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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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 95 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 CF 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 48 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 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Jim Colborn 31 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P George Throop 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Dennis Leonard 26 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Steve Mingori* 33 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Andy Hassler* 25 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Larry Gura# 29 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Tom Hall* 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Gary Lance# 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Randy McGilberry# 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Paul Splittorff* 30 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Doug Bird 27 53 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 1 3
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 4 445 131 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 32 121 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 83 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 21 129 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 10 108 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.5 102 60 .630 3.52 162 162 121 41 10 42 1460.2 1377 651 571 110 499 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 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Doug Bird 27 53 5 0 118.1 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.36 8 4 33% 0 P
George Brett 24 135 135 124 1185.0 461 115 325 21 33 .954 16 16 3.34 3.21 3B-SS-DH
Jim Colborn 31 37 36 6 239.0 71 27 39 5 3 .930 2.49 1.78 12 5 29% 1 P-RF
Al Cowens 25 158 151 135 1352.0 327 307 14 6 1 .982 6 6 2.14 1.89 RF-CF-DH
Larry Gura 29 52 6 1 106.1 26 6 18 2 1 .923 2.03 0.46 5 3 38% 1 P
Tom Hall 29 6 0 0 7.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.33 0 1 100% 0 P
Andy Hassler 25 30 27 3 156.1 37 6 28 3 2 .919 1.96 1.17 13 10 43% 5 P
Bob Heise 30 52 16 7 200.2 115 42 67 6 19 .948 1 5 4.89 1.98 2B-SS-3B-1B
Clint Hurdle 19 9 6 3 61.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 2 43 2.34 1.78 RF
Pete LaCock 25 41 54 20 258.0 224 203 19 2 16 .991 2 12 7.74 3.31 1B-LF-RF-DH
Joe Lahoud 30 15 17 0 97.1 21 18 2 1 0 .952 -1 -14 1.85 1.05 LF-RF-DH
Gary Lance 28 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2 0 0% 0 P
Dennis Leonard 26 38 38 21 292.2 54 21 29 4 2 .926 1.54 1.28 10 13 57% 3 P-DH
Mark Littell 24 48 5 0 104.2 15 7 7 1 1 .933 1.20 0.29 8 4 33% 0 P
Buck Martinez 28 28 22 17 202.0 142 133 8 1 0 .993 0 0 6.28 5.04 2 3 12 6 33% 1 C
John Mayberry 28 145 146 127 1254.2 1384 1296 81 7 118 .995 -1 -1 9.88 9.00 1B-DH
Randy McGilberry 23 3 0 0 7.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 1.00 1 0 0% 2 P
Hal McRae 31 47 157 20 347.0 96 84 8 4 1 .958 2 7 2.39 0.58 LF-DH
Steve Mingori 33 43 0 0 64.0 18 3 14 1 1 .944 2.39 0.40 3 2 40% 4 P
Dave Nelson 33 12 9 1 51.0 27 11 14 2 3 .926 -0 -9 4.41 1.67 2B-DH
Amos Otis 30 140 129 126 1181.1 337 324 10 3 0 .991 -9 -9 2.54 2.39 CF
Freddie Patek 32 154 148 131 1304.2 694 252 413 29 70 .958 0 0 4.59 4.32 SS
Marty Pattin 34 31 10 4 128.1 25 6 19 0 0 1.000 1.75 0.81 7 3 30% 0 P
Tom Poquette 25 97 87 56 741.0 185 181 4 0 2 1.000 7 11 2.25 1.81 LF-RF-CF
Darrell Porter 25 125 122 104 1053.2 737 663 61 13 4 .982 -4 -5 6.18 5.75 9 45 57 42 42% 3 C-DH
Cookie Rojas 38 46 34 23 302.2 134 49 80 5 13 .963 -0 -1 3.84 2.58 3B-2B-DH
Paul Splittorff 30 37 37 6 229.0 49 9 38 2 3 .959 1.85 1.27 14 6 30% 4 P
George Throop 26 4 0 0 5.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.06 0.75 1 0 0% 0 P
U L Washington 23 9 6 5 62.0 39 13 21 5 4 .872 -0 -4 4.94 3.78 SS
John Wathan 27 40 23 17 231.0 167 156 9 2 2 .988 -4 -19 6.43 4.13 2 4 15 3 17% 0 C-1B
Frank White 26 152 146 118 1275.0 755 310 437 8 86 .989 12 11 5.27 4.79 2B-SS
Willie Wilson 21 9 6 5 73.1 26 25 0 1 0 .962 1 15 3.07 2.78 CF
Joe Zdeb 24 94 41 31 451.1 100 93 4 3 0 .970 1 2 1.93 1.00 LF-RF-CF-3B
Team Totals 27.6 162 1456 1111 13146.0 6307 4382 1788 137 384 .978 31 3 4.22 3.25 13 52 84 51 38% 24
Rank in 14 AL teams 9 9 6
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
George Brett* 24 627 32 2 3 0 16 3 19 75 7.6 59 6.0 1.6 $ Amateur Draft *5/D6
Al Cowens 25 661 30 -1 1 -1 6 -7 22 50 5.1 44 4.5 0.6 $40,000 Amateur Draft *98/D
Bob Heise 30 66 -3 -1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Purchased 465/3
Clint Hurdle* 19 28 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $ Amateur Draft /9
Pete LaCock* 25 238 2 1 1 0 2 -4 8 10 1.0 8 0.8 0.2 $ Traded 3D/79
Joe Lahoud* 30 77 2 -1 0 0 -1 -1 3 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Free Agency 7/D9
Mark Littell* 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 1
Buck Martinez 28 85 -6 0 -1 0 0 1 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $50,000 Traded 2
John Mayberry* 28 641 0 -3 -1 0 -1 -10 21 6 0.5 7 0.7 -0.2 $ Traded *3/D
Hal McRae 31 720 32 -1 2 1 2 -14 22 44 4.5 42 4.3 0.2 $120,000 Traded *D7
Dave Nelson 33 55 -3 -1 -1 0 -0 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 4/D
Amos Otis 30 561 7 3 6 -1 -9 -2 18 22 2.3 31 3.1 -0.8 $140,000 Traded *8
Freddie Patek 32 563 -9 2 0 2 0 10 18 23 2.3 23 2.3 0.0 $166,667 Traded *6
Tom Poquette* 25 372 1 -1 1 0 7 -4 12 16 1.6 9 0.9 0.7 $ Amateur Draft 79/8
Darrell Porter* 25 486 10 -5 -1 0 -4 8 16 24 2.4 28 2.8 -0.4 $ Traded *2/D
Cookie Rojas 38 166 -8 -1 -1 -1 -0 0 6 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 54/D
U L Washington# 23 26 0 0 0 0 -0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /6
John Wathan 27 127 3 1 2 1 -4 1 4 8 0.8 12 1.2 -0.4 $ Amateur Draft 2/3
Frank White 26 514 -21 3 -1 3 12 4 17 17 1.6 5 0.5 1.1 $50,000 Amateur Free Agent *4/6
Willie Wilson# 21 37 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Amateur Draft /8
Joe Zdeb 24 217 -1 0 -1 0 1 -3 7 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $19,000 Amateur Draft 7/958
Team Total 27.6 6268 69 -1 10 6 31 -18 203 299 29.9 269 27.2 2.7 $585,667
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Doug Bird 27 118.1 5 52 69 2 1.3 17 1.3 $ Amateur Draft
Jim Colborn 31 239.0 35 106 141 5 1.0 35 3.6 $ Traded
Larry Gura* 29 106.1 6 43 60 2 1.0 17 1.3 $ Traded
Tom Hall* 29 7.2 0 3 5 0 .4 2 0.1 $ Traded
Andy Hassler* 25 156.1 27 88 93 3 1.1 5 0.5 $ Purchased
Gary Lance 28 2.0 0 1 1 0 2.9 0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dennis Leonard 26 292.2 37 117 169 5 .9 52 5.1 $ Amateur Draft
Mark Littell 24 104.2 5 49 63 2 1.3 14 1.1 $ Amateur Draft
Randy McGilberry 23 7.0 0 4 3 0 1.1 -1 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Steve Mingori* 33 64.0 0 26 39 1 1.1 13 0.9 $ Traded
Marty Pattin 34 128.1 10 56 73 3 1.0 17 1.6 $ Traded
Paul Splittorff* 30 229.0 37 104 133 5 1.0 29 3.0 $ Amateur Draft
George Throop 26 5.1 0 2 3 0 1.1 1 0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 28.5 1460.2 162 651 852 28 1.0 201 18.5 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1976 / 1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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