1979 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Royals Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Owners | Ewing Kauffman | |
General managers | Joe Burke | |
Managers | Whitey Herzog (fourth full season) | |
Television |
KBMA (Steve Shannon, Dave Nelson) | |
Radio |
WIBW (AM) ( Denny Matthews, Fred White) | |
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The 1979 Kansas City Royals season was their 11th season in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished second in the American League West at 85–77, three games behind the California Angels and ending Kansas City's run of three consecutive division titles. Darrell Porter tied a single-season franchise record with 112 runs batted in. George Brett led the American League in hits (212) and triples (20). Manager Whitey Herzog was fired following the season.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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California Angels | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | — | 49–32 | 39–42 |
Kansas City Royals | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 3 | 46–35 | 39–42 |
Texas Rangers | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 5 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
Minnesota Twins | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 6 | 39–42 | 43–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 73 | 87 | 0.456 | 14 | 33–46 | 40–41 |
Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 21 | 36–45 | 31–50 |
Oakland Athletics | 54 | 108 | 0.333 | 34 | 31–50 | 23–58 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 9–3 | 8–3 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 11–2 |
Boston | 5–8 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 |
California | 3–9 | 7–5 | — | 9–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 3–8 | 6–5 | 4–9 | — | 6–6 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 11–2 | 7–5 |
Cleveland | 5–8 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Detroit | 6–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 9–3 |
Milwaukee | 5–8 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 10–3 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 3–9 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 4–9 | 11–1 |
New York | 6–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | — | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 |
Oakland | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–10 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 2–11 | 4–8 |
Seattle | 2–10 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 8–4 |
Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 2–11 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 11–2 | 7–6 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 2–11 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 3–10 | 1–11 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — |
1979 Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Darrell Porter | 157 | 533 | 155 | .291 | 20 | 112 |
1B | Pete LaCock | 132 | 408 | 113 | .277 | 3 | 56 |
2B | Frank White | 127 | 467 | 124 | .266 | 10 | 48 |
3B | George Brett | 154 | 645 | 212 | .329 | 23 | 107 |
SS | Freddie Patek | 106 | 306 | 77 | .252 | 1 | 37 |
LF | Willie Wilson | 154 | 588 | 185 | .315 | 6 | 49 |
CF | Al Cowens | 136 | 516 | 152 | .295 | 9 | 73 |
RF | Hal McRae | 101 | 393 | 113 | .288 | 10 | 74 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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U L Washington | 101 | 268 | 68 | .254 | 2 | 25 |
John Wathan | 90 | 199 | 41 | .206 | 2 | 28 |
Clint Hurdle | 59 | 171 | 41 | .240 | 3 | 30 |
George Scott | 44 | 146 | 39 | .267 | 1 | 20 |
Todd Cruz | 55 | 118 | 24 | .203 | 2 | 15 |
Steve Braun | 58 | 116 | 31 | .267 | 4 | 10 |
Jamie Quirk | 51 | 79 | 24 | .304 | 1 | 11 |
Jerry Terrell | 31 | 40 | 12 | .300 | 1 | 2 |
Tom Poquette | 21 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 3 |
Jim Nettles | 11 | 23 | 2 | .087 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Zdeb | 15 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Gaudet | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Germán Barranca | 5 | 5 | 3 | .600 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Paul Splittorff | 36 | 240.0 | 15 | 17 | 4.24 | 77 |
Dennis Leonard | 32 | 236.0 | 14 | 12 | 4.08 | 126 |
Larry Gura | 39 | 233.2 | 13 | 12 | 4.47 | 85 |
Rich Gale | 34 | 181.2 | 9 | 10 | 5.65 | 103 |
Craig Chamberlain | 10 | 69.2 | 4 | 4 | 3.75 | 30 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Steve Busby | 22 | 94.1 | 6 | 6 | 3.63 | 45 |
Marty Pattin | 31 | 94.1 | 5 | 2 | 4.58 | 41 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Al Hrabosky | 58 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3.74 | 39 |
Dan Quisenberry | 32 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3.15 | 13 |
Steve Mingori | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5.79 | 18 |
Eduardo Rodríguez | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4.84 | 26 |
Renie Martin | 25 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5.19 | 25 |
Bill Paschall | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.59 | 3 |
Gary Christenson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 4 |
Craig Eaton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 4 |
George Throop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Jerry Terrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |