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1979 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

85-77, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Whitey Herzog (85-77)
Scored 851 runs, Allowed 816 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 2,261,845 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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1978 / 1980 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
German Barranca 22 L R 6' 0" 160 Oct 19, 1956 1st 5 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.2 $
Steve Braun 31 L R 5' 10" 180 May 8, 1948 9 58 25 58 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 0 0 18 11 33 0 0.4 $
George Brett HOF 26 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 7 154 154 154 153 0 0 8 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.4 $140,000 All-Star
Steve Busby 29 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 29, 1949 7 22 12 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Craig Chamberlain 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Feb 2, 1957 1st 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Gary Christenson 26 L L 6' 5" 200 May 5, 1953 1st 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Al Cowens 27 R R 6' 1" 197 Oct 25, 1951 6 136 133 136 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 134 135 1 3 0 1.2 $
Todd Cruz 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 23, 1955 2 55 35 55 54 0 0 0 0 9 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.3 $
Craig Eaton 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 7, 1954 1st 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Rich Gale 25 R R 6' 7" 225 Jan 19, 1954 2 34 31 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $
Jim Gaudet 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 3, 1955 2 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Larry Gura 31 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 10 39 33 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $265,000
Al Hrabosky 29 R L 5' 11" 185 Jul 21, 1949 10 58 0 0 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Clint Hurdle 21 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1957 3 59 51 59 51 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 20 50 4 7 0 -0.1 $
Pete LaCock 27 L L 6' 2" 200 Jan 17, 1952 8 132 108 132 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 21 0 0.2 $
Dennis Leonard 28 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1951 6 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $200,000
Renie Martin 23 R R 6' 4" 190 Aug 30, 1955 1st 25 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Hal McRae 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 11 101 99 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 2 0 1.3 $
Steve Mingori 35 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 29, 1944 10 30 1 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Jim Nettles 32 L L 6' 0" 186 Mar 2, 1947 5 11 6 11 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 8 0 3 0 -0.2 $
Amos Otis 32 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 12 151 147 151 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 146 4 2 0 3.3 $
Bill Paschall 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 22, 1954 2 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Freddie Patek 34 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 12 106 95 106 104 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1.2 $166,667
Marty Pattin 36 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 6, 1943 12 31 7 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Tom Poquette 27 L R 5' 10" 175 Oct 30, 1951 5 21 4 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 10 0 13 1 -0.3 $
Darrell Porter 27 L R 6' 0" 193 Jan 17, 1952 9 157 156 157 141 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 7.4 $ All-Star
Jamie Quirk 24 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 5 51 10 51 17 0 9 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 9 33 0 0.6 $
Dan Quisenberry 26 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 7, 1953 1st 32 0 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Eduardo Rodriguez 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 6, 1952 7 29 1 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
George Scott 35 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 23, 1944 14 44 38 44 41 0 0 41 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 -0.1 $
Paul Splittorff 32 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 10 36 35 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Jerry Terrell 32 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 13, 1946 7 31 8 31 26 1 0 0 7 19 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 4 0.3 $
George Throop 28 R R 6' 7" 205 Nov 24, 1950 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
U L Washington 25 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 27, 1953 3 101 73 101 94 0 0 0 46 1 50 0 0 0 0 3 4 12 0.6 $
John Wathan 29 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 4, 1949 4 90 48 90 74 0 23 49 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 10 34 0 -1.4 $
Frank White 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 7 127 125 127 126 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4 $ All-Star
Willie Wilson 23 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 4 154 136 154 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 24 5 160 2 0 8 6.0 $
Joe Zdeb 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 27, 1953 3 15 5 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 9 0 8 1 0.0 $
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
0

George Scott
1

Jerry Terrell
2

Freddie Patek
3

Steve Braun
5

George Brett
6

Willie Wilson
7

Todd Cruz
8

Pete LaCock
9

Clint Hurdle
Jamie Quirk
10

Clint Hurdle
11

Hal McRae
12

John Wathan
13

Jim Gaudet
15

Darrell Porter
18

Al Cowens
19

Joe Zdeb
20

Frank White
21

Eduardo Rodriguez
22

Dennis Leonard
23

Steve Mingori
25

Craig Chamberlain
Tom Poquette
26

Amos Otis
27

Renie Martin
28

Jim Nettles
29

Dan Quisenberry
30

U L Washington
31

Gary Christenson
32

Larry Gura
33

Marty Pattin
34

Paul Splittorff
35

Craig Eaton
George Throop
37

Jim Gaudet
38

Rich Gale
39

Al Hrabosky
40

Steve Busby
42

Bill Paschall
43

German Barranca

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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