1980 Kansas City Royals

97-65 • 0.599 Win% • 1st in AL W

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📊 Season Record

97 Wins

65 Losses

0.599 Win %

                        1st
                        Rank
                    

809 R 694 RA

Diff +115

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

809 Runs Scored

694 Runs Allowed

+115 Run Diff

2,290K Attendance

📈 vs. 1980 AL Average

Batting Avg .285 6% above the 1980 league average (.269)

OBP .344 4% above the 1980 league average (.331)

SLG .346 2% above the 1980 league average (.340)

Team ERA 3.83 5% better than the 1980 league average (4.03)

Runs Scored 809 11% above the 1980 league average (729 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium

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Home Games 81

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Total Attendance 2,290,056

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Avg per Game 28,272

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Willie Wilson	161	705	133	230	3	49	28	81	79	0.326
Frank White	154	560	70	148	7	60	19	69	19	0.264
U. L. Washington	153	549	79	150	6	53	53	78	20	0.273
Willie Aikens	151	543	70	151	20	98	64	88	1	0.278
Hal McRae	124	489	73	145	14	83	29	56	10	0.297
John Wathan	126	453	57	138	6	58	50	42	17	0.305
George Brett	117	449	87	175	24	118	58	22	15	0.390
Darrell Porter	118	418	51	104	7	51	69	50	1	0.249
Clint Hurdle	130	395	50	116	10	60	34	61	0	0.294
Amos Otis	107	394	56	99	10	53	39	70	16	0.251
Dave Chalk	69	167	19	42	1	20	18	27	1	0.251
Jamie Quirk	62	163	13	45	5	21	7	24	3	0.276
Pete LaCock	114	156	14	32	1	18	17	10	1	0.205
Rusty Torres	51	72	10	12	0	3	8	7	1	0.167
Rance Mulliniks	36	54	8	14	0	6	7	10	0	0.259
Jose Cardenal	25	53	8	18	0	5	5	5	0	0.340
Bob Detherage	20	26	2	8	1	7	1	4	1	0.308
Steve Braun	14	23	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0.043
Jerry Terrell	23	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.062
Onix Concepcion	12	15	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0.133
Manny Castillo	7	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.200
Ken Phelps	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000
German Barranca	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ken Brett	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Steve Busby	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Craig Chamberlain	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Gary Christenson	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Rawly Eastwick	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Rich Gale	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Larry Gura	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mike Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dennis Leonard	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Renie Martin	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Marty Pattin	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dan Quisenberry	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Paul Splittorff	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jeff Twitty	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Larry Gura 2.95 2 Dan Quisenberry 3.09 3 Marty Pattin 3.64 4 Dennis Leonard 3.79 5 Rich Gale 3.92

Wins

1 Dennis Leonard 20 2 Larry Gura 18 3 Paul Splittorff 14 4 Rich Gale 13 5 Dan Quisenberry 12

Strikeouts

1 Dennis Leonard 155 2 Larry Gura 113 3 Rich Gale 97 4 Renie Martin 68 5 Paul Splittorff 53

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Larry Gura	18	10	2.95	36	36	0	283.1	76	113
Dennis Leonard	20	11	3.79	38	38	0	280.1	80	155
Paul Splittorff	14	11	4.15	34	33	0	204.0	43	53
Rich Gale	13	9	3.92	32	28	1	190.2	78	97
Renie Martin	10	10	4.39	32	20	2	137.1	70	68
Dan Quisenberry	12	7	3.09	75	0	33	128.1	27	37
Marty Pattin	4	0	3.64	37	0	4	89.0	23	40
Steve Busby	1	3	6.17	11	6	0	42.1	19	12
Gary Christenson	3	0	5.17	24	0	1	31.1	18	16
Jeff Twitty	2	1	6.04	13	0	0	22.1	7	9
Rawly Eastwick	0	1	5.32	14	0	0	22.0	8	5
Ken Brett	0	0	0.00	8	0	1	13.1	5	4
Craig Chamberlain	0	1	6.75	5	0	0	9.1	5	3
Mike Jones	0	1	11.57	3	1	0	4.2	5	2
Jerry Terrell	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship

KCA def. NYA 3-0

World Series

Lost to PHI 4-2

👥 Roster (37)

Willie Aikens German Barranca Steve Braun George Brett Ken Brett Steve Busby Jose Cardenal Manny Castillo Dave Chalk Craig Chamberlain Gary Christenson Onix Concepcion +25 more

37 players