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102-60, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Whitey Herzog (102-60)
Scored 822 runs, Allowed 651 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64
Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 1,852,603 (3rd of 14)
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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Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to New York Yankees |
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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 | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Bird | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 180 | Mar 5, 1950 | 5 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | $ | |
| George Brett HOF | 24 | L | R | 6' 0" | 185 | May 15, 1953 | 5 | 139 | 135 | 139 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7.6 | $ | All-Star |
| Jim Colborn | 31 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | May 22, 1946 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | $ | |
| Al Cowens | 25 | R | R | 6' 1" | 197 | Oct 25, 1951 | 4 | 162 | 151 | 162 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 142 | 169 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5.1 | $40,000 | |
| Larry Gura | 29 | B | L | 6' 0" | 170 | Nov 26, 1947 | 8 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | $ | |
| Tom Hall | 29 | L | L | 6' 0" | 150 | Nov 23, 1947 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Andy Hassler | 25 | L | L | 6' 5" | 220 | Oct 18, 1951 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Bob Heise | 30 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | May 12, 1947 | 11 | 54 | 16 | 54 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Clint Hurdle | 19 | L | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Jul 30, 1957 | 1st | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Pete LaCock | 25 | L | L | 6' 2" | 200 | Jan 17, 1952 | 6 | 88 | 54 | 88 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 1.0 | $ | |
| Joe Lahoud | 30 | L | L | 6' 1" | 198 | Apr 14, 1947 | 10 | 34 | 17 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Gary Lance | 28 | B | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Sep 21, 1948 | 1st | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Dennis Leonard | 26 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | May 18, 1951 | 4 | 39 | 38 | 2 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | $200,000 | |
| Mark Littell | 24 | L | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Jan 17, 1953 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | $ | |
| Buck Martinez | 28 | R | R | 5' 10" | 190 | Nov 7, 1948 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.4 | $50,000 | |
| John Mayberry | 28 | L | L | 6' 3" | 215 | Feb 18, 1949 | 10 | 153 | 146 | 153 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Randy McGilberry | 23 | B | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Oct 29, 1953 | 1st | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Hal McRae | 31 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Jul 10, 1945 | 9 | 162 | 157 | 162 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 | $120,000 | |
| Steve Mingori | 33 | L | L | 5' 10" | 165 | Feb 29, 1944 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | $ | |
| Dave Nelson | 33 | R | R | 5' 10" | 160 | Jun 20, 1944 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Amos Otis | 30 | R | R | 5' 11" | 165 | Apr 26, 1947 | 10 | 142 | 129 | 142 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2.3 | $140,000 | |
| Freddie Patek | 32 | R | R | 5' 5" | 148 | Oct 9, 1944 | 10 | 154 | 148 | 154 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.3 | $166,667 | |
| Marty Pattin | 34 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Apr 6, 1943 | 10 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | $ | |
| Tom Poquette | 25 | L | R | 5' 10" | 175 | Oct 30, 1951 | 3 | 106 | 87 | 106 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 28 | 102 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1.6 | $ | |
| Darrell Porter | 25 | L | R | 6' 0" | 193 | Jan 17, 1952 | 7 | 130 | 122 | 130 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.4 | $ | |
| Cookie Rojas | 38 | R | R | 5' 10" | 160 | Mar 6, 1939 | 16 | 64 | 34 | 64 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 1 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Paul Splittorff | 30 | L | L | 6' 3" | 205 | Oct 8, 1946 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | $70,000 | |
| George Throop | 26 | R | R | 6' 7" | 205 | Nov 24, 1950 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| U L Washington | 23 | B | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Oct 27, 1953 | 1st | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | $ | |
| John Wathan | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Oct 4, 1949 | 2 | 55 | 23 | 55 | 40 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0.8 | $ | |
| Frank White | 26 | R | R | 5' 11" | 165 | Sep 4, 1950 | 5 | 152 | 146 | 152 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | $50,000 | |
| Willie Wilson | 21 | B | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Jul 9, 1955 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Joe Zdeb | 24 | R | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Jun 27, 1953 | 1st | 105 | 41 | 105 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 1 | 8 | 96 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 0.2 | $19,000 | |
| 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 |