Series Scores
| Game 1, October 9 | ||
| New York Yankees | 4 | Final |
| Kansas City Royals | 1 | |
| W | Catfish Hunter (1-0) |
| L | Larry Gura (0-1) |
| Game 2, October 10 | ||
| New York Yankees | 3 | Final |
| Kansas City Royals | 7 | |
| W | Paul Splittorff (1-0) |
| L | Ed Figueroa (0-1) |
| Game 3, October 12 | ||
| Kansas City Royals | 3 | Final |
| New York Yankees | 5 | |
| W | Dock Ellis (1-0) |
| L | Andy Hassler (0-1) |
| S | Sparky Lyle (1) |
| Game 4, October 13 | ||
| Kansas City Royals | 7 | Final |
| New York Yankees | 4 | |
| W | Doug Bird (1-0) |
| L | Catfish Hunter (1-1) |
| S | Steve Mingori (1) |
| Game 5, October 14 | ||
| Kansas City Royals | 6 | Final |
| New York Yankees | 7 | |
| W | Dick Tidrow (1-0) |
| L | Mark Littell (0-1) |
Series Batting Stats
New York Yankees Batting
| Playoff Series Stats | Regular Season Stats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | E | WPA | cWPA | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | ||||||
| Sandy Alomar# | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | -0.01 | -0.41% | 67 | 163 | 20 | 39 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .239 | .578 | |
| Chris Chambliss* | 5 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .524 | .500 | .952 | 1.452 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.77 | 28.13% | 156 | 641 | 79 | 188 | 17 | 96 | 1 | .293 | .765 |
| Dock Ellis# | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Figueroa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Oscar Gamble* | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.03 | -1.72% | 110 | 340 | 43 | 79 | 17 | 57 | 5 | .232 | .743 |
| Ron Guidry* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Elrod Hendricks* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.30% | *54 | 132 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .174 | .511 | |
| Catfish Hunter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Grant Jackson# | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | *1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sparky Lyle* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Elliott Maddox | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.45% | 18 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .217 | .535 |
| Jim Mason* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 93 | 217 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .180 | .445 | ||||
| Carlos May* | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | -0.73% | *107 | 351 | 45 | 91 | 3 | 43 | 5 | .259 | .677 | |
| Thurman Munson | 5 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .435 | .435 | .522 | .957 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.39 | 15.71% | 152 | 616 | 79 | 186 | 17 | 105 | 14 | .302 | .769 |
| Graig Nettles* | 5 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .235 | .350 | .647 | .997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | -0.63% | 158 | 583 | 88 | 148 | 32 | 93 | 11 | .254 | .802 |
| Lou Piniella | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 0 | 0 | -0.22 | -4.56% | 100 | 327 | 36 | 92 | 3 | 38 | 0 | .281 | .716 | |
| Willie Randolph | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.22 | -4.39% | 125 | 430 | 59 | 115 | 1 | 40 | 37 | .267 | .684 |
| Mickey Rivers* | 5 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .348 | .375 | .435 | .810 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.02 | 3.60% | 137 | 590 | 95 | 184 | 8 | 67 | 43 | .312 | .760 |
| Fred Stanley | 5 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .412 | .467 | .878 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.09 | -4.00% | 110 | 260 | 32 | 62 | 1 | 20 | 1 | .238 | .602 |
| Dick Tidrow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Otto Vélez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | -0.02 | -0.45% | 49 | 94 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .266 | .804 | |
| Roy White# | 5 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .294 | .455 | .471 | .925 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.24 | 7.92% | 156 | 626 | 104 | 179 | 14 | 65 | 31 | .286 | .774 |
| Totals | 66 | 174 | 23 | 55 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | .316 | .372 | .483 | .854 | 4 | 3 | 0.85 | 39.21% | 159 | 5555 | 730 | 1496 | 120 | 163 | .269 | .716 | ||
Kansas City Royals Batting
| Playoff Series Stats | Regular Season Stats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | E | WPA | cWPA | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | ||||||
| Doug Bird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| George Brett* | 5 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .444 | .476 | .778 | 1.254 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.53 | 20.43% | 159 | 645 | 94 | 215 | 7 | 67 | 21 | .333 | .839 |
| Al Cowens | 5 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .190 | .227 | .286 | .513 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | -1.03% | 152 | 581 | 71 | 154 | 3 | 59 | 23 | .265 | .639 |
| Larry Gura# | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Hall* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | *7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Andy Hassler* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | *1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Leonard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mark Littell* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Buck Martinez | 5 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .375 | .333 | .708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 7.90% | 95 | 267 | 24 | 61 | 5 | 34 | 0 | .228 | .625 |
| John Mayberry* | 5 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .389 | .652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 5.33% | 161 | 594 | 76 | 138 | 13 | 95 | 3 | .232 | .663 |
| Hal McRae | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .118 | .200 | .294 | .494 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.28 | -8.52% | 149 | 527 | 75 | 175 | 8 | 73 | 22 | .332 | .868 |
| Steve Mingori* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Nelson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | -0.04 | -0.87% | 78 | 153 | 24 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 15 | .235 | .605 | |
| Amos Otis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.02 | -0.42% | 153 | 592 | 93 | 165 | 18 | 86 | 26 | .279 | .785 |
| Freddie Patek | 5 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .389 | .389 | .500 | .889 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.02 | -2.12% | 144 | 432 | 58 | 104 | 1 | 43 | 51 | .241 | .624 |
| Marty Pattin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Poquette* | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .188 | .278 | .313 | .590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.15% | 104 | 344 | 43 | 104 | 2 | 34 | 6 | .302 | .792 |
| Jamie Quirk* | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .125 | .429 | .554 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | -2.17% | 64 | 114 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .246 | .577 | |
| Cookie Rojas | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.07 | -2.39% | 63 | 132 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 2 | .242 | .568 |
| Paul Splittorff* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Stinson# | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.02 | -0.38% | 79 | 209 | 26 | 55 | 2 | 25 | 3 | .263 | .677 |
| John Wathan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 27 | 42 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .643 | ||||
| Frank White | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.12 | -2.37% | 152 | 446 | 39 | 102 | 2 | 46 | 20 | .229 | .570 |
| Jim Wohlford | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.01 | -0.92% | 107 | 293 | 47 | 73 | 1 | 24 | 22 | .249 | .621 |
| Totals | 76 | 162 | 24 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 18 | .247 | .292 | .370 | .663 | 5 | 5 | 0.35 | 12.62% | 162 | 5540 | 713 | 1490 | 65 | 218 | .269 | .699 | ||
Kansas City Royals Pitching
Series Win Probability Chart
- Explanation of WPA
- Mouse over chart for play descriptions
New York Yankees Pitching