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1980 Kansas City Royals  (1979)  (1981) 75-87, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 746 runs, Allowed 722 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .706 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 91-71   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 97-65 Manager(s): Thomas Toney

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B *George Brett         27  118  456   85  171  32  10  20   83   5   1   44   29  .375  .427  .621  119  10.7  2e25      -70  
 OF #Willie Wilson        24  162  727   92  209  24  13   3   64  56  14   35   92  .287  .322  .369   90   4.4  1(-1)e6   -87  
 2B #Len Randle           31  144  503   68  146  19   8   9   68   3   3   61   53  .290  .365  .414   77   5.5  4e22       65  
 OF *Clint Hurdle         22  112  396   60  123  28   2  13   53   0   3   26   59  .311  .358  .490   65   6.0  3(-2)e15   41  
 OF  Hal McRae            35  118  475   64  119  30   2  10   54   2   1   33   59  .251  .303  .385   55   3.9  4(+3)e16 -136  
 1B *Willie Aikens        25  109  403   49  107  14   0  11   57   0   0   40   61  .266  .337  .382   53   4.6  4e16      -70  
 SS #U L Washington       26  119  425   48  112   7   2   7   45  11   4   45   51  .264  .332  .339   49   4.0  2e36      -41  
 C   John Wathan          30  128  433   40  114   6   3   7   67   6   7   44   50  .263  .335  .339   48   3.8  3(+1)e4  -109  
 OF  Amos Otis            33  102  378   50   87  14   5   6   47   7   1   40   75  .230  .308  .341   41   3.6  2(-3)e6   -50  
 C  *Darrell Porter       28   86  304   39   69  10   0  11   41   0   1   43   42  .227  .320  .368   38   4.3  3(0)e9     -7  
 2B  Frank White          29   76  245   34   79  10   5   5   31   6   1    6   20  .322  .341  .465   37   5.8  1e11      161  
 1B  Enos Cabell          30  103  366   51   99  13   2   2   30   2   1   15   44  .270  .299  .333   34   3.4  3e6       -23  
 SS #Larry Bowa           34  126  431   44   93   7   0   2   35  10   3   16   26  .216  .243  .246   26   2.0  2e19     -133  
 OF *Garry Hancock        26   20   78   11   24   3   0   4   16   0   0    4   14  .308  .341  .500   13   6.8  3(-1)e15   98  
 OF *Brian Asselstine     26   43  136   10   33   8   1   1   11   0   2    9   25  .243  .290  .338   11   2.6  3(-1)e12  -84  
 UT *Mike Cubbage         29    5    7    1    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    0  .286  .375  .714    1  10.7            427  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           766                  -43

     * - 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 *Larry Gura           32  14  12  .538  33  33  12   0   0   0   2  255.1  240  116  103  25   56  107  3.63  108   3.9  -21  
  P *Paul Splittorff      33  12  12  .500  34  34   3   0   0   0   0  212.0  280  129  115  29   41   63  4.88  141   6.0   50  
  P  Dennis Leonard       29  12  16  .429  34  34  10   0   0   0   1  247.2  253  132  117  23   60  133  4.25  118   4.3  -25  
  P  Rich Gale            26  10  14  .417  30  30   8   0   0   0   2  221.1  196   96   90  17   76  116  3.66   93   3.8  -47  
  P  Allen Ripley         27   9   4  .692  24  16   1   8   1   0   0  112.1  116   50   41   6   33   39  3.28   48   3.8  -76  
  P *Tug McGraw           35   6   4  .600  48   0   0  28   9   3   0   97.0   65   25   23   2   25   80  2.13   21   2.0  -46  
  P  Dan Quisenberry      27   6   7  .462  45   0   0  35   8   8   0   57.2   69   29   27   5    9   10  4.21   30   4.8   64  
  P  Renie Martin         24   4   7  .364  14  14   0   0   0   0   0   79.2   87   58   44   9   34   44  4.97   45   4.9  -27  
  P *Doug Capilla         28   2   2  .500  16   1   0  12   2   0   0   23.0   30   16    9   3   12   13  3.52   17   6.5   81  
  P *Kevin Saucier        23   0   0  .000   4   0   0   1   0   0   0   10.0   17    8    8   0    3    2  7.20    9   9.4  200  
  P *Gary Christenson     27   0   0  .000   2   0   0   2   0   0   0    2.2    2    0    0   0    0    2  0.00    0    .8 -335  
  P  Mike Barlow          32   0   0  .000  15   0   0   8   0   0   0   29.0   29    6    6   1    8   12  1.86   11   3.5 -112  
  P  Dan Larson           26   0   2  .000  24   0   0  10   0   0   0   40.0   40   15   13   2   16   14  2.92   20   4.5 -101  
  P  Ed Farmer            30   0   7  .000  53   0   0  24   6   5   0   76.1   72   42   30   9   41   28  3.54   41   4.9   13  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      708        -17

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- John Wathan 741 82 87 406 55 6 1 .987 45 28 Darrell Porter 723 80 84 351 42 5 6 .987 43 27 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Aikens 887 99 104 918 73 19 88 .981 10.05 Enos Cabell 476 51 63 483 28 3 33 .994 9.67 George Brett 88 11 11 100 3 0 10 1.000 10.53 Mike Cubbage 10 1 2 11 1 0 0 1.000 10.80 John Wathan 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Len Randle 884 99 102 261 230 15 67 .970 5.00 Frank White 580 63 72 205 181 4 39 .990 5.99 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Brett 924 102 106 102 195 15 21 .952 2.89 Len Randle 377 43 43 47 77 3 11 .976 2.96 Enos Cabell 153 17 18 24 26 5 5 .909 2.94 Mike Cubbage 10 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- U L Washington 964 108 110 211 350 18 61 .969 5.24 Larry Bowa 498 54 61 98 190 6 25 .980 5.20 Len Randle 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Wilson 811 90 90 184 7 4 0 .979 2.12 Hal McRae 528 58 59 100 2 2 1 .981 1.74 Amos Otis 124 14 14 22 1 1 0 .958 1.67 John Wathan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Amos Otis 775 86 86 236 12 3 3 .988 2.88 Willie Wilson 653 72 75 186 10 4 0 .980 2.70 Garry Hancock 36 4 4 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Clint Hurdle 636 70 79 157 5 6 3 .964 2.29 Brian Asselstine 355 40 41 79 3 3 0 .965 2.08 John Wathan 325 36 37 84 3 2 1 .978 2.41 Garry Hancock 142 16 16 37 1 1 0 .974 2.41 Frank White 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1980 Draft

Round 1 (#16):	Len Randle
Round 3 (#55):	Allen Ripley
Round 4 (#71):	Brian Asselstine
Round 5 (#86):	Doug Capilla
Round 6 (#95):	Mike Cubbage
Round 7 (#102):	Mike Barlow
Round 8 (#107):	Garry Hancock
Round 9 (#110):	Dan Larson

Transactions

• 1980-02: traded Dave Rosello to CHA for Kevin Saucier
• 1980 postseason: released Garry Hancock

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