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1979 Kansas City Royals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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* 27 157 679 533 101 155 23 10 20 112 3 4 121 65 .291 .421 .484 .905 142 258 11 8 4 13 8
2 1B Pete LaCock* 27 132 453 408 54 113 25 4 3 56 2 1 37 26 .277 .334 .380 .714 91 155 16 1 1 6 7
3 2B Frank White 28 127 503 467 73 124 26 4 10 48 28 8 25 54 .266 .300 .403 .703 87 188 11 1 3 7 3
4 SS Freddie Patek 34 106 338 306 30 77 17 0 1 37 11 12 16 42 .252 .293 .317 .610 64 97 6 3 10 3 0
5 3B George Brett* 26 154 701 645 119 212 42 20 23 107 17 10 51 36 .329 .376 .563 .939 148 363 8 0 1 4 14
6 LF Willie Wilson# 23 154 640 588 113 185 18 13 6 49 83 12 28 92 .315 .351 .420 .771 106 247 1 7 13 4 3
7 CF Amos Otis 32 151 660 577 100 170 28 2 18 90 30 5 68 92 .295 .369 .444 .813 117 256 12 3 7 5 8
8 RF Al Cowens 27 136 568 516 69 152 18 7 9 73 10 8 40 44 .295 .345 .409 .753 101 211 12 3 2 7 4
9 DH Hal McRae 33 101 443 393 55 113 32 4 10 74 5 4 38 46 .288 .351 .466 .816 117 183 6 4 1 7 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
10 MI U L Washington# 25 101 300 268 32 68 12 5 2 25 10 7 20 44 .254 .299 .358 .658 76 96 1 0 6 6 1
11 UT John Wathan 29 90 216 199 26 41 7 3 2 28 2 1 7 24 .206 .227 .302 .529 41 60 7 0 5 5 1
12 OF Clint Hurdle* 21 59 204 171 16 41 10 3 3 30 0 1 28 24 .240 .343 .386 .729 96 66 4 1 0 4 4
13 1B George Scott 35 44 162 146 19 39 8 2 1 20 1 1 12 32 .267 .329 .370 .699 87 54 12 2 1 1 1
14 UT Steve Braun* 31 58 139 116 15 31 2 0 4 10 0 0 22 11 .267 .384 .388 .772 108 45 2 0 1 0 2
15 SS Todd Cruz 23 55 126 118 9 24 7 0 2 15 0 1 3 19 .203 .224 .314 .538 43 37 2 1 1 3 0
16 UT Jamie Quirk* 24 51 85 79 8 24 6 1 1 11 0 0 5 13 .304 .353 .443 .796 112 35 0 1 0 0 0
17 IF Jerry Terrell 32 31 42 40 5 12 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 .300 .317 .450 .767 103 18 2 0 1 0 0
18 OF Tom Poquette* 27 21 28 26 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .192 .214 .192 .407 10 5 0 0 0 1 0
19 UT Jim Nettles* 32 11 26 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .087 .192 .087 .279 -22 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 OF Joe Zdeb 26 15 25 23 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 .174 .240 .304 .544 45 7 1 0 0 0 0
21 C Jim Gaudet 24 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 IF German Barranca* 22 5 5 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 272 4 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
23 P Marty Pattin 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Rich Gale 25 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P George Throop 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Eduardo Rodriguez 27 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Dennis Leonard 28 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Renie Martin 23 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Craig Eaton 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Steve Busby 29 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Steve Mingori* 35 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Al Hrabosky 29 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Larry Gura# 31 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Craig Chamberlain 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Bill Paschall 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Dan Quisenberry 26 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Paul Splittorff* 32 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Gary Christenson* 26 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.9 162 6349 5653 851 1596 286 79 116 791 207 76 528 675 .282 .343 .422 .766 104 2388 114 35 57 76 56
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 2 1 4 1 11 1 3 6 10 2 4 4 4 3 5 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 Paul Splittorff* 32 15 17 .469 4.24 36 35 0 11 0 0 240.0 248 137 113 25 77 1 77 5 0 1 1026 101 1.354 9.3 0.9 2.9 2.9 1.00
2 SP Dennis Leonard 28 14 12 .538 4.08 32 32 0 12 5 0 236.0 226 117 107 33 56 3 126 2 0 8 966 105 1.195 8.6 1.3 2.1 4.8 2.25
3 SP Larry Gura* 31 13 12 .520 4.47 39 33 1 7 1 0 233.2 226 137 116 29 73 4 85 7 1 5 991 96 1.280 8.7 1.1 2.8 3.3 1.16
4 SP Rich Gale 25 9 10 .474 5.65 34 31 0 2 1 0 181.2 197 131 114 19 99 4 103 4 0 5 830 76 1.629 9.8 0.9 4.9 5.1 1.04
5 SP Steve Busby 29 6 6 .500 3.63 22 12 5 4 0 0 94.1 71 45 38 10 64 3 45 0 0 1 405 118 1.431 6.8 1.0 6.1 4.3 0.70
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
6 CL Al Hrabosky* 29 9 4 .692 3.74 58 0 37 0 0 11 65.0 67 31 27 3 41 10 39 1 0 7 294 115 1.662 9.3 0.4 5.7 5.4 0.95
7 RP Marty Pattin 36 5 2 .714 4.58 31 7 11 1 0 3 94.1 109 50 48 11 21 2 41 1 0 4 403 94 1.378 10.4 1.0 2.0 3.9 1.95
8 RP Eduardo Rodriguez 27 4 1 .800 4.84 29 1 13 1 0 2 74.1 79 42 40 9 34 4 26 3 0 4 330 89 1.520 9.6 1.1 4.1 3.1 0.76
9 RP Steve Mingori* 35 3 3 .500 5.79 30 1 8 0 0 1 46.2 69 36 30 10 17 2 18 1 1 0 223 74 1.843 13.3 1.9 3.3 3.5 1.06
10 RP Dan Quisenberry 26 3 2 .600 3.15 32 0 21 0 0 5 40.0 42 16 14 5 7 5 13 0 0 1 163 137 1.225 9.5 1.1 1.6 2.9 1.86
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
11 Craig Chamberlain 22 4 4 .500 3.75 10 10 0 4 0 0 69.2 68 31 29 7 18 0 30 1 0 2 287 115 1.234 8.8 0.9 2.3 3.9 1.67
12 Renie Martin 23 0 3 .000 5.19 25 0 11 0 0 5 34.2 32 20 20 1 14 3 25 1 0 2 149 83 1.327 8.3 0.3 3.6 6.5 1.79
13 Bill Paschall 25 0 1 .000 6.59 7 0 5 0 0 0 13.2 18 11 10 2 5 3 3 2 0 0 68 67 1.683 11.9 1.3 3.3 2.0 0.60
14 Gary Christenson* 26 0 0 3.38 6 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 10 5 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 43 131 1.125 8.4 0.8 1.7 3.4 2.00
15 Craig Eaton 24 0 0 2.70 5 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 8 3 3 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 41 164 1.100 7.2 0.0 2.7 3.6 1.33
16 George Throop 28 0 0 13.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 7 4 4 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 20 36 4.500 23.6 0.0 16.9 3.4 0.20
17 Jerry Terrell 32 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 85 77 .525 4.45 162 162 120 42 7 27 1448.1 1477 816 716 165 536 48 640 28 2 40 6242 96 1.390 9.2 1.0 3.3 4.0 1.19
Rank in 14 AL teams 6 8 10 7 8 10 1 7 11 10 11 7 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
German Barranca 22 2 1 1 10.0 11 4 7 0 3 1.000 1 72 9.90 5.50 2B-3B
Steve Braun 31 20 25 9 128.0 29 26 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -8 2.04 0.94 LF-3B-DH
George Brett 26 153 154 138 1338.1 585 176 378 31 34 .947 16 14 3.73 3.51 3B-1B-DH
Steve Busby 29 22 12 4 94.1 28 4 24 0 1 1.000 2.67 1.27 9 4 31% 3 P
Craig Chamberlain 22 10 10 4 69.2 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 0.90 0.70 3 2 40% 0 P
Gary Christenson 26 6 0 0 10.2 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.53 0.50 0 0 0 P
Al Cowens 27 134 133 130 1170.1 296 288 3 5 0 .983 -11 -12 2.24 2.14 RF-CF-DH
Todd Cruz 23 54 35 24 345.1 179 54 118 7 16 .961 7 24 4.48 3.02 SS-3B
Craig Eaton 24 5 0 0 10.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 0.40 0 0 0 P
Rich Gale 25 34 31 2 181.2 38 9 25 4 3 .895 1.68 1.00 10 14 58% 0 P
Jim Gaudet 24 3 1 1 14.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -86 8.36 4.33 0 0 3 0 0% 0 C
Larry Gura 31 39 33 7 233.2 55 15 38 2 5 .964 2.04 1.36 12 9 43% 6 P
Al Hrabosky 29 58 0 0 65.0 8 2 4 2 0 .750 0.83 0.10 2 3 60% 0 P
Clint Hurdle 21 51 51 27 372.0 94 88 3 3 0 .968 -1 -5 2.20 1.65 LF-RF-3B-DH
Pete LaCock 27 108 108 65 816.0 900 829 68 3 79 .997 3 4 9.89 7.35 1B-DH
Dennis Leonard 28 32 32 12 236.0 52 19 32 1 2 .981 1.94 1.59 8 11 58% 4 P
Renie Martin 23 25 0 0 34.2 14 5 8 1 0 .929 3.38 0.52 2 0 0% 0 P
Hal McRae 33 99 99 0.00 DH
Steve Mingori 35 30 1 0 46.2 12 6 4 2 0 .833 1.93 0.33 1 1 50% 1 P
Jim Nettles 32 9 6 5 57.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1 19 3.16 2.22 LF-RF-1B
Amos Otis 32 146 147 138 1266.1 397 383 11 3 5 .992 -7 -6 2.80 2.63 CF-DH
Bill Paschall 25 7 0 0 13.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.32 0.29 0 0 0 P
Freddie Patek 34 104 95 71 796.2 421 153 249 19 54 .955 -10 -14 4.54 3.87 SS
Marty Pattin 36 31 7 1 94.1 18 4 13 1 0 .944 1.62 0.55 5 3 38% 0 P
Tom Poquette 27 10 4 3 47.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -13 1.53 0.80 RF-LF
Darrell Porter 27 141 156 129 1230.0 709 628 68 13 15 .982 9 9 5.09 4.46 15 38 64 57 47% 3 C-DH
Jamie Quirk 24 17 10 2 59.1 26 16 9 1 0 .962 1 12 3.79 1.09 0 0 1 0 0% 0 C-3B-SS-DH
Dan Quisenberry 26 32 0 0 40.0 11 0 10 1 2 .909 2.25 0.31 0 1 100% 0 P
Eduardo Rodriguez 27 29 1 1 74.1 9 0 8 1 0 .889 0.97 0.28 2 7 78% 0 P
George Scott 35 41 38 35 331.1 360 335 21 4 27 .989 1 5 9.67 8.48 1B-3B
Paul Splittorff 32 36 35 11 240.0 45 15 27 3 3 .933 1.58 1.17 21 4 16% 1 P
Jerry Terrell 32 26 8 5 104.0 39 10 28 1 4 .974 0 5 3.29 1.36 0 0 0 3B-2B-P-SS
George Throop 28 4 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
U L Washington 25 94 73 60 703.0 435 174 243 18 68 .959 2 4 5.34 4.26 SS-2B-3B-DH
John Wathan 29 74 48 32 422.1 363 336 24 3 30 .992 -1 -3 7.67 4.50 0 2 7 2 22% 0 1B-C-LF-RF-DH
Frank White 28 126 125 114 1076.1 661 317 332 12 78 .982 0 0 5.43 5.19 2B
Willie Wilson 23 152 136 122 1251.1 406 388 12 6 0 .985 25 24 2.88 2.48 LF-CF-RF-DH
Joe Zdeb 26 9 5 1 49.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2 42 2.39 1.44 LF-RF
Team Totals 27.8 162 1458 1154 13035.0 6268 4345 1777 146 433 .977 35 3 4.23 3.24 15 40 75 59 44% 18
Rank in 14 AL teams 4 9 10
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
German Barranca* 22 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Purchased /45
Steve Braun* 31 139 2 1 0 0 -1 -2 5 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ Traded 7D/5
George Brett* 26 701 42 4 -1 2 16 3 21 87 8.7 71 7.1 1.6 $140,000 Amateur Draft *5/3D
Al Cowens 27 568 3 3 7 -1 -11 -7 18 11 1.1 23 2.3 -1.2 $ Amateur Draft *9/8D
Todd Cruz 23 126 -10 0 0 0 7 2 4 3 0.3 -4 -0.4 0.7 $ Traded 6/5
Jim Gaudet 24 6 -1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft /2
Clint Hurdle* 21 204 0 -2 1 0 -1 -3 7 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft 79/D5
Pete LaCock* 27 453 -4 2 -2 -1 3 -8 15 5 0.5 2 0.2 0.3 $ Traded 3D
Hal McRae 33 444 12 -1 1 0 0 -10 14 16 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $ Traded D
Jim Nettles* 32 26 -4 0 0 0 1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Purchased /739
Amos Otis 32 660 17 6 0 1 -7 -2 20 35 3.6 42 4.2 -0.6 $ Traded *8/D
Freddie Patek 34 338 -15 -3 1 0 -10 6 11 -10 -1.0 0 0.0 -1.0 $166,667 Traded 6
Tom Poquette* 27 28 -3 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft /97
Darrell Porter* 27 679 43 3 -2 1 9 8 21 83 8.4 74 7.4 1.0 $ Traded *2D
Jamie Quirk* 24 85 2 0 1 0 1 -1 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded /2D65
George Scott 35 162 -2 1 0 -3 1 -3 5 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Traded 3/5
Jerry Terrell 32 42 0 1 -1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Free Agency 5/416
U L Washington# 25 300 -9 -1 0 2 2 3 10 7 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 64/5D
John Wathan 29 216 -17 1 0 0 -1 -2 7 -12 -1.2 -11 -1.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 32/D79
Frank White 28 503 -9 2 5 -1 0 3 17 17 1.7 17 1.7 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Willie Wilson# 23 640 7 18 -3 2 25 -7 21 63 6.3 38 3.8 2.5 $ Amateur Draft *78/9D
Joe Zdeb 26 25 -2 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ Amateur Draft /79
Team Total 27.9 6350 53 35 8 3 35 -20 203 315 31.7 282 28.2 3.5 $306,667
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
Steve Busby 29 94.1 12 45 57 2 1.1 12 1.2 $ Amateur Draft
Craig Chamberlain 22 69.2 10 31 44 2 .9 13 1.2 $ Amateur Draft
Gary Christenson* 26 10.2 0 5 6 0 1.4 1 0.1 $ Purchased
Craig Eaton 24 10.0 0 3 6 0 .5 3 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Rich Gale 25 181.2 31 131 113 4 1.1 -18 -1.9 $ Amateur Draft
Larry Gura* 31 233.2 33 137 138 6 1.0 1 0.0 $ Free Agency
Al Hrabosky* 29 65.0 0 31 39 1 1.9 8 0.5 $ Traded
Dennis Leonard 28 236.0 32 117 145 5 .9 28 2.6 $ Amateur Draft
Renie Martin 23 34.2 0 20 21 1 1.3 1 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Steve Mingori* 35 46.2 1 36 26 1 .8 -10 -1.2 $ Traded
Bill Paschall 25 13.2 0 11 8 0 .7 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft
Marty Pattin 36 94.1 7 50 56 2 .9 6 0.4 $ Traded
Dan Quisenberry 26 40.0 0 16 25 1 1.4 9 0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Eduardo Rodriguez 27 74.1 1 42 46 2 .5 4 0.0 $ Purchased
Paul Splittorff* 32 240.0 35 137 142 6 .9 5 0.4 $ Amateur Draft
Jerry Terrell 32 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $ Free Agency
George Throop 28 2.2 0 4 2 0 .9 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 29.0 1448.1 162 816 875 33 1.0 59 3.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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