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1976 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977

90-72, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Whitey Herzog (90-72)
Scored 713 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · 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 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
Doug Bird 26 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 4 39 27 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
George Brett HOF 23 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 4 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 157 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 All-Star
Tom Bruno 23 R R 6' 5" 210 Jan 26, 1953 1st 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Steve Busby 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 29, 1949 5 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Al Cowens 24 R R 6' 1" 197 Oct 25, 1951 3 152 145 152 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 142 154 1 5 2 1.3
Jerry Cram 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 9, 1947 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Tommy Davis 37 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 21, 1939 18 8 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 -0.1
Al Fitzmorris 30 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 8 37 33 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.2
Larry Gura 28 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 7 20 2 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Tom Hall 28 L L 6' 0" 150 Nov 23, 1947 9 33 0 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -0.6
Andy Hassler 24 L L 6' 5" 220 Oct 18, 1951 5 19 14 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
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 1 1 1 -0.3
Ruppert Jones 21 L L 5' 10" 170 Mar 12, 1955 1st 28 8 28 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 18 3 9 7 -0.4
Dennis Leonard 25 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1951 3 35 34 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Mark Littell 23 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 3 60 1 3 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7
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 1.0
John Mayberry 27 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 9 161 161 161 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.1
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 -0.2
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 31 117 5 0 5.4 All-Star
Steve Mingori 32 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 29, 1944 7 55 0 3 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
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 22 19 21 0.1
Roger Nelson 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 7, 1944 9 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Amos Otis 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 9 153 151 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 1 0 1 3.5 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 1 0 3 3.1 All-Star
Marty Pattin 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 6, 1943 9 44 15 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Tom Poquette 24 L R 5' 10" 175 Oct 30, 1951 2 104 88 104 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 17 101 2 9 3 2.1
Jamie Quirk 21 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 2 64 21 64 24 0 0 2 0 11 12 0 0 0 0 19 34 0 -0.5
Cookie Rojas 37 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 6, 1939 15 63 22 63 44 0 0 1 40 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 30 1 -0.6
Ray Sadecki 35 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 26, 1940 17 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Ken Sanders 34 R R 5' 11" 168 Jul 8, 1941 10 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Tony Solaita 29 L L 6' 0" 210 Jan 15, 1947 4 31 15 31 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 0 -0.1
Paul Splittorff 29 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 7 26 23 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Bob Stinson 30 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1945 8 79 62 79 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.3
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 0.3
Frank White 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 4 152 142 152 151 0 0 0 130 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.8
Willie Wilson 20 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 1st 12 1 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 6 -0.1
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 94 3 21 9 1.0
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Cookie Rojas
Freddie Patek
Dave Nelson
George Brett
Jim Wohlford
John Mayberry
Tony Solaita
Jamie Quirk

Tommy Davis
Hal McRae
John Wathan
Bob Stinson
Andy Hassler
Fran Healy
Mark Littell
Al Cowens
Willie Wilson

Frank White
Buck Martinez
Dennis Leonard
Steve Mingori
Tom Poquette
Amos Otis
Ken Sanders
Doug Bird

Ruppert Jones
Tom Bruno
Bob McClure
Marty Pattin
Paul Splittorff
Tom Bruno
Roger Nelson
Larry Gura
Ray Sadecki
Al Fitzmorris

Steve Busby
Tom Hall
Andy Hassler
Jerry Cram

1975 / 1977 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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