 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 .211 .282 .239 .521 Jerry May 28 53 116 10 22 5 1 1 4 14 2 13 0 0 1 0 4 .190 .277 .276 .553 Bobby Knoop 33 44 97 8 23 5 0 0 7 9 1 16 0 0 0 0 5 .237 .299 .289 .588 Ron Hansen 34 16 30 2 4 0 0 0 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 .133 .212 .133 .345 Bob Oliver 29 16 63 7 17 2 1 1 6 2 0 12 1 0 0 0 2 .270 .292 .381 .673 Jim Wohlford 21 15 25 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 .240 .321 .280 .601 Dennis Paepke 27 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
1972 Kansas City Royals Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Dick Drago P 27 35 68 4 4 0 0 0 5 8 0 36 0 0 7 1 0 .059 .169 .059 .228 Paul Splittorff P 25 35 71 9 16 0 1 0 3 4 0 8 0 0 7 1 2 .225 .276 .254 .530 Roger Nelson P 28 34 54 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 19 0 0 4 0 0 .093 .140 .093 .233 Bruce Dal Canton P 30 35 41 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 5 0 1 .098 .119 .122 .241 Mike Hedlund P 25 29 32 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 3 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .376 Al Fitzmorris P 26 39 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .174 .296 .174 .470 Jim Rooker P 29 18 20 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .095 .100 .195 Monty Montgomery P 25 9 17 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 .176 .222 .235 .457 Steve Busby P 22 5 15 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .267 .467 Tom Murphy P 26 21 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .071 .000 .071 Tom Burgmeier P 28 51 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666 Ted Abernathy P 39 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mike Jackson P 26 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Norm Angelini P 24 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Ken Wright P 25 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Dick Drago 27 34 33 12 17 .414 3.01 239.1 88 80 230 22 51 135 .251 6 5 11 2 0 3.78 Paul Splittorff 25 35 33 12 12 .500 3.13 216.0 81 75 189 11 67 140 .235 4 6 12 2 0 3.35 Roger Nelson 28 34 19 11 6 .647 2.08 173.1 41 40 120 13 31 120 .194 1 4 10 6 3 3.14 Mike Hedlund 25 29 16 5 7 .417 4.78 113.0 67 60 119 10 41 52 .269 4 2 1 0 0 4.42 Jim Rooker 29 18 10 5 6 .455 4.38 72.0 37 35 78 3 24 44 .274 1 3 4 2 0 3.36 Monty Montgomery 25 9 8 3 3 .500 3.04 56.1 21 19 55 2 17 24 .258 0 0 1 1 0 3.51 Steve Busby 22 5 5 3 1 .750 1.58 40.0 9 7 28 1 8 31 .193 0 0 3 0 0 2.37
1972 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Tom Burgmeier 28 51 0 6 2 .750 4.23 55.1 32 26 67 0 33 18 .296 1 0 0 0 9 4.19 Ted Abernathy 39 45 0 3 4 .429 1.70 58.1 15 11 44 2 19 28 .203 3 0 0 0 5 3.62 Al Fitzmorris 26 38 2 2 5 .286 3.74 101.0 46 42 99 10 28 51 .249 1 6 0 0 3 4.14 Bruce Dal Canton 30 35 16 6 6 .500 3.40 132.1 54 50 135 7 29 75 .259 1 5 1 0 2 3.23 Norm Angelini 24 21 0 2 1 .667 2.25 16.0 4 4 13 1 12 16 .228 1 2 0 0 2 4.25 Tom Murphy 26 18 9 4 4 .500 3.07 70.1 26 24 77 3 16 34 .285 6 0 1 1 1 3.53 Ken Wright 25 17 0 1 2 .333 4.91 18.1 10 10 15 0 15 18 .221 1 3 0 0 4 3.65 Mike Jackson 26 7 3 1 2 .333 6.41 19.2 14 14 24 0 14 15 .308 0 1 0 0 0 3.61