1978 Kansas City Royals Roster

The 1978 Kansas City Royals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1978 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1978 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1978 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1978 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1978 Kansas City Royals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
"Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights." - Royals manager Whitey Herzog
Please consider sponsoring this page: Baseball Almanac started in 2000. In '03 we averaged 132,388 hits per day. In '04 we had 179,878, in '05 we had 255,048 and in '06 we averaged (get ready) 613,728 hits per day — all made possible by support from daily visitors (no corporate sponsors, no parent company, just fans). In 2007 we want to exceed 1,000,000 hits per day and we need you to help us continue to grow. Please consider sponsoring this page today to help us continue this growth trend.
1978 Kansas City Royals



1978 Kansas City Royals Official Logo

Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
29 Doug Bird 6-04 180 Right Right 1950-03-05
40 Steve Busby 6-02 205 Right Right 1949-09-29
48 Jim Colborn 6-00 191 Right Right 1946-05-22
16 Steve Foucault 6-00 205 Right Left 1949-10-03
38 Rich Gale 6-07 225 Right Right 1954-01-19
32 Larry Gura 6-01 185 Left Both 1947-11-26
16 Andy Hassler 6-05 220 Left Left 1951-10-18
39 Al Hrabosky 5-11 185 Left Right 1949-07-21
22 Dennis Leonard 6-01 190 Right Right 1951-05-08
28, 31 Randy McGilberry 6-01 195 Right Both 1953-10-29
23 Steve Mingori 5-10 170 Left Left 1944-02-29
43 Bill Paschall 6-00 175 Right Right 1954-04-22
33 Marty Pattin 5-11 180 Right Right 1943-04-06
34 Paul Splittorff 6-03 210 Left Left 1946-10-08
35 George Throop 6-07 205 Right Right 1950-11-24
37 Jim Gaudet 6-00 185 Right Right 1955-06-03
21 Art Kusnyer 6-02 198 Right Right 1945-12-19
15 Darrell Porter 6-00 193 Right Left 1952-01-17
5 George Brett 6-00 200 Right Left 1953-05-15
31 Dave Cripe 6-00 180 Right Right 1951-04-07
8 Pete LaCock 6-03 210 Left Left 1952-01-17
2 Freddie Patek 5-05 148 Right Right 1944-10-09
10 Jamie Quirk 6-04 200 Right Left 1954-10-22
1 Jerry Terrell 6-00 170 Right Right 1946-07-13
30 U.L. Washington 5-11 175 Right Both 1953-10-27
12 John Wathan 6-02 205 Right Right 1949-10-04
20 Frank White 5-11 170 Right Right 1950-09-04
3 Steve Braun 5-10 180 Right Left 1948-05-08
18 Al Cowens 6-02 200 Right Right 1951-10-25
9 Clint Hurdle 6-03 195 Right Left 1957-07-30
10 Joe Lahoud 6-00 202 Left Left 1947-04-14
26 Amos Otis 5-11 166 Right Right 1947-04-26
25 Tom Poquette 5-10 175 Right Left 1951-10-30
17 Luis Silverio 5-11 165 Right Right 1956-10-23
6 Willie Wilson 6-03 195 Right Both 1955-07-09
19 Joe Zdeb 5-11 185 Right Right 1953-06-27
7 Randy Bass 6-01 210 Right Left 1954-03-13
11 Hal McRae 5-11 180 Right Right 1945-07-10
STATMASTER: Team Fielding, Hitting & Pitching Statistics
Team Schedule   Message Board


The 1978 Kansas City Royals played 162 games during the regular season, won 92 games, lost 70 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Royals Stadium (Park Factors: 103/102) where 2,255,493 fans witnessed their 1978 Royals finish the season with a .568 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1978 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1978 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1978 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1978 Kansas City Royals primary starters list:

1978 Kansas City Royals
Opening Day Starters


George Brett
Al Cowens
Clint Hurdle
Hal McRae
Amos Otis
Freddie Patek
Darrell Porter
Paul Splittorff
Frank White
Willie Wilson

1978 Kansas City Royals
Most Games by Position

C Darrell Porter (145)
1B Pete LaCock (106)
2B Frank White (140)
3B George Brett (128)
SS Freddie Patek (137)
LF Willie Wilson (82)
CF Amos Otis (136)
RF Al Cowens (119)
DH Hal McRae (153)
  
SP Rich Gale
SP Larry Gura
SP Dennis Leonard
SP Paul Splittorff
  
RP Doug Bird
RP Steve Mingori
RP Marty Pattin
CL Al Hrabosky


1978 Kansas City Royals
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1978 Kansas City Royals
Uniform Numbers

#1 Jerry Terrell
#2 Freddie Patek
#3 Steve Braun
#5 George Brett
#6 Willie Wilson
#7 Randy Bass
#8 Pete LaCock
#9 Clint Hurdle
#10 Joe Lahoud
#10 Jamie Quirk
#11 Hal McRae
#12 John Wathan
#15 Darrell Porter
#16 Steve Foucault
#16 Andy Hassler
#17 Luis Silverio
#18 Al Cowens
#19 Joe Zdeb
#20 Frank White
#21 Art Kusnyer
#22 Dennis Leonard
#23 Steve Mingori
#25 Tom Poquette
#26 Amos Otis
#28 Randy McGilberry
#29 Doug Bird
#30 U.L. Washington
#31 Dave Cripe
#31 Randy McGilberry
#32 Larry Gura
#33 Marty Pattin
#34 Paul Splittorff
#35 George Throop
#37 Jim Gaudet
#38 Rich Gale
#39 Al Hrabosky
#40 Steve Busby
#43 Bill Paschall
#48 Jim Colborn

Did you know that a 1978 Kansas City Royals Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
Advertising | All-Star Game | Autographs | Awards | Ballparks | The Ballplayers | Baseball Cards | Baseball Families | Biographies | Book Shelf | College Baseball
Division Series | Downloads | Fabulous Feats | Famous Firsts | Feedback | Fun & Games | Grave Sites | Hall of Fame | Hitting Charts | Humor & Jokes | Interviews
Legendary Lists | Managers | Movie Time | News Feeds | Newsletter | Obituaries | Opening Day | Pitching Charts | Poetry & Song | Quotes | Record Books | Rules
Scoring | Search & Find | Statmaster | Stats 101 | Support | Team by Team | US Presidents | Umpires | World Series | Year by Year

Copyright © 2000-2009. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Football Almanac | Pigskin Fever | Today in Baseball History.