1976 Kansas City Royals season

1976 Kansas City Royals
1976 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Royals Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)	Joe Burke
Manager(s)	Whitey Herzog
Local television	KBMA (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1976 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing first in the American League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. They lost in the 1976 American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees, three games to two.

Offseason

September 29, 1975: Harmon Killebrew was released by the Royals.^[1]
November 12, 1975: Nelson Briles was traded by the Royals to the Texas Rangers for Dave Nelson.^[2]
March 3, 1976: Roger Nelson was signed by the Royals as a free agent.^[3]

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	90	72	0.556	—	49–32	41–40
Oakland Athletics	87	74	0.540	2½	51–30	36–44
Minnesota Twins	85	77	0.525	5	44–37	41–40
Texas Rangers	76	86	0.469	14	39–42	37–44
California Angels	76	86	0.469	14	38–43	38–43
Chicago White Sox	64	97	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	—	7–11	8–4	8–4	7–11	12–6	6–6	11–7	4–8	13–5	4–8	8–4
Boston	11–7	—	7–5	6–6	9–9	14–4	3–9	12–6	7–5	7–11	4–8	3–9
California	4–8	5–7	—	11–7	7–5	6–6	8–10	4–8	8–10	5–7	6–12	12–6
Chicago	4–8	6–6	7–11	—	3–9	6–6	8–10	7–5	7–11	1–11	8–9	7–11
Cleveland	11–7	9–9	5–7	9–3	—	6–12	6–6	11–6	9–3	4–12	4–8	7–5
Detroit	6–12	4–14	6–6	6–6	12–6	—	4–8	12–6	4–8	9–8	6–6	5–7
Kansas City	6–6	9–3	10–8	10–8	6–6	8–4	—	8–4	10–8	7–5	9–9	7–11
Milwaukee	7–11	6–12	8–4	5–7	6–11	6–12	4–8	—	4–8	5–13	5–7	10–2
Minnesota	8–4	5–7	10–8	11–7	3–9	8–4	8–10	8–4	—	2–10	11–7	11–7
New York	5–13	11–7	7–5	11–1	12–4	8–9	5–7	13–5	10–2	—	6–6	9–3
Oakland	8–4	8–4	12–6	9–8	8–4	6–6	9–9	7–5	7–11	6–6	—	7–11
Texas	4–8	9–3	6–12	11–7	5–7	7–5	11–7	2–10	7–11	3–9	11–7	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
- Bill Paschall was drafted by the Royals in the 3rd round.^[4]
- Ken Phelps was drafted by the Royals in the 15th round.^[5]

Roster

1976 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

29 Doug Bird

35 Tom Bruno

40 Steve Busby

46,49 Jerry Cram

39 Al Fitzmorris

37 Larry Gura

42 Tom Hall

16 Andy Hassler

22 Dennis Leonard

17 Mark Littell

32 Bob McClure

23 Steve Mingori

35 Roger Nelson

33 Marty Pattin

37 Ray Sadecki

28 Ken Sanders

34 Paul Splittorff

Catchers

16 Fran Healy

21 Buck Martinez

15 Bob Stinson

12 John Wathan

Infielders

5 George Brett

7 John Mayberry

3 Dave Nelson

2 Freddie Patek

9 Jamie Quirk

1 Cookie Rojas

8 Tony Solaita

20 Frank White

Outfielders

18 Al Cowens

30 Ruppert Jones

11 Hal McRae

26 Amos Otis

25 Tom Poquette

19 Willie Wilson

6 Jim Wohlford

Other batters

29 Tommy Davis

Manager

24 Whitey Herzog

Coaches

14 Steve Boros

36 Galen Cisco

4 Chuck Hiller

27 Charlie Lau

Player stats

Batting

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
1B	Mayberry, JohnJohn Mayberry	161	594	138	.232	13	95
2B	White, FrankFrank White	152	446	102	.229	2	46
3B	Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett	159	645	215	.333	7	67
SS	Patek, FreddieFreddie Patek	144	432	104	.241	1	43
CF	Otis, AmosAmos Otis	153	592	165	.279	18	86
DH	McRae, HalHal McRae	149	527	175	.332	8	73

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
Stinson, BobBob Stinson	79	209	55	.263	2	25
Nelson, DaveDave Nelson	78	153	36	.235	1	17
Quirk, JamieJamie Quirk	64	114	28	.246	1	15
Healy, FranFran Healy	8	24	3	.125	0	1

Pitching

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
Leonard, DennisDennis Leonard	35	259	17	10	3.51	150
Fitzmorris, AlAl Fitzmorris	35	220.1	15	11	3.06	80
Splittorff, PaulPaul Splittorff	26	158.2	11	8	3.97	59
Hassler, AndyAndy Hassler	19	99.2	5	6	2.89	45
Busby, SteveSteve Busby	13	71.2	3	3	4.40	29

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
Bird, DougDoug Bird	39	197.2	12	10	3.37	107
Pattin, MartyMarty Pattin	44	141	8	14	2.49	65

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
Littell, MarkMark Littell	60	8	4	16	2.08	92
Mingori, SteveSteve Mingori	55	5	5	10	2.32	38
Hall, TomTom Hall	31	1	1	1	4.45	25
Gura, LarryLarry Gura	20	4	0	1	2.30	22
Bruno, TomTom Bruno	12	1	0	0	6.75	11
McClure, BobBob McClure	8	0	0	0	9.00	3
Cram, JerryJerry Cram	4	0	0	0	6.23	2
Nelson, RogerRoger Nelson	3	0	0	0	2.08	4
Sadecki, RayRay Sadecki	3	0	0	0	0.00	1

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	12	0
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	2
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	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	5
Kansas City	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	7	9	0
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
New York	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	X	5	9	0
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	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	7	9	1
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	11	0
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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	11	1
New York	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	11	1
W: Dick Tidrow (1-0) L: Mark Littell (0-1)
HR: KCR: – John Mayberry (1), George Brett (1) NYY: – Chris Chambliss (2)

Farm system

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

Notes

↑ Killebrew cut by Royals
↑ Royals trade Briles to Texas
↑ Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference
↑ Bill Paschall at Baseball Reference
↑ 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.

External links

1976 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1976 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

American League West champions

1976 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1976 All-Star Game 1976 World Series

Kansas City Royals

Based in Kansas City, Missouri

Franchise

Ballparks

Municipal Stadium; Kauffman Stadium
Spring training: Terry Park; Baseball City Stadium; Surprise Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

St. Louis Cardinals

Team Hall of Fame

Minors

AAA: Omaha Storm Chasers
AA: Northwest Arkansas Naturals
A Adv.: Wilmington Blue Rocks
A: Lexington Legends
Rookie Adv.: Idaho Falls Chukars; Burlington Royals
Rookie: AZL Royals; DSL Royals

Key personnel

Owner: David Glass
General Manager: Dayton Moore
Manager: Ned Yost

World Series
championships (2)

1985
2015

American League
pennants (4)

Division titles

West: 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981 (second half); 1984; 1985
Central: 2015
Wild Card: 2014

Seasons (49)

1960s	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 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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