1978 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

| Level: MLB

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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

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	Sgl	XBH	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/Pa	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg
11	Hal McRae	of	13	32	1965-6-117	MLB	156	692	488	99	5.5	.277	-.177	.156	0.82	2.3	110	60	35.3	7.4	9.0	0.82	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Darrell Porter	c	49	26	1970-1-4	MLB	150	602	405	89	6.0	.278	-.131	.179	1.00	3.0	87	51	37.0	12.5	12.5	0.75	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	George Brett	3b-1b	30	25	1971-2-29	MLB	128	558	381	98	6.9	.299	-.186	.173	1.11	1.6	88	62	41.3	7.0	6.3	1.06	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Amos Otis	of	7	31	1965-5-95	MLB	141	567	370	111	8.1	.293	-.113	.227	1.22	3.9	86	59	40.7	11.6	9.5	0.76	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Al Cowens	of	40	26	1969-75-1026	MLB	132	534	377	69	4.9	.293	-.194	.114	0.57	0.9	96	37	27.8	5.8	10.1	0.88	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Frank White	2b	-	27	UDFA: 1970	MLB	143	501	357	65	4.9	.302	-.213	.124	0.44	1.4	90	37	29.1	5.2	11.8	0.85	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Freddie Patek	ss	73	33	1965-22-421	MLB	138	496	361	51	3.8	.277	-.091	.070	0.75	0.4	83	26	23.9	8.5	11.3	0.99	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Clint Hurdle	of	-	20	1975-1-9	MLB	133	481	323	63	5.3	.310	-.134	.134	0.67	1.5	73	37	33.6	11.6	17.5	0.92	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Pete LaCock	1b-of	-	26	1970-1-20	MLB	118	347	239	51	5.7	.307	-.227	.124	0.78	1.4	67	28	29.5	6.1	7.8	0.98	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Tom Poquette	of	-	26	1970-4-80	MLB	80	226	174	21	3.3	.203	-.137	.122	1.56	1.8	29	15	34.1	6.2	4.0	1.00	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Willie Wilson	of-cf	68	22	1974-16-379	MLB	127	223	176	18	2.8	.257	.035	.061	0.48	0.0	33	10	23.3	7.2	14.8	1.93	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	John Wathan	c-1b	-	28	1971-1-4	MLB	67	203	145	27	5.0	.307	-.279	.095	0.25	1.0	44	13	22.8	1.5	5.9	1.08	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Steve Braun	of-3b	-	30	1966-10-200	MLB	64	167	106	23	6.0	.295	-.051	.087	1.75	0.0	25	11	30.6	16.8	9.6	0.89	0.0	0	0	0	0
1	Jerry Terrell	ss-3b	-	31	1968-18-412	MLB	73	147	124	3	0.7	.223	-.143	.008	0.31	0.0	26	1	3.7	2.7	8.8	1.81	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	U.L. Washington	ss	-	24	UDFA: 1973	MLB	69	142	106	12	3.0	.309	-.140	.031	0.50	0.0	31	3	8.8	7.0	14.1	1.76	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Joe Zdeb	of	-	25	1971-4-75	MLB	60	141	104	12	3.2	.288	-.173	.063	0.39	0.0	27	5	15.6	5.0	12.8	1.15	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Jamie Quirk	c-3b	-	23	1972-1-18	MLB	17	34	23	3	3.9	.240	-.034	.069	1.25	0.0	4	2	33.3	14.7	11.8	0.90	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Joe Lahoud	of	-	31	UDFA: 1966	MLB	13	16	14	0	-0.8	.133	-.125	.000	0.00	0.0	2	0	0.0	0.0	6.3	0.86	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Art Kusnyer	c	-	32	1966-37-698	MLB	9	15	10	3	6.8	.250	-.077	.307	0.50	6.7	1	2	66.7	13.3	26.7	1.00	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Dave Cripe	3b	-	27	UDFA: 1978	MLB	7	13	11	0	-0.5	.182	-.154	.000	0.00	0.0	2	0	0.0	0.0	15.4	1.25	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Luis Silverio	of	-	21	UDFA: 1978	MLB	8	14	7	5	20.4	.750	-.364	.364	0.67	0.0	3	3	50.0	14.3	21.4	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Jim Gaudet	c	-	23	1976-6-138	MLB	3	8	8	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	37.5	1.50	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Randy Bass	1b	-	24	1972-7-152	MLB	2	2	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
Totals: (23 players)							--	6129	4311	821	5.1	.285	-.153	.000	0.77	1.6	1007	462	31.4	8.1	10.5	0.96	--	0	0	0	0

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