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1977 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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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 Darrell Porter* 25 130 486 425 61 117 21 3 16 60 1 0 53 70 .275 .353 .452 .804 116 192 6 1 1 6 6
2 1B John Mayberry* 28 153 641 543 73 125 22 1 23 82 1 3 83 86 .230 .336 .401 .737 99 218 13 7 1 7 9
3 2B Frank White 26 152 514 474 59 116 21 5 5 50 23 5 25 67 .245 .284 .342 .626 69 162 4 2 11 2 0
4 SS Freddie Patek 32 154 563 497 72 130 26 6 5 60 53 13 41 84 .262 .320 .368 .688 86 183 6 5 13 7 2
5 3B George Brett* 24 139 627 564 105 176 32 13 22 88 14 12 55 24 .312 .373 .532 .905 142 300 12 2 3 3 9
6 LF Tom Poquette* 25 106 372 342 43 100 23 6 2 33 1 4 19 21 .292 .337 .412 .749 102 141 4 5 4 2 2
7 CF Amos Otis 30 142 561 478 85 120 20 8 17 78 23 7 71 88 .251 .342 .433 .775 109 207 13 0 3 9 5
8 RF Al Cowens 25 162 661 606 98 189 32 14 23 112 16 12 41 64 .312 .361 .525 .885 137 318 14 8 1 5 4
9 DH Hal McRae 31 162 720 641 104 191 54 11 21 92 18 14 59 43 .298 .366 .515 .881 136 330 12 13 2 5 5
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 UT Pete LaCock* 25 88 238 218 25 66 12 1 3 29 2 1 15 25 .303 .345 .408 .753 103 89 4 1 0 4 1
11 LF Joe Zdeb 24 105 217 195 26 58 5 2 2 23 6 5 16 23 .297 .346 .374 .720 96 73 5 0 3 3 3
12 3B Cookie Rojas 38 64 166 156 8 39 9 1 0 10 1 3 8 17 .250 .285 .321 .605 64 50 5 0 1 1 2
13 C John Wathan 27 55 127 119 18 39 5 3 2 21 2 0 5 8 .328 .346 .471 .817 119 56 1 0 0 3 1
14 C Buck Martinez 28 29 85 80 3 18 4 0 1 9 0 1 3 12 .225 .253 .313 .566 52 25 1 0 2 0 0
15 UT Joe Lahoud* 30 34 77 65 8 17 5 0 2 8 1 0 11 16 .262 .364 .431 .794 115 28 2 0 0 1 1
16 IF Bob Heise 30 54 66 62 11 16 2 1 0 5 0 1 2 8 .258 .292 .323 .615 67 20 0 1 1 0 0
17 UT Dave Nelson 33 27 55 48 8 9 3 1 0 4 1 3 7 11 .188 .291 .292 .583 59 14 1 0 0 0 0
18 UT Willie Wilson# 21 13 37 34 10 11 2 0 0 1 6 3 1 8 .324 .343 .382 .725 97 13 1 0 2 0 0
19 RF Clint Hurdle* 19 9 28 26 5 8 0 0 2 7 0 0 2 7 .308 .357 .538 .896 139 14 0 0 0 0 0
20 SS U L Washington# 23 10 26 20 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 4 .200 .360 .350 .710 94 7 0 0 1 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* 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 162 6268 5594 822 1549 299 77 146 773 170 87 522 687 .277 .340 .436 .776 109 2440 104 45 49 58 50
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 5 5 1 1 6 2 3 9 12 5 6 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 26 20 12 .625 3.04 38 37 1 21 5 1 292.2 246 117 99 18 79 0 244 8 2 14 1186 134 1.110 7.6 0.6 2.4 7.5 3.09
2 SP Jim Colborn 31 18 14 .563 3.62 36 35 0 6 1 0 239.0 233 106 96 22 81 2 103 13 3 8 1023 113 1.314 8.8 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.27
3 SP Paul Splittorff* 30 16 6 .727 3.69 37 37 0 6 2 0 229.0 243 104 94 11 83 2 99 2 0 5 980 110 1.424 9.6 0.4 3.3 3.9 1.19
4 SP Andy Hassler* 25 9 6 .600 4.20 29 27 1 3 1 0 156.1 166 88 73 7 75 3 83 5 1 8 701 97 1.542 9.6 0.4 4.3 4.8 1.11
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
5 CL Doug Bird 27 11 4 .733 3.88 53 5 31 0 0 14 118.1 120 52 51 14 29 4 83 3 0 3 490 105 1.259 9.1 1.1 2.2 6.3 2.86
6 RP Marty Pattin 34 10 3 .769 3.58 31 10 8 4 0 0 128.1 115 56 51 16 37 2 55 2 0 3 529 114 1.184 8.1 1.1 2.6 3.9 1.49
7 RP Larry Gura* 29 8 5 .615 3.13 52 6 24 1 1 10 106.1 108 43 37 8 28 4 46 1 1 4 445 130 1.279 9.1 0.7 2.4 3.9 1.64
8 RP Mark Littell 24 8 4 .667 3.61 48 5 29 0 0 12 104.2 73 49 42 6 55 6 106 1 2 8 434 113 1.223 6.3 0.5 4.7 9.1 1.93
9 RP Steve Mingori* 33 2 4 .333 3.09 43 0 22 0 0 4 64.0 59 26 22 4 19 4 19 1 0 3 262 132 1.219 8.3 0.6 2.7 2.7 1.00
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
10 Tom Hall* 29 0 0 3.52 6 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 4 3 3 2 6 0 10 0 0 0 32 116 1.304 4.7 2.3 7.0 11.7 1.67
11 Randy McGilberry 23 0 1 .000 5.14 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 79 1.143 9.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.00
12 George Throop 26 0 0 3.38 4 0 1 0 0 1 5.1 1 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 21 121 0.938 1.7 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25
13 Gary Lance 28 0 1 .000 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 90 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.5 102 60 .630 3.54 162 162 121 41 10 42 1460.2 1377 651 575 110 499 27 850 36 9 56 6139 115 1.284 8.5 0.7 3.1 5.2 1.70
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 14 7 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 4
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 27 53 5 118.1 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.45 0.36 P
George Brett 24 139 134 1185.0 461 115 325 21 33 .954 15.9 16.1 14.9 3.0 11.8 1 3.34 3.17 3B-SS-DH
Jim Colborn 31 37 36 239.0 71 27 39 5 3 .930 0.0 0.0 2.49 1.78 P-RF
Al Cowens 25 170 150 1352.0 327 307 14 6 1 .982 6.3 5.6 0.3 -3.3 3.6 6 2.14 1.89 RF-CF-DH
Larry Gura 29 52 6 106.1 26 6 18 2 1 .923 0.0 0.0 2.03 0.46 P
Tom Hall 29 6 0 7.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.35 0.33 P
Andy Hassler 25 29 27 156.1 37 6 28 3 2 .919 0.0 0.0 1.96 1.17 P
Bob Heise 30 55 16 200.2 115 42 67 6 19 .948 0.8 4.8 0.8 -1.1 2.0 0 4.89 1.98 2B-SS-3B-1B
Clint Hurdle 19 9 6 61.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.2 42.8 1.2 0.6 0.6 1 2.34 1.78 RF
Pete LaCock 25 67 28 258.0 224 203 19 2 16 .991 2.5 11.6 2.5 2.7 -0.1 0 0 7.74 3.31 1B-LF-RF-DH
Joe Lahoud 30 19 13 97.1 21 18 2 1 0 .952 -1.1 -13.6 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 -1 1.85 1.05 LF-RF-DH
Gary Lance 28 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Dennis Leonard 26 39 37 292.2 54 21 29 4 2 .926 0.0 0.0 1.54 1.28 P-DH
Mark Littell 24 48 5 104.2 15 7 7 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 1.20 0.29 P
Buck Martinez 28 28 22 202.0 142 133 8 1 0 .993 0.0 0.0 0 6.28 5.04 2 3 12 6 33% C
John Mayberry 28 153 138 1254.2 1384 1296 81 7 118 .995 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 9.88 9.00 1B-DH
Randy McGilberry 23 3 0 7.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.86 1.00 P
Hal McRae 31 162 44 347.0 96 84 8 4 1 .958 2.1 7.3 2.1 -1.4 3.5 0 2.39 0.57 LF-DH
Steve Mingori 33 43 0 64.0 18 3 14 1 1 .944 0.0 0.0 2.39 0.40 P
Dave Nelson 33 18 5 51.0 27 11 14 2 3 .926 -0.4 -9.4 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 4.41 1.39 2B-DH
Amos Otis 30 140 129 1181.1 337 324 10 3 0 .991 -9.0 -9.1 -6.0 -0.4 -5.6 -3 2.54 2.39 CF
Freddie Patek 32 154 148 1304.2 694 252 413 29 70 .958 0.1 0.1 0.1 -2.7 2.8 0 4.59 4.32 SS
Marty Pattin 34 31 10 128.1 25 6 19 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.75 0.81 P
Tom Poquette 25 102 87 741.0 185 181 4 0 2 1.000 6.6 10.7 6.6 -0.6 7.3 0 2.25 1.81 LF-RF-CF
Darrell Porter 25 126 121 1053.2 737 663 61 13 4 .982 -4.0 -4.6 -4 6.18 5.75 9 45 57 42 42% C-DH
Cookie Rojas 38 53 31 302.2 134 49 80 5 13 .963 -0.3 -1.2 -1.3 -2.6 1.3 1 3.84 2.43 3B-2B-DH
Paul Splittorff 30 37 37 229.0 49 9 38 2 3 .959 0.0 0.0 1.85 1.27 P
George Throop 26 4 0 5.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 5.06 0.75 P
U L Washington 23 9 6 62.0 39 13 21 5 4 .872 -0.2 -3.9 -0.2 0.9 -1.0 0 4.94 3.78 SS
John Wathan 27 42 23 231.0 167 156 9 2 2 .988 -3.6 -18.7 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0 -3 6.43 3.93 2 4 15 3 17% C-1B-DH
Frank White 26 156 146 1275.0 755 310 437 8 86 .989 11.7 11.0 10.7 8.1 2.6 1 5.27 4.79 2B-SS
Willie Wilson 21 11 6 73.1 26 25 0 1 0 .962 0.9 14.7 1.9 0.8 1.1 -1 3.07 2.27 CF-DH
Joe Zdeb 24 101 41 451.1 100 93 4 3 0 .970 0.9 2.4 -0.1 -2.2 2.1 1 1.93 0.96 LF-RF-CF-3B-DH
Team Totals 27.8 162 1456 13146.0 6307 4382 1788 137 384 .978 30.7 2.8 31.7 0.8 31.2 3 3 -7 4.22 2.97 13 52 84 51 38%
Rank in 14 AL teams 9 9 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

1976 / 1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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