1978 Kansas City Royals roster

34 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1978 MLB season.

1978 Royals roster: batting

1978 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 McRaeDH15662390170167217.273.329.757
Darrell PorterDH1505207713818780.265.358.802
George BrettDH1285107915096223.294.342.809
Amos OtisCF14148674145229632.298.380.905
Al CowensDH1324856313356314.274.319.707
Frank White2B1434616612775013.275.317.716
Freddie Patek2B1384405410924638.248.312.630
Clint Hurdle1B133417481107561.264.348.746
Pete LaCock1B11832244955481.295.335.755
Tom PoquetteCF8020416444302.216.259.597
Willie WilsonCF127198434301646.217.280.558
John WathanC6719019572282.300.320.715
Jerry Terrell3B731331427088.203.225.435
U.L. WashingtonSS6912910340912.264.314.609
Joe Zdeb—6012718320113.252.287.602
Jamie QuirkC172936020.207.324.599
Joe Lahoud—131602000.125.125.250
Art Kusnyer—91313120.231.333.872
Dave Cripe—71312010.154.154.308
Luis Silverio—81176031.545.6151.524
Jim Gaudet—3800000.000.000.000
Randy Bass1B2200000.000.000.000

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

1978 Royals roster: pitching

1978 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 LeonardSP404021173.33294.21831.230
Paul SplittorffRP393819133.40262.0761.160
Larry GuraSP35261642.72221.2811.100
Rich GaleRP31301483.09192.1881.410
Doug BirdRP406665.2998.2481.431
Marty PattinRP325333.3278.2301.234
Al HraboskyRP580872.8875.0601.1620
Steve MingoriP450142.7469.0281.167
Randy McGilberryP180014.2125.2121.750
Steve BusbySP75107.5921.1101.830
Bill PaschallRP20013.388.050.751
George ThroopP10100.003.021.670

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.