Kansas City Royals 1972
76–78record
.494win pct
580runs
545allowed
+35run diff
78home runs
34players
The three rarest things in 1972
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1972-06-24 | 1 in 1,617 games | box score ↗ | |
| 57 | Three Ejections | Kansas City Royals | 1972-09-20 | 1 in 469 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | BCBruce Dal Canton | 1972-07-29 | 1 in 275 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (34)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | 624 | 574 | 65 | 179 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 34 | 59 | 7 | 2 | .312 | .356 | .441 | .797 | |
| 143 | 605 | 540 | 75 | 158 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 54 | 50 | 59 | 28 | 12 | .293 | .352 | .413 | .765 | |
| 149 | 588 | 503 | 65 | 150 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 100 | 78 | 74 | 0 | 2 | .298 | .394 | .507 | .900 | |
| 136 | 577 | 518 | 59 | 110 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 47 | 64 | 33 | 7 | .212 | .280 | .276 | .556 | |
| 137 | 541 | 487 | 49 | 127 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 8 | .261 | .315 | .331 | .646 | |
| RSRichie Scheinblum | 134 | 520 | 450 | 60 | 135 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 58 | 40 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .383 | .418 | .800 |
| PSPaul Schaal | 127 | 503 | 435 | 47 | 99 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 61 | 59 | 1 | 3 | .228 | .323 | .326 | .650 |
| EKEd Kirkpatrick | 113 | 423 | 364 | 43 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 51 | 50 | 3 | 5 | .275 | .365 | .396 | .761 |
| SHSteve Hovley | 105 | 226 | 196 | 24 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .270 | .351 | .352 | .703 |
| BFBobby Floyd | 61 | 140 | 134 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .209 | .201 | .410 |
| CTCarl Taylor | 63 | 135 | 113 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .265 | .361 | .301 | .662 |
| JMJerry May | 53 | 131 | 116 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .277 | .276 | .553 |
| BKBobby Knoop | 44 | 107 | 97 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .299 | .289 | .588 |
| DDDick Drago | 35 | 84 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .169 | .059 | .228 |
| PSPaul Splittorff | 35 | 83 | 71 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .276 | .254 | .530 |
| GHGail Hopkins | 53 | 78 | 71 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .282 | .239 | .521 |
| JKJoe Keough | 56 | 76 | 64 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .219 | .324 | .250 | .574 |
| BOBob Oliver | 16 | 65 | 63 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .292 | .381 | .673 |
| RNRoger Nelson | 34 | 61 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .140 | .093 | .233 |
| BCBruce Dal Canton | 35 | 47 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .098 | .119 | .122 | .241 |
| MHMike Hedlund | 29 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 |
| RHRon Hansen | 16 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .212 | .133 | .345 |
| JWJim Wohlford | 15 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .321 | .280 | .601 |
| AFAl Fitzmorris | 39 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .296 | .174 | .470 |
| JRJim Rooker | 18 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .095 | .100 | .195 |
| MMMonty Montgomery | 9 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .222 | .235 | .458 |
| TMTom Murphy | 21 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 |
| SBSteve Busby | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 |
| TBTom Burgmeier | 51 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| DPDennis Paepke | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 |
| TATed Abernathy | 45 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| MJMike Jackson | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| NANorm Angelini | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| KWKen Wright | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Pitching (15)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDDick Drago | 34 | 12–17 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 230 | 88 | 80 | 51 | 135 | 22 | 239.1 | 3.01 | 1.17 |
| PSPaul Splittorff | 35 | 12–12 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 189 | 81 | 75 | 67 | 140 | 11 | 216.0 | 3.12 | 1.19 |
| RNRoger Nelson | 34 | 11–6 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 120 | 41 | 40 | 31 | 120 | 13 | 173.1 | 2.08 | 0.87 |
| BCBruce Dal Canton | 35 | 6–6 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 135 | 54 | 50 | 29 | 75 | 7 | 132.1 | 3.40 | 1.24 |
| MHMike Hedlund | 29 | 5–7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 67 | 60 | 41 | 52 | 10 | 113.0 | 4.78 | 1.42 |
| AFAl Fitzmorris | 38 | 2–5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 46 | 42 | 28 | 51 | 10 | 101.0 | 3.74 | 1.26 |
| JRJim Rooker | 18 | 5–6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 37 | 35 | 24 | 44 | 3 | 72.0 | 4.38 | 1.42 |
| TMTom Murphy | 18 | 4–4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 34 | 3 | 70.1 | 3.07 | 1.32 |
| TATed Abernathy | 45 | 3–4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 58.1 | 1.70 | 1.08 |
| MMMonty Montgomery | 9 | 3–3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 56.1 | 3.04 | 1.28 |
| TBTom Burgmeier | 51 | 6–2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 67 | 32 | 26 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 55.1 | 4.23 | 1.81 |
| SBSteve Busby | 5 | 3–1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 40.0 | 1.57 | 0.90 |
| MJMike Jackson | 7 | 1–2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 19.2 | 6.41 | 1.93 |
| KWKen Wright | 17 | 1–2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 18.1 | 4.91 | 1.64 |
| NANorm Angelini | 21 | 2–1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 16.0 | 2.25 | 1.56 |