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Record: 92-70 .568.... 1st in American League West
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Yankees)
Attendance: 2,255,493

Top Draft Pick: Buddy Biancalana (#25) MLB
Manager - Whitey Herzog

Affiliates - AAA Omaha Royals AAA Denver Bears AA Jacksonville Suns A+ Fort Myers Royals Rk Gulf Coast Royals

Team Leaders

HR: Otis [22]
RBI: Otis [96]
2B: Brett [45]
SB: Wilson [46]
W: Leonard [21]
SV: Hrabosky [20]
SO: Leonard [183]

Oldest Player: Marty Pattin [35]
Youngest Player: Clint Hurdle [20]
Longest Tenure: Amos Otis, Paul Splittorff [9]

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)

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
P	Doug Bird	28	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
P	Jim Colborn	32	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
P	Larry Gura	30	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
P	Andy Hassler	26	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
P	Dennis Leonard	27	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
P	Randy McGilberry	24	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
P	Steve Mingori	34	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
P	Marty Pattin	35	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
P	Paul Splittorff	31	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
P	George Throop	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
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
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
C	Jim Gaudet	23	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Randy Bass	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Steve Busby	28	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Steve Foucault	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Rich Gale	24	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Al Hrabosky	28	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bill Paschall	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			162	5474	743	1469	305	59	98	695	216	84	498	644	30	44	55	72	95	.268	.329	.399	728