1977 Kansas City Royals roster

33 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1977 MLB season.

1977 Royals roster: batting

1977 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.
Hal McRaeDH162641104191219218.298.366.881
Al CowensDH162606981892311216.312.361.885
George BrettDH139564105176228814.312.373.905
John Mayberry1B1535437312523821.230.336.737
Freddie Patek2B1544977213056053.262.320.688
Amos OtisCF14247885120177823.251.342.775
Frank White2B1524745911655023.245.284.626
Darrell PorterDH1304256111716601.275.353.804
Tom PoquetteCF106342431002331.292.337.749
Pete LaCock1B8821825663292.303.345.753
Joe Zdeb—10519526582236.297.346.720
Cookie Rojas—641568390101.250.285.605
John WathanC5511918392212.328.346.817
Buck MartinezC2980318190.225.253.566
Joe Lahoud—3465817281.262.364.794
Bob Heise—54621116050.258.292.615
Dave Nelson—274889041.188.291.583
Willie WilsonCF13341011016.324.343.725
Clint Hurdle1B92658270.308.357.896
U.L. WashingtonSS102004011.200.360.710

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

1977 Royals roster: pitching

1977 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.
Dennis LeonardSP383720123.04292.22441.111
Jim ColbornP363518143.62239.01031.310
Paul SplittorffRP37371663.69229.0991.420
Andy HasslerRP2927964.20156.1831.540
Marty PattinRP31101033.58128.1551.180
Doug BirdRP5351143.88118.1831.2614
Larry GuraSP526853.13106.1461.2810
Mark LittellRP485843.61104.21061.2212
Steve MingoriP430243.0964.0191.224
Tom HallP60003.527.2101.300
Randy McGilberryP30015.147.011.140
George ThroopP40003.385.110.941
Gary LanceP10014.502.002.000

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.