1973 Kansas City Royals season
The 1973 Kansas City Royals season was their fifth in Major League Baseball and first in the new Royals Stadium. Promoted from Triple-A Omaha, Jack McKeon replaced the fired Bob Lemon as manager and the Royals finished second in the American League West in 1973 with a record of 88–74, six games behind the Oakland A's.
| 1973 Kansas City Royals | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | American League | |
| Division | West | |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium | |
| City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Owners | Ewing Kauffman | |
| General managers | Cedric Tallis | |
| Managers | Jack McKeon (first season) | |
| Television | KBMA | |
| Radio | KMBZ (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews, Fred White) | |
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The 88 wins were the most in the franchise's brief history, five more than in 1971. Lefthander Paul Splittorff (20–11) became the first Royal to win twenty games in a season.
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