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1965 Kansas City Royals
Record: 86-76
Finish: 3rd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 687
Runs Allowed: 612
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 1,899,549
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 2nd in the American League
AA: 67-70, 6th in the American League
A: 69-68, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Dick Allen 23 153 593 93 151 28 6 26 94 25 7 70 143 .255 .332 .454 .786 87.7 16.4 1.9
3B  Mike Shannon 25 150 591 57 169 13 3 6 58 1 3 38 74 .286 .328 .349 .677 66.5 11.1 6.8
RF  Lou Clinton 27 154 581 65 137 32 7 13 81 3 2 39 106 .236 .282 .382 .664 59.3 7.3 4.4
C *Johnny Roseboro 32 140 520 74 167 23 1 18 88 6 3 49 78 .321 .381 .473 .854 86.8 19.8 5.5
SS *Wayne Causey 28 127 498 84 157 31 4 10 53 5 7 51 28 .315 .379 .454 .832 77.0 16.6 3.3
SS  Phil Linz 26 132 392 35 111 21 2 1 31 1 0 35 53 .283 .343 .355 .698 47.4 8.4 4.7
CF #Fred Valentine 30 107 381 52 123 13 3 13 35 18 5 42 53 .323 .390 .475 .865 71.6 16.8 3.9
LF *Bob Hazle 34 94 355 46 104 20 1 8 58 0 0 21 37 .293 .327 .423 .750 47.1 8.6 1.9
1B  Steve Bilko 36 107 305 47 80 7 1 10 37 1 1 36 71 .262 .340 .390 .730 41.4 7.5 1.1
RF  Johnny Weekly 28 80 248 36 64 10 0 14 41 2 1 27 52 .258 .337 .468 .805 38.8 7.5 2.7
LF  Jim Hickman 28 86 146 16 32 3 2 5 19 0 0 15 34 .219 .292 .370 .662 15.5 1.9 0.8
P  Larry Dierker 18 41 116 6 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 44 .103 .103 .121 .224 -3.6 0.0 0.0
C  Gus Triandos 34 43 106 10 17 2 0 5 10 0 0 11 15 .160 .235 .321 .556 8.7 0.0 1.3
RF *Willie Crawford 18 34 112 9 20 4 0 3 17 2 3 7 12 .179 .225 .295 .520 6.8 0.0 0.7
P *Dick Lemay 26 40 83 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 30 .084 .105 .084 .189 -2.0 0.0 0.0
SS  Ozzie Virgil 32 34 92 9 20 2 1 1 5 2 3 3 12 .217 .250 .293 .543 5.1 0.0 0.9
3B  Adolfo Phillips 23 24 75 8 14 1 0 3 10 6 3 16 25 .187 .326 .320 .646 9.5 1.2 0.4
2B  Charley Smith 27 26 81 9 17 3 0 4 14 1 1 4 11 .210 .239 .395 .634 8.3 0.5 0.7
P  Howie Koplitz 27 34 72 6 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .125 .149 .125 .274 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Ralph Lumenti 28 21 46 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .065 .104 .065 .169 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P *Rudy May 20 23 48 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 .167 .167 .188 .354 0.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Mickey Stanley 22 15 44 3 11 0 0 0 5 3 1 2 2 .250 .271 .250 .521 3.8 0.1 0.4
LF *Bob Skinner 33 18 29 3 5 2 0 1 4 1 1 3 1 .172 .250 .345 .595 2.2 0.0 0.1
P  Jay Ritchie 28 37 28 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.2 0.0 0.0
LF  Jerry Buchek 23 9 22 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .136 .174 .273 .447 1.0 0.0 0.2
P  Dick Drott 28 32 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.6 0.0 0.0
RF *George Spriggs 24 14 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 4 .000 .071 .000 .071 -1.3 0.0 0.2
P  Clay Carroll 24 41 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Locker 27 85 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Carpin 26 21 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
CF *Barry Shetrone 26 19 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.6 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 26.8 1941 5603 687 1444 219 31 142 675 84 45 476 967 .258 .315 .384 .699 674.1 124.3 42.0
  Rank among 10 AL teams 2 6 2 7 8 3 5 6 3 5 6 2 5 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Larry Dierker 18 18 15 .545 41 41 0 315.3 300 126 21 98 165 3.60 15.3
*Dick Lemay 26 16 10 .615 40 40 0 268.0 214 104 26 100 249 3.49 14.9
 Howie Koplitz 27 12 9 .571 34 25 1 202.0 178 68 8 76 92 3.03 13.9
*Ralph Lumenti 28 7 9 .438 21 21 0 148.3 139 67 25 41 148 4.07 4.3
*Rudy May 20 8 7 .533 23 19 0 143.3 129 64 17 59 99 4.02 5.2
 Jay Ritchie 28 6 7 .462 37 10 1 112.0 103 43 8 27 64 3.46 6.0
 Bob Locker 27 7 7 .500 85 0 20 105.7 103 36 6 28 59 3.07 12.4
 Dick Drott 28 6 4 .600 32 5 4 71.3 61 22 4 21 48 2.78 7.2
 Clay Carroll 24 3 6 .333 41 1 1 61.0 55 15 4 23 33 2.21 5.7
*Frank Carpin 26 1 0 1.000 21 0 0 29.0 24 5 1 15 17 1.55 3.8
*Al Downing 24 2 0 1.000 7 0 1 8.0 8 2 0 3 5 2.25 1.6
*Bill Landis 22 0 2 .000 7 0 2 6.7 9 2 0 1 6 2.70 0.6
 Dick Selma 21 0 0 .000 6 0 0 4.3 3 0 0 4 2 0.00 0.7
Team Totals 24.5 86 76 .531 395 162 30 1475.0 1326 554 120 496 987 3.38 91.6
Rank among 10 AL teams 6 6 6 6 2 4 5 4 6 5 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 35.1
J.Roseboro 1203.7 130 132 813 63 10 0 .989 30.0
G.Triandos 267.7 32 35 195 11 1 1 .995 35.3
O.Virgil 29.6 3 4 17 2 0 0 1.000 66.7
Team Total 1500.9 165 171 1025 76 11 1 .990 31.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.31
S.Bilko 709.7 80 86 819 60 5 58 .994 11.15
W.Causey 465.8 53 53 529 47 4 43 .993 11.13
C.Smith 114.0 14 14 150 13 1 15 .994 12.87
B.Skinner 58.5 12 14 74 5 0 8 1.000 12.15
P.Linz 18.0 2 3 24 1 1 1 .962 12.50
G.Triandos 17.7 1 4 20 0 0 2 1.000 10.19
O.Virgil 10.2 1 3 12 2 0 1 1.000 12.35
J.Hickman 7.7 0 5 9 1 0 1 1.000 11.75
W.Crawford 5.0 0 3 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
D.Allen 5.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Shannon 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Buchek 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1415.5 163 191 1650 129 11 130 .994 11.31
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.70
M.Shannon 766.0 85 88 172 298 6 41 .987 5.52
W.Causey 461.9 50 52 91 170 8 34 .970 5.09
F.Valentine 190.4 21 28 44 75 2 18 .983 5.63
P.Linz 61.0 7 7 20 22 0 9 1.000 6.20
O.Virgil 50.5 6 7 9 24 0 9 1.000 5.88
J.Buchek 17.0 2 2 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.71
Team Total 1546.8 171 184 338 594 16 113 .983 5.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.69
D.Allen 1262.7 140 142 60 293 26 12 .931 2.52
P.Linz 118.7 13 14 17 22 1 4 .975 2.96
O.Virgil 57.9 5 6 5 15 2 2 .909 3.11
J.Buchek 18.0 2 2 1 6 1 0 .875 3.50
Team Total 1457.2 160 164 83 336 30 18 .933 2.59
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.91
P.Linz 771.0 86 87 97 303 21 44 .950 4.67
M.Shannon 530.0 58 60 69 235 4 37 .987 5.16
W.Causey 175.1 20 20 30 58 1 11 .989 4.52
C.Smith 98.0 11 12 18 30 2 6 .960 4.41
O.Virgil 58.4 6 7 10 21 1 5 .969 4.78
J.Buchek 17.7 1 4 3 9 2 0 .857 6.12
Team Total 1650.2 182 190 227 656 31 103 .966 4.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 1.76
B.Hazle 615.5 70 71 93 2 0 0 1.000 1.39
W.Crawford 134.3 15 15 22 1 1 0 .958 1.54
L.Clinton 113.0 13 14 26 1 1 1 .964 2.15
M.Stanley 97.0 11 11 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.23
A.Phillips 93.0 11 11 13 1 1 0 .933 1.35
J.Hickman 78.7 9 11 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
D.Allen 74.3 6 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
F.Valentine 36.1 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
G.Spriggs 11.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Weekly 11.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
S.Bilko 9.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Shetrone 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Virgil 4.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.19
B.Skinner 3.8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
Team Total 1285.7 143 158 226 6 3 1 .987 1.62
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.36
F.Valentine 567.2 63 65 158 2 0 2 1.000 2.54
J.Weekly 552.3 61 63 157 3 2 1 .988 2.61
B.Hazle 172.3 20 22 38 0 1 0 .974 1.98
J.Hickman 97.0 11 13 32 0 1 0 .970 2.97
W.Crawford 97.0 11 12 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.32
G.Spriggs 8.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Stanley 4.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
P.Linz 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Shetrone 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1501.5 167 179 415 7 4 4 .991 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.84
L.Clinton 1225.7 136 137 259 2 4 0 .985 1.92
A.Phillips 110.7 13 13 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
F.Valentine 43.8 5 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
J.Hickman 27.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
S.Bilko 19.0 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
G.Spriggs 16.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
J.Weekly 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Skinner 2.7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Virgil 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 161 166 303 2 4 0 .987 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.10
L.Dierker 315.3 41 41 22 45 3 2 .957 1.91
D.Lemay 268.0 40 40 23 43 1 4 .985 2.22
H.Koplitz 202.0 25 34 13 45 1 6 .983 2.58
R.Lumenti 148.3 21 21 9 22 0 0 1.000 1.88
R.May 143.3 19 23 11 28 1 1 .975 2.45
J.Ritchie 112.0 10 37 7 18 0 3 1.000 2.01
B.Locker 105.7 0 85 6 24 0 2 1.000 2.56
D.Drott 71.3 5 32 9 13 0 2 1.000 2.78
C.Carroll 61.0 1 41 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.77
F.Carpin 29.0 0 21 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.10
A.Downing 8.0 0 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Landis 6.7 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
D.Selma 4.3 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.0 162 395 107 256 6 21 .984 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Roseboro .321
On-Base Pct Roseboro .381
Slugging Pct Roseboro .473
OPS Roseboro .854
XR Allen 87.7
Games Clinton 154
At-Bats Allen 593
Runs Allen 93
Hits Shannon 169
Total Bases Allen 269
Singles Shannon 147
Doubles Clinton 32
Triples Clinton 7
Homeruns Allen 26
RBIs Allen 94
Stolen Bases Allen 25
Caught Stealing Allen, Causey 7
Walks Allen 70
Strikeouts Allen 143
ERA Koplitz 3.03
Wins Dierker 18
Losses Dierker 15
Winning Pct Lemay .615
Saves Locker 20
Games Pitched Locker 85
Games Started Dierker 41
Complete Games Dierker 9
Shutouts Koplitz, Ritchie 2
Innings Pitched Dierker 315.3
Hits Allowed Dierker 300
Homeruns Allowed Lemay 26
Strikeouts Lemay 249
Walks Allowed Lemay 100
Walks per 9IP Dierker 2.8
Hits per 9IP Lemay 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Lemay 8.4
WHiP Lemay 1.17
OAVG Lemay .218
OOBP Lemay .295
OSLG Koplitz .310
OOPS Koplitz .613
Team All-Stars
Dick Allen
Wayne Causey
Bob Locker
Johnny Roseboro
Player Salaries
Bob Hazle $ 13,251,330
Johnny Roseboro $ 7,500,001
Ralph Lumenti $ 3,664,286
Fred Valentine $ 3,178,571
Wayne Causey $ 2,642,857
Bob Miller $ 2,000,000
Tom Acker $ 1,490,000
Bennie Daniels $ 1,291,429
Steve Bilko $ 1,000,000
Gus Triandos $ 1,000,000
Ray Jablonski $ 950,000
Dick Drott $ 500,000
Roy Face $ 500,000
Jackie Collum $ 500,000
Jim Brosnan $ 450,000
Ernie Broglio $ 421,429
Ted Abernathy $ 380,000
Steve Korcheck $ 350,000
John Gabler $ 350,000
Ozzie Virgil $ 350,000
Joe McClain $ 350,000
Barry Shetrone $ 350,000
Dick Selma $ 300,000
Dick Allen $ 300,000
Mickey Stanley $ 300,000
Steve Blass $ 300,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
Charley Smith $ 300,000
Jerry Buchek $ 300,000
Frank Carpin $ 300,000
Clay Carroll $ 300,000
Lou Clinton $ 300,000
Howie Koplitz $ 300,000
Willie Crawford $ 300,000
Phil Linz $ 300,000
Larry Dierker $ 300,000
Jay Ritchie $ 300,000
Adolfo Phillips $ 300,000
Ray Narleski $ 300,000
Jim Hickman $ 300,000
Rudy May $ 300,000
Bob Locker $ 300,000
Johnny Weekly $ 300,000
Bill Landis $ 300,000
Dick Lemay $ 300,000
Mike Shannon $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Jack Kralick
$6,300,000		 Boston (N) Ron Kline
2/1 Traded Ron Kline New York (A) Duke Snider
2/2 Signed     Johnny Roseboro
2/3 Traded Fred Norman
Tom Satriano		 Seattle Rudy May
2/13 Traded Steve Carlton
Dave Mcnally		 Oakland Lou Clinton
2/14 Signed     Gus Triandos
2/16 Signed     Steve Bilko
2/16 Signed     Tom Acker
3/3 Traded John Bateman Cleveland (A) George Spriggs
Paul Casanova
3/3 Traded Duke Snider
$6,000,000		 Detroit Bennie Daniels
Bob Skinner
Jackie Collum
John Gabler
4/2 Signed     Jim Waugh
4/2 Signed     Joe Landrum
4/2 Signed     Clint Courtney
5/1 Traded Al Downing
Dalton Jones
Tommy Mccraw		 Tampa Bay Ralph Lumenti
Wayne Causey
Fred Valentine
5/1 Traded Bob Skinner Tampa Bay Bob Hazle
Ozzie Virgil
Barry Shetrone
 
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