1978 Kansas City Royals | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 92-70 .57.... 1st in AL West Division
Manager(s): Whitey Herzog
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Yankees)
Attendance: 2,255,493
Top Draft Pick: Buddy Biancalana (#25)

Major League Debuts

Batters: Dave Cripe (Sep 10) Jim Gaudet (Sep 10) Luis Silverio (Sep 9)
Pitchers: Rich Gale (Apr 30) Bill Paschall (Sep 20)

Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
C	Darrell Porter	26	150	520	77	138	27	6	18	78	0	5	75	75	2	14	1	4	13	.265	.358	.444	802	45%
1B	Pete LaCock	26	118	322	44	95	21	2	5	48	1	0	21	27	0	2	1	3	8	.295	.335	.419	754	45%
2B	Frank White	27	143	461	66	127	24	6	7	50	13	10	26	59	3	1	9	2	2	.275	.317	.399	716	47%
3B	George Brett	25	128	510	79	150	45	8	9	62	23	7	39	35	1	6	3	5	6	.294	.342	.467	809	52%
SS	Freddie Patek	33	138	440	54	109	23	1	2	46	38	11	42	56	1	1	9	4	6	.248	.312	.318	630	47%
OF	Amos Otis	31	141	486	74	145	30	7	22	96	32	8	66	54	4	7	1	10	10	.298	.380	.525	905	47%
OF	Al Cowens	26	132	485	63	133	24	8	5	63	14	6	31	54	6	3	1	11	7	.274	.319	.388	707	53%
OF	Willie Wilson	22	127	198	43	43	8	2	0	16	46	12	16	33	2	0	5	2	2	.217	.280	.278	558	59%
DH	Hal McRae	32	156	623	90	170	39	5	16	72	17	8	51	62	6	6	1	11	15	.273	.329	.429	758	47%

OF-1B	Clint Hurdle	20	133	417	48	110	25	5	7	56	1	3	56	84	1	1	1	6	6	.264	.348	.398	746	46%
OF	Tom Poquette	26	80	204	16	44	9	2	4	30	2	0	14	9	0	1	2	6	6	.216	.259	.338	597	52%
1B-C	John Wathan	28	67	190	19	57	10	1	2	28	2	1	3	12	4	1	3	3	5	.300	.320	.395	715	54%
OF-3B	Steve Braun	30	64	137	16	36	10	1	0	14	3	2	28	16	0	1	1	1	1	.263	.386	.350	736	50%
2B-3B	Jerry Terrell	31	73	133	14	27	1	0	0	8	8	4	4	13	0	0	9	1	4	.203	.225	.211	436	56%
SS-2B	U.L. Washington	24	69	129	10	34	2	1	0	9	12	6	10	20	0	0	2	1	2	.264	.314	.295	609	60%
OF	Joe Zdeb	25	60	127	18	32	2	3	0	11	3	0	7	18	0	0	5	2	2	.252	.287	.315	602	48%
3B	Jamie Quirk	23	17	29	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.324	.276	600	62%
OF-DH	Joe Lahoud	31	13	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	50%
3B	Dave Cripe	27	7	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	308	20%
C	Art Kusnyer	32	9	13	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.538	871	33%
OF-DH	Luis Silverio	21	8	11	7	6	2	1	0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	.545	.615	.909	1524	75%
C	Jim Gaudet	23	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
	Randy Bass	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name		Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Dennis Leonard	log	27	21	17	3.33	40	40	20	4	0	0	294.2	283	125	109	27	78	183	12	0	8.64	0.82	2.38	5.59	1.23	46%
ST	Paul Splittorff	log	31	19	13	3.40	39	38	13	2	0	0	262.0	244	113	99	22	60	76	3	0	8.38	0.76	2.06	2.61	1.16	49%
ST	Rich Gale	log	24	14	8	3.09	31	30	9	3	0	0	192.1	171	78	66	10	100	88	5	0	8.00	0.47	4.68	4.12	1.41	53%
ST	Larry Gura	log	30	16	4	2.72	35	26	8	2	1	0	221.2	183	73	67	13	60	81	1	1	7.43	0.53	2.44	3.29	1.10	40%
ST	Andy Hassler	log	26	1	4	4.32	11	9	1	0	1	0	58.1	76	36	28	1	24	26	3	1	11.73	0.15	3.70	4.01	1.71	58%

CL	Al Hrabosky	log	28	8	7	2.88	58	0	0	0	47	20	75.0	52	24	24	6	35	60	2	1	6.24	0.72	4.20	7.20	1.16	38%
RP	Steve Mingori	log	34	1	4	2.74	45	0	0	0	21	7	69.0	64	25	21	5	16	28	1	0	8.35	0.65	2.09	3.65	1.16	50%
RP	Doug Bird	log	28	6	6	5.29	40	6	0	0	13	1	98.2	110	63	58	8	31	48	9	2	10.03	0.73	2.83	4.38	1.43	53%
RP	Marty Pattin	log	35	3	3	3.32	32	5	2	0	12	4	78.2	72	41	29	8	25	30	1	0	8.24	0.92	2.86	3.43	1.23	42%

	Randy McGilberry	log	24	0	1	4.21	18	0	0	0	9	0	25.2	27	16	12	2	18	12	0	0	9.47	0.70	6.31	4.21	1.75	35%
	Jim Colborn	log	32	1	2	4.77	8	3	0	0	1	0	28.1	31	18	15	4	12	8	0	0	9.85	1.27	3.81	2.54	1.52	48%
	Steve Busby	log	28	1	0	7.59	7	5	0	0	1	0	21.1	24	18	18	2	15	10	0	1	10.13	0.84	6.33	4.22	1.83	66%
	Steve Foucault	log	28	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	0	2	0	2.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	19.31	0.00	3.86	0.00	2.58	50%
	Bill Paschall	log	24	0	1	3.38	2	0	0	0	1	1	8.0	6	3	3	0	0	5	0	0	6.75	0.00	0.00	5.63	0.75	29%
	George Throop	log	27	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	6.00	0.00	9.00	6.00	1.67	86%

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Al Hrabosky	28	P	58		75	3	9	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.44
Steve Mingori	34	P	45		69	3	13	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	2.09
Doug Bird	28	P	40		98.2	6	13	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.73
Dennis Leonard	27	P	40		294.2	16	43	1	60	2	-	-	-	.983	1.80
Paul Splittorff	31	P	39		262	18	45	2	65	4	-	-	-	.969	2.16
Larry Gura	30	P	35		221.2	13	44	1	58	2	-	-	-	.983	2.31
Marty Pattin	35	P	32		78.2	3	4	0	7	2	-	-	-	1.000	.80
Rich Gale	24	P	31		192.1	3	26	4	33	1	-	-	-	.879	1.36
Randy McGilberry	24	P	18		25.2	2	6	3	11	0	-	-	-	.727	2.81
Andy Hassler	26	P	11		58.1	3	7	2	12	1	-	-	-	.833	1.54
Jim Colborn	32	P	8		28.1	2	8	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	3.18
Steve Busby	28	P	7		21.1	0	5	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	2.11
Steve Foucault	28	P	3		2.1	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.86
Bill Paschall	24	P	2		8	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
George Throop	27	P	1		3	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.00

Darrell Porter	26	C	145			608	62	8	678	10	9	74	44	.988	--
John Wathan	28	C	21			78	6	2	86	0	1	11	6	.977	--
Art Kusnyer	32	C	9			32	3	2	37	0	1	5	2	.946	--
Jim Gaudet	23	C	3			14	1	1	16	0	0	0	0	.938	--

Pete LaCock	26	1B	106			700	39	5	744	67	-	-	-	.993	--
Clint Hurdle	20	1B	52			412	25	6	443	47	-	-	-	.986	--
John Wathan	28	1B	47			307	22	0	329	20	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jerry Terrell	31	1B	5			22	4	0	26	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

Frank White	27	2B	140			325	385	16	726	96	-	-	-	.978	--
Jerry Terrell	31	2B	31			28	39	0	67	6	-	-	-	1.000	--
U.L. Washington	24	2B	19			32	37	1	70	10	-	-	-	.986	--
Joe Zdeb	25	2B	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

George Brett	25	3B	128			104	289	16	409	25	-	-	-	.961	--
Jerry Terrell	31	3B	25			21	40	2	63	4	-	-	-	.968	--
Steve Braun	30	3B	11			11	8	2	21	2	-	-	-	.905	--
Jamie Quirk	23	3B	10			10	15	2	27	1	-	-	-	.926	--
Al Cowens	26	3B	5			5	10	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	--
Dave Cripe	27	3B	5			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Clint Hurdle	20	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Joe Zdeb	25	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Freddie Patek	33	SS	137			240	350	32	622	84	-	-	-	.949	--
U.L. Washington	24	SS	49			47	55	8	110	8	-	-	-	.927	--
Jerry Terrell	31	SS	11			17	20	2	39	3	-	-	-	.949	--
Jamie Quirk	23	SS	2			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
George Brett	25	SS	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Amos Otis	31	OF	136			382	9	2	393	1	-	-	-	.995	--
Al Cowens	26	OF	127			275	10	3	288	5	-	-	-	.990	--
Willie Wilson	22	OF	112			171	6	4	181	2	-	-	-	.978	--
Clint Hurdle	20	OF	78			132	5	6	143	1	-	-	-	.958	--
Tom Poquette	26	OF	63			144	5	7	156	0	-	-	-	.955	--
Joe Zdeb	25	OF	52			65	2	3	70	0	-	-	-	.957	--
Steve Braun	30	OF	33			52	1	2	55	0	-	-	-	.964	--
Luis Silverio	21	OF	6			5	0	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	--
Hal McRae	32	OF	3			3	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Joe Lahoud	31	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Hal McRae	32	DH	153								-	-	-	---	--
Willie Wilson	22	DH	6								-	-	-	---	--
Darrell Porter	26	DH	4								-	-	-	---	--
Al Cowens	26	DH	2								-	-	-	---	--
Luis Silverio	21	DH	2								-	-	-	---	--
Amos Otis	31	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--
U.L. Washington	24	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--
Joe Lahoud	31	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--
Tom Poquette	26	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--
Clint Hurdle	20	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--
Joe Zdeb	25	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--
Jamie Quirk	23	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

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