1974 Kansas City Royals Roster

The 1974 Kansas City Royals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1974 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 1974 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1974 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1974 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1974 Kansas City Royals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1974 Kansas City Royals



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Complete Roster  
 

29 Doug Bird 6-04 180 Right Right 1950-03-05
19 Nelson Briles 5-11 200 Right Right 1943-08-05
40 Steve Busby 6-02 205 Right Right 1949-09-29
43 Bruce Dal Canton 6-02 205 Right Right 1941-06-15
39 Al Fitzmorris 6-02 190 Right Both 1946-03-21
32 Gene Garber 5-10 175 Right Right 1947-11-13
27 Joe Hoerner 6-01 200 Left Right 1936-11-12
22 Dennis Leonard 6-01 190 Right Right 1951-05-08
38 Aurelio Lopez 6-00 220 Right Right 1948-09-21
41 Lindy McDaniel 6-03 195 Right Right 1935-12-13
23 Steve Mingori 5-10 170 Left Left 1944-02-29
33 Marty Pattin 5-11 180 Right Right 1943-04-06
34 Paul Splittorff 6-03 210 Left Left 1946-10-08
16 Fran Healy 6-05 220 Right Right 1946-09-06
21 Buck Martinez 5-10 190 Right Right 1948-11-07
17 Dennis Paepke 6-00 202 Right Right 1945-04-17
2 Kurt Bevacqua 6-01 185 Right Right 1947-01-23
25 George Brett 6-00 200 Right Left 1953-05-15
15 Bobby Floyd 6-00 181 Right Right 1943-10-20
13 Fernando Gonzalez 5-10 170 Right Right 1950-06-19
7 John Mayberry 6-03 220 Left Left 1949-02-18
37 Freddie Patek 5-05 148 Right Right 1944-10-09
1 Cookie Rojas 5-10 170 Right Right 1939-03-06
10 Paul Schaal 5-11 180 Right Right 1943-03-03
8 Tony Solaita 6-00 215 Left Left 1947-01-15
20 Frank White 5-11 170 Right Right 1950-09-04
18 Al Cowens 6-02 200 Right Right 1951-10-25
26 Amos Otis 5-11 166 Right Right 1947-04-26
28 Vada Pinson 5-11 181 Left Left 1938-08-11
6 Jim Wohlford 5-11 175 Right Right 1951-02-28
30 Orlando Cepeda 6-02 210 Right Right 1937-09-17
11 Hal McRae 5-11 180 Right Right 1945-07-10
48 Rick Reichardt 6-03 215 Right Right 1943-03-16
5 Richie Scheinblum 6-01 180 Right Both 1942-11-05
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The 1974 Kansas City Royals played 162 games during the regular season, won 77 games, lost 85 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Royals Stadium (Park Factors: 106/106) where 1,173,292 fans witnessed their 1974 Royals finish the season with a .475 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 1974 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1974 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1974 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1974 Kansas City Royals primary starters list:

1974 Kansas City Royals
Opening Day Starters


Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Hal McRae
Amos Otis
Freddie Patek
Vada Pinson
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Paul Splittorff
Jim Wohlford

1974 Kansas City Royals
Most Games by Position

C Fran Healy (138)
1B John Mayberry (106)
2B Cookie Rojas (141)
3B George Brett (132)
SS Freddie Patek (149)
LF Jim Wohlford (126)
CF Amos Otis (143)
RF Vada Pinson (91)
DH Hal McRae (90)
  
SP Nelson Briles
SP Steve Busby
SP Bruce Dal Canton
SP Al Fitzmorris
SP Paul Splittorff
  
RP Joe Hoerner
RP Lindy McDaniel
RP Steve Mingori
CL Doug Bird


1974 Kansas City Royals
Salaries

Nelson Briles $71,000.00
Vada Pinson $66,000.00
Marty Pattin $65,000.00
Lindy McDaniel $60,000.00
Joe Hoerner $37,000.00
Fran Healy $36,500.00
Richie Scheinblum $36,000.00
Aurelio Lopez $15,000.00
Tony Solaita $12,000.00
Fernando Gonzalez $9,600.00


1974 Kansas City Royals
Uniform Numbers

#1 Cookie Rojas
#2 Kurt Bevacqua
#5 Richie Scheinblum
#6 Jim Wohlford
#7 John Mayberry
#8 Tony Solaita
#10 Paul Schaal
#11 Hal McRae
#13 Fernando Gonzalez
#15 Bobby Floyd
#16 Fran Healy
#17 Dennis Paepke
#18 Al Cowens
#19 Nelson Briles
#20 Frank White
#21 Buck Martinez
#22 Dennis Leonard
#23 Steve Mingori
#25 George Brett
#26 Amos Otis
#27 Joe Hoerner
#28 Vada Pinson
#29 Doug Bird
#30 Orlando Cepeda
#32 Gene Garber
#33 Marty Pattin
#34 Paul Splittorff
#37 Freddie Patek
#38 Aurelio Lopez
#39 Al Fitzmorris
#40 Steve Busby
#41 Lindy McDaniel
#43 Bruce Dal Canton
#48 Rick Reichardt

Did you know that a 1974 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)?