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1972 Kansas City Royals season

Field	Value
name	Kansas City Royals
season	1972
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Municipal Stadium
city	Kansas City, Missouri
record
divisional_place	4th
owners	Ewing Kauffman
general_managers	Cedric Tallis
managers	Bob Lemon
television	KBMA
radio	KMBZ
(Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews)

(Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews) |}} The 1972 Kansas City Royals season was their fourth in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished fourth in the American League West at 76–78, games behind the Oakland Athletics. John Mayberry, in his first season with Kansas City, led the team with 25 home runs and 100 runs batted in. Mayberry was the first Royals player to drive in at least 100 runs in a season.

Offseason

November 29, 1971: Steve Hovley was drafted by the Royals from the Oakland Athletics in the 1971 rule 5 draft.
December 2, 1971: Jim York and Lance Clemons were traded by the Royals to the Houston Astros for John Mayberry and Dave Grangaard (minors).
March 15, 1972: José Martínez was purchased by the Royals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Prior to 1972 season: Mark Williams was signed as an amateur free agent by the Royals.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball draft
- Jamie Quirk was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round (18th pick).
- George Throop was drafted by the Royals in the 16th round.

Roster

1972 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ed Kirkpatrick	113	364	100	.275	9	43
1B		149	503	150	.298	25	100
2B	Cookie Rojas	137	487	127	.261	3	53
SS	Freddie Patek	136	518	110	.212	0	32
3B	Paul Schaal	127	435	99	.228	6	41
LF		151	574	179	.312	11	72
CF	Amos Otis	143	540	158	.293	11	54
RF	Richie Scheinblum	134	450	135	.300	8	66

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	105	196	53	.270	3	24
Bobby Floyd	61	134	24	.179	0	5
Jerry May	53	116	22	.190	1	4
	63	113	30	.265	0	11
Bobby Knoop	44	97	23	.237	0	7
Gail Hopkins	53	71	15	.211	0	5
Joe Keough	56	64	14	.219	0	5
Bob Oliver	16	63	17	.270	1	6
	16	30	4	.133	0	2
Jim Wohlford	15	25	6	.240	0	0
Dennis Paepke	2	6	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dick Drago	34	239.1	12	17	3.01	135
Paul Splittorff	35	216.0	12	12	3.13	140
	9	56.1	3	3	3.04	24
	5	40.0	3	1	1.58	31

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	34	173.1	11	6	2.08	120
Bruce Dal Canton	35	132.1	6	6	3.40	75
Mike Hedlund	29	113.0	5	7	4.78	52
Jim Rooker	18	72.0	5	6	4.38	44
	18	70.1	4	4	3.07	34
	7	19.2	1	2	6.41	15

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	51	6	2	9	4.23	18
	45	3	4	5	1.70	28
Al Fitzmorris	38	2	5	3	3.74	51
	21	2	1	2	2.25	16
	17	1	2	4	4.91	18

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Cookie Rojas, Second Base, Reserve
Lou Piniella, Outfield, Reserve
Richie Scheinblum, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings

Notes

References

1972 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1972 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hovlest01.shtml Steve Hovley] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maybejo01.shtml John Mayberry] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martijo04.shtml José Martínez] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willima02.shtml Mark Williams] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/throoge01.shtml George Throop] at ''Baseball Reference''

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