⭐ Division Winner

1977 Kansas City Royals

102-60 • 0.630 Win% • 1st in AL W

📊 Season Record

102 Wins
60 Losses
0.630 Win %
1st Rank
822 R 651 RA
Diff +171

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

822 Runs Scored
651 Runs Allowed
+171 Run Diff
1,852K Attendance

📈 vs. 1977 AL Average

Batting Avg .276 4% above the 1977 league average (.266)
OBP .338 3% above the 1977 league average (.329)
SLG .355 3% above the 1977 league average (.344)
Team ERA 3.52 13% better than the 1977 league average (4.06)
Runs Scored 822 12% above the 1977 league average (732 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,852,643
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Avg per Game 22,872

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 John Wathan 0.328 2 George Brett 0.312 3 Al Cowens 0.312 4 Pete LaCock 0.303 5 Hal McRae 0.298

Home Runs

1 Al Cowens 23 2 John Mayberry 23 3 George Brett 22 4 Hal McRae 21 5 Amos Otis 17

RBI

1 Al Cowens 112 2 Hal McRae 92 3 George Brett 88 4 John Mayberry 82 5 Amos Otis 78
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hal McRae 162 641 104 191 0 0 21 92 59 43 18 0.298
Al Cowens 162 606 98 189 0 0 23 112 41 64 16 0.312
George Brett 139 564 105 176 0 0 22 88 55 24 14 0.312
John Mayberry 153 543 73 125 0 0 23 82 83 86 1 0.230
Freddie Patek 154 497 72 130 0 0 5 60 41 84 53 0.262
Amos Otis 142 478 85 120 0 0 17 78 71 88 23 0.251
Frank White 152 474 59 116 0 0 5 50 25 67 23 0.245
Darrell Porter 130 425 61 117 0 0 16 60 53 70 1 0.275
Tom Poquette 106 342 43 100 0 0 2 33 19 21 1 0.292
Pete LaCock 88 218 25 66 0 0 3 29 15 25 2 0.303
Joe Zdeb 105 195 26 58 0 0 2 23 16 23 6 0.297
Cookie Rojas 64 156 8 39 0 0 0 10 8 17 1 0.250
John Wathan 55 119 18 39 0 0 2 21 5 8 2 0.328
Buck Martinez 29 80 3 18 0 0 1 9 3 12 0 0.225
Joe Lahoud 34 65 8 17 0 0 2 8 11 16 1 0.262
Bob Heise 54 62 11 16 0 0 0 5 2 8 0 0.258
Dave Nelson 27 48 8 9 0 0 0 4 7 11 1 0.188
Willie Wilson 13 34 10 11 0 0 0 1 1 8 6 0.324
Clint Hurdle 9 26 5 8 0 0 2 7 2 7 0 0.308
U. L. Washington 10 20 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 4 1 0.200
Mark Littell 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Doug Bird 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Colborn 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Gura 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Hall 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andy Hassler 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Lance 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Leonard 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy McGilberry 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Mingori 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Marty Pattin 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Splittorff 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Throop 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dennis Leonard 3.04 2 Steve Mingori 3.09 3 Larry Gura 3.13 4 Marty Pattin 3.58 5 Mark Littell 3.61

Wins

1 Dennis Leonard 20 2 Jim Colborn 18 3 Paul Splittorff 16 4 Doug Bird 11 5 Marty Pattin 10

Strikeouts

1 Dennis Leonard 244 2 Mark Littell 106 3 Jim Colborn 103 4 Paul Splittorff 99 5 Doug Bird 83
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dennis Leonard 20 12 3.04 38 37 1 292.2 79 244
Jim Colborn 18 14 3.62 36 35 0 239.0 81 103
Paul Splittorff 16 6 3.69 37 37 0 229.0 83 99
Andy Hassler 9 6 4.20 29 27 0 156.1 75 83
Marty Pattin 10 3 3.58 31 10 0 128.1 37 55
Doug Bird 11 4 3.88 53 5 14 118.1 29 83
Larry Gura 8 5 3.13 52 6 10 106.1 28 46
Mark Littell 8 4 3.61 48 5 12 104.2 55 106
Steve Mingori 2 4 3.09 43 0 4 64.0 19 19
Tom Hall 0 0 3.52 6 0 0 7.2 6 10
Randy McGilberry 0 1 5.14 3 0 0 7.0 1 1
George Throop 0 0 3.38 4 0 1 5.1 4 1
Gary Lance 0 1 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 2 0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to NYA 3-2

👥 Roster (33)

Doug Bird George Brett Jim Colborn Al Cowens Larry Gura Tom Hall Andy Hassler Bob Heise Clint Hurdle Pete LaCock Joe Lahoud Gary Lance +21 more

33 players

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