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1977 Kansas City Royals
Record: 92-68
Finish: 2nd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 845
Runs Allowed: 721
Exp W-L: 92-68
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,090,583
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 3rd in the American League
AA: 62-75, 11th in the American League
A: 95-42, 1st in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over Colorado Rockies
Won AL League Series 4-2 over Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over New York (A) Yankees
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Doug Rader 32 152 645 92 156 26 2 28 74 1 2 68 152 .242 .316 .419 .734 83.4 12.2 10.4
1B *John Mayberry 28 151 577 105 169 27 4 23 78 4 4 113 74 .293 .410 .473 .883 114.2 25.1 1.9
C #Bill Sudakis 31 151 569 88 142 27 1 21 78 0 1 91 94 .250 .350 .411 .762 82.1 13.4 4.8
LF *Boog Powell 35 152 595 85 180 19 2 23 100 0 1 62 112 .303 .362 .457 .819 96.1 18.1 2.8
2B  Greg Luzinski 26 157 579 88 154 45 3 23 94 0 1 75 113 .266 .353 .473 .826 89.9 17.5 2.6
CF  Joe Lis 30 143 478 73 124 21 0 18 80 0 0 57 77 .259 .337 .416 .753 70.0 11.8 3.0
3B *Oscar Gamble 27 140 476 84 143 27 2 27 90 3 2 46 53 .300 .366 .536 .901 86.2 18.8 0.3
2B *Rod Carew 31 123 386 51 108 21 1 9 51 6 1 28 31 .280 .329 .409 .738 50.2 8.5 5.1
C *Duke Sims 36 105 368 55 92 11 3 10 51 1 0 48 73 .250 .337 .378 .715 47.0 6.7 3.5
C  Cliff Johnson 29 85 269 29 55 13 0 7 35 0 0 44 57 .204 .319 .331 .650 31.6 3.2 2.2
1B  Sixto Lezcano 23 89 259 37 61 15 0 11 48 0 1 37 67 .236 .329 .421 .750 36.2 5.6 2.5
DH  Craig Kusick 28 48 165 29 37 9 2 6 21 0 0 22 31 .224 .317 .412 .730 20.4 2.4 0.0
2B #Sergio Ferrer 26 58 119 19 26 4 1 1 16 2 5 13 7 .218 .299 .294 .593 10.6 0.4 1.4
CF  Jimmy Wynn 35 41 85 10 17 3 1 2 6 1 0 16 21 .200 .330 .329 .660 11.6 1.6 0.7
  Team Totals 29.8 1595 5570 845 1464 268 22 209 822 18 18 720 962 .263 .347 .431 .779 829.6 145.3 41.1
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 2 8 7 12 1 2 12 1 1 12 8 2 1 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Joe Moeller 34 17 15 .531 36 35 0 290.3 278 109 21 43 182 3.38 22.5
 Ed Halicki 26 19 10 .655 34 33 0 256.7 288 121 14 66 140 4.24 14.7
 Phil Hennigan 31 16 10 .615 33 33 0 217.3 215 98 26 65 143 4.06 13.5
 Wayne Twitchell 29 12 10 .545 27 27 0 168.7 159 102 23 107 128 5.44 4.7
 John Gelnar 34 11 5 .688 21 20 0 159.0 146 63 15 21 99 3.57 11.9
 Ray Corbin 28 7 8 .467 51 9 13 136.7 140 55 8 49 53 3.62 11.7
*John Morris 35 7 1 .875 60 0 6 95.0 103 41 8 41 36 3.88 7.2
 Larry Andersen 24 2 7 .222 53 0 9 83.0 87 47 13 34 37 5.10 3.4
 Mike Thompson 27 1 2 .333 12 3 1 35.7 37 25 3 26 26 6.31 0.0
Team Totals 29.8 92 68 .575 327 160 29 1442.3 1453 661 131 452 844 4.12 89.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 5 2 4 5 10 5 1 4 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 33.0
D.Sims 873.7 100 102 511 39 3 1 .995 30.3
C.Johnson 564.7 60 67 366 14 4 0 .990 22.0
B.Sudakis 4.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1442.3 160 171 882 53 7 1 .993 27.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.54
J.Mayberry 1322.3 148 151 1636 107 13 142 .993 11.86
C.Johnson 86.0 9 12 96 9 4 14 .963 10.99
O.Gamble 19.0 2 3 19 4 0 1 1.000 10.89
S.Ferrer 9.0 1 3 13 2 0 2 1.000 15.00
R.Carew 4.0 0 2 4 0 0 3 1.000 9.00
J.Lis 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
C.Kusick 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 173 1771 122 17 162 .991 11.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.95
R.Carew 970.0 109 118 238 418 16 101 .976 6.09
S.Lezcano 424.3 46 53 65 179 7 35 .972 5.18
S.Ferrer 48.0 5 12 14 19 0 4 1.000 6.19
Team Total 1442.3 160 183 317 616 23 140 .976 5.82
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.95
B.Sudakis 1285.0 146 147 93 315 14 29 .967 2.86
S.Ferrer 126.3 13 17 4 29 0 2 1.000 2.35
O.Gamble 31.0 1 7 2 14 2 1 .889 4.65
Team Total 1442.3 160 171 99 358 16 32 .966 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.26
D.Rader 1338.3 150 152 179 608 14 110 .983 5.29
S.Ferrer 104.0 10 17 17 34 0 8 1.000 4.41
Team Total 1442.3 160 169 196 642 14 118 .984 5.23
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
B.Powell 1307.0 147 149 278 1 0 0 1.000 1.92
S.Lezcano 89.3 10 11 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
J.Wynn 25.0 2 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Johnson 16.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
C.Kusick 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Gamble 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 172 309 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.59
J.Lis 1166.0 132 140 284 3 2 1 .993 2.22
J.Wynn 174.0 22 25 52 2 2 2 .964 2.79
S.Lezcano 69.0 6 11 23 0 1 0 .958 3.00
O.Gamble 17.0 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
G.Luzinski 8.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Powell 6.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Ferrer 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 193 363 5 5 3 .987 2.30
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.01
G.Luzinski 1320.0 149 152 267 3 1 0 .996 1.84
S.Lezcano 78.0 8 11 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
J.Wynn 29.0 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
D.Sims 11.3 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
O.Gamble 3.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
J.Lis 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 175 292 3 2 0 .993 1.84
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.00
J.Moeller 290.3 35 36 14 44 1 2 .983 1.80
E.Halicki 256.7 33 34 15 38 6 5 .898 1.86
P.Hennigan 217.3 33 33 17 37 2 4 .964 2.24
W.Twitchell 168.7 27 27 11 26 1 2 .974 1.97
J.Gelnar 159.0 20 21 10 32 3 3 .933 2.38
R.Corbin 136.7 9 51 11 27 1 3 .974 2.50
J.Morris 95.0 0 60 11 19 0 1 1.000 2.84
L.Andersen 83.0 0 53 7 10 2 1 .895 1.84
M.Thompson 35.7 3 12 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.02
Team Total 1442.3 160 327 96 241 16 21 .955 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Powell .303
On-Base Pct Mayberry .410
Slugging Pct Gamble .536
OPS Gamble .901
XR Mayberry 114.2
Games Luzinski 157
At-Bats Rader 645
Runs Mayberry 105
Hits Powell 180
Total Bases Luzinski 274
Singles Powell 136
Doubles Luzinski 45
Triples Mayberry 4
Homeruns Rader 28
RBIs Powell 100
Stolen Bases Carew 6
Caught Stealing Ferrer 5
Walks Mayberry 113
Strikeouts Rader 152
ERA Moeller 3.38
Wins Halicki 19
Losses Moeller 15
Winning Pct Gelnar .688
Saves Corbin 13
Games Pitched Morris 60
Games Started Moeller 35
Complete Games Moeller 18
Shutouts Moeller 4
Innings Pitched Moeller 290.3
Hits Allowed Halicki 288
Homeruns Allowed Hennigan 26
Strikeouts Moeller 182
Walks Allowed Twitchell 107
Walks per 9IP Moeller 1.3
Hits per 9IP Twitchell 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Twitchell 6.8
WHiP Moeller 1.11
OAVG Twitchell .248
OOBP Moeller .278
OSLG Moeller .383
OOPS Moeller .661
Team All-Stars
Oscar Gamble
John Mayberry
Joe Moeller
Boog Powell
Player Salaries
Joe Moeller $ 13,777,780
John Gelnar $ 11,660,000
Boog Powell $ 8,210,000
Bill Sudakis $ 5,500,000
John Mayberry $ 5,250,000
Jimmy Wynn $ 4,700,000
Greg Luzinski $ 4,100,000
John Morris $ 4,000,000
Rod Carew $ 2,743,027
Wayne Twitchell $ 2,685,714
Oscar Gamble $ 2,000,000
Phil Hennigan $ 1,845,714
Ed Halicki $ 1,635,714
Doug Rader $ 1,600,000
Joe Lis $ 1,542,857
Duke Sims $ 1,250,000
Cliff Johnson $ 591,429
Ray Corbin $ 350,000
Craig Kusick $ 300,000
Larry Andersen $ 300,000
Sergio Ferrer $ 300,000
Mike Thompson $ 300,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/3 Traded Gonzalo Marquez
Bob Robertson		 Baltimore Leron Lee
$4,555,551
4/3 Signed     Horace Clarke
4/3 Released Horace Clarke    
 
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