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1978 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

92-70, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Whitey Herzog (92-70)
Scored 743 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 2,255,493 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-1) to New York Yankees

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1977 / 1979 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
Randy Bass 24 L R 6' 1" 210 Mar 13, 1954 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Doug Bird 28 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 6 40 6 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $
Steve Braun 30 L R 5' 10" 180 May 8, 1948 8 64 33 64 43 0 0 0 0 11 0 32 1 0 33 0 29 0 0.9 $
George Brett HOF 25 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 6 128 128 128 128 0 0 0 0 128 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $ All-Star
Steve Busby 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 29, 1949 6 7 5 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Jim Colborn 32 R R 6' 0" 185 May 22, 1946 10 8 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Al Cowens 26 R R 6' 1" 197 Oct 25, 1951 5 132 128 132 129 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 16 119 135 2 3 1 2.0 $
Dave Cripe 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 7, 1951 1st 7 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3 $
Steve Foucault 28 L R 6' 0" 205 Oct 3, 1949 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Rich Gale 24 R R 6' 7" 225 Jan 19, 1954 1st 31 30 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Jim Gaudet 23 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 3, 1955 1st 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Larry Gura 30 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 9 35 26 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $
Andy Hassler 26 L L 6' 5" 220 Oct 18, 1951 7 11 9 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Al Hrabosky 28 R L 5' 11" 185 Jul 21, 1949 9 58 0 0 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Clint Hurdle 20 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1957 2 133 118 133 123 0 0 52 0 1 0 41 0 42 83 1 11 0 1.6 $
Art Kusnyer 32 R R 6' 2" 197 Dec 19, 1945 6 9 3 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Pete LaCock 26 L L 6' 2" 200 Jan 17, 1952 7 118 80 118 106 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0.8 $
Joe Lahoud 31 L L 6' 1" 198 Apr 14, 1947 11 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 12 0 -0.3 $
Dennis Leonard 27 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1951 5 40 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $200,000
Randy McGilberry 24 B R 6' 1" 195 Oct 29, 1953 2 18 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Hal McRae 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 10 156 156 156 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 153 0 0 1.5 $
Steve Mingori 34 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 29, 1944 9 45 0 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Amos Otis 31 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 11 141 134 141 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 1 5 1 7.5 $
Bill Paschall 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 22, 1954 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Freddie Patek 33 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 11 138 134 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.5 $166,667 All-Star
Marty Pattin 35 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 6, 1943 11 32 5 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tom Poquette 26 L R 5' 10" 175 Oct 30, 1951 4 80 54 80 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 16 65 1 24 0 1.1 $
Darrell Porter 26 L R 6' 0" 193 Jan 17, 1952 8 150 144 150 145 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 4.5 $ All-Star
Jamie Quirk 23 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 4 17 6 17 11 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 -0.1 $
Luis Silverio 21 R R 5' 11" 165 Oct 23, 1956 1st 8 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 2 0 4 0.5 $
Paul Splittorff 31 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 9 39 38 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Jerry Terrell 31 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 13, 1946 6 73 38 73 67 0 0 5 31 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 -0.8 $
George Throop 27 R R 6' 7" 205 Nov 24, 1950 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
U L Washington 24 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 27, 1953 2 69 33 69 65 0 0 0 19 0 49 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 -0.6 $
John Wathan 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 4, 1949 3 67 47 67 65 0 21 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.3 $
Frank White 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 6 143 138 143 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.6 $ All-Star
Willie Wilson 22 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 3 127 45 127 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 35 0 117 6 2 42 1.2 $
Joe Zdeb 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 27, 1953 2 60 31 60 52 0 0 0 1 1 0 43 0 12 55 1 20 3 -0.5 $
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

Jerry Terrell
Freddie Patek
Steve Braun
George Brett
Willie Wilson
Randy Bass
Pete LaCock
Clint Hurdle

Joe Lahoud
Jamie Quirk
Hal McRae
John Wathan
Darrell Porter
Steve Foucault
Andy Hassler
Randy McGilberry
Luis Silverio
Al Cowens
Joe Zdeb

Frank White
Art Kusnyer
Dennis Leonard
Steve Mingori
Tom Poquette
Amos Otis
Randy McGilberry
Bill Paschall
Doug Bird

U L Washington
Dave Cripe
Randy McGilberry
Larry Gura
Marty Pattin
Paul Splittorff
George Throop
Jim Gaudet
Larry Gura
Rich Gale

Al Hrabosky
Steve Busby
Steve Foucault
Bill Paschall
Jim Colborn

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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