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1980 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

97-65, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Frey (97-65)
Scored 809 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 2,288,714 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to Philadelphia Phillies
Won AL Championship Series (3-0) over New York Yankees

American League Champs

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1979 / 1981 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
Willie Aikens 25 L R 6' 3" 220 Oct 14, 1954 3 151 150 151 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 1.3 $
German Barranca 23 L R 6' 0" 160 Oct 19, 1956 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 $
Steve Braun 32 L R 5' 10" 180 May 8, 1948 10 14 3 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 1 11 0 -0.8 $
George Brett HOF 27 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 8 117 113 117 113 0 0 1 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 9.6 $140,000 All-Star
Ken Brett 31 L L 6' 0" 190 Sep 18, 1948 13 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Steve Busby 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 29, 1949 8 11 6 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jose Cardenal 36 R R 5' 10" 150 Oct 7, 1943 18 25 16 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 23 0 6 0 0.0 $
Manny Castillo 23 B R 5' 9" 160 Apr 1, 1957 1st 7 2 7 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0.2 $
Dave Chalk 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 30, 1950 8 69 46 69 52 0 0 0 17 34 1 0 0 0 0 6 17 1 -0.2 $
Craig Chamberlain 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Feb 2, 1957 2 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Gary Christenson 27 L L 6' 5" 200 May 5, 1953 2 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Onix Concepcion 22 R R 5' 6" 160 Oct 5, 1957 1st 12 4 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 -0.5 $
Bob Detherage 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 20, 1954 1st 20 9 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 22 0 0 3 0.0 $
Rawly Eastwick 29 R R 6' 3" 180 Oct 24, 1950 7 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $220,000
Rich Gale 26 R R 6' 7" 225 Jan 19, 1954 3 32 28 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Larry Gura 32 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 11 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 $265,000 All-Star
Clint Hurdle 22 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1957 4 130 109 130 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 125 126 0 9 1 1.3 $
Mike Jones 20 L L 6' 6" 215 Jul 30, 1959 1st 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Pete LaCock 28 L L 6' 2" 200 Jan 17, 1952 9 114 35 114 103 0 0 86 0 0 0 26 0 5 31 0 15 7 -1.4 $
Dennis Leonard 29 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1951 7 38 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $200,000
Renie Martin 24 R R 6' 4" 190 Aug 30, 1955 2 32 20 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Hal McRae 34 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 12 124 119 124 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 110 5 0 2.6 $
Rance Mulliniks 24 L R 5' 11" 162 Jan 15, 1956 4 36 14 36 32 0 0 0 14 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 -0.1 $
Amos Otis 33 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 13 107 104 107 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 105 0 2 0 1.3 $
Marty Pattin 37 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 6, 1943 13 37 0 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ken Phelps 25 L L 6' 1" 209 Aug 6, 1954 1st 3 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Darrell Porter 28 L R 6' 0" 193 Jan 17, 1952 10 118 112 118 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 4 1 2.0 $ All-Star
Jamie Quirk 25 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 6 62 39 62 51 0 15 1 0 28 0 3 0 6 9 1 14 2 0.2 $
Dan Quisenberry 27 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 7, 1953 2 75 0 0 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Paul Splittorff 33 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 11 34 33 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Jerry Terrell 33 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 13, 1946 8 23 3 22 14 1 0 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 7 1 1 11 -0.1 $
Rusty Torres 31 B R 5' 10" 175 Sep 30, 1948 9 51 17 51 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 22 44 1 1 17 -0.2 $
Jeff Twitty 22 L L 6' 2" 185 Nov 10, 1957 1st 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
U L Washington 26 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 27, 1953 4 153 146 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1.8 $
John Wathan 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 4, 1949 5 126 114 126 120 0 77 12 0 0 0 19 0 17 36 0 11 0 2.4 $
Frank White 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 8 154 145 154 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.1 $
Willie Wilson 24 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 5 161 157 161 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 63 0 165 0 3 0 7.8 $
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

Jerry Terrell
Onix Concepcion
Rusty Torres
Steve Braun
Bob Detherage
George Brett
Willie Wilson
Dave Chalk
Pete LaCock

Jamie Quirk
Clint Hurdle
Hal McRae
John Wathan
Darrell Porter
Rance Mulliniks
Jose Cardenal
Manny Castillo
Frank White

Jeff Twitty
Dennis Leonard
German Barranca
Willie Aikens
Ken Brett
Craig Chamberlain
Amos Otis
Renie Martin
Craig Chamberlain
Mike Jones

Dan Quisenberry
U L Washington
Gary Christenson
Larry Gura
Marty Pattin
Paul Splittorff
Rawly Eastwick
Rich Gale

Steve Busby
Mike Jones
Ken Phelps
Onix Concepcion
Jeff Twitty

1979 / 1981 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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