Kansas City Royals

Whitey Herzog	Manager	5th season	180-190	.486
Steve Boros	Bench Coach
Charlie Lau	Hitting Coach
Galen Cisco	Pitching Coach

Royals Stadium (40,625 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 12	353 12	375 12	410 12	375 12	353 12	330 12

1976 All-Stars:

3B George Brett / LF Hal McRae / RP Steve Mingori / CF Amos Otis / SS Freddie Patek

Key Offseason Transactions:

Lost Al Fitzmorris, Steve Staggs and Tom Bruno to TOR in expansion draft. Lost Ruppert Jones and Bob Stinson to SEA in expansion draft. Purchased Bob Heise from BOS. Traded Jim Wohlford, Jamie Quirk and Bob McClure to MIL for Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter. Traded Sheldon Mallory to NYM as part of three team trade. Received Pete LaCock from CUB as part of three team trade. Released Ken Sanders. Released Tommy Davis. Signed Joe Lahoud as a free agent.

Starting Pitching: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Dennis Leonard Paul Splittorff Jim Colborn Andy Hassler Marty Pattin

25 30 30 25 34

3 7 8 5 9

B C D+ D- A-

17 11 9 5 8

10 8 15 12 14

0 0 0 0 5

259.0 158.2 225.2 147.0 141.0

70 59 54 56 38

150 59 101 61 65

3.51 3.97 3.71 3.61 2.49

.251 .271 .266 .250 .217

Bullpen: B-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR

Doug Bird Tom Hall Randy McGilberry Steve Mingori Larry Gura

27 29 23 33 29

4 9 0 7 7

B+ D+ D+ A+ A-

12 2 0 5 4

10 2 0 5 0

2 1 0 10 1

197.2 35.0 0.0 85.1 62.2

31 23 0 25 20

107 27 0 38 22

3.37 4.63 0.00 2.32 2.30

.248 .248 .000 .239 .209

Closer: A+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Mark Littell

24

3

A+

8

4

16

104.0

60

92

2.08

.187

Infield: D-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Darrell Porter John Mayberry Bob Heise George Brett Freddie Patek

25 28 29 23 32

6 9 10 4 9

F F F B+ D

389 594 56 645 432

81 138 15 215 104

43 76 5 94 58

5 13 0 7 1

32 95 5 67 43

.208 .232 .268 .333 .241

2 3 0 21 51

.298 .322 .293 .377 .318

Outfield: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Hal McRae Amos Otis Al Cowens

31 29 25

8 9 3

B+ C+ F

527 592 581

175 165 154

75 93 71

8 18 3

73 86 59

.332 .279 .265

22 26 23

.407 .341 .298

Designated Hitter: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

DH

Pete LaCock

25

5

D

244

54

34

8

28

.221

1

.337

Bench: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 2B SS LF LF

John Wathan Dave Nelson U.L. Washington Joe Lahoud Tom Poquette

27 32 23 29 25

1 9 0 9 2

F+ F B+ F D+

42 153 0 185 344

12 36 0 37 104

5 24 0 18 43

0 1 0 1 2

5 17 0 9 34

.286 .235 .000 .200 .302

0 15 0 1 6

.333 .298 .000 .312 .361

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