The 1972 roster for the Royals included Dick Drago at pitcher, Ed Kirkpatrick at catcher, John Mayberry at first baseman, Cookie Rojas at second baseman and Paul Schaal at third baseman.
| NO. | NAME | POS | HEIGHT | WEIGHT | DOB | AGE | BIRTHPLACE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Abernathy | P | 6'4" | 215 | 3/6/1933 | 39 | Stanley, NC | |
| 2 | | N. Angelini | P | 5'11" | 175 | 9/24/1947 | 24 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 3 | | T. Burgmeier | P | 5'11" | 185 | 8/2/1943 | 28 | St. Paul, MN | |
| 4 | | S. Busby | P | 6'2" | 205 | 9/29/1949 | 22 | Burbank, CA | |
| 5 | | B. Dal Canton | P | 6'2" | 205 | 6/15/1941 | 31 | California, PA | |
| 6 | | D. Drago | P | 6'1" | 190 | 6/25/1945 | 27 | Toledo, OH | |
| 7 | | A. Fitzmorris | P | 6'2" | 190 | 3/21/1946 | 26 | Buffalo, NY | |
| 8 | | B. Floyd | 3B | 6'0" | 180 | 10/20/1943 | 28 | Hawthorne, CA | |
| 9 | | R. Hansen | SS | 6'3" | 200 | 4/5/1938 | 34 | Oxford, NE | |
| 10 | | M. Hedlund | P | 6'1" | 190 | 8/11/1946 | 25 | Dallas, TX | |
| 11 | | G. Hopkins | 1B | 5'10" | 200 | 2/19/1943 | 29 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 12 | | S. Hovley | OF | 5'10" | 188 | 12/18/1944 | 27 | Ventura, CA | |
| 13 | | M. Jackson | P | 6'3" | 190 | 3/27/1946 | 26 | Paterson, NJ | |
| 14 | | J. Keough | OF | 6'0" | 185 | 1/7/1946 | 26 | Pomona, CA | |
| 15 | | E. Kirkpatrick | C | 6'0" | 195 | 10/8/1944 | 27 | Spokane, WA | |
| 16 | | B. Knoop | 2B | 6'1" | 170 | 10/18/1938 | 33 | Sioux City, IA | |
| 17 | | J. May | C | 6'3" | 195 | 12/14/1943 | 28 | Staunton, VA | |
| 18 | | J. Mayberry | 1B | 6'3" | 220 | 2/18/1949 | 23 | Detroit, MI | |
| 19 | | M. Montgomery | P | 6'3" | 200 | 9/1/1946 | 25 | Albemarle, NC | |
| 20 | | T. Murphy | P | 6'3" | 185 | 12/30/1945 | 26 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 21 | | R. Nelson | P | 6'3" | 205 | 6/7/1944 | 28 | Altadena, CA | |
| 22 | | B. Oliver | OF | 6'2" | 215 | 2/8/1943 | 29 | Shreveport, LA | |
| 23 | | A. Otis | OF | 5'11" | 165 | 4/26/1947 | 25 | Mobile, AL | |
| 24 | | D. Paepke | C | 6'0" | 202 | 4/17/1945 | 27 | Long Beach, CA | |
| 25 | | F. Patek | SS | 5'5" | 148 | 10/9/1944 | 27 | Seguin, TX | |
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