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1980 Kansas City Royals
Record: 96-64
Finish: 2nd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 787
Runs Allowed: 611
Exp W-L: 98-62
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,386,611
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 3rd in the American League
AA: 65-72, 9th in the American League
A: 81-56, 3rd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Detroit Tigers
 
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
3B *Oscar Gamble 30 155 582 85 140 24 3 36 95 0 1 68 106 .241 .324 .478 .801 89.2 16.0 1.9
SS  Joe Ferguson 33 153 534 92 126 15 3 26 70 0 1 121 107 .236 .374 .421 .796 92.2 17.6 3.4
C  Johnny Bench 32 148 546 91 129 20 6 38 106 0 1 72 71 .236 .321 .504 .825 92.3 17.1 8.9
3B  Eric Soderholm 31 148 556 87 130 28 4 29 100 0 3 51 91 .234 .300 .455 .755 72.4 10.8 5.5
SS  Dick Allen 38 147 537 80 133 22 1 20 70 33 10 66 132 .248 .328 .404 .733 76.0 12.5 7.0
2B  Greg Luzinski 29 129 502 77 146 38 5 22 69 0 0 61 90 .291 .371 .518 .889 89.3 19.4 3.6
CF *Johnny Grubb 31 130 479 61 124 23 0 14 64 5 3 50 57 .259 .331 .395 .726 62.2 10.3 3.6
CF  Larry Hisle 33 127 460 58 129 20 1 9 47 1 1 28 54 .280 .323 .387 .709 53.4 8.4 0.7
2B *Rod Carew 34 128 430 47 125 26 6 6 53 0 1 21 33 .291 .325 .421 .746 53.6 9.7 6.1
2B #Sergio Ferrer 29 104 293 35 70 10 4 4 24 1 1 30 73 .239 .318 .341 .659 31.0 3.7 2.9
CF  Joe Lis 33 85 266 45 71 11 1 9 42 3 3 40 48 .267 .365 .417 .782 40.4 7.8 2.0
1B  Sixto Lezcano 26 52 176 19 34 7 0 3 20 1 1 12 38 .193 .242 .284 .526 11.6 0.0 0.2
C  Cliff Johnson 32 32 88 8 22 3 0 2 7 0 0 10 18 .250 .327 .352 .679 9.8 1.3 1.6
  Team Totals 31.6 1538 5449 785 1379 247 34 218 767 44 26 630 918 .253 .331 .431 .762 773.3 134.7 47.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 10 3 8 8 10 1 3 10 2 2 12 8 5 2 2 3  
* - 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
 Nino Espinosa 26 19 11 .633 34 34 0 270.0 261 118 35 47 139 3.93 15.8
 Gary Nolan 32 18 8 .692 32 32 0 254.3 212 83 25 29 196 2.94 21.9
 Ray Corbin 31 17 14 .548 33 33 0 224.3 249 104 11 33 85 4.17 11.1
 John Gelnar 37 13 11 .542 31 31 0 217.3 201 80 19 49 137 3.31 15.2
 Phil Hennigan 34 13 4 .765 22 22 0 159.3 134 50 11 35 100 2.82 14.5
 Jeff Reardon 24 4 7 .364 74 0 34 91.0 86 38 6 36 48 3.76 11.2
 Ed Halicki 29 3 2 .600 52 1 4 88.0 93 35 7 30 45 3.58 6.3
 Buster Narum 39 3 2 .600 36 2 4 60.7 55 25 8 19 38 3.71 4.5
*Rob Gardner 35 3 4 .429 12 2 0 44.0 43 20 4 17 14 4.09 2.4
 Larry Andersen 27 3 0 1.000 15 0 0 20.0 18 7 0 4 10 3.15 2.1
 Luis Aponte 27 0 1 .000 13 0 0 17.0 16 7 2 2 8 3.71 0.9
Team Totals 31.0 96 64 .600 354 157 42 1446.0 1368 567 128 301 820 3.53 106.0
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 4 3 4 1 7 2 1 3 1  
* - 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 31.3
J.Bench 1238.0 138 143 704 59 7 1 .991 45.5
C.Johnson 208.3 22 27 137 10 3 0 .980 30.0
Team Total 1446.3 160 170 841 69 10 1 .989 43.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.71
O.Gamble 1306.3 145 145 1677 91 13 136 .993 12.18
S.Ferrer 107.0 13 13 122 10 2 11 .985 11.10
L.Hisle 18.0 2 2 30 1 0 1 1.000 15.50
J.Lis 10.0 0 3 10 2 0 1 1.000 10.80
C.Johnson 4.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75
P.Hennigan 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 165 1843 105 15 149 .992 12.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.80
R.Carew 1077.0 119 127 230 491 19 88 .974 6.03
S.Ferrer 342.3 39 43 73 154 1 31 .996 5.97
O.Gamble 9.0 1 1 5 5 0 2 1.000 10.00
G.Luzinski 8.0 1 1 2 9 0 2 1.000 12.38
L.Hisle 4.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
C.Johnson 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Grubb 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Lezcano 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.8 160 177 310 662 20 123 .980 6.05
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.92
E.Soderholm 1308.3 145 147 81 354 17 31 .962 2.99
S.Ferrer 79.0 8 10 4 16 0 3 1.000 2.28
O.Gamble 27.0 3 3 3 10 0 1 1.000 4.33
L.Hisle 15.0 2 2 2 2 1 0 .800 2.40
J.Lis 9.0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.00
J.Bench 8.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1446.3 160 164 90 387 18 36 .964 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.28
D.Allen 1300.7 145 146 176 570 13 91 .983 5.16
L.Hisle 84.3 9 11 15 32 3 11 .940 5.02
S.Ferrer 57.3 6 8 8 23 1 1 .969 4.87
J.Ferguson 4.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1446.3 160 166 200 627 17 103 .980 5.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
J.Ferguson 1123.3 124 126 213 2 0 2 1.000 1.72
S.Ferrer 172.0 21 21 21 0 1 0 .955 1.10
J.Grubb 98.0 10 11 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
L.Hisle 45.0 5 5 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.20
J.Lis 7.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Lezcano 2.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Allen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.9 160 170 272 2 1 2 .996 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.60
J.Grubb 950.7 110 110 232 3 4 1 .983 2.22
J.Lis 432.0 45 52 118 1 2 0 .983 2.48
S.Lezcano 63.8 6 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
O.Gamble 34.7 2 5 11 1 0 1 1.000 3.12
C.Johnson 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
L.Hisle 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Ferguson 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Luzinski 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1510.1 166 181 383 5 6 2 .985 2.31
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.11
G.Luzinski 1121.3 125 125 247 2 0 2 1.000 2.00
J.Ferguson 211.0 23 23 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.83
J.Lis 62.3 7 9 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.45
J.Grubb 27.0 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67
L.Hisle 20.7 2 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.74
S.Lezcano 4.8 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
J.Bench 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.1 160 168 318 4 1 3 .997 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
N.Espinosa 270.0 34 34 8 53 0 4 1.000 2.03
G.Nolan 254.3 32 32 21 34 1 2 .982 1.95
R.Corbin 224.3 33 33 10 36 3 4 .939 1.85
J.Gelnar 217.3 31 31 20 26 1 6 .979 1.90
P.Hennigan 159.3 22 22 10 36 1 2 .979 2.60
J.Reardon 91.0 0 74 8 15 0 0 1.000 2.27
E.Halicki 88.0 1 52 8 13 1 0 .955 2.15
B.Narum 60.7 2 36 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.23
R.Gardner 44.0 2 12 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.86
L.Andersen 20.0 0 15 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Aponte 17.0 0 13 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.06
Team Total 1446.0 157 354 92 242 7 19 .979 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Luzinski .291
On-Base Pct Ferguson .374
Slugging Pct Luzinski .518
OPS Luzinski .889
XR Bench 92.3
Games Gamble 155
At-Bats Gamble 582
Runs Ferguson 92
Hits Luzinski 146
Total Bases Gamble 278
Singles Hisle 99
Doubles Luzinski 38
Triples Bench, Carew 6
Homeruns Bench 38
RBIs Bench 106
Stolen Bases Allen 33
Caught Stealing Allen 10
Walks Ferguson 121
Strikeouts Allen 132
ERA Nolan 2.94
Wins Espinosa 19
Losses Corbin 14
Winning Pct Hennigan .765
Saves Reardon 34
Games Pitched Reardon 74
Games Started Espinosa 34
Complete Games Espinosa 14
Shutouts Nolan 4
Innings Pitched Espinosa 270.0
Hits Allowed Espinosa 261
Homeruns Allowed Espinosa 35
Strikeouts Nolan 196
Walks Allowed Gelnar 49
Walks per 9IP Nolan 1.0
Hits per 9IP Nolan 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Nolan 6.9
WHiP Nolan 0.95
OAVG Nolan .222
OOBP Nolan .246
OSLG Nolan .347
OOPS Nolan .594
Team All-Stars
Johnny Bench
Ray Corbin
Nino Espinosa
Oscar Gamble
Greg Luzinski
Player Salaries
Gary Nolan $ 15,000,000
Johnny Bench $ 6,400,000
Joe Ferguson $ 5,790,000
Greg Luzinski $ 5,250,000
Oscar Gamble $ 5,210,000
Ray Corbin $ 4,790,000
John Gelnar $ 3,666,666
Eric Soderholm $ 3,400,000
Johnny Grubb $ 2,900,000
Ed Halicki $ 2,857,143
Rod Carew $ 2,743,027
Phil Hennigan $ 2,500,000
Buster Narum $ 2,250,000
Joe Lis $ 2,000,000
Larry Hisle $ 1,600,000
Dick Allen $ 1,500,000
Cliff Johnson $ 1,000,000
Larry Andersen $ 920,000
Marvin Lane $ 300,000
Sergio Ferrer $ 300,000
Nino Espinosa $ 300,000
Jeff Reardon $ 300,000
Luis Aponte $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Joe Moeller Colorado Eric Soderholm
2/4 Traded Bill Sudakis
Wayne Twitchell
Boog Powell
Chris Zachary		 Colorado Mike Chris
2/18 Signed     Rob Gardner
2/21 Signed     John Gelnar
3/4 Traded Jim Morrison
Doug Rader		 Colorado Dick Allen
Johnny Bench
Joe Ferguson
Oscar Gamble
Johnny Grubb
3/4 Traded Duffy Dyer
Mike Thompson		 Indianapolis Jim Fuller
7/1 Traded Sixto Lezcano
Rob Gardner		 Baltimore Luis Aponte
Luis Salazar
$7,100,000
 
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