Kansas City Royals 1979

85–77record

.525win pct

851runs

816allowed

+35run diff

116home runs

38players

The three rarest things in 1979

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
66	Three Hits, Three Strikeouts	Willie Wilson	1979-05-28	1 in 1,089 games	box score ↗
61	The Cycle	George Brett	1979-05-28	1 in 693 games	box score ↗
60	Walk-Off Wild Pitch	Kansas City Royals	1979-04-26	1 in 662 games	box score ↗

Batting (38)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
George Brett	154	701	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	51	36	17	10	.329	.376	.563	.939
Darrell Porter	157	679	533	101	155	23	10	20	112	121	65	3	4	.291	.421	.484	.905
Amos Otis	151	660	577	100	170	28	2	18	90	68	92	30	5	.295	.369	.444	.813
Willie Wilson	154	640	588	113	185	18	13	6	49	28	92	83	12	.315	.351	.420	.771
Al Cowens	136	568	516	69	152	18	7	9	73	40	44	10	8	.295	.345	.409	.753
Frank White	127	503	467	73	124	26	4	10	48	25	54	28	8	.266	.300	.403	.703
Pete LaCock	132	453	408	54	113	25	4	3	56	37	26	2	1	.277	.334	.380	.714
Hal McRae	101	444	393	55	113	32	4	10	74	38	46	5	4	.288	.351	.466	.816
Freddie Patek	106	338	306	30	77	17	0	1	37	16	42	11	12	.252	.293	.317	.610
U L Washington	101	300	268	32	68	12	5	2	25	20	44	10	7	.254	.299	.358	.658
John Wathan	90	216	199	26	41	7	3	2	28	7	24	2	1	.206	.227	.302	.529
Clint Hurdle	59	204	171	16	41	10	3	3	30	28	24	0	1	.240	.343	.386	.729
George Scott	44	162	146	19	39	8	2	1	20	12	32	1	1	.267	.329	.370	.699
Steve Braun	58	139	116	15	31	2	0	4	10	22	11	0	0	.267	.384	.388	.772
Todd Cruz	55	126	118	9	24	7	0	2	15	3	19	0	1	.203	.224	.314	.538
Jamie Quirk	51	85	79	8	24	6	1	1	11	5	13	0	0	.304	.353	.443	.796
Jerry Terrell	31	42	40	5	12	3	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	.300	.317	.450	.767
Tom Poquette	21	28	26	1	5	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	.192	.214	.192	.407
Jim Nettles	11	26	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	.087	.192	.087	.279
Joe Zdeb	15	25	23	3	4	1	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	.174	.240	.304	.544
Jim Gaudet	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333
German Barranca	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.600	.600	.800	1.400
Steve Busby	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Craig Chamberlain	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Gary Christenson	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Craig Eaton	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Rich Gale	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Larry Gura	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Al Hrabosky	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dennis Leonard	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Renie Martin	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Steve Mingori	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bill Paschall	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Marty Pattin	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dan Quisenberry	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Eduardo Rodriguez	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Paul Splittorff	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
George Throop	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (17)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Paul Splittorff	36	15–17	35	11	0	248	137	113	77	77	25	240.0	4.24	1.35
Dennis Leonard	32	14–12	32	12	0	226	117	107	56	126	33	236.0	4.08	1.19
Larry Gura	39	13–12	33	7	0	226	137	116	73	85	29	233.2	4.47	1.28
Rich Gale	34	9–10	31	2	0	197	131	114	99	103	19	181.2	5.65	1.63
Steve Busby	22	6–6	12	4	0	71	45	38	64	45	10	94.1	3.63	1.43
Marty Pattin	31	5–2	7	1	3	109	50	48	21	41	11	94.1	4.58	1.38
Eduardo Rodriguez	29	4–1	1	1	2	79	42	40	34	26	9	74.1	4.84	1.52
Craig Chamberlain	10	4–4	10	4	0	68	31	29	18	30	7	69.2	3.75	1.23
Al Hrabosky	58	9–4	0	0	11	67	31	27	41	39	3	65.0	3.74	1.66
Steve Mingori	30	3–3	1	0	1	69	36	30	17	18	10	46.2	5.79	1.84
Dan Quisenberry	32	3–2	0	0	5	42	16	14	7	13	5	40.0	3.15	1.23
Renie Martin	25	0–3	0	0	5	32	20	20	14	25	1	34.2	5.19	1.33
Bill Paschall	7	0–1	0	0	0	18	11	10	5	3	2	13.2	6.59	1.68
Gary Christenson	6	0–0	0	0	0	10	5	4	2	4	1	10.2	3.38	1.12
Craig Eaton	5	0–0	0	0	0	8	3	3	3	4	0	10.0	2.70	1.10
George Throop	4	0–0	0	0	0	7	4	4	5	1	0	2.2	13.50	4.50
Jerry Terrell	1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0.00