1977 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1976 Season 1978 Season

Record: 102-60-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

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

Manager: Whitey Herzog (102-60)

General Manager: Joe Burke

Scouting Director: John Schuerholz

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 1,852,603 (3rd of 14)

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: 98-64, 822 Runs, 651 Runs Allowed

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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Darrell Porter*	25	C	2.5	130	486	425	61	117	21	3	16	60	1	0	53	70	.275	.353	.452	.804	116	.362	113	192	6	1	1	6	6	*2/HD
2	John Mayberry*	28	1B	0.8	153	641	543	73	125	22	1	23	82	1	3	83	86	.230	.336	.401	.737	99	.336	96	218	13	7	1	7	9	*3/DH
3	Frank White	26	2B	1.9	152	514	474	59	116	21	5	5	50	23	5	25	67	.245	.284	.342	.626	69	.298	63	162	4	2	11	2	0	*4/6H	GG
4	Freddie Patek	32	SS	2.3	154	563	497	72	130	26	6	5	60	53	13	41	84	.262	.320	.368	.688	86	.330	82	183	6	5	13	7	2	*6/H
5	George Brett*	24	3B	7.6	139	627	564	105	176	32	13	22	88	14	12	55	24	.312	.373	.532	.905	142	.404	147	300	12	2	3	3	9	*5/HD6	AS,MVP-13
6	Tom Poquette*	25	LF	1.6	106	372	342	43	100	23	6	2	33	1	4	19	21	.292	.337	.412	.749	102	.341	102	141	4	5	4	2	2	79H/8
7	Amos Otis	30	CF	2.5	142	561	478	85	120	20	8	17	78	23	7	71	88	.251	.342	.433	.775	109	.372	117	207	13	0	3	9	5	*8/H
8	Al Cowens	25	RF	5.3	*162*	661	606	98	189	32	14	23	112	16	12	41	64	.312	.361	.525	.885	137	.396	140	318	14	8	1	5	4	*98/HD	MVP-2,GG
9	Hal McRae	31	DH	4.8	*162*	720	641	104	191	54	11	21	92	18	14	59	43	.298	.366	.515	.881	136	.395	140	330	12	13	2	5	5	*D7/H	MVP-24
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
10	Pete LaCock*	25	DH	0.9	88	238	218	25	66	12	1	3	29	2	1	15	25	.303	.345	.408	.753	103	.351	106	89	4	1	0	4	1	3DH/79
11	Joe Zdeb	24	LF	0.4	105	217	195	26	58	5	2	2	23	6	5	16	23	.297	.346	.374	.720	96	.325	90	73	5	0	3	3	3	7H/9D58
12	Cookie Rojas	38	3B	-0.5	64	166	156	8	39	9	1	0	10	1	3	8	17	.250	.285	.321	.605	64	.267	51	50	5	0	1	1	2	5H4/D
13	John Wathan	27	C	1.0	55	127	119	18	39	5	3	2	21	2	0	5	8	.328	.346	.471	.817	119	.403	139	56	1	0	0	3	1	2H/3D
14	Buck Martinez	28	C	-0.2	29	85	80	3	18	4	0	1	9	0	1	3	12	.225	.253	.313	.566	52	.249	37	25	1	0	2	0	0	2/H
15	Joe Lahoud*	30	OF	0.0	34	77	65	8	17	5	0	2	8	1	0	11	16	.262	.364	.431	.794	115	.356	107	28	2	0	0	1	1	H7/D9
16	Bob Heise	30	IF	0.3	54	66	62	11	16	2	1	0	5	0	1	2	8	.258	.292	.323	.615	67	.293	75	20	0	1	1	0	0	465/H
17	Dave Nelson	33	DH	-0.2	27	55	48	8	9	3	1	0	4	1	3	7	11	.188	.291	.292	.583	59	.250	51	14	1	0	0	0	0	H4/D
18	Willie Wilson#	21	CF	0.3	13	37	34	10	11	2	0	0	1	6	3	1	8	.324	.343	.382	.725	97	.353	107	13	1	0	2	0	0	/8HD
19	Clint Hurdle*	19	RF	0.5	9	28	26	5	8	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	7	.308	.357	.538	.896	139	.394	136	14	0	0	0	0	0	/9H
20	U L Washington#	23	SS	0.1	10	26	20	0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	4	.200	.360	.350	.710	94	.342	92	7	0	0	1	0	0	/6H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
21	Mark Littell*	24	P	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-133	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	Randy McGilberry#	23	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
23	Dennis Leonard	26	P	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D	CYA-4,MVP-29
24	Steve Mingori*	33	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Andy Hassler*	25	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
26	Jim Colborn	31	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	Doug Bird	27	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			31.8	162	6268	5594	822	1549	299	77	146	773	170	87	522	687	.277	.340	.436	.776	109	.356	109	2440	104	45	49	58	50
	Non-Pitcher Totals			31.8		6267	5593	822	1549	299	77	146	773	170	87	522	686	.277	.340	.436	.777	109	.356	109	2440	104	45	49	58	50
	Pitcher Totals			0.0		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-133	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	Pos
1	Freddie Patek	32	5	22	18	4	7	3	1	0	5	0	0	1	2	.389	.400	.667	1.067	12	1	2	1	/*6
2	George Brett*	24	5	21	20	2	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	.300	.333	.500	.833	10	0	0	0	/*5
3	Hal McRae	31	5	21	18	6	8	3	0	1	2	0	1	3	1	.444	.524	.778	1.302	14	0	0	0	/D7
4	Al Cowens	25	5	20	19	2	5	0	0	1	5	0	1	1	3	.263	.300	.421	.721	8	1	0	0	*/98
5	Frank White	26	5	19	18	1	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	.278	.263	.333	.596	6	0	0	1	/*4
6	Darrell Porter*	25	5	18	15	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.333	.444	.333	.778	5	0	0	0	/*2
7	Amos Otis	30	5	18	16	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	3	.125	.222	.188	.410	3	0	0	0	*/8H
8	John Mayberry*	28	4	13	12	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.500	.731	6	0	0	0	/*3
9	Joe Zdeb	24	4	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	*/7H
10	Tom Poquette*	25	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	/79
11	John Wathan	27	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/3H2D
12	Cookie Rojas	38	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	/D
13	Joe Lahoud*	30	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	/D
14	Pete LaCock*	25	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	/3H
15	Mark Littell*	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
16	Dennis Leonard	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
17	Steve Mingori*	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
18	Marty Pattin	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
19	Andy Hassler*	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
20	Paul Splittorff*	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
21	Larry Gura#	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
22	Doug Bird	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		5	182	163	22	42	9	3	3	21	5	4	15	22	.258	.317	.405	.722	66	2	2	2

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	Dennis Leonard	26	20	12	.625	3.04	38	37	1	21	5	1	292.2	246	117	99	18	79	0	244	8	2	14	1186	134	2.76	1.110	7.6	0.6	2.4	7.5	3.09
2	SP	Jim Colborn	31	18	14	.563	3.62	36	35	0	6	1	0	239.0	233	106	96	22	81	2	103	13	3	8	1023	113	4.25	1.314	8.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	1.27
3	SP	Paul Splittorff*	30	16	6	.727	3.69	37	37	0	6	2	0	229.0	243	104	94	11	83	2	99	2	0	5	980	110	3.61	1.424	9.6	0.4	3.3	3.9	1.19
4	SP	Andy Hassler*	25	9	6	.600	4.20	29	27	1	3	1	0	156.1	166	88	73	7	75	3	83	5	1	8	701	97	3.79	1.542	9.6	0.4	4.3	4.8	1.11
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
5	CL	Doug Bird	27	11	4	.733	3.88	53	5	31	0	0	14	118.1	120	52	51	14	29	4	83	3	0	3	490	105	3.69	1.259	9.1	1.1	2.2	6.3	2.86
6	RP	Marty Pattin	34	10	3	.769	3.58	31	10	8	4	0	0	128.1	115	56	51	16	37	2	55	2	0	3	529	114	4.41	1.184	8.1	1.1	2.6	3.9	1.49
7	RP	Larry Gura*	29	8	5	.615	3.13	52	6	24	1	1	10	106.1	108	43	37	8	28	4	46	1	1	4	445	131	3.67	1.279	9.1	0.7	2.4	3.9	1.64
8	RP	Mark Littell	24	8	4	.667	3.61	48	5	29	0	0	12	104.2	73	49	42	6	55	6	106	1	2	8	434	113	3.06	1.223	6.3	0.5	4.7	9.1	1.93
9	RP	Steve Mingori*	33	2	4	.333	3.09	43	0	22	0	0	4	64.0	59	26	22	4	19	4	19	1	0	3	262	132	3.90	1.219	8.3	0.6	2.7	2.7	1.00
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
10		Tom Hall*	29	0	0		3.52	6	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	4	3	3	2	6	0	10	0	0	0	32	121	5.87	1.304	4.7	2.3	7.0	11.7	1.67
11		Randy McGilberry	23	0	1	.000	5.14	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	83	4.74	1.143	9.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.00
12		George Throop	26	0	0		3.38	4	0	1	0	0	1	5.1	1	2	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	21	129	7.05	0.938	1.7	1.7	6.8	1.7	0.25
13		Gary Lance	28	0	1	.000	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	108	5.74	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.5	102	60	.630	3.52	162	162	121	41	10	42	1460.2	1377	651	571	110	499	27	850	36	9	56	6139	115	3.65	1.284	8.5	0.7	3.1	5.2	1.70
		Rank in 14 AL teams		1	14		1				7	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	6		4
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