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1978 Kansas City Royals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 IF 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 OF 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 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Jim Colborn 32 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Rich Gale 24 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P George Throop 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Dennis Leonard 27 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Steve Foucault* 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Steve Busby 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Steve Mingori* 34 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Andy Hassler* 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Al Hrabosky 28 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Larry Gura# 30 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Randy McGilberry# 24 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Bill Paschall 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Paul Splittorff* 31 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Doug Bird 28 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 7 3 4 4 8 1
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 2 308 135 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 1 326 117 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 1 289 142 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 93 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 90 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 82 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 52 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 31 120 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 13 117 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 113 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 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
* - 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 28 40 6 0 98.2 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.73 0.48 8 2 20% 0 P
Steve Braun 30 43 33 10 262.0 77 64 9 4 2 .948 -0 -1 2.51 1.66 LF-3B-CF
George Brett 25 128 128 118 1104.1 409 104 289 16 25 .961 8 9 3.20 3.05 3B-SS
Steve Busby 28 7 5 0 21.1 6 0 5 1 0 .833 2.11 0.71 3 1 25% 0 P
Jim Colborn 32 8 3 0 28.1 11 2 8 1 0 .909 3.18 1.25 3 0 0% 1 P
Al Cowens 26 129 128 110 1107.2 304 280 20 4 5 .987 8 9 2.44 2.11 RF-CF-3B-DH
Dave Cripe 27 5 2 2 27.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -36 0.67 0.40 3B
Steve Foucault 28 3 0 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.33 1 0 0% 0 P
Rich Gale 24 31 30 9 192.1 33 3 26 4 1 .879 1.36 0.94 15 13 46% 0 P
Jim Gaudet 23 3 2 1 21.0 16 14 1 1 0 .938 0 0 6.43 5.00 0 1 0 0 0 C
Larry Gura 30 35 26 8 221.2 58 13 44 1 2 .983 2.31 1.63 12 7 37% 2 P
Andy Hassler 26 11 9 1 58.1 12 3 7 2 1 .833 1.54 0.91 6 4 40% 2 P
Al Hrabosky 28 58 0 0 75.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.44 0.21 1 2 67% 0 P
Clint Hurdle 20 123 118 69 981.2 588 546 30 12 48 .980 -3 -3 5.28 4.20 1B-RF-LF-3B-DH
Art Kusnyer 32 9 3 3 42.0 37 32 3 2 0 .946 -1 -29 7.50 3.89 1 1 5 2 29% 0 C
Pete LaCock 26 106 80 64 723.1 744 700 39 5 67 .993 -2 -3 9.19 6.97 1B
Joe Lahoud 31 1 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 RF-DH
Dennis Leonard 27 40 40 20 294.2 60 16 43 1 2 .983 1.80 1.48 18 11 38% 1 P
Randy McGilberry 24 18 0 0 25.2 11 2 6 3 0 .727 2.81 0.44 2 1 33% 0 P
Hal McRae 32 3 156 1 23.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -26 1.57 0.03 LF-DH
Steve Mingori 34 45 0 0 69.0 17 3 13 1 0 .941 2.09 0.36 1 2 67% 1 P
Amos Otis 31 136 134 119 1151.2 394 383 9 2 1 .995 16 17 3.06 2.86 CF-DH
Bill Paschall 24 2 0 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Freddie Patek 33 138 134 107 1136.1 622 240 350 32 84 .949 -5 -5 4.67 4.31 SS
Marty Pattin 35 32 5 2 78.2 7 3 4 0 2 1.000 0.80 0.22 6 2 25% 0 P
Tom Poquette 26 63 54 22 423.0 156 144 5 7 0 .955 14 40 3.17 2.29 LF-RF
Darrell Porter 26 145 144 130 1229.2 678 608 62 8 10 .988 1 1 4.90 4.53 9 33 74 44 37% 3 C-DH
Jamie Quirk 23 11 6 5 65.2 29 11 16 2 1 .931 -1 -22 3.70 2.25 3B-SS
Luis Silverio 21 6 3 2 29.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0 4 1.55 0.83 LF-RF
Paul Splittorff 31 39 38 13 262.0 65 18 45 2 4 .969 2.16 1.62 13 7 35% 6 P
Jerry Terrell 31 67 38 25 375.0 195 88 103 4 15 .979 2 6 4.58 2.65 3B-2B-SS-1B
George Throop 27 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.00 1 0 0% 0 P
U L Washington 24 65 33 25 346.1 180 79 92 9 18 .950 -7 -25 4.44 2.51 SS-2B
John Wathan 28 65 47 35 442.2 415 385 28 2 20 .995 6 16 8.40 6.07 1 2 11 6 35% 0 1B-C
Frank White 27 140 138 116 1194.1 726 325 385 16 96 .978 12 12 5.35 5.07 2B
Willie Wilson 22 112 45 32 541.1 180 171 5 4 2 .978 10 22 2.93 1.50 LF-CF
Joe Zdeb 25 52 31 19 284.0 71 66 2 3 0 .958 -3 -12 2.15 1.17 LF-RF-2B-3B-DH
Team Totals 27.1 162 1458 1068 12951.0 6143 4317 1676 150 408 .976 54 5 4.16 3.08 11 37 90 52 37% 16
Rank in 14 AL teams 3 7 12
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
Randy Bass* 24 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased
Steve Braun* 30 167 4 -1 0 1 -0 -1 6 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $ Traded 75/8
George Brett* 25 558 16 5 -1 1 8 3 17 49 5.1 41 4.3 0.8 $ Amateur Draft *5/6
Al Cowens 26 534 0 3 -3 0 8 -6 18 20 2.0 12 1.2 0.8 $ Amateur Draft *98/5D
Dave Cripe 27 13 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /5
Jim Gaudet 23 8 -2 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /2
Clint Hurdle* 20 481 8 -2 2 0 -3 -6 16 15 1.6 18 1.9 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 397/5D
Art Kusnyer 32 15 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Traded /2
Pete LaCock* 26 347 5 1 -2 -1 -2 -5 12 8 0.8 10 1.0 -0.2 $ Traded 3
Joe Lahoud* 31 16 -3 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Free Agency /D9
Hal McRae 32 692 10 -2 3 -2 -0 -15 21 14 1.5 15 1.6 -0.1 $ Traded *D/7
Amos Otis 31 567 35 4 0 0 16 -2 19 72 7.5 56 5.8 1.7 $ Traded *8/D
Freddie Patek 33 496 -11 5 0 2 -5 8 16 15 1.5 20 2.1 -0.6 $166,667 Traded *6
Tom Poquette* 26 226 -9 0 2 0 14 -3 7 11 1.1 -3 -0.3 1.4 $ Amateur Draft 79
Darrell Porter* 26 602 17 1 -2 -2 1 9 20 44 4.5 43 4.5 0.0 $ Traded *2/D
Jamie Quirk* 23 34 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 5/6
Luis Silverio 21 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /79
Jerry Terrell 31 147 -13 0 -1 0 2 1 5 -6 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $ Free Agency 456/3
U L Washington# 24 142 -4 0 -1 0 -7 2 5 -5 -0.6 2 0.2 -0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent 64
John Wathan 28 203 0 0 1 0 6 -1 7 13 1.3 7 0.7 0.6 $ Amateur Draft 32
Frank White 27 501 0 1 1 1 12 4 16 35 3.6 23 2.4 1.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Willie Wilson# 22 223 -10 7 0 1 10 -3 7 12 1.2 2 0.2 1.0 $ Amateur Draft *78
Joe Zdeb 25 141 -5 2 -1 0 -3 -2 5 -5 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $ Amateur Draft 79/45D
Team Total 27.3 6129 38 24 0 1 54 -17 200 298 30.4 246 25.6 4.8 $166,667
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 28 98.2 6 63 51 4 1.0 -12 -1.7 $ Amateur Draft
Steve Busby 28 21.1 5 18 11 1 1.0 -7 -0.8 $ Amateur Draft
Jim Colborn 32 28.1 3 18 17 1 .7 -1 -0.2 $ Traded
Steve Foucault 28 2.1 0 1 1 0 .2 0 0.0 $ Waivers
Rich Gale 24 192.1 30 78 105 7 1.0 27 2.9 $ Amateur Draft
Larry Gura* 30 221.2 26 73 112 8 1.1 39 4.5 $ Free Agency
Andy Hassler* 26 58.1 9 36 30 2 1.0 -6 -0.7 $ Purchased
Al Hrabosky* 28 75.0 0 24 40 2 2.1 16 1.8 $ Traded
Dennis Leonard 27 294.2 40 125 159 11 .9 34 3.5 $ Amateur Draft
Randy McGilberry 24 25.2 0 16 13 1 .6 -3 -0.4 $ Amateur Draft
Steve Mingori* 34 69.0 0 25 35 3 .6 10 0.5 $ Traded
Bill Paschall 24 8.0 0 3 5 0 1.5 2 0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Marty Pattin 35 78.2 5 41 42 3 .8 1 -0.1 $ Traded
Paul Splittorff* 31 262.0 38 113 138 11 1.0 25 2.7 $ Amateur Draft
George Throop 27 3.0 0 0 2 0 1.6 2 0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 28.7 1439.0 162 634 761 54 1.0 127 12.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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