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1978 Kansas City Royals
Record: 97-63
Finish: 2nd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 835
Runs Allowed: 678
Exp W-L: 95-65
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,217,345
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 4th in the American League
AA: 75-62, 2nd in the American League
A: 86-51, 2nd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Minnesota Twins
 
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
1B *John Mayberry 29 155 603 101 177 29 0 22 93 0 0 97 67 .294 .394 .451 .845 102.4 22.9 1.9
LF *Boog Powell 36 151 623 108 198 37 2 27 98 0 0 60 86 .318 .381 .514 .895 113.6 27.8 3.7
C #Bill Sudakis 32 154 603 87 158 29 4 25 97 0 1 77 114 .262 .346 .448 .794 93.0 18.8 4.5
CF  Joe Lis 31 152 586 83 157 41 1 12 74 1 0 72 109 .268 .354 .403 .757 82.5 16.3 0.0
2B  Greg Luzinski 27 152 566 82 131 27 0 19 79 0 1 84 98 .231 .336 .380 .716 70.8 10.2 5.1
LF  Doug Rader 33 125 520 71 130 27 4 16 77 0 0 44 113 .250 .309 .410 .719 64.7 10.7 8.1
C  Cliff Johnson 30 129 428 60 97 24 2 15 67 0 0 62 76 .227 .327 .397 .725 58.1 9.1 2.9
2B *Rod Carew 32 120 421 54 133 16 4 7 54 2 1 31 15 .316 .362 .423 .785 60.7 12.8 5.1
1B  Sixto Lezcano 24 121 395 59 105 13 1 11 57 0 0 34 83 .266 .324 .387 .712 51.2 8.2 4.3
RF  Tony Conigliaro 33 112 392 56 104 20 1 15 71 3 0 32 50 .265 .317 .436 .753 52.2 8.9 2.7
2B #Sergio Ferrer 27 86 212 29 49 6 1 0 22 0 2 13 29 .231 .286 .269 .555 15.9 0.0 3.1
C *Duke Sims 37 28 94 14 21 3 0 1 6 0 0 10 20 .223 .302 .287 .589 8.3 0.4 0.5
CF  Cleon Jones 35 34 78 17 27 2 1 0 7 0 0 3 10 .346 .366 .397 .763 10.9 2.4 0.6
DH  Craig Kusick 29 19 68 9 11 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 14 .162 .208 .294 .502 2.4 0.0 0.1
C  Bob Boone 30 13 41 5 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 .220 .289 .244 .533 3.3 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 31.0 1551 5630 835 1507 276 22 172 809 6 5 627 887 .268 .343 .416 .759 790.0 148.4 42.6
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 1 5 3 12 1 1 12 1 1 12 6 3 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 35 17 8 .680 35 33 0 282.7 288 105 23 32 168 3.34 20.1
 Gary Nolan 30 18 6 .750 34 33 0 268.0 273 116 39 24 163 3.90 16.7
 Ed Halicki 27 13 14 .481 35 35 0 260.3 272 125 21 75 121 4.32 11.9
 Ray Corbin 29 10 7 .588 29 28 0 197.0 208 78 14 50 84 3.56 13.1
 Phil Hennigan 32 9 11 .450 26 26 0 173.0 156 77 18 61 108 4.01 9.5
 Buster Narum 37 18 11 .621 88 2 22 153.0 152 59 18 35 60 3.47 17.3
 Chris Zachary 34 7 1 .875 38 0 6 46.3 31 18 2 34 39 3.50 5.9
 Wayne Twitchell 30 2 2 .500 15 3 2 43.0 37 23 4 22 32 4.81 2.0
 Larry Andersen 25 3 3 .500 26 0 1 42.7 35 15 2 14 17 3.16 3.4
Team Totals 31.0 97 63 .606 326 160 31 1466.0 1452 616 141 347 792 3.78 100.0
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 1 2 1 5 10 2 1 3 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 .987 32.1
C.Johnson 1130.0 124 128 634 63 13 0 .982 32.8
D.Sims 222.7 23 24 123 5 1 0 .992 18.8
B.Boone 103.0 11 12 52 2 3 0 .947 12.5
Team Total 1455.7 158 164 809 70 17 0 .981 29.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
J.Mayberry 1370.0 150 152 1622 108 13 132 .993 11.36
C.Kusick 66.0 8 8 79 4 1 7 .988 11.32
S.Ferrer 18.0 2 4 23 3 0 1 1.000 13.00
R.Carew 9.0 0 2 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00
C.Jones 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1466.0 160 168 1736 116 14 141 .992 11.37
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
R.Carew 963.7 107 114 222 390 13 74 .979 5.72
S.Lezcano 441.3 49 55 87 196 5 34 .983 5.77
S.Ferrer 48.0 3 8 17 24 1 4 .976 7.69
D.Rader 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
T.Conigliaro 4.0 0 1 3 4 0 2 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1466.0 160 179 329 615 19 114 .980 5.80
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
B.Sudakis 1341.0 147 152 82 301 26 25 .936 2.57
S.Ferrer 125.0 13 21 8 26 2 1 .944 2.45
Team Total 1466.0 160 173 90 327 28 26 .937 2.56
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
D.Rader 1112.0 121 123 152 477 15 77 .977 5.09
S.Ferrer 330.7 37 39 47 135 12 33 .938 4.95
B.Sudakis 18.0 2 2 3 9 1 1 .923 6.00
J.Mayberry 5.3 0 1 1 2 1 2 .750 5.07
Team Total 1466.0 160 165 203 623 29 113 .966 5.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
B.Powell 1331.3 146 147 294 6 0 2 1.000 2.03
C.Jones 90.7 9 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
S.Ferrer 24.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
S.Lezcano 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
J.Mayberry 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.0 160 165 319 6 0 2 1.000 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
G.Luzinski 1341.3 148 152 402 7 9 2 .978 2.74
C.Jones 40.7 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
S.Lezcano 37.0 4 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
S.Ferrer 35.0 4 5 13 0 1 0 .929 3.34
B.Powell 11.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
J.Lis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.0 160 172 438 7 10 2 .978 2.73
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
T.Conigliaro 885.3 96 108 220 3 6 3 .974 2.27
S.Lezcano 512.7 58 58 133 2 1 1 .993 2.37
C.Jones 54.3 6 9 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.31
J.Lis 8.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
G.Luzinski 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1466.0 160 179 376 5 7 4 .982 2.34
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
J.Moeller 282.7 33 35 13 27 1 4 .976 1.27
G.Nolan 268.0 33 34 16 35 1 3 .981 1.71
E.Halicki 260.3 35 35 13 50 2 6 .969 2.18
R.Corbin 197.0 28 29 9 35 3 3 .936 2.01
P.Hennigan 173.0 26 26 9 30 0 2 1.000 2.03
B.Narum 153.0 2 88 9 23 2 0 .941 1.88
C.Zachary 46.3 0 38 3 9 1 1 .923 2.33
W.Twitchell 43.0 3 15 1 3 1 0 .800 0.84
L.Andersen 42.7 0 26 5 6 1 0 .917 2.32
Team Total 1466.0 160 326 78 218 12 19 .961 1.82
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Powell .318
On-Base Pct Mayberry .394
Slugging Pct Powell .514
OPS Powell .895
XR Powell 113.6
Games Mayberry 155
At-Bats Powell 623
Runs Powell 108
Hits Powell 198
Total Bases Powell 320
Singles Powell 132
Doubles Lis 41
Triples Carew, Rader, Sudakis 4
Homeruns Powell 27
RBIs Powell 98
Stolen Bases Conigliaro 3
Caught Stealing Ferrer 2
Walks Mayberry 97
Strikeouts Sudakis 114
ERA Moeller 3.34
Wins Narum, Nolan 18
Losses Halicki 14
Winning Pct Nolan .750
Saves Narum 22
Games Pitched Narum 88
Games Started Halicki 35
Complete Games Moeller 15
Shutouts Moeller, Nolan 3
Innings Pitched Moeller 282.7
Hits Allowed Moeller 288
Homeruns Allowed Nolan 39
Strikeouts Moeller 168
Walks Allowed Halicki 75
Walks per 9IP Nolan 0.8
Hits per 9IP Hennigan 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Hennigan 5.6
WHiP Nolan 1.11
OAVG Hennigan .237
OOBP Nolan .276
OSLG Hennigan .364
OOPS Hennigan .670
Team All-Stars
Joe Moeller
Gary Nolan
Boog Powell
Bill Sudakis
Player Salaries
Joe Moeller $ 13,777,780
Boog Powell $ 8,210,000
Gary Nolan $ 7,300,000
John Mayberry $ 5,250,000
Greg Luzinski $ 5,250,000
Bill Sudakis $ 4,250,000
Tony Conigliaro $ 4,000,100
Doug Rader $ 3,250,000
Ed Halicki $ 2,857,143
Joe Lis $ 2,835,714
Rod Carew $ 2,743,027
Phil Hennigan $ 2,500,000
Buster Narum $ 2,250,000
Wayne Twitchell $ 1,500,000
Cliff Johnson $ 1,000,000
Ray Corbin $ 820,000
Chris Zachary $ 600,000
Cleon Jones $ 500,000
Craig Kusick $ 350,000
Mike Thompson $ 350,000
Sergio Ferrer $ 300,000
Larry Andersen $ 300,000
Bob Boone $ 300,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Jimmy Wynn
John Morris		 Baltimore Rob Belloir
$5,484,695
2/3 Signed     Buster Narum
2/8 Traded Oscar Gamble
Chip Lang		 Colorado Gary Nolan
2/8 Signed     Chris Zachary
2/16 Signed     Cleon Jones
2/17 Signed     Tony Conigliaro
7/31 Traded Duke Sims
Mike Ramsey		 Baltimore Norm Miller
 
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