1974 Kansas City Royals roster

29 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1974 MLB season.

1974 Royals roster: batting

1974 Kansas City Royals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Amos Otis14655287157127318.284.348.786
Cookie Rojas144542521476608.271.309.649
Hal McRae14853971167158811.310.375.850
Freddie Patek1495377212133833.225.324.622
Jim Wohlford1435015513624416.271.327.670
George Brett133457491292478.282.313.676
Fran Healy1394455911295316.252.343.718
John Mayberry1264276310022694.234.358.782
Vada Pinson1154064611264121.276.312.686
Al Cowens11026928651255.242.303.589
Tony Solaita9623931647300.268.361.767
Frank White9920419451183.221.239.533
Buck Martinez431071023180.215.317.607
Orlando Cepeda331073231181.215.282.572
Dennis Paepke61202000.167.231.397
Bobby Floyd10911000.111.273.384
Rick Reichardt11010001.0001.0002.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1974 Royals roster: pitching

1974 Kansas City Royals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Steve BusbySP383822143.39292.11981.290
Paul SplittorffRP363613194.10226.0901.450
Al FitzmorrisP34271362.79190.0531.331
Bruce Dal CantonP31228103.13175.1961.240
Marty PattinRP2511373.99117.1501.270
Lindy McDanielP385143.46106.2471.251
Nelson BrilesP1817574.02103.0411.350
Doug BirdRP551762.7392.1621.3810
Steve MingoriP360232.8167.1431.132
Joe HoernerP300233.8235.1241.252
Dennis LeonardSP54045.3222.081.820
Aurelio LopezRP81005.6316.051.940

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.