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1979 American League West
Team Record GB
California Angels 88 - 74 —
Kansas City Royals 85 - 77 3.0
Texas Rangers 83 - 79 5.0
Minnesota Twins 82 - 80 6.0
Chicago White Sox 73 - 87 14.0
Seattle Mariners 67 - 95 21.0
Oakland Athletics 54 - 108 34.0

AL Wild Card
Runs Scored: 851
Runs Allowed: 816
Attendance: 2,261,845

1979 Kansas City Royals Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Darrell Porter C 27 157 533 101 155 23 10 20 112 121 8 65 3 4 4 8 11 .291 .421 .484 .905
Pete LaCock 1B 27 132 408 54 113 25 4 3 56 37 7 26 2 1 1 1 16 .277 .334 .380 .714
Frank White 2B 28 127 467 73 124 26 4 10 48 25 3 54 28 8 3 1 11 .266 .300 .403 .703
George Brett 3B 26 154 645 119 212 42 20 23 107 51 14 36 17 10 1 0 8 .329 .376 .563 .939
Freddie Patek SS 34 106 306 30 77 17 0 1 37 16 0 42 11 12 10 3 6 .252 .293 .317 .610
Willie Wilson LF 23 154 588 113 185 18 13 6 49 28 3 92 83 12 13 7 1 .315 .351 .420 .771
Amos Otis CF 32 151 577 100 170 28 2 18 90 68 8 92 30 5 7 3 12 .295 .369 .444 .813
Al Cowens RF 27 136 516 69 152 18 7 9 73 40 4 44 10 8 2 3 12 .295 .345 .409 .754
Hal McRae DH 33 101 393 55 113 32 4 10 74 38 0 46 5 4 1 4 6 .288 .351 .466 .817

1979 Kansas City Royals Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
U L Washington 25 101 268 32 68 12 5 2 25 20 1 44 10 7 6 0 1 .254 .299 .358 .657
John Wathan 29 90 199 26 41 7 3 2 28 7 1 24 2 1 5 0 7 .206 .227 .302 .529
Clint Hurdle 21 59 171 16 41 10 3 3 30 28 4 24 0 1 0 1 4 .240 .343 .386 .729
Steve Braun 31 58 116 15 31 2 0 4 10 22 2 11 0 0 1 0 2 .267 .384 .388 .772
Todd Cruz 23 55 118 9 24 7 0 2 15 3 0 19 0 1 1 1 2 .203 .224 .314 .538
Jamie Quirk 24 51 79 8 24 6 1 1 11 5 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 .304 .353 .443 .796
George Scott 35 44 146 19 39 8 2 1 20 12 1 32 1 1 1 2 12 .267 .329 .370 .699
Jerry Terrell 32 31 40 5 12 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .300 .317 .450 .767
Tom Poquette 27 21 26 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .192 .214 .192 .406
Joe Zdeb 26 15 23 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 .174 .240 .304 .544
Jim Nettles 32 11 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .087 .192 .087 .279
German Barranca 22 5 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400
Jim Gaudet 24 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .334

1979 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Paul Splittorff 32 36 35 15 17 .469 4.24 240.0 137 113 248 25 77 77 .263 5 1 11 0 0 4.74
Larry Gura 31 39 33 13 12 .520 4.47 233.2 137 116 226 29 73 85 .248 7 5 7 1 0 4.91
Dennis Leonard 28 32 32 14 12 .538 4.08 236.0 117 107 226 33 56 126 .249 2 8 12 5 0 4.49
Rich Gale 25 34 31 9 10 .474 5.65 181.2 131 114 197 19 99 103 .271 4 5 2 1 0 4.93
Steve Busby 29 22 12 6 6 .500 3.63 94.1 45 38 71 10 64 45 .213 8 1 4 0 0 5.71
Craig Chamberlain 22 10 10 4 4 .500 3.75 69.2 31 29 68 7 18 30 .254 1 2 4 0 0 4.26

1979 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Al Hrabosky 29 58 0 9 4 .692 3.74 65.0 31 27 67 3 41 39 .266 1 7 0 0 11 4.34
Dan Quisenberry 26 32 0 3 2 .600 3.15 40.0 16 14 42 5 7 13 .269 0 1 0 0 5 4.50
Marty Pattin 36 31 7 5 2 .714 4.58 94.1 50 48 109 11 21 41 .286 1 4 1 0 3 4.35
Steve Mingori 35 30 1 3 3 .500 5.79 46.2 36 30 69 10 17 18 .337 1 0 0 0 1 6.17
Eduardo Rodriguez 27 29 1 4 1 .800 4.84 74.1 42 40 79 9 34 26 .270 3 4 1 0 2 5.37
Renie Martin 23 25 0 0 3 .000 5.19 34.2 20 20 32 1 14 25 .239 1 2 0 0 5 3.23
Bill Paschall 25 7 0 0 1 .000 6.59 13.2 11 10 18 2 5 3 .295 2 0 0 0 0 6.00
Gary Christenson 26 6 0 0 0 .000 3.38 10.2 5 4 10 1 2 4 .244 0 0 0 0 0 4.03
Craig Eaton 24 5 0 0 0 .000 2.70 10.0 3 3 8 0 3 4 .211 0 0 0 0 0 3.10
George Throop 28 4 0 0 0 .000 13.50 2.2 4 4 7 0 5 1 .467 0 0 0 0 0 7.88
Jerry Terrell 32 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 3.00