1976 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 90-72 .556
Result: 1st in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Whitey Herzog
General Manager: Joe Burke
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 1,680,265
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Yankees)

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Cookie Rojas (37)
Youngest Player: Willie Wilson (20)
Longest Tenure: Al Fitzmorris (8)
Top Hitter: George Brett (2)
Top Pitcher: Dennis Leonard (11)
Top Draft Pick: Ben Grzybek (#18)

Roster Continuity: 84.02%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
KC Royals	90	72	.556	--
Oakland	87	74	.540	2.5
Minnesota	85	77	.525	5.0
Texas	76	86	.469	14.0
California	76	86	.469	14.0
Chi White Sox	64	97	.398	25.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
5	George Brett	3b-1b	2	23	1971-2-29	MLB	159	645	94	215	34	14	7	67	21	11	49	36	1	4	2	8	8	.333	.377	.462	839	298	705	459	128	7.5	.341
7	John Mayberry	1b	17	27	1967-1-6	MLB	161	594	76	138	22	2	13	95	3	2	82	73	2	7	0	12	12	.232	.322	.342	663	203	690	482	75	4.2	.240
26	Amos Otis	of	10	29	1965-5-95	MLB	153	592	93	165	40	2	18	86	26	7	55	100	5	7	5	8	13	.279	.341	.444	785	263	665	460	98	5.8	.305
18	Al Cowens	of	79	24	1969-75-1026	MLB	152	581	71	154	23	6	3	59	23	16	26	50	3	0	2	4	9	.265	.298	.341	639	198	616	458	63	3.7	.284
11	Hal McRae	of	5	30	1965-6-117	MLB	149	527	75	175	34	5	8	73	22	12	64	43	8	7	2	8	13	.332	.407	.461	868	243	609	387	110	7.7	.345
20	Frank White	2b	57	25	UDFA: 1970	MLB	152	446	39	102	17	6	2	46	20	11	19	42	3	0	18	3	4	.229	.263	.307	570	137	489	380	40	2.8	.247
2	Freddie Patek	ss	48	31	1965-22-421	MLB	144	432	58	104	19	3	1	43	51	15	50	63	2	5	13	6	6	.241	.318	.306	624	132	503	368	49	3.6	.275
25	Tom Poquette	of	62	24	1970-4-80	MLB	104	344	43	104	18	10	2	34	6	5	29	31	4	3	2	2	9	.302	.361	.430	792	148	381	258	59	6.2	.326
6	Jim Wohlford	of	-	25	1970-3-61	MLB	107	293	47	73	10	2	1	24	22	16	29	24	1	0	6	5	8	.249	.314	.307	621	90	334	255	29	3.1	.264
21	Buck Martinez	c	-	27	UDFA: 1967	MLB	95	267	24	61	13	3	5	34	0	0	16	45	0	1	9	3	2	.228	.269	.356	625	95	295	220	28	3.4	.255
15	Bob Stinson	c	-	30	1966-1-13	MLB	79	209	26	55	7	1	2	25	3	1	25	29	1	2	6	2	5	.263	.342	.335	677	70	243	168	26	4.2	.294
3	Dave Nelson	2b-3b	-	32	UDFA: 1964	MLB	78	153	24	36	4	2	1	17	15	5	14	26	0	0	3	1	1	.235	.298	.307	605	47	171	127	15	3.3	.276
1	Cookie Rojas	2b	-	37	UDFA: 1956	MLB	63	132	11	32	6	0	0	16	2	0	8	15	0	0	2	3	5	.242	.280	.288	568	38	145	110	11	2.6	.267
9	Jamie Quirk	c-3b	-	21	1972-1-18	MLB	64	114	11	28	6	0	1	15	0	0	2	22	0	0	0	3	5	.246	.252	.325	577	37	119	94	8	2.2	.287
8	Tony Solaita	1b	-	29	-	MLB	31	68	4	16	4	0	0	9	0	0	6	17	0	0	0	3	0	.235	.286	.294	580	20	77	55	6	2.9	.296
30	Ruppert Jones	of	-	21	1973-3-57	MLB	28	51	9	11	1	1	1	7	0	2	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.259	.333	593	17	54	42	3	2.0	.294
12	John Wathan	c-1b	-	26	1971-1-4	MLB	27	42	5	12	1	0	0	5	0	2	2	5	1	0	1	0	1	.286	.333	.310	643	13	46	34	4	2.9	.324
16	Fran Healy	c	-	29	UDFA: 1965	MLB	8	24	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.250	.125	375	3	28	22	0	-0.4	.214
10	Tommy Davis	of	-	37	UDFA: 1957	MLB	8	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.263	.300	.263	563	5	20	15	1	2.5	.263
19	Willie Wilson	of-cf	-	20	1974-16-379	MLB	12	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	6	6	-	-	.250
17	Mark Littell	p	-	23	1971-12-267	MLB	60	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (21 players)							162	5540	713	1490	259	57	65	656	218	106	484	650	31	36	71	71	103	.269	.327	.371	698	2058	6197	4401	751	4.6	.291

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
22	Dennis Leonard	11	25	1972-2-42	MLB	17	10	3.51	35	34	16	2	0	0	259.0	247	113	101	16	70	150	7	1	1.22	8.58	0.56	2.43	5.21	0.47	.288	0.91
39	Al Fitzmorris	29	30	UDFA: 1965	MLB	15	11	3.06	35	33	8	2	0	0	220.1	227	89	75	6	56	80	3	1	1.28	9.27	0.25	2.29	3.27	0.70	.296	1.72
29	Doug Bird	19	26	1969-8-152	MLB	12	10	3.37	39	27	2	1	6	2	197.2	191	90	74	17	31	107	0	1	1.12	8.70	0.77	1.41	4.87	0.29	.273	0.95
34	Paul Splittorff	-	29	1968-25-574	MLB	11	8	3.97	26	23	5	1	1	0	158.2	169	79	70	11	59	59	4	1	1.44	9.59	0.62	3.35	3.35	1.00	.292	1.09
33	Marty Pattin	62	33	1965-7-127	MLB	8	14	2.49	44	15	4	1	19	5	141.0	114	51	39	9	38	65	2	0	1.08	7.28	0.57	2.43	4.15	0.58	.232	0.84
17	Mark Littell	31	23	1971-12-267	MLB	8	4	2.08	60	1	0	0	37	16	104.0	68	26	24	1	60	92	1	0	1.23	5.88	0.09	5.19	7.96	0.65	.250	1.24
16	Andy Hassler	-	24	1969-25-579	MLB	5	6	2.89	19	14	4	1	0	0	99.2	89	37	32	2	39	45	3	0	1.28	8.04	0.18	3.52	4.06	0.87	.271	1.76
23	Steve Mingori	44	32	UDFA: 1965	MLB	5	5	2.32	55	0	0	0	27	10	85.1	73	23	22	3	25	38	3	0	1.15	7.70	0.32	2.64	4.01	0.66	.262	1.10
40	Steve Busby	-	26	1971-2-39	MLB	3	3	4.40	13	13	1	0	0	0	71.2	58	42	35	7	49	29	1	0	1.49	7.28	0.88	6.15	3.64	1.69	.222	0.80
37	Larry Gura	-	28	1969-2-40	MLB	4	0	2.30	20	2	1	1	7	1	62.2	47	20	16	4	20	22	2	0	1.07	6.75	0.57	2.87	3.16	0.91	.221	0.88
42	Tom Hall	-	28	1966-3-53	MLB	1	1	4.45	31	0	0	0	16	1	30.1	28	19	15	4	18	25	1	0	1.52	8.31	1.19	5.34	7.42	0.72	.282	0.71
35	Tom Bruno	-	23	UDFA: 1978	MLB	1	0	6.75	12	0	0	0	4	0	17.1	20	13	13	3	9	11	0	1	1.67	10.38	1.56	4.67	5.71	0.82	.309	0.90
35	Roger Nelson	-	32	1968-6-130	MLB	0	0	2.08	3	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	4	2	2	0	4	4	1	0	0.92	4.15	0.00	4.15	4.15	1.00	.160	0.57
37	Ray Sadecki	-	35	UDFA: 1958	MLB	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	4.2	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.14	13.50	0.00	5.79	1.93	3.00	--	0.83
46,49	Jerry Cram	-	28	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	0	6.23	4	0	0	0	2	0	4.1	8	3	3	0	1	2	1	0	2.08	16.62	0.00	2.08	4.15	0.50	.471	0.67
32	Bob McClure	-	23	1973-3-62	MLB	0	0	9.00	8	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	4	0	8	3	0	0	2.75	6.75	0.00	18.00	6.75	2.67	.273	0.60
28	Ken Sanders	-	34	UDFA: 1960	MLB	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	6.00	1.50	--	--
Totals: (21 players)						90	72	3.21	162	162	41	9	121	35	1,472	1356	611	525	65	493	735	29	5	1.34	8.29	0.51	3.01	4.49	0.67	.277

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Buck Martinez	C	94		420	40	4	4	.991	0.00
Bob Stinson	C	79		304	30	7	4	.979	0.00
John Wathan	C	23		57	4	1	1	.984	0.00
Fran Healy	C	6		30	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Mayberry	1B	160		1484	105	7	132	.996	0.00
Tony Solaita	1B	5		34	3	1	1	.974	0.00
Dave Nelson	1B	3		9	2	0	3	1.000	0.00
John Wathan	1B	3		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jamie Quirk	1B	2		3	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Cookie Rojas	1B	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank White	2B	130		256	391	18	76	.973	0.00
Dave Nelson	2B	46		70	88	4	14	.975	0.00
Cookie Rojas	2B	40		48	45	0	11	1.000	0.00
Jim Wohlford	2B	1		1	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Brett	3B	157		140	335	26	22	.948	0.00
Jamie Quirk	3B	11		4	10	2	0	.875	0.00
Cookie Rojas	3B	6		4	6	1	2	.909	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Freddie Patek	SS	143		233	426	26	87	.962	0.00
Frank White	SS	37		41	92	5	14	.964	0.00
Jamie Quirk	SS	12		2	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
George Brett	SS	4		6	15	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Amos Otis	OF	152		373	5	3	1	.992	0.00
Al Cowens	OF	148		329	13	5	3	.986	0.00
Tom Poquette	OF	98		188	1	4	0	.979	0.00
Jim Wohlford	OF	93		189	6	5	0	.975	0.00
Hal McRae	OF	31		63	2	2	0	.970	0.00
Ruppert Jones	OF	17		21	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Willie Wilson	OF	6		6	1	1	0	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mark Littell	P	60	104	3	9	0	1	1.000	1.04
Steve Mingori	P	55	85	9	24	0	1	1.000	3.49
Marty Pattin	P	44	141	9	20	1	1	.967	1.85
Doug Bird	P	39	197	14	21	2	1	.946	1.60
Al Fitzmorris	P	35	220	19	49	3	4	.958	2.78
Dennis Leonard	P	35	259	11	23	6	2	.850	1.18
Tom Hall	P	31	30	1	7	1	0	.889	2.39
Paul Splittorff	P	26	158	9	30	0	5	1.000	2.22
Larry Gura	P	20	62	4	12	0	2	1.000	2.32
Andy Hassler	P	19	99	3	20	1	1	.958	2.09
Steve Busby	P	13	71	10	9	3	0	.864	2.40
Tom Bruno	P	12	17	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.53
Bob McClure	P	8	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jerry Cram	P	4	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.39
Roger Nelson	P	3	8	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.20
Ray Sadecki	P	3	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ken Sanders	P	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hal McRae	DH	117						.000	0.00
Dave Nelson	DH	22						.000	0.00
Jamie Quirk	DH	19						.000	0.00
Tony Solaita	DH	14						.000	0.00
Cookie Rojas	DH	9						.000	0.00
Tommy Davis	DH	3						.000	0.00
Ruppert Jones	DH	3						.000	0.00
Jim Wohlford	DH	3						.000	0.00
John Mayberry	DH	2						.000	0.00
Tom Poquette	DH	2						.000	0.00
Al Cowens	DH	1						.000	0.00
Fran Healy	DH	1						.000	0.00
Freddie Patek	DH	1						.000	0.00

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