1978 Kansas City Royals
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1978 Kansas City Royals*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)
Kansas City Royals - Franchise Page

(Regular Season)

(1978 American League)
Postseason

Positional Average (Weighted Avg of Options): 0.500 (1-Year) (9-Year) (Long-Run)

Positional Averages for Pitchers (Wgted Avg of Options): "0.500 "vs. Different Values for Starting vs. Relief Pitchers: (Empirical) (Based on Pitchers who Do Both)

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Position Players
(Sorted by pWORL)
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
23.215.07.9
9.7
21.816.45.2
7.0
14.912.23.3
4.6
14.013.11.6
2.9
15.113.12.7
4.0
14.913.22.4
3.8
16.514.22.2
3.7
16.414.31.9
3.4
15.014.51.6
3.1
14.315.20.2
1.6
17.215.80.6
2.2
16.916.10.1
1.7
13.613.10.1
1.8
13.613.10.1
1.8
14.313.30.3
1.7
13.913.7-0.5
0.8
7.46.31.0
1.6
6.96.80.1
0.8
5.24.30.9
1.4
4.84.70.0
0.5
5.14.70.3
0.8
5.04.80.1
0.6
0.70.20.4
0.5
0.60.30.3
0.3
7.17.2-0.3
0.4
7.07.3-0.6
0.1
8.58.6-0.6
0.3
8.58.5-0.5
0.4
0.40.30.0
0.1
0.40.30.1
0.1
0.00.0-0.0
-0.0
0.00.0-0.0
-0.0
0.10.2-0.1
-0.1
0.10.2-0.1
-0.1
0.20.4-0.2
-0.1
0.10.5-0.3
-0.3
0.00.3-0.2
-0.2
0.10.2-0.1
-0.1
3.24.1-0.6
-0.2
3.44.0-0.3
0.1
0.61.0-0.4
-0.3
0.70.8-0.2
-0.1
3.75.1-1.5
-1.1
4.04.9-1.0
-0.6
2.74.2-1.4
-1.1
2.84.1-1.1
-0.8
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
174.8158.116.1
32.7
170.3162.67.4
24.0


Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Pitchers
(Sorted by pWORL)
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
12.28.63.7
5.1
11.69.22.4
3.7
17.115.51.7
3.8
16.316.30.2
2.3
15.714.41.5
3.4
15.414.70.9
2.8
6.65.21.2
2.3
6.35.50.7
1.7
11.811.60.2
1.7
11.611.9-0.2
1.3
3.03.0-0.0
0.4
3.02.90.1
0.5
2.32.4-0.2
0.2
2.42.30.0
0.5
0.30.20.1
0.2
0.30.3-0.0
0.0
0.80.9-0.0
0.1
0.71.0-0.3
-0.2
0.50.5-0.0
0.1
0.50.40.1
0.2
0.80.9-0.1
0.1
0.71.0-0.4
-0.2
0.00.1-0.1
-0.0
0.10.1-0.0
-0.0
4.65.6-1.0
-0.2
4.95.3-0.4
0.4
1.21.9-0.7
-0.5
1.41.8-0.4
-0.2
2.23.1-0.8
-0.5
2.32.9-0.6
-0.2
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
79.273.95.5
16.1
77.575.62.1
12.7


pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
TEAM TOTALS
254.0232.021.6
48.8
247.8238.29.5
36.7


Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Position Players
(Sorted by pWORL)
Batting Baserunning Pitching Fielding
Player eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct.
14.211.0
0.564
1.20.9
0.559
0.00.0
0.000
6.34.7
0.573
8.38.3
0.501
0.80.7
0.536
0.00.0
0.000
4.94.1
0.543
12.410.7
0.536
0.90.8
0.538
0.00.0
0.000
1.61.7
0.481
11.210.3
0.520
1.40.7
0.665
0.00.0
0.000
3.73.4
0.527
7.88.6
0.473
1.31.2
0.530
0.00.0
0.000
5.25.4
0.489
9.49.9
0.489
0.80.7
0.538
0.00.0
0.000
6.75.5
0.547
12.211.7
0.510
1.21.3
0.494
0.00.0
0.000
0.20.1
0.576
9.58.5
0.525
0.60.7
0.470
0.00.0
0.000
3.94.5
0.464
2.63.2
0.447
1.51.1
0.574
0.00.0
0.000
2.92.4
0.543
3.94.0
0.490
0.30.2
0.561
0.00.0
0.000
0.70.5
0.594
3.53.2
0.525
0.30.5
0.361
0.00.0
0.000
1.21.2
0.505
0.50.1
0.773
0.10.1
0.481
0.00.0
0.000
0.10.1
0.386
3.94.7
0.456
0.20.2
0.439
0.00.0
0.000
3.02.4
0.549
6.96.7
0.507
0.60.5
0.520
0.00.0
0.000
1.11.3
0.457
0.30.2
0.587
0.00.0
0.382
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.1
0.337
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.10.1
0.390
-0.00.0
-8.604
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.1
0.104
0.10.5
0.224
0.00.0
0.881
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.10.2
0.276
0.00.0
0.589
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.230
2.12.5
0.456
0.40.4
0.490
0.00.0
0.000
0.91.1
0.461
0.40.5
0.446
0.00.0
0.494
0.00.0
0.000
0.30.3
0.452
2.12.8
0.428
0.20.1
0.546
0.00.0
0.000
1.81.9
0.478
1.32.6
0.345
0.30.3
0.475
0.00.0
0.000
1.21.2
0.512
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
112.7110.4
0.505
11.910.4
0.535
0.00.0
0.000
45.542.0
0.520


Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Pitchers
(Sorted by pWORL)
Batting Baserunning Pitching Fielding
Player eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct.
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
10.79.2
0.538
0.70.3
0.719
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
16.015.9
0.500
0.40.4
0.501
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
14.914.4
0.508
0.50.3
0.619
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
6.25.4
0.534
0.10.1
0.554
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
11.411.4
0.500
0.20.4
0.340
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
3.02.9
0.510
0.00.1
0.384
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
2.42.3
0.509
0.00.0
0.578
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.30.3
0.477
0.00.0
0.779
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.71.0
0.414
0.00.0
0.384
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.50.4
0.572
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.70.9
0.417
0.00.1
0.186
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.1
0.405
0.00.0
0.906
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
4.95.2
0.484
0.10.1
0.553
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
1.21.7
0.420
0.10.1
0.693
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
2.32.8
0.456
0.00.1
0.370
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
75.273.9
0.504
2.21.8
0.549


Batting Baserunning Pitching Fielding
eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct.
TEAM TOTALS
112.7110.4
0.505
11.910.4
0.535
75.273.9
0.504
47.743.8
0.521


eWin, eLoss, eWOPA by Position
Catcher
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Darrell Porter14.612.92.3
John Wathan1.21.4-0.1
Art Kusnyer0.40.30.1
Jim Gaudet0.10.2-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL16.314.72.3
  
First Base
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Pete LaCock8.17.8-0.3
Clint Hurdle4.64.00.3
John Wathan3.02.70.0
Jerry Terrell0.10.1-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL15.714.70.0
  
Second Base
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Frank White14.013.01.6
U L Washington1.11.5-0.3
Jerry Terrell0.71.2-0.4
Joe Zdeb0.00.1-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL15.815.70.8
  
Third Base
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
George Brett16.214.41.7
Jerry Terrell1.31.8-0.6
Steve Braun0.70.9-0.2
Jamie Quirk0.60.8-0.3
Al Cowens0.30.5-0.2
Clint Hurdle0.10.2-0.1
Dave Cripe0.10.2-0.1
Joe Zdeb0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL19.218.80.2
  
Shortstop
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Freddie Patek14.215.20.1
U L Washington2.12.4-0.1
Jerry Terrell0.60.8-0.1
George Brett0.00.1-0.1
Jamie Quirk0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL17.018.5-0.2
  
Left Field
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Tom Poquette5.45.2-0.1
Clint Hurdle4.44.6-0.4
Willie Wilson4.34.2-0.1
Joe Zdeb2.83.3-0.6
Steve Braun3.13.00.0
Hal McRae0.60.40.2
Luis Silverio0.40.20.2
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.221.0-0.8
  
Center Field
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Amos Otis21.416.44.7
Al Cowens2.02.2-0.2
Willie Wilson1.71.8-0.1
Steve Braun0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL25.120.44.4
  
Right Field
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Al Cowens14.413.30.4
Clint Hurdle4.54.9-0.6
Tom Poquette1.01.6-0.6
Joe Zdeb0.90.9-0.0
Luis Silverio0.20.10.1
Joe Lahoud0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.020.7-0.8
  
Designated Hitter
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Hal McRae12.912.7-0.2
Al Cowens0.20.10.0
Darrell Porter0.10.1-0.0
Clint Hurdle0.00.1-0.1
Amos Otis0.10.00.0
Joe Lahoud0.00.1-0.1
Joe Zdeb0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL13.313.3-0.4
  
Pinch Hitter
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Steve Braun1.20.90.4
John Wathan0.60.60.1
Pete LaCock0.30.8-0.4
Tom Poquette0.60.50.1
Joe Zdeb0.20.5-0.2
Joe Lahoud0.10.4-0.2
Darrell Porter0.20.20.1
Amos Otis0.10.2-0.1
Clint Hurdle0.20.10.2
Jerry Terrell0.20.00.1
Al Cowens0.10.1-0.0
Jamie Quirk0.10.00.1
Willie Wilson0.10.00.1
Dave Cripe0.00.1-0.0
U L Washington0.10.00.1
Frank White0.00.1-0.1
Freddie Patek0.00.00.0
Randy Bass0.00.0-0.0
Luis Silverio0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL4.34.40.2
  
Pinch Runner
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Willie Wilson0.80.80.1
U L Washington0.10.00.1
Luis Silverio0.00.1-0.1
Jerry Terrell0.00.0-0.0
Freddie Patek0.00.00.0
Amos Otis0.00.0-0.0
Joe Zdeb0.00.00.0
Al Cowens0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.90.90.1
  
Pitcher Offense
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.00.00.0
  
Starting Pitching
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Dennis Leonard16.316.30.2
Paul Splittorff15.414.70.7
Rich Gale11.511.8-0.1
Larry Gura10.38.32.0
Andy Hassler2.32.9-0.6
Doug Bird1.72.0-0.3
Marty Pattin1.71.10.6
Jim Colborn0.91.5-0.6
Steve Busby0.71.0-0.4
------ ------ ------
TOTAL60.859.71.5
  
Relief Pitching
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Al Hrabosky6.35.50.7
Doug Bird3.33.3-0.1
Steve Mingori2.42.30.0
Marty Pattin1.41.7-0.3
Larry Gura1.11.10.0
Randy McGilberry0.71.0-0.4
Bill Paschall0.50.40.1
Jim Colborn0.40.30.1
George Throop0.30.3-0.0
Steve Foucault0.00.1-0.0
Rich Gale0.10.10.0
Andy Hassler0.00.00.0
Steve Busby0.00.0-0.0
Paul Splittorff0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL16.616.00.2


Team eWins over Positional Average by Position
PC1B2B3BSSLFCFRFOth
1978 Kansas City Royals1.82.30.00.80.2-0.2-0.84.4-0.8-0.0


pWin, pLoss, pWOPA by Position
Catcher
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Darrell Porter14.812.72.7
John Wathan1.41.20.2
Art Kusnyer0.40.30.0
Jim Gaudet0.10.2-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL16.614.42.9
  
First Base
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Pete LaCock8.17.8-0.3
Clint Hurdle4.63.90.5
John Wathan3.32.40.7
Jerry Terrell0.10.1-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL16.114.30.9
  
Second Base
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Frank White14.912.13.3
U L Washington1.01.7-0.6
Jerry Terrell0.61.3-0.6
Joe Zdeb0.00.1-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL16.515.12.1
  
Third Base
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
George Brett16.514.12.3
Jerry Terrell1.02.0-1.0
Steve Braun0.90.70.1
Jamie Quirk0.50.9-0.5
Al Cowens0.40.30.1
Clint Hurdle0.10.2-0.1
Dave Cripe0.00.2-0.2
Joe Zdeb0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL19.418.50.7
  
Shortstop
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Freddie Patek15.014.51.6
U L Washington2.12.4-0.1
Jerry Terrell0.70.70.1
George Brett0.00.1-0.1
Jamie Quirk0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL17.817.71.5
  
Left Field
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Tom Poquette5.84.80.8
Clint Hurdle5.04.00.8
Willie Wilson4.83.70.9
Joe Zdeb2.83.4-0.8
Steve Braun3.13.0-0.1
Hal McRae0.50.6-0.1
Luis Silverio0.50.10.3
------ ------ ------
TOTAL22.519.72.0
  
Center Field
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Amos Otis23.014.78.1
Al Cowens2.12.1-0.0
Willie Wilson1.81.80.0
Steve Braun0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL26.918.58.1
  
Right Field
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Al Cowens14.513.20.5
Clint Hurdle4.45.0-0.8
Tom Poquette1.01.7-0.8
Joe Zdeb0.81.0-0.3
Luis Silverio0.20.10.1
Joe Lahoud0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL20.820.9-1.2
  
Designated Hitter
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Hal McRae13.112.60.2
Al Cowens0.10.1-0.0
Darrell Porter0.10.2-0.1
Clint Hurdle0.00.1-0.1
Amos Otis0.10.00.0
Joe Lahoud0.00.1-0.1
Joe Zdeb0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL13.413.1-0.1
  
Pinch Hitter
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Steve Braun1.10.90.2
John Wathan0.60.60.0
Pete LaCock0.40.7-0.3
Tom Poquette0.30.7-0.3
Joe Zdeb0.20.6-0.4
Joe Lahoud0.20.3-0.1
Darrell Porter0.30.20.1
Amos Otis0.10.3-0.2
Clint Hurdle0.20.10.1
Jerry Terrell0.10.00.1
Al Cowens0.10.1-0.0
Jamie Quirk0.10.00.1
Willie Wilson0.10.00.1
Dave Cripe0.00.1-0.1
U L Washington0.10.00.1
Frank White0.00.1-0.1
Freddie Patek0.00.00.0
Randy Bass0.00.0-0.0
Luis Silverio0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL3.84.9-0.6
  
Pinch Runner
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Willie Wilson0.70.8-0.0
U L Washington0.10.10.0
Luis Silverio0.00.0-0.0
Jerry Terrell0.00.00.0
Freddie Patek0.00.00.0
Amos Otis0.00.0-0.0
Joe Zdeb0.00.00.0
Al Cowens0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.91.00.0
  
Pitcher Offense
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.00.00.0
  
Starting Pitching
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Dennis Leonard17.115.51.7
Paul Splittorff15.714.41.5
Rich Gale11.711.60.2
Larry Gura10.97.73.3
Andy Hassler2.23.0-0.8
Doug Bird1.52.2-0.7
Marty Pattin1.21.6-0.4
Jim Colborn0.81.7-0.9
Steve Busby0.80.9-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL61.958.63.8
  
Relief Pitching
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Al Hrabosky6.65.21.2
Doug Bird3.23.4-0.3
Steve Mingori2.32.4-0.2
Marty Pattin1.81.30.4
Larry Gura1.30.90.4
Randy McGilberry0.80.9-0.1
Bill Paschall0.50.5-0.0
Jim Colborn0.50.20.2
George Throop0.30.20.1
Steve Foucault0.00.1-0.1
Rich Gale0.10.00.0
Andy Hassler0.00.0-0.0
Steve Busby0.00.00.0
Paul Splittorff0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL17.315.31.7


Team pWins over Positional Average by Position
PC1B2B3BSSLFCFRFOth
1978 Kansas City Royals5.52.90.92.10.71.52.08.1-1.2-0.8


*Player won-loss records are calculated using Retrosheet play-by-play data. For some seasons, Retrosheet does not have full play-by-play data for all games. In these cases, some games may be missing.
The number of Games shown here are the number of games for which Retrosheet play-by-play data exist and were used in these calculations.



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