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1977 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978)
102-60, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 822 runs, Allowed 651 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64
Manager: Whitey Herzog (102-60)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Doug Bird 27 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 5 53 0 1 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Brett HOF 24 L R 6' 0" 200 May 15, 1953 5 139 135 139 135 0 0 0 0 135 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 All-Star
Jim Colborn 31 R R 6' 0" 191 May 22, 1946 9 37 1 1 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al Cowens 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 25, 1951 4 162 151 162 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 142 158 1 6 0
Larry Gura 29 B L 6' 1" 185 Nov 26, 1947 8 52 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Hall 29 L L 6' 0" 155 Nov 23, 1947 10 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Hassler 25 L L 6' 5" 220 Oct 18, 1951 6 30 1 1 30 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Pete LaCock 25 L L 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1952 6 88 54 88 41 0 0 29 0 0 0 9 0 3 12 26 24 0
Joe Lahoud 30 L L 6' 0" 202 Apr 14, 1947 10 34 17 34 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 15 4 17 0
Gary Lance 28 B R 6' 3" 195 Sep 21, 1948 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Leonard 26 R R 6' 1" 190 May 8, 1951 4 39 1 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mark Littell 24 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 4 48 0 1 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
John Mayberry 28 L L 6' 3" 220 Feb 18, 1949 10 153 146 153 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
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
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 47 113 3 0
Steve Mingori 33 L L 5' 10" 170 Feb 29, 1944 8 43 0 1 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 4 6 7
Amos Otis 30 R R 5' 11" 166 Apr 26, 1947 10 142 129 142 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 0 5 3
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
Marty Pattin 34 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 6, 1943 10 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 97 0 16 0
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
Cookie Rojas 38 R R 5' 10" 170 Mar 6, 1939 16 64 34 64 46 0 0 0 16 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 1
Paul Splittorff 30 L L 6' 3" 210 Oct 8, 1946 8 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Throop 26 R R 6' 7" 205 Nov 24, 1950 2 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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 0 21 2
Frank White 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 4, 1950 5 152 146 152 152 0 0 0 152 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Wilson 21 B R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1955 2 13 6 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 5
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 93 0 27 12
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1976 / 1978 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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