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1977 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976/1978) 102-60, Finished 1st in AL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 822 runs, Allowed 651 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64 Managed by Whitey Herzog Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,852,603 (3rd of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to New York Yankees BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 Stats (1976/1978) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Darrell Porter      25  130  425   61  117  21  3  16   60  53   70  .275  .353  .452   1   0   6   1   1   6   6  116
1B *John Mayberry       28  153  543   73  125  22  1  23   82  83   86  .230  .336  .401   1   3  13   7   1   7   9   99
2B  Frank White         26  152  474   59  116  21  5   5   50  25   67  .245  .284  .342  23   5   4   2  11   2   0   69
3B *George Brett        24  139  564  105  176  32 13  22   88  55   24  .312  .373  .532  14  12  12   2   3   3   9  142
SS  Freddie Patek       32  154  497   72  130  26  6   5   60  41   84  .262  .320  .368  53  13   6   5  13   7   2   86
LF *Tom Poquette        25  106  342   43  100  23  6   2   33  19   21  .292  .337  .412   1   4   4   5   4   2   2  102
CF  Amos Otis           30  142  478   85  120  20  8  17   78  71   88  .251  .342  .433  23   7  13   0   3   9   5  109
RF  Al Cowens           25  162  606   98  189  32 14  23  112  41   64  .312  .361  .525  16  12  14   8   1   5   4  137
DH  Hal McRae           31  162  641  104  191  54 11  21   92  59   43  .298  .366  .515  18  14  12  13   2   5   5  136
   *Pete LaCock         25   88  218   25   66  12  1   3   29  15   25  .303  .345  .408   2   1   4   1   0   4   1  103
    Joe Zdeb            24  105  195   26   58   5  2   2   23  16   23  .297  .346  .374   6   5   5   0   3   3   3   96
    Cookie Rojas        38   64  156    8   39   9  1   0   10   8   17  .250  .285  .321   1   3   5   0   1   1   2   64
    John Wathan         27   55  119   18   39   5  3   2   21   5    8  .328  .346  .471   2   0   1   0   0   3   1  119
    Buck Martinez       28   29   80    3   18   4  0   1    9   3   12  .225  .253  .313   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   52
   *Joe Lahoud          30   34   65    8   17   5  0   2    8  11   16  .262  .364  .431   1   0   2   0   0   1   1  115
    Bob Heise           30   54   62   11   16   2  1   0    5   2    8  .258  .292  .323   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   67
    Dave Nelson         33   27   48    8    9   3  1   0    4   7   11  .188  .291  .292   1   3   1   0   0   0   0   59
   #Willie Wilson       21   13   34   10   11   2  0   0    1   1    8  .324  .343  .382   6   3   1   0   2   0   0   97
   *Clint Hurdle        19    9   26    5    8   0  0   2    7   2    7  .308  .357  .538   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  139
   #U L Washington      23   10   20    0    4   1  1   0    1   5    4  .200  .360  .350   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   94

   *Mark Littell        24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  162 5594  822 1549 299 77 146  773 522  687  .277  .339  .436 170  87 104  45  49  58  50  109
    Rank among 14 AL teams         5    5    5   1  1   6        9   12     5     6     4   2   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dennis Leonard      26  38   3.04  20  12  1  37   1  21   5  292.7  246  117   99  18   79  244 1186  14   8  2   0 134
SP *Paul Splittorff     30  37   3.69  16   6  0  37   0   6   2  229.0  243  104   94  11   83   99  980   5   2  0   2 110
SP  Jim Colborn         31  36   3.62  18  14  0  35   0   6   1  239.0  233  106   96  22   81  103 1023   8  13  3   2 113
SP *Andy Hassler        25  29   4.20   9   6  0  27   1   3   1  156.3  166   88   73   7   75   83  701   8   5  1   3  97

CL  Doug Bird           27  53   3.88  11   4 14   5  31   0   0  118.3  120   52   51  14   29   83  490   3   3  0   4 105
RP *Larry Gura          29  52   3.13   8   5 10   6  24   1   1  106.3  108   43   37   8   28   46  445   4   1  1   4 130
RP  Mark Littell        24  48   3.61   8   4 12   5  29   0   0  104.7   73   49   42   6   55  106  434   8   1  2   6 113
RP *Steve Mingori       33  43   3.09   2   4  4   0  22   0   0   64.0   59   26   22   4   19   19  262   3   1  0   4 132
RP  Marty Pattin        34  31   3.58  10   3  0  10   8   4   0  128.3  115   56   51  16   37   55  529   3   2  0   2 114

   *Tom Hall            29   6   3.52   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    7.7    4    3    3   2    6   10   32   0   0  0   0 116
    Randy McGilberry    23   3   5.14   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    7.0    7    4    4   1    1    1   26   0   0  0   0  79
    George Throop       26   4   3.38   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    5.3    1    2    2   1    4    1   21   0   0  0   0 121
    Gary Lance          28   1   4.50   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    2    0   10   0   0  0   0  90
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4 162   3.52 102  60 42 162 121  41  15 1460.0 1377  651  571 110  499  850 6139  56  36  9  27 115
    Rank among 14 AL teams          1   1  14  1           7   3      2    1    1        1    6    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DPorter 1053 121 125 663 61 13 4 .982 9 45 57 42 JWathan 205 19 35 130 9 1 0 .993 2 4 15 3 BMartinez 202 22 28 133 8 1 0 .993 2 3 12 6 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1460 162 162 926 78 15 4 .985 13 52 84 51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *10.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMayberry 1254 138 145 1296 81 7 118 .995 9.88 PLaCock 180 19 29 186 17 2 16 .990 10.15 JWathan 26 4 5 26 0 1 2 .963 9.00 BHeise 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 1508 98 10 136 .994 9.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FWhite 1265 145 152 310 434 8 86 .989 5.29 BHeise 84 8 21 20 27 0 8 1.000 4.99 CRojas 60 4 16 26 18 0 7 1.000 6.60 DNelson 51 5 11 11 14 2 3 .926 4.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 367 493 10 104 .989 5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBrett 1184 134 135 115 325 20 33 .957 3.34 CRojas 242 27 31 23 62 5 6 .944 3.15 BHeise 33 1 12 3 10 3 3 .812 3.55 JZdeb 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 141 397 28 42 .951 3.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FPatek 1304 148 154 252 413 29 70 .958 4.59 BHeise 83 7 21 19 30 3 8 .942 5.31 UWashington 62 6 9 13 21 5 4 .872 4.94 FWhite 10 1 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 GBrett 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 284 467 38 82 .952 4.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPoquette 537 60 73 123 4 0 2 1.000 2.13 JZdeb 433 40 87 91 4 3 0 .969 1.97 HMcRae 347 44 47 84 8 4 1 .958 2.39 JLahoud 82 11 13 16 2 1 0 .947 1.97 PLaCock 61 7 9 13 2 0 0 1.000 2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 327 20 8 3 .977 2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOtis 1181 129 140 324 10 3 0 .991 2.54 ACowens 196 26 27 53 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 WWilson 73 6 9 25 0 1 0 .962 3.07 TPoquette 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 JZdeb 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 405 10 4 0 .990 2.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ACowens 1156 124 142 254 14 6 1 .978 2.09 TPoquette 197 26 28 56 0 0 0 1.000 2.56 CHurdle 61 6 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 PLaCock 17 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 JLahoud 15 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 JZdeb 14 1 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 JColborn 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 333 14 6 1 .983 2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- ACowens 1352 150 159 307 14 6 1 .982 2.14 AOtis 1181 129 140 326 10 3 0 .991 2.56 TPoquette 741 87 96 177 4 0 1 1.000 2.20 JZdeb 450 41 93 93 4 3 0 .970 1.94 HMcRae 347 44 47 84 8 4 1 .958 2.39 JLahoud 97 13 15 18 2 1 0 .952 1.85 PLaCock 78 9 12 17 2 0 0 1.000 2.19 WWilson 73 6 9 24 0 1 0 .960 2.95 CHurdle 61 6 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1460 162 162 1063 44 18 3 .984 2.27 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLeonard 292 37 38 21 29 4 2 .926 1.54 JColborn 239 35 36 27 39 5 3 .930 2.49 PSplittorff 229 37 37 9 38 2 3 .959 1.85 AHassler 156 27 29 6 28 3 2 .919 1.96 MPattin 128 10 31 6 19 0 0 1.000 1.75 DBird 118 5 53 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.45 LGura 106 6 52 6 18 2 1 .923 2.03 MLittell 104 5 48 7 7 1 1 .933 1.20 SMingori 64 0 43 3 14 1 1 .944 2.39 THall 7 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.34 RMcGilberry 7 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 GThroop 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.09 GLance 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 93 211 18 13 .944 1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- HMcRae 115 PLaCock 26 JMayberry 8 DNelson 7 CRojas 6 JLahoud 4 JZdeb 4 GBrett 3 JWathan 2 WWilson 2 ACowens 1 DLeonard 1 DPorter 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Brett and Cowens .312 On-base % Brett .373 Slugging % Brett .532 OPS Brett .905 Games Cowens and McRae 162 At Bats McRae 641 Plate Appearances (approx.) McRae 720 Runs Brett 105 Hits McRae 191 Total Bases McRae 330 Doubles McRae 54 Triples Cowens 14 Home Runs Cowens and Mayberry 23 RBI Cowens 112 Bases on Balls Mayberry 83 Strikeouts Otis 88 Stolen Bases Patek 53 Singles Cowens 120 Adjusted OPS+ Brett 142 Runs Created McRae 119 Adjusted Batting Runs McRae 33 Batting Wins McRae 3.2 Extra-Base Hits McRae 86 Times on Base McRae 263 Offensive Win% Brett .676 Hit By Pitch McRae 13 Sac. Hits Patek 13 Sac. Flies Otis 9 Intentional Walks Brett and Mayberry 9 Grounded into Double Plays Cowens 14 Caught Stealing McRae 14 Power/Speed Number Otis 19.6 At Bats per Strikeout Brett 23.5 At Bats per Home Run Mayberry 23.6 Outs McRae 483

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Leonard 3.04 Wins Leonard 20 Won-Loss % Pattin .769 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Leonard 1.110 Hits Allowed/9IP Leonard 7.56 Bases on Balls/9IP Leonard 2.43 Strikeouts/9IP Leonard 7.50 Games Bird 53 Saves Bird 14 Innings Leonard 292.7 Strikeouts Leonard 244 Games Started Leonard and Splittorff 37 Comp. Games Leonard 21 Shutouts Leonard 5 Home Runs Allow. Colborn 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Splittorff 83 Hits Allowed Leonard 246 SO to Walk Leonard 3.09 Losses Colborn 14 Earned Runs Allow. Leonard 99 Wild Pitches Leonard 14 Hit Batsmen Colborn 13 Batters Faced Leonard 1186 Games Finished Bird 31 Adjusted ERA+ Leonard 134

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