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1976 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975/1977)
90-72, Finished 1st in AL Western Division
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Scored 713 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70
Managed by Whitey Herzog

Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,680,265 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to New York Yankees

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1975/1977) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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 Kenzie Davis (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Pat Osburn.

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.

1976

Milt Ramirez received from the Reynosa (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.

January 7, 1976

Drafted Hubie Brooks in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bill Paschall in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

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, Jim Wohlford, and Jamie Quirk 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

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.

Mark Souza drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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