1977 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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

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
22	P	Marty Pattin	34	0	0	0					0
23	P	Jim Colborn	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	George Throop	26	0	0	0					0
25	P	Dennis Leonard	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Steve Mingori*	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Andy Hassler*	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Larry Gura#	29	0	0	0					0
29	P	Tom Hall*	29	0	0	0					0
30	P	Gary Lance#	28	0	0	0					0
31	P	Randy McGilberry#	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Paul Splittorff*	30	0	0	0					0
33	P	Doug Bird	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						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

* - 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		1				7	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	6		11235
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

* - 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									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									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									2.03	0.46						P
Tom Hall	29	6	0	7.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									2.35	0.33						P
Andy Hassler	25	29	27	156.1	37	6	28	3	2	.919									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										0.00	0.00						P
Dennis Leonard	26	39	37	292.2	54	21	29	4	2	.926									1.54	1.28						P-DH
Mark Littell	24	48	5	104.2	15	7	7	1	1	.933									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									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									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									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									1.85	1.27						P
George Throop	26	4	0	5.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000									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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