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1976 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Buck Martinez 27 95 295 267 24 61 13 3 5 34 0 0 16 45 .228 .269 .356 .625 81 95 2 0 9 3 1
2 1B John Mayberry* 27 161 690 594 76 138 22 2 13 95 3 2 82 73 .232 .322 .342 .663 94 203 12 2 0 12 7
3 2B Frank White 25 152 489 446 39 102 17 6 2 46 20 11 19 42 .229 .263 .307 .570 66 137 4 3 18 3 0
4 SS Freddie Patek 31 144 503 432 58 104 19 3 1 43 51 15 50 63 .241 .318 .306 .624 83 132 6 2 13 6 5
5 3B George Brett* 23 159 705 645 94 215 34 14 7 67 21 11 49 36 .333 .377 .462 .839 144 298 8 1 2 8 4
6 LF Tom Poquette* 24 104 381 344 43 104 18 10 2 34 6 5 29 31 .302 .361 .430 .792 130 148 9 4 2 2 3
7 CF Amos Otis 29 153 665 592 93 165 40 2 18 86 26 7 55 100 .279 .341 .444 .785 128 263 13 5 5 8 7
8 RF Al Cowens 24 152 616 581 71 154 23 6 3 59 23 16 26 50 .265 .298 .341 .639 86 198 9 3 2 4 0
9 DH Hal McRae 30 149 609 527 75 175 34 5 8 73 22 12 64 43 .332 .407 .461 .868 153 243 13 8 2 8 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 LF Jim Wohlford 25 107 334 293 47 73 10 2 1 24 22 16 29 24 .249 .314 .307 .621 82 90 8 1 6 5 0
11 C Bob Stinson# 30 79 243 209 26 55 7 1 2 25 3 1 25 29 .263 .342 .335 .677 98 70 5 1 6 2 2
12 UT Dave Nelson 32 78 171 153 24 36 4 2 1 17 15 5 14 26 .235 .298 .307 .605 77 47 1 0 3 1 0
13 2B Cookie Rojas 37 63 145 132 11 32 6 0 0 16 2 0 8 15 .242 .280 .288 .568 66 38 5 0 2 3 0
14 DH Jamie Quirk* 21 64 119 114 11 28 6 0 1 15 0 0 2 22 .246 .252 .325 .577 67 37 5 0 0 3 0
15 DH Tony Solaita* 29 31 77 68 4 16 4 0 0 9 0 0 6 17 .235 .286 .294 .580 69 20 0 0 0 3 0
16 UT Ruppert Jones* 21 28 54 51 9 11 1 1 1 7 0 2 3 16 .216 .259 .333 .593 72 17 0 0 0 0 0
17 UT John Wathan 26 27 46 42 5 12 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 5 .286 .333 .310 .643 88 13 1 1 1 0 0
18 UT Fran Healy 29 8 28 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 10 .125 .250 .125 .375 12 3 1 0 0 0 0
19 DH Tommy Davis 37 8 20 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 .300 .263 .563 65 5 1 0 0 0 0
20 CF Willie Wilson# 20 12 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Mark Littell* 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Ken Sanders 34 0 0 0 0
23 P Marty Pattin 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Bob McClure 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Dennis Leonard 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Al Fitzmorris# 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Steve Busby 26 0 0 0 0
28 P Tom Bruno 23 0 0 0 0
29 P Ray Sadecki* 35 0 0 0 0
30 P Steve Mingori* 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Andy Hassler* 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Larry Gura# 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Roger Nelson 32 0 0 0 0
34 P Jerry Cram 28 0 0 0 0
35 P Tom Hall* 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Paul Splittorff* 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Doug Bird 26 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.0 162 6197 5540 713 1490 259 57 65 656 218 106 484 650 .269 .327 .371 .699 103 2058 103 31 71 71 36
Rank in 12 AL teams 4 4 3 1 1 11 2 2 8 10 2 2 4 4 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Dennis Leonard 25 17 10 .630 3.51 35 34 0 16 2 0 259.0 247 113 101 16 70 5 150 11 1 7 1072 100 1.224 8.6 0.6 2.4 5.2 2.14
2 SP Al Fitzmorris 30 15 11 .577 3.06 35 33 0 8 2 0 220.1 227 89 75 6 56 6 80 2 1 3 907 115 1.284 9.3 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.43
3 SP Doug Bird 26 12 10 .545 3.37 39 27 6 2 1 2 197.2 191 90 74 17 31 3 107 3 1 0 808 105 1.123 8.7 0.8 1.4 4.9 3.45
4 SP Paul Splittorff* 29 11 8 .579 3.97 26 23 1 5 1 0 158.2 169 79 70 11 59 0 59 3 1 4 686 89 1.437 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.3 1.00
5 SP Andy Hassler* 24 5 6 .455 2.89 19 14 0 4 1 0 99.2 89 37 32 2 39 0 45 0 0 3 414 122 1.284 8.0 0.2 3.5 4.1 1.15
6 SP Steve Busby 26 3 3 .500 4.40 13 13 0 1 0 0 71.2 58 42 35 7 49 1 29 3 0 1 323 80 1.493 7.3 0.9 6.2 3.6 0.59
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Mark Littell 23 8 4 .667 2.08 60 1 37 0 0 16 104.0 68 26 24 1 60 4 92 0 0 1 428 170 1.231 5.9 0.1 5.2 8.0 1.53
8 RP Marty Pattin 33 8 14 .364 2.49 44 15 19 4 1 5 141.0 114 51 39 9 38 9 65 3 0 2 575 142 1.078 7.3 0.6 2.4 4.1 1.71
9 RP Steve Mingori* 32 5 5 .500 2.32 55 0 27 0 0 10 85.1 73 23 22 3 25 8 38 3 0 3 341 152 1.148 7.7 0.3 2.6 4.0 1.52
10 RP Larry Gura* 28 4 0 1.000 2.30 20 2 7 1 1 1 62.2 47 20 16 4 20 3 22 1 0 2 249 153 1.069 6.8 0.6 2.9 3.2 1.10
11 RP Tom Hall* 28 1 1 .500 4.45 31 0 16 0 0 1 30.1 28 19 15 4 18 1 25 0 0 1 134 79 1.516 8.3 1.2 5.3 7.4 1.39
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Tom Bruno 23 1 0 1.000 6.75 12 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 20 13 13 3 9 1 11 0 1 0 80 52 1.673 10.4 1.6 4.7 5.7 1.22
13 Roger Nelson 32 0 0 2.08 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 2 0 1 36 170 0.923 4.2 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
14 Ray Sadecki* 35 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 22 2.143 13.5 0.0 5.8 1.9 0.33
15 Jerry Cram 28 0 0 6.23 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 8 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 21 57 2.077 16.6 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00
16 Bob McClure* 24 0 0 9.00 8 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 4 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 22 39 2.750 6.8 0.0 18.0 6.8 0.38
17 Ken Sanders 34 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
Team Totals 27.6 90 72 .556 3.21 162 162 121 41 9 35 1472.1 1356 611 525 83 493 42 735 31 5 29 6132 110 1.256 8.3 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.49
Rank in 12 AL teams 2 11 2 9 8 3 2 3 4 2 3 6 9144
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Doug Bird 26 39 27 197.2 37 14 21 2 1 .946 1.59 0.90 P
George Brett 23 161 159 1427.1 522 146 350 26 23 .950 4.5 3.8 5.5 -4.1 9.7 -1 3.13 3.08 3B-SS
Tom Bruno 23 12 0 17.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.52 0.08 P
Steve Busby 26 13 13 71.2 22 10 9 3 0 .864 2.39 1.46 P
Al Cowens 24 155 145 1311.0 345 327 13 5 3 .986 10.3 9.4 11.3 8.4 2.9 -1 2.33 2.19 RF-CF-DH
Jerry Cram 28 4 0 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 0.50 P
Tommy Davis 37 3 0.00 DH
Al Fitzmorris 30 35 33 220.1 71 19 49 3 4 .958 2.78 1.94 P
Larry Gura 28 20 2 62.2 16 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.30 0.80 P
Tom Hall 28 31 0 30.1 9 1 7 1 0 .889 2.37 0.26 P
Andy Hassler 24 19 14 99.2 24 3 20 1 1 .958 2.08 1.21 P
Fran Healy 29 7 6 54.1 35 30 5 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -22.1 -1 5.80 5.00 1 3 7 3 30% C-DH
Ruppert Jones 21 21 7 86.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -11.1 -0.8 -0.9 0.1 0 2.18 1.00 RF-CF-LF-DH
Dennis Leonard 25 35 34 259.0 40 11 23 6 2 .850 1.18 0.97 P
Mark Littell 23 60 1 104.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.04 0.20 P
Buck Martinez 27 94 86 739.1 464 420 40 4 4 .991 3.0 4.9 3 5.60 4.89 5 10 76 38 33% C
John Mayberry 27 162 159 1416.0 1596 1484 105 7 132 .996 8.8 7.5 7.8 3.3 4.5 1 10.10 9.81 1B-DH
Bob McClure 24 8 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Hal McRae 30 148 28 248.1 67 63 2 2 0 .970 1.0 4.8 3.0 4.3 -1.3 -2 2.36 0.44 LF-DH
Steve Mingori 32 55 0 85.1 33 9 24 0 1 1.000 3.48 0.60 P
Dave Nelson 32 71 26 275.2 173 79 90 4 17 .977 0.1 0.4 1.1 -0.4 1.4 -1 5.52 2.38 2B-1B-DH
Roger Nelson 32 3 0 8.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.67 P
Amos Otis 29 152 151 1326.0 382 374 5 3 1 .992 -11.2 -10.1 -6.2 -8.0 1.7 -5 2.57 2.49 CF
Freddie Patek 31 144 140 1210.2 685 233 426 26 87 .962 7.0 6.9 7.0 2.3 4.7 0 4.90 4.58 SS-DH
Marty Pattin 33 44 15 141.0 30 9 20 1 1 .967 1.85 0.66 P
Tom Poquette 24 103 88 769.2 194 189 1 4 0 .979 -1.0 -1.6 3.0 -6.5 9.6 -4 2.22 1.84 LF-RF-DH
Jamie Quirk 21 44 2 61.2 25 9 14 2 2 .920 -1.1 -21.4 -1.1 -0.9 -0.2 0 3.36 0.52 3B-SS-1B-DH
Cookie Rojas 37 56 17 216.0 106 53 52 1 13 .991 -5.0 -27.8 -5.0 -2.0 -3.1 0 4.38 1.88 2B-3B-1B-DH
Ray Sadecki 35 3 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Ken Sanders 34 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Tony Solaita 29 19 2 30.0 38 34 3 1 1 .974 0.2 8.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 11.10 1.95 1B-DH
Paul Splittorff 29 26 23 158.2 39 9 30 0 5 1.000 2.21 1.50 P
Bob Stinson 30 79 62 577.2 341 304 30 7 4 .979 -2.0 -4.2 -2 5.20 4.23 3 14 54 22 29% C
John Wathan 26 26 9 112.0 68 63 4 1 1 .985 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 0 5.38 2.58 0 2 9 3 25% C-1B
Frank White 25 167 142 1238.0 803 297 483 23 90 .971 15.0 14.5 17.0 3.8 13.2 -2 5.67 4.67 2B-SS
Willie Wilson 20 6 1 18.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 0.5 33.3 -0.5 -0.8 0.3 1 3.50 1.17 CF
Jim Wohlford 25 98 66 660.1 203 190 8 5 1 .975 11.7 21.3 8.7 -0.5 9.3 3 0 2.70 2.02 LF-RF-CF-2B-DH
Team Totals 27.2 162 1458 13251.0 6414 4417 1858 139 397 .978 39.9 3.6 50.9 -2.3 53.2 -8 -3 0 4.26 2.97 9 29 146 66 31%
Rank in 12 AL teams 7 8 5
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1975 / 1977 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics