1976 Kansas City Royals season

The 1976 Kansas City Royals season was their eighth in Major League Baseball. The Royals won their first division title, taking the American League West with a record of 90-72 in the first full season as manager for Whitey Herzog. Kansas City was defeated 3-2 by the New York Yankees in the 1976 American League Championship Series. George Brett (.333) became the first Royals player to win a league batting title.

1976 Kansas City Royals
1976 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)Joe Burke
Manager(s)Whitey Herzog (first full season)
Local televisionKBMA
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
Local radioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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Offseason

Regular season
A game at Royals Stadium on Sunday, September 19, 1976. The pitcher is Chris Knapp and the batter is Tom Poquette. The Royals would beat the White Sox 6 to 5.

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9072 0.556 — 49–32 41–40
Oakland Athletics 8774 0.540 2½ 51–30 36–44
Minnesota Twins 8577 0.525 5 44–37 41–40
Texas Rangers 7686 0.469 14 39–42 37–44
California Angels 7686 0.469 14 38–43 38–43
Chicago White Sox 6497 0.398 25½ 35–45 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1976 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —7–118–48–47–1112–66–611–74–813–54–88–4
Boston 11–7—7–56–69–914–43–912–67–57–114–83–9
California 4–85–7—11–77–56–68–104–88–105–76–1212–6
Chicago 4–86–67–11—3–96–68–107–57–111–118–97–11
Cleveland 11–79–95–79–3—6–126–611–69–34–124–87–5
Detroit 6–124–146–66–612–6—4–812–64–89–86–65–7
Kansas City 6–69–310–810–86–68–4—8–410–87–59–97–11
Milwaukee 7–116–128–45–76–116–124–8—4–85–135–710–2
Minnesota 8–45–710–811–73–98–48–108–4—2–1011–711–7
New York 5–1311–77–511–112–48–95–713–510–2—6–69–3
Oakland 8–48–412–69–88–46–69–97–57–116–6—7–11
Texas 4–89–36–1211–75–77–511–72–107–113–911–7—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster
1976 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

  • 29 Tommy Davis
 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CBuck Martinez9526761.228534
1BJohn Mayberry161594138.2321395
2BFrank White152446102.229246
3BGeorge Brett159645215.333767
SSFreddie Patek144432104.241143
LFTom Poquette104344104.302234
CFAmos Otis153592165.2791886
RFAl Cowens152581154.265359
DHHal McRae149527175.332873

Other batters

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
Jim Wohlford10729373.249124
Bob Stinson7920955.263225
Dave Nelson7815336.235117
Cookie Rojas6313232.242016
Jamie Quirk6411428.246115
Tony Solaita316816.23509
Ruppert Jones285111.21617
John Wathan274212.28605
Fran Healy8243.12501
Tommy Davis8195.26300
Willie Wilson1261.16700

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dennis Leonard3525917103.51150
Al Fitzmorris35220.115113.0680
Paul Splittorff26158.21183.9759
Andy Hassler1999.2562.8945
Steve Busby1371.2334.4029

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Doug Bird39197.212103.37107
Marty Pattin441418142.4965

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mark Littell6084162.0892
Steve Mingori5555102.3238
Tom Hall311114.4525
Larry Gura204012.3022
Tom Bruno121006.7511
Bob McClure80009.003
Jerry Cram40006.232
Roger Nelson30002.084
Ray Sadecki30000.001
Ken Sanders30000.002

ALCS
Main article: 1976 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 9, 1976, at Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 200 000 002 4120
Kansas City 000 000 010 152
W: Catfish Hunter (1–0)   L: Larry Gura (0–1)
HR: None

Game 2

October 10, 1976, at Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 012 000 000 3125
Kansas City 200 002 030 790
W: Paul Splittorff (1–0)   L: Ed Figueroa (0–1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 12, 1976, at Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 300 000 000 360
New York 000 203 00X 590
W: Dock Ellis (1–0)   L: Andy Hassler (0–1)   S: Sparky Lyle (1)
HR: NYY: – Chris Chambliss (1)

Game 4

October 13, 1976, at Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 030 201 010 791
New York 020 000 101 4110
W: Doug Bird (1–0)   L: Catfish Hunter (1–1)   S: Steve Mingori (1)
HR: NYY: – Graig Nettles 2 (2)

Game 5

October 14, 1976, at Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 210 000 030 6111
New York 202 002 001 7111
W: Dick Tidrow (1–0)   L: Mark Littell (0–1)
HR: KCR: – John Mayberry (1), George Brett (1)   NYY: – Chris Chambliss (2)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Billy Gardner
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Bill Scripture
A Waterloo Royals Midwest League John Sullivan
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League José Martínez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo

Notes
  1. Killebrew cut by Royals
  2. Royals trade Briles to Texas
  3. Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference
  4. Bill Paschall at Baseball Reference
  5. Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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