1972 Kansas City Royals roster

32 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1972 MLB season.

1972 Royals roster: batting

1972 Kansas City Royals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Lou Piniella1515746517911727.312.356.797
Amos Otis14354075158115428.293.352.765
Freddie Patek1365185911003233.212.280.556
John Mayberry14950365150251000.298.394.900
Cookie Rojas137487491273532.261.315.646
Richie Scheinblum134450601358660.300.383.800
Paul Schaal12743547996411.228.323.650
Ed Kirkpatrick113364431009433.275.365.761
Steve Hovley10519624533243.270.351.703
Bobby Floyd61134924051.179.209.410
Jerry May531161022140.190.277.553
Carl Taylor6311317300114.265.361.662
Bobby Knoop4497823070.237.299.588
Gail Hopkins5371115050.211.282.521
Joe Keough5664814052.219.324.574
Ron Hansen163024020.133.212.345
Jim Wohlford152536000.240.321.601
Dennis Paepke2600000.000.143.143

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1972 Royals roster: pitching

1972 Kansas City Royals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Dick DragoRP343312173.01239.11351.170
Paul SplittorffRP353312123.13216.01401.190
Roger NelsonP34191162.08173.11200.873
Bruce Dal CantonP3516663.40132.1751.242
Mike HedlundP2916574.78113.0521.420
Al FitzmorrisP382253.74101.0511.263
Jim RookerSP1810564.3872.0441.420
Ted AbernathyP450341.7058.1281.085
Monty MontgomeryP98333.0456.1241.280
Tom BurgmeierRP510624.2355.1181.819
Steve BusbySP55311.5840.0310.900
Mike JacksonP73126.4119.2151.930
Ken WrightP170124.9118.1181.644
Norm AngeliniP210212.2516.0161.562

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.