KANSAS CITY ROYALS
HISTORY TEAM STATS 1979
06/17/2000
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KANSAS CITY ROYALS HISTORY TEAM STATS 1979 - RECORD 85-77, .525 - FINISH 2nd - RUNS SCORED 851 - RUNS ALLOWED 816
TEAM BATTING STATS
Pos Player Age G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS wRC+ WAR
2B *German Barranca 22 5 1 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 274 0.2
LF *Steve Braun 31 58 25 116 15 31 2 0 4 10 0 0 22 11 .267 .384 .388 .772 107 0.4
3B *George Brett 26 154 154 645 119 212 42 20 23 107 17 10 51 36 .329 .376 .563 .939 137 5.9
RF Al Cowens 27 136 133 516 69 152 18 7 9 73 10 8 40 44 .295 .345 .409 .753 99 1.1
SS Todd Cruz 23 55 35 118 9 24 7 0 2 15 0 1 3 19 .203 .224 .314 .538 41 -0.5
C Jim Gaudet 23 3 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 -0.1
LF *Clint Hurdle 21 59 51 171 16 41 10 3 3 30 0 1 28 24 .240 .343 .386 .729 89 0.1
1B *Pete LaCock 27 132 108 408 54 113 25 4 3 56 2 1 37 26 .277 .334 .380 .714 86 -0.2
DH Hal McRae 33 101 99 393 55 113 32 4 10 74 5 4 38 46 .288 .351 .466 .816 116 1.3
LF *Jim Nettles 32 11 6 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .087 .192 .087 .279 -12 -0.3
CF Amos Otis 32 151 147 577 100 170 28 2 18 90 30 5 68 92 .295 .369 .444 .813 113 4.1
SS Freddie Patek 34 106 95 306 30 77 17 0 1 37 11 12 16 42 .252 .293 .317 .610 65 -0.3
RF *Tom Poquette 27 21 4 26 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .192 .214 .192 .407 10 -0.3
C *Darrell Porter 27 157 156 533 101 155 23 10 20 112 3 4 121 65 .291 .421 .484 .905 137 6.1
C *Jamie Quirk 24 51 10 79 8 24 6 1 1 11 0 0 5 13 .304 .353 .443 .796 113 0.4
1B George Scott 35 44 38 146 19 39 8 2 1 20 1 1 12 32 .267 .329 .370 .699 87 -0.0
3B Jerry Terrell 32 31 8 40 5 12 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 .300 .317 .450 .767 103 0.2
SS #U L Washington 25 101 73 268 32 68 12 5 2 25 10 7 20 44 .254 .299 .358 .658 74 0.1
1B John Wathan 29 90 48 199 26 41 7 3 2 28 2 1 7 24 .206 .227 .302 .529 36 -1.2
2B Frank White 28 127 125 467 73 124 26 4 10 48 28 8 25 54 .266 .300 .403 .703 83 1.1
LF #Willie Wilson 23 154 136 588 113 185 18 13 6 49 83 12 28 92 .315 .351 .420 .771 104 3.5
LF Joe Zdeb 25 15 5 23 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 .174 .240 .304 .544 46 -0.1
  TEAM TOTALS/AVG 27.5 1762 1458 5653 851 1596 286 79 116 791 207 76 528 675 .282 .343 .422 .766 101 21.6
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
TEAM PITCHING STATS
Player Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA FIP WAR
Steve Busby 29 6 6 0.500 22 12 0 94.1 71 38 10 64 45 3.63 5.18 -0.0
Craig Chamberlain 22 4 4 0.500 10 10 0 69.2 68 29 7 18 30 3.75 4.08 1.0
*Gary Christenson 26 0 0 0.000 6 0 0 10.2 10 4 1 2 4 3.38 3.85 0.1
Craig Eaton 24 0 0 0.000 5 0 0 10.0 8 3 0 3 4 2.70 2.31 0.3
Rich Gale 25 9 10 0.474 34 31 0 181.2 197 114 19 99 103 5.65 4.67 1.4
*Larry Gura 31 13 12 0.520 39 33 0 233.2 226 116 29 73 85 4.47 4.68 1.7
*Al Hrabosky 29 9 4 0.692 58 0 11 65.0 67 27 3 41 39 3.74 3.69 0.6
Dennis Leonard 28 14 12 0.538 32 32 0 236.0 226 107 33 56 126 4.08 4.26 3.0
Renie Martin 23 0 3 0.000 25 0 5 34.2 32 20 1 14 25 5.19 2.79 0.7
*Steve Mingori 35 3 3 0.500 30 1 1 46.2 69 30 10 17 18 5.79 5.86 -0.7
Bill Paschall 25 0 1 0.000 7 0 0 13.2 18 10 2 5 3 6.59 5.16 -0.1
Marty Pattin 36 5 2 0.714 31 7 3 94.1 109 48 11 21 41 4.58 4.10 0.9
Dan Quisenberry 26 3 2 0.600 32 0 5 40.0 42 14 5 7 13 3.15 3.94 0.3
Eduardo Rodriguez 27 4 1 0.800 29 1 2 74.1 79 40 9 34 26 4.84 5.02 -0.4
*Paul Splittorff 32 15 17 0.469 36 35 0 240.0 248 113 25 77 77 4.24 4.54 2.2
Jerry Terrell 32 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.81 0.0
George Throop 28 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 2.2 7 4 0 5 1 13.50 5.44 -0.0
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 28.1 85 77 0.525 401 162 27 1448.1 1477 717 165 536 640 4.46 4.48 11.0
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
PITCHER FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Al Hrabosky 65.0 0 58 2 4 2 0 0.0 .750 0.83  
Larry Gura 233.2 33 39 15 38 2 5 0.0 .964 2.04  
Paul Splittorff 240.0 35 36 15 27 3 3 0.0 .933 1.57  
Rich Gale 181.2 31 34 9 25 4 3 0.0 .895 1.68  
Dennis Leonard 236.0 32 32 19 32 1 2 0.0 .981 1.94  
Dan Quisenberry 40.0 0 32 0 10 1 2 0.0 .909 2.25  
Marty Pattin 94.1 7 31 4 13 1 0 0.0 .944 1.62  
Steve Mingori 46.2 1 30 6 4 2 0 0.0 .833 1.93  
Eduardo Rodriguez 74.1 1 29 0 8 1 0 0.0 .889 0.97  
Renie Martin 34.2 0 25 5 8 1 0 0.0 .929 3.38  
Steve Busby 94.1 12 22 4 24 0 1 0.0 1.000 2.67  
Craig Chamberlain 69.2 10 10 5 2 0 0 0.0 1.000 0.90  
Bill Paschall 13.2 0 7 0 2 0 0 0.0 1.000 1.32  
Gary Christenson 10.2 0 6 2 1 0 1 0.0 1.000 2.53  
Craig Eaton 10.0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0.0 1.000 1.80  
George Throop 2.2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Jerry Terrell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1448.1 162 401 87 199 18 18 0.0 .941  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
CATCHER FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Darrell Porter 1230.0 141 141 628 68 13 15 -1.4 .982 0.00  
John Wathan 164.1 18 23 70 5 1 0 0.3 .987 0.00  
Jamie Quirk 40.0 2 9 15 2 1 0 0.1 .944 0.00  
Jim Gaudet 14.0 1 3 13 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1448.1 162 176 726 75 15 15 -1.0 .982  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
FIRST BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Pete LaCock 816.0 94 108 829 68 3 79 0.0 .997 9.89  
John Wathan 250.0 25 49 264 19 2 30 0.0 .993 10.19  
George Scott 330.1 38 41 335 21 4 27 0.0 .989 9.70  
George Brett 51.0 5 8 47 5 1 6 0.0 .981 9.18  
Jim Nettles 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 18.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1448.1 162 207 1477 113 10 142 0.0 .994  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
SECOND BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Frank White 1076.1 125 125 317 332 12 78 0.0 .982 5.43  
U L Washington 346.0 35 46 112 111 12 37 0.0 .949 5.80  
Jerry Terrell 17.0 1 7 5 7 0 3 0.0 1.000 6.35  
German Barranca 9.0 1 1 4 7 0 3 0.0 1.000 11.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1448.1 162 179 438 457 24 121 0.0 .974  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
THIRD BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
George Brett 1287.1 148 149 129 373 30 28 0.0 .944 3.51  
Jerry Terrell 85.0 7 19 5 21 1 1 0.0 .963 2.75  
Todd Cruz 53.2 5 9 7 16 3 3 0.0 .885 3.86  
Jamie Quirk 14.1 2 3 1 4 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.14  
Steve Braun 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
German Barranca 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Clint Hurdle 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 9.00  
George Scott 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
U L Washington 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1448.1 162 186 143 415 34 32 0.0 .943  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
SHORTSTOP FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Freddie Patek 796.2 95 104 153 249 19 54 0.0 .955 4.54  
U L Washington 354.0 37 50 62 131 6 31 0.0 .970 4.91  
Todd Cruz 291.2 30 48 47 102 4 13 0.0 .974 4.60  
Jamie Quirk 5.0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0.0 1.000 5.40  
Jerry Terrell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1448.1 162 208 262 485 29 98 0.0 .963  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
LEFT FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Willie Wilson 1037.0 112 131 308 10 4 0 0.0 .988 2.76  
Clint Hurdle 202.0 28 30 40 3 1 0 0.0 .977 1.92  
Steve Braun 126.0 14 18 26 3 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.07  
Jim Nettles 47.0 5 7 16 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.06  
Joe Zdeb 26.0 3 6 7 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.42  
Tom Poquette 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 4.50  
John Wathan 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 1.50  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1448.0 162 196 400 16 5 0 0.0 .988  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
CENTER FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Amos Otis 1266.0 143 146 383 11 3 5 0.0 .992 2.80  
Willie Wilson 180.0 19 24 70 2 2 0 0.0 .973 3.60  
Al Cowens 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 4.50  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1448.0 162 171 454 13 5 5 0.0 .989  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
RIGHT FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Al Cowens 1168.0 132 134 287 3 5 0 0.0 .983 2.23  
Clint Hurdle 169.0 19 20 47 0 2 0 0.0 .959 2.50  
Tom Poquette 43.0 4 8 5 1 0 1 0.0 1.000 1.26  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1380.0 155 162 339 4 7 1 0.0 .980  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
TEAM BATTING LEADERS
Batting Average George Brett  .329
On-Base Pct Darrell Porter  .421
Slugging Pct George Brett  .563
OPS George Brett  .939
wOBA Darrell Porter  .397
Games Darrell Porter  157
At-Bats George Brett  645
Runs George Brett  119
Hits George Brett  212
Total Bases George Brett  363
Singles Willie Wilson  148
Doubles George Brett  42
Triples George Brett  20
Home Runs George Brett  23
RBIs Darrell Porter  112
Stolen Bases Willie Wilson  83
Caught Stealing Freddie Patek  12
Walks Darrell Porter  121
Strikeouts Amos Otis  92
 
 
 
TEAM PITCHING LEADERS
ERA Dennis Leonard  4.08
Wins Paul Splittorff  15
Losses Paul Splittorff  17
Winning Pct Dennis Leonard  .538
Saves Al Hrabosky  11
Games Pitched Al Hrabosky  58
Games Started Paul Splittorff  35
Complete Games Dennis Leonard  12
Shutouts Dennis Leonard  5
Innings Pitched Paul Splittorff  240.0
Hits Allowed Paul Splittorff  248
Home Runs Allowed Dennis Leonard  33
Strikeouts Dennis Leonard  126
Walks Allowed Rich Gale  99
Walks per 9 IP Dennis Leonard  2.14
Hits per 9 IP Dennis Leonard  8.62
Strikeouts per 9 IP Rich Gale  5.10
WHIP Dennis Leonard  1.19
OAVG Larry Gura  0.249
OOBP Dennis Leonard  0.292
OSLG Paul Splittorff  0.343
OOPS Dennis Leonard  0.652
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