1972 Kansas City Royals
76 - 78
1971 / 1973 (Organization)
4th place in the AL West (16.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		44 - 33 (.571)
32 - 45 (.416)		 +3.3 wins
-4.3 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 580 / 532 ( +48 )
Allowed/Expected: 545 / 531 ( -14 )
Pyth Record: 81 - 73 (-5)
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Municipal Stadium II
Attendance: 707,656 Avg Att: 9,190 (0.75)
Att Rank: 9 / 12 Lg Avg: 12,313
       
Park Factor: 0.99    
HR Factor: 0.81 R/L HR: 0.77 / 0.87
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Lou Piniella
LF
150
1,287.3
 
-6.5
-5.0
-5.8
-0.7
 
6.6
8.3
-1.7
2 John Mayberry
1B
146
1,249.3
 
-8.0
-6.4
-8.0
 
-10.2
-10.2
3 Amos Otis
CF
137
1,190.0
 
2.6
2.2
2.8
-0.3
 
0.6
1.7
-1.1
4 Freddie Patek
SS
136
1,182.0
 
15.0
12.7
15.0
 
26.0
26.0
5 Cookie Rojas
2B
131
1,099.7
 
-3.0
-2.7
-3.0
 
-2.4
-2.4
6 Paul Schaal
3B
123
1,078.0
 
-7.2
-6.6
-7.2
 
-10.5
-10.5
7 Richie Scheinblum
RF
119
993.0
 
-7.4
-7.4
-7.8
0.5
 
-10.2
-8.9
-1.3
8 Ed Kirkpatrick
C
108
914.7
 
-1.6
-1.8
-1.0
-0.6
 
-3.6
-2.1
-1.9
-4.0
0.4
9 Jerry May
C
41
294.0
 
0.5
1.5
0.7
-0.3
 
-0.4
-2.1
-1.1
-3.2
2.7
10 Bobby Knoop
2B
33
228.0
 
-0.1
-0.3
-0.1
 
2.3
2.3
11 Bobby Floyd
3B
30
212.3
 
-2.2
-10.4
-2.2
 
-8.4
-8.4
12 Steve Hovley
RF
38
200.3
 
1.3
6.7
1.0
0.3
 
2.0
0.6
1.4
13 Steve Hovley
CF
25
181.3
 
0.2
1.2
-0.0
0.2
 
0.5
-0.5
1.0
14 Bobby Floyd
SS
29
167.3
 
-0.3
-1.9
-0.3
 
-6.6
-6.6
15 Carl Taylor
C
21
154.7
 
-1.0
-6.7
-0.6
-0.5
 
-5.3
-0.6
-1.2
-1.8
-3.5
16 Bob Oliver
RF
16
143.3
 
1.6
11.1
1.4
0.2
 
5.5
6.2
-0.7
17 Gail Hopkins
1B
13
86.0
 
-0.2
-2.7
-0.2
 
-1.8
-1.8
18 Joe Keough
LF
9
57.0
 
-0.2
-2.7
-0.2
0.1
 
-4.3
-4.6
0.3
19 Jim Wohlford
2B
8
48.7
 
-0.3
-6.9
-0.3
 
-2.2
-2.2
20 Carl Taylor
1B
6
44.0
 
-0.1
-2.8
-0.1
 
-0.3
-0.3
21 Cookie Rojas
3B
6
37.0
 
-0.1
-3.5
-0.1
 
-1.0
-1.0
22 Ron Hansen
3B
4
31.0
 
0.1
3.8
0.1
 
3.3
3.3
23 Ron Hansen
SS
6
27.0
 
-0.2
-7.5
-0.2
 
1.2
1.2
24 Joe Keough
RF
5
24.7
 
-0.2
-9.4
-0.2
-0.0
 
-1.0
-0.9
-0.1
25 Steve Hovley
LF
5
22.0
 
0.1
3.5
0.1
0.0
 
-1.5
-1.3
-0.1
26 Carl Taylor
RF
6
20.0
 
0.1
7.2
0.2
-0.0
 
1.1
1.2
-0.1
27 Dennis Paepke
C
2
18.0
 
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
0.0
 
0.4
0.3
-0.2
0.1
0.4
28 Carl Taylor
3B
5
15.0
 
0.0
2.3
0.0
 
0.1
0.1
29 Richie Scheinblum
LF
2
12.0
 
-0.0
-2.4
-0.1
0.0
 
-1.4
-1.3
-0.1
30 Joe Keough
CF
2
10.0
 
-0.0
-0.8
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.9
0.9
-0.0
31 Bobby Knoop
3B
4
7.0
 
-0.0
-6.4
-0.0
 
-0.8
-0.8
32 Cookie Rojas
SS
2
4.0
 
-0.0
-11.5
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
33 Carl Taylor
LF
1
3.0
 
0.0
3.0
0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.2
-0.0
34 Bobby Floyd
2B
2
3.0
 
-0.0
-2.0
-0.0
 
0.0
0.0
35 Ed Kirkpatrick
1B
1
2.0
 
0.0
0.3
0.0
 
-0.5
-0.5
36 Paul Schaal
SS
1
1.0
 
0.0
3.1
0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
37 Gail Hopkins
3B
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-2.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
38 Ron Hansen
2B
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-10.7
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
  19        
-17.3
-1.6
-15.4
0.3
-0.9
-1.3
  
-22.5
-11.0
-2.5
-4.4
-4.5
-8.9
-0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James