Kansas City Royals 1973

88–74record

.543win pct

755runs

752allowed

+3run diff

114home runs

39players

The three rarest things in 1973

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
82	No-Hitter With Five Walks	Steve Busby	1973-04-27	1 in 5,443 games	box score ↗
64	No-Hitter	Steve Busby	1973-04-27	1 in 880 games	box score ↗
47	One-Hit Shutout	Steve Busby	1973-04-27	1 in 193 games	box score ↗

Batting (39)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Amos Otis	148	651	583	89	175	21	4	26	93	63	47	13	9	.300	.368	.484	.851
John Mayberry	152	638	510	87	142	20	2	26	100	122	79	3	0	.278	.417	.478	.895
Cookie Rojas	139	595	551	77	152	29	3	6	69	37	38	18	4	.276	.320	.372	.692
Freddie Patek	135	571	501	82	117	19	5	5	45	54	63	36	14	.234	.311	.321	.632
Lou Piniella	144	553	513	53	128	28	1	9	69	30	65	5	7	.250	.291	.361	.652
Ed Kirkpatrick	126	485	429	61	113	24	3	6	45	46	48	3	7	.263	.333	.375	.708
Paul Schaal	121	471	396	61	114	14	3	8	42	63	45	5	6	.288	.389	.399	.788
Hal McRae	106	382	338	36	79	18	3	9	50	34	38	2	2	.234	.312	.385	.697
Fran Healy	95	315	279	25	77	15	2	6	34	31	56	3	4	.276	.348	.409	.757
Kurt Bevacqua	99	309	276	39	71	8	3	2	40	25	42	2	3	.257	.317	.330	.647
Steve Hovley	104	268	232	29	59	8	1	2	24	33	34	6	4	.254	.346	.323	.669
Carl Taylor	69	182	145	18	33	6	1	0	16	32	20	2	2	.228	.363	.283	.646
Gail Hopkins	74	171	138	17	34	6	1	2	16	29	15	1	2	.246	.380	.348	.728
Frank White	51	151	139	20	31	6	1	0	5	8	23	3	1	.223	.262	.281	.542
Rick Reichardt	41	145	127	15	28	5	2	3	17	11	28	0	1	.220	.279	.362	.641
Jim Wohlford	45	123	109	21	29	1	3	2	10	11	12	1	1	.266	.333	.385	.719
Bobby Floyd	51	84	78	11	26	3	1	0	8	4	14	1	1	.333	.357	.397	.755
George Brett	13	41	40	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.125	.125	.175	.300
Buck Martinez	14	37	32	2	8	1	0	1	6	4	5	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708
Jerry May	11	34	30	4	4	1	1	0	2	3	5	0	0	.133	.235	.233	.469
Tom Poquette	21	31	28	4	6	1	0	0	3	1	4	1	1	.214	.258	.250	.508
Frank Ortenzio	9	27	25	1	7	2	0	1	6	2	6	0	0	.280	.333	.480	.813
Keith Marshall	8	10	9	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633
Norm Angelini	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Doug Bird	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Tom Burgmeier	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Steve Busby	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bruce Dal Canton	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dick Drago	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Al Fitzmorris	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Gene Garber	49	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Joe Hoerner	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Mike Jackson	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Mark Littell	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Steve Mingori	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Barry Raziano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Wayne Simpson	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Paul Splittorff	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Ken Wright	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (16)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Paul Splittorff	38	20–11	38	12	0	279	135	116	78	110	19	262.0	3.98	1.36
Steve Busby	37	16–15	37	7	0	246	125	112	105	174	18	238.1	4.23	1.47
Dick Drago	37	12–14	33	10	0	252	116	100	76	98	16	212.2	4.23	1.54
Gene Garber	48	9–9	8	4	11	164	78	72	49	60	14	152.2	4.24	1.40
Doug Bird	54	4–4	0	0	20	81	37	34	30	83	10	102.1	2.99	1.08
Bruce Dal Canton	32	4–3	3	1	3	108	60	52	46	38	8	97.1	4.81	1.58
Al Fitzmorris	15	8–3	13	3	0	88	29	28	25	26	5	89.0	2.83	1.27
Ken Wright	25	6–5	12	1	0	60	48	44	82	75	6	80.2	4.91	1.76
Wayne Simpson	16	3–4	10	1	0	66	39	38	35	29	1	59.2	5.73	1.69
Steve Mingori	19	3–3	1	0	1	59	21	19	23	46	6	56.1	3.04	1.46
Mark Littell	8	1–3	7	1	0	44	25	24	23	16	5	38.0	5.68	1.76
Mike Jackson	9	0–0	0	0	0	25	17	17	20	13	3	22.1	6.85	2.01
Joe Hoerner	22	2–0	0	0	4	28	11	11	13	15	0	19.1	5.12	2.12
Tom Burgmeier	6	0–0	0	0	1	13	6	6	4	4	2	10.0	5.40	1.70
Barry Raziano	2	0–0	0	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	1	5.0	5.40	1.40
Norm Angelini	7	0–0	0	0	1	2	2	2	7	3	0	3.2	4.91	2.45