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1978 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979) 92-70, Finished 1st in AL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 743 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69 Managed by Whitey Herzog Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 2,255,493 (3rd of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost AL Championship Series (3-1) 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: 1978 Stats (1977/1979) / 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      26  150  520   77  138  27  6  18   78  75   75  .265  .358  .444   0   5  13   2   1   4  14  122
1B *Pete LaCock         26  118  322   44   95  21  2   5   48  21   27  .295  .335  .419   1   0   8   0   1   3   2  109
2B  Frank White         27  143  461   66  127  24  6   7   50  26   59  .275  .317  .399  13  10   2   3   9   2   1   98
3B *George Brett        25  128  510   79  150  45  8   9   62  39   35  .294  .342  .467  23   7   6   1   3   5   6  123
SS  Freddie Patek       33  138  440   54  109  23  1   2   46  42   56  .248  .312  .318  38  11   6   1   9   4   1   76
LF #Willie Wilson       22  127  198   43   43   8  2   0   16  16   33  .217  .280  .278  46  12   2   2   5   2   0   56
CF  Amos Otis           31  141  486   74  145  30  7  22   96  66   54  .298  .380  .525  32   8  10   4   1  10   7  150
RF  Al Cowens           26  132  485   63  133  24  8   5   63  31   54  .274  .319  .388  14   6   7   6   1  11   3   96
DH  Hal McRae           32  156  623   90  170  39  5  16   72  51   62  .273  .329  .429  17   8  15   6   1  11   6  109
   *Clint Hurdle        20  133  417   48  110  25  5   7   56  56   84  .264  .348  .398   1   3   6   1   1   6   1  108
   *Tom Poquette        26   80  204   16   44   9  2   4   30  14    9  .216  .259  .338   2   0   6   0   2   6   1   65
    John Wathan         28   67  190   19   57  10  1   2   28   3   12  .300  .320  .395   2   1   5   4   3   3   1   98
   *Steve Braun         30   64  137   16   36  10  1   0   14  28   16  .263  .386  .350   3   2   1   0   1   1   1  107
    Jerry Terrell       31   73  133   14   27   1  0   0    8   4   13  .203  .225  .211   8   4   4   0   9   1   0   22
   #U L Washington      24   69  129   10   34   2  1   0    9  10   20  .264  .314  .295  12   6   2   0   2   1   0   71
    Joe Zdeb            25   60  127   18   32   2  3   0   11   7   18  .252  .287  .315   3   0   2   0   5   2   0   68
   *Jamie Quirk         23   17   29    3    6   2  0   0    2   5    4  .207  .324  .276   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   69
   *Joe Lahoud          31   13   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -30
    Dave Cripe          27    7   13    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    2  .154  .154  .154   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -14
    Art Kusnyer         32    9   13    1    3   1  0   1    2   2    4  .231  .333  .538   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  139
    Luis Silverio       21    8   11    7    6   2  1   0    3   2    3  .545  .615  .909   1   1   0   0   1   0   0  320
    Jim Gaudet          23    3    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Randy Bass          24    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  162 5474  743 1469 305 59  98  695 498  644  .268  .329  .399 216  84  95  30  55  72  44  102
    Rank among 14 AL teams         6    3    6   1  1  11       10   13     3     6     3   1   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      27  40   3.33  21  17  0  40   0  20   4  294.7  283  125  109  27   78  183 1218  12   9  0   7 116
SP *Paul Splittorff     31  39   3.40  19  13  0  38   0  13   2  262.0  244  113   99  22   60   76 1069   3   3  0   2 113
SP  Rich Gale           24  31   3.09  14   8  0  30   0   9   3  192.3  171   78   66  10  100   88  821   5   3  0   3 125
SP *Larry Gura          30  35   2.72  16   4  0  26   1   8   2  221.7  183   73   67  13   60   81  890   1   4  1   3 142
SP *Andy Hassler        26  11   4.32   1   4  0   9   1   1   0   58.3   76   36   28   1   24   26  270   3   2  1   0  89
SP  Steve Busby         28   7   7.59   1   0  0   5   1   0   0   21.3   24   18   18   2   15   10  104   0   2  1   1  51

CL *Al Hrabosky         28  58   2.88   8   7 20   0  47   0   0   75.0   52   24   24   6   35   60  308   2   1  1   2 134
RP *Steve Mingori       34  45   2.74   1   4  7   0  21   0   0   69.0   64   25   21   5   16   28  289   1   3  0   4 141
RP  Doug Bird           28  40   5.29   6   6  1   6  13   0   0   98.7  110   63   58   8   31   48  434   9   2  2   5  73
RP  Marty Pattin        35  32   3.32   3   3  4   5  12   2   0   78.7   72   41   29   8   25   30  326   1   2  0   7 116
RP  Randy McGilberry    24  18   4.21   0   1  0   0   9   0   0   25.7   27   16   12   2   18   12  120   0   0  0   1  92

    Jim Colborn         32   8   4.76   1   2  0   3   1   0   0   28.3   31   18   15   4   12    8  128   0   2  0   1  81
    Bill Paschall       24   2   3.38   0   1  1   0   1   0   0    8.0    6    3    3   0    0    5   31   0   1  0   0 114
    George Throop       27   1   0.00   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    0    0   0    3    2   13   0   0  0   0    
    Steve Foucault      28   3   3.86   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.3    5    1    1   0    1    0   13   0   0  0   1 100
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7 162   3.44  92  70 33 162 109  53  14 1439.0 1350  634  550 108  478  657 6034  37  34  6  37 112
    Rank among 14 AL teams          3   4  11  2           6   5      7    3    4        5    4   12

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

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DPorter 1229 141 145 608 62 8 10 .988 9 33 74 44 JWathan 146 16 21 78 6 2 0 .977 1 2 11 6 AKusnyer 42 3 9 32 3 2 0 .946 1 1 5 2 JGaudet 21 2 3 14 1 1 0 .937 0 1 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1439 162 162 732 72 13 10 .984 11 37 90 52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PLaCock 723 80 106 700 39 5 67 .993 9.20 CHurdle 396 49 52 412 25 6 47 .986 9.92 JWathan 296 31 47 307 22 0 20 1.000 9.99 JTerrell 23 2 5 22 4 0 2 1.000 10.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 162 162 1441 90 11 136 .993 9.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FWhite 1194 138 140 325 385 16 96 .978 5.35 JTerrell 122 11 31 28 39 0 6 1.000 4.93 UWashington 121 13 19 32 37 1 10 .986 5.10 JZdeb 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 162 162 386 461 17 112 .980 5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBrett 1102 128 128 104 289 16 25 .961 3.21 JTerrell 157 17 25 21 40 2 4 .968 3.48 JQuirk 61 6 10 10 15 2 1 .926 3.65 SBraun 59 6 11 11 8 2 2 .905 2.88 ACowens 30 3 5 5 10 1 1 .937 4.50 DCripe 27 2 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 CHurdle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JZdeb 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 162 162 152 363 23 33 .957 3.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FPatek 1136 134 137 240 350 32 84 .949 4.67 UWashington 224 20 49 47 55 8 8 .927 4.09 JTerrell 72 8 11 17 20 2 3 .949 4.62 JQuirk 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 GBrett 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 162 162 305 426 42 95 .946 4.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WWilson 364 29 82 95 5 2 2 .980 2.47 TPoquette 328 42 49 114 3 6 0 .951 3.21 CHurdle 281 35 41 59 2 2 1 .968 1.95 JZdeb 222 24 43 52 2 2 0 .964 2.18 SBraun 201 27 32 52 1 2 0 .964 2.36 HMcRae 23 3 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 LSilverio 18 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 162 162 378 14 15 3 .963 2.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOtis 1151 133 136 383 9 2 1 .995 3.06 WWilson 176 16 35 76 0 2 0 .974 3.87 ACowens 109 13 16 37 1 0 1 1.000 3.12 SBraun 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 162 162 497 10 4 2 .992 3.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ACowens 968 110 119 238 9 3 3 .988 2.30 CHurdle 303 33 42 75 3 4 0 .951 2.31 TPoquette 95 12 16 30 2 1 0 .970 3.03 JZdeb 60 6 12 13 0 1 0 .929 1.93 LSilverio 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 JLahoud 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 162 162 358 14 9 3 .976 2.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- AOtis 1151 133 136 382 9 2 1 .995 3.06 ACowens 1077 123 127 275 10 3 5 .990 2.38 CHurdle 584 68 78 132 5 6 1 .958 2.11 WWilson 541 45 112 171 6 4 2 .978 2.94 TPoquette 423 54 63 144 5 7 0 .955 3.17 JZdeb 283 30 52 65 2 3 0 .957 2.13 SBraun 202 27 33 52 1 2 0 .964 2.35 LSilverio 29 3 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.55 HMcRae 23 3 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 JLahoud 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1439 162 162 1229 39 28 9 .978 2.64 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLeonard 294 40 40 16 43 1 2 .983 1.80 PSplittorff 262 38 39 18 45 2 4 .969 2.16 LGura 221 26 35 13 44 1 2 .983 2.31 RGale 192 30 31 3 26 4 1 .879 1.36 DBird 98 6 40 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.73 MPattin 78 5 32 3 4 0 2 1.000 0.80 AHrabosky 75 0 58 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.44 SMingori 69 0 45 3 13 1 0 .941 2.09 AHassler 58 9 11 3 7 2 1 .833 1.54 JColborn 28 3 8 2 8 1 0 .909 3.18 RMcGilberry 25 0 18 2 6 3 0 .727 2.80 SBusby 21 5 7 0 5 1 0 .833 2.11 BPaschall 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GThroop 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 SFoucault 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 162 162 72 225 16 13 .949 1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- HMcRae 153 WWilson 6 DPorter 4 ACowens 2 LSilverio 2 CHurdle 1 JLahoud 1 AOtis 1 TPoquette 1 JQuirk 1 UWashington 1 JZdeb 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.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Otis .298 On-base % Otis .380 Slugging % Otis .525 OPS Otis .905 Games McRae 156 At Bats McRae 623 Plate Appearances (approx.) McRae 692 Runs McRae 90 Hits McRae 170 Total Bases McRae 267 Doubles Brett 45 Triples Brett and Cowens 8 Home Runs Otis 22 RBI Otis 96 Bases on Balls Porter 75 Strikeouts Hurdle 84 Stolen Bases Wilson 46 Singles McRae 110 Adjusted OPS+ Otis 150 Runs Created Otis 102 Adjusted Batting Runs Otis 34 Batting Wins Otis 3.4 Extra-Base Hits Brett 62 Times on Base McRae 227 Offensive Win% Otis .727 Hit By Pitch Cowens and McRae 6 Sac. Hits Patek, Terrell, and White 9 Sac. Flies Cowens and McRae 11 Intentional Walks Porter 14 Grounded into Double Plays McRae 15 Caught Stealing Wilson 12 Power/Speed Number Otis 26.1 At Bats per Strikeout Brett 14.6 At Bats per Home Run Otis 22.1 Outs McRae 488

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Gura 2.72 Wins Leonard 21 Won-Loss % Gura .800 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Gura 1.096 Hits Allowed/9IP Gura 7.43 Bases on Balls/9IP Splittorff 2.06 Strikeouts/9IP Leonard 5.59 Games Hrabosky 58 Saves Hrabosky 20 Innings Leonard 294.7 Strikeouts Leonard 183 Games Started Leonard 40 Comp. Games Leonard 20 Shutouts Leonard 4 Home Runs Allow. Leonard 27 Bases On Balls Allow. Gale 100 Hits Allowed Leonard 283 SO to Walk Leonard 2.35 Losses Leonard 17 Earned Runs Allow. Leonard 109 Wild Pitches Leonard 12 Hit Batsmen Leonard 9 Batters Faced Leonard 1218 Games Finished Hrabosky 47 Adjusted ERA+ Gura 142

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George Brett (Starting 3B)
Freddie Patek (Starting SS)
Darrell Porter
Frank White

1977/1979

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