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1975 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1974 / 1976

91-71, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack McKeon (50-46) and Whitey Herzog (41-25)
Scored 710 runs, Allowed 649 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 1,151,836 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1974 / 1976 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Doug Bird 25 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 3 51 4 3 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
George Brett HOF 22 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 3 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $
Nelson Briles 31 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 5, 1943 11 24 16 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Steve Busby 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 29, 1949 4 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 $ All-Star
Al Cowens 23 R R 6' 1" 197 Oct 25, 1951 2 120 83 120 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 36 64 122 3 11 8 1.7 $
Bruce Dal Canton 34 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1941 9 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Al Fitzmorris 29 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 7 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $
Fran Healy 28 R R 6' 5" 220 Sep 6, 1946 6 56 51 56 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 -0.2 $
Harmon Killebrew HOF 39 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 22 106 87 106 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 19 0 -0.3 $
Dennis Leonard 24 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1951 2 32 30 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Mark Littell 22 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 2 7 3 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Buck Martinez 26 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 7, 1948 6 80 70 80 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4 $
Gary Martz 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 10, 1951 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 $
John Mayberry 26 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 8 156 156 156 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 6.9 $
Bob McClure 23 R L 5' 11" 170 Apr 29, 1952 1st 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Lindy McDaniel 39 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 21 40 0 1 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Hal McRae 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 7 126 126 126 114 0 0 0 0 1 0 114 0 1 115 12 0 0 1.7 $ All-Star
Steve Mingori 31 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 29, 1944 6 36 0 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Amos Otis 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 8 132 121 132 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 0 4 1 2.1 $
Freddie Patek 30 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 8 136 133 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.8 $
Marty Pattin 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 6, 1943 8 45 15 3 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.3 $
Vada Pinson 36 L L 5' 11" 170 Aug 11, 1938 18 103 77 103 85 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 13 60 85 5 20 2 -0.9 $68,000
Jamie Quirk 20 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 1st 14 11 14 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 10 1 3 0 -0.3 $
Cookie Rojas 36 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 6, 1939 14 120 105 120 116 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 2 -1.1 $67,500
Ray Sadecki 34 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 26, 1940 16 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Rodney Scott 21 B R 6' 0" 160 Oct 16, 1953 1st 48 3 48 17 0 0 0 9 0 8 0 0 0 0 23 1 35 -0.5 $
Tony Solaita 28 L L 6' 0" 210 Jan 15, 1947 3 93 64 93 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 24 0 2.1 $
Paul Splittorff 28 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 6 35 23 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Bob Stinson 29 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1945 7 63 43 63 61 0 59 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 6 1.3 $
George Throop 24 R R 6' 7" 205 Nov 24, 1950 1st 7 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Frank White 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 3 111 85 111 107 0 0 0 68 4 42 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 1.1 $
Jim Wohlford 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 28, 1951 4 116 84 116 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 67 110 4 17 11 -0.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Cookie Rojas

Freddie Patek

Harmon Killebrew

George Brett

Jim Wohlford

John Mayberry

Tony Solaita

Jamie Quirk

Bob McClure

Hal McRae

Gary Martz

Bob Stinson

Fran Healy

Mark Littell

Al Cowens

Nelson Briles

Frank White

Buck Martinez

Dennis Leonard

Steve Mingori

Rodney Scott

Amos Otis

Vada Pinson

Doug Bird

Marty Pattin

Paul Splittorff

George Throop

Freddie Patek

Al Fitzmorris

Steve Busby

Lindy McDaniel

George Throop

Bruce Dal Canton
Ray Sadecki

Rodney Scott

1974 / 1976 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers