1973 Kansas City Royals
Record: 64-98
Finish: 5th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 761
Runs Allowed: 904
Exp W-L: 68-94
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,103,952
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-82, 9th in the American League
AA: 62-75, 7th in the American League
A: 52-85, 10th 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
2B  Greg Luzinski 22 155 581 71 138 23 4 29 97 0 0 55 148 .238 .307 .441 .747 78.6 9.1 4.3
1B *John Mayberry 24 156 545 70 134 25 2 25 72 0 0 87 63 .246 .353 .437 .790 83.8 11.9 2.1
RF *Willie Crawford 26 151 561 76 176 30 6 14 94 0 2 33 78 .314 .349 .463 .813 82.6 13.4 5.4
1B *Mike Epstein 30 151 494 72 103 19 1 18 55 2 1 81 105 .209 .328 .360 .688 65.2 6.3 0.1
CF  Joe Lis 26 151 504 66 123 21 0 19 74 0 1 68 136 .244 .341 .399 .740 70.2 8.6 1.5
1B *Joe Lahoud 26 153 502 78 111 17 2 21 56 10 1 72 72 .221 .320 .388 .708 68.8 7.7 2.3
C  Cliff Johnson 25 135 482 64 121 30 3 19 72 0 0 55 80 .251 .330 .444 .774 69.3 9.1 5.2
3B  Bob Robertson 26 110 334 41 61 15 2 10 29 1 1 47 72 .183 .284 .329 .613 34.4 0.8 2.4
LF  Jackie Brandt 39 102 305 37 78 13 1 9 36 0 1 23 37 .256 .308 .393 .702 36.4 3.7 0.8
CF  Mickey Stanley 30 94 287 41 81 13 1 9 43 7 7 18 24 .282 .321 .429 .750 38.0 4.6 1.9
DH *Jim Breazeale 23 77 286 32 71 16 2 17 43 0 0 21 31 .248 .299 .497 .795 41.1 5.4 0.7
RF *Jim Nettles 26 85 213 34 49 6 3 9 34 10 4 26 26 .230 .313 .413 .726 28.6 3.1 0.7
2B  Jerry Terrell 26 91 208 43 59 4 2 2 23 20 7 14 21 .284 .327 .351 .678 26.4 2.9 2.1
C  Bob Boone 25 44 143 20 38 6 1 1 12 1 0 13 5 .266 .329 .343 .672 15.9 1.6 1.5
RF *George Spriggs 32 41 54 10 17 2 0 0 2 14 7 2 11 .315 .339 .352 .691 5.8 0.4 0.2
LF  Pepe Mangual 21 15 24 4 3 0 2 0 1 4 0 3 7 .125 .222 .292 .514 2.5 0.0 0.0
DH  Craig Kusick 24 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2 0.0
P  Mike Nagy 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *David Clyde 18 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 26.0 1715 5529 761 1365 241 32 202 743 70 32 618 918 .247 .324 .412 .736 748.6 89.0 31.1
  Rank among 10 AL teams 9 7 9 9 6 1 7 7 2 6 6 9 8 4 6 6  
* - 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
 Alan Foster 26 9 18 .333 33 32 0 239.7 298 133 9 75 115 4.99 12.2
 Pat Dobson 31 5 13 .278 43 17 5 163.0 180 87 27 56 126 4.80 10.2
 Burt Hooton 23 6 9 .400 25 18 2 147.0 152 73 16 58 70 4.47 10.7
 Larry Dierker 26 6 9 .400 66 5 1 134.3 179 79 11 53 65 5.29 5.9
 Don Sutton 28 6 11 .353 24 20 1 133.7 143 75 23 54 113 5.05 6.2
 Mike Thompson 23 5 7 .417 29 16 2 117.7 124 81 7 95 78 6.20 2.6
 Doc Medich 24 6 4 .600 15 15 0 114.0 119 58 11 47 57 4.58 8.2
*David Clyde 18 5 10 .333 17 17 0 111.7 136 84 12 45 68 6.77 1.3
 Phil Niekro 34 4 6 .400 11 11 0 74.0 90 45 9 37 34 5.47 3.0
 Joe Sparma 31 6 3 .667 16 8 0 71.3 66 36 5 52 62 4.54 5.3
*Bob Veale 37 2 4 .333 29 0 6 43.7 53 28 7 30 27 5.77 1.8
*Jim O'Toole 36 0 0 .000 18 0 1 33.3 33 17 3 13 15 4.59 2.1
 Ed Farmer 23 1 2 .333 15 1 0 23.0 39 21 6 9 14 8.22 0.0
 Vince Colbert 27 0 2 .000 2 2 0 14.0 14 8 2 7 1 5.14 0.3
 Mike Nagy 25 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 8.0 3 2 1 2 4 2.25 1.1
 Steve Foucault 23 2 0 1.000 5 0 1 6.7 11 5 0 3 7 6.76 0.5
 Ray Corbin 24 0 0 .000 4 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.5
Team Totals 27.0 64 98 .395 353 163 19 1438.0 1640 832 149 636 857 5.21 71.9
Rank among 10 AL teams 8 8 9 9 8 10 7 10 7 7 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 .991 34.8
C.Johnson 1089.0 122 127 679 69 11 1 .986 38.0
B.Boone 349.0 40 41 212 14 1 0 .996 26.7
Team Total 1438.0 162 168 891 83 12 1 .988 35.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.37
J.Mayberry 854.7 98 100 1020 80 9 83 .992 11.58
J.Breazeale 431.7 51 53 491 30 3 46 .994 10.86
B.Robertson 84.7 10 12 111 10 0 7 1.000 12.86
J.Brandt 31.0 1 15 38 2 2 1 .952 11.61
M.Epstein 26.0 2 7 29 7 0 6 1.000 12.46
J.Lahoud 4.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Johnson 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
J.Lis 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
W.Crawford 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 193 1702 129 14 144 .992 11.46
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.85
G.Luzinski 1263.0 147 148 317 526 9 96 .989 6.01
J.Terrell 159.3 15 24 35 65 0 15 1.000 5.65
J.Brandt 7.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Mangual 7.0 0 2 1 3 2 0 .667 5.14
J.Nettles 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 176 353 594 12 111 .987 5.93
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.81
B.Robertson 652.0 79 82 40 173 12 12 .947 2.94
M.Stanley 550.0 64 70 24 134 5 10 .969 2.59
J.Terrell 99.7 6 21 10 30 0 1 1.000 3.61
J.Nettles 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Lis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lahoud 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1305.7 149 176 74 339 17 23 .960 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.25
W.Crawford 1197.3 138 141 161 531 16 76 .977 5.20
J.Terrell 225.7 24 32 44 93 5 21 .965 5.46
M.Stanley 28.5 2 5 5 13 0 3 1.000 5.68
Team Total 1451.5 164 178 210 637 21 100 .976 5.25
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
J.Brandt 477.0 54 60 98 1 2 0 .980 1.87
J.Nettles 414.0 48 48 72 2 2 1 .974 1.61
J.Mayberry 404.7 46 48 83 2 1 1 .988 1.89
P.Mangual 52.0 6 6 9 0 1 0 .900 1.56
B.Robertson 42.0 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
M.Stanley 29.8 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
G.Spriggs 29.0 3 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
G.Luzinski 7.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52
W.Crawford 6.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
J.Lis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Johnson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Lahoud 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.8 165 185 293 5 6 2 .980 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.39
J.Lahoud 1275.7 151 151 340 2 5 1 .986 2.41
B.Robertson 58.0 7 12 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
J.Nettles 48.7 2 17 9 2 0 1 1.000 2.03
J.Brandt 43.3 2 16 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Stanley 14.3 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
W.Crawford 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Lis 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Spriggs 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Luzinski 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.3 163 207 379 4 5 2 .987 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.99
J.Lis 1205.7 146 146 251 1 6 0 .977 1.88
G.Spriggs 86.0 7 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Nettles 55.7 4 10 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.23
J.Brandt 37.7 2 10 9 0 1 0 .900 2.15
M.Stanley 28.3 3 5 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.18
B.Robertson 27.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
C.Kusick 11.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
W.Crawford 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
G.Luzinski 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Breazeale 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Boone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 165 197 312 2 7 0 .978 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.94
A.Foster 239.7 32 33 17 46 0 5 1.000 2.37
P.Dobson 163.0 17 43 14 22 0 1 1.000 1.99
B.Hooton 147.0 18 25 6 14 1 0 .952 1.22
L.Dierker 134.3 5 66 13 22 1 1 .972 2.34
D.Sutton 133.7 20 24 9 20 1 1 .967 1.95
M.Thompson 117.7 16 29 6 10 1 3 .941 1.22
D.Medich 114.0 15 15 10 15 0 4 1.000 1.97
D.Clyde 111.7 17 17 9 18 1 1 .964 2.18
P.Niekro 74.0 11 11 9 8 1 0 .944 2.07
J.Sparma 71.3 8 16 5 13 1 2 .947 2.27
B.Veale 43.7 0 29 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.44
J.O'Toole 33.3 0 18 7 7 0 1 1.000 3.78
E.Farmer 23.0 1 15 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.78
V.Colbert 14.0 2 2 1 3 1 0 .800 2.57
M.Nagy 8.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Foucault 6.7 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
R.Corbin 3.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 163 353 109 208 8 19 .975 1.98
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Crawford .314
On-Base Pct Mayberry .353
Slugging Pct Crawford .463
OPS Crawford .813
XR Mayberry 83.8
Games Mayberry 156
At-Bats Luzinski 581
Runs Lahoud 78
Hits Crawford 176
Total Bases Crawford 260
Singles Crawford 126
Doubles Johnson, Crawford 30
Triples Crawford 6
Homeruns Luzinski 29
RBIs Luzinski 97
Stolen Bases Terrell 20
Caught Stealing Spriggs, Stanley, Terrell 7
Walks Mayberry 87
Strikeouts Luzinski 148
ERA Dobson 4.80
Wins Foster 9
Losses Foster 18
Winning Pct Sutton .353
Saves Veale 6
Games Pitched Dierker 66
Games Started Foster 32
Complete Games Dobson 7
Shutouts Foster, Hooton, Sutton 1
Innings Pitched Foster 239.7
Hits Allowed Foster 298
Homeruns Allowed Dobson 27
Strikeouts Dobson 126
Walks Allowed Thompson 95
Walks per 9IP Foster 2.8
Hits per 9IP Dobson 9.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Dobson 7.0
WHiP Dobson 1.45
OAVG Dobson .276
OOBP Dobson .333
OSLG Foster .399
OOPS Foster .759
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Mike Epstein $ 5,700,000
Phil Niekro $ 4,800,000
Jackie Brandt $ 4,750,000
Pat Dobson $ 4,250,000
Willie Crawford $ 2,500,000
Larry Dierker $ 1,550,000
Craig Kusick $ 300,000
Jim Breazeale $ 300,000
David Clyde $ 300,000
Ray Corbin $ 300,000
Ed Farmer $ 300,000
Alan Foster $ 300,000
Steve Foucault $ 300,000
Bob Boone $ 300,000
Cliff Johnson $ 300,000
Mike Thompson $ 300,000
Joe Lahoud $ 300,000
Joe Lis $ 300,000
Greg Luzinski $ 300,000
Pepe Mangual $ 300,000
John Mayberry $ 300,000
Doc Medich $ 300,000
Mike Nagy $ 300,000
Jim Nettles $ 300,000
Bob Robertson $ 300,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
Jerry Terrell $ 300,000
Burt Hooton $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dick Allen
Gary Wagner
Jim Merritt
Jerry Cram
Cleveland (A) Cliff Johnson
Joe Lahoud
Pepe Mangual
Jim Nettles
2/3 Traded Adolfo Phillips
Rusty Staub
Billy Bryan
New York (A) Jim Breazeale
Tom Qualters
2/21 Traded Jimmy Wynn Colorado Leo Posada
2/21 Traded Steve Renko Cleveland (A) Bob Boone
3/3 Traded Pete Richert
Buster Narum
Joe Pepitone
St. Louis Jim O'Toole
Bob Veale
3/3 Traded Tom Qualters Detroit Vince Colbert
5/1 Traded Leo Posada San Diego Phil Niekro
Joe Sparma
7/31 Traded Don Sutton
Joe Sparma
Mickey Stanley
Cleveland (A) Marvin Lane
Ed Farmer
10/31 Released Vince Colbert    
10/31 Released Bart Shirley    
10/31 Released Jim O'Toole    
10/31 Released Bob Veale    
10/31 Released Marcel Lachemann