1976 Kansas City Royals Roster (40-man)

1975 Season 1977 Season

Record: 90-72-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to New York Yankees

Manager: Whitey Herzog (90-72)

General Manager: Joe Burke

Farm Director: John Schuerholz

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 1,680,265 (3rd of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 92-70, 713 Runs, 611 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR
Doug Bird	26	us US	R	R	6' 4"	180	Mar 5, 1950	4	39	27	0	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
George Brett HOF	23	us US	L	R	6' 0"	185	May 15, 1953	4	159	159	159	159	0	0	0	0	157	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	All-Star
Tom Bruno	23	us US	R	R	6' 5"	210	Jan 26, 1953	1st	12	0	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Steve Busby	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Sep 29, 1949	5	13	13	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Al Cowens	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	197	Oct 25, 1951	3	152	145	152	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	142	148	1	5	2	1.8
Jerry Cram	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Dec 9, 1947	4	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Tommy Davis	37	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Mar 21, 1939	18	8	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	-0.1
Al Fitzmorris	30	us US	B	R	6' 2"	190	Mar 21, 1946	8	37	33	2	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2.2
Larry Gura	28	us US	B	L	6' 0"	170	Nov 26, 1947	7	20	2	1	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
Tom Hall	28	us US	L	L	6' 0"	150	Nov 23, 1947	9	33	0	2	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-0.7
Andy Hassler	24	us US	L	L	6' 5"	220	Oct 18, 1951	5	19	14	1	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Fran Healy	29	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Sep 6, 1946	7	8	6	8	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	-0.3
Ruppert Jones	21	us US	L	L	5' 10"	170	Mar 12, 1955	1st	28	8	28	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	17	3	9	7	-0.3
Dennis Leonard	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	May 8, 1951	3	35	34	1	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Mark Littell	23	us US	L	R	6' 3"	210	Jan 17, 1953	3	60	1	3	60	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1
Buck Martinez	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	190	Nov 7, 1948	7	95	86	95	94	0	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1.2
John Mayberry	27	us US	L	L	6' 3"	215	Feb 18, 1949	9	161	161	161	160	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.4
Bob McClure	24	us US	R	L	5' 11"	170	Apr 29, 1952	2	9	0	1	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.2
Hal McRae	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Jul 10, 1945	8	149	144	149	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	31	117	5	0	4.7	All-Star
Steve Mingori	32	us US	L	L	5' 10"	165	Feb 29, 1944	7	55	0	3	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3
Dave Nelson	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	160	Jun 20, 1944	9	78	29	78	47	0	0	2	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	19	21	0.2
Roger Nelson	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Jun 7, 1944	9	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Amos Otis	29	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Apr 26, 1947	9	153	151	153	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	152	0	152	1	0	1	3.2	All-Star
Freddie Patek	31	us US	R	R	5' 5"	148	Oct 9, 1944	9	144	140	144	143	0	0	0	0	0	143	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3.2	All-Star
Marty Pattin	33	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Apr 6, 1943	9	44	15	1	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.2
Tom Poquette	24	us US	L	R	5' 10"	175	Oct 30, 1951	2	104	88	104	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	84	0	17	98	2	9	3	1.8
Jamie Quirk	21	us US	L	R	6' 4"	190	Oct 22, 1954	2	64	21	64	24	0	0	2	0	11	12	0	0	0	0	19	34	0	-0.4
Cookie Rojas	37	cu CU	R	R	5' 10"	160	Mar 6, 1939	15	63	22	63	44	0	0	1	40	7	0	0	0	0	0	9	30	1	-0.7
Ray Sadecki	35	us US	L	L	5' 11"	180	Dec 26, 1940	17	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Ken Sanders	34	us US	R	R	5' 11"	168	Jul 8, 1941	10	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Tony Solaita	29	as AS	L	L	6' 0"	210	Jan 15, 1947	4	31	15	31	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	0	-0.1
Paul Splittorff	29	us US	L	L	6' 3"	205	Oct 8, 1946	7	26	23	1	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Bob Stinson	30	us US	B	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 11, 1945	8	79	62	79	78	0	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.4
John Wathan	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Oct 4, 1949	1st	27	9	27	26	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.1
Frank White	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Sep 4, 1950	4	152	142	152	151	0	0	0	130	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.7
Willie Wilson	20	us US	B	R	6' 3"	190	Jul 9, 1955	1st	12	1	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	6	0.0
Jim Wohlford	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Feb 28, 1951	5	107	66	107	94	0	0	0	1	0	0	82	2	10	93	3	21	9	1.0
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Whitey Herzog HOF	44	us US	Nov 9, 1931	Manager	Apr 9	Oct 3
Charley Lau	43	us US	Apr 12, 1933	Hitting	Apr 9	Oct 3
Galen Cisco	40	us US	Mar 7, 1936	Pitching	Apr 9	Oct 3
Steve Boros	39	us US	Sep 3, 1936	Coach	Apr 9	Oct 3
Chuck Hiller	41	us US	Oct 1, 1934	Coach	Apr 9	Oct 3
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date