The Kansas City Royals came up just a bit short against the Texas Rangers, 4 to 3, on May 17, 1972.

1972 Kansas City Royals

Final

TEX

Rangers

11-15

4

KCR

Royals

11-16

3

TEX

KCR

1

3

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

0

1

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

0

0

13

0

0

14

0

0

15

0

0

16

0

0

17

0

0

18

1

0

R

4

3

H

9

16

E

0

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Elliott Maddox CF 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Davey Nelson 3B 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Don Mincher 1B 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Jeff Burroughs PH,LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Hal King C 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ken Suarez C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Howard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Billings C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Larry Biittner LF,1B 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Joe Lovitto RF 5 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
Lenny Randle 2B 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jim Panther P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Kubiak SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Horacio Pina P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Lindblad P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Shellenback P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Driscoll 2B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Bosman P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Paul P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toby Harrah SS 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Totals 63 4 9 4 0 5 15 3 1 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Bosman 6.1 7 3 3 1 4 0
Mike Paul 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Horacio Pina 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Paul Lindblad 4.1 6 0 0 3 1 0
Jim Shellenback 3.2 1 0 0 1 1 0
Jim Panther (W) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 18.0 16 3 3 6 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Freddie Patek SS 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
Richie Scheinblum RF 7 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Lou Piniella LF 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Cookie Rojas 2B 7 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 4
Ed Kirkpatrick C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Knoop PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Paepke C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1B 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Paul Schaal 3B 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dick Drago P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gail Hopkins PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Joe Keough PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Burgmeier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Dal Canton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Hansen PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Roger Nelson P 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jerry May PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al Fitzmorris PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Abernathy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Murphy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 61 3 16 3 0 6 8 0 2 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Drago 7.0 5 3 3 0 5 0
Tom Burgmeier 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bruce Dal Canton 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Roger Nelson 7.0 3 0 0 1 8 0
Ted Abernathy (L) 1.1 1 1 0 1 1 0
Tom Murphy 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 18.0 9 4 3 5 15 0

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

See more

HR

5

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

17

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.324

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

See more

W

3

Marsh

Alec Marsh

K

29

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.05

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

See more

HR

25

4th

R

101

10th

SO

149

26th

ERA

2.85

2nd

2024 Division Standings

See more
TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
14 6 .700
Royals Royals
13 7 .650 1.0
Tigers Tigers
11 9 .550 3.0
Twins Twins
6 12 .333 7.0
White Sox White Sox
3 16 .158 10.5

Schedule

See more
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/20
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM
Sun
4/21
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
4/22
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Tue
4/23
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Wed
4/24
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

See more
KCR Royals

13-7

9

Final

4

BAL Orioles

12-7

Fri 19 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

See more

8

Trout

Mike Trout

8

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

7

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI Leaders

See more

24

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

21

Jr.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

21

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

See more

.376

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.361

Contreras

William Contreras

.361

McMahon

Ryan McMahon

Hit Leaders

See more

32

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

32

Altuve

Jose Altuve

31

Betts

Mookie Betts

Run Leaders

See more

22

Betts

Mookie Betts

21

Marte

Ketel Marte

19

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

OBP Leaders

See more

.468

Soto

Juan Soto

.458

Winker

Jesse Winker

.457

Betts

Mookie Betts

SLG Leaders

See more

.716

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.667

Busch

Michael Busch

.662

Abrams

CJ Abrams

SB Leaders

See more

10

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

9

Turang

Brice Turang

8

Carroll

Corbin Carroll

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

See more

3

Bello

Brayan Bello

3

Peguero

Elvis Peguero

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

Strikeout Leaders

See more

34

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

34

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

33

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

ERA Leaders

See more

0.42

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.50

López

Reynaldo López

0.86

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

WHIP Leaders

See more

0.71

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

0.76

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

0.77

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

K/9 Leaders

See more

13.06

Greene

Hunter Greene

12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.52

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

See more

16.00

Jones

Jared Jones

14.00

Houck

Tanner Houck

10.00

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

See more

2

Jones

Jared Jones

2

Kirby

George Kirby

2

Houck

Tanner Houck

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

See more

370.4

Betts

Mookie Betts

322.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

311.7

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

See more

279

Betts

Mookie Betts

245

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

244

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/18
TOR TOR
@
SDP SDP
5-1
Thu
4/18
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
1-7
Thu
4/18
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
17-1
Thu
4/18
NYM NYM
@
LAD LAD
9-4
Thu
4/18
MIL MIL
@
STL STL
2-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/20
TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
1:05 PM
Sat
4/20
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Sat
4/20
MIL MIL
@
STL STL
2:15 PM
Sat
4/20
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Sat
4/20
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
4:05 PM