1972 Kansas City Royals Roster by Baseball Almanac

1972 Kansas City Royals Roster

The 1972 Kansas City Royals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1972 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1972 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1972 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1972 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1972 Kansas City Royals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"It's not the total job of a manager to motivate the 25 individuals on a big-league roster. Self-motivation is a key to success on any team." - Royals manager Bob Lemon


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Ted Abernathy

6-04

215

Right

1933-03-06

Norm Angelini

5-11

175

Left

1947-09-24

Tom Burgmeier

5-11

185

Left

1943-08-02

Steve Busby

6-02

205

Right

1949-09-29

Bruce Dal Canton

6-02

205

Right

1941-06-15

Dick Drago

6-01

190

Right

1945-06-25

Al Fitzmorris

6-02

190

Right

Both

1946-03-21

Mike Hedlund

6-01

190

Right

1946-08-11

Mike Jackson

6-03

190

Left

1946-03-27

Monty Montgomery

6-03

200

Right

1946-09-01

Tom Murphy

6-03

185

Right

1945-12-30

Roger Nelson

6-03

205

Right

1944-06-07

Jim Rooker

6-00

201

Left

Right

1942-09-23

Paul Splittorff

6-03

210

Left

1946-10-08

Ken Wright

6-02

210

Right

1946-09-04

Ed Kirkpatrick

5-11½

195

Right

Left

1944-10-08

Jerry May

6-02½

195

Right

1943-12-14

Dennis Paepke

6-00

202

Right

1945-04-17

Carl Taylor

6-02

207

Right

1944-01-20

Bobby Floyd

6-00

181

Right

1943-10-20

Ron Hansen

6-03

200

Right

1938-04-05

Gail Hopkins

5-10

200

Right

Left

1943-02-19

Bobby Knoop

6-01

170

Right

1938-10-18

John Mayberry

6-03

220

Left

1949-02-18

Freddie Patek

5-05

148

Right

1944-10-09

Cookie Rojas

5-10

170

Right

1939-03-06

Paul Schaal

5-11

180

Right

1943-03-03

Jim Wohlford

5-11

175

Right

1951-02-28

Steve Hovley

5-10

188

Left

1944-12-18

Joe Keough

6-00

185

Left

1946-01-07

Bob Oliver

6-02

215

Right

1943-02-08

Amos Otis

5-11

166

Right

1947-04-26

Lou Piniella

6-02

198

Right

1943-08-28

Richie Scheinblum

6-01

180

Right

Both

1942-11-05

The 1972 Kansas City Royals played 154 games during the regular season, won 76 games, lost 78 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 100/99) where 707,656 fans witnessed their 1972 Royals finish the season with a .494 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1972 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1972 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1972 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1972 Kansas City Royals primary starters list:

1972 Kansas City Royals
Opening Day Starters

Dick Drago
Bobby Floyd
Steve Hovley
Jerry May
John Mayberry
Bob Oliver
Lou Piniella
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
1972 Kansas City Royals
Most Games by Position
C Ed Kirkpatrick (108)
1B John Mayberry (146)
2B Cookie Rojas (131)
3B Paul Schaal (123)
SS Freddie Patek (136)
LF Lou Piniella (150)
CF Amos Otis (137)
RF Richie Scheinblum (119)

SP Bruce Dal Canton
SP Dick Drago
SP Mike Hedlund
SP Roger Nelson
SP Paul Splittorff

RP Ted Abernathy
RP Norm Angelini
RP Al Fitzmorris
CL Tom Burgmeier

1972 Kansas City Royals
Salaries
Tom Murphy $34,000.00
Mike Hedlund $27,000.00
Bobby Knoop $26,000.00
Carl Taylor $20,000.00
Steve Hovley $17,500.00
John Mayberry $17,000.00
Roger Nelson $16,000.00
Richie Scheinblum $15,000.00

1972 Kansas City Royals
Uniform Numbers
#1 Cookie Rojas
#2 Ron Hansen
#5 Richie Scheinblum
#6 Jim Wohlford
#7 John Mayberry
#8 Ed Kirkpatrick
#9 Lou Piniella
#10 Paul Schaal
#12 Jerry May
#14 Carl Taylor
#15 Bobby Floyd
#16 Joe Keough
#17 Dennis Paepke
#18 Gail Hopkins
#19 Bobby Knoop
#20 Monty Montgomery
#22 Tom Burgmeier
#23 Al Fitzmorris
#25 Mike Jackson
#25 Jim Rooker
#26 Amos Otis
#28 Ken Wright
#29 Tom Murphy
#30 Steve Hovley
#32 Mike Hedlund
#33 Bob Oliver
#34 Paul Splittorff
#35 Roger Nelson
#36 Ted Abernathy
#37 Freddie Patek
#39 Norm Angelini
#40 Steve Busby
#41 Dick Drago
#43 Bruce Dal Canton

Did you know that a 1972 Kansas City Royals Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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