⭐ Division Winner

1978 Kansas City Royals

92-70 • 0.568 Win% • 1st in AL W

📊 Season Record

92 Wins
70 Losses
0.568 Win %
1st Rank
743 R 634 RA
Diff +109

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

743 Runs Scored
634 Runs Allowed
+109 Run Diff
2,255K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .268 3% above the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .329 1% above the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .322 2% below the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.44 9% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 743 9% above the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,255,493
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Avg per Game 27,845

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 John Wathan 0.300 2 Amos Otis 0.298 3 Pete LaCock 0.295 4 George Brett 0.294 5 Frank White 0.275

Home Runs

1 Amos Otis 22 2 Darrell Porter 18 3 Hal McRae 16 4 George Brett 9 5 Clint Hurdle 7

RBI

1 Amos Otis 96 2 Darrell Porter 78 3 Hal McRae 72 4 Al Cowens 63 5 George Brett 62
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hal McRae 156 623 90 170 0 0 16 72 51 62 17 0.273
Darrell Porter 150 520 77 138 0 0 18 78 75 75 0 0.265
George Brett 128 510 79 150 0 0 9 62 39 35 23 0.294
Amos Otis 141 486 74 145 0 0 22 96 66 54 32 0.298
Al Cowens 132 485 63 133 0 0 5 63 31 54 14 0.274
Frank White 143 461 66 127 0 0 7 50 26 59 13 0.275
Freddie Patek 138 440 54 109 0 0 2 46 42 56 38 0.248
Clint Hurdle 133 417 48 110 0 0 7 56 56 84 1 0.264
Pete LaCock 118 322 44 95 0 0 5 48 21 27 1 0.295
Tom Poquette 80 204 16 44 0 0 4 30 14 9 2 0.216
Willie Wilson 127 198 43 43 0 0 0 16 16 33 46 0.217
John Wathan 67 190 19 57 0 0 2 28 3 12 2 0.300
Steve Braun 64 137 16 36 0 0 0 14 28 16 3 0.263
Jerry Terrell 73 133 14 27 0 0 0 8 4 13 8 0.203
U. L. Washington 69 129 10 34 0 0 0 9 10 20 12 0.264
Joe Zdeb 60 127 18 32 0 0 0 11 7 18 3 0.252
Jamie Quirk 17 29 3 6 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 0.207
Joe Lahoud 13 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.125
Dave Cripe 7 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.154
Art Kusnyer 9 13 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0.231
Luis Silverio 8 11 7 6 0 0 0 3 2 3 1 0.545
Jim Gaudet 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Randy Bass 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Bird 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Busby 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Colborn 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Foucault 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Gale 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Gura 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andy Hassler 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Hrabosky 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Leonard 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy McGilberry 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Mingori 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Paschall 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Marty Pattin 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Splittorff 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Throop 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Larry Gura 2.72 2 Steve Mingori 2.74 3 Al Hrabosky 2.88 4 Rich Gale 3.09 5 Marty Pattin 3.32

Wins

1 Dennis Leonard 21 2 Paul Splittorff 19 3 Larry Gura 16 4 Rich Gale 14 5 Al Hrabosky 8

Strikeouts

1 Dennis Leonard 183 2 Rich Gale 88 3 Larry Gura 81 4 Paul Splittorff 76 5 Al Hrabosky 60
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dennis Leonard 21 17 3.33 40 40 0 294.2 78 183
Paul Splittorff 19 13 3.40 39 38 0 262.0 60 76
Larry Gura 16 4 2.72 35 26 0 221.2 60 81
Rich Gale 14 8 3.09 31 30 0 192.1 100 88
Doug Bird 6 6 5.29 40 6 1 98.2 31 48
Marty Pattin 3 3 3.32 32 5 4 78.2 25 30
Al Hrabosky 8 7 2.88 58 0 20 75.0 35 60
Steve Mingori 1 4 2.74 45 0 7 69.0 16 28
Andy Hassler 1 4 4.32 11 9 0 58.1 24 26
Jim Colborn 1 2 4.76 8 3 0 28.1 12 8
Randy McGilberry 0 1 4.21 18 0 0 25.2 18 12
Steve Busby 1 0 7.59 7 5 0 21.1 15 10
Bill Paschall 0 1 3.38 2 0 1 8.0 0 5
George Throop 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 3 2
Steve Foucault 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 2.1 1 0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to NYA 3-1

👥 Roster (38)

Randy Bass Doug Bird Steve Braun George Brett Steve Busby Jim Colborn Al Cowens Dave Cripe Steve Foucault Rich Gale Jim Gaudet Larry Gura +26 more

38 players

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