1980 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1979 Season 1981 Season

Record: 97-65-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason:
Lost World Series (4-2) to Philadelphia Phillies
Won AL Championship Series (3-0) over New York Yankees

Manager: Jim Frey (97-65)

General Manager: Joe Burke

Scouting Director: John Schuerholz

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 2,288,714 (3rd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 92-70, 809 Runs, 694 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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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*	28	C	2.4	118	495	418	51	104	14	2	7	51	1	1	69	50	.249	.354	.342	.696	92	.334	97	143	10	2	0	6	5	2D/H	AS
2	Willie Aikens*	25	1B	1.6	151	623	543	70	151	24	0	20	98	1	0	64	88	.278	.356	.433	.789	116	.360	115	235	23	7	0	9	3	*3D
3	Frank White	29	2B	2.0	154	594	560	70	148	23	4	7	60	19	6	19	69	.264	.289	.357	.646	77	.313	79	200	11	2	9	4	0	*4/H	GG
4	U L Washington#	26	SS	2.3	153	614	549	79	150	16	11	6	53	20	7	53	78	.273	.336	.375	.711	95	.333	94	206	13	0	10	2	0	*6/H
5	George Brett*	27	3B	*9.4*	117	515	449	87	175	33	9	24	118	15	6	58	22	*.390*	*.454*	*.664*	*1.118*	*203*	*.487*	*206*	298	11	1	0	7	16	*5/H3	AS,MVP-1,SS
6	Willie Wilson#	24	LF	8.5	161	*745*	*705*	*133*	*230*	28	15	3	49	79	10	28	81	.326	.357	.421	.778	113	.391	122	297	4	6	5	1	3	*78/H	MVP-4,GG,SS
7	Amos Otis	33	CF	1.4	107	448	394	56	99	16	3	10	53	16	1	39	70	.251	.316	.383	.699	91	.327	86	151	9	3	2	10	0	8/H
8	Clint Hurdle*	22	RF	1.5	130	438	395	50	116	31	2	10	60	0	0	34	61	.294	.349	.458	.807	120	.357	113	181	11	2	2	5	5	*9H/7
9	Hal McRae	34	DH	2.7	124	532	489	73	145	39	5	14	83	10	2	29	56	.297	.342	.483	.825	124	.386	131	236	13	8	0	6	4	*D/7H
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	John Wathan	30	UT	2.6	126	510	453	57	138	14	7	6	58	17	3	50	42	.305	.377	.406	.783	115	.372	120	184	19	3	3	1	6	2793H	MVP-24
11	Dave Chalk	29	3B	0.0	69	190	167	19	42	10	1	1	20	1	1	18	27	.251	.326	.341	.668	84	.316	85	57	5	2	0	3	0	5H4/D6
12	Jamie Quirk*	25	3B	0.3	62	177	163	13	45	5	0	5	21	3	2	7	24	.276	.305	.399	.703	92	.329	94	65	7	1	3	3	2	5H2/973D
13	Pete LaCock*	28	UT	-1.4	114	176	156	14	32	6	0	1	18	1	0	17	10	.205	.284	.263	.547	52	.269	49	41	7	1	0	2	1	37H/9
14	Rusty Torres#	31	OF	-0.3	51	80	72	10	12	0	0	0	3	1	3	8	7	.167	.250	.167	.417	17	.205	16	12	1	0	0	0	0	9H7/8D
15	Rance Mulliniks*	24	MI	-0.1	36	62	54	8	14	3	0	0	6	0	0	7	10	.259	.339	.315	.654	81	.306	76	17	2	0	0	1	0	64/H
16	José Cardenal	36	RF	-0.2	25	61	53	8	18	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	.340	.377	.377	.754	108	.341	101	20	0	0	0	3	0	9/H7
17	Bob Detherage	25	OF	-0.1	20	27	26	2	8	2	0	1	7	1	1	1	4	.308	.333	.500	.833	126	.358	120	13	0	0	0	0	0	79/H
18	Steve Braun*	32	OF	-0.8	14	25	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.043	.120	.043	.163	-53	.094	-73	1	0	0	0	0	0	H/79D
19	Jerry Terrell	33	UT	-0.1	22	16	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	-65	.115	-58	1	0	0	0	0	0	H/73419D
20	Onix Concepción	22	SS	-0.4	12	15	15	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.133	.133	.133	.267	-26	.122	-53	2	1	0	0	0	0	/H6D
21	Manny Castillo#	23	IF	0.1	7	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	.276	55	2	0	0	0	0	0	/5HD4
22	Ken Phelps*	25	1B	-0.1	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-137	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3H
23	Germán Barranca*	23			7	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
	Team Totals			31.3	162	6357	5714	809	1633	266	59	115	766	185	43	508	709	.286	.345	.413	.758	108	.355	109	2362	147	38	34	63	45
	Non-Pitcher Totals			31.3		6357	5714	806	1633	266	59	115	766	185	43	508	709	.286	.345	.413	.758	108	.355	109	2362	147	38	34	63	45

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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Willie Wilson#	24	9	44	39	5	8	3	1	0	4	2	0	5	14	.205	.295	.333	.629	13	0	0	0	0	0	*/7
2	George Brett*	27	9	38	35	6	12	3	1	3	7	1	0	3	4	.343	.395	.743	1.138	26	2	0	0	0	1	/*5
3	Frank White	29	9	38	36	3	8	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	6	.222	.243	.333	.577	12	1	0	1	0	0	/*4	ALCS MVP
4	U L Washington#	26	9	38	33	2	10	1	0	0	3	0	2	2	9	.303	.324	.333	.658	11	0	0	1	2	0	/*6
5	Amos Otis	33	9	38	35	6	15	3	0	3	7	2	1	3	6	.429	.474	.771	1.245	27	2	0	0	0	1	*/8
6	Hal McRae	34	9	38	34	3	11	3	0	0	1	0	3	3	5	.324	.395	.412	.807	14	0	1	0	0	0	/*D
7	Willie Aikens*	25	9	37	31	5	12	0	1	4	10	0	0	6	9	.387	.486	.839	1.325	26	0	0	0	0	0	/*3
8	Darrell Porter*	28	8	28	24	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.125	.250	.125	.375	3	0	0	0	0	0	/*2H
9	John Wathan	30	6	19	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	.154	.368	.154	.522	2	2	0	0	1	1	/92H
10	Clint Hurdle*	22	7	16	14	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.357	.438	.429	.866	6	1	0	0	0	0	*/9
11	José Cardenal	36	4	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	1	0	0	0	0	/9H
12	Dave Chalk	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
13	Larry Gura#	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Pete LaCock*	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0			/3
15	Dennis Leonard	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Renie Martin	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Rich Gale	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Onix Concepción	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0			/H
19	Marty Pattin	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Dan Quisenberry	27	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Paul Splittorff*	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		9	345	304	37	88	15	3	11	36	9	6	35	64	.289	.362	.467	.829	142	9	1	2	3	3