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1976 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977)
90-72, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 713 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70
Manager: Whitey Herzog (90-72)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,680,265 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to New York Yankees
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1975 / 1977 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Doug Bird 26 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 4 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Brett HOF 23 L R 6' 0" 200 May 15, 1953 4 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 157 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Tom Bruno 23 R R 6' 5" 210 Jan 26, 1953 1st 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Busby 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 29, 1949 5 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Cowens 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 25, 1951 3 152 145 152 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 142 148 0 5 2
Jerry Cram 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 9, 1947 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Davis 37 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 21, 1939 18 8 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
Al Fitzmorris 30 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 8 37 0 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Gura 28 B L 6' 1" 185 Nov 26, 1947 7 20 0 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Hall 28 L L 6' 0" 155 Nov 23, 1947 9 33 0 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Andy Hassler 24 L L 6' 5" 220 Oct 18, 1951 5 19 0 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fran Healy 29 R R 6' 5" 220 Sep 6, 1946 7 8 6 8 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ruppert Jones 21 L L 5' 10" 175 Mar 12, 1955 1st 28 8 28 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 17 1 9 7
Dennis Leonard 25 R R 6' 1" 190 May 8, 1951 3 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Littell 23 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 3 60 0 3 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buck Martinez 27 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 7, 1948 7 95 86 95 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
John Mayberry 27 L L 6' 3" 220 Feb 18, 1949 9 161 161 161 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob McClure 24 R L 5' 11" 170 Apr 29, 1952 2 9 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hal McRae 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 8 149 144 149 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 31 116 5 0 All-Star
Steve Mingori 32 L L 5' 10" 170 Feb 29, 1944 7 55 0 3 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Nelson 32 R R 5' 10" 160 Jun 20, 1944 9 78 29 78 47 0 0 2 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 21
Roger Nelson 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 7, 1944 9 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amos Otis 29 R R 5' 11" 166 Apr 26, 1947 9 153 151 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 0 0 1 All-Star
Freddie Patek 31 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 9 144 140 144 143 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 All-Star
Marty Pattin 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 6, 1943 9 44 0 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Poquette 24 L R 5' 10" 175 Oct 30, 1951 2 104 88 104 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 17 98 0 9 3
Jamie Quirk 21 L R 6' 4" 200 Oct 22, 1954 2 64 21 64 24 0 0 2 0 11 12 0 0 0 0 19 34 0
Cookie Rojas 37 R R 5' 10" 170 Mar 6, 1939 15 63 22 63 44 0 0 1 40 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 30 1
Ray Sadecki 35 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 26, 1940 17 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Sanders 34 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 8, 1941 10 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Solaita 29 L L 6' 0" 215 Jan 15, 1947 4 31 15 31 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0
Paul Splittorff 29 L L 6' 3" 210 Oct 8, 1946 7 26 0 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Stinson 30 B R 185 Oct 11, 1945 8 79 62 79 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
John Wathan 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 4, 1949 1st 27 9 27 26 0 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Frank White 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 4, 1950 4 152 142 152 151 0 0 0 130 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Wilson 20 B R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1955 1st 12 1 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 6
Jim Wohlford 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 28, 1951 5 107 66 107 94 0 0 0 1 0 0 82 2 10 93 0 21 9
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1975 / 1977 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played