1977 Kansas City Royals Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 102-60
Finished 1st in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 1,889,574, Avg. 24,540
Ballpark: Royals Stadium
Won Division
American League Championship Series - Lost to New York Yankees 3-2
Manager: Whitey Herzog (102-60)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1977 Kansas City Royals Roster
1977 Kansas City Royals Results

The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 1977 season with a record of 102 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the AL's West Division. Whitey Herzog coached the team. The 1977 Kansas City Royals qualified for the playoffs as a division winner.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dennis Leonard	20	12	.625	3.04	38	37	1	21	5	1	292.7	246	117	99	18	79	0	244	8	2	14	1186
Jim Colborn	18	14	.563	3.62	36	35	0	6	1	0	239.0	233	106	96	22	81	2	103	13	3	8	1023
Paul Splittorff	16	6	.727	3.69	37	37	0	6	2	0	229.0	243	104	94	11	83	2	99	2	0	5	980
Doug Bird	11	4	.733	3.88	53	5	31	0	0	14	118.3	120	52	51	14	29	4	83	3	0	3	490
Marty Pattin	10	3	.769	3.58	31	10	8	4	0	0	128.3	115	56	51	16	37	2	55	2	0	3	529
Andy Hassler	9	6	.600	4.20	29	27	1	3	1	0	156.3	166	88	73	7	75	3	83	5	1	8	701
Mark Littell	8	4	.667	3.61	48	5	29	0	0	12	104.7	73	49	42	6	55	6	106	1	2	8	434
Larry Gura	8	5	.615	3.13	52	6	24	1	1	10	106.3	108	43	37	8	28	4	46	1	1	4	445
Steve Mingori	2	4	.333	3.09	43	0	22	0	0	4	64.0	59	26	22	4	19	4	19	1	0	3	262
George Throop	0	0		3.38	4	0	1	0	0	1	5.3	1	2	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	21
Tom Hall	0	0		3.52	6	0	2	0	0	0	7.7	4	3	3	2	6	0	10	0	0	0	32
Gary Lance	0	1	.000	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10
Randy McGilberry	0	1	.000	5.14	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	26
Totals	102	60	.630	3.54	381	162	121	41	10	42	1460.7	1377	651	575	110	499	27	850	36	9	56	6139

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Hal McRae	162	720	641	104	191	54	11	21	92	18	14	59	43	.298	.366	.515	.881	330	12	13	2	5	5
Al Cowens	162	661	606	98	189	32	14	23	112	16	12	41	64	.312	.361	.525	.885	318	14	8	1	5	4
George Brett	139	627	564	105	176	32	13	22	88	14	12	55	24	.312	.373	.532	.905	300	12	2	3	3	9
Freddie Patek	154	563	497	72	130	26	6	5	60	53	13	41	84	.262	.320	.368	.688	183	6	5	13	7	2
John Mayberry	153	641	543	73	125	22	1	23	82	1	3	83	86	.230	.336	.401	.737	218	13	7	1	7	9
Amos Otis	142	561	478	85	120	20	8	17	78	23	7	71	88	.251	.342	.433	.775	207	13	0	3	9	5
Darrell Porter	130	486	425	61	117	21	3	16	60	1	0	53	70	.275	.353	.452	.804	192	6	1	1	6	6
Frank White	152	514	474	59	116	21	5	5	50	23	5	25	67	.245	.284	.342	.626	162	4	2	11	2	0
Tom Poquette	106	372	342	43	100	23	6	2	33	1	4	19	21	.292	.337	.412	.749	141	4	5	4	2	2
Pete LaCock	88	238	218	25	66	12	1	3	29	2	1	15	25	.303	.345	.408	.753	89	4	1	0	4	1
Joe Zdeb	105	217	195	26	58	5	2	2	23	6	5	16	23	.297	.346	.374	.720	73	5	0	3	3	3
John Wathan	55	127	119	18	39	5	3	2	21	2	0	5	8	.328	.346	.471	.817	56	1	0	0	3	1
Cookie Rojas	64	166	156	8	39	9	1	0	10	1	3	8	17	.250	.285	.321	.605	50	5	0	1	1	2
Buck Martinez	29	85	80	3	18	4	0	1	9	0	1	3	12	.225	.253	.313	.566	25	1	0	2	0	0
Joe Lahoud	34	77	65	8	17	5	0	2	8	1	0	11	16	.262	.364	.431	.794	28	2	0	0	1	1
Bob Heise	54	66	62	11	16	2	1	0	5	0	1	2	8	.258	.292	.323	.615	20	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Wilson	13	37	34	10	11	2	0	0	1	6	3	1	8	.324	.343	.382	.725	13	1	0	2	0	0
Dave Nelson	27	55	48	8	9	3	1	0	4	1	3	7	11	.188	.291	.292	.583	14	1	0	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle	9	28	26	5	8	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	7	.308	.357	.538	.896	14	0	0	0	0	0
U. L. Washington	10	26	20	0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	4	.200	.360	.350	.710	7	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Littell	48	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Splittorff	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
George Throop	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Pattin	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Colborn	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Gura	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hall	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Hassler	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Lance	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Leonard	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy McGilberry	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Mingori	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Bird	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2172	6268	5594	822	1549	299	77	146	773	170	87	522	687	.277	.340	.436	.776	2440	104	45	49	58	50

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
John Mayberry	1B	145	138	1254.7	1296	81	7	118	.995	9.878	9.497	0	0	0
Pete LaCock	1B	29	19	180.0	186	17	2	16	.990	1.150	7.000	0	0	0
John Wathan	1B	5	4	26.0	26	0	1	2	.963	9.000	5.200	0	0	0
Bob Heise	1B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000	0	0	0
Frank White	2B	152	145	1265.0	310	434	8	86	.989	5.293	4.895	0	0	0
Bob Heise	2B	21	8	84.7	20	27	0	8	1.000	4.996	2.238	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	2B	16	4	60.0	26	18	0	7	1.000	6.600	2.750	0	0	0
Dave Nelson	2B	11	5	51.0	11	14	2	3	.926	4.412	2.273	0	0	0
George Brett	3B	135	134	1184.0	115	325	20	33	.957	3.345	3.259	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	3B	31	27	242.7	23	62	5	6	.944	3.152	2.742	0	0	0
Bob Heise	3B	12	1	33.0	3	10	3	3	.813	3.545	1.083	0	0	0
Joe Zdeb	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Darrell Porter	C	125	121	1053.7	663	61	13	4	.982	6.184	5.792	9	57	42	42.4
John Wathan	C	35	19	205.0	130	9	1	0	.993	6.102	3.971	2	15	3	16.7
Buck Martinez	C	28	22	202.0	133	8	1	0	.993	6.282	5.036	2	12	6	33.3
Al Cowens	OF	159	150	1352.0	307	14	6	1	.982	2.137	2.019	0	0	0
Amos Otis	OF	140	129	1181.3	326	10	3	0	.991	2.560	2.400	0	0	0
Tom Poquette	OF	96	87	741.0	177	4	0	1	1.000	2.198	1.885	0	0	0
Joe Zdeb	OF	93	41	450.3	93	4	3	0	.970	1.939	1.043	0	0	0
Hal McRae	OF	47	44	347.0	84	8	4	1	.958	2.386	1.957	0	0	0
Joe Lahoud	OF	15	13	97.3	18	2	1	0	.952	1.849	1.333	0	0	0
Pete LaCock	OF	12	9	78.0	17	2	0	0	1.000	2.192	1.583	0	0	0
Willie Wilson	OF	9	6	73.3	24	0	1	0	.960	2.945	2.667	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle	OF	9	6	61.7	17	0	0	0	1.000	2.481	1.889	0	0	0
Dennis Leonard	P	38	37	292.7	21	29	4	2	.926	1.538	1.316	0	0	0
Jim Colborn	P	36	35	239.0	27	39	5	3	.930	2.485	1.833	0	0	0
Paul Splittorff	P	37	37	229.0	9	38	2	3	.959	1.847	1.270	0	0	0
Andy Hassler	P	29	27	156.3	6	28	3	2	.919	1.957	1.172	0	0	0
Marty Pattin	P	31	10	128.3	6	19	0	0	1.000	1.753	.806	0	0	0
Doug Bird	P	53	5	118.3	6	13	0	0	1.000	1.445	.358	0	0	0
Larry Gura	P	52	6	106.3	6	18	2	1	.923	2.031	.462	0	0	0
Mark Littell	P	48	5	104.7	7	7	1	1	.933	1.204	.292	0	0	0
Steve Mingori	P	43	0	64.0	3	14	1	1	.944	2.391	.395	0	0	0
Tom Hall	P	6	0	7.7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.348	.333	0	0	0
Randy McGilberry	P	3	0	7.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.857	1.000	0	0	0
George Throop	P	4	0	5.3	1	2	0	0	1.000	5.063	.750	0	0	0
Gary Lance	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Freddie Patek	SS	154	148	1304.7	252	413	29	70	.958	4.587	4.318	0	0	0
Bob Heise	SS	21	7	83.0	19	30	3	8	.942	5.313	2.333	0	0	0
U. L. Washington	SS	9	6	62.0	13	21	5	4	.872	4.935	3.778	0	0	0
Frank White	SS	4	1	10.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.700	.750	0	0	0
George Brett	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals		1897	1456	13146.0	4382	1788	137	384	.978	4.224	3.253	13	84	51	37.8

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF
Paul Splittorff	ALCS	1	0	1.000	2.40	2	2	0	0	15.0	14	4	4	1	3	0	4	0	0	62
Dennis Leonard	ALCS	1	1	.500	3.00	2	1	0	1	9.0	5	4	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	34
Doug Bird	ALCS	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9
Steve Mingori	ALCS	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
Marty Pattin	ALCS	0	0		1.50	1	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
Mark Littell	ALCS	0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	3.0	5	3	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	18
Andy Hassler	ALCS	0	1	.000	4.76	1	1	0	0	5.7	5	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	22
Larry Gura	ALCS	0	1	.000	18.00	2	1	0	0	2.0	7	5	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	14
Totals		2	3	.400	3.27	16	5	4	1	44.0	46	21	16	2	9	2	16	1	1	187

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF
Hal McRae	ALCS	5	21	18	6	8	3	0	1	2	0	1	3	1	.444	.524	.778	1.302	14	0	0	0
Freddie Patek	ALCS	5	22	18	4	7	3	1	0	5	0	0	1	2	.389	.400	.667	1.067	12	1	2	1
George Brett	ALCS	5	21	20	2	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	.300	.333	.500	.833	10	0	0	0
Darrell Porter	ALCS	5	18	15	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.333	.444	.333	.778	5	0	0	0
Frank White	ALCS	5	19	18	1	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	.278	.263	.333	.596	6	0	0	1
Al Cowens	ALCS	5	20	19	2	5	0	0	1	5	0	1	1	3	.263	.300	.421	.721	8	1	0	0
John Mayberry	ALCS	4	13	12	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.500	.731	6	0	0	0
Amos Otis	ALCS	5	18	16	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	3	.125	.222	.188	.410	3	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	ALCS	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Tom Poquette	ALCS	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0
Joe Lahoud	ALCS	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0
Pete LaCock	ALCS	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Joe Zdeb	ALCS	4	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
John Wathan	ALCS	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mark Littell	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Dennis Leonard	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Andy Hassler	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Larry Gura	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Doug Bird	ALCS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Paul Splittorff	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Marty Pattin	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Steve Mingori	ALCS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		68	182	163	22	42	9	3	3	21	5	4	15	22	.258	.317	.405	.722	66	2	2	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
John Mayberry	ALCS	1B	4	4	30.0	29	1	2	0	.938	9.000	7.500
John Wathan	ALCS	1B	2	1	11.0	17	0	0	0	1.000	13.909	8.500
Pete LaCock	ALCS	1B	1	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	12.000	4.000
Frank White	ALCS	2B	5	5	44.0	13	16	0	1	1.000	5.932	5.800
George Brett	ALCS	3B	5	5	44.0	5	12	2	2	.895	3.477	3.400
Darrell Porter	ALCS	C	5	5	43.0	18	0	0	0	1.000	3.767	3.600
John Wathan	ALCS	C	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	18.000	2.000
Amos Otis	ALCS	CF	5	4	38.0	11	1	0	0	1.000	2.842	2.400
Al Cowens	ALCS	CF	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Joe Zdeb	ALCS	LF	4	2	21.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.714	1.000
Hal McRae	ALCS	LF	2	2	17.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.588	1.500
Tom Poquette	ALCS	LF	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Paul Splittorff	ALCS	P	2	2	15.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.500
Dennis Leonard	ALCS	P	2	1	9.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Marty Pattin	ALCS	P	1	0	6.0	1	2	0	1	1.000	4.500	3.000
Andy Hassler	ALCS	P	1	1	5.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.588	1.000
Mark Littell	ALCS	P	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Larry Gura	ALCS	P	2	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Doug Bird	ALCS	P	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Steve Mingori	ALCS	P	3	0	1.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Al Cowens	ALCS	RF	5	4	38.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	3.316	2.800
Tom Poquette	ALCS	RF	1	1	6.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	3.000
Freddie Patek	ALCS	SS	5	5	44.0	8	18	1	0	.963	5.318	5.200
Totals			63	45	396.0	132	54	5	4	.974	4.227	2.952

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