| W-L: 102-60 (0.630) | Finish: 1st in American League West |
| Expected W-L (runs) | 98-64 (0.605) |
| SharkWAR Expected W-L | 98-64 (0.605) |
| <<1976 Kansas City Royals | 1978 Kansas City Royals>> |
| Player Name | Pos | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal McRae | LF | 31 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 162 | 720 | 191 | 54 | 11 | 21 | 59 | 18 | 14 | 113.993 | 0.366 | 0.515 |
| George Brett | 3B | 24 | 8.4 | 5.7 | 139 | 627 | 176 | 32 | 13 | 22 | 55 | 14 | 12 | 103.981 | 0.373 | 0.532 |
| Al Cowens | RF | 25 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 162 | 661 | 189 | 32 | 14 | 23 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 104.968 | 0.361 | 0.525 |
| Darrell Porter | C | 25 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 130 | 486 | 117 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 65.598 | 0.353 | 0.452 |
| Amos Otis | CF | 30 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 142 | 561 | 120 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 71 | 23 | 7 | 69.853 | 0.342 | 0.433 |
| John Mayberry | 1B | 28 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 153 | 641 | 125 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 83 | 1 | 3 | 74.290 | 0.336 | 0.402 |
| Freddie Patek | SS | 32 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 154 | 563 | 130 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 53 | 13 | 53.430 | 0.320 | 0.368 |
| Tom Poquette | LF | 25 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 106 | 372 | 100 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 43.006 | 0.337 | 0.412 |
| Pete LaCock | 1B | 25 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 88 | 238 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 28.114 | 0.344 | 0.408 |
| John Wathan | C | 27 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 55 | 127 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17.076 | 0.346 | 0.471 |
| Joe Lahoud | LF | 30 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 34 | 77 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10.386 | 0.364 | 0.431 |
| Joe Zdeb | LF | 24 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 105 | 217 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 23.446 | 0.346 | 0.374 |
| Clint Hurdle | RF | 19 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.599 | 0.357 | 0.538 |
| U. L. Washington | SS | 23 | -0.0 | 0.1 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.859 | 0.360 | 0.350 |
| Willie Wilson | CF | 21 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3.871 | 0.343 | 0.382 |
| Mark Littell | P | 24 | -0.0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.156 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Bob Heise | 2B | 30 | -0.0 | -0.2 | 54 | 66 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.663 | 0.292 | 0.323 |
| Dave Nelson | 2B | 33 | -0.5 | -0.4 | 27 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3.655 | 0.291 | 0.292 |
| Buck Martinez | C | 28 | -0.7 | -0.5 | 29 | 85 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.281 | 0.253 | 0.312 |
| Frank White | 2B | 26 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 152 | 514 | 116 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 37.148 | 0.284 | 0.342 |
| Cookie Rojas | 3B | 38 | -0.2 | -0.7 | 64 | 166 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 11.103 | 0.285 | 0.321 |
| Totals | 26.9 | 6268 | 1549 | 299 | 77 | 146 | 522 | 170 | 87 | 780.162 | 0.343 | 0.436 | ||||
| Player Name | Age | Shark WAR | Pitching WAR | G | GS | IP | W | L | CG | SV | R | BB | SO | Pitch Runs Saved | ERA | WHIP | SOper9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Leonard | 26 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 38 | 37 | 292.67 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 117 | 79 | 244 | 78.13 | 3.04 | 1.11 | 7.50 |
| Jim Colborn | 31 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 36 | 35 | 239.00 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 81 | 103 | 40.89 | 3.62 | 1.31 | 3.88 |
| Paul Splittorff | 30 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 37 | 37 | 229.00 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 104 | 83 | 99 | 32.70 | 3.69 | 1.42 | 3.89 |
| Larry Gura | 29 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 52 | 6 | 106.33 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 28 | 46 | 21.83 | 3.13 | 1.28 | 3.89 |
| Doug Bird | 27 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 53 | 5 | 118.33 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 52 | 29 | 83 | 18.72 | 3.88 | 1.26 | 6.31 |
| Marty Pattin | 34 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 31 | 10 | 128.33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 37 | 55 | 18.70 | 3.58 | 1.18 | 3.86 |
| Mark Littell | 24 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 48 | 5 | 104.67 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 49 | 55 | 106 | 15.61 | 3.61 | 1.22 | 9.11 |
| Steve Mingori | 33 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 43 | 0 | 64.00 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 12.16 | 3.09 | 1.22 | 2.67 |
| Andy Hassler | 25 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 29 | 27 | 156.33 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 75 | 83 | 6.34 | 4.20 | 1.54 | 4.78 |
| Tom Hall | 29 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0 | 7.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1.21 | 3.52 | 1.30 | 11.74 |
| George Throop | 26 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0 | 5.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.83 | 3.38 | 0.94 | 1.69 |
| Gary Lance | 28 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -0.07 | 4.50 | 2.00 | 0.00 |
| Randy McGilberry | 23 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 3 | 0 | 7.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -0.09 | 5.14 | 1.14 | 1.29 |
| Totals | 23.1 | 1460.67 | 102 | 60 | 41 | 42 | 651 | 499 | 850 | 246.97 | 3.54 | 1.28 | 5.24 |
| Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | Player Name | |||||||||
| C | Darrell Porter | 25 | -0.3 | 125.0 | 1053.7 | 663.0 | 61.0 | 13.0 | 4.0 | -2.378 |
| John Wathan | 27 | -0.3 | 35.0 | 205.0 | 130.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -2.494 | |
| Buck Martinez | 28 | -0.2 | 28.0 | 202.0 | 133.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -2.187 | |
| 1B | John Mayberry | 28 | -0.7 | 145.0 | 1254.7 | 1296.0 | 81.0 | 7.0 | 118.0 | -6.015 |
| Pete LaCock | 25 | 0.1 | 29.0 | 180.0 | 186.0 | 17.0 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 0.946 | |
| John Wathan | 27 | -0.1 | 5.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | -1.099 | |
| 2B | Frank White | 26 | 0.1 | 152.0 | 1265.0 | 310.0 | 434.0 | 8.0 | 86.0 | 1.059 |
| Bob Heise | 30 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 84.7 | 20.0 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.435 | |
| Cookie Rojas | 38 | 0.2 | 16.0 | 60.0 | 26.0 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 1.413 | |
| Dave Nelson | 33 | -0.2 | 11.0 | 51.0 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | -1.662 | |
| 3B | George Brett | 24 | 2.8 | 135.0 | 1184.0 | 115.0 | 325.0 | 20.0 | 33.0 | 24.349 |
| Cookie Rojas | 38 | 0.3 | 31.0 | 242.7 | 23.0 | 62.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.715 | |
| Bob Heise | 30 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 33.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.349 | |
| Joe Zdeb | 24 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.094 | |
| SS | Freddie Patek | 32 | -1.3 | 154.0 | 1304.7 | 252.0 | 413.0 | 29.0 | 70.0 | -11.648 |
| Bob Heise | 30 | 0.1 | 21.0 | 83.0 | 19.0 | 30.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 1.150 | |
| U. L. Washington | 23 | -0.1 | 9.0 | 62.0 | 13.0 | 21.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | -1.142 | |
| Frank White | 26 | -0.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.349 | |
| George Brett | 24 | -0.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.483 | |
| LF | Tom Poquette | 25 | 0.2 | 73.0 | 537.0 | 123.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.866 |
| Joe Zdeb | 24 | -0.1 | 87.0 | 433.3 | 91.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -0.811 | |
| Hal McRae | 31 | 0.1 | 47.0 | 347.0 | 84.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.954 | |
| Joe Lahoud | 30 | -0.0 | 13.0 | 82.3 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.413 | |
| Pete LaCock | 25 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 61.0 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.180 | |
| CF | Amos Otis | 30 | -0.3 | 140.0 | 1181.3 | 324.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -2.312 |
| Al Cowens | 25 | -0.1 | 27.0 | 196.0 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.462 | |
| Willie Wilson | 21 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 73.3 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.303 | |
| Tom Poquette | 25 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.001 | |
| Joe Zdeb | 24 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.023 | |
| RF | Al Cowens | 25 | 0.1 | 142.0 | 1156.0 | 254.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.020 |
| Tom Poquette | 25 | 0.3 | 28.0 | 197.0 | 56.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.379 | |
| Clint Hurdle | 19 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 61.7 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.500 | |
| Pete LaCock | 25 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.072 | |
| Joe Lahoud | 30 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.181 | |
| Joe Zdeb | 24 | -0.0 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.308 | |
| C | -0.8 | 1460.7 | 926.0 | 78.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | -7.058 | |||
| 1B | -0.7 | 1460.7 | 1508.0 | 98.0 | 10.0 | 136.0 | -6.169 | |||
| 2B | 0.1 | 1460.7 | 367.0 | 493.0 | 10.0 | 104.0 | 1.246 | |||
| 3B | 3.1 | 1460.7 | 141.0 | 397.0 | 28.0 | 42.0 | 27.319 | |||
| SS | -1.4 | 1460.7 | 284.0 | 467.0 | 38.0 | 82.0 | -12.473 | |||
| LF | 0.2 | 1460.7 | 327.0 | 20.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1.775 | |||
| CF | -0.3 | 1460.7 | 405.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -2.448 | |||
| RF | 0.4 | 1460.7 | 333.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 3.482 | |||