Kauffman Stadium
aka Royals Stadium
1973 - Present
Kansas City, MO
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Royals |
(1973 - 2025) |
4171 |
First Game
4/10/1973: Royals 12, Rangers 1Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Hank Morgenweck
Managers: Jack McKeon (KCA), Whitey Herzog (TEX)
Starting Pitchers: Paul Splittorff (KCA), Pete Broberg (TEX)
First Pitch: LCDR Joseph Plumb, former Vietnam POW
Attendance: 39,464
Time of Game: 2:25
Trivia
- Bruce Dal Canton is the only pitcher to allow the first grand slam and inside-the-park homer in a park.
- Only one ball was pulled against Nolan Ryan when he tossed his no-hitter when Amos Otis grounded out to short in the seventh inning.
| Batting Event | First |
|---|---|
| First Batter | Dave Nelson (TEX) groundout: P-1B |
| Hit | Amos Otis (KCA) bunt single to 3B vs. Pete Broberg (1st inning) - Bunt Single to 3B (1st) |
| Run Scored | Freddie Patek (KCA) on John Mayberry single to RF vs. Pete Broberg (1st inning) |
| Run Batted In | John Mayberry (KCA) single to RF scored Freddie Patek vs. Pete Broberg (1st inning) |
| Single | Amos Otis (KCA) bunt to 3B vs. Pete Broberg (1st inning) |
| Double | Amos Otis (KCA) to LF vs. Pete Broberg (2nd inning) |
| Triple | Jeff Burroughs (TEX) to CF vs. Paul Splittorff (2nd inning) |
| Home Run | John Mayberry (KCA) to RF vs. Bill Gogolewski (5th inning) |
| Grand Slam | Dave May (MIL) to RF vs. Bruce Dal Canton on 4/26/1973: 1B-Pedro Garcia, 2B-Joe Lahoud, 3B-Tim Johnson (9th inning, Game No. 12) |
| IPHR | Vic Harris (TEX) to LF vs. Bruce Dal Canton on 6/24/1973 (9th inning, Game No. 39) |
| Stolen Base | Freddie Patek (KCA), 2B vs. Pete Broberg/Ken Suarez (1st inning) |
| Sacrifice Hit | Paul Schaal (KCA) bunted Gail Hopkins to 2B vs. Rich Hand on 4/11/1973 (7th inning, Game No. 2) |
| Sacrifice Fly | Ed Kirkpatrick (KCA) to LF scored Amos Otis vs. Pete Broberg (1st inning) |
| Cycle | John Mayberry (KCA): 8/5/1977 vs. CHA (1B in 2nd, HR in 3rd, 3B in 4th, 2B in 8th) (Game No. 377) |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | Paul Splittorff (KCA): 9 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 35 BF, 15 GB, 10 FB, 1 LD, 1 PU, 5 Unk, 71 GSc |
| Loss | Pete Broberg (TEX): 3 1/3 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 1 HBP, 23 BF, 5 GB, 7 FB, 1 LD, 2 PU, 4 Unk, 14 GSc |
| Strikeout | Pete Broberg (TEX) struck out Hal McRae (2nd inning) |
| Shutout | Dick Bosman (TEX) on 4/12/1973 (Game No. 3) |
| Shutout, SP | Bosman: 9 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 0 HBP, 32 BF, 15 GB, 12 FB, 1 LD, 1 PU, 2 Unk, 78 GSc |
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| Shutout, RP | Save | Gene Garber (KCA) vs. OAK on 4/19/1973: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 2 BF, 1 GB, 1 LD, 0 PU, 0 Unk, 2 IR, 0 IS (Game No. 6) |
| Hit by Pitch | Pete Broberg (TEX) hit Lou Piniella (1st inning) |
| Wild Pitch | Pete Broberg (TEX) sent Ed Kirkpatrick to 2B with Jerry May at bat (3rd inning) |
| Balk | Vida Blue (OAK) sent Cookie Rojas to 2B with Amos Otis at bat on 4/17/1973 (1st inning, Game No. 4) | No-Hitter | Nolan Ryan (CAL) vs. Royals on 5/15/1973: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 12 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 30 BF, 4 GB, 11 FB, 1 LD, 1 PU, Unk, 96 GSc (Game No. 20) |
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| Balk | No-Hitter |