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(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
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1975 / 1977 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
November 10, 1975
Released Harmon Killebrew.
November 12, 1975
Traded Nelson Briles to the Texas Rangers. Received Dave Nelson.
December 15, 1975
Released Vada Pinson.
December 22, 1975
Traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Bob Stinson. The Kansas City Royals sent Rodney Scott (December 22, 1975) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
Traded Kenzie Davis (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Pat Osburn.
1976
Milt Ramirez received from Reynosa (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.
January 7, 1976
Drafted Hubie Brooks in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Bill Paschall in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).
January 9, 1976
Traded Randy Hammon (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Jerry Cram.
March 3, 1976
Signed Roger Nelson as a free agent.
March 10, 1976
Signed Onix Concepcion as an amateur free agent.
April, 1976
Signed Bill Sudakis as a free agent.
May 5, 1976 (Standings)
Released Ray Sadecki.
May 7, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Bryan Jones (minors) and cash to the New York Mets. Received Tom Hall.
May 16, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Fran Healy to the New York Yankees. Received Larry Gura.
June 8, 1976 (Standings)
Drafted Jim Gaudet in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Ken Phelps in the 15th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
June 22, 1976 (Standings)
Signed Bob Johnson as a free agent.
June 25, 1976 (Standings)
Signed Craig Eaton as an amateur free agent.
July 5, 1976 (Standings)
Purchased Andy Hassler from the California Angels.
July 14, 1976 (Standings)
Tony Solaita selected by the California Angels off waivers.
September 14, 1976 (Standings)
Released Bob Johnson.
September 17, 1976 (Standings)
Purchased Ken Sanders from the New York Mets.
September 20, 1976 (Standings)
Purchased Tommy Davis from the California Angels.
November 2, 1976
Traded Ron Washington to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Steve Patchin (minors).
November 5, 1976
Ruppert Jones selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 1st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Al Fitzmorris selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 13th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Bob Stinson selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 25th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Steve Staggs selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 37th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Tom Bruno selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 51st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
December 6, 1976
Charlie Beamon drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1976 rule 5 draft.
Purchased Bob Heise from the Boston Red Sox.
Traded a player to be named later, Jamie Quirk and Jim Wohlford to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter. The Kansas City Royals sent Bob McClure (March 15, 1977) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
December 7, 1976
Traded Frank Ortenzio to the Montreal Expos. Received Rudy Kinard (minors).
December 8, 1976
Mark Souza drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1976 rule 5 draft.
As part of a 3-team trade, traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Pete LaCock from the Chicago Cubs. In addition, the New York Mets sent Jim Dwyer to the Chicago Cubs. The Kansas City Royals sent Sheldon Mallory (December 13, 1976) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
December 13, 1976
Released Ken Sanders.
1977
Milt Ramirez sent to the Oakland Athletics in an unknown transaction.
January 3, 1977
Released Lindy McDaniel.
January 17, 1977
Released Tommy Davis.
March 22, 1977
Signed Joe Lahoud as a free agent.
