 | Whitey Herzog | Manager | 5th season | 180-190 | .486 | | | Steve Boros | Bench Coach | | Charlie Lau | Hitting Coach | | Galen Cisco | Pitching Coach |
Royals Stadium (40,625 / Grass) | LFL | LF | LC | CF | RC | RF | RFL | Distances
Walls | 330
12 | 353
12 | 375
12 | 410
12 | 375
12 | 353
12 | 330
12 |
| 1976 All-Stars: | 3B George Brett / LF Hal McRae / RP Steve Mingori / CF Amos Otis / SS Freddie Patek |
Key Offseason Transactions:
- Lost Al Fitzmorris, Steve Staggs and Tom Bruno to TOR in expansion draft.
- Lost Ruppert Jones and Bob Stinson to SEA in expansion draft.
- Purchased Bob Heise from BOS.
- Traded Jim Wohlford, Jamie Quirk and Bob McClure to MIL for Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter.
- Traded Sheldon Mallory to NYM as part of three team trade.
Received Pete LaCock from CUB as part of three team trade. - Released Ken Sanders.
- Released Tommy Davis.
- Signed Joe Lahoud as a free agent.
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Starting Pitching: C
| Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | W | L | S | IP | BB | K | ERA | AVG | SP
SP
SP
SP
SP | Dennis Leonard
Paul Splittorff
Jim Colborn
Andy Hassler
Marty Pattin | 25
30
30
25
34 | 3
7
8
5
9 | B
C
D+
D-
A- | 17
11
9
5
8 | 10
8
15
12
14 | 0
0
0
0
5 | 259.0
158.2
225.2
147.0
141.0 | 70
59
54
56
38 | 150
59
101
61
65 | 3.51
3.97
3.71
3.61
2.49 | .251
.271
.266
.250
.217 |
Bullpen: B- | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | W | L | S | IP | BB | K | ERA | AVG | MR
MR
MR
MR
MR | Doug Bird
Tom Hall
Randy McGilberry
Steve Mingori
Larry Gura | 27
29
23
33
29 | 4
9
0
7
7 | B+
D+
D+
A+
A- | 12
2
0
5
4 | 10
2
0
5
0 | 2
1
0
10
1 | 197.2
35.0
0.0
85.1
62.2 | 31
23
0
25
20 | 107
27
0
38
22 | 3.37
4.63
0.00
2.32
2.30 | .248
.248
.000
.239
.209 |
Closer: A+
| Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | W | L | S | IP | BB | K | ERA | AVG | | CL | Mark Littell | 24 | 3 | A+ | 8 | 4 | 16 | 104.0 | 60 | 92 | 2.08 | .187 |
Infield: D- | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP | C
1B
2B
3B
SS | Darrell Porter
John Mayberry
Bob Heise
George Brett
Freddie Patek | 25
28
29
23
32 | 6
9
10
4
9 | F
F
F
B+
D | 389
594
56
645
432 | 81
138
15
215
104 | 43
76
5
94
58 | 5
13
0
7
1 | 32
95
5
67
43 | .208
.232
.268
.333
.241 | 2
3
0
21
51 | .298
.322
.293
.377
.318 |
Outfield: C | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP | LF
CF
RF | Hal McRae
Amos Otis
Al Cowens | 31
29
25 | 8
9
3 | B+
C+
F | 527
592
581 | 175
165
154 | 75
93
71 | 8
18
3 | 73
86
59 | .332
.279
.265 | 22
26
23 | .407
.341
.298 |
Designated Hitter: D | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP | | DH | Pete LaCock | 25 | 5 | D | 244 | 54 | 34 | 8 | 28 | .221 | 1 | .337 |
Bench: B- | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP | C
2B
SS
LF
LF | John Wathan
Dave Nelson
U.L. Washington
Joe Lahoud
Tom Poquette | 27
32
23
29
25 | 1
9
0
9
2 | F+
F
B+
F
D+ | 42
153
0
185
344 | 12
36
0
37
104 | 5
24
0
18
43 | 0
1
0
1
2 | 5
17
0
9
34 | .286
.235
.000
.200
.302 | 0
15
0
1
6 | .333
.298
.000
.312
.361 |
Prediction: 85-77. Second in the AL West.
Last edited by GrimmyDee; 06-07-2009 at 11:20 AM.
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