1979 Kansas City Royals

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W-L Record: 85-77 -- 2nd in American League West Manager: Whitey Herzog Location: Baseball Stadium: Royals Stadium Top Draft Pick: Atlee Hammaker (#21) Attendance: 2,261,845 Youngest Player: Clint Hurdle (21) Oldest Player: Marty Pattin (36) Longest Tenure: Amos Otis, Paul Splittorff (10)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1979 Kansas City Royals

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
23	German Barranca	2B	22	L	R	6-0	160	10/19/1956	Veracruz,Mexico	MLB	1979-1982
3	Steve Braun	OF-3B	31	L	R	5-10	180	5/8/1948	Trenton,New Jersey	MLB	1971-1985
5	George Brett	3B-1B	26	L	R	6-0	205	5/15/1953	Glen Dale,West Virginia	MLB	1973-1993
40	Steve Busby	P	29	R	R	6-2	205	9/29/1949	Burbank,California	MLB	1972-1980
25	Craig Chamberlain	P	22	R	R	6-1	190	2/2/1957	Hollywood,California	MLB	1979-1980
31	Gary Christenson	P	26	L	L	6-5	200	5/5/1953	Mineola,New York	MLB	1979-1980
18	Al Cowens	OF	27	R	R	6-2	200	10/25/1951	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1974-1986
7	Todd Cruz	SS-3B	23	R	R	6-0	175	11/23/1955	Highland Park,Michigan	MLB	1978-1984
35	Craig Eaton	P	24	R	R	5-11	175	9/7/1954	Glendale,Ohio	MLB	1979-1979
38	Rich Gale	P	25	R	R	6-7	225	1/19/1954	Littleton,New Hampshire	MLB	1978-1984
13	Jim Gaudet	C	24	R	R	6-0	185	6/3/1955	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1978-1979
32	Larry Gura	P	31	B	L	6-1	185	11/26/1947	Joliet,Illinois	MLB	1970-1985
39	Al Hrabosky	P	29	R	L	5-11	185	7/21/1949	Oakland,California	MLB	1970-1982
9,10	Clint Hurdle	OF	21	L	R	6-3	195	7/30/1957	Big Rapids,Michigan	MLB	1977-1987
8	Pete LaCock	1B-OF	27	L	L	6-3	210	1/17/1952	Burbank,California	MLB	1972-1980
22	Dennis Leonard	P	28	R	R	6-1	190	5/8/1951	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1974-1986
27	Renie Martin	P	23	R	R	6-4	190	8/30/1955	Dover,Delaware	MLB	1979-1984
11	Hal McRae	OF	33	R	R	5-11	185	7/10/1945	Avon Park,Florida	MLB	1968-1987
23	Steve Mingori	P	35	L	L	5-10	170	2/29/1944	Kansas City,Missouri	MLB	1970-1979
28	Jim Nettles	OF	32	L	L	6-0	186	3/2/1947	San Diego,California	MLB	1970-1981
26	Amos Otis	OF	32	R	R	5-11	166	4/26/1947	Mobile,Alabama	MLB	1967-1984
42	Bill Paschall	P	25	R	R	6-0	175	4/22/1954	Norfolk,Virginia	MLB	1978-1981
2	Freddie Patek	SS	34	R	R	5-5	148	10/9/1944	Seguin,Texas	MLB	1968-1981
33	Marty Pattin	P	36	R	R	5-11	180	4/6/1943	Charleston,Illinois	MLB	1968-1980
25	Tom Poquette	OF	27	L	R	5-10	175	10/30/1951	Eau Claire,Wisconsin	MLB	1973-1982
15	Darrell Porter	C	27	L	R	6-0	193	1/17/1952	Joplin,Missouri	MLB	1971-1987
9,10	Jamie Quirk	C-3B	24	L	R	6-4	200	10/22/1954	Whittier,California	MLB	1975-1992
29	Dan Quisenberry	P	26	R	R	6-2	185	2/7/1953	Santa Monica,California	MLB	1979-1990
21	Eduardo Rodriguez	P	27	R	R	6-0	185	3/6/1952	Barceloneta,Puerto Rico	MLB	1973-1979
0	George Scott	1B	35	R	R	6-2	215	3/23/1944	Greenville,Mississippi	MLB	1966-1979
34	Paul Splittorff	P	32	L	L	6-3	210	10/8/1946	Evansville,Indiana	MLB	1970-1984
1	Jerry Terrell	SS-3B	32	R	R	6-0	170	7/13/1946	Waseca,Minnesota	MLB	1973-1980
35	George Throop	P	28	R	R	6-7	205	11/24/1950	Pasadena,California	MLB	1975-1979
30	U.L. Washington	SS	25	B	R	5-11	175	10/27/1953	Stringtown,Oklahoma	MLB	1977-1987
12	John Wathan	C-1B	29	R	R	6-2	205	10/4/1949	Cedar Rapids,Iowa	MLB	1976-1985
20	Frank White	2B	28	R	R	5-11	175	9/4/1950	Greenville,Mississippi	MLB	1973-1990
6	Willie Wilson	OF-CF	23	B	R	6-3	195	7/9/1955	Montgomery,Alabama	MLB	1976-1994
19	Joe Zdeb	OF	26	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)
Al Diez (Scout)
Whitey Herzog (Manager)
Chuck Hiller (Third Base Coach)
Denny Matthews (Broadcaster)
John Sullivan (Bullpen Coach)
Fred White (Broadcaster)

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