1974 Kansas City Royals
Record: 69-93
Finish: 5th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 768
Runs Allowed: 953
Exp W-L: 65-97
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 1,737,431
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 6th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 8th in the American League
A: 67-70, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
2B  Greg Luzinski 23 156 552 76 144 33 2 25 92 0 0 76 114 .261 .359 .464 .822 88.3 14.7 4.5
1B *John Mayberry 25 157 528 97 161 17 0 29 82 0 0 97 50 .305 .414 .502 .916 108.0 22.7 3.1
RF *Willie Crawford 27 154 585 79 155 38 5 7 48 1 1 42 94 .265 .314 .383 .697 65.9 7.8 6.6
RF  Bob Watson 28 152 527 65 139 30 2 14 62 4 5 42 48 .264 .320 .408 .728 68.0 9.0 1.1
3B *Oscar Gamble 24 130 442 64 105 17 5 22 80 6 8 62 67 .238 .331 .448 .779 67.3 9.5 4.4
CF  Joe Lis 27 128 422 52 105 17 2 18 61 1 0 52 105 .249 .328 .427 .755 61.8 8.7 0.8
C  Cliff Johnson 26 114 400 56 100 23 2 14 52 1 0 45 71 .250 .329 .423 .751 54.5 7.9 2.6
1B *Mike Epstein 31 107 318 39 80 10 5 8 47 0 0 42 68 .252 .349 .390 .739 45.2 6.4 0.1
1B  Sixto Lezcano 20 74 293 34 59 9 2 9 37 6 4 26 57 .201 .262 .338 .600 26.3 0.0 2.2
DH *Jim Breazeale 24 95 274 30 71 7 0 11 40 0 0 18 23 .259 .307 .405 .712 32.5 3.8 0.3
CF *Johnny Lewis 34 67 239 31 53 4 0 6 26 7 7 34 54 .222 .323 .314 .636 27.5 2.0 0.6
1B *Joe Lahoud 27 61 155 27 34 4 0 9 24 2 0 22 19 .219 .317 .419 .736 21.9 2.6 0.4
DH  Craig Kusick 25 43 117 20 26 6 1 6 15 0 0 25 24 .222 .361 .444 .806 21.0 3.7 0.3
C  Bill Freehan 32 42 96 10 23 4 0 3 13 1 0 11 15 .240 .327 .375 .702 12.2 1.4 0.6
3B  Bob Robertson 27 27 85 12 18 6 2 4 16 0 0 13 16 .212 .317 .471 .787 14.1 2.2 0.8
SS *Ty Cline 35 34 84 10 23 3 0 0 5 4 3 5 12 .274 .322 .310 .632 7.7 0.5 1.1
C *Gene Lamont 27 30 84 12 26 7 1 2 15 1 2 0 8 .310 .306 .488 .794 10.5 1.5 0.3
RF *Jim Nettles 27 44 75 14 19 3 0 5 9 4 7 4 11 .253 .300 .493 .793 8.4 0.5 0.4
C *Bob Chance 33 21 61 7 15 2 0 3 8 0 0 5 15 .246 .299 .426 .725 6.7 0.3 0.5
RF *George Spriggs 33 48 51 20 10 0 0 1 3 14 5 7 10 .196 .293 .255 .548 5.1 0.1 0.1
CF  Earl Robinson 37 13 37 7 9 5 0 1 7 2 0 2 7 .243 .282 .459 .742 5.0 0.7 0.0
LF  Pepe Mangual 22 8 30 2 9 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 7 .300 .323 .400 .723 3.9 0.6 0.1
RF  Leon Roberts 23 8 24 2 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 5 2 .333 .448 .375 .823 4.6 1.1 0.1
1B  Ron Hunt 33 7 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .167 .211 .222 .433 0.7 0.0 0.2
LF  Jackie Brandt 40 3 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *David Clyde 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 1725 5508 768 1396 249 30 197 746 59 43 636 907 .253 .333 .417 .750 766.5 107.6 31.2
  Rank among 10 AL teams 9 7 9 8 6 1 7 8 7 5 8 10 7 4 5 5  
* - 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
*Rusty Gerhardt 23 14 12 .538 32 32 0 211.0 235 111 13 86 93 4.73 15.1
 Ed Halicki 23 6 18 .250 30 30 0 200.7 260 143 26 75 111 6.41 2.5
 Alan Foster 27 13 8 .619 31 23 1 179.7 242 112 13 43 58 5.61 9.5
 Jim Kern 25 5 19 .208 38 28 2 173.3 189 136 15 111 146 7.06 0.0
 Pat Dobson 32 10 8 .556 56 12 5 162.3 195 88 13 66 93 4.88 11.2
 Mike Thompson 24 8 5 .615 39 11 1 124.7 133 73 13 86 78 5.27 7.8
 Doc Medich 25 2 10 .167 16 16 0 119.0 140 69 12 49 50 5.22 4.6
 Larry Dierker 27 7 4 .636 54 0 6 98.0 98 43 9 40 43 3.95 11.1
*David Clyde 19 3 7 .300 20 10 0 84.3 97 61 13 39 47 6.51 1.3
 Burt Hooton 24 1 0 1.000 23 0 0 49.0 64 28 11 28 23 5.14 2.0
 Ray Corbin 25 0 1 .000 10 0 0 18.3 26 12 2 6 11 5.89 0.2
 Phil Niekro 35 0 1 .000 11 2 7 14.7 20 4 1 2 8 2.45 2.8
Team Totals 25.8 69 93 .426 360 164 22 1435.0 1699 880 141 631 761 5.52 68.1
Rank among 10 AL teams 9 9 8 9 10 10 4 10 5 9 10  
* - 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 30.3
C.Johnson 909.7 104 104 499 56 13 1 .977 26.1
B.Freehan 159.8 14 21 95 7 1 1 .990 26.3
G.Lamont 137.0 15 17 71 4 1 0 .987 12.5
B.Chance 107.7 12 14 63 8 1 0 .986 37.5
J.Nettles 95.0 11 11 53 8 1 0 .984 27.8
Team Total 1409.1 156 167 781 83 17 2 .981 25.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.49
J.Mayberry 1196.0 140 147 1439 108 16 155 .990 11.64
P.Mangual 63.0 8 8 57 4 1 8 .984 8.71
J.Breazeale 61.7 6 14 73 10 0 11 1.000 12.11
B.Chance 37.0 5 7 43 2 0 8 1.000 10.95
M.Epstein 30.0 3 6 35 1 0 4 1.000 10.80
J.Lewis 8.1 0 3 11 1 0 0 1.000 13.33
J.Lahoud 7.0 0 4 4 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Lamont 7.0 0 2 8 2 0 2 1.000 12.86
O.Gamble 7.0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Kusick 6.0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
W.Crawford 6.0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Johnson 3.0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00
T.Cline 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.Watson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1434.8 162 203 1694 133 17 190 .991 11.46
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.98
G.Luzinski 817.3 93 96 204 376 6 100 .990 6.39
S.Lezcano 550.7 63 63 147 224 8 49 .979 6.06
T.Cline 64.0 6 7 22 26 2 10 .960 6.75
G.Spriggs 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1435.0 162 167 374 626 16 159 .984 6.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
O.Gamble 1059.7 124 125 72 284 9 31 .975 3.02
B.Robertson 232.0 27 27 22 50 3 4 .960 2.79
T.Cline 62.7 7 10 2 20 3 3 .880 3.16
B.Freehan 40.5 0 16 3 10 1 1 .929 2.89
J.Lahoud 33.0 4 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Nettles 13.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.38
R.Hunt 3.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1444.5 162 189 103 369 16 39 .967 2.94
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.28
W.Crawford 1267.0 145 146 207 533 13 115 .983 5.26
T.Cline 75.0 7 11 13 39 1 6 .981 6.24
J.Nettles 44.0 5 5 13 16 0 5 1.000 5.93
R.Hunt 43.0 5 5 1 15 0 4 1.000 3.35
J.Breazeale 6.0 0 1 1 4 0 2 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1435.0 162 168 235 607 14 132 .984 5.28
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.87
J.Lis 815.3 96 98 141 1 1 1 .993 1.57
C.Kusick 289.7 38 40 78 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
J.Lahoud 204.0 26 29 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
G.Spriggs 40.0 2 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Breazeale 23.7 0 14 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
J.Mayberry 18.7 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
J.Lewis 15.5 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
J.Nettles 12.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
W.Crawford 5.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80
C.Johnson 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Gamble 3.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38
G.Luzinski 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Lamont 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Lezcano 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Cline 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Robinson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Epstein 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.5 162 219 300 1 2 1 .993 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.41
J.Lewis 531.9 51 59 131 1 1 1 .992 2.23
G.Luzinski 446.7 52 53 149 4 2 1 .987 3.08
J.Lis 239.0 29 29 67 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
E.Robinson 80.0 9 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Lahoud 57.0 5 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
L.Roberts 45.0 5 5 20 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Brandt 24.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Nettles 10.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
O.Gamble 4.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
T.Cline 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Mangual 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Crawford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.9 154 178 402 5 3 2 .993 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.02
B.Watson 1260.7 150 150 268 8 3 1 .989 1.97
G.Spriggs 66.0 5 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
J.Lahoud 64.7 7 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
J.Breazeale 12.7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71
J.Nettles 11.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
G.Luzinski 9.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Chance 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
W.Crawford 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Robinson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lewis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lis 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Kusick 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Cline 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1437.0 162 200 307 8 3 1 .991 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.90
R.Gerhardt 211.0 32 32 9 37 0 4 1.000 1.96
E.Halicki 200.7 30 30 14 34 3 2 .941 2.15
A.Foster 179.7 23 31 17 30 4 2 .922 2.35
J.Kern 173.3 28 38 12 21 2 2 .943 1.71
P.Dobson 162.3 12 56 8 28 0 2 1.000 2.00
M.Thompson 124.7 11 39 6 11 0 0 1.000 1.23
D.Medich 119.0 16 16 7 23 2 3 .938 2.27
L.Dierker 98.0 0 54 3 15 1 1 .947 1.65
D.Clyde 84.3 10 20 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.71
B.Hooton 49.0 0 23 0 5 1 0 .833 0.92
R.Corbin 18.3 0 10 0 1 1 0 .500 0.49
P.Niekro 14.7 2 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1435.0 164 360 83 218 14 16 .956 1.89
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mayberry .305
On-Base Pct Mayberry .414
Slugging Pct Mayberry .502
OPS Mayberry .916
XR Mayberry 108.0
Games Mayberry 157
At-Bats Crawford 585
Runs Mayberry 97
Hits Mayberry 161
Total Bases Mayberry 265
Singles Mayberry 115
Doubles Crawford 38
Triples Crawford, Epstein, Gamble 5
Homeruns Mayberry 29
RBIs Luzinski 92
Stolen Bases Spriggs 14
Caught Stealing Gamble 8
Walks Mayberry 97
Strikeouts Luzinski 114
ERA Gerhardt 4.73
Wins Gerhardt 14
Losses Kern 19
Winning Pct Foster .619
Saves Niekro 7
Games Pitched Dobson 56
Games Started Gerhardt 32
Complete Games Dobson 6
Shutouts Foster, Kern 1
Innings Pitched Gerhardt 211.0
Hits Allowed Halicki 260
Homeruns Allowed Halicki 26
Strikeouts Kern 146
Walks Allowed Kern 111
Walks per 9IP Foster 2.2
Hits per 9IP Kern 9.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Kern 7.6
WHiP Gerhardt 1.52
OAVG Kern .278
OOBP Gerhardt .354
OSLG Gerhardt .392
OOPS Gerhardt .746
Team All-Stars
John Mayberry
Player Salaries
Bob Watson $ 7,150,000
Mike Epstein $ 5,700,000
Sandy Koufax $ 4,940,000
Ron Fairly $ 4,500,000
Pat Dobson $ 4,250,000
Earl Robinson $ 4,000,000
Willie Crawford $ 2,500,000
Al Jackson $ 2,000,000
Oscar Gamble $ 1,971,429
Larry Dierker $ 1,550,000
Alan Foster $ 1,014,286
Jackie Brandt $ 1,000,000
Ty Cline $ 500,000
Ron Hunt $ 310,000
Ray Corbin $ 300,000
David Clyde $ 300,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 300,000
Ed Halicki $ 300,000
Bob Chance $ 300,000
Jim Breazeale $ 300,000
Burt Hooton $ 300,000
Pepe Mangual $ 300,000
Mike Thompson $ 300,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
Leon Roberts $ 300,000
Bob Robertson $ 300,000
Jim Nettles $ 300,000
Cliff Johnson $ 300,000
John Mayberry $ 300,000
Jim Kern $ 300,000
Greg Luzinski $ 300,000
Joe Lis $ 300,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 300,000
Gene Lamont $ 300,000
Joe Lahoud $ 300,000
Craig Kusick $ 300,000
Doc Medich $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Jerry Terrell Boston (A) Oscar Gamble
2/1 Traded Celerino Sanchez St. Louis Ron Fairly
Bill Freehan
Johnny Lewis
2/2 Signed     Earl Robinson
2/3 Traded Ted Martinez Boston (A) Ed Halicki
Harry Parker
2/3 Traded Harry Parker Boston (A) Ted Martinez
2/6 Signed     Bob Watson
2/15 Signed     Ty Cline
2/19 Signed     Ron Hunt
4/2 Signed     Bob Chance
7/31 Traded Mike Nagy
$3,500,000
Boston (A) Al Jackson
7/31 Traded Phil Niekro
Johnny Lewis
Bill Freehan
Oakland Nino Espinosa
Tom Carroll
Sandy Koufax