1980 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1979 Season 1981 Season

Record: 97-65-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

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

Manager: Jim Frey (97-65)

General Manager: Joe Burke

Scouting Director: John Schuerholz

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 2,288,714 (3rd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 92-70, 809 Runs, 694 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Name	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	José 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	22	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 Concepción	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		Germán 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Rich Gale	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Mike Jones*	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Dennis Leonard	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Renie Martin	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Ken Brett*	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Steve Busby	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Jeff Twitty*	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Larry Gura#	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Rawly Eastwick	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Craig Chamberlain	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Dan Quisenberry	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Paul Splittorff*	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Gary Christenson*	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.8	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	3	6	5	1	3	4	4		3		2		2
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	136	3.73	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	106	3.90	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	97	3.96	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	102	4.08	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	91	5.02	1.478	8.7	1.2	4.6	4.5	0.97
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	130	3.34	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	110	3.68	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	78	5.31	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	67	5.21	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	4.84	2.045	15.1	0.8	3.3	2.0	0.63
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	4.59	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		3.50	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	7.89	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	37	5.11	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		5.75	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	105	4.05	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W