1973 Kansas City Royals season

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1973 Kansas City Royals
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1969) West Division (Since 1969)
Location
Royals Stadium (Since 1973) Kansas City, Missouri (Since 1969)
1973 Information
Owner(s)	Ewing Kauffman
Manager(s)	Jack McKeon
Local television	KBMA
Local radio	KMBZ (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews)

The 1973 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580	--
Kansas City Royals	88	74	.543	6
Minnesota Twins	81	81	.500	13
California Angels	79	83	.488	15
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	17
Texas Rangers	57	105	.352	37

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

• 1973 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 1973 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 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 1973 All-Star Game • 1973 World Series

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