| W-L: 76-78 (0.494) | Finish: 4th in American League West |
| Expected W-L (runs) | 82-73 (0.528) |
| SharkWAR Expected W-L | 86-69 (0.555) |
| <<1971 Kansas City Royals | 1973 Kansas City Royals>> |
| Player Name | Pos | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mayberry | 1B | 23 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 149 | 588 | 150 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 93.058 | 0.394 | 0.507 |
| Lou Piniella | LF | 28 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 151 | 624 | 179 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 78.143 | 0.356 | 0.441 |
| Amos Otis | CF | 25 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 143 | 605 | 158 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 50 | 28 | 12 | 69.979 | 0.352 | 0.413 |
| Richie Scheinblum | RF | 29 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 134 | 518 | 135 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 66.607 | 0.383 | 0.418 |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | C | 27 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 113 | 423 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 49.743 | 0.365 | 0.396 |
| Paul Schaal | 3B | 29 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 127 | 503 | 99 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 42.651 | 0.323 | 0.326 |
| Steve Hovley | RF | 27 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 105 | 226 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 22.456 | 0.351 | 0.352 |
| Cookie Rojas | 2B | 33 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 137 | 541 | 127 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 8 | 42.999 | 0.315 | 0.331 |
| Carl Taylor | C | 28 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 63 | 135 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 11.985 | 0.361 | 0.301 |
| Bob Oliver | RF | 29 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 16 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.613 | 0.292 | 0.381 |
| Joe Keough | LF | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 56 | 75 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4.921 | 0.324 | 0.250 |
| Freddie Patek | SS | 27 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 136 | 577 | 110 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 33 | 7 | 30.866 | 0.280 | 0.276 |
| Tom Burgmeier | P | 28 | 0.0 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.013 | 0.333 | 0.333 | |
| Jim Wohlford | 2B | 21 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.010 | 0.321 | 0.280 |
| Bobby Knoop | 2B | 33 | 0.5 | -0.0 | 44 | 107 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.788 | 0.299 | 0.289 |
| Monty Montgomery | P | 25 | -0.1 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.382 | 0.222 | 0.235 | |
| Ken Wright | P | 25 | -0.1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.259 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Norm Angelini | P | 24 | -0.1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.259 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Paul Splittorff | P | 25 | -0.1 | 35 | 83 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.457 | 0.276 | 0.254 | |
| Steve Busby | P | 22 | -0.1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.284 | 0.200 | 0.267 | |
| Al Fitzmorris | P | 26 | -0.1 | 39 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.018 | 0.296 | 0.174 | |
| Mike Jackson | P | 26 | -0.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.647 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Dennis Paepke | C | 27 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.419 | 0.143 | 0.000 |
| Jerry May | C | 28 | -0.7 | -0.2 | 53 | 131 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.151 | 0.277 | 0.276 |
| Ted Abernathy | P | 39 | -0.2 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.776 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Tom Murphy | P | 26 | -0.2 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.324 | 0.071 | 0.000 | |
| Gail Hopkins | 1B | 29 | -0.4 | -0.2 | 53 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.535 | 0.282 | 0.239 |
| Mike Hedlund | P | 25 | -0.3 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.291 | 0.188 | 0.188 | |
| Ron Hansen | SS | 34 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.244 | 0.212 | 0.133 |
| Jim Rooker | P | 29 | -0.4 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.433 | 0.095 | 0.100 | |
| Bruce Dal Canton | P | 31 | -0.6 | 35 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2.080 | 0.119 | 0.122 | |
| Roger Nelson | P | 28 | -0.9 | 34 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2.706 | 0.140 | 0.093 | |
| Dick Drago | P | 27 | -1.0 | 35 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -2.990 | 0.169 | 0.059 | |
| Bobby Floyd | 3B | 28 | -2.1 | -1.1 | 61 | 140 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.745 | 0.209 | 0.202 |
| Totals | 25.0 | 5845 | 1317 | 220 | 26 | 78 | 534 | 85 | 44 | 531.977 | 0.329 | 0.353 | ||||
| Player Name | Age | Shark WAR | Pitching WAR | G | GS | IP | W | L | CG | SV | R | BB | SO | Pitch Runs Saved | ERA | WHIP | SOper9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Nelson | 28 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 34 | 19 | 173.33 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 41 | 31 | 120 | 42.82 | 2.08 | 0.87 | 6.23 |
| Dick Drago | 27 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 34 | 33 | 239.33 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 88 | 51 | 135 | 23.29 | 3.01 | 1.17 | 5.08 |
| Paul Splittorff | 25 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 35 | 33 | 216.00 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 81 | 67 | 140 | 16.98 | 3.12 | 1.19 | 5.83 |
| Ted Abernathy | 39 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 45 | 0 | 58.33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 12.09 | 1.70 | 1.08 | 4.32 |
| Steve Busby | 22 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 5 | 5 | 40.00 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 11.29 | 1.57 | 0.90 | 6.97 |
| Tom Murphy | 26 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 18 | 9 | 70.33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 34 | 6.06 | 3.07 | 1.32 | 4.35 |
| Bruce Dal Canton | 31 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 35 | 16 | 132.33 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 29 | 75 | 4.91 | 3.40 | 1.24 | 5.10 |
| Monty Montgomery | 25 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 9 | 8 | 56.33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 4.28 | 3.04 | 1.28 | 3.83 |
| Norm Angelini | 24 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 21 | 0 | 16.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3.00 | 2.25 | 1.56 | 9.00 |
| Al Fitzmorris | 26 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 38 | 2 | 101.00 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 28 | 51 | -0.96 | 3.74 | 1.26 | 4.54 |
| Ken Wright | 25 | -0.5 | -0.4 | 17 | 0 | 18.33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 18 | -3.14 | 4.91 | 1.64 | 8.84 |
| Mike Jackson | 26 | -1.0 | -0.8 | 7 | 3 | 19.67 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 15 | -6.27 | 6.41 | 1.93 | 6.86 |
| Jim Rooker | 29 | -1.3 | -0.9 | 18 | 10 | 72.00 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 44 | -6.86 | 4.38 | 1.42 | 5.50 |
| Tom Burgmeier | 28 | -1.1 | -1.1 | 51 | 0 | 55.33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 18 | -8.50 | 4.23 | 1.81 | 2.93 |
| Mike Hedlund | 25 | -2.8 | -2.6 | 29 | 16 | 113.00 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 41 | 52 | -18.90 | 4.78 | 1.42 | 4.14 |
| Totals | 10.8 | 1381.33 | 76 | 78 | 44 | 28 | 545 | 405 | 801 | 80.08 | 3.24 | 1.23 | 5.22 |
| Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | Player Name | |||||||||
| C | Ed Kirkpatrick | 27 | 0.3 | 108.0 | 915.0 | 590.0 | 49.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 2.416 |
| Jerry May | 28 | -0.5 | 41.0 | 294.0 | 175.0 | 13.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -4.800 | |
| Carl Taylor | 28 | -0.2 | 21.0 | 155.0 | 101.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | -1.591 | |
| Dennis Paepke | 27 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.496 | |
| 1B | John Mayberry | 23 | 0.0 | 146.0 | 1249.0 | 1338.0 | 82.0 | 7.0 | 141.0 | 0.096 |
| Gail Hopkins | 29 | -0.2 | 13.0 | 86.0 | 97.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | -1.595 | |
| Carl Taylor | 28 | -0.1 | 6.0 | 44.0 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | -0.578 | |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | 27 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.049 | |
| 2B | Cookie Rojas | 33 | 0.8 | 131.0 | 1100.0 | 265.0 | 360.0 | 9.0 | 82.0 | 7.101 |
| Bobby Knoop | 33 | 0.6 | 33.0 | 228.0 | 61.0 | 80.0 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 4.981 | |
| Jim Wohlford | 21 | -0.2 | 8.0 | 49.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -2.116 | |
| Bobby Floyd | 28 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.103 | |
| Ron Hansen | 34 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.114 | |
| 3B | Paul Schaal | 29 | -0.4 | 123.0 | 1078.0 | 77.0 | 245.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | -3.182 |
| Bobby Floyd | 28 | -0.6 | 30.0 | 212.0 | 24.0 | 34.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | -5.080 | |
| Cookie Rojas | 33 | -0.1 | 6.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.653 | |
| Ron Hansen | 34 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 31.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.251 | |
| Carl Taylor | 28 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.241 | |
| Bobby Knoop | 33 | -0.1 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.664 | |
| Gail Hopkins | 29 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.015 | |
| SS | Freddie Patek | 27 | 4.3 | 136.0 | 1182.0 | 230.0 | 510.0 | 22.0 | 113.0 | 38.726 |
| Bobby Floyd | 28 | -0.3 | 29.0 | 167.0 | 30.0 | 49.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | -3.018 | |
| Ron Hansen | 34 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 27.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.656 | |
| Cookie Rojas | 33 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.237 | |
| Paul Schaal | 29 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.138 | |
| LF | Lou Piniella | 28 | 0.5 | 150.0 | 1287.3 | 279.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 4.339 |
| Joe Keough | 26 | -0.1 | 9.0 | 57.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.167 | |
| Steve Hovley | 27 | -0.0 | 5.0 | 22.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.346 | |
| Richie Scheinblum | 29 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.364 | |
| Carl Taylor | 28 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.070 | |
| CF | Amos Otis | 25 | 0.6 | 137.0 | 1190.0 | 352.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.413 |
| Steve Hovley | 27 | 0.1 | 25.0 | 181.3 | 52.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.855 | |
| Joe Keough | 26 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.377 | |
| RF | Richie Scheinblum | 29 | -0.1 | 119.0 | 993.0 | 214.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | -1.325 |
| Steve Hovley | 27 | 0.1 | 38.0 | 200.3 | 48.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.615 | |
| Bob Oliver | 29 | 0.2 | 16.0 | 143.3 | 46.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.218 | |
| Joe Keough | 26 | -0.0 | 5.0 | 24.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.196 | |
| Carl Taylor | 28 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.446 | |
| C | -0.4 | 1382.0 | 880.0 | 70.0 | 15.0 | 8.0 | -3.479 | |||
| 1B | -0.2 | 1381.0 | 1485.0 | 86.0 | 9.0 | 151.0 | -2.125 | |||
| 2B | 1.1 | 1381.0 | 333.0 | 453.0 | 14.0 | 107.0 | 9.750 | |||
| 3B | -0.7 | 1381.0 | 104.0 | 305.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | -6.101 | |||
| SS | 4.0 | 1381.0 | 264.0 | 573.0 | 26.0 | 126.0 | 35.989 | |||
| LF | 0.3 | 1381.3 | 285.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2.531 | |||
| CF | 0.7 | 1381.3 | 409.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.645 | |||
| RF | 0.2 | 1381.3 | 319.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 1.758 | |||