1973 Kansas City Royals season
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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.
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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.