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1973 Kansas City Royals season

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Major League Baseball team season

1973 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Royals Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Ewing Kauffman
General managers	Cedric Tallis
Managers	Jack McKeon (first season)
Television	KBMA
Radio	KMBZ (Buddy Blattner,Denny Matthews,Fred White)
← 1972 Seasons 1974 →

The1973Kansas City Royals season was their fifth inMajor League Baseball and first in the newRoyals Stadium. Promoted fromTriple-A Omaha,Jack McKeon replaced the firedBob Lemon as manager and the Royals finished second in theAmerican League West in1973 with a record of 88–74, six games behind theOakland A's.

The 88 wins were the most in the franchise's brief history, five more than in1971. LefthanderPaul Splittorff (20–11) became the first Royal to win twenty games in a season.

Offseason

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November 30, 1972:Roger Nelson andRichie Scheinblum were traded to theCincinnati Reds forHal McRae andWayne Simpson.^[1]
February 1, 1973:Joe Keough was traded to theChicago White Sox forJim Lyttle.^[2]

Regular season

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The Royals opened the newRoyals Stadium with a 12–1 rout of theTexas Rangers on April 10. The Tuesday night game was attended by 39,464 braving cool temperatures; 39 °F (4 °C) at first pitch.^[3]^[4]

On April 27,Steve Busby threw the firstno-hitter in Royals history,^[5] as visiting KC shut outDetroit 3–0 atTiger Stadium.^[6]

At Royals Stadium on May 15,Nolan Ryan of theCalifornia Angels threw the first no-hitter of his career.^[7]^[8]^[9]

On August 2,George Brett made his major league debut,^[10] starting at third base and hitting a single in a 3–1 road win over the`Chicago White Sox.^[11]

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580	—	50‍–‍31	44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals	88	74	.543	6	48‍–‍33	40‍–‍41
Minnesota Twins	81	81	.500	13	37‍–‍44	44‍–‍37
California Angels	79	83	.488	15	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	17	40‍–‍41	37‍–‍44
Texas Rangers	57	105	.352	37	35‍–‍46	22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

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1973 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	TEX
Baltimore	—	7–11	6–6	8–4	12–6	9–9	8–4	15–3	8–4	9–9	5–7	10–2
Boston	11–7	—	7–5	6–6	9–9	3–15	8–4	12–6	6–6	14–4	4–8	9–3
California	6–6	5–7	—	8–10	5–7	7–5	10–8	5–7	10–8	6–6	6–12	11–7
Chicago	4–8	6–6	10–8	—	7–5	5–7	6–12	3–9	9–9	8–4	6–12	13–5
Cleveland	6–12	9–9	7–5	5–7	—	9–9	2–10	9–9	7–5	7–11	3–9	7–5
Detroit	9–9	15–3	5–7	7–5	9–9	—	4–8	12–6	5–7	7–11	7–5	5–7
Kansas City	4–8	4–8	8–10	12–6	10–2	8–4	—	8–4	9–9	6–6	8–10	11–7
Milwaukee	3–15	6–12	7–5	9–3	9–9	6–12	4–8	—	8–4	10–8	4–8	8–4
Minnesota	4–8	6–6	8–10	9–9	5–7	7–5	9–9	4–8	—	3–9	14–4	12–6
New York	9–9	4–14	6–6	4–8	11–7	11–7	6–6	8–10	9–3	—	4–8	8–4
Oakland	7–5	8–4	12–6	12–6	9–3	5–7	10–8	8–4	4–14	8–4	—	11–7
Texas	2–10	3–9	7–11	5–13	5–7	7–5	7–11	4–8	6–12	4–8	7–11	—

Notable transactions

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April 2:Greg Minton was traded to theSan Francisco Giants forFran Healy.^[12]
May 8:Tom Murphy was traded to theSt. Louis Cardinals forAl Santorini.^[13]
June 5:1973 Major League Baseball draft
- Ruppert Jones was selected in the third round.^[14]
- Rob Picciolo was selected in the fourth round of the secondary phase, but did not sign.^[15]

Roster

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1973 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 39Norm Angelini 29Doug Bird 22Tom Burgmeier 40Steve Busby 43Bruce Dal Canton 41Dick Drago 39Al Fitzmorris 32Gene Garber 27Joe Hoerner 25Mike Jackson 27Mark Littell 23Steve Mingori 20Barry Raziano 45Wayne Simpson 34Paul Splittorff 28Ken Wright		Catchers 16Fran Healy 42Buck Martinez 12Jerry May 14Carl Taylor Infielders 2Kurt Bevacqua 25George Brett 15Bobby Floyd 18Gail Hopkins 7John Mayberry 17Frank Ortenzio 37Freddie Patek 1Cookie Rojas 10Paul Schaal 19Frank White		Outfielders 30Steve Hovley 8Ed Kirkpatrick 42Keith Marshall 11Hal McRae 26Amos Otis 9Lou Piniella 5Tom Poquette 12Rick Reichardt 6Jim Wohlford		Manager 31Jack McKeon Coaches 3Galen Cisco(Pitching) 4Harry Dunlop(Third base) 24Charley Lau(Hitting & first base)

1973 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

31Jack McKeon

Coaches

3Galen Cisco(Pitching)
4Harry Dunlop(Third base)
24Charley Lau(Hitting & first base)

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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	Fran Healy	95	279	77	.276	6	34
1B	John Mayberry	152	510	142	.278	26	100
2B	Cookie Rojas	139	551	152	.276	6	69
SS	Freddie Patek	135	501	117	.234	5	45
3B	Paul Schaal	121	396	114	.288	8	42
LF	Lou Piniella	144	513	128	.250	9	69
CF	Amos Otis	148	583	175	.300	26	93
RF	Ed Kirkpatrick	126	429	113	.263	6	45
DH	Gail Hopkins	74	138	34	.246	2	16

Other batters

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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
Hal McRae	106	338	79	.234	9	50
Kurt Bevacqua	99	276	71	.257	2	40
Steve Hovley	104	232	59	.254	2	24
Carl Taylor	69	145	33	.228	0	16
Frank White	51	139	31	.223	0	5
Rick Reichardt	41	127	28	.220	3	17
Jim Wohlford	45	109	29	.266	2	10
Bobby Floyd	51	78	26	.333	0	8
George Brett	13	40	5	.125	0	0
Buck Martinez	14	32	8	.250	1	6
Jerry May	11	30	4	.133	0	2
Tom Poquette	21	28	6	.214	0	3
Frank Ortenzio	9	25	7	.280	1	6
Keith Marshall	8	9	2	.222	0	3

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Paul Splittorff	38	262.0	20	11	3.98	110
Steve Busby	37	238.1	16	15	4.23	174
Dick Drago	37	212.2	12	14	4.23	98
Al Fitzmorris	15	89.0	8	3	2.83	26
Mark Littell	8	38.0	1	3	5.68	16

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Gene Garber	48	152.2	9	9	4.24	60
Ken Wright	25	80.2	6	5	4.91	75
Wayne Simpson	16	59.2	3	4	5.73	29

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Doug Bird	54	4	4	20	2.99	83
Bruce Dal Canton	32	4	3	3	4.81	38
Joe Hoerner	22	2	0	4	5.12	15
Steve Mingori	19	3	3	1	3.04	46
Mike Jackson	9	0	0	0	6.85	13
Tom Burgmeier	6	0	0	1	5.40	4
Barry Raziano	2	0	0	0	5.40	0
Norm Angelini	7	0	0	1	4.91	3

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Amos Otis, Outfield, Starter
John Mayberry, 1B, Reserve
Cookie Rojas, 2B, Reserve

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Harry Malmberg
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Billy Gardner
A	San Jose Bees	California League	Steve Boros
A	Waterloo Royals	Midwest League	Bill Scripture
Rookie	Kingsport Royals	Appalachian League	John Sullivan
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Buzzy Keller
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Gary Blaylock

References

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^Roger Nelson atBaseball Reference
^Joe Keough atBaseball Reference
^"Royals Stadium ready for opener tonight".Lawrence Daily Journal-World. Kansas. Associated Press. April 10, 1973. p. 9.
^Woodling, Chuck (April 11, 1973)."Royals rap Rangers, 12–1".Lawrence Daily Journal-World. Kansas. p. 23.
^Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^"KC's Busby throws first AL gem since '70".Lawrence Daily Journal-World. Kansas. Associated Press. April 28, 1973. p. 12.
^Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 12, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
^"'Ryan Express' hurls no-hitter at Royals".Lawrence Daily Journal-World. Kansas. Associated Press. May 16, 1973. p. 24.
^"Blazing Ryan finally gets his gem".Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire services. May 16, 1973. p. 1D.
^George Brett atBaseball Reference
^"Sports scoreboard".Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (box scores). August 3, 1973. p. 4B.
^Greg Minton atBaseball Reference
^Al Santorini atBaseball-Reference
^Ruppert Jones atBaseball-Reference
^Rob Picciolo atBaseball Reference

External links

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Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997).The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1973 Kansas City Royals atBaseball Reference
1973 Kansas City Royals atBaseball Almanac

1973 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Kansas City Royals

Established in1969
Based inKansas City, Missouri

Franchise

Ballparks

Municipal Stadium; Kauffman Stadium; New Royals Stadium (proposed)
Spring training: Terry Park; Baseball City Stadium; Surprise Stadium

Culture

Lore

Team Hall of Fame

Retired numbers

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Omaha Storm Chasers
Double-A: Northwest Arkansas Naturals
High-A: Quad Cities River Bandits
Single-A: Columbia Fireflies
Rookie: ACL Royals; DSL Royals Fortuna; DSL Royals Ventura

Key personnel

Owner:John Sherman
President of baseball operations & general manager:J. J. Picollo
Manager:Matt Quatraro

World Series
championships (2)

American League
pennants (4)

Division titles

West: 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981 (second half); 1984; 1985
Central: 2015
Wild Card: 2014; 2024

Seasons (58)
1960s	1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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