1979 Kansas City Royals Batting Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 85-77-0, Finished 2nd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Whitey Herzog (85-77)

General Manager: Joe Burke

Scouting Director: John Schuerholz

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 2,261,845 (4th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 84-78, 851 Runs, 816 Runs Allowed

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Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Darrell Porter*	27	157	679	533	101	155	23	10	20	112	3	4	121	65	.291	.421	.484	.905	142	258	11	8	4	13	8
2	1B	Pete LaCock*	27	132	453	408	54	113	25	4	3	56	2	1	37	26	.277	.334	.380	.714	91	155	16	1	1	6	7
3	2B	Frank White	28	127	503	467	73	124	26	4	10	48	28	8	25	54	.266	.300	.403	.703	87	188	11	1	3	7	3
4	SS	Freddie Patek	34	106	338	306	30	77	17	0	1	37	11	12	16	42	.252	.293	.317	.610	64	97	6	3	10	3	0
5	3B	George Brett*	26	154	701	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	17	10	51	36	.329	.376	.563	.939	148	363	8	0	1	4	14
6	LF	Willie Wilson#	23	154	640	588	113	185	18	13	6	49	83	12	28	92	.315	.351	.420	.771	106	247	1	7	13	4	3
7	CF	Amos Otis	32	151	660	577	100	170	28	2	18	90	30	5	68	92	.295	.369	.444	.813	117	256	12	3	7	5	8
8	RF	Al Cowens	27	136	568	516	69	152	18	7	9	73	10	8	40	44	.295	.345	.409	.753	101	211	12	3	2	7	4
9	DH	Hal McRae	33	101	444	393	55	113	32	4	10	74	5	4	38	46	.288	.351	.466	.816	117	183	6	4	1	7	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	MI	U L Washington#	25	101	300	268	32	68	12	5	2	25	10	7	20	44	.254	.299	.358	.658	76	96	1	0	6	6	1
11	UT	John Wathan	29	90	216	199	26	41	7	3	2	28	2	1	7	24	.206	.227	.302	.529	41	60	7	0	5	5	1
12	OF	Clint Hurdle*	21	59	204	171	16	41	10	3	3	30	0	1	28	24	.240	.343	.386	.729	96	66	4	1	0	4	4
13	1B	George Scott	35	44	162	146	19	39	8	2	1	20	1	1	12	32	.267	.329	.370	.699	87	54	12	2	1	1	1
14	LF	Steve Braun*	31	58	139	116	15	31	2	0	4	10	0	0	22	11	.267	.384	.388	.772	108	45	2	0	1	0	2
15	SS	Todd Cruz	23	55	126	118	9	24	7	0	2	15	0	1	3	19	.203	.224	.314	.538	43	37	2	1	1	3	0
16	UT	Jamie Quirk*	24	51	85	79	8	24	6	1	1	11	0	0	5	13	.304	.353	.443	.796	112	35	0	1	0	0	0
17	IF	Jerry Terrell	32	31	42	40	5	12	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	.300	.317	.450	.767	103	18	2	0	1	0	0
18	OF	Tom Poquette*	27	21	28	26	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.192	.214	.192	.407	10	5	0	0	0	1	0
19	OF	Jim Nettles*	32	11	26	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.087	.192	.087	.279	-22	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Joe Zdeb	26	15	25	23	3	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	.174	.240	.304	.544	45	7	1	0	0	0	0
21	C	Jim Gaudet	24	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	IF	Germán Barranca*	22	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	272	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Marty Pattin	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Rich Gale	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	George Throop	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Eduardo Rodríguez	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Dennis Leonard	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Renie Martin	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Craig Eaton	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Steve Busby	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Steve Mingori*	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Larry Gura#	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Al Hrabosky	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Craig Chamberlain	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bill Paschall	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Dan Quisenberry	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Paul Splittorff*	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Gary Christenson*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.0	162	6350	5653	851	1596	286	79	116	791	207	76	528	675	.282	.343	.422	.766	104	2388	114	35	57	76	56
		Rank in 14 AL teams				1	2	1	4	1	11		1	12	6	5	2	4	4	4		3		5		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB