1975 Kansas City Royals roster

30 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1975 MLB season.

1975 Royals roster: batting

1975 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.
George BrettDH15963484195119013.308.353.809
John Mayberry1B15655495161341065.291.416.963
Freddie Patek2B1364835811054532.228.291.599
Hal McRaeDH1264805814757111.306.366.808
Amos OtisCF1324708711694639.247.342.727
Cookie Rojas—120406341032374.254.304.626
Jim Wohlford3B116353459003012.255.317.629
Al CowensDH120328449144212.277.340.742
Vada Pinson—10331938714225.223.248.583
Harmon Killebrew—106312256214441.199.317.692
Frank White2B111304437673611.250.297.662
Tony Solaita—93231356016440.260.369.884
Buck MartinezC8022615513231.226.293.616
Fran Healy—5618816482184.255.307.642
Bob StinsonC631471839191.265.345.706
Jamie QuirkC1439210150.256.293.626
Rodney Scott2B4815131004.067.125.192
Gary Martz—1100000.000.000.000

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

1975 Royals roster: pitching

1975 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 BusbySP343418123.08260.11601.210
Al FitzmorrisP353516123.57242.0781.300
Dennis LeonardSP32301573.77212.11461.420
Marty PattinRP441510103.25177.0891.235
Paul SplittorffRP35239103.17159.0761.331
Nelson BrilesP2416664.26112.0731.362
Doug BirdRP514963.25105.1811.3311
Lindy McDanielP400514.1578.0401.351
Steve MingoriP360032.5050.1251.232
Mark LittellRP73123.7024.1191.400
Bob McClureRP120100.0015.0151.201
George ThroopP70004.009.081.112

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.