Kansas City Royals | |
Season: | 1978 |
Misc: | American League West Champions |
League: | American League |
Division: | West |
Ballpark: | Royals Stadium |
City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
Record: | 92–70 (.568) |
Divisional Place: | 1st |
Owners: | Ewing Kauffman |
General Managers: | Joe Burke |
Managers: | Whitey Herzog (third full season) |
Television: | KBMA–TV 41 (Denny Matthews, Steve Shannon, Fred White) |
Radio: | WIBW–AM 580 KMBZ–AM 980 (Denny Matthews, Fred White) |
The 1978 Kansas City Royals season was their tenth in Major League Baseball. The Royals won their third consecutive American League West title with a record of 92–70. For the third postseason in a row, Kansas City lost to the New York Yankees, falling 3-1 in the ALCS.
1978 Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | OutfieldersOther batters | ManagerCoaches |
|-|-|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"| colspan="12" | 49th All-Star Game in San Diego, California|-|-|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member
|-style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || || 7:30p.m. CDT || Yankees || L 1–7 || Beattie (1–0) || Leonard (0–1) || Clay (1) || 2:57 || 41,143 || NYY 1–0 || L1|-style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || || 2:30p.m. CDT || Yankees || W 10–4 || Gura (1–0) || Figueroa (0–1) || — || 2:42 || 41,158 || Tied 1–1 || W1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || || 2:30p.m. CDT || @ Yankees || L 5–6 || Gossage (1–0) || Bird (0–1) || — || 2:13 || 55,445 || NYY 2–1 || L1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 4 || || 7:30p.m. CDT || @ Yankees || L 1–2 || Guidry (1–0) || Leonard (0–2) || Gossage (1) || 2:20 || 56,356 || NYY 3–1 || L2|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Royals team member
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 | |
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C | 150 | 520 | 138 | .265 | 18 | 78 | ||
1B | 118 | 322 | 95 | .295 | 5 | 48 | ||
2B | 143 | 461 | 127 | .275 | 7 | 50 | ||
3B | 128 | 510 | 150 | .294 | 9 | 62 | ||
SS | 138 | 440 | 109 | .248 | 2 | 46 | ||
LF | 127 | 198 | 43 | .217 | 0 | 16 | ||
CF | 141 | 486 | 145 | .298 | 22 | 96 | ||
RF | 132 | 485 | 133 | .274 | 5 | 63 | ||
DH | 156 | 623 | 170 | .273 | 16 | 72 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | |
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133 | 417 | 110 | .264 | 7 | 56 | ||
80 | 204 | 44 | .216 | 4 | 30 | ||
67 | 190 | 57 | .300 | 2 | 28 | ||
64 | 137 | 36 | .263 | 0 | 14 | ||
73 | 133 | 27 | .203 | 0 | 8 | ||
69 | 129 | 34 | .264 | 0 | 9 | ||
60 | 127 | 32 | .252 | 0 | 11 | ||
17 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 2 | ||
13 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 1 | 2 | ||
7 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 1 | ||
8 | 11 | 6 | .545 | 0 | 3 | ||
3 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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40 | 294.2 | 21 | 17 | 3.33 | 183 | |
39 | 262.0 | 19 | 13 | 3.40 | 76 | |
35 | 221.2 | 16 | 4 | 2.72 | 81 | |
31 | 192.1 | 14 | 8 | 3.09 | 88 | |
11 | 58.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.32 | 26 | |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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40 | 98.2 | 6 | 6 | 5.29 | 48 | |
32 | 78.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.32 | 30 | |
11 | 58.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.32 | 26 | |
8 | 28.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.76 | 8 | |
7 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 7.59 | 10 | |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | |
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58 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 2.88 | 60 | ||
45 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2.74 | 28 | ||
18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.21 | 12 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | ||
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 5 | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
See main article: article and 1978 American League Championship Series.
October 3: Royals Stadium
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New York | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
W: Jim Beattie (1-0) L: Dennis Leonard (0-1) S: Ken Clay (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
HRs: NYY - Reggie Jackson (1) |
October 4: Royals Stadium
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Kansas City | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 10 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||
W: Larry Gura (1-0) L: Ed Figueroa (0-1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
HRs: KCR - Freddie Patek (1) |
October 6: Yankee Stadium
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Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
W: Goose Gossage (1-0) L: Doug Bird (0-1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
HRs: KCR - George Brett 3 (3) NYY - Reggie Jackson (2) Thurman Munson (1) |
October 7: Yankee Stadium
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Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
W: Ron Guidry (1-0) L: Dennis Leonard (0-2) S: Goose Gossage (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
HRs: NYY - Graig Nettles (1) Roy White (1) |
See also: Minor League Baseball.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Omaha