1978 Kansas City Royals season

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1978 Kansas City Royals 1978 AL West Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1969) West Division (Since 1969)
Location
Royals Stadium (Since 1973) Kansas City, Missouri (Since 1969)
1978 Information
Owner(s)	Ewing Kauffman
Manager(s)	Whitey Herzog
Local television	KBMA (Steve Shannon)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1978 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Notable Transactions 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 ALCS 3.1 Game 1 3.2 Game 2 3.3 Game 3 3.4 Game 4 4 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	--
2nd	Texas Rangers	87	75	.537	5.0
3rd	California Angels	87	75	.537	5.0
4th	Minnesota Twins	73	89	.451	19.0
5th	Chicago White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5
6th	Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	23.0
7th	Seattle Mariners	56	104	.350	35.0

[edit] Notable Transactions

• June 6, 1978: Frank Viola was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] ALCS

Main article: 1978 American League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

October 3: Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

[edit] Game 2

October 4: Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

[edit] Game 3

October 6: Yankee Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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: Rich Gossage (1-0)  L: Doug Bird (0-1)
HRs: KCR – George Brett 3 (3)   NYY – Reggie Jackson (2) Thurman Munson (1)

[edit] Game 4

October 7: Yankee Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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: Rich Gossage (1)
HRs: NYY – Graig Nettles (1) Roy White (1)

[edit] References

• 1978 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 1978 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1978 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1978 All-Star Game • 1978 World Series

Preceded by Kansas City Royals 1977

AL West Championship Season 1978

Succeeded by California Angels 1979

v • d • e Kansas City Royals Based in Kansas City, Missouri The Franchise History • Current Roster • All-Time Roster • Team Records • Awards & League Leaders • Broadcasters Ballparks Municipal Stadium • Kauffman Stadium • Surprise Stadium (spring training) Culture Pine Tar Incident • The Call • Sluggerrr • Denny Matthews • American Royal Important Figures Ewing Kauffman • George Brett • Frank White • Willie Wilson • Amos Otis • Hal McRae • Bret Saberhagen • Dennis Leonard • Dick Howser • Jeff Montgomery • Kevin Appier • Dan Quisenberry • Paul Splittorff • Larry Gura • Bo Jackson • Mike Sweeney • Zack Greinke • Alex Gordon Team Hall of Fame Steve Busby • Amos Otis • Dick Howser • Cookie Rojas • Paul Splittorff • Dennis Leonard • Hal McRae • Joe Burke • Larry Gura • Freddie Patek • Ewing Kauffman • George Brett • Frank White • Muriel Kauffman • John Mayberry • Dan Quisenberry • Whitey Herzog • Willie Wilson • Jeff Montgomery • Denny Matthews • Bret Saberhagen • Mark Gubicza • Art Stewart Retired Numbers 5 • 10 • 20 • 42 Minors AAA: Omaha Royals • AA: Northwest Arkansas Naturals • A: Wilmington Blue Rocks • Burlington Bees • Rookie: Idaho Falls Chukars • Burlington Royals • AZL Royals • Dominican League Key Personnel Owner: David Glass • General Manager: Dayton Moore • Manager: Trey Hillman Team Managers Joe Gordon • Charlie Metro • Bob Lemon • Jack McKeon • Whitey Herzog • Jim Frey • Dick Howser • Mike Ferraro • Billy Gardner • John Wathan • Bob Schaefer • Hal McRae • Bob Boone • Tony Muser • John Mizerock • Tony Peña • Bob Schaefer • Buddy Bell • Trey Hillman World Series Championships (1) 1985 American League Pennants (2) 1980 • 1985 Division Titles Western: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 (second half) • 1984 • 1985 • Central: none • Wild Card: none   Seasons (40) 1960s 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 1970s 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 1980s 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 1990s 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000s 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008