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1980 Kansas City Royals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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1979 / 1981 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* 28 118 495 418 51 104 14 2 7 51 1 1 69 50 .249 .354 .342 .696 92 143 10 2 0 6 5
2 1B Willie Aikens* 25 151 623 543 70 151 24 0 20 98 1 0 64 88 .278 .356 .433 .789 116 235 23 7 0 9 3
3 2B Frank White 29 154 594 560 70 148 23 4 7 60 19 6 19 69 .264 .289 .357 .646 77 200 11 2 9 4 0
4 SS U L Washington# 26 153 614 549 79 150 16 11 6 53 20 7 53 78 .273 .336 .375 .711 95 206 13 0 10 2 0
5 3B George Brett* 27 117 515 449 87 175 33 9 24 118 15 6 58 22 .390 .454 .664 1.118 203 298 11 1 0 7 16
6 LF Willie Wilson# 24 161 745 705 133 230 28 15 3 49 79 10 28 81 .326 .357 .421 .778 113 297 4 6 5 1 3
7 CF Amos Otis 33 107 448 394 56 99 16 3 10 53 16 1 39 70 .251 .316 .383 .699 91 151 9 3 2 10 0
8 RF Clint Hurdle* 22 130 438 395 50 116 31 2 10 60 0 0 34 61 .294 .349 .458 .807 120 181 11 2 2 5 5
9 DH Hal McRae 34 124 532 489 73 145 39 5 14 83 10 2 29 56 .297 .342 .483 .825 124 236 13 8 0 6 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
10 UT John Wathan 30 126 510 453 57 138 14 7 6 58 17 3 50 42 .305 .377 .406 .783 115 184 19 3 3 1 6
11 3B Dave Chalk 29 69 190 167 19 42 10 1 1 20 1 1 18 27 .251 .326 .341 .668 84 57 5 2 0 3 0
12 3B Jamie Quirk* 25 62 177 163 13 45 5 0 5 21 3 2 7 24 .276 .305 .399 .703 92 65 7 1 3 3 2
13 UT Pete LaCock* 28 114 176 156 14 32 6 0 1 18 1 0 17 10 .205 .284 .263 .547 52 41 7 1 0 2 1
14 OF Rusty Torres# 31 51 80 72 10 12 0 0 0 3 1 3 8 7 .167 .250 .167 .417 17 12 1 0 0 0 0
15 MI Rance Mulliniks* 24 36 62 54 8 14 3 0 0 6 0 0 7 10 .259 .339 .315 .654 81 17 2 0 0 1 0
16 RF Jose Cardenal 36 25 61 53 8 18 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 .340 .377 .377 .754 108 20 0 0 0 3 0
17 OF Bob Detherage 25 20 27 26 2 8 2 0 1 7 1 1 1 4 .308 .333 .500 .833 126 13 0 0 0 0 0
18 OF Steve Braun* 32 14 25 23 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .043 .120 .043 .163 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 UT Jerry Terrell 33 23 16 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063 .063 .063 .125 -65 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 SS Onix Concepcion 22 12 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .133 .133 .133 .267 -26 2 1 0 0 0 0
21 IF Manny Castillo# 23 7 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 1B Ken Phelps* 25 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 German Barranca* 23 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Marty Pattin 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Rich Gale 26 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Mike Jones* 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Dennis Leonard 29 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Renie Martin 24 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Ken Brett* 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Steve Busby 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Jeff Twitty* 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Larry Gura# 32 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Rawly Eastwick 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Craig Chamberlain 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Dan Quisenberry 27 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Paul Splittorff* 33 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Gary Christenson* 27 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 162 6357 5714 809 1633 266 59 115 766 185 43 508 709 .286 .345 .413 .758 108 2362 147 38 34 63 45
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 4 1 3 1 9 1 12 6 10 1 3 4 4 3 2 2
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 Larry Gura* 32 18 10 .643 2.95 36 36 0 16 4 0 283.1 272 107 93 20 76 6 113 5 0 2 1175 137 1.228 8.6 0.6 2.4 3.6 1.49
2 SP Dennis Leonard 29 20 11 .645 3.79 38 38 0 9 3 0 280.1 271 127 118 30 80 5 155 1 1 12 1172 107 1.252 8.7 1.0 2.6 5.0 1.94
3 SP Paul Splittorff* 33 14 11 .560 4.15 34 33 0 4 0 0 204.0 236 101 94 17 43 1 53 1 0 1 861 98 1.368 10.4 0.8 1.9 2.3 1.23
4 SP Rich Gale 26 13 9 .591 3.92 32 28 1 6 1 1 190.2 169 90 83 16 78 2 97 2 0 6 799 103 1.295 8.0 0.8 3.7 4.6 1.24
5 SP Renie Martin 24 10 10 .500 4.39 32 20 8 2 0 2 137.1 133 84 67 18 70 2 68 1 0 4 599 92 1.478 8.7 1.2 4.6 4.5 0.97
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 Dan Quisenberry 27 12 7 .632 3.09 75 0 68 0 0 33 128.1 129 47 44 5 27 15 37 1 0 1 528 131 1.216 9.0 0.4 1.9 2.6 1.37
7 RP Marty Pattin 37 4 0 1.000 3.64 37 0 21 0 0 4 89.0 97 39 36 7 23 7 40 1 0 2 378 112 1.348 9.8 0.7 2.3 4.0 1.74
8 RP Gary Christenson* 27 3 0 1.000 5.17 24 0 8 0 0 1 31.1 35 23 18 4 18 1 16 2 0 1 148 79 1.691 10.1 1.1 5.2 4.6 0.89
9 RP Jeff Twitty* 22 2 1 .667 6.04 13 0 2 0 0 0 22.1 33 17 15 4 7 3 9 0 0 0 103 68 1.791 13.3 1.6 2.8 3.6 1.29
10 RP Rawly Eastwick 29 0 1 .000 5.32 14 0 8 0 0 0 22.0 37 14 13 2 8 2 5 2 0 1 114 77 2.045 15.1 0.8 3.3 2.0 0.63
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 Steve Busby 30 1 3 .250 6.17 11 6 2 0 0 0 42.1 59 30 29 3 19 0 12 2 0 4 199 66 1.843 12.5 0.6 4.0 2.6 0.63
12 Ken Brett* 31 0 0 0.00 8 0 3 0 0 1 13.1 8 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 0 0 54 0.975 5.4 0.0 3.4 2.7 0.80
13 Craig Chamberlain 23 0 1 .000 6.75 5 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 10 8 7 3 5 2 3 0 0 1 43 62 1.607 9.6 2.9 4.8 2.9 0.60
14 Mike Jones* 20 0 1 .000 11.57 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 7 6 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 24 38 2.357 11.6 0.0 9.6 3.9 0.40
15 Jerry Terrell 33 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 29.4 97 65 .599 3.83 162 162 125 37 8 42 1459.1 1496 694 621 129 465 47 614 19 1 35 6202 106 1.344 9.2 0.8 2.9 3.8 1.32
Rank in 14 AL teams 3 12 5 6 4 3 6 5 5 5 5 3 13
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
Willie Aikens 25 138 150 64 1088.0 1158 1081 65 12 95 .990 -2 -2 9.48 7.59 1B-DH
Steve Braun 32 5 3 3 29.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -132 0.62 0.40 LF-RF
George Brett 27 113 113 105 1002.2 380 107 256 17 29 .955 9 11 3.26 3.21 3B-1B
Ken Brett 31 8 0 0 13.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.38 0 0 0 P
Steve Busby 30 11 6 0 42.1 10 5 4 1 0 .900 1.91 0.82 0 3 100% 1 P
Jose Cardenal 36 23 16 10 147.0 33 30 2 1 0 .970 -3 -27 1.96 1.39 RF-LF
Manny Castillo 23 4 2 2 20.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1 78 4.50 2.50 3B-2B
Dave Chalk 29 52 46 28 355.0 151 57 88 6 10 .960 -2 -8 3.68 2.54 3B-2B-SS-DH
Craig Chamberlain 23 5 0 0 9.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.40 1 0 0% 0 P
Gary Christenson 27 24 0 0 31.1 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.30 0.33 1 2 67% 0 P
Onix Concepcion 22 6 4 2 34.1 18 5 10 3 1 .833 -2 -84 3.93 2.50 SS
Bob Detherage 25 20 9 4 87.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -21 1.66 0.73 RF-LF
Rawly Eastwick 29 14 0 0 22.0 10 3 6 1 0 .900 3.68 0.64 0 0 0 P
Rich Gale 26 32 28 6 190.2 37 10 26 1 1 .973 1.70 1.13 28 8 22% 1 P
Larry Gura 32 36 36 16 283.1 59 9 50 0 3 1.000 1.87 1.64 17 13 43% 4 P
Clint Hurdle 22 126 109 91 977.0 253 236 8 9 1 .964 0 0 2.25 1.94 RF-LF
Mike Jones 20 3 1 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2 1 33% 0 P
Pete LaCock 28 103 35 21 444.0 335 311 22 2 28 .994 -4 -10 6.75 2.85 1B-LF-RF
Dennis Leonard 29 38 38 9 280.1 51 9 41 1 4 .980 1.61 1.32 19 5 21% 3 P
Renie Martin 24 32 20 2 137.1 32 10 18 4 5 .875 1.83 0.88 14 7 33% 1 P
Hal McRae 34 9 119 4 67.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 2.28 0.14 LF-DH
Rance Mulliniks 24 32 14 9 156.1 84 30 53 1 9 .988 -3 -22 4.78 2.59 SS-2B
Amos Otis 33 105 104 95 912.2 317 307 6 4 1 .987 2 3 3.09 2.98 CF
Marty Pattin 37 37 0 0 89.0 14 4 9 1 1 .929 1.31 0.35 8 6 43% 0 P
Ken Phelps 25 2 1 0 8.0 14 14 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -30 15.75 7.00 1B
Darrell Porter 28 81 112 73 706.1 367 322 37 8 6 .978 4 7 4.57 3.15 12 14 38 29 43% 1 C-DH
Jamie Quirk 25 51 39 29 362.0 152 78 66 8 3 .947 -1 -5 3.58 2.72 2 4 13 6 32% 0 3B-C-RF-LF-1B
Dan Quisenberry 27 75 0 0 128.1 48 17 29 2 4 .958 3.23 0.61 6 3 33% 0 P
Paul Splittorff 33 34 33 4 204.0 44 14 30 0 4 1.000 1.94 1.29 13 8 38% 0 P
Jerry Terrell 33 14 3 3 48.0 36 29 7 0 2 1.000 2 45 6.75 2.57 0 0 0 LF-1B-2B-RF-P
Rusty Torres 31 40 17 13 201.0 76 70 4 2 1 .974 5 29 3.31 1.68 RF-LF-CF
Jeff Twitty 22 13 0 0 22.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.01 0.38 0 0 0 P
U L Washington 26 152 146 140 1312.2 736 237 467 32 86 .957 -2 -2 4.83 4.63 SS
John Wathan 30 120 114 105 1031.1 513 472 33 8 19 .984 -5 -6 4.41 4.04 1 17 58 21 27% 0 C-LF-RF-1B
Frank White 29 153 145 130 1285.1 853 395 448 10 103 .988 6 6 5.90 5.51 2B
Willie Wilson 24 159 157 144 1401.0 496 481 9 6 1 .988 24 20 3.15 2.97 LF-CF
Team Totals 27.5 162 1458 1112 13134.0 6339 4378 1820 141 419 .978 22 2 4.25 3.29 15 35 109 56 34% 11
Rank in 14 AL teams 7 11 6
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
Willie Aikens* 25 623 12 -3 -2 -3 -2 -9 19 12 1.3 14 1.4 -0.1 $ Traded *3D
Steve Braun* 32 25 -5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 -8 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $ Traded /79
George Brett* 27 515 63 5 -1 1 9 1 15 93 9.6 84 8.6 1.0 $140,000 Amateur Draft *5/3
Jose Cardenal 36 61 1 0 0 1 -3 -1 2 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ Free Agency 9/7
Manny Castillo# 23 10 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft /54
Dave Chalk 29 190 -4 -1 0 0 -2 0 6 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ Free Agency 54/D6
Onix Concepcion 22 15 -3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent /6
Bob Detherage 25 27 1 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ Free Agency 79
Clint Hurdle* 22 438 8 0 -2 -2 0 -5 14 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Amateur Draft *9/7
Pete LaCock* 28 176 -11 -1 0 0 -4 -3 6 -13 -1.4 -9 -0.9 -0.5 $ Traded 37/9
Hal McRae 34 532 13 2 5 0 -0 -11 16 25 2.6 25 2.6 0.0 $ Traded *D/7
Rance Mulliniks* 24 62 -1 1 -1 0 -3 1 2 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ Traded 64
Amos Otis 33 448 -6 4 -1 -1 2 0 14 13 1.3 10 1.0 0.3 $ Traded 8
Ken Phelps* 25 4 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /3
Darrell Porter* 28 495 -4 4 0 -1 4 2 15 20 2.0 16 1.6 0.4 $ Traded 2D
Jamie Quirk* 25 177 -3 0 1 -1 -2 1 5 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Traded 52/973
Jerry Terrell 33 16 -4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Free Agency /73419
Rusty Torres# 31 80 -9 0 -1 1 5 -1 3 -1 -0.2 -7 -0.7 0.5 $ Free Agency 97/8
U L Washington# 26 614 -5 -2 -3 2 -2 9 19 18 1.8 20 2.1 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
John Wathan 30 510 9 3 -1 -2 -5 3 16 23 2.4 28 2.9 -0.5 $ Amateur Draft 2793
Frank White 29 594 -22 2 2 0 6 5 19 12 1.1 6 0.6 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Willie Wilson# 24 745 9 18 5 5 24 -5 21 77 7.8 53 5.4 2.4 $ Amateur Draft *78
Team Total 27.7 6357 37 32 3 0 22 -13 195 279 28.2 254 26.0 2.2 $140,000
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
Ken Brett* 31 13.1 0 0 8 0 .9 8 0.7 $ Free Agency
Steve Busby 30 42.1 6 30 24 1 .9 -6 -0.6 $ Amateur Draft
Craig Chamberlain 23 9.1 0 8 5 0 .5 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft
Gary Christenson* 27 31.1 0 23 18 0 .8 -5 -0.6 $ Purchased
Rawly Eastwick 29 22.0 0 14 13 0 .8 -1 -0.2 $ Free Agency
Rich Gale 26 190.2 28 90 113 3 .9 23 2.2 $ Amateur Draft
Larry Gura* 32 283.1 36 107 164 4 .9 57 5.8 $ Free Agency
Mike Jones* 20 4.2 1 7 3 0 .7 -4 -0.4 $ Amateur Draft
Dennis Leonard 29 280.1 38 127 162 4 1.0 35 3.6 $ Amateur Draft
Renie Martin 24 137.1 20 84 79 2 .8 -5 -0.6 $ Amateur Draft
Marty Pattin 37 89.0 0 39 50 1 .5 11 0.4 $ Traded
Dan Quisenberry 27 128.1 0 47 75 2 2.2 28 3.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Paul Splittorff* 33 204.0 33 101 117 3 1.0 16 1.7 $ Amateur Draft
Jerry Terrell 33 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $ Free Agency
Jeff Twitty* 22 22.1 0 17 13 0 .6 -4 -0.5 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 29.4 1459.1 162 694 845 20 1.0 151 14.2 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1979 / 1981 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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