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1975 Kansas City Royals
Record: 88-74
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 856
Runs Allowed: 844
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,199,505
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 4th in the American League
AA: 68-69, 6th in the American League
A: 54-83, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Seattle Mariners
 
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 33 155 599 102 170 23 3 16 71 0 1 85 103 .284 .370 .412 .782 92.5 16.9 1.5
CF  Joe Lis 28 152 590 73 148 26 5 19 66 0 0 72 146 .251 .333 .408 .742 80.3 12.4 1.5
1B *John Mayberry 26 147 546 96 175 21 5 30 107 1 1 106 56 .321 .434 .542 .976 122.0 29.1 3.1
3B *Oscar Gamble 25 150 579 75 136 23 3 28 98 0 3 64 68 .235 .311 .430 .741 74.8 9.9 5.0
C  Cliff Johnson 27 140 502 69 114 23 1 17 80 0 0 66 118 .227 .318 .378 .696 63.3 7.6 5.4
2B *Rod Carew 29 125 515 86 176 38 6 11 59 28 17 27 36 .342 .375 .503 .878 86.5 18.7 5.1
RF *Willie Crawford 28 139 483 69 124 16 3 13 63 2 0 30 59 .257 .300 .383 .683 53.8 5.8 5.1
2B  Greg Luzinski 24 116 443 61 120 27 0 20 90 0 0 58 87 .271 .356 .467 .824 70.1 12.7 1.4
1B *Mike Epstein 32 120 432 61 102 25 4 13 59 1 1 55 94 .236 .330 .403 .733 58.4 8.1 0.0
3B  Mike Shannon 35 102 277 39 87 7 2 8 37 0 0 21 44 .314 .370 .440 .810 43.6 8.7 2.1
1B *Joe Lahoud 28 75 222 36 44 15 2 6 28 0 0 37 35 .198 .310 .365 .675 25.8 2.3 0.8
DH  Craig Kusick 26 56 195 30 36 7 0 9 34 1 0 44 45 .185 .335 .359 .694 28.5 3.7 0.0
1B  Sixto Lezcano 21 64 188 28 42 9 0 10 33 0 0 22 37 .223 .303 .431 .734 24.9 3.4 1.9
C *Gene Lamont 28 38 98 10 17 2 0 4 11 4 0 8 7 .173 .245 .316 .562 9.6 0.0 1.2
RF *George Spriggs 34 55 16 19 4 0 2 0 1 18 6 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 2.9 0.1 0.0
DH *Jim Breazeale 25 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.3 0.3 0.0
C  Jack Hiatt 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1639 5689 856 1497 262 36 204 837 55 29 696 939 .263 .345 .429 .774 838.1 139.7 34.2
  Rank among 10 AL teams 6 5 6 7 5 1 4 8 3 1 9 7 5 1 2 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
 John Gelnar 32 18 9 .667 32 32 0 249.7 228 93 17 38 201 3.35 22.3
 Alan Foster 28 11 13 .458 32 29 0 207.7 287 131 19 39 98 5.68 5.6
*John Morris 33 15 8 .652 47 23 2 187.3 184 70 3 65 99 3.36 17.1
 Pat Dobson 33 12 6 .667 45 18 2 167.7 174 64 13 51 109 3.44 15.3
 Jim Palmer 29 6 11 .353 26 16 0 139.0 188 106 13 39 32 6.86 0.0
 Ed Halicki 24 8 5 .615 21 15 1 121.3 138 66 9 43 66 4.90 6.5
*Ron Guidry 24 5 6 .455 21 14 1 111.0 126 57 10 37 96 4.62 5.5
*Rusty Gerhardt 24 6 5 .545 51 3 3 91.3 99 42 5 36 41 4.14 7.0
 Larry Andersen 22 2 3 .400 65 0 18 70.0 74 28 1 30 40 3.60 9.5
 Jim Kern 26 3 6 .333 25 6 2 58.3 72 55 8 34 51 8.49 0.0
 Ray Corbin 26 1 0 1.000 30 1 1 41.7 55 25 7 16 17 5.40 1.2
 Larry Dierker 28 1 2 .333 5 5 0 27.0 46 22 1 11 10 7.33 0.0
Team Totals 27.4 88 74 .543 400 162 30 1472.0 1671 759 106 439 860 4.64 90.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 4 4 3 4 3 10 3 7 1 5 6  
* - 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 31.7
C.Johnson 1233.0 136 138 746 57 8 0 .990 27.1
G.Lamont 239.0 26 28 147 14 1 0 .994 29.3
Team Total 1472.0 162 166 893 71 9 0 .991 27.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.53
J.Mayberry 1266.3 144 144 1590 138 11 146 .994 12.28
M.Shannon 157.7 16 24 185 20 1 16 .995 11.70
R.Carew 17.0 1 4 23 0 0 4 1.000 12.18
J.Lahoud 10.0 0 3 15 1 0 2 1.000 14.40
W.Crawford 9.0 1 2 6 1 0 1 1.000 7.00
C.Kusick 4.0 0 1 4 0 1 0 .800 9.00
M.Epstein 4.0 0 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 15.75
J.Breazeale 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Lamont 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1472.0 162 182 1833 161 13 169 .994 12.19
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.96
R.Carew 1016.7 112 119 244 475 17 96 .977 6.36
S.Lezcano 397.7 46 47 94 179 9 43 .968 6.18
M.Shannon 57.7 4 11 10 24 1 2 .971 5.31
Team Total 1472.0 162 177 348 678 27 141 .974 6.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.78
O.Gamble 1287.7 144 146 80 335 14 29 .967 2.90
M.Shannon 174.3 17 25 5 47 5 7 .912 2.68
S.Lezcano 10.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1472.0 162 173 85 385 19 36 .961 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.29
W.Crawford 1184.7 133 133 186 527 20 97 .973 5.42
M.Shannon 259.0 27 37 41 91 2 20 .985 4.59
J.Mayberry 18.0 2 2 3 7 1 2 .909 5.00
R.Carew 6.3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.27
S.Lezcano 4.0 0 2 2 1 1 0 .750 6.75
Team Total 1472.0 162 175 232 629 24 119 .973 5.26
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.87
B.Powell 1282.7 145 151 242 5 0 2 1.000 1.73
J.Lahoud 113.0 14 15 25 0 2 0 .926 1.99
C.Kusick 25.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
G.Spriggs 20.3 0 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.89
S.Lezcano 20.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
G.Lamont 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Lis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Gamble 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.0 162 186 274 6 2 2 .993 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.42
G.Luzinski 1013.7 115 116 238 1 5 0 .980 2.12
J.Lahoud 346.0 35 45 85 2 4 1 .956 2.26
J.Lis 29.3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.92
B.Powell 26.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Kusick 25.0 3 3 2 0 2 0 .500 0.72
W.Crawford 19.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
O.Gamble 12.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
G.Spriggs 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.0 162 177 338 3 11 1 .969 2.08
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.00
J.Lis 1307.3 148 148 247 9 10 5 .962 1.76
J.Lahoud 88.0 10 12 22 0 1 0 .957 2.25
C.Kusick 35.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
G.Spriggs 28.3 0 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
M.Shannon 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
S.Lezcano 5.3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
W.Crawford 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Breazeale 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1472.0 162 182 287 9 11 5 .964 1.81
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.95
J.Gelnar 249.7 32 32 22 37 0 3 1.000 2.13
A.Foster 207.7 29 32 22 39 4 1 .938 2.64
J.Morris 187.3 23 47 8 27 2 6 .946 1.68
P.Dobson 167.7 18 45 13 26 1 3 .975 2.09
J.Palmer 139.0 16 26 12 26 1 0 .974 2.46
E.Halicki 121.3 15 21 10 21 0 1 1.000 2.30
R.Guidry 111.0 14 21 8 18 1 2 .963 2.11
R.Gerhardt 91.3 3 51 5 12 1 1 .944 1.68
L.Andersen 70.0 0 65 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Kern 58.3 6 25 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.93
R.Corbin 41.7 1 30 6 8 0 0 1.000 3.02
L.Dierker 27.0 5 5 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1472.0 162 400 118 230 10 17 .972 2.13
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carew .342
On-Base Pct Mayberry .434
Slugging Pct Mayberry .542
OPS Mayberry .976
XR Mayberry 122.0
Games Powell 155
At-Bats Powell 599
Runs Powell 102
Hits Carew 176
Total Bases Mayberry 296
Singles Powell 128
Doubles Carew 38
Triples Carew 6
Homeruns Mayberry 30
RBIs Mayberry 107
Stolen Bases Carew 28
Caught Stealing Carew 17
Walks Mayberry 106
Strikeouts Lis 146
ERA Gelnar 3.35
Wins Gelnar 18
Losses Foster 13
Winning Pct Dobson, Gelnar .667
Saves Andersen 18
Games Pitched Andersen 65
Games Started Gelnar 32
Complete Games Gelnar 10
Shutouts Dobson, Morris 1
Innings Pitched Gelnar 249.7
Hits Allowed Foster 287
Homeruns Allowed Foster 19
Strikeouts Gelnar 201
Walks Allowed Morris 65
Walks per 9IP Gelnar 1.4
Hits per 9IP Gelnar 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Gelnar 7.2
WHiP Gelnar 1.07
OAVG Gelnar .239
OOBP Gelnar .276
OSLG Morris .317
OOPS Morris .639
Team All-Stars
Rod Carew
John Mayberry
John Morris
Boog Powell
Player Salaries
John Gelnar $ 11,660,000
Boog Powell $ 8,210,000
Mike Epstein $ 5,700,000
John Mayberry $ 5,250,000
John Morris $ 4,300,000
Pat Dobson $ 4,250,000
Mike Shannon $ 4,100,000
Greg Luzinski $ 4,100,000
Jim Palmer $ 2,500,000
Willie Crawford $ 2,500,000
Rod Carew $ 2,000,000
Oscar Gamble $ 1,971,429
Larry Dierker $ 1,550,000
Alan Foster $ 1,014,286
Jack Hiatt $ 1,012,000
Ty Cline $ 500,000
Jim Breazeale $ 300,000
Ray Corbin $ 300,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 300,000
Larry Andersen $ 300,000
Ed Halicki $ 300,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
Cliff Johnson $ 300,000
Jim Kern $ 300,000
Craig Kusick $ 300,000
Joe Lahoud $ 300,000
Gene Lamont $ 300,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 300,000
Joe Lis $ 300,000
Ron Guidry $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Bob Watson
Sandy Koufax
Leon Roberts
Doc Medich
Dan Spillner		 Detroit Boog Powell
Jim Palmer
John Morris
2/1 Traded Burt Hooton Detroit John Gelnar
2/3 Traded Ed Farmer Pittsburgh Mike Shannon
2/21 Traded Ernie Mcanally Detroit Rod Carew
4/2 Signed     Jack Hiatt
10/22 Released Ron Hunt    
 
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