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    1978 Kansas City Royals

    1978 Kansas City Royals
    92 - 70, 1st place in the AL West
    1977 / 1979 (Team History)

    Runs Scored/Avg Tm:
    743 / 683 (+60)

    Runs Allowed/Avg Tm:
    634 / 688 (+54)


    Home:
    56 - 25 (.691)

    Away:
    36 - 45 (.444)

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    1978 Kansas City Royals

    Glossary

    Left Field
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Tom Poquette 226 1.2 -0.1 1.5
    Willie Wilson 223 1.0 0.3 1.1
    Steve Braun 167 0.7 0.8 -0.0
    Joe Zdeb 141 -0.6 -0.1 -0.3
    Luis Silverio 14 0.5 0.5 0.0
    Center Field
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Amos Otis 567 7.4 5.6 1.7
    Right Field
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Al Cowens 534 1.9 1.5 0.8
    Clint Hurdle 481 1.3 2.2 -0.3
    Shortstop
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Freddie Patek 496 1.7 1.3 -0.6
    U. L. Washington 142 -0.5 -0.1 -0.8
    Third Base
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    George Brett 558 5.4 4.0 0.9
    Jerry Terrell 147 -0.7 -1.1 0.2
    Jamie Quirk 34 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1
    Dave Cripe 13 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1
    Second Base
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Frank White 501 4.0 2.1 1.3
    First Base
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Pete LaCock 347 0.9 1.6 -0.2
    John Wathan 203 1.2 0.7 0.6
    Catcher
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Darrell Porter 602 4.2 3.1 0.1
    Art Kusnyer 15 0.0 0.1 -0.1
    Jim Gaudet 8 -0.0 -0.0 0.0
    Designated Hitter
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Hal McRae 692 1.1 2.8 -0.1
    Joe Lahoud 16 -0.3 -0.2 -0.0
    Starting Pitcher
    Player Age IP WAR Pit Off
    Dennis Leonard 27 294.2 3.9 3.9 0.0
    Paul Splittorff 31 262.0 2.8 2.8 0.0
    Larry Gura 30 221.2 4.5 4.5 0.0
    Rich Gale 24 192.1 2.9 2.9 0.0
    Andy Hassler 26 58.1 -0.5 -0.5 0.0
    Jim Colborn 32 28.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.0
    Steve Busby 28 21.1 -0.6 -0.6 0.0
    Relief Pitcher
    Player Age IP WAR Pit Off
    Doug Bird 28 98.2 -2.1 -2.1 0.0
    Marty Pattin 35 78.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.0
    Al Hrabosky 28 75.0 1.7 1.7 0.0
    Steve Mingori 34 69.0 0.8 0.8 0.0
    Randy McGilberry 24 25.2 -0.4 -0.4 0.0
    Bill Paschall 24 8.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
    George Throop 27 3.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
    Steve Foucault 28 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0