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1973 Kansas City Royals season

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Owner(s)
  
Ewing Kauffman

Manager(s)
  
Jack McKeon

General manager(s)
  
Cedric Tallis

Local television
  
KBMA

Local radio
  
KMBZ (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1973 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing second in the American League West with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses.

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Offseason

  • November 30, 1972: Roger Nelson and Richie Scheinblum were traded by the Royals to the Cincinnati Reds for Hal McRae and Wayne Simpson.
  • February 1, 1973: Joe Keough was traded by the Royals to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Lyttle.

    • Regular season

    On April 10, the Royals open their new park, Royals Stadium, with a 12–1 rout of the Texas Rangers. The game is attended by 39,464 fans braving 39-degree weather.

    On April 16, Steve Busby threw the first no-hitter in Royals history. The Royals beat Detroit by a score of 3–0.

    On May 15, in a game against the Royals, Nolan Ryan of the California Angels threw the first no-hitter of his career.

    On August 2, George Brett made his major league debut.

    Notable transactions

  • April 2, 1973: Greg Minton was traded by the Royals to the San Francisco Giants for Fran Healy.
  • May 8, 1973: Tom Murphy was traded by the Royals to the St. Louis Cardinals for Al Santorini.
  • June 5, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft
  • Ruppert Jones was drafted by the Royals in the 3rd round.
  • Rob Picciolo was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round of the secondary phase, but did not sign.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kingsport, Billings

    References

    1973 Kansas City Royals season Wikipedia
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