1979 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster

#	player	age	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years	draft info	status	cur-org	cur-lev	salary
23	German Barranca	22	2B	6-0	160	L	R	1956-10-19	Veracruz,MX	MLB	1979-1982	1977-1985	1974- UDFA -KCA
3	Steve Braun	31	OF-3B	5-10	180	L	R	1948-05-08	Trenton,NJ	MLB	1971-1985	1971-1986	1966- 10- 200-MIN
5	George Brett	26	3B-1B	6-0	205	L	R	1953-05-15	Glen Dale,WV	MLB	1973-1993	1973-1993	1971- 2- 29-KCA
40	Steve Busby	29	P	6-2	205	R	R	1949-09-29	Burbank,CA	MLB	1972-1980	1971-1980	1971- 2- 39-KCA
25	Craig Chamberlain	22	P	6-1	190	R	R	1957-02-02	Hollywood,CA	MLB	1979-1980	1978-1995	1978- 1- 2-KCA
31	Gary Christenson	26	P	6-5	200	L	L	1953-05-05	Mineola,NY	MLB	1979-1980	1976-1982	1971- 13- 306-DET
18	Al Cowens	27	OF	6-2	200	R	R	1951-10-25	Los Angeles,CA	MLB	1974-1986	1974-1986	1969- 75-1028-KCA
7	Todd Cruz	23	SS-3B	6-0	175	R	R	1955-11-23	Highland Park,MI	MLB	1978-1984	1977-1991	1973- 2- 26-PHI
35	Craig Eaton	24	P	5-11	175	R	R	1954-09-07	Glendale,OH	MLB	1979-1979	1976-1984	1974- 6- 138-KCA
38	Rich Gale	25	P	6-7	225	R	R	1954-01-19	Littleton,NH	MLB	1978-1984	1977-1991	1975- 5- 105-KCA
13	Jim Gaudet	24	C	6-0	185	R	R	1955-06-03	New Orleans,LA	MLB	1978-1979	1976-1982	1976- 6- 138-KCA
32	Larry Gura	31	P	6-1	185	B	L	1947-11-26	Joliet,IL	MLB	1970-1985	1968-1985	1969- 2- 40-CHN
39	Al Hrabosky	29	P	5-11	185	R	L	1949-07-21	Oakland,CA	MLB	1970-1982	1970-1983	1969- 1- 19-SLN
9,10	Clint Hurdle	21	OF	6-4	215	L	R	1957-07-30	Big Rapids,MI	MLB	1977-1987	1977-1987	1975- 1- 9-KCA
8	Pete LaCock	27	1B-OF	6-3	210	L	L	1952-01-17	Burbank,CA	MLB	1972-1980	1972-1980	1970- 1- 20-CHN
22	Dennis Leonard	28	P	6-1	190	R	R	1951-05-08	Brooklyn,NY	MLB	1974-1986	1974-1986	1972- 2- 42-KCA
27	Renie Martin	23	P	6-4	190	R	R	1955-08-30	Dover,DE	MLB	1979-1984	1974-1986	1977- 19- 486-KCA
11	Hal McRae	33	OF	5-11	180	R	R	1945-07-10	Avon Park,FL	MLB	1968-1987	1968-1987	1965- 6- 117-CIN
23	Steve Mingori	35	P	5-10	170	L	L	1944-02-29	Kansas City,MO	MLB	1970-1979	1970-1979	1965- UDFA -CIN
28	Jim Nettles	32	OF	6-0	186	L	L	1947-03-02	San Diego,CA	MLB	1970-1981	1970-1986	1968- 4- 76-MIN
26	Amos Otis	32	OF	5-11	165	R	R	1947-04-26	Mobile,AL	MLB	1967-1984	1967-1984	1965- 5- 95-BOS
42	Bill Paschall	25	P	6-0	175	R	R	1954-04-22	Norfolk,VA	MLB	1978-1981	1977-1981	1976- 3- 53-KCA
2	Freddie Patek	34	SS	5-5	148	R	R	1944-10-09	Seguin,TX	MLB	1968-1981	1968-1981	1965- 22- 421-PIT
33	Marty Pattin	36	P	5-11	180	R	R	1943-04-06	Charleston,IL	MLB	1968-1980	1968-1980	1965- 7- 127-CAL
25	Tom Poquette	27	OF	5-10	175	L	R	1951-10-30	Eau Claire,WI	MLB	1973-1982	1973-1982	1970- 4- 81-KCA
15	Darrell Porter	27	C	6-0	193	L	R	1952-01-17	Joplin,MO	MLB	1971-1987	1971-1987	1970- 1- 4-MIL
9,10	Jamie Quirk	24	C-3B	6-4	200	L	R	1954-10-22	Whittier,CA	MLB	1975-1992	1975-1992	1972- 1- 18-KCA
29	Dan Quisenberry	26	P	6-2	180	R	R	1953-02-07	Santa Monica,CA	MLB	1979-1990	1977-1990	1975- UDFA -KCA
21	Eduardo Rodriguez	27	P	6-0	185	R	R	1952-03-06	Barceloneta,PR	MLB	1973-1979	1973-1979	1971- UDFA -MIL
0	George Scott	35	1B	6-2	215	R	R	1944-03-23	Greenville,MS	MLB	1966-1979	1966-1979	1962- UDFA -BOS
#	player	age	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years	draft info	status	cur-org	cur-lev	salary
34	Paul Splittorff	32	P	6-3	210	L	L	1946-10-08	Evansville,IN	MLB	1970-1984	1970-1984	1968- 25- 575-KCA
1	Jerry Terrell	32	SS-3B	6-0	170	R	R	1946-07-13	Waseca,MN	MLB	1973-1980	1973-1980	1968- 18- 412-MIN
1	Jerry Terrell	32	SS-3B	6-0	170	R	R	1946-07-13	Waseca,MN	MLB	1973-1980	1973-1980	1968- 18- 412-MIN
35	George Throop	28	P	6-7	205	R	R	1950-11-24	Pasadena,CA	MLB	1975-1979	1975-1979	1972- 16- 378-KCA
30	U L Washington	25	SS	5-11	175	B	R	1953-10-27	Stringtown,OK	MLB	1977-1987	1976-1992	1972- UDFA -KCA
12	John Wathan	29	C-1B	6-2	205	R	R	1949-10-04	Cedar Rapids,IA	MLB	1976-1985	1976-1985	1971- 1- 4-KCA
20	Frank White	28	2B	5-11	175	R	R	1950-09-04	Greenville,MS	MLB	1973-1990	1973-1990	1970- UDFA -KCA
6	Willie Wilson	23	OF	6-3	195	B	R	1955-07-09	Montgomery,AL	MLB	1976-1994	1976-2009	1974- 16- 381-LAN
19	Joe Zdeb	26	OF	5-11	185	R	R	1953-06-27	Compton,IL	MLB	1977-1979	1976-1980	1971- 4- 78-KCA
39 Record(s)

Listing of all players with at least 1 appearance during the selected season.

Opening Day Lineup

1. George Brett (3b)
2. Frank White (2b)
3. Amos Otis (cf)
4. Al Cowens (rf)
5. Hal McRae (dh)
6. Darrell Porter (c)
7. John Wathan (1b-c)
8. Clint Hurdle (lf)
9. Freddie Patek (ss)
P. Dennis Leonard (p)