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1977 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

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

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

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1976 / 1978 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 Salary
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 Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Cookie Rojas
Freddie Patek
Dave Nelson
George Brett
Bob Heise
John Mayberry
Pete LaCock
Clint Hurdle

Clint Hurdle
Joe Lahoud
Hal McRae
John Wathan
Darrell Porter
Andy Hassler
Mark Littell
Al Cowens
Willie Wilson
Joe Zdeb

Frank White
Buck Martinez
Dennis Leonard
Steve Mingori
Tom Poquette
Amos Otis
Doug Bird
U L Washington

Randy McGilberry
Willie Wilson
Marty Pattin
Paul Splittorff
Joe Lahoud
George Throop
Larry Gura
Gary Lance
Tom Hall

Joe Zdeb
Jim Colborn

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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