1973 Kansas City Royals roster

34 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1973 MLB season.

1973 Royals roster: batting

1973 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.
Amos Otis14858389175269313.300.368.851
Cookie Rojas1395517815266918.276.320.692
Lou Piniella144513531289695.250.291.652
John Mayberry15251087142261003.278.417.895
Freddie Patek1355018211754536.234.311.632
Ed Kirkpatrick126429611136453.263.333.708
Paul Schaal121396611148425.288.389.788
Hal McRae10633836799502.234.312.697
Fran Healy9527925776343.276.348.757
Kurt Bevacqua9927639712402.257.317.647
Steve Hovley10423229592246.254.346.669
Carl Taylor6914518330162.228.363.646
Frank White511392031053.223.262.542
Gail Hopkins7413817342161.246.380.728
Jim Wohlford4510921292101.266.333.719
Bobby Floyd51781026081.333.357.755
George Brett134025000.125.125.300
Buck Martinez143228160.250.333.708
Tom Poquette212846031.214.258.508
Frank Ortenzio92517160.280.333.813
Keith Marshall8902030.222.300.633

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

1973 Royals roster: pitching

1973 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.
Paul SplittorffRP383820113.98262.01101.360
Steve BusbySP373716154.23238.11741.470
Dick DragoRP373312144.23212.2981.540
Gene GarberRP488994.24152.2601.4011
Doug BirdRP540442.99102.1831.0820
Bruce Dal CantonP323434.8197.1381.583
Al FitzmorrisP1513832.8389.0261.270
Ken WrightP2512654.9180.2751.760
Wayne SimpsonP1610345.7359.2291.690
Mark LittellRP87135.6838.0161.760
Tom BurgmeierRP60005.4010.041.701
Barry RazianoP20005.405.001.400
Norm AngeliniP70004.913.232.451

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.