1978 Kansas City Royals

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W-L Record: 92-70 -- 1st in American League West Manager: Whitey Herzog Location: Baseball Stadium: Royals Stadium Top Draft Pick: Buddy Biancalana (#25) Attendance: 2,255,493 Youngest Player: Clint Hurdle (20) Oldest Player: Marty Pattin (35) Longest Tenure: Paul Splittorff, Amos Otis (9) Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Yankees)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1978 Kansas City Royals

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
7	Randy Bass	1B	24	L	R	6-1	210	3/13/1954	Lawton,Oklahoma	MLB	1977-1982
29	Doug Bird	P	28	R	R	6-4	180	3/5/1950	Corona,California	MLB	1973-1983
3	Steve Braun	OF-3B	30	L	R	5-10	180	5/8/1948	Trenton,New Jersey	MLB	1971-1985
5	George Brett	3B-1B	25	L	R	6-0	205	5/15/1953	Glen Dale,West Virginia	MLB	1973-1993
40	Steve Busby	P	28	R	R	6-2	205	9/29/1949	Burbank,California	MLB	1972-1980
48	Jim Colborn	P	32	R	R	6-0	191	5/22/1946	Fayetteville,North Carolina	MLB	1969-1978
18	Al Cowens	OF	26	R	R	6-2	200	10/25/1951	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1974-1986
31	Dave Cripe	3B	27	R	R	6-0	180	4/7/1951	Ramona,California	MLB	1978-1978
16	Steve Foucault	P	28	L	R	6-0	205	10/3/1949	Duluth,Minnesota	MLB	1973-1978
38	Rich Gale	P	24	R	R	6-7	225	1/19/1954	Littleton,New Hampshire	MLB	1978-1984
37	Jim Gaudet	C	23	R	R	6-0	185	6/3/1955	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1978-1979
32	Larry Gura	P	30	B	L	6-1	185	11/26/1947	Joliet,Illinois	MLB	1970-1985
16	Andy Hassler	P	26	L	L	6-5	220	10/18/1951	Texas City,Texas	MLB	1971-1985
39	Al Hrabosky	P	28	R	L	5-11	185	7/21/1949	Oakland,California	MLB	1970-1982
9	Clint Hurdle	OF	20	L	R	6-3	195	7/30/1957	Big Rapids,Michigan	MLB	1977-1987
21	Art Kusnyer	C	32	R	R	6-2	198	12/19/1945	Akron,Ohio	MLB	1970-1978
8	Pete LaCock	1B-OF	26	L	L	6-3	210	1/17/1952	Burbank,California	MLB	1972-1980
10	Joe Lahoud	OF	31	L	L	6-0	202	4/14/1947	Danbury,Connecticut	MLB	1968-1978
22	Dennis Leonard	P	27	R	R	6-1	190	5/8/1951	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1974-1986
28,31	Randy McGilberry	P	24	B	R	6-1	195	10/29/1953	Mobile,Alabama	MLB	1977-1978
11	Hal McRae	OF	32	R	R	5-11	185	7/10/1945	Avon Park,Florida	MLB	1968-1987
23	Steve Mingori	P	34	L	L	5-10	170	2/29/1944	Kansas City,Missouri	MLB	1970-1979
26	Amos Otis	OF	31	R	R	5-11	166	4/26/1947	Mobile,Alabama	MLB	1967-1984
43	Bill Paschall	P	24	R	R	6-0	175	4/22/1954	Norfolk,Virginia	MLB	1978-1981
2	Freddie Patek	SS	33	R	R	5-5	148	10/9/1944	Seguin,Texas	MLB	1968-1981
33	Marty Pattin	P	35	R	R	5-11	180	4/6/1943	Charleston,Illinois	MLB	1968-1980
25	Tom Poquette	OF	26	L	R	5-10	175	10/30/1951	Eau Claire,Wisconsin	MLB	1973-1982
15	Darrell Porter	C	26	L	R	6-0	193	1/17/1952	Joplin,Missouri	MLB	1971-1987
10	Jamie Quirk	C-3B	23	L	R	6-4	200	10/22/1954	Whittier,California	MLB	1975-1992
17	Luis Silverio	OF	21	R	R	5-11	165	10/23/1956	Villa Gonzalez,Dominican Republic	MLB	1978-1978
34	Paul Splittorff	P	31	L	L	6-3	210	10/8/1946	Evansville,Indiana	MLB	1970-1984
1	Jerry Terrell	SS-3B	31	R	R	6-0	170	7/13/1946	Waseca,Minnesota	MLB	1973-1980
35	George Throop	P	27	R	R	6-7	205	11/24/1950	Pasadena,California	MLB	1975-1979
30	U.L. Washington	SS	24	B	R	5-11	175	10/27/1953	Stringtown,Oklahoma	MLB	1977-1987
12	John Wathan	C-1B	28	R	R	6-2	205	10/4/1949	Cedar Rapids,Iowa	MLB	1976-1985
20	Frank White	2B	27	R	R	5-11	175	9/4/1950	Greenville,Mississippi	MLB	1973-1990
6	Willie Wilson	OF-CF	22	B	R	6-3	195	7/9/1955	Montgomery,Alabama	MLB	1976-1994
19	Joe Zdeb	OF	25	R	R	5-11	185	6/27/1953	Compton,Illinois	MLB	1977-1979

Team Personnel

Steve Boros (Assistant Coach)
Joe Burke (General Manager)
Galen Cisco (Pitching Coach)
Murray Cook (Scout)
Whitey Herzog (Manager)
Chuck Hiller (Third Base Coach)
Charlie Lau (Hitting Coach)
Denny Matthews (Broadcaster)
Steve Shannon (Broadcaster)
Fred White (Broadcaster)

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