1979 Kansas City Royals

85-77 • 0.525 Win% • 2nd in AL W

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
77 Losses
0.525 Win %
2nd Rank
851 R 816 RA
Diff +35

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

851 Runs Scored
816 Runs Allowed
+35 Run Diff
2,261K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .282 5% above the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .343 3% above the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .343 1% below the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.45 6% worse than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 851 13% above the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,261,845
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Avg per Game 27,924

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 George Brett 0.329 2 Willie Wilson 0.315 3 Jamie Quirk 0.304 4 Amos Otis 0.295 5 Al Cowens 0.295

Home Runs

1 George Brett 23 2 Darrell Porter 20 3 Amos Otis 18 4 Hal McRae 10 5 Frank White 10

RBI

1 Darrell Porter 112 2 George Brett 107 3 Amos Otis 90 4 Hal McRae 74 5 Al Cowens 73
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
George Brett 154 645 119 212 0 0 23 107 51 36 17 0.329
Willie Wilson 154 588 113 185 0 0 6 49 28 92 83 0.315
Amos Otis 151 577 100 170 0 0 18 90 68 92 30 0.295
Darrell Porter 157 533 101 155 0 0 20 112 121 65 3 0.291
Al Cowens 136 516 69 152 0 0 9 73 40 44 10 0.295
Frank White 127 467 73 124 0 0 10 48 25 54 28 0.266
Pete LaCock 132 408 54 113 0 0 3 56 37 26 2 0.277
Hal McRae 101 393 55 113 0 0 10 74 38 46 5 0.288
Freddie Patek 106 306 30 77 0 0 1 37 16 42 11 0.252
U. L. Washington 101 268 32 68 0 0 2 25 20 44 10 0.254
John Wathan 90 199 26 41 0 0 2 28 7 24 2 0.206
Clint Hurdle 59 171 16 41 0 0 3 30 28 24 0 0.240
George Scott 44 146 19 39 0 0 1 20 12 32 1 0.267
Todd Cruz 55 118 9 24 0 0 2 15 3 19 0 0.203
Steve Braun 58 116 15 31 0 0 4 10 22 11 0 0.267
Jamie Quirk 51 79 8 24 0 0 1 11 5 13 0 0.304
Jerry Terrell 31 40 5 12 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0.300
Tom Poquette 21 26 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0.192
Jim Nettles 11 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0.087
Joe Zdeb 15 23 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0.174
Jim Gaudet 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
German Barranca 5 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.600
Steve Busby 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Chamberlain 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Christenson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Eaton 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Gale 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Gura 39 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 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Renie Martin 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Mingori 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Paschall 7 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
Dan Quisenberry 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eduardo Rodriguez 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Splittorff 36 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 Dan Quisenberry 3.15 2 Steve Busby 3.63 3 Al Hrabosky 3.74 4 Craig Chamberlain 3.75 5 Dennis Leonard 4.08

Wins

1 Paul Splittorff 15 2 Dennis Leonard 14 3 Larry Gura 13 4 Rich Gale 9 5 Al Hrabosky 9

Strikeouts

1 Dennis Leonard 126 2 Rich Gale 103 3 Larry Gura 85 4 Paul Splittorff 77 5 Steve Busby 45
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Paul Splittorff 15 17 4.24 36 35 0 240.0 77 77
Dennis Leonard 14 12 4.08 32 32 0 236.0 56 126
Larry Gura 13 12 4.47 39 33 0 233.2 73 85
Rich Gale 9 10 5.65 34 31 0 181.2 99 103
Steve Busby 6 6 3.63 22 12 0 94.1 64 45
Marty Pattin 5 2 4.58 31 7 3 94.1 21 41
Eduardo Rodriguez 4 1 4.84 29 1 2 74.1 34 26
Craig Chamberlain 4 4 3.75 10 10 0 69.2 18 30
Al Hrabosky 9 4 3.74 58 0 11 65.0 41 39
Steve Mingori 3 3 5.79 30 1 1 46.2 17 18
Dan Quisenberry 3 2 3.15 32 0 5 40.0 7 13
Renie Martin 0 3 5.19 25 0 5 34.2 14 25
Bill Paschall 0 1 6.59 7 0 0 13.2 5 3
Gary Christenson 0 0 3.38 6 0 0 10.2 2 4
Craig Eaton 0 0 2.70 5 0 0 10.0 3 4
George Throop 0 0 13.50 4 0 0 2.2 5 1
Jerry Terrell 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (38)

German Barranca Steve Braun George Brett Steve Busby Craig Chamberlain Gary Christenson Al Cowens Todd Cruz Craig Eaton Rich Gale Jim Gaudet Larry Gura +26 more

38 players

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