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1974 Kansas City Royals  (1973)  (1975) 84-78, 3rd in AL Western Division Scored 798 runs, Allowed 702 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .712 Park Factor: Batting - 94 / Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 88-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 77-85 Manager(s): Mike Rodriguez

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 DH  Hal McRae            28  154  589   96  214  48   4  19  127  26  13   46   84  .363  .413  .555  135   9.1            118  
 SS #Larry Bowa           28  162  723  112  218  30  16   3   53  88  20   28   37  .302  .327  .400   99   4.8  1e12       90  
 OF  Dusty Baker          25  160  613   97  152  38   0  19   86  36  11   68   96  .248  .320  .403   80   4.4  2(-3)e8   -34  
 1B *John Mayberry        25  135  476   83  123  18   1  23   81   6   2   64   63  .258  .355  .445   80   5.9  2e15       18  
 3B *George Brett         21  146  484   51  160  34   6   3   70  12  13   27   45  .331  .364  .444   76   5.8  2e26      132  
 OF  Amos Otis            27  155  611  100  143  31  11   8   71  22   1   49   82  .234  .292  .360   70   3.9  1(-4)e7  -134  
 2B  Cookie Rojas         35  161  564   45  148  17   0   6   60  13   8   28   55  .262  .298  .324   55   3.3  2e11      -26  
 OF *Del Unser            29  108  319   43   98  14   1  11   55   5   4   33   38  .307  .371  .461   55   6.4  2(-1)e7    96  
 C   Ellie Rodriguez      28  136  423   50   90  19   0   5   40   7   6   65   74  .213  .346  .293   49   3.7  2(-2)e3   -91  
 DH *Tony Solaita         27   68  144   28   47  10   0   8   28   0   0   28   34  .326  .436  .562   36   9.7            232  
 1B *Bruce Bochte         23   69  210   26   62   4   1   2   28  22   5   25   21  .295  .373  .352   29   5.1  3e30       16  
 OF  Jim Wohlford         23   75  232   31   52   9   4   0   27  17   4   14   35  .224  .276  .297   18   2.4  4(+2)e6   -97  
 C   Buck Martinez        25   50  104   12   25   1   4   0   10   0   0   24   16  .240  .410  .327   16   5.3  4(+2)e10  131  
 UT  Bobby Valentine      24   49  131   14   26   1   0   1   13   5   5   10    6  .198  .269  .229    8   2.1           -139  
 3B *Roy Howell           20    4   11    3    4   2   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .364  .462  .818    4  16.9  4e47      656  
 C   Ken Rudolph          27   16   32    3    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    6    3  .156  .300  .156    1   1.7  2(+2)e2  -172  
 OF  Al Cowens            22   12   46    4    9   0   0   0    2   1   0    0   10  .196  .196  .196    1   1.4  2(-2)e3  -198  
 UT  Frank White          23    3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -533  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           820                   14

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Paul Splittorff      27  22   6  .786  32  32   9   0   0   0   2  245.1  242   87   79  25   68  119  2.90  103   3.8  -88  
  P  Steve Busby          24  22  18  .550  43  41  14   2   0   0   2  305.2  296  149  134  23  106  216  3.95  141   4.1    5  
  P  Tom Griffin          26  11  14  .440  38  37   3   1   0   0   1  230.2  246  133  117  24   92  103  4.57  127   4.9   21  
  P  Al Fitzmorris        28   8  11  .421  43  22   5  14   1   3   1  144.0  139   65   57  14   50   49  3.56   60   3.8  -12  
  P *Andy Hassler         22   8  11  .421  27  27   2   0   0   0   0  168.2  161   99   87  21   86   83  4.64   87   4.6   80  
  P *Fred Scherman        29   5   4  .556  35   0   0   8   0   0   0   31.1   36   20   20   4    9   16  5.74   19   5.7   13  
  P  Don Carrithers       24   2   2  .500  49   0   0   5   2   0   0   48.2   46   20   17   4   15   19  3.14   19   3.5  -37  
  P  Dick Bosman          30   2   2  .500  46   0   0  15   0   1   0   78.1   70   27   24   8   14   33  2.76   32   3.8  -59  
  P *Steve Mingori        30   2   2  .500  51   0   0  39  27   7   0   73.0   54   17   16   9   18   36  1.97   21   2.7  -17  
  P  Dennis Leonard       23   1   1  .500   6   1   0   2   0   0   0   15.0   17    6    6   1    1    4  3.60    6   3.7  -67  
  P  Doug Bird            24   1   4  .200  66   0   0  28  13   1   0   83.0   97   39   34   7   26   58  3.69   48   5.3    4  
  P  Wayne Twitchell      26   0   0  .000   6   0   0   0   0   0   0    4.1    8    3    3   0    0    4  6.23    3   6.3    4  
  P *John Morris          32   0   1  .000  35   0   0   4   1   0   0   22.0   16   10    9   3    5   12  3.68    6   2.8   33  
  P  Doyle Alexander      23   0   2  .000  21   2   0  11   1   2   0   38.1   45   27   25   9   13   17  5.87   26   6.3   96  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      704         -3

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ellie Rodriguez 1130 120 135 667 32 2 3 .997 36 17 Buck Martinez 268 32 41 153 11 7 1 .959 22 10 Ken Rudolph 90 10 16 52 8 0 0 1.000 7 6 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Mayberry 1121 121 133 1152 101 11 141 .991 10.06 Bruce Bochte 313 36 40 292 29 2 38 .994 9.24 Tony Solaita 32 3 5 34 1 0 1 1.000 9.84 Bobby Valentine 22 2 2 24 3 0 0 1.000 10.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cookie Rojas 1453 161 161 472 479 5 145 .995 5.89 Bobby Valentine 31 1 12 8 5 0 1 1.000 3.82 Frank White 5 0 2 3 4 0 2 1.000 12.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Brett 1154 122 142 128 238 19 35 .951 2.85 Hal McRae 242 29 30 25 57 7 2 .921 3.05 Bobby Valentine 70 8 11 8 15 2 3 .920 2.94 Roy Howell 13 2 2 2 2 1 1 .800 2.77 Frank White 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Tony Solaita 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Bowa 1473 160 162 264 620 15 128 .983 5.40 Bobby Valentine 15 2 2 2 5 0 1 1.000 4.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Del Unser 665 72 93 124 9 1 1 .993 1.80 Jim Wohlford 342 36 46 78 2 1 2 .988 2.11 Bruce Bochte 165 19 24 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Bobby Valentine 148 17 19 24 1 1 0 .962 1.52 Al Cowens 92 10 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 Hal McRae 70 7 10 6 0 1 0 .857 0.78 Tony Solaita 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Amos Otis 1364 147 154 431 19 6 1 .987 2.97 Del Unser 109 13 13 44 0 1 0 .978 3.64 Dusty Baker 16 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dusty Baker 1429 155 157 329 16 5 3 .986 2.17 Bruce Bochte 28 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Tony Solaita 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 Al Cowens 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Del Unser 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Bobby Valentine 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1974 Draft

Round 1 (#15):	Ellie Rodriguez
Round 2 (#31):	Bruce Bochte
Round 3 (#49):	Don Carrithers
Round 4 (#65):	John Morris
Round 5 (#80):	Fred Scherman
Round 6 (#95):	Ken Rudolph
Round 7 (#109):	Wayne Twitchell

Transactions

• 1974-16: traded Dick Bosman to TEA for Roy Howell
• 1974 postseason: released Tom Griffin

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