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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
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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* 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
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
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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 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 6 5 2 7 3 4 3 5 4 12
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 28 40 6 98.2 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.11 0.71 P
Jim Colborn 32 8 3 28.1 11 2 8 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.86 0.33 P
Rich Gale 24 31 30 192.1 33 3 26 4 1 .879 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.31 1.63 P
Andy Hassler 26 11 9 58.1 12 3 7 2 1 .833 0.0 0.0 1.54 0.91 P
Al Hrabosky 28 58 0 75.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.80 1.48 P
Randy McGilberry 24 18 0 25.2 11 2 6 3 0 .727 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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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