1979 Kansas City Royals
Record: 88-72
Finish: 2nd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 725
Runs Allowed: 637
Exp W-L: 89-71
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,307,167
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 8th in the American League
AA: 64-73, 10th in the American League
A: 90-47, 2nd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Boston (A) Red Sox
 
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
C #Bill Sudakis 33 152 570 77 143 29 4 22 87 0 1 93 86 .251 .354 .432 .785 86.8 15.4 5.0
CF  Joe Lis 32 152 576 77 137 25 3 19 80 0 1 76 127 .238 .335 .391 .726 77.6 12.7 1.4
LF *Boog Powell 37 148 618 81 183 20 1 13 68 1 0 36 96 .296 .334 .395 .729 76.3 13.3 4.4
2B  Greg Luzinski 28 156 585 81 158 32 5 20 92 1 0 72 107 .270 .351 .444 .796 87.8 16.9 5.7
LF  Doug Rader 34 154 579 70 166 22 3 16 85 1 0 45 128 .287 .339 .418 .757 79.8 14.6 8.6
2B *Rod Carew 33 139 539 73 138 23 3 9 52 2 1 30 39 .256 .294 .360 .654 55.1 6.9 6.6
1B  Sixto Lezcano 25 155 491 55 94 18 2 8 47 1 0 60 113 .191 .279 .285 .565 40.1 1.8 4.3
C  Cliff Johnson 31 102 331 43 64 13 1 10 30 0 0 57 67 .193 .310 .329 .639 40.0 4.6 2.7
2B #Sergio Ferrer 28 78 234 31 66 5 2 3 28 0 0 19 32 .282 .339 .359 .698 28.1 4.4 2.4
3B  Jim Morrison 26 73 231 25 46 9 1 9 21 0 1 7 36 .199 .224 .364 .588 17.3 0.0 2.2
RF  Tony Conigliaro 34 73 213 26 59 15 1 2 29 1 0 23 29 .277 .351 .385 .736 27.1 4.7 1.6
RF *Reggie Jackson 33 55 192 33 54 3 0 9 33 1 0 33 37 .281 .396 .438 .833 33.8 6.9 0.0
1B *John Mayberry 30 49 181 31 45 10 1 5 26 0 0 36 13 .249 .377 .398 .774 29.8 5.4 0.9
CF  Larry Hisle 32 36 91 10 33 2 0 0 17 0 0 3 6 .363 .379 .385 .764 12.0 2.3 0.7
C  Bob Boone 31 24 59 6 8 1 0 2 8 0 0 5 8 .136 .203 .254 .457 3.2 0.0 0.7
RF *Jim Nettles 32 11 29 4 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 4 .207 .281 .310 .592 3.2 0.3 0.3
C  Duffy Dyer 33 13 19 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .211 .318 .316 .634 1.7 0.2 0.2
  Team Totals 31.3 1570 5538 725 1404 229 27 148 704 10 4 601 929 .254 .328 .385 .713 699.6 110.4 47.8
  Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 7 7 12 2 5 12 1 3 12 8 4 5 5 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
 Gary Nolan 31 13 10 .565 35 34 0 264.7 254 98 33 28 173 3.33 19.1
 Ray Corbin 30 11 10 .524 34 33 1 226.7 227 76 13 47 76 3.02 16.9
 Joe Moeller 36 11 9 .550 30 25 3 192.7 162 80 21 39 111 3.74 12.4
 Phil Hennigan 33 8 13 .381 27 27 0 183.3 171 64 19 42 106 3.14 11.7
 Ed Halicki 28 13 10 .565 31 20 2 145.7 162 74 9 59 67 4.57 6.7
 Buster Narum 38 11 4 .733 90 0 5 139.3 104 38 10 26 95 2.45 17.1
 Nino Espinosa 25 10 6 .625 18 18 0 132.3 136 52 13 25 60 3.54 8.9
 Larry Andersen 26 0 2 .000 43 0 11 56.7 54 28 9 22 27 4.45 3.7
 Wayne Twitchell 31 2 6 .250 26 2 5 45.7 43 25 5 24 34 4.93 1.8
 Jeff Reardon 23 7 2 .778 34 0 14 39.7 51 17 2 15 22 3.86 4.6
 Chris Zachary 35 1 0 1.000 9 0 1 12.7 4 3 1 6 5 2.13 1.8
 Mike Thompson 29 1 0 1.000 4 1 0 12.0 13 4 0 10 3 3.00 1.1
Team Totals 30.4 88 72 .550 381 160 42 1451.3 1381 559 135 343 779 3.47 105.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 3 3 2 3 9 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 .986 32.3
B.Sudakis 664.3 74 74 385 33 9 1 .979 37.1
C.Johnson 609.3 67 68 334 25 7 1 .981 25.4
B.Boone 163.7 18 19 92 3 0 2 1.000 0.0
D.Dyer 24.1 5 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 33.3
Team Total 1461.4 164 166 823 62 16 4 .982 30.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
J.Lis 680.7 75 77 871 44 4 64 .996 12.10
J.Mayberry 429.0 48 48 515 30 1 41 .998 11.43
S.Ferrer 150.0 17 19 175 16 3 15 .985 11.46
C.Johnson 39.7 4 5 54 2 0 3 1.000 12.71
R.Carew 39.0 4 5 40 2 0 4 1.000 9.69
D.Rader 38.7 4 5 54 4 1 6 .983 13.50
G.Luzinski 34.0 4 4 52 3 1 2 .982 14.56
B.Sudakis 21.0 2 2 31 1 0 2 1.000 13.71
B.Powell 19.3 2 3 27 1 0 1 1.000 13.04
D.Dyer 3.5 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 10.29
Team Total 1454.8 160 169 1823 103 10 139 .995 11.91
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
R.Carew 1085.3 121 127 222 517 21 91 .972 6.13
S.Lezcano 323.0 36 37 67 135 2 24 .990 5.63
S.Ferrer 28.0 3 4 3 15 0 1 1.000 5.79
G.Luzinski 9.0 0 4 3 1 0 2 1.000 4.00
J.Morrison 6.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1451.3 160 175 295 669 23 118 .977 5.98
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
B.Sudakis 663.7 73 73 47 140 11 12 .944 2.54
J.Morrison 585.3 72 73 30 146 14 14 .926 2.71
S.Ferrer 125.0 12 20 5 36 2 4 .953 2.95
J.Nettles 26.0 3 3 1 7 0 2 1.000 2.77
D.Dyer 5.3 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.40
L.Hisle 4.8 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.88
D.Rader 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1411.4 161 175 83 332 27 32 .939 2.65
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
D.Rader 1317.7 146 147 200 545 18 84 .976 5.09
S.Ferrer 111.7 12 14 20 52 0 10 1.000 5.80
J.Nettles 17.0 2 2 2 6 1 1 .889 4.24
L.Hisle 0.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.2 160 164 222 603 19 95 .977 5.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
B.Powell 1287.0 143 146 287 4 0 1 1.000 2.03
C.Johnson 79.0 9 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.91
S.Ferrer 54.3 6 6 9 0 2 0 .818 1.49
G.Luzinski 17.0 2 2 1 1 1 0 .667 1.06
T.Conigliaro 4.2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.29
D.Dyer 3.5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Sudakis 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Mayberry 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 1.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.4 160 171 308 5 3 1 .991 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
G.Luzinski 1286.0 143 145 365 4 6 2 .984 2.58
S.Ferrer 68.0 8 8 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
C.Johnson 56.0 6 7 10 0 1 0 .909 1.61
J.Nettles 25.3 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
B.Sudakis 7.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
T.Conigliaro 4.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
L.Hisle 1.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.3 160 167 399 4 7 2 .983 2.50
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
S.Lezcano 801.7 95 95 176 2 2 1 .989 2.00
T.Conigliaro 457.6 53 65 106 3 3 1 .973 2.14
L.Hisle 187.1 29 30 48 1 1 0 .980 2.36
C.Johnson 35.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
J.Nettles 10.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
D.Dyer 5.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Boone 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Jackson 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1499.1 183 199 341 6 6 2 .983 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
G.Nolan 264.7 34 35 13 35 0 4 1.000 1.63
R.Corbin 226.7 33 34 15 38 2 3 .964 2.10
J.Moeller 192.7 25 30 3 31 0 2 1.000 1.59
P.Hennigan 183.3 27 27 10 41 3 5 .944 2.50
E.Halicki 145.7 20 31 10 28 1 1 .974 2.35
B.Narum 139.3 0 90 2 23 1 2 .962 1.61
N.Espinosa 132.3 18 18 4 27 2 1 .939 2.11
L.Andersen 56.7 0 43 8 6 0 0 1.000 2.22
W.Twitchell 45.7 2 26 1 9 1 1 .909 1.97
J.Reardon 39.7 0 34 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.59
C.Zachary 12.7 0 9 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.55
M.Thompson 12.0 1 4 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1451.3 160 381 70 249 10 21 .970 1.98
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Powell .296
On-Base Pct Sudakis .354
Slugging Pct Luzinski .444
OPS Luzinski .796
XR Luzinski 87.8
Games Luzinski 156
At-Bats Powell 618
Runs Luzinski, Powell 81
Hits Powell 183
Total Bases Luzinski 260
Singles Powell 149
Doubles Luzinski 32
Triples Luzinski 5
Homeruns Sudakis 22
RBIs Luzinski 92
Stolen Bases Carew, Nettles 2
Caught Stealing Carew, Lis, Morrison, Sudakis 1
Walks Sudakis 93
Strikeouts Rader 128
ERA Corbin 3.02
Wins Halicki, Nolan 13
Losses Hennigan 13
Winning Pct Espinosa .625
Saves Reardon 14
Games Pitched Narum 90
Games Started Nolan 34
Complete Games Moeller 8
Shutouts Moeller 3
Innings Pitched Nolan 264.7
Hits Allowed Nolan 254
Homeruns Allowed Nolan 33
Strikeouts Nolan 173
Walks Allowed Halicki 59
Walks per 9IP Nolan 1.0
Hits per 9IP Moeller 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Nolan 5.9
WHiP Moeller 1.04
OAVG Moeller .223
OOBP Moeller .264
OSLG Corbin .356
OOPS Moeller .625
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Gary Nolan $ 15,000,000
Joe Moeller $ 13,777,780
Reggie Jackson $ 7,500,000
Greg Luzinski $ 5,250,000
Bill Sudakis $ 4,250,000
Doug Rader $ 3,250,000
Ed Halicki $ 2,857,143
Rod Carew $ 2,743,027
Ray Corbin $ 2,650,000
Phil Hennigan $ 2,500,000
Buster Narum $ 2,250,000
Joe Lis $ 2,000,000
Larry Hisle $ 1,600,000
Boog Powell $ 1,500,000
Wayne Twitchell $ 1,500,000
Duffy Dyer $ 1,400,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 1,278,571
Cliff Johnson $ 1,000,000
Larry Andersen $ 920,000
Chris Zachary $ 600,000
Mike Thompson $ 350,000
Jim Morrison $ 300,000
Jim Nettles $ 300,000
Jeff Reardon $ 300,000
Sergio Ferrer $ 300,000
Nino Espinosa $ 300,000
Bob Boone $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/3 Traded Cleon Jones
Craig Kusick
San Diego Don Hood
5/1 Released Rob Belloir    
5/1 Released Bill Burbach    
5/1 Released Ted Martinez    
5/1 Released Paul Reuschel    
5/1 Released Leron Lee    
5/1 Released Norm Miller    
7/31 Traded Kevin Bell
John Mayberry
Tony Conigliaro
Tampa Bay Reggie Jackson
Duffy Dyer
Larry Hisle
$5,000,000