1978 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1978 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
92-70, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 743 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69
Manager: Whitey Herzog (92-70)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 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*	26	150	602	520	77	138	27	6	18	78	0	5	75	75	.265	.358	.444	.802	122	231	13	2	1	4	14
2	1B	Pete LaCock*	26	118	347	322	44	95	21	2	5	48	1	0	21	27	.295	.335	.419	.755	109	135	8	0	1	3	2
3	2B	Frank White	27	143	501	461	66	127	24	6	7	50	13	10	26	59	.275	.317	.399	.716	98	184	2	3	9	2	1
4	SS	Freddie Patek	33	138	496	440	54	109	23	1	2	46	38	11	42	56	.248	.312	.318	.630	76	140	6	1	9	4	1
5	3B	George Brett*	25	128	558	510	79	150	45	8	9	62	23	7	39	35	.294	.342	.467	.809	123	238	6	1	3	5	6
6	LF	Willie Wilson#	22	127	223	198	43	43	8	2	0	16	46	12	16	33	.217	.280	.278	.558	56	55	2	2	5	2	0
7	CF	Amos Otis	31	141	567	486	74	145	30	7	22	96	32	8	66	54	.298	.380	.525	.905	150	255	10	4	1	10	7
8	RF	Al Cowens	26	132	534	485	63	133	24	8	5	63	14	6	31	54	.274	.319	.388	.707	96	188	7	6	1	11	3
9	DH	Hal McRae	32	156	692	623	90	170	39	5	16	72	17	8	51	62	.273	.329	.429	.757	109	267	15	6	1	11	6
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	Clint Hurdle*	20	133	481	417	48	110	25	5	7	56	1	3	56	84	.264	.348	.398	.746	108	166	6	1	1	6	1
11	LF	Tom Poquette*	26	80	226	204	16	44	9	2	4	30	2	0	14	9	.216	.259	.338	.597	65	69	6	0	2	6	1
12	UT	John Wathan	28	67	203	190	19	57	10	1	2	28	2	1	3	12	.300	.320	.395	.715	98	75	5	4	3	3	1
13	LF	Steve Braun*	30	64	167	137	16	36	10	1	0	14	3	2	28	16	.263	.386	.350	.736	107	48	1	0	1	1	1
14	IF	Jerry Terrell	31	73	147	133	14	27	1	0	0	8	8	4	4	13	.203	.225	.211	.435	22	28	4	0	9	1	0
15	SS	U L Washington#	24	69	142	129	10	34	2	1	0	9	12	6	10	20	.264	.314	.295	.609	71	38	2	0	2	1	0
16	LF	Joe Zdeb	25	60	141	127	18	32	2	3	0	11	3	0	7	18	.252	.287	.315	.602	68	40	2	0	5	2	0
17	UT	Jamie Quirk*	23	17	34	29	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	.207	.324	.276	.599	69	8	0	0	0	0	0
18	UT	Joe Lahoud*	31	13	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	C	Art Kusnyer	32	9	15	13	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.231	.333	.538	.872	139	7	0	0	0	0	0
20	UT	Luis Silverio	21	8	14	11	7	6	2	1	0	3	1	1	2	3	.545	.615	.909	1.524	320	10	0	0	1	0	0
21	3B	Dave Cripe	27	7	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.154	.154	.154	.308	-14	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	C	Jim Gaudet	23	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Randy Bass*	24	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
24	P	Marty Pattin	35	0	0	0					0
25	P	Jim Colborn	32	0	0	0					0
26	P	Rich Gale	24	0	0	0					0
27	P	George Throop	27	0	0	0					0
28	P	Dennis Leonard	27	0	0	0					0
29	P	Steve Foucault*	28	0	0	0					0
30	P	Steve Busby	28	0	0	0					0
31	P	Steve Mingori*	34	0	0	0					0
32	P	Andy Hassler*	26	0	0	0					0
33	P	Al Hrabosky	28	0	0	0					0
34	P	Larry Gura#	30	0	0	0					0
35	P	Randy McGilberry#	24	0	0	0					0
36	P	Bill Paschall	24	0	0	0					0
37	P	Paul Splittorff*	31	0	0	0					0
38	P	Doug Bird	28	0	0	0					0
		Team Totals	27.3	162	6129	5474	743	1469	305	59	98	695	216	84	498	644	.268	.329	.399	.728	102	2186	95	30	55	72	44
		Rank in 14 AL teams				6	3	6	1	1	11		1	3	10	13	3	6	3	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	27	21	17	.553	3.33	40	40	0	20	4	0	294.2	283	125	109	27	78	7	183	9	0	12	1218	116	1.225	8.6	0.8	2.4	5.6	2.35
2	SP	Paul Splittorff*	31	19	13	.594	3.40	39	38	0	13	2	0	262.0	244	113	99	22	60	2	76	3	0	3	1069	113	1.160	8.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	1.27
3	SP	Larry Gura*	30	16	4	.800	2.72	35	26	1	8	2	0	221.2	183	73	67	13	60	3	81	4	1	1	890	142	1.096	7.4	0.5	2.4	3.3	1.35
4	SP	Rich Gale	24	14	8	.636	3.09	31	30	0	9	3	0	192.1	171	78	66	10	100	3	88	3	0	5	821	125	1.409	8.0	0.5	4.7	4.1	0.88
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	Al Hrabosky*	28	8	7	.533	2.88	58	0	47	0	0	20	75.0	52	24	24	6	35	2	60	1	1	2	308	134	1.160	6.2	0.7	4.2	7.2	1.71
6	RP	Doug Bird	28	6	6	.500	5.29	40	6	13	0	0	1	98.2	110	63	58	8	31	5	48	2	2	9	434	73	1.429	10.0	0.7	2.8	4.4	1.55
7	RP	Marty Pattin	35	3	3	.500	3.32	32	5	12	2	0	4	78.2	72	41	29	8	25	7	30	2	0	1	326	116	1.233	8.2	0.9	2.9	3.4	1.20
8	RP	Steve Mingori*	34	1	4	.200	2.74	45	0	21	0	0	7	69.0	64	25	21	5	16	4	28	3	0	1	289	141	1.159	8.3	0.7	2.1	3.7	1.75
9	RP	Randy McGilberry	24	0	1	.000	4.21	18	0	9	0	0	0	25.2	27	16	12	2	18	1	12	0	0	0	120	92	1.753	9.5	0.7	6.3	4.2	0.67
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		Andy Hassler*	26	1	4	.200	4.32	11	9	1	1	0	0	58.1	76	36	28	1	24	0	26	2	1	3	270	89	1.714	11.7	0.2	3.7	4.0	1.08
11		Jim Colborn	32	1	2	.333	4.76	8	3	1	0	0	0	28.1	31	18	15	4	12	1	8	2	0	0	128	81	1.518	9.8	1.3	3.8	2.5	0.67
12		Steve Busby	28	1	0	1.000	7.59	7	5	1	0	0	0	21.1	24	18	18	2	15	1	10	2	1	0	104	51	1.828	10.1	0.8	6.3	4.2	0.67
13		Bill Paschall	24	0	1	.000	3.38	2	0	1	0	0	1	8.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	31	114	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	5.6
14		George Throop	27	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	13		1.667	6.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
15		Steve Foucault	28	0	0		3.86	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	13	100	2.571	19.3	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.7	92	70	.568	3.44	162	162	109	53	11	33	1439.0	1350	634	550	108	478	37	657	34	6	37	6034	112	1.270	8.4	0.7	3.0	4.1	1.37
		Rank in 14 AL teams		4	11		3				6	5	2	7	3	4	3	5	4		10154
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	28	40	6	98.2	19	6	13	0	0	1.000									1.73	0.48						P
Steve Braun	30	44	33	262.0	77	64	9	4	2	.948	-0.2	-0.9	0.8	-0.7	1.6	-1	0		2.51	1.66						LF-3B-CF
George Brett	25	129	128	1104.1	409	104	289	16	25	.961	8.3	9.0	7.3	-7.6	14.9		1		3.20	3.05						3B-SS
Steve Busby	28	7	5	21.1	6	0	5	1	0	.833									2.11	0.71						P
Jim Colborn	32	8	3	28.1	11	2	8	1	0	.909									3.18	1.25						P
Al Cowens	26	142	126	1107.2	304	280	20	4	5	.987	7.9	8.6	3.9	-4.1	8.1	4	0		2.44	2.11						RF-CF-3B-DH
Dave Cripe	27	5	2	27.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.8	-35.6	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2		0		0.67	0.40						3B
Steve Foucault	28	3	0	2.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									3.86	0.33						P
Rich Gale	24	31	30	192.1	33	3	26	4	1	.879									1.36	0.94						P
Jim Gaudet	23	3	2	21.0	16	14	1	1	0	.938	0.0	0.0						0	6.43	5.00	0	1	0	0		C
Larry Gura	30	35	26	221.2	58	13	44	1	2	.983									2.31	1.63						P
Andy Hassler	26	11	9	58.1	12	3	7	2	1	.833									1.54	0.91						P
Al Hrabosky	28	58	0	75.0	12	3	9	0	1	1.000									1.44	0.21						P
Clint Hurdle	20	137	117	981.2	588	546	30	12	48	.980	-2.7	-3.3	-5.7	-4.3	-1.5	3	0		5.28	4.20						1B-RF-LF-3B-DH
Art Kusnyer	32	9	3	42.0	37	32	3	2	0	.946	-1.0	-28.6						-1	7.50	3.89	1	1	5	2	29%	C
Pete LaCock	26	106	80	723.1	744	700	39	5	67	.993	-1.8	-3.0	-0.8	-2.1	1.3		-1		9.19	6.97						1B
Joe Lahoud	31	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-120.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1				0.00	0.00						RF-DH
Dennis Leonard	27	40	40	294.2	60	16	43	1	2	.983									1.80	1.48						P
Randy McGilberry	24	18	0	25.2	11	2	6	3	0	.727									2.81	0.44						P
Hal McRae	32	156	3	23.0	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	-0.5	-26.1	-0.5	-0.6	0.1	0			1.57	0.03						LF-DH
Steve Mingori	34	45	0	69.0	17	3	13	1	0	.941									2.09	0.36						P
Amos Otis	31	137	133	1151.2	394	383	9	2	1	.995	15.9	16.6	8.9	-6.9	15.8	7			3.06	2.86						CF-DH
Bill Paschall	24	2	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Freddie Patek	33	137	134	1136.1	622	240	350	32	84	.949	-4.9	-5.2	-7.9	-12.6	4.7		3		4.67	4.31						SS
Marty Pattin	35	32	5	78.2	7	3	4	0	2	1.000									0.80	0.22						P
Tom Poquette	26	66	54	423.0	156	144	5	7	0	.955	14.2	40.3	11.2	5.7	5.6	3			3.17	2.26						LF-RF-DH
Darrell Porter	26	149	141	1229.2	678	608	62	8	10	.988	1.0	1.0						1	4.90	4.50	9	33	74	44	37%	C-DH
Jamie Quirk	23	13	6	65.2	29	11	16	2	1	.931	-1.2	-21.9	-1.2	-0.1	-1.1		0		3.70	2.08						3B-SS-DH
Luis Silverio	21	8	3	29.0	6	5	0	1	0	.833	0.1	4.1	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0			1.55	0.63						LF-RF-DH
Paul Splittorff	31	39	38	262.0	65	18	45	2	4	.969									2.16	1.62						P
Jerry Terrell	31	72	38	375.0	195	88	103	4	15	.979	2.0	6.4	2.0	1.1	1.0		0		4.58	2.65						3B-2B-SS-1B
George Throop	27	1	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									3.00	1.00						P
U L Washington	24	69	33	346.1	180	79	92	9	18	.950	-7.3	-25.3	-7.3	-6.5	-0.7		0		4.44	2.48						SS-2B-DH
John Wathan	28	68	47	442.2	415	385	28	2	20	.995	5.9	16.0	5.9	2.4	3.5		0	0	8.40	6.07	1	2	11	6	35%	1B-C
Frank White	27	140	138	1194.1	726	325	385	16	96	.978	12.4	12.5	8.4	-0.7	9.1		4		5.35	5.07						2B
Willie Wilson	22	123	45	541.1	180	171	5	4	2	.978	9.9	21.9	8.9	5.1	3.7	1			2.93	1.43						LF-CF-DH
Joe Zdeb	25	58	30	284.0	71	66	2	3	0	.958	-2.8	-11.8	-1.8	-2.8	1.0	-1	0		2.15	1.17						LF-RF-2B-DH-3B
Team Totals	27.4	162	1458	12951.0	6143	4317	1676	150	408	.976	54.3	5.0	31.3	-35.1	66.7	16	7	0	4.16	2.83	11	37	90	52	37%
Rank in 14 AL teams								3	7	12
	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

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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