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1966 Kansas City Royals
Record: 107-55
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 836
Runs Allowed: 603
Exp W-L: 105-57
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,427,388
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 5th in the American League
AA: 65-72, 7th in the American League
A: 71-66, 6th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Boston (A) Red Sox
 
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
SS  Dick Allen 24 155 566 105 153 24 8 25 92 38 13 102 172 .270 .379 .473 .852 103.4 21.4 4.3
SS *Wayne Causey 29 157 597 92 179 21 3 15 58 1 2 66 34 .300 .371 .420 .792 92.7 19.4 8.8
CF  Jimmy Wynn 24 154 529 73 124 21 3 22 88 26 10 107 129 .234 .363 .410 .773 85.2 15.4 5.6
3B  Mike Shannon 26 154 561 72 178 24 1 15 70 1 0 48 73 .317 .372 .444 .816 87.4 18.6 8.6
C *Billy Bryan 27 126 443 68 90 12 2 27 83 0 0 54 111 .203 .289 .422 .711 57.8 7.5 4.5
LF *Bob Hazle 35 134 383 63 134 19 0 14 63 0 1 32 51 .350 .405 .509 .914 70.7 16.7 2.2
2B *Gary Geiger 29 102 361 60 97 16 2 17 73 21 7 49 62 .269 .353 .465 .818 61.2 11.7 2.8
1B *Mike Epstein 23 126 359 54 96 14 4 22 67 0 1 54 65 .267 .364 .513 .876 64.4 13.5 1.7
LF  Dave Nicholson 26 85 252 45 66 9 0 20 45 3 3 34 71 .262 .348 .536 .884 45.9 9.3 1.6
LF  Jackie Brandt 32 73 209 36 70 13 2 9 41 6 4 11 18 .335 .365 .545 .910 36.1 8.0 1.1
2B  Don Buddin 32 80 168 25 45 12 1 5 22 0 0 30 50 .268 .379 .440 .819 28.2 5.9 2.2
C  Orlando McFarlane 28 48 155 20 38 9 3 3 17 0 0 11 43 .245 .302 .400 .702 18.4 2.7 1.7
P  Don Sutton 21 42 117 12 18 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 36 .154 .175 .197 .372 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Conley 35 41 117 10 19 3 0 0 7 0 1 1 33 .162 .169 .188 .358 1.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Lou Clinton 28 49 113 14 26 5 0 4 15 0 0 6 22 .230 .273 .381 .653 11.2 1.1 0.7
CF #Fred Valentine 31 41 96 13 20 2 1 4 19 4 1 12 18 .208 .303 .375 .678 11.1 1.3 1.3
1B  Bill Skowron 35 54 94 10 25 3 1 1 15 0 0 12 17 .266 .349 .351 .700 10.7 1.6 0.4
P *Dick Lemay 27 44 79 6 14 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 34 .177 .205 .215 .420 3.6 0.0 0.0
RF *Willie Crawford 19 33 74 7 13 2 1 1 7 1 1 10 11 .176 .274 .270 .544 4.7 0.0 0.9
3B  Adolfo Phillips 24 28 62 11 13 3 2 3 10 1 0 8 12 .210 .296 .468 .764 8.8 1.4 0.6
P  Clay Carroll 25 22 56 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .071 .086 .071 .158 -2.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Johnny Weekly 29 24 49 4 8 3 0 3 8 0 0 5 12 .163 .255 .408 .663 5.7 0.8 0.3
P  Dick Drott 29 59 26 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .077 .077 .115 .192 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Dierker 19 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Locker 28 82 14 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .143 .214 -0.5 0.0 0.0
LF  Jerry Buchek 24 9 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .400 .582 0.9 0.1 0.2
RF *George Spriggs 25 68 10 26 3 0 0 0 0 29 8 0 4 .300 .300 .300 .600 3.5 0.2 0.1
P  Howie Koplitz 28 34 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
CF *Barry Shetrone 27 11 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 1.1 0.2 0.1
P *Frank Carpin 27 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jay Ritchie 29 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.3 2130 5525 836 1439 219 34 213 813 137 52 663 1129 .260 .340 .428 .768 811.7 156.7 49.5
  Rank among 10 AL teams 4 1 3 8 4 1 1 2 8 1 9 2 1 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
 Gene Conley 35 25 9 .735 41 41 0 325.7 259 108 32 101 263 2.98 26.3
 Don Sutton 21 21 15 .583 42 42 0 322.3 275 131 40 85 314 3.66 18.8
*Dick Lemay 27 12 8 .600 44 34 1 250.0 202 87 19 83 248 3.13 17.6
 Clay Carroll 25 12 5 .706 22 22 0 157.0 133 43 2 55 66 2.46 14.1
 Dick Drott 29 8 4 .667 59 9 5 115.7 99 48 15 52 84 3.74 7.6
 Bob Locker 28 8 2 .800 81 6 19 110.7 89 24 4 22 75 1.95 18.6
*Frank Carpin 27 13 5 .722 66 0 4 75.3 63 31 0 50 45 3.70 7.5
 Howie Koplitz 28 3 4 .429 34 3 4 49.7 49 28 5 29 16 5.07 1.5
 Larry Dierker 19 2 0 1.000 5 5 0 36.7 30 16 2 15 15 3.93 2.0
 Jay Ritchie 29 3 3 .500 24 0 3 30.0 29 19 6 15 18 5.70 0.6
Team Totals 26.8 107 55 .660 418 162 36 1473.0 1228 535 125 507 1144 3.27 114.7
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 6 2 2  
* - 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 .988 33.9
B.Bryan 1070.0 118 123 829 53 10 1 .989 31.0
O.McFarlane 376.0 41 45 303 21 4 1 .988 31.8
J.Weekly 27.0 3 4 21 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1473.0 162 172 1153 75 14 2 .989 31.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 11.16
M.Epstein 860.0 100 109 951 73 10 82 .990 10.72
J.Brandt 230.4 26 27 259 18 6 24 .979 10.82
G.Geiger 230.3 26 26 285 26 2 28 .994 12.15
B.Skowron 197.0 18 37 217 16 2 28 .991 10.64
W.Crawford 10.0 0 3 11 3 1 1 .933 12.60
M.Shannon 3.0 0 2 2 1 1 0 .750 9.00
D.Allen 3.0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
D.Buddin 3.0 0 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 15.00
L.Clinton 0.9 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 20.00
Team Total 1537.6 170 208 1734 139 22 165 .988 10.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.65
W.Causey 1276.3 150 152 254 510 9 102 .988 5.39
D.Buddin 149.7 11 26 38 58 4 17 .960 5.77
F.Valentine 106.9 14 16 25 46 1 8 .986 5.98
W.Crawford 9.0 0 4 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.00
M.Shannon 8.0 0 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 7.88
J.Buchek 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
G.Geiger 2.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1557.8 175 203 321 624 14 130 .985 5.46
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.68
D.Allen 1341.0 149 149 68 305 26 25 .935 2.50
D.Buddin 104.0 11 12 2 19 1 0 .955 1.82
J.Buchek 12.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Phillips 7.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
F.Valentine 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.3 161 164 70 325 27 25 .936 2.42
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.92
M.Shannon 1268.0 147 150 205 530 23 103 .970 5.22
D.Buddin 179.3 15 27 15 59 2 10 .974 3.71
J.Buchek 8.7 0 2 4 4 0 1 1.000 8.31
G.Geiger 7.2 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.50
G.Spriggs 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
A.Phillips 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Causey 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1470.2 162 185 225 598 25 116 .971 5.04
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.72
B.Hazle 673.7 78 88 122 0 3 0 .976 1.63
D.Nicholson 556.9 58 67 98 0 2 0 .980 1.58
J.Weekly 60.0 7 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
L.Clinton 40.8 3 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
G.Spriggs 15.0 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Brandt 11.7 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
B.Shetrone 10.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
F.Valentine 7.7 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.51
G.Geiger 6.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34
J.Wynn 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Buchek 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Phillips 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Allen 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Crawford 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Buddin 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1399.5 148 203 251 0 5 0 .980 1.61
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.39
J.Wynn 1302.3 150 152 317 8 10 4 .970 2.25
J.Brandt 170.7 20 24 37 1 1 0 .974 2.00
B.Hazle 75.0 4 17 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.92
F.Valentine 64.7 8 10 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.09
J.Weekly 21.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
L.Clinton 11.9 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.03
W.Crawford 4.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
G.Geiger 2.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
A.Phillips 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Nicholson 1.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Spriggs 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Shetrone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1657.6 186 215 395 11 11 5 .974 2.20
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
G.Geiger 602.7 67 68 128 1 1 0 .992 1.93
L.Clinton 178.7 24 27 34 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
W.Crawford 171.0 20 21 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
A.Phillips 146.0 17 19 31 1 1 0 .970 1.97
F.Valentine 35.5 4 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.52
B.Hazle 25.3 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
D.Nicholson 16.8 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
J.Brandt 15.9 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Weekly 15.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
G.Spriggs 8.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
O.McFarlane 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Buchek 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1220.9 137 160 257 2 2 0 .992 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.05
G.Conley 325.7 41 41 13 50 4 2 .940 1.74
D.Sutton 322.3 42 42 20 45 0 3 1.000 1.81
D.Lemay 250.0 34 44 12 35 1 1 .979 1.69
C.Carroll 157.0 22 22 6 28 3 3 .919 1.95
D.Drott 115.7 9 59 13 26 0 3 1.000 3.03
B.Locker 110.7 6 81 10 12 0 3 1.000 1.79
F.Carpin 75.3 0 66 3 11 0 2 1.000 1.67
H.Koplitz 49.7 3 34 4 11 2 1 .882 2.72
L.Dierker 36.7 5 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.72
J.Ritchie 30.0 0 24 2 5 1 1 .875 2.10
Team Total 1473.0 162 418 85 228 11 19 .966 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Shannon .317
On-Base Pct Allen .379
Slugging Pct Allen .473
OPS Allen .852
XR Allen 103.4
Games Causey 157
At-Bats Causey 597
Runs Allen 105
Hits Causey 179
Total Bases Allen 268
Singles Causey 140
Doubles Shannon, Allen 24
Triples Allen 8
Homeruns Bryan 27
RBIs Allen 92
Stolen Bases Allen 38
Caught Stealing Allen 13
Walks Wynn 107
Strikeouts Allen 172
ERA Conley 2.98
Wins Conley 25
Losses Sutton 15
Winning Pct Conley .735
Saves Locker 19
Games Pitched Locker 81
Games Started Sutton 42
Complete Games Conley 13
Shutouts Conley 2
Innings Pitched Conley 325.7
Hits Allowed Sutton 275
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 40
Strikeouts Sutton 314
Walks Allowed Conley 101
Walks per 9IP Sutton 2.4
Hits per 9IP Conley 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Lemay 8.9
WHiP Conley 1.11
OAVG Conley .214
OOBP Conley .275
OSLG Lemay .311
OOPS Lemay .599
Team All-Stars
Billy Bryan
Frank Carpin
Wayne Causey
Gene Conley
Bob Hazle
Bob Locker
Mike Shannon
Player Salaries
Gene Conley $ 24,100,000
Bill Skowron $ 6,500,000
Bob Hazle $ 5,500,000
Gary Geiger $ 3,785,714
Don Buddin $ 3,630,000
Wayne Causey $ 3,500,000
Floyd Robinson $ 2,807,143
Jackie Brandt $ 2,200,000
Gus Triandos $ 1,000,000
Dick Drott $ 500,000
Ted Abernathy $ 380,000
Willie Crawford $ 300,000
Dick Allen $ 300,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
Billy Bryan $ 300,000
Jerry Buchek $ 300,000
Don Sutton $ 300,000
Frank Carpin $ 300,000
Clay Carroll $ 300,000
Paul Casanova $ 300,000
Mike Epstein $ 300,000
Johnny Weekly $ 300,000
Dave Nicholson $ 300,000
Larry Dierker $ 300,000
Howie Koplitz $ 300,000
Mike Shannon $ 300,000
Mickey Stanley $ 300,000
Adolfo Phillips $ 300,000
Jimmy Wynn $ 300,000
Dick Lemay $ 300,000
Bob Locker $ 300,000
Orlando McFarlane $ 300,000
Barry Shetrone $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Phil Linz
Ralph Lumenti		 New York (A) Sandy Valdespino
2/1 Released Bob Hazle    
2/1 Traded Sal Bando
Rich Reese		 Washington Don Sutton
Johnny James
2/1 Traded Johnny Roseboro
Ozzie Virgil
Bill Landis
Rudy May
$6,800,000		 Colorado Gene Conley
Billy Bryan
2/1 Traded Jim Merritt
Mickey Stanley
Steve Blass		 New York (N) Jimmy Wynn
Orlando Mcfarlane
2/4 Signed     Bob Hazle
2/12 Signed     Bill Skowron
3/3 Traded Jim Hickman San Diego Don Buddin
Gary Wagner
3/3 Traded Charley Smith New York (A) Mike Ryan
6/1 Traded Woodie Fryman
Jay Ritchie		 San Diego Floyd Robinson
6/1 Traded Dick Selma Cleveland (A) Jackie Brandt
Gary Geiger
Dave Nicholson
$10,000,000
6/1 Traded Fred Valentine Washington Ray Rippelmeyer
7/31 Traded Lou Clinton New York (N) Ron Willis
Jim Roland
Mickey Stanley
 
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