1978 Kansas City Royals Batting Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 92-70-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (3-1) to New York Yankees

Manager: Whitey Herzog (92-70)

General Manager: Joe Burke

Scouting Director: John Schuerholz

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 2,255,493 (3rd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 93-69, 743 Runs, 634 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*	26	C	4.2	150	602	520	77	138	27	6	18	78	0	5	75	75	.265	.358	.444	.802	123	.359	118	231	13	2	1	4	14	*2/HD	AS,MVP-10
2	Pete LaCock*	26	1B	0.9	118	347	322	44	95	21	2	5	48	1	0	21	27	.295	.335	.419	.755	110	.348	107	135	8	0	1	3	2	3H
3	Frank White	27	2B	4.0	143	501	461	66	127	24	6	7	50	13	10	26	59	.275	.317	.399	.716	99	.336	101	184	2	3	9	2	1	*4/H	AS,GG
4	Freddie Patek	33	SS	1.7	138	496	440	54	109	23	1	2	46	38	11	42	56	.248	.312	.318	.630	77	.318	78	140	6	1	9	4	1	*6/H	AS
5	George Brett*	25	3B	5.4	128	558	510	79	150	45	8	9	62	23	7	39	35	.294	.342	.467	.809	124	.377	124	238	6	1	3	5	6	*5/6	AS,MVP-19
6	Willie Wilson#	22	LF	1.0	127	223	198	43	43	8	2	0	16	46	12	16	33	.217	.280	.278	.558	57	.302	53	55	2	2	5	2	0	*7H8/D
7	Amos Otis	31	CF	7.4	141	567	486	74	145	30	7	22	96	32	8	66	54	.298	.380	.525	.905	151	.416	151	255	10	4	1	10	7	*8/HD	MVP-4
8	Al Cowens	26	RF	1.9	132	534	485	63	133	24	8	5	63	14	6	31	54	.274	.319	.388	.707	97	.322	87	188	7	6	1	11	3	*98/5HD
9	Hal McRae	32	DH	1.1	156	692	623	90	170	39	5	16	72	17	8	51	62	.273	.329	.429	.757	110	.355	112	267	15	6	1	11	6	*D/7	MVP-31
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	Clint Hurdle*	20	UT	1.2	133	481	417	48	110	25	5	7	56	1	3	56	84	.264	.348	.398	.746	108	.354	113	166	6	1	1	6	1	397H/5D
11	Tom Poquette*	26	LF	1.2	80	226	204	16	44	9	2	4	30	2	0	14	9	.216	.259	.338	.597	66	.295	67	69	6	0	2	6	1	7H9/D
12	John Wathan	28	UT	1.2	67	203	190	19	57	10	1	2	28	2	1	3	12	.300	.320	.395	.715	99	.340	101	75	5	4	3	3	1	32H
13	Steve Braun*	30	LF	0.7	64	167	137	16	36	10	1	0	14	3	2	28	16	.263	.386	.350	.736	108	.356	114	48	1	0	1	1	1	7H5/8
14	Jerry Terrell	31	IF	-0.7	73	147	133	14	27	1	0	0	8	8	4	4	13	.203	.225	.211	.435	23	.211	2	28	4	0	9	1	0	45H6/3
15	U L Washington#	24	SS	-0.5	69	142	129	10	34	2	1	0	9	12	6	10	20	.264	.314	.295	.609	71	.293	66	38	2	0	2	1	0	64H/D
16	Joe Zdeb	25	LF	-0.6	60	141	127	18	32	2	3	0	11	3	0	7	18	.252	.287	.315	.602	68	.281	53	40	2	0	5	2	0	7H9/45D
17	Jamie Quirk*	23	IF	-0.1	17	34	29	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	.207	.324	.276	.599	69	.291	66	8	0	0	0	0	0	5/H6D
18	Joe Lahoud*	31	DH	-0.3	13	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	.115	-60	2	0	0	0	0	0	H/9D
19	Art Kusnyer	32	C	0.0	9	15	13	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.231	.333	.538	.872	140	.387	135	7	0	0	0	0	0	/2
20	Luis Silverio	21	OF	0.5	8	14	11	7	6	2	1	0	3	1	1	2	3	.545	.615	.909	1.524	321	.705	398	10	0	0	1	0	0	/7H9D
21	Dave Cripe	27	3B	-0.2	7	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.154	.154	.154	.308	-14	.142	-41	2	0	0	0	0	0	/5H
22	Jim Gaudet	23	C	0.0	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.235	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
23	Randy Bass*	24			2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-136	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
	Team Totals			30.1	162	6129	5474	743	1469	305	59	98	695	216	84	498	644	.268	.329	.399	.728	103	.343	102	2186	95	30	55	72	44
	Non-Pitcher Totals			30.1		6127	5472	743	1469	305	59	98	695	216	84	498	644	.268	.329	.399	.728	103	.343	102	2186	95	30	55	72	44

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	SF	Pos
1	George Brett*	25	4	18	18	7	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	.389	.389	1.056	1.444	19	0	0	/*5
2	Hal McRae	32	4	18	14	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	.214	.294	.214	.508	3	1	1	/*D
3	Darrell Porter*	26	4	17	14	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	.357	.412	.429	.840	6	0	1	/*2
4	Amos Otis	31	4	17	14	2	6	2	0	0	1	4	0	3	5	.429	.529	.571	1.101	8	0	0	*/8
5	Al Cowens	26	4	15	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	0	0	*/9
6	Pete LaCock*	26	4	14	11	1	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	.364	.500	.727	1.227	8	0	0	/*3H
7	Freddie Patek	33	4	14	13	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	4	.077	.143	.308	.451	4	0	0	/*6
8	Frank White	27	4	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	0	0	/*4
9	Clint Hurdle*	20	4	10	8	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	.375	.500	.625	1.125	5	0	0	/7H
10	Steve Braun*	30	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	/7H
11	Willie Wilson#	22	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	*/7H
12	John Wathan	28	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	/3
13	Tom Poquette*	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	/H
14	Steve Mingori*	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
15	Dennis Leonard	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
16	Marty Pattin	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
17	Al Hrabosky	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
18	Paul Splittorff*	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
19	Larry Gura#	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
20	Doug Bird	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
	Team Totals		4	150	133	17	35	6	3	4	16	6	3	14	21	.263	.329	.444	.772	59	1	2