1972 Kansas City Royals

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W-L Record: 76-78 -- 4th in American League West Manager: Bob Lemon Location: Kansas City,MO Baseball Stadium: Municipal Stadium Top Draft Pick: Jamie Quirk (#18) Attendance: 707,656 Youngest Player: Jim Wohlford (21) Oldest Player: Ted Abernathy (39) Longest Tenure: Lou Piniella, Tom Burgmeier, Joe Keough, Dick Drago, Paul Schaal, Jim Rooker, Al Fitzmorris, Mike Hedlund, Roger Nelson, Ed Kirkpatrick, Bob Oliver (4)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1972 Kansas City Royals

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
36	Ted Abernathy	P	39	R	R	6-4	215	3/6/1933	Stanley,North Carolina	MLB	1955-1972
39	Norm Angelini	P	24	L	L	5-11	175	9/24/1947	San Francisco,California	MLB	1972-1973
22	Tom Burgmeier	P	28	L	L	5-11	185	8/2/1943	St. Paul,Minnesota	MLB	1968-1984
40	Steve Busby	P	22	R	R	6-2	205	9/29/1949	Burbank,California	MLB	1972-1980
43	Bruce Dalcanton	P	30	R	R	6-2	205	6/15/1942	California,Pennsylvania	MLB	1967-1977
41	Dick Drago	P	27	R	R	6-1	190	6/25/1945	Toledo,Ohio	MLB	1969-1981
23	Al Fitzmorris	P	26	B	R	6-2	190	3/21/1946	Buffalo,New York	MLB	1969-1978
15	Bobby Floyd	SS-2B	28	R	R	6-0	181	10/20/1943	Hawthorne,California	MLB	1968-1974
2	Ron Hansen	SS	34	R	R	6-3	200	4/5/1938	Oxford,Nebraska	MLB	1958-1972
32	Mike Hedlund	P	25	R	R	6-1	190	8/11/1946	Dallas,Texas	MLB	1965-1972
18	Gail Hopkins	1B	29	L	R	5-10	200	2/19/1943	Tulsa,Oklahoma	MLB	1968-1974
30	Steve Hovley	OF	27	L	L	5-10	188	12/18/1944	Ventura,California	MLB	1969-1973
25	Mike Jackson	P	26	L	L	6-3	190	3/27/1946	Paterson,New Jersey	MLB	1970-1973
16	Joe Keough	OF	26	L	L	6-0	185	1/7/1946	Pomona,California	MLB	1968-1973
8	Ed Kirkpatrick	OF-C	27	L	R	5-11	195	10/8/1944	Spokane,Washington	MLB	1962-1977
19	Bobby Knoop	2B	33	R	R	6-1	170	10/18/1938	Sioux City,Iowa	MLB	1964-1972
12	Jerry May	C	28	R	R	6-2	195	12/14/1943	Staunton,Virginia	MLB	1964-1973
7	John Mayberry	1B	23	L	L	6-3	220	2/18/1949	Detroit,Michigan	MLB	1968-1982
20	Monty Montgomery	P	25	R	R	6-3	200	9/1/1946	Albemarle,North Carolina	MLB	1971-1972
29	Tom Murphy	P	26	R	R	6-3	185	12/30/1945	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1968-1979
35	Roger Nelson	P	28	R	R	6-3	205	6/7/1944	Altadena,California	MLB	1967-1976
33	Bob Oliver	1B-OF	29	R	R	6-2	215	2/8/1943	Shreveport,Louisiana	MLB	1965-1975
26	Amos Otis	OF	25	R	R	5-11	166	4/26/1947	Mobile,Alabama	MLB	1967-1984
17	Dennis Paepke	C-OF	27	R	R	6-0	202	4/17/1945	Long Beach,California	MLB	1969-1974
37	Freddie Patek	SS	27	R	R	5-5	148	10/9/1944	Seguin,Texas	MLB	1968-1981
9	Lou Piniella	OF	28	R	R	6-2	199	8/28/1943	Tampa,Florida	MLB	1964-1984
1	Cookie Rojas	2B	33	R	R	5-10	170	3/6/1939	Havana,Cuba	MLB	1962-1977
25	Jim Rooker	P	29	R	L	6-0	201	9/23/1942	Lakeview,Oregon	MLB	1968-1980
10	Paul Schaal	3B	29	R	R	5-11	180	3/3/1943	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	MLB	1964-1974
5	Richie Scheinblum	OF	29	B	R	6-1	180	11/5/1942	New York,New York	MLB	1965-1974
34	Paul Splittorff	P	25	L	L	6-3	210	10/8/1946	Evansville,Indiana	MLB	1970-1984
14	Carl Taylor	C-OF	28	R	R	6-2	207	1/20/1944	Sarasota,Florida	MLB	1968-1973
6	Jim Wohlford	OF	21	R	R	5-11	175	2/28/1951	Visalia,California	MLB	1972-1986
28	Ken Wright	P	25	R	R	6-2	210	9/4/1946	Pensacola,Florida	MLB	1970-1974

Team Personnel

Buddy Blattner (Broadcaster)
Galen Cisco (Pitching Coach)
Harry Dunlop (Third Base Coach)
Rosey Gilhousen (Scout)
Charlie Lau (Hitting Coach)
Bob Lemon (Manager)
Denny Matthews (Broadcaster)
George Strickland (Assistant Coach)
Cedric Tallis (General Manager)

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