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1976 Kansas City Royals season

 
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1976 Kansas City Royals
1976 AL West Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1976 information
Owner(s) Ewing Kauffman
Manager(s) Whitey Herzog
Local television KBMA
(Dick Carlson)
Local radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1976 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L GB Pct.
Kansas City Royals 90 72 -- .556
Oakland Athletics 87 74 2.5 .540
Minnesota Twins 85 77 5 .525
Texas Rangers 76 86 14 .469
California Angels 76 86 14 .469
Chicago White Sox 64 97 25.5 .398

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1976 Kansas City Royals roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1B Mayberry, JohnJohn Mayberry 161 594 138 .232 13 95
2B White, FrankFrank White 152 446 102 .229 2 46
3B Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett 159 645 215 .333 7 67
SS Patek, FreddieFreddie Patek 144 432 104 .241 1 43

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Nelson, DaveDave Nelson 78 153 36 .235 1 17
Quirk, JamieJamie Quirk 64 114 28 .246 1 15
Healy, FranFran Healy 8 24 3 .125 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Fitzmorris, AlAl Fitzmorris 35 220.1 15 11 3.06 80
Splittorff, PaulPaul Splittorff 26 158.2 11 8 3.97 59
Hassler, AndyAndy Hassler 19 99.2 5 6 2.89 45
Busby, SteveSteve Busby 13 71.2 3 3 4.40 29

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bird, DougDoug Bird 39 197.2 12 10 3.37 107
Gura, LarryLarry Gura 20 62.2 4 0 2.30 22

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Littell, MarkMark Littell 60 8 4 16 2.08 92
Mingori, SteveSteve Mingori 55 5 5 10 2.32 38
Hall, TomTom Hall 31 1 1 1 4.45 25
Bruno, TomTom Bruno 12 1 0 0 6.75 11
McClure, BobBob McClure 8 0 0 0 9.00 3
Cram, JerryJerry Cram 4 0 0 0 6.23 2
Nelson, RogerRoger Nelson 3 0 0 0 2.08 4

ALCS

Main article: 1976 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 9, 1976 at Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2
W: Catfish Hunter (1-0)   L: Larry Gura (0-1)
HR: None

Game 2

October 10, 1976 at Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 5
Kansas City 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 7 9 0
W: Paul Splittorff (1-0)   L: Ed Figueroa (0-1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 12, 1976 at Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
New York 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 5 9 0
W: Dock Ellis (1-0)   L: Andy Hassler (0-1)   S: Sparky Lyle (1)
HR: NYY: – Chris Chambliss (1)

Game 4

October 13, 1976 at Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7 9 1
New York 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 11 0
W: Doug Bird (1-0)   L: Catfish Hunter (1-1)   S: Steve Mingori (1)
HR: NYY: – Graig Nettles 2 (2)

Game 5

October 14, 1976 at Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 11 1
New York 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 11 1
W: Dick Tidrow (1-0)   L: Mark Littell (0-1)
HR: KCR: – John Mayberry (1), George Brett (1)   NYY: – Chris Chambliss (2)

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Billy Gardner
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Bill Scripture
A Waterloo Royals Midwest League John Sullivan
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League José Martínez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo

Notes

  1. ^ Harmon Killebrew page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Dave Nelson page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Roger Nelson page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Bill Paschall page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0963718983. 

External links

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1976 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Texas
NL East
NL West
1976 All-Star Game • 1976 World Series
Preceded by
Oakland Athletics
1975		 AL West Championship Season
1976		 Succeeded by
Kansas City Royals
1977
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Kansas City Royals
Based in Kansas City, Missouri
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Important Figures
Team Hall of Fame
Retired Numbers
5 • 10 • 20 • 42
Minors
Key Personnel
Owner: David Glass • General Manager: Dayton Moore • Manager: Trey Hillman
Team Managers
World Series
Championships (1)
American League
Pennants (2)
Division Titles
Western: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 (second half) • 1984 • 1985 • Central: none • Wild Card: none


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