1979 Kansas City Royals season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1979 Kansas City Royals
Major league affiliations
Location
1979 Information
Owner(s) Ewing Kauffman
Manager(s) Whitey Herzog
Local television KBMA
(Steve Shannon, Dave Nelson)
Local radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1979 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
1st California Angels   88   74 .543    --
2nd Kansas City Royals   85   77 .525   3.0
3rd Texas Rangers   83   79 .512   5.0
4th Minnesota Twins   82   80 .506   6.0
5th Chicago White Sox   73   87 .456 14.0
6th Seattle Mariners   67   95 .414 21.0
7th Oakland Athletics   54 108 .333 34.0

[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] References

 This article relating to a baseball season is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
v • d • e
1979 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
NL West
1979 All-Star Game • 1979 World Series
v • d • e
Kansas City Royals
Based in Kansas City, Missouri
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Important Figures
Team Hall of Fame
Retired Numbers
5 • 10 • 20 • 42
Minors
Key Personnel
Owner: David Glass • General Manager: Dayton Moore • Manager: Trey Hillman
Team Managers
World Series
Championships (1)
American League
Pennants (2)
Division Titles
Western: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 (second half) • 1984 • 1985 • Central: none • Wild Card: none