1979 Kansas City Royals

American League
Record: 85 - 77
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Position Players
Player Pos Type GP PA/162 H HR RBI R SB SO BB BA OBP SLG F/R/A Salary
Darrell PorterCF15767915520112101365121.291.421.484C/C+/A+$6.65M
Jamie QuirkCF51852411180135.304.353.443C/D-/D-$456K
Pete Lacock1BF1324531133565422637.277.334.380A/D-$2.13M
George Scott1BP44162391201913212.267.329.370C-/B$743K
John Wathan1BF9021641228262247.206.227.302B/D-/D$662K
Frank White2BF127503124104873285425.266.300.403B/B$3.49M
George Brett3BF15470121223107119173651.329.376.563C/A+$7.07M
Freddie PatekSSF1063387713730114216.252.293.317C/D-$1.44M
U.L. WashingtonSSF1013006822532104420.254.299.358B/D-$1.41M
Todd CruzSSF551262421590193.203.224.314B+/D-$351K
Hal McRaeDHF10144311310745554638.288.351.466D-/D-$2.48M
Amos OtisOFF1516601701890100309268.295.369.444A/A$6.47M
Willie WilsonOFF154640185649113839228.315.351.420B/A$5.70M
Al CowensOFF13656815297369104440.295.345.409B/C$3.71M
Clint HurdleOFF59204413301602428.240.343.386C-/D$934K
Steve BraunOFF58139314101501122.267.384.388C/D-$652K
Pitchers
Player Role Type GP IP/162 GS ERA OAV WHIP K/BB K/9 BB/9 HR/9 Salary
Dennis LeonardSF32236.00324.080.2531.192.2504.812.141.258$5.27M
Larry GuraSF39234.00334.470.2531.281.1643.272.811.117$4.94M
Paul SplittorffSF36240.00354.240.2681.351.0002.892.890.938$4.76M
Rich GaleSF34182.00315.650.2781.631.0405.104.900.941$3.09M
Steve BusbySF2295.00123.630.2201.430.7034.296.110.954$1.99M
Craig ChamberlainSF1070.00103.750.2611.231.6673.882.330.904$1.43M
Marty PattinRF3195.0074.580.2931.381.9523.912.001.050$1.61M
Al HraboskyRF5865.0003.740.2721.660.9515.405.680.415$1.22M
Eduardo RodriguezRF2975.0014.840.2761.520.7653.154.121.090$1.16M
Renie MartinRF2535.0005.190.2481.331.7866.493.640.260$866K
Dan QuisenberryRF3240.0003.150.2781.231.8572.931.581.125$699K
Steve MingoriRF3047.0015.790.3481.841.0593.473.281.929$375K

The 1979 Kansas City Royals roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1979 Kansas City Royals.

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