1980 Kansas City Royals Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 97–65 (.599), 1st place in American League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1980 Amos Otis 107 396 56 99 16 3 10 53 39 70 16 1 .250 .315 .381 .696
1980 Bob Detherage 20 26 2 8 2 0 1 7 1 4 1 1 .308 .333 .500 .833
1980 Clint Hurdle 130 397 50 116 31 2 10 60 34 61 0 0 .292 .347 .456 .803
1980 Darrell Porter 118 418 51 104 14 2 7 51 69 50 1 1 .249 .354 .342 .696
1980 Dave Chalk 69 167 19 42 10 1 1 20 18 27 1 1 .251 .326 .341 .668
1980 Frank White 154 569 70 148 23 4 7 60 19 69 19 6 .260 .285 .351 .636
1980 George Brett 117 449 87 175 33 9 24 118 58 22 15 6 .390 .454 .664 1.118
1980 Hal McRae 124 489 73 145 39 5 14 83 29 56 10 2 .297 .342 .483 .825
1980 Jamie Quirk 62 166 13 45 5 0 5 21 7 24 3 2 .271 .299 .392 .691
1980 Jerry Terrell 23 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062 .062 .062 .125
1980 John Wathan 126 456 57 138 14 7 6 58 50 42 17 3 .303 .375 .404 .778
1980 Jose Cardenal 25 53 8 18 2 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 .340 .377 .377 .754
1980 Ken Phelps 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 Manny Castillo 7 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1980 Onix Concepcion 12 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267
1980 Pete LaCock 114 156 14 32 6 0 1 18 17 10 1 0 .205 .284 .263 .547
1980 Rance Mulliniks 36 54 8 14 3 0 0 6 7 10 0 0 .259 .339 .315 .654
1980 Rusty Torres 51 72 10 12 0 0 0 3 8 7 1 3 .167 .250 .167 .417
1980 Steve Braun 14 23 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 .043 .120 .043 .163
1980 U. L. Washington 153 559 79 150 16 11 6 53 53 78 20 7 .268 .331 .369 .699
1980 Willie Aikens 151 543 70 151 24 0 20 98 64 88 1 0 .278 .356 .433 .789
1980 Willie Wilson 161 710 133 230 28 15 3 49 28 81 79 10 .324 .354 .418 .773
– – 162 5,748 806 1,633 266 59 115 766 508 709 185 43 .284 .343 .411 .754

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1980 Craig Chamberlain 5 9.1 0 1 0 0 0 10 8 7 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 6.75 1.61
1980 Dan Quisenberry 75 128.1 12 7 33 0 0 129 47 44 27 1 37 0 0 0 0 3.09 1.22
1980 Dennis Leonard 38 280.1 20 11 0 0 0 271 127 118 80 1 155 38 0 9 3 3.79 1.25
1980 Gary Christenson 24 31.1 3 0 1 0 0 35 23 18 18 2 16 0 0 0 0 5.17 1.69
1980 Jeff Twitty 13 22.1 2 1 0 0 0 33 17 15 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 6.04 1.79
1980 Jerry Terrell 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1980 Ken Brett 8 13.1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.98
1980 Larry Gura 36 283.1 18 10 0 0 0 272 107 93 76 5 113 36 0 16 4 2.95 1.23
1980 Marty Pattin 37 89.0 4 0 4 0 0 97 39 36 23 1 40 0 0 0 0 3.64 1.35
1980 Mike Jones 3 4.2 0 1 0 0 0 6 7 6 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 11.57 2.36
1980 Paul Splittorff 34 204.0 14 11 0 0 0 236 101 94 43 1 53 33 0 4 0 4.15 1.37
1980 Rawly Eastwick 14 22.0 0 1 0 0 0 37 14 13 8 2 5 0 0 0 0 5.32 2.05
1980 Renie Martin 32 137.1 10 10 2 0 0 133 84 67 70 1 68 20 0 2 0 4.39 1.48
1980 Rich Gale 32 190.2 13 9 1 0 0 169 90 83 78 2 97 28 0 6 1 3.92 1.30
1980 Steve Busby 11 42.1 1 3 0 0 0 59 30 29 19 2 12 6 0 0 0 6.17 1.84
– – 162 1,459.1 97 65 42 0 0 1,496 694 623 465 19 614 162 0 37 8 3.84 1.34

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1980 Craig Chamberlain P 5 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.40
1980 Dan Quisenberry P 75 17 29 2 48 4 .958 0.61
1980 Dennis Leonard P 38 9 41 1 51 4 .980 1.32
1980 Gary Christenson P 24 0 8 0 8 0 1.000 0.33
1980 Jeff Twitty P 13 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 0.38
1980 Jerry Terrell P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1980 Ken Brett P 8 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 0.37
1980 Larry Gura P 36 9 50 0 59 3 1.000 1.64
1980 Marty Pattin P 37 4 9 1 14 1 .929 0.35
1980 Mike Jones P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1980 Paul Splittorff P 34 14 30 0 44 4 1.000 1.29
1980 Rawly Eastwick P 14 3 6 1 10 0 .900 0.64
1980 Renie Martin P 32 10 18 4 32 5 .875 0.87
1980 Rich Gale P 32 10 26 1 37 1 .973 1.12
1980 Steve Busby P 11 5 4 1 10 0 .900 0.82
1980 Darrell Porter C 81 322 37 8 367 6 38 29 43.3% .978 4.43
1980 Jamie Quirk C 15 48 9 2 59 1 13 6 31.6% .966 3.80
1980 John Wathan C 77 306 25 6 337 5 58 21 26.6% .982 4.30
1980 George Brett 1B 1 4 0 0 4 1 1.000 4.00
1980 Jamie Quirk 1B 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1980 Jerry Terrell 1B 3 18 2 0 20 0 1.000 6.67
1980 John Wathan 1B 12 112 7 1 120 14 .992 9.92
1980 Ken Phelps 1B 2 14 0 0 14 2 1.000 7.00
1980 Pete LaCock 1B 86 267 21 1 289 27 .997 3.35
1980 Willie Aikens 1B 138 1,081 65 12 1,158 95 .990 8.30
1980 Dave Chalk 2B 17 33 31 3 67 7 .955 3.76
1980 Frank White 2B 153 395 448 10 853 103 .988 5.51
1980 Jerry Terrell 2B 3 3 4 0 7 2 1.000 2.33
1980 Manny Castillo 2B 1 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 7.00
1980 Rance Mulliniks 2B 14 11 19 0 30 4 1.000 2.14
1980 Dave Chalk 3B 33 24 56 3 83 3 .964 2.42
1980 George Brett 3B 112 103 256 17 376 28 .955 3.21
1980 Jamie Quirk 3B 28 21 57 6 84 2 .929 2.79
1980 Manny Castillo 3B 3 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1980 Dave Chalk SS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1980 Onix Concepcion SS 6 5 10 3 18 1 .833 2.50
1980 Rance Mulliniks SS 18 19 34 1 54 5 .981 2.94
1980 U. L. Washington SS 152 237 467 32 736 86 .957 4.63
1980 Bob Detherage LF 11 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 0.64
1980 Clint Hurdle LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1980 Hal McRae LF 9 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 1.89
1980 Jamie Quirk LF 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1980 Jerry Terrell LF 6 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.33
1980 John Wathan LF 19 35 0 1 36 0 .972 1.84
1980 Jose Cardenal LF 4 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 1.50
1980 Pete LaCock LF 26 40 1 0 41 1 1.000 1.58
1980 Rusty Torres LF 15 22 2 1 25 1 .960 1.60
1980 Steve Braun LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1980 Willie Wilson LF 102 288 8 5 301 1 .983 2.90
1980 Amos Otis CF 105 307 6 4 317 1 .987 2.98
1980 Rusty Torres CF 7 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.14
1980 Willie Wilson CF 63 193 1 1 195 0 .995 3.08
1980 Bob Detherage RF 11 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 0.82
1980 Clint Hurdle RF 125 236 8 10 254 1 .961 1.95
1980 Jamie Quirk RF 6 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 0.67
1980 Jerry Terrell RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1980 John Wathan RF 17 19 1 0 20 0 1.000 1.18
1980 Jose Cardenal RF 19 24 2 1 27 0 .963 1.37
1980 Pete LaCock RF 5 4 0 1 5 0 .800 0.80
1980 Rusty Torres RF 22 40 2 1 43 0 .977 1.91
1980 Steve Braun RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
– – 162 4,380 1,820 141 6,341 419 109 56 33.9% .978 38.27

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1980 Amos Otis 9 35 6 15 3 0 3 7 3 6 2 1 .429 .474 .771 1.245
1980 Clint Hurdle 7 14 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 .357 .437 .429 .866
1980 Dan Quisenberry 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 Darrell Porter 8 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 .125 .250 .125 .375
1980 Dave Chalk 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1980 Dennis Leonard 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 Frank White 9 37 3 8 1 0 1 3 1 6 2 0 .216 .237 .324 .561
1980 George Brett 9 35 6 12 3 1 3 7 3 4 1 0 .343 .395 .743 1.138
1980 Hal McRae 9 34 3 11 3 0 0 1 3 5 0 3 .324 .395 .412 .806
1980 John Wathan 6 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 .154 .368 .154 .522
1980 Jose Cardenal 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1980 Larry Gura 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 Marty Pattin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 Onix Concepcion 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 Paul Splittorff 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 Pete LaCock 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 Renie Martin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 Rich Gale 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 U. L. Washington 9 34 2 10 1 0 0 3 2 9 0 2 .294 .316 .324 .639
1980 Willie Aikens 9 31 5 12 0 1 4 10 6 9 0 0 .387 .486 .839 1.325
1980 Willie Wilson 9 39 5 8 3 1 0 4 5 14 2 0 .205 .295 .333 .629
– – 9 306 37 88 15 3 11 36 35 64 9 6 .288 .359 .464 .823

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1980 Dan Quisenberry 8 15.0 2 2 2 0 0 14 7 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.60 1.27
1980 Dennis Leonard 3 18.2 2 1 0 0 0 22 11 10 3 1 13 3 0 0 0 4.82 1.34
1980 Larry Gura 3 21.1 1 0 0 0 0 18 6 5 4 0 8 3 0 1 0 2.11 1.03
1980 Marty Pattin 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1980 Paul Splittorff 2 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2.57 1.57
1980 Renie Martin 3 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 2.79 1.45
1980 Rich Gale 2 6.1 0 1 0 0 0 11 4 3 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 4.26 2.37
– – 14 79.0 5 4 2 0 0 85 33 29 21 2 33 9 0 1 0 3.30 1.34

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1980 Dan Quisenberry P 8 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 0.37
1980 Dennis Leonard P 3 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0.00
1980 Larry Gura P 3 2 5 0 7 2 1.000 2.33
1980 Marty Pattin P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1980 Paul Splittorff P 2 0 2 0 2 2 1.000 1.00
1980 Renie Martin P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1980 Rich Gale P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1980 Darrell Porter C 7 30 3 0 33 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 4.71
1980 John Wathan C 2 6 1 0 7 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.50
1980 Pete LaCock 1B 2 2 0 0 2 1 1.000 1.00
1980 Willie Aikens 1B 9 77 3 2 82 8 .976 8.89
1980 Frank White 2B 9 22 30 3 55 9 .945 5.78
1980 Dave Chalk 3B 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1980 George Brett 3B 9 6 24 1 31 1 .968 3.33
1980 U. L. Washington SS 9 13 28 1 42 6 .976 4.56
1980 Willie Wilson LF 9 21 2 0 23 0 1.000 2.56
1980 Amos Otis CF 9 32 0 0 32 0 1.000 3.56
1980 Clint Hurdle RF 7 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 1.29
1980 John Wathan RF 4 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 2.00
1980 Jose Cardenal RF 4 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 1.75
– – 9 237 101 8 346 29 0 0 .977 37.56

Awards

Player Award Stats
George Brett Most Valuable Player (3B) .390–24–118, 15 SB
Larry Gura All-Star (P) 18–10, 113 SO, 2.95 ERA
Darrell Porter All-Star (C) .249–7–51, 1 SB
George Brett All-Star (3B) .390–24–118, 15 SB
Frank White Gold Glove (2B) .988 FPct, 5.51 RF
Willie Wilson Gold Glove (CF) .995 FPct, 3.08 RF
George Brett Silver Slugger (3B) .390–24–118, 15 SB
Willie Wilson Silver Slugger (CF) .324–3–49, 79 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1980 Kansas City Royals

Who had the most hits on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

Willie Wilson led the 1980 Kansas City Royals with 230 hits in 161 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

George Brett led the 1980 Kansas City Royals with a .390 batting average in 117 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

George Brett led the 1980 Kansas City Royals with 24 home runs in 117 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

George Brett led the 1980 Kansas City Royals with a .454 on-base percentage (OBP) in 117 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

George Brett led the 1980 Kansas City Royals with a .664 slugging percentage in 117 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

Willie Wilson led the 1980 Kansas City Royals with 79 stolen bases in 161 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

Larry Gura had a 2.95 earned-run average (ERA) in 36 games, the lowest on the 1980 Kansas City Royals.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

Larry Gura had a 1.23 WHIP in 36 games, the lowest on the 1980 Kansas City Royals.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

Dennis Leonard led the 1980 Kansas City Royals with 155 strikeouts in 38 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

Dennis Leonard led the 1980 Kansas City Royals with 20 wins in 38 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1980 Kansas City Royals?

Dan Quisenberry led the 1980 Kansas City Royals with 33 saves in 75 games.