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1979 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980) 85-77, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 851 runs, Allowed 816 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78 Managed by Whitey Herzog Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 2,261,845 (4th of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. 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: 1979 Stats (1978/1980) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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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      27  157  533  101  155  23 10  20  112 121   65  .291  .421  .484   3   4  11   8   4  13   8  142
1B *Pete LaCock         27  132  408   54  113  25  4   3   56  37   26  .277  .334  .380   2   1  16   1   1   6   7   91
2B  Frank White         28  127  467   73  124  26  4  10   48  25   54  .266  .300  .403  28   8  11   1   3   7   3   87
3B *George Brett        26  154  645  119  212  42 20  23  107  51   36  .329  .376  .563  17  10   8   0   1   4  14  148
SS  Freddie Patek       34  106  306   30   77  17  0   1   37  16   42  .252  .293  .317  11  12   6   3  10   3   0   64
LF #Willie Wilson       23  154  588  113  185  18 13   6   49  28   92  .315  .351  .420  83  12   1   7  13   4   3  106
CF  Amos Otis           32  151  577  100  170  28  2  18   90  68   92  .295  .369  .444  30   5  12   3   7   5   8  117
RF  Al Cowens           27  136  516   69  152  18  7   9   73  40   44  .295  .345  .409  10   8  12   3   2   7   4  101
DH  Hal McRae           33  101  393   55  113  32  4  10   74  38   46  .288  .351  .466   5   4   6   4   1   7   0  117
   #U L Washington      25  101  268   32   68  12  5   2   25  20   44  .254  .299  .358  10   7   1   0   6   6   1   76
    John Wathan         29   90  199   26   41   7  3   2   28   7   24  .206  .227  .302   2   1   7   0   5   5   1   41
   *Clint Hurdle        21   59  171   16   41  10  3   3   30  28   24  .240  .343  .386   0   1   4   1   0   4   4   96
    George Scott        35   44  146   19   39   8  2   1   20  12   32  .267  .329  .370   1   1  12   2   1   1   1   87
    Todd Cruz           23   55  118    9   24   7  0   2   15   3   19  .203  .224  .314   0   1   2   1   1   3   0   43
   *Steve Braun         31   58  116   15   31   2  0   4   10  22   11  .267  .384  .388   0   0   2   0   1   0   2  108
   *Jamie Quirk         24   51   79    8   24   6  1   1   11   5   13  .304  .353  .443   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  112
    Jerry Terrell       32   31   40    5   12   3  0   1    2   1    1  .300  .317  .450   1   0   2   0   1   0   0  103
   *Tom Poquette        27   21   26    1    5   0  0   0    3   1    4  .192  .214  .192   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   10
   *Jim Nettles         32   11   23    0    2   0  0   0    1   3    2  .087  .192  .087   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -22
    Joe Zdeb            26   15   23    3    4   1  1   0    0   2    4  .174  .240  .304   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   45
    Jim Gaudet          24    3    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -10
   *German Barranca     22    5    5    3    3   1  0   0    0   0    0  .600  .600  .800   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  272
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9  162 5653  851 1596 286 79 116  791 528  675  .282  .344  .422 207  76 114  35  57  76  56  104
    Rank among 14 AL teams         1    2    1   4  1  11        6   10     2     3     4   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 *Paul Splittorff     32  36   4.24  15  17  0  35   0  11   0  240.0  248  137  113  25   77   77 1026   1   5  0   1 101
SP *Larry Gura          31  39   4.47  13  12  0  33   1   7   1  233.7  226  137  116  29   73   85  991   5   7  1   4  96
SP  Dennis Leonard      28  32   4.08  14  12  0  32   0  12   5  236.0  226  117  107  33   56  126  966   8   2  0   3 105
SP  Rich Gale           25  34   5.65   9  10  0  31   0   2   1  181.7  197  131  114  19   99  103  830   5   4  0   4  76
SP  Steve Busby         29  22   3.63   6   6  0  12   5   4   0   94.3   71   45   38  10   64   45  405   1   0  0   3 118
SP  Craig Chamberlain   22  10   3.75   4   4  0  10   0   4   0   69.7   68   31   29   7   18   30  287   2   1  0   0 114

CL *Al Hrabosky         29  58   3.74   9   4 11   0  37   0   0   65.0   67   31   27   3   41   39  294   7   1  0  10 114
RP  Dan Quisenberry     26  32   3.15   3   2  5   0  21   0   0   40.0   42   16   14   5    7   13  163   1   0  0   5 136
RP *Steve Mingori       35  30   5.79   3   3  1   1   8   0   0   46.7   69   36   30  10   17   18  223   0   1  1   2  74
RP  Eduardo Rodriguez   27  29   4.84   4   1  2   1  13   1   0   74.3   79   42   40   9   34   26  330   4   3  0   4  88
RP  Renie Martin        23  25   5.19   0   3  5   0  11   0   0   34.7   32   20   20   1   14   25  149   2   1  0   3  82

    Marty Pattin        36  31   4.58   5   2  3   7  11   1   0   94.3  109   50   48  11   21   41  403   4   1  0   2  93
    Bill Paschall       25   7   6.59   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   13.7   18   11   10   2    5    3   68   0   2  0   3  65
   *Gary Christenson    26   6   3.38   0   0  0   0   1   0   0   10.7   10    5    4   1    2    4   43   0   0  0   0 127
    Craig Eaton         24   5   2.70   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   10.0    8    3    3   0    3    4   41   0   0  0   2 158
    George Throop       28   4  13.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.7    7    4    4   0    5    1   20   0   0  0   2  32
    Jerry Terrell       32   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 162   4.45  85  77 27 162 120  42   7 1448.0 1477  816  716 165  536  640 6242  40  28  2  48  96
    Rank among 14 AL teams         10   6   8 10           7   8      1    7   11       11    7   12

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

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DPorter 1230 141 141 628 68 13 15 .982 15 38 64 57 JWathan 164 18 23 70 5 1 0 .987 0 2 7 2 JQuirk 40 2 9 15 2 1 0 .944 0 0 1 0 JGaudet 14 1 3 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1448 162 162 726 75 15 15 .982 15 40 75 59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PLaCock 816 94 108 829 68 3 79 .997 9.89 GScott 330 38 41 335 21 4 27 .989 9.70 JWathan 250 25 49 264 19 2 30 .993 10.19 GBrett 51 5 8 47 5 1 6 .981 9.18 JNettles 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 1477 113 10 142 .994 9.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FWhite 1076 125 125 317 332 12 78 .982 5.43 UWashington 346 35 46 112 111 12 37 .949 5.80 JTerrell 17 1 7 5 7 0 3 1.000 6.35 GBarranca 9 1 1 4 7 0 3 1.000 11.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 438 457 24 121 .974 5.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBrett 1287 148 149 129 373 30 28 .944 3.51 JTerrell 85 7 19 5 21 1 1 .963 2.75 TCruz 53 5 9 7 16 3 3 .885 3.85 JQuirk 14 2 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.15 UWashington 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 SBraun 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GBarranca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CHurdle 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 GScott 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 143 415 34 32 .943 3.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FPatek 796 95 104 153 249 19 54 .955 4.54 UWashington 354 37 50 62 131 6 31 .970 4.91 TCruz 291 30 48 47 102 4 13 .974 4.60 JQuirk 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40 JTerrell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 262 485 29 98 .963 4.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WWilson 1037 112 131 308 10 4 0 .988 2.76 CHurdle 202 28 30 40 3 1 0 .977 1.92 SBraun 126 14 18 26 3 0 0 1.000 2.07 JNettles 47 5 7 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.06 JZdeb 26 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 JWathan 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 TPoquette 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 400 16 5 0 .988 2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOtis 1266 143 146 383 11 3 5 .992 2.80 WWilson 180 19 24 70 2 2 0 .973 3.60 ACowens 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 454 13 5 5 .989 2.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ACowens 1168 132 134 287 3 5 0 .983 2.23 CHurdle 169 19 20 47 0 2 0 .959 2.50 TPoquette 43 4 8 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.26 WWilson 34 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 JZdeb 23 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 JNettles 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 JWathan 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 358 4 7 1 .981 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.46 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- AOtis 1266 143 146 385 11 3 5 .992 2.81 WWilson 1251 135 152 384 12 6 0 .985 2.85 ACowens 1170 132 134 288 3 4 0 .986 2.24 CHurdle 371 47 50 88 2 3 0 .968 2.18 SBraun 126 14 18 26 4 0 1 1.000 2.14 JNettles 56 6 8 19 0 0 0 1.000 3.05 JZdeb 49 5 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 TPoquette 47 4 10 7 1 0 1 1.000 1.53 JWathan 8 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1448 162 162 1212 33 16 7 .987 2.58 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSplittorff 240 35 36 15 27 3 3 .933 1.57 DLeonard 236 32 32 19 32 1 2 .981 1.94 LGura 233 33 39 15 38 2 5 .964 2.04 RGale 181 31 34 9 25 4 3 .895 1.68 SBusby 94 12 22 4 24 0 1 1.000 2.67 MPattin 94 7 31 4 13 1 0 .944 1.62 ERodriguez 74 1 29 0 8 1 0 .889 0.97 CChamberlai 69 10 10 5 2 0 0 1.000 0.90 AHrabosky 65 0 58 2 4 2 0 .750 0.83 SMingori 46 1 30 6 4 2 0 .833 1.93 DQuisenberr 40 0 32 0 10 1 2 .909 2.25 RMartin 34 0 25 5 8 1 0 .929 3.37 BPaschall 13 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.31 GChristenso 10 0 6 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.52 CEaton 10 0 5 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 GThroop 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JTerrell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 87 199 18 18 .941 1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- HMcRae 100 PLaCock 16 DPorter 15 SBraun 11 JWathan 11 JQuirk 9 CHurdle 4 AOtis 4 UWashington 3 GScott 2 WWilson 2 GBarranca 1 GBrett 1 ACowens 1 JTerrell 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 Brett .329 On-base % Porter .421 Slugging % Brett .563 OPS Brett .939 Games Porter 157 At Bats Brett 645 Plate Appearances (approx.) Brett 701 Runs Brett 119 Hits Brett 212 Total Bases Brett 363 Doubles Brett 42 Triples Brett 20 Home Runs Brett 23 RBI Porter 112 Bases on Balls Porter 121 Strikeouts Otis and Wilson 92 Stolen Bases Wilson 83 Singles Wilson 148 Adjusted OPS+ Brett 148 Runs Created Brett 134 Adjusted Batting Runs Brett 41 Batting Wins Brett 3.9 Extra-Base Hits Brett 85 Times on Base Porter 284 Offensive Win% Brett .717 Hit By Pitch Porter 8 Sac. Hits Wilson 13 Sac. Flies Porter 13 Intentional Walks Brett 14 Grounded into Double Plays LaCock 16 Caught Stealing Patek and Wilson 12 Power/Speed Number Otis 22.5 At Bats per Strikeout Brett 17.9 At Bats per Home Run Porter 26.7 Outs Brett 456

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Leonard 4.08 Wins Splittorff 15 Won-Loss % Hrabosky .692 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Leonard 1.195 Hits Allowed/9IP Leonard 8.62 Bases on Balls/9IP Leonard 2.14 Strikeouts/9IP Gale 5.10 Games Hrabosky 58 Saves Hrabosky 11 Innings Splittorff 240.0 Strikeouts Leonard 126 Games Started Splittorff 35 Comp. Games Leonard 12 Shutouts Leonard 5 Home Runs Allow. Leonard 33 Bases On Balls Allow. Gale 99 Hits Allowed Splittorff 248 SO to Walk Leonard 2.25 Losses Splittorff 17 Earned Runs Allow. Gura 116 Wild Pitches Leonard 8 Hit Batsmen Gura 7 Batters Faced Splittorff 1026 Games Finished Hrabosky 37 Adjusted ERA+ Leonard 105

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George Brett (Starting 3B)
Darrell Porter (Starting C)
Frank White (Starting 2B)

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