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1976 Kansas City Royals
Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 925
Runs Allowed: 669
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,209,431
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 5th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 7th in the American League
A: 61-76, 8th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over Colorado Rockies
Won AL League Series 4-2 over Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-3 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 *Boog Powell 34 152 616 104 189 25 4 30 110 0 0 65 105 .307 .370 .506 .876 110.7 22.1 4.1
CF  Jimmy Wynn 34 153 596 96 152 25 3 18 68 27 14 81 161 .255 .343 .398 .741 84.3 13.0 5.1
1B *John Mayberry 27 155 567 122 179 37 2 38 114 1 0 102 63 .316 .425 .589 1.014 125.0 28.0 2.6
C #Bill Sudakis 30 156 559 103 146 22 1 33 112 0 0 103 86 .261 .374 .481 .855 104.5 19.8 5.3
2B  Greg Luzinski 25 154 587 77 143 41 1 18 93 0 0 72 116 .244 .325 .409 .734 76.6 11.4 3.5
2B *Rod Carew 30 153 557 91 153 31 4 8 76 21 4 43 36 .275 .323 .388 .711 70.8 10.4 6.0
LF  Doug Rader 31 135 504 74 147 25 2 19 81 3 2 53 106 .292 .357 .462 .819 79.1 14.7 7.6
C *Duke Sims 35 127 411 67 95 9 3 12 62 1 2 60 74 .231 .330 .355 .685 54.0 6.5 1.7
3B *Oscar Gamble 26 131 420 63 101 18 4 19 72 1 0 47 75 .240 .323 .438 .761 59.2 9.0 0.4
RF *Willie Crawford 29 92 249 36 66 16 2 5 39 0 0 18 43 .265 .319 .406 .724 31.3 4.9 2.8
CF  Joe Lis 29 70 227 42 59 11 0 9 35 0 0 33 63 .260 .356 .427 .783 36.3 6.5 0.3
C  Cliff Johnson 28 60 183 27 39 9 0 8 31 1 1 21 52 .213 .301 .393 .694 21.5 2.6 0.8
DH *Jim Breazeale 26 25 61 5 10 1 0 2 6 0 0 7 6 .164 .246 .279 .525 3.7 0.0 0.3
DH  Craig Kusick 27 5 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .000 .222 .000 .222 -0.3 0.0 0.0
RF *George Spriggs 35 41 13 15 2 0 0 0 0 15 7 2 5 .154 .267 .154 .421 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  John Morris 34 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 1611 5566 925 1481 270 26 219 899 70 30 711 998 .266 .349 .442 .791 857.6 148.9 40.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 7 1 6 6 9 1 1 8 2 1 9 5 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
 Joe Moeller 33 19 12 .613 34 34 0 278.3 222 78 15 40 175 2.52 25.7
 John Gelnar 33 20 8 .714 35 35 0 263.3 252 108 19 50 197 3.69 17.9
 Phil Hennigan 30 16 14 .533 34 34 0 230.3 201 114 30 65 151 4.45 11.2
 Wayne Twitchell 28 15 7 .682 27 27 0 189.0 163 82 11 100 150 3.90 12.2
 Jim Kern 27 10 13 .435 34 26 1 171.3 161 93 14 96 135 4.89 6.1
*John Morris 34 2 7 .222 61 0 9 103.7 91 45 9 42 58 3.91 6.8
 Ray Corbin 27 5 3 .625 45 0 5 78.3 96 48 9 22 36 5.52 2.3
 Ed Halicki 25 4 2 .667 35 6 2 72.3 72 31 5 23 39 3.86 4.4
 Larry Andersen 23 3 2 .600 31 0 10 43.7 50 19 4 11 29 3.92 4.3
 Steve Foucault 26 0 0 .000 8 0 0 16.0 11 4 0 8 6 2.25 1.5
Team Totals 28.6 94 68 .580 344 162 27 1446.3 1319 622 116 457 976 3.87 92.6
Rank among 10 AL teams 3 3 4 3 7 1 5 2 1 1 3  
* - 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 31.7
D.Sims 999.3 110 120 727 35 10 2 .987 19.0
C.Johnson 446.0 52 53 283 23 3 2 .990 36.7
B.Sudakis 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.3 162 174 1011 58 13 4 .988 23.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.45
J.Mayberry 1283.0 148 149 1512 103 6 115 .996 11.33
J.Breazeale 133.0 14 21 156 10 2 10 .988 11.23
W.Crawford 14.0 0 4 19 1 0 1 1.000 12.86
R.Carew 6.0 0 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 16.50
O.Gamble 5.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Johnson 4.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
J.Lis 1.3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 20.30
Team Total 1446.3 162 179 1710 115 8 126 .996 11.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
R.Carew 1323.3 151 151 268 521 13 89 .984 5.37
W.Crawford 122.0 11 20 26 50 3 7 .962 5.61
G.Luzinski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 172 294 571 16 96 .982 5.38
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.84
B.Sudakis 1273.3 145 147 83 308 22 15 .947 2.76
W.Crawford 97.0 11 11 5 22 2 0 .931 2.51
O.Gamble 76.0 6 15 2 22 1 0 .960 2.84
Team Total 1446.3 162 173 90 352 25 15 .946 2.75
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.18
D.Rader 1167.7 134 135 162 501 16 73 .976 5.11
W.Crawford 186.7 18 23 28 85 3 18 .974 5.45
B.Sudakis 57.0 6 6 11 18 1 7 .967 4.58
B.Powell 18.0 2 2 3 5 0 1 1.000 4.00
G.Luzinski 9.0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00
J.Mayberry 8.0 1 1 3 7 0 1 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1446.3 162 168 207 618 20 101 .976 5.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
B.Powell 1279.3 147 148 271 7 0 3 1.000 1.96
J.Lis 103.0 12 13 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
C.Kusick 26.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
G.Spriggs 15.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
W.Crawford 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Wynn 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Mayberry 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Breazeale 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Johnson 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 184 300 7 0 3 1.000 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
J.Wynn 1330.3 151 151 339 8 3 4 .991 2.35
W.Crawford 102.0 11 13 24 0 1 0 .960 2.12
J.Lis 9.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Luzinski 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
O.Gamble 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 171 366 8 4 4 .989 2.33
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.98
G.Luzinski 1318.3 151 151 248 5 2 0 .992 1.73
W.Crawford 105.0 11 15 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.11
G.Spriggs 15.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
J.Lis 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Sims 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Wynn 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 176 266 5 2 0 .993 1.69
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.98
J.Moeller 278.3 34 34 21 29 2 3 .962 1.62
J.Gelnar 263.3 35 35 17 47 1 1 .985 2.19
P.Hennigan 230.3 34 34 12 43 1 5 .982 2.15
W.Twitchell 189.0 27 27 10 28 1 0 .974 1.81
J.Kern 171.3 26 34 11 18 0 1 1.000 1.52
J.Morris 103.7 0 61 5 16 0 1 1.000 1.82
R.Corbin 78.3 0 45 3 13 2 1 .889 1.84
E.Halicki 72.3 6 35 7 12 2 0 .905 2.36
L.Andersen 43.7 0 31 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.06
S.Foucault 16.0 0 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1446.3 162 344 92 218 9 13 .972 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mayberry .316
On-Base Pct Mayberry .425
Slugging Pct Mayberry .589
OPS Mayberry 1.014
XR Mayberry 125.0
Games Sudakis 156
At-Bats Powell 616
Runs Mayberry 122
Hits Powell 189
Total Bases Mayberry 334
Singles Powell 130
Doubles Luzinski 41
Triples Carew, Gamble, Powell 4
Homeruns Mayberry 38
RBIs Mayberry 114
Stolen Bases Wynn 27
Caught Stealing Wynn 14
Walks Sudakis 103
Strikeouts Wynn 161
ERA Moeller 2.52
Wins Gelnar 20
Losses Hennigan 14
Winning Pct Gelnar .714
Saves Andersen 10
Games Pitched Morris 61
Games Started Gelnar 35
Complete Games Moeller 20
Shutouts Moeller 4
Innings Pitched Moeller 278.3
Hits Allowed Gelnar 252
Homeruns Allowed Hennigan 30
Strikeouts Gelnar 197
Walks Allowed Twitchell 100
Walks per 9IP Moeller 1.3
Hits per 9IP Moeller 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Twitchell 7.1
WHiP Moeller 0.94
OAVG Moeller .214
OOBP Moeller .243
OSLG Moeller .321
OOPS Moeller .565
Team All-Stars
Larry Andersen
John Gelnar
John Mayberry
Bill Sudakis
Wayne Twitchell
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
Wayne Twitchell $ 2,685,714
Willie Crawford $ 2,500,000
Oscar Gamble $ 2,000,000
Rod Carew $ 2,000,000
Doug Rader $ 1,600,000
Joe Lis $ 1,542,857
Phil Hennigan $ 1,348,571
Duke Sims $ 1,250,000
Jim Breazeale $ 300,000
Ray Corbin $ 300,000
Steve Foucault $ 300,000
Ed Halicki $ 300,000
Cliff Johnson $ 300,000
Larry Andersen $ 300,000
Craig Kusick $ 300,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
Jim Kern $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Jim Palmer
Alan Foster		 San Diego Otto Velez
2/1 Traded Mike Shannon Detroit Gonzalo Marquez
$9,244,558
2/5 Signed     Joe Moeller
2/7 Traded Pepe Mangual
Ike Hampton
Ed Glynn		 Seattle Wayne Twitchell
Phil Hennigan
3/3 Traded Larry Hardy Detroit Duke Sims
Dave Boswell
3/3 Traded Rusty Gerhardt
Jack Hiatt
Mike Epstein		 Colorado Doug Rader
Jimmy Wynn
3/3 Traded Tucker Ashford
Ron Guidry
Otto Velez		 Cleveland (A) Bill Sudakis
3/3 Traded Larry Dierker
Pat Dobson		 Detroit Bill Burbach
4/2 Traded Dave Boswell Boston (N) Francisco Barrios
7/31 Traded Mike Barlow
Greg Minton		 San Diego Dick Tidrow
 
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