Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
1972 Kansas City Royals
Record: 83-80
Finish: 3rd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 865
Runs Allowed: 833
Exp W-L: 84-79
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,379,891
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 6th in the American League
AA: 67-70, 5th in the American League
A: 58-79, 8th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
CF  Jimmy Wynn 30 153 611 92 157 27 3 20 64 20 11 101 158 .257 .364 .409 .773 93.5 16.1 3.9
1B *Joe Pepitone 31 154 614 77 185 23 4 18 92 0 2 45 63 .301 .345 .440 .785 90.0 16.0 2.5
3B  Adolfo Phillips 30 154 568 88 134 25 4 10 62 1 0 89 154 .236 .344 .347 .691 73.3 10.2 6.2
SS  Dick Allen 30 142 550 86 148 24 5 22 85 37 6 78 136 .269 .358 .451 .809 92.0 17.4 4.9
2B  Greg Luzinski 21 153 544 70 132 24 2 16 76 0 0 48 140 .243 .306 .382 .689 64.9 7.3 5.4
C *Billy Bryan 33 138 485 78 116 17 3 28 85 1 1 69 124 .239 .332 .460 .791 74.6 11.8 1.5
1B *Rusty Staub 28 127 413 66 122 23 5 18 77 2 5 52 26 .295 .373 .506 .879 70.8 14.1 1.9
1B *Mike Epstein 29 111 387 54 101 21 1 11 57 2 0 61 70 .261 .363 .406 .769 58.4 9.8 0.9
1B *John Mayberry 23 101 289 45 90 18 0 12 58 1 0 50 21 .311 .414 .498 .912 60.3 13.5 0.2
RF *Willie Crawford 25 89 251 40 68 9 2 7 35 0 0 31 38 .271 .346 .406 .753 35.2 5.4 2.0
LF  Jackie Brandt 38 69 195 29 58 14 1 4 20 0 1 11 13 .297 .338 .441 .779 27.6 5.1 0.1
LF  Dave Nicholson 32 65 186 35 50 6 0 12 36 0 0 24 53 .269 .357 .495 .851 31.5 5.8 0.9
RF  Tony Conigliaro 27 50 180 22 42 6 2 5 21 1 1 11 41 .233 .277 .372 .649 18.6 1.3 0.8
C  Gene Oliver 37 41 137 9 28 8 0 3 16 1 0 9 40 .204 .253 .328 .582 11.1 0.1 0.4
LF  Cliff Cook 35 40 115 13 28 3 0 4 16 1 1 11 28 .243 .305 .374 .679 13.7 1.2 0.6
CF  Mickey Stanley 29 50 87 25 27 5 0 4 15 8 5 10 11 .310 .378 .506 .883 15.8 3.0 0.7
RF *George Spriggs 31 64 41 30 7 1 0 1 12 19 11 6 12 .171 .277 .268 .545 2.7 0.0 0.1
CF  Joe Lis 25 12 34 6 10 1 0 4 8 0 0 5 7 .294 .375 .676 1.051 8.5 1.7 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 1713 5687 865 1503 255 32 199 835 94 44 711 1135 .264 .346 .425 .771 842.5 139.7 33.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 3 2 5 6 5 1 2 6 5 1 9 6 4 2 2 1  
* - 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
 Don Sutton 27 11 16 .407 37 36 0 263.7 250 130 37 93 267 4.44 13.3
 Alan Foster 25 13 13 .500 32 28 0 212.7 267 131 20 76 77 5.54 6.7
 Pat Dobson 30 16 6 .727 26 26 0 199.0 176 78 15 59 131 3.53 17.1
 Buster Narum 31 9 11 .450 28 28 0 198.3 203 107 29 53 149 4.86 9.1
 Larry Dierker 25 9 15 .375 77 5 15 168.3 173 89 17 67 71 4.76 10.9
*Pete Richert 32 11 10 .524 45 29 1 166.7 211 105 17 51 128 5.67 4.5
*Jim Merritt 28 6 3 .667 42 1 6 92.7 103 44 13 22 41 4.27 7.0
 Steve Renko 27 4 3 .571 30 0 2 52.7 52 27 6 16 22 4.61 3.5
 Doc Medich 23 0 2 .000 6 6 0 43.3 51 23 8 19 12 4.78 1.6
 Ray Corbin 23 3 1 .750 13 4 0 36.7 56 27 4 9 20 6.63 0.5
 Mike Thompson 22 0 0 .000 13 0 0 15.3 15 10 4 7 16 5.87 0.3
 Tom Walker 23 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 7.7 8 3 1 1 3 3.52 0.8
 Burt Hooton 22 0 0 .000 5 0 0 7.0 6 0 1 2 3 0.00 0.7
Team Totals 26.0 83 80 .509 357 163 24 1463.9 1571 774 172 475 940 4.76 75.9
Rank among 10 AL teams 6 6 7 6 3 10 9 10 4 5 10  
* - 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 34.8
B.Bryan 1207.0 134 137 815 46 16 0 .982 21.5
G.Oliver 257.0 29 31 165 14 1 2 .994 50.0
Team Total 1464.0 163 168 980 60 17 2 .984 24.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.03
M.Epstein 593.0 71 73 678 41 5 54 .993 10.91
J.Pepitone 433.3 51 51 481 41 5 47 .991 10.84
R.Staub 304.0 35 41 359 36 1 38 .997 11.69
W.Crawford 49.0 4 11 59 3 2 2 .969 11.39
J.Brandt 33.7 0 15 32 2 1 5 .971 9.09
J.Mayberry 21.0 1 9 22 5 0 1 1.000 11.57
G.Oliver 21.0 0 4 25 4 0 1 1.000 12.43
D.Allen 9.0 1 1 9 1 0 2 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1464.0 163 205 1665 133 14 150 .992 11.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
G.Luzinski 1329.0 152 152 297 529 16 105 .981 5.59
W.Crawford 89.0 6 17 21 38 0 9 1.000 5.97
M.Stanley 44.0 5 5 7 14 3 5 .875 4.30
G.Spriggs 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1464.0 163 175 326 581 19 120 .979 5.58
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.72
A.Phillips 1358.7 151 153 91 364 11 28 .976 3.01
W.Crawford 59.0 7 7 8 8 2 0 .889 2.44
M.Stanley 42.0 5 5 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.14
C.Cook 14.3 1 3 0 3 1 0 .750 1.89
Team Total 1474.0 164 168 100 384 14 29 .972 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
D.Allen 1185.7 134 137 183 474 13 84 .981 4.99
W.Crawford 169.3 18 21 35 74 3 13 .973 5.79
M.Stanley 100.0 10 13 15 39 4 9 .931 4.86
J.Pepitone 9.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1464.0 163 172 234 589 20 106 .976 5.06
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
J.Pepitone 864.0 99 104 178 3 2 2 .989 1.89
D.Nicholson 401.0 46 50 88 2 3 0 .968 2.02
W.Crawford 95.7 11 11 16 0 1 0 .941 1.51
C.Cook 82.5 9 11 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.40
J.Mayberry 63.0 6 11 19 0 1 0 .950 2.71
D.Allen 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Brandt 8.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lis 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Wynn 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Spriggs 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Stanley 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Robertson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1540.2 172 200 324 7 7 2 .979 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.45
J.Wynn 1306.0 152 152 342 17 9 6 .976 2.47
W.Crawford 98.0 11 12 32 0 1 0 .970 2.94
J.Brandt 30.0 0 8 9 0 1 0 .900 2.70
M.Stanley 24.0 0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Pepitone 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1464.0 163 184 393 18 11 6 .974 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.95
R.Staub 628.3 74 83 126 7 2 0 .985 1.91
T.Conigliaro 406.9 49 50 81 3 1 0 .988 1.86
C.Cook 157.6 18 23 33 2 1 1 .972 2.00
G.Spriggs 55.7 3 17 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
W.Crawford 40.0 3 8 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.58
J.Brandt 25.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72
D.Nicholson 21.0 0 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
M.Stanley 7.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Wynn 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1343.5 149 199 268 13 4 1 .986 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
D.Sutton 263.7 36 37 10 40 2 6 .962 1.71
A.Foster 212.7 28 32 21 41 4 4 .939 2.62
P.Dobson 199.0 26 26 17 33 2 2 .962 2.26
B.Narum 198.3 28 28 13 22 1 2 .972 1.59
L.Dierker 168.3 5 77 9 22 0 0 1.000 1.66
P.Richert 166.7 29 45 12 21 2 3 .943 1.78
J.Merritt 92.7 1 42 8 17 0 3 1.000 2.43
S.Renko 52.7 0 30 6 7 0 1 1.000 2.22
D.Medich 43.3 6 6 4 6 1 0 .909 2.08
R.Corbin 36.7 4 13 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.72
M.Thompson 15.3 0 13 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.76
T.Walker 7.7 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.35
B.Hooton 7.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.9 163 357 105 216 12 22 .964 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pepitone .301
On-Base Pct Wynn .364
Slugging Pct Staub .470
OPS Staub .819
XR Wynn 93.5
Games Pepitone, Phillips 154
At-Bats Pepitone 614
Runs Wynn 92
Hits Pepitone 185
Total Bases Pepitone 270
Singles Pepitone 140
Doubles Wynn 27
Triples Allen, Staub 5
Homeruns Bryan 28
RBIs Pepitone 92
Stolen Bases Allen 37
Caught Stealing Spriggs, Wynn 11
Walks Wynn 101
Strikeouts Wynn 158
ERA Dobson 3.53
Wins Dobson 16
Losses Sutton 16
Winning Pct Dobson .727
Saves Dierker 15
Games Pitched Dierker 77
Games Started Sutton 36
Complete Games Sutton 6
Shutouts Dobson 2
Innings Pitched Sutton 263.7
Hits Allowed Foster 267
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 37
Strikeouts Sutton 267
Walks Allowed Sutton 93
Walks per 9IP Narum 2.4
Hits per 9IP Dobson 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 9.1
WHiP Dobson 1.18
OAVG Dobson .233
OOBP Dobson .290
OSLG Dobson .351
OOPS Dobson .641
Team All-Stars
Dick Allen
Pat Dobson
Joe Pepitone
Player Salaries
Dick Allen $ 8,250,000
Pete Richert $ 6,550,000
Mike Epstein $ 5,700,000
Jimmy Wynn $ 5,250,000
Joe Pepitone $ 4,850,000
Jackie Brandt $ 4,750,000
Don Sutton $ 4,564,286
Rusty Staub $ 4,500,000
Billy Bryan $ 4,250,000
Adolfo Phillips $ 4,071,429
Cliff Cook $ 3,750,000
Pat Dobson $ 2,750,000
Dave Nicholson $ 2,500,000
Willie Crawford $ 2,172,857
Jim Merritt $ 1,708,571
Larry Dierker $ 1,250,000
Gene Oliver $ 748,000
Alan Foster $ 300,000
Jerry Cram $ 300,000
Ray Corbin $ 300,000
Burt Hooton $ 300,000
Joe Lis $ 300,000
Greg Luzinski $ 300,000
Doc Medich $ 300,000
Buster Narum $ 300,000
Steve Renko $ 300,000
Bob Robertson $ 300,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
Mickey Stanley $ 300,000
Mike Thompson $ 300,000
Tom Walker $ 300,000
John Mayberry $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Wayne Causey
Don Nottebart
$3,250,000		 San Diego Dave Adlesh
2/21 Traded Marv Staehle Boston (N) Gene Oliver
$4,000,000
6/1 Traded Tony Conigliaro Tampa Bay Jack Aker
Cliff Cook
Bob Robertson
Tom Walker
Joe Lis
6/1 Traded Dave Adlesh Tampa Bay Gene Lamont
6/1 Released Jack Aker    
7/31 Traded Paul Casanova Pittsburgh Burt Hooton
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.