1978 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 92-70 .568
Result: 1st in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Whitey Herzog
General Manager: Joe Burke
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,255,493
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Yankees)

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Marty Pattin (35)
Youngest Player: Clint Hurdle (20)
Longest Tenure: Paul Splittorff, Amos Otis (9)
Top Hitter: Amos Otis (7)
Top Pitcher: Dennis Leonard (3)
Top Draft Pick: Buddy Biancalana (#25)

Roster Continuity: 84.63%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
KC Royals	92	70	.568	--
Texas	87	75	.537	5.0
California	87	75	.537	5.0
Minnesota	73	89	.451	19.0
Chi White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5
Oakland	69	93	.426	23.0
Seattle	56	104	.350	35.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
11	Hal McRae	of	13	32	1965-6-117	MLB	156	623	90	170	39	5	16	72	17	8	51	62	6	6	1	11	15	.273	.329	.429	757	267	692	488	99	5.5	.277
15	Darrell Porter	c	49	26	1970-1-4	MLB	150	520	77	138	27	6	18	78	0	5	75	75	2	14	1	4	13	.265	.358	.444	802	231	602	405	89	6.0	.278
5	George Brett	3b-1b	30	25	1971-2-29	MLB	128	510	79	150	45	8	9	62	23	7	39	35	1	6	3	5	6	.294	.342	.467	809	238	558	381	98	6.9	.299
26	Amos Otis	of	7	31	1965-5-95	MLB	141	486	74	145	30	7	22	96	32	8	66	54	4	7	1	10	10	.298	.380	.525	905	255	567	370	111	8.1	.293
18	Al Cowens	of	40	26	1969-75-1026	MLB	132	485	63	133	24	8	5	63	14	6	31	54	6	3	1	11	7	.274	.319	.388	707	188	534	377	69	4.9	.293
20	Frank White	2b	-	27	UDFA: 1970	MLB	143	461	66	127	24	6	7	50	13	10	26	59	3	1	9	2	2	.275	.317	.399	716	184	501	357	65	4.9	.302
2	Freddie Patek	ss	73	33	1965-22-421	MLB	138	440	54	109	23	1	2	46	38	11	42	56	1	1	9	4	6	.248	.312	.318	630	140	496	361	51	3.8	.277
9	Clint Hurdle	of	-	20	1975-1-9	MLB	133	417	48	110	25	5	7	56	1	3	56	84	1	1	1	6	6	.264	.348	.398	746	166	481	323	63	5.3	.310
8	Pete LaCock	1b-of	-	26	1970-1-20	MLB	118	322	44	95	21	2	5	48	1	0	21	27	0	2	1	3	8	.295	.335	.419	755	135	347	239	51	5.7	.307
25	Tom Poquette	of	-	26	1970-4-80	MLB	80	204	16	44	9	2	4	30	2	0	14	9	0	1	2	6	6	.216	.259	.338	597	69	226	174	21	3.3	.203
6	Willie Wilson	of-cf	68	22	1974-16-379	MLB	127	198	43	43	8	2	0	16	46	12	16	33	2	0	5	2	2	.217	.280	.278	558	55	223	176	18	2.8	.257
12	John Wathan	c-1b	-	28	1971-1-4	MLB	67	190	19	57	10	1	2	28	2	1	3	12	4	1	3	3	5	.300	.320	.395	715	75	203	145	27	5.0	.307
3	Steve Braun	of-3b	-	30	1966-10-200	MLB	64	137	16	36	10	1	0	14	3	2	28	16	0	1	1	1	1	.263	.386	.350	736	48	167	106	23	6.0	.295
1	Jerry Terrell	ss-3b	-	31	1968-18-412	MLB	73	133	14	27	1	0	0	8	8	4	4	13	0	0	9	1	4	.203	.225	.211	435	28	147	124	3	0.7	.223
30	U.L. Washington	ss	-	24	UDFA: 1973	MLB	69	129	10	34	2	1	0	9	12	6	10	20	0	0	2	1	2	.264	.314	.295	609	38	142	106	12	3.0	.309
19	Joe Zdeb	of	-	25	1971-4-75	MLB	60	127	18	32	2	3	0	11	3	0	7	18	0	0	5	2	2	.252	.287	.315	602	40	141	104	12	3.2	.288
10	Jamie Quirk	c-3b	-	23	1972-1-18	MLB	17	29	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.324	.276	599	8	34	23	3	3.9	.240
10	Joe Lahoud	of	-	31	UDFA: 1966	MLB	13	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	2	16	14	0	-0.8	.133
21	Art Kusnyer	c	-	32	1966-37-698	MLB	9	13	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.538	872	7	15	10	3	6.8	.250
31	Dave Cripe	3b	-	27	UDFA: 1978	MLB	7	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	308	2	13	11	0	-0.5	.182
17	Luis Silverio	of	-	21	UDFA: 1978	MLB	8	11	7	6	2	1	0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	.545	.615	.909	1524	10	14	7	5	20.4	.750
37	Jim Gaudet	c	-	23	1976-6-138	MLB	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	8	8	-	-	.000
7	Randy Bass	1b	-	24	1972-7-152	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (23 players)							162	5474	743	1469	305	59	98	695	216	84	498	644	30	44	55	72	95	.268	.329	.399	728	2186	6129	4311	821	5.1	.285

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
22	Dennis Leonard	3	27	1972-2-42	MLB	21	17	3.33	40	40	20	4	0	0	294.2	283	125	109	27	78	183	12	0	1.23	8.64	0.82	2.38	5.59	0.43	.283	0.89
34	Paul Splittorff	13	31	1968-25-574	MLB	19	13	3.40	39	38	13	2	0	0	262.0	244	113	99	22	60	76	3	0	1.16	8.38	0.76	2.06	2.61	0.79	.250	0.97
32	Larry Gura	15	30	1969-2-40	MLB	16	4	2.72	35	26	8	2	1	0	221.2	183	73	67	13	60	81	1	1	1.10	7.43	0.53	2.44	3.29	0.74	.241	0.64
38	Rich Gale	24	24	1975-5-105	MLB	14	8	3.09	31	30	9	3	0	0	192.1	171	78	66	10	100	88	5	0	1.41	8.00	0.47	4.68	4.12	1.14	.267	0.98
29	Doug Bird	-	28	1969-8-152	MLB	6	6	5.29	40	6	0	0	13	1	98.2	110	63	58	8	31	48	9	2	1.43	10.03	0.73	2.83	4.38	0.65	.308	0.92
33	Marty Pattin	-	35	1965-7-127	MLB	3	3	3.32	32	5	2	0	12	4	78.2	72	41	29	8	25	30	1	0	1.23	8.24	0.92	2.86	3.43	0.83	.255	0.79
39	Al Hrabosky	30	28	1969-1-19	MLB	8	7	2.88	58	0	0	0	47	20	75.0	52	24	24	6	35	60	2	1	1.16	6.24	0.72	4.20	7.20	0.58	.236	0.47
23	Steve Mingori	-	34	UDFA: 1965	MLB	1	4	2.74	45	0	0	0	21	7	69.0	64	25	21	5	16	28	1	0	1.16	8.35	0.65	2.09	3.65	0.57	.254	1.03
16	Andy Hassler	-	26	1969-25-579	MLB	1	4	4.32	11	9	1	0	1	0	58.1	76	36	28	1	24	26	3	1	1.71	11.73	0.15	3.70	4.01	0.92	--	1.34
48	Jim Colborn	58	32	UDFA: 1967	MLB	1	2	4.76	8	3	0	0	1	0	28.1	31	18	15	4	12	8	0	0	1.52	9.85	1.27	3.81	2.54	1.50	--	0.97
28,31	Randy McGilberry	-	24	1975-14-321	MLB	0	1	4.21	18	0	0	0	9	0	25.2	27	16	12	2	18	12	0	0	1.75	9.47	0.70	6.31	4.21	1.50	.305	0.97
40	Steve Busby	-	28	1971-2-39	MLB	1	0	7.59	7	5	0	0	1	0	21.1	24	18	18	2	15	10	0	1	1.83	10.13	0.84	6.33	4.22	1.50	.301	1.12
43	Bill Paschall	-	24	1976-3-53	MLB	0	1	3.38	2	0	0	0	1	1	8.0	6	3	3	0	0	5	0	0	0.75	6.75	0.00	0.00	5.63	0.00	.250	0.27
35	George Throop	-	27	1972-16-378	MLB	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.67	6.00	0.00	9.00	6.00	1.50	.286	2.00
16	Steve Foucault	-	28	1969-43-910	MLB	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	0	2	0	2.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	19.29	0.00	3.86	0.00	--	--	0.75
Totals: (23 players)						92	70	3.44	162	162	53	11	109	33	1,439	1350	634	550	98	478	657	37	6	1.37	8.44	0.68	2.99	4.11	0.73	.293

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Darrell Porter	C	145		608	62	8	10	.988	0.00
John Wathan	C	21		78	6	2	0	.977	0.00
Art Kusnyer	C	9		32	3	2	0	.946	0.00
Jim Gaudet	C	3		14	1	1	0	.937	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete LaCock	1B	106		700	39	5	67	.993	0.00
Clint Hurdle	1B	52		412	25	6	47	.986	0.00
John Wathan	1B	47		307	22	0	20	1.000	0.00
Jerry Terrell	1B	5		22	4	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank White	2B	140		325	385	16	96	.978	0.00
Jerry Terrell	2B	31		28	39	0	6	1.000	0.00
U.L. Washington	2B	19		32	37	1	10	.986	0.00
Joe Zdeb	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Brett	3B	128		104	289	16	25	.961	0.00
Jerry Terrell	3B	25		21	40	2	4	.968	0.00
Steve Braun	3B	11		11	8	2	2	.905	0.00
Jamie Quirk	3B	10		10	15	2	1	.926	0.00
Al Cowens	3B	5		5	10	1	1	.937	0.00
Dave Cripe	3B	5		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Clint Hurdle	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Joe Zdeb	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Freddie Patek	SS	137		240	350	32	84	.949	0.00
U.L. Washington	SS	49		47	55	8	8	.927	0.00
Jerry Terrell	SS	11		17	20	2	3	.949	0.00
Jamie Quirk	SS	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
George Brett	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Amos Otis	OF	136		382	9	2	1	.995	0.00
Al Cowens	OF	127		275	10	3	5	.990	0.00
Willie Wilson	OF	112		171	6	4	2	.978	0.00
Clint Hurdle	OF	78		132	5	6	1	.958	0.00
Tom Poquette	OF	63		144	5	7	0	.955	0.00
Joe Zdeb	OF	52		65	2	3	0	.957	0.00
Steve Braun	OF	33		52	1	2	0	.964	0.00
Luis Silverio	OF	6		5	0	1	0	.833	0.00
Hal McRae	OF	3		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Lahoud	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Hrabosky	P	58	75	3	9	0	1	1.000	1.44
Steve Mingori	P	45	69	3	13	1	0	.941	2.09
Doug Bird	P	40	98	6	13	0	0	1.000	1.74
Dennis Leonard	P	40	294	16	43	1	2	.983	1.80
Paul Splittorff	P	39	262	18	45	2	4	.969	2.16
Larry Gura	P	35	221	13	44	1	2	.983	2.32
Marty Pattin	P	32	78	3	4	0	2	1.000	0.81
Rich Gale	P	31	192	3	26	4	1	.879	1.36
Randy McGilberry	P	18	25	2	6	3	0	.727	2.86
Andy Hassler	P	11	58	3	7	2	1	.833	1.55
Jim Colborn	P	8	28	2	8	1	0	.909	3.20
Steve Busby	P	7	21	0	5	1	0	.833	2.13
Steve Foucault	P	3	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.29
Bill Paschall	P	2	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
George Throop	P	1	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hal McRae	DH	153						.000	0.00
Willie Wilson	DH	6						.000	0.00
Darrell Porter	DH	4						.000	0.00
Al Cowens	DH	2						.000	0.00
Luis Silverio	DH	2						.000	0.00
Clint Hurdle	DH	1						.000	0.00
Joe Lahoud	DH	1						.000	0.00
Amos Otis	DH	1						.000	0.00
Tom Poquette	DH	1						.000	0.00
Jamie Quirk	DH	1						.000	0.00
U.L. Washington	DH	1						.000	0.00
Joe Zdeb	DH	1						.000	0.00

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