1976 Kansas City Royals season

1976 Kansas City Royals
1976 Kansas City Royals
1976 American League West Division Champion
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1969) West Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Royals Stadium (since 1973); Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969);
Other information
Owners	Ewing Kauffman
General managers	Joe Burke
Managers	Whitey Herzog (first full season)
Local television	KBMA–TV 41; (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
Local radio	WIBW–AM 580; KMBZ–AM 980; (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
	< Previous season Next season >

The 1976 Kansas City Royals season was their eighth in Major League Baseball. The Royals won their first division title, taking the American League West with a record of 90-72 in the first full season as manager for Whitey Herzog. Kansas City was defeated 3-2 by the New York Yankees in the 1976 American League Championship Series. George Brett (.333) became the first Royals player to win a league batting title.

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 record 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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

29 Tommy Davis

Manager

24 Whitey Herzog

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1976 regular season game log: 90–72 (Home: 49-32; Away: 41–40)

April: 5–7 (Home: 3–4; Away: 2–3)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
1	April 9	1:15 p.m. CST	@ White Sox	L 0–4	Wood (1–0)	Splittorff (0–1)	–	2:25	40,318	0–1	L1
—	April 11		@ White Sox	Postponed (Cold) (Makeup date: August 6)
—	April 11		@ White Sox	Postponed (Cold) (Makeup date: September 13)
2	April 13	7:30 p.m. CST	Angels	W 7–4	Fitzmorris (1–0)	Hassler (0–1)	Pattin (1)	3:05	25,516	1–1	W1
3	April 14	7:30 p.m. CST	Angels	L 6–7	Monge (1–0)	Pattin (0–1)	Brewer (1)	3:16	9,043	1–2	L1
4	April 15	7:30 p.m. CST	Angels	L 1–5	Ryan (1–1)	Splittorff (0–2)	–	2:13	7,657	1–3	L2
5	April 16	7:30 p.m. CST	Indians	W 5–3	Mingori (1–0)	Peterson (0–1)	Pattin (2)	2:21	12,219	2–3	W1
6	April 17	7:30 p.m. CST	Indians	W 5–3 (5)	Fitzmorris (2–0)	Eckersley (0–2)	–	1:32	9,799	3–3	W2
7	April 18	1:30 p.m. CST	Indians	L 0–6	Dobson (1–1)	Busby (0–1)	–	2:41	10,466	3–4	L1
8	April 20	6:30 p.m. CST	@ Brewers	L 4–5	Broberg (1–0)	Leonard (0–1)	Rodríguez (3)	2:46	4,902	3–5	L2
—	April 21		@ Brewers	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: April 21)
9	April 22	6:30 p.m. CST	@ Brewers	W 2–1	Bird (1–0)	Colborn (1–1)	–	2:36	5,196	4–5	W1
10	April 23	7:00 p.m. CST	@ Yankees	W 3–2	Splittorff (1–2)	Hunter (1–3)	Mingori (1)	2:32	35,116	5–5	W2
11	April 24	1:15 p.m. CST	@ Yankees	L 8–9 (11)	Lyle (2–0)	Pattin (0–2)	–	3:53	16,034	5–6	L1
—	April 25		@ Yankees	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 6)
—	April 27		Red Sox	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 15)
—	April 28		Red Sox	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 16)
12	April 30	7:30 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 3–5	Hunter (2–3)	Splittorff (1–3)	–	2:11	11,368	5–7	L2

May: 20–10 (Home: 11–2; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
13	May 1	7:30 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 4–1	Busby (1–1)	Figueroa (1–1)	–	2:25	18,703	6–7	W1
14	May 2	1:30 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 2–1 (11)	Bird (2–0)	Lyle (1–1)	–	3:23	13,404	7–7	W2
15	May 4	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	W 7–5	Fitzmorris (3–0)	Lee (0–3)	Bird (1)	2:47	16,274	8–7	W3
16	May 5	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	W 8–4	Splittorff (2–3)	Jenkins (1–4)	Littell (1)	2:52	17,596	9–7	W4
17	May 7	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Orioles	L 3–4	Garland (2–0)	Pattin (0–3)	–	2:35	7,310	9–8	L1
18	May 8	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Orioles	W 6–3	Leonard (1–1)	Holtzman (2–2)	Bird (2)	2:33	51,195	10–8	W1
19	May 9	1:00 p.m. CDT	@ Orioles	W 7–4	Littell (1–0)	Palmer (4–4)	–	2:47	7,590	11–8	W2
20	May 10	7:30 p.m. CDT	Twins	L 4–5 (10)	Burgmeier (2–0)	Pattin (0–4)	Luebber (2)	3:26	12,526	11–9	L1
21	May 11	7:30 p.m. CDT	Twins	W 6–3	Bird (3–0)	Luebber (0–1)	Littell (2)	2:33	9,652	12–9	W1
22	May 12	7:30 p.m. CDT	Twins	W 17–5	Pattin (1–4)	Decker (2–3)	–	3:04	9,601	13–9	W2
23	May 13	7:30 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 13–2	Leonard (2–1)	B. Johnson (1–4)	–	2:39	13,657	14–9	W3
24	May 14	7:30 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 7–1	Fitzmorris (4–0)	Vuckovich (0–1)	–	2:09	12,990	15–9	W4
25	May 15	7:30 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 2–1 (12)	Littell (2–0)	Gossage (1–3)	–	3:00	14,693	16–9	W5
26	May 16	1:30 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 3–4	Carroll (1–1)	Bird (3–1)	Hamilton (1)	2:49	28,413	16–10	L1
27	May 17	7:30 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 8–7 (12)	Hall (1–0)	Foucault (3–1)	–	3:57	18,936	17–10	W1
28	May 18	7:30 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 3–1	Fitzmorris (5–0)	Umbarger (3–3)	–	2:07	14,116	18–10	W2
29	May 19		Athletics	W 5–2	Splittorff (3–3)	Torrez (4–4)	Pattin (3)		22,483	19–10	W3
30	May 20		Athletics	W 8–4	Bird (4–1)	P. Mitchell (1–2)	Littell (3)		25,682	20–10	W4
31	May 21	8:00 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	W 5–1	Leonard (3–1)	Hughes (0–4)	–	2:37	8,619	21–10	W5
32	May 22	1:15 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	L 3–5	Goltz (3–2)	Fitzmorris (5–1)	–	2:00	6,812	21–11	L1
33	May 23	1:15 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	L 1–3	Blyleven (4–3)	Splittorff (3–4)	Campbell (4)	2:10	24,716	21–12	L2
34	May 24	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 14–11	Mingori (1–0)	Barr (1–3)	–	3:10	12,751	22–12	W1
—	May 25		@ Rangers	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: May 26)
35 (1)	May 26	5:00 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 14–2	Leonard (4–1)	Perry (4–4)	–	2:54	–	23–12	W2
36 (2)	May 26	8:29 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	L 4–5 (10)	Foucault (4–1)	Pattin (1–5)	–	3:07	16,510	23–13	L1
37	May 27	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	L 4–6	Singer (4–1)	Splittorff (3–5)	Hoerner (3)	2:44	14,755	23–14	L2
38	May 28	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 3–0	Bird (5–1)	Ryan (3–6)	–	2:07	15,777	24–14	W1
39 (1)	May 29	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	L 2–3	Monge (2–1)	Littell (2–1)	–	2:26	–	24–15	L1
40 (2)	May 29	10:01 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	L 2–7	Ross (2–6)	Fitzmorris (5–2)	–	2:43	28,415	24–16	L2
41	May 30	3:00 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 3–2 (14)	Mingori (3–0)	Drago (1–4)	–	4:43	14,193	25–16	W1
42	May 31		@ Athletics	L 1–10

June: 19–10 (Home: 12–4; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
43	June 1		@ Athletics	W 5–2
44	June 2		@ Athletics	W 4–3 (12)
45	June 4	7:30 p.m. CDT	Brewers	W 4–3 (10)	Leonard (5–1)	Slaton (7–2)	–	2:34	16,899	28–17	W3
46 (1)	June 5	5:00 p.m. CDT	Brewers	W 5–4	Fitzmorris (6–2)	Broberg (1–5)	Littell (4)	–	2:51	29–17	W4
47 (2)	June 5	8:26 p.m. CDT	Brewers	W 7–2	Splittorff (4–6)	Champion (0–1)	–	2:26	35,817	30–17	W5
48	June 6	1:30 p.m. CDT	Brewers	L 3–4 (14)	Augustine (1–1)	Pattin (1–6)	–	3:53	15,508	30–18	L1
52	June 10	7:30 p.m. CDT	Orioles	W 7–0	Splittorff (5–6)	Palmer (6–7)	–	2:28	12,210	33–19	W2
53	June 11	7:30 p.m. CDT	Orioles	W 4–0	Bird (7–1)	Cuellar (2–7)	Littell (6)	2:00	25,883	34–19	W3
54	June 12	1:15 p.m. CDT	Orioles	W 7–6	Busby (3–1)	Alexander (3–4)	Pattin (5)	2:39	19,693	35–19	W4
55	June 13	1:30 p.m. CDT	Orioles	W 8–4	Leonard (6–2)	Flanagan (0–2)	–	2:34	23,751	36–19	W5
59	June 18	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	W 5–3	Leonard (7–2)	Thomas (0–1)	–	2:42	14,170	39–20	W1
60	June 19	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	L 0–3	Dobson (8–5)	Fitzmorris (8–3)	Kern (3)	2:20	17,389	39–21	L1
61	June 20	1:00 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	L 8–11	Bibby (3–2)	Littell (3–2)	Thomas (3)	2:55	13,295	39–22	L2
62	June 21	7:30 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 1–2 (11)	Hamilton (3–3)	Hall (1–1)	–	3:00	28,918	39–23	L3
63	June 22	7:30 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 8–14	Jefferson (2–2)	Busby (3–2)	–	2:44	18,125	39–24	L4
64	June 23	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	L 5–7	Foucault (6–3)	Leonard (7–3)	–	2:52	21,336	39–25	L5
65	June 24	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	L 2–5	Hargan (2–2)	Fitzmorris (8–4)	Hoerner (5)	2:56	14,455	39–26	L6
66	June 25	7:30 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 6–3	Splittorff (7–6)	Ross (5–9)	Littell (7)	2:14	25,522	40–26	W1
67	June 26	7:30 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 3–0	Pattin (2–7)	Ryan (6–8)	Mingori (4)	2:28	30,125	41–26	W2
68	June 27	1:30 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 5–4 (11)	Bird (8–1)	Drago (1–6)	–	3:22	37,960	42–26	W3
69	June 28	8:00 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	L 3–4	Campbell (8–2)	Littell (3–3)	–	2:47	6,170	42–27	L1
70	June 29	8:00 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	W 1–0 (10)	Fitzmorris (9–4)	Goltz (7–6)	–	2:40	6,201	43–27	W1
71	June 30	8:00 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	W 4–2	Splittorff (8–6)	Bane (0–1)	–	2:40	7,471	44–27	W2

July: 17–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 9–5)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
72	July 1		Athletics	L 2–5
73	July 2		Athletics	W 8–5
74	July 3		Athletics	W 7–5
75	July 4		Athletics	L 0–6
76	July 5	1:00 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 2–1	Splittorff (9–6)	Alexander (4–5)	Mingori (6)	2:50	28,041	47–29	W1
77 (1)	July 6	4:30 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 3–1	Bird (9–1)	Figueroa (9–6)	Mingori (7)	2:17	–	48–29	W2
78 (2)	July 6	7:22 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 4–7	Lyle (6–5)	Busby (3–3)	–	2:25	35,370	48–30	L1
79	July 7	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 2–1	Littell (5–3)	Hunter (10–8)	Mingori (8)	2:22	23,172	49–30	W1
47th All-Star Game in Philadelphia, PA
83 (1)	July 15	5:00 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 12–5	Leonard (10–3)	Pole (4–5)	–	2:32	–	52–31	W1
84 (2)	July 15	8:07 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	L 1–2	Jones (3–0)	Bird (9–2)	Willoughby (4)	2:12	24,720	52–32	L1
85 (1)	July 16	5:00 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 5–1	Splittorff (10–6)	Murphy (2–4)	–	2:04	–	53–32	W1
86 (2)	July 16	7:39 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 2–1	Fitzmorris (11–5)	Wise (7–7)	–	2:25	35,600	54–32	W2
87	July 17	2:15 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 2–1	Littell (6–3)	Tiant (10–7)	–	2:39	24,411	55–32	W3
88	July 18	1:30 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 6–3	Pattin (3–8)	Cleveland (4–5)	–	2:34	29,267	56–32	W4
89	July 19	7:30 p.m. CDT	Orioles	L 3–4	Palmer (13–8)	Leonard (10–4)	Martinez (6)	2:30	39,355	56–33	L1
90	July 20	7:30 p.m. CDT	Orioles	L 3–10	Garland (12–1)	Bird (9–3)	–	2:29	16,145	56–34	L2
91	July 21	7:30 p.m. CDT	Brewers	L 0–5	Travers (11–7)	Fitzmorris (11–6)	Frisella (5)	2:24	15,445	56–35	L3
92	July 22	7:30 p.m. CDT	Brewers	W 3–1	Splittorff (11–6)	Colborn (6–11)	Littell (9)	2:20	16,1335,508	57–35	W1
93	July 23		@ Athletics	L 0–2
94	July 24		@ Athletics	W 6–5
95	July 25		@ Athletics	L 2–9
96	July 26	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 4–0	Fitzmorris (12–6)	Ryan (7–13)	–	2:32	18,753	59–37	W1
97	July 27	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	L 1–2	Tanana (12–7)	Splittorff (11–7)	–	2:02	8,342	59–38	L1
98	July 28	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 3–2 (15)	Gura (1–0)	Kirkwood (4–8)	–	4:04	9,947	60–38	W1
99	July 30	7:30 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 2–1	Leonard (11–5)	Briles (7–7)	Littell (10)	2:48	28,411	61–38	W2
100	July 31	7:30 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 2–4	Blyleven (8–12)	Fitzmorris (12–7)	–	2:41	35,786	61–39	L1

August: 17–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 9–9)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
101	August 1	7:30 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 4–8	Perry (10–8)	Hassler (0–7)	–	3:15	24,732	61–40	L2
102	August 3	7:30 p.m. CDT	Twins	W 7–1	Pattin (4–9)	Bane (4–3)	–	2:28	16,939	62–40	W1
103	August 4	7:30 p.m. CDT	Twins	W 4–2	Fitzmorris (13–7)	Goltz (9–10)	Littell (11)	2:32	15,932	63–40	W2
104	August 5	7:30 p.m. CDT	Twins	W 6–4	Leonard (12–4)	Singer (8–8)	Mingori (10)	2:44	14,544	64–40	W3
105 (1)	August 6	5:30 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 9–2	Hassler (1–7)	B. Johnson (9–10)	–	2:29	–	65–40	W4
106 (2)	August 6	8:34 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 8–3	Bird (10–4)	Gossage (6–11)	–	2:00	13,824	66–40	W5
107	August 7	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 3–5	Barrios (3–4)	Mingori (3–2)	–	2:16	30,382	66–41	L1
108 (1)	August 8	12:30 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 2–5	Forster (2–8)	Pattin (4–10)	Gossage (1)	2:55	–	66–42	L2
109 (2)	August 8	4:00 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 7–1	Fitzmorris (14–7)	Jefferson (2–5)	–	2:31	15,997	67–42	W1
110	August 9	7:30 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 8–2	Leonard (13–4)	Holtzman (9–8)	–	2:10	40,435	68–42	W2
111	August 10	7:30 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 1–2 (11)	Ellis (12–6)	Mingori (3–3)	Lyle (19)	2:46	25,173	68–43	L1
112	August 11	7:30 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 3–5	Alexander (7–8)	Bird (10–5)	Lyle (20)	2:19	23,394	68–44	L2
116	August 16	7:30 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 6–1	Pattin (5–10)	Brown (7–8)	–	2:08	18,797	71–45	W3
117	August 17	7:30 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 4–3 (10)	Littell (7–3)	LaRoche (1–4)	–	3:09	14,836	72–45	W4
118	August 18	7:30 p.m. CDT	Indians	L 1–4	Eckersley (8–10)	Fitzmorris (14–9)	Kern (11)	2:44	15,095	72–46	L1
119	August 19	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	L 4–6	Augustine (6–8)	Leonard (15–5)	Frisella (8)	2:39	10,554	72–47	L2
120	August 20	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	W 3–0	Hassler (3–7)	Travers (14–10)	–	2:19	15,043	73–47	W1
121	August 21	1:30 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	W 6–2	Pattin (6–10)	Colborn (7–13)	Littell (12)	2:50	17,725	74–47	W2
122	August 22	1:20 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	W 7–4	Bird (11–5)	Frisella (4–2)	Littell (13)	2:30	16,596	75–47	W3
123	August 23	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	L 3–4	Eckersley (9–10)	Mingori (3–4)	–	2:35	9,581	75–48	L1
124	August 24	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	L 1–2	Rick Waits (6–5)	Leonard (15–6)	–	2:10	6,615	75–49	L2
125	August 25	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	W 2–1	Hassler (4–7)	Kern (8–7)	Littell (14)	2:55	7,113	76–49	W1
126	August 26	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	W 7–6 (15)	Bruno (1–0)	Willoughby (2–11)	–	4:46	24,199	77–49	W2
127	August 27	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	L 4–9	Jenkins (12–11)	Bird (11–6)	–	2:33	24,940	77–50	L1
128	August 28	1:00 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	W 8–3	Fitzmorris (15–9)	Lee (2–5)	Littell (15)	3:16	27,058	78–50	W1
129	August 29	1:00 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	L 6–15	Wise (10–10)	Leonard (15–7)	–	2:50	26,747	78–51	L1
130	August 30	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Orioles	L 2–3	May (11–9)	Hassler (5–7)	–	2:29	6,249	78–52	L2
131	August 31	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Orioles	L 3–4	Palmer (19–11)	Pattin (6–11)	Miller (6)	2:49	8,661	78–53	L3

September: 12–16 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
132	September 1	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Orioles	L 1–7	Flanagan (1–4)	Bird (11–7)	–	2:30	8,007	78–54	L4
133	September 3	7:30 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 1–4	Boggs (1–4)	Fitzmorris (15–10)	–	2:54	17,748	78–55	L5
134	September 4	7:30 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 7–0	Leonard (16–7)	Umbarger (9–11)	–	2:18	31,541	79–55	W1
135	September 5	1:30 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 1–3	Blyleven (11–15)	Hassler (5–8)	–	2:36	22,025	79–56	L1
136	September 6	7:30 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 4–5	Hargan (6–6)	Bird (11–8)	Hoerner (7)	2:41	27,008	79–57	L2
137	September 7	7:30 p.m. CDT	Angels	L 1–2	Kirkwood (6–10)	Pattin (6–12)	–	2:26	9,225	79–58	L3
138	September 8	7:30 p.m. CDT	Angels	L 0–2	Drago (6–7)	Fitzmorris (15–11)	–	3:07	11,939	79–59	L4
139	September 9	7:30 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 6–5 (10)	Mingori (4–4)	Overy (0–2)	–	3:03	10,897	80–59	W1
140	September 10	8:00 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	L 3–18	Hughes (8–12)	Hassler (4–10)	–	3:37	8,912	80–60	L1
141	September 11	1:15 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	W 8–6	Littell (8–3)	Campbell (15–5)	–	2:29	8,955	81–60	W!
142	September 12	1:15 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	W 16–6	Pattin (7–12)	Redfern (5–8)	–	2:51	8,101	82–60	W2
143 (1)	September 13	5:30 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 3–4	Knapp (3–1)	Leonard (16–8)	Hamilton (10)	2:33	–	82–61	L1
144 (2)	September 13	8:38 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 4–5	Brett (10–9)	Mingori (4–5)	–	2:31	5,327	82–62	L2
145	September 14	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 2–1	Hassler (5–10)	Forster (2–11)	–	2:08	2,762	83–62	W1
146	September 15	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	L 1–2	Ryan (14–17)	Bird (11–9)	–	2:22	6,350	83–63	L1
147	September 16	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 2–0	Pattin (8–12)	Tanana (16–10)	–	2:25	7,440	84–63	W1
148	September 17	7:30 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 3–2	Leonard (17–8)	Gossage (9–15)	–	2:38	15,087	85–63	W2
149	September 18	7:30 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 6–5	Gura (2–0)	Brett (10–10)	–	2:35	24,955	86–63	W3
150	September 19	1:30 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 6–5	Mingori (5–5)	Forster (2–12)	–	2:43	39,797	87–63	W4
151	September 21		Athletics	W 3–1
152	September 22		Athletics	L 1–11
153	September 23		Athletics	L 1–8
154	September 24	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 2–1 (14)	Gura (3–0)	Foucault (8–8)	Littell (16)	4:35	6,949	89–65	W1
155	September 25	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	L 0–1	Blyleven (13–16)	Hassler (5–11)	–	2:12	9,001	89–66	L1
156	September 26	2:00 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	L 1–3	Briles (11–9)	Bird (12–10)	Hargan (1)	2:53	4,650	89–67	L2
157	September 27		@ Athletics	L 3–8
158	September 28		@ Athletics	L 0–1
159	September 29		@ Athletics	W 4–0

October: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
160	October 1	7:30 p.m. CDT	Twins	L 3–4	Campbell (17–5)	Littell (8–4)	–	2:46	38,482	90–70	L1
161	October 2	1:30 p.m. CDT	Twins	L 2–3	Singer (13–10)	Hassler (5–12)	Campbell (20)	2:06	14,087	90–71	L2
162	October 3	1:30 p.m. CDT	Twins	L 3–5	Hughes (9–14)	Splittorff (11–8)	–	2:15	15,665	90–72	L3

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Postseason Game log

1976 Postseason game log: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 1–2)

AL Championship Series: vs. New York Yankees 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 1–2)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Series	Box/ Streak
1	October 9	12 Noon CDT	Yankees	L 1–4	Hunter (1–0)	Gura (0–1)	–	2:09	41,077	NYY 1–0	L1
2	October 10	7:15 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 7–3	Splittorff (1–0)	Figueroa (0–1)	–	2:45	41,091	Tied 1–1	W1
3	October 12	7:15 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 3–5	Ellis (1–0)	Hassler (0–1)	Lyle (1)	3:00	56,808	NYY 2–1	L1
4	October 13	2:15 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 7–4	Bird (1–0)	Hunter (1–1)	Mingori (1)	2:50	56,355	Tied 2–2	W1
5	October 14	7:15 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 6–7	Tidrow (1–0)	Littell (0–1)	–	3:13	56,821	NYY 3–2	L1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Player stats

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
C	Buck Martinez	95	267	61	.228	5	34
1B	John Mayberry	161	594	138	.232	13	95
2B	Frank White	152	446	102	.229	2	46
3B	George Brett	159	645	215	.333	7	67
SS	Freddie Patek	144	432	104	.241	1	43
LF	Tom Poquette	104	344	104	.302	2	34
CF	Amos Otis	153	592	165	.279	18	86
RF	Al Cowens	152	581	154	.265	3	59
DH	Hal 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
Jim Wohlford	107	293	73	.249	1	24
Bob Stinson	79	209	55	.263	2	25
Dave Nelson	78	153	36	.235	1	17
Cookie Rojas	63	132	32	.242	0	16
Jamie Quirk	64	114	28	.246	1	15
Tony Solaita	31	68	16	.235	0	9
Ruppert Jones	28	51	11	.216	1	7
John Wathan	27	42	12	.286	0	5
Fran Healy	8	24	3	.125	0	1
Tommy Davis	8	19	5	.263	0	0
Willie Wilson	12	6	1	.167	0	0

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
Dennis Leonard	35	259.0	17	10	3.51	150
Al Fitzmorris	35	220.1	15	11	3.06	80
Paul Splittorff	26	158.2	11	8	3.97	59
Andy Hassler	19	99.2	5	6	2.89	45
Steve 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
Doug Bird	39	197.2	12	10	3.37	107
Marty Pattin	44	141.0	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
Mark Littell	60	8	4	16	2.08	92
Steve Mingori	55	5	5	10	2.32	38
Tom Hall	31	1	1	1	4.45	25
Larry Gura	20	4	0	1	2.30	22
Tom Bruno	12	1	0	0	6.75	11
Bob McClure	8	0	0	0	9.00	3
Jerry Cram	4	0	0	0	6.23	2
Roger Nelson	3	0	0	0	2.08	4
Ray Sadecki	3	0	0	0	0.00	1
Ken Sanders	3	0	0	0	0.00	2

ALCS

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Killebrew cut by Royals

[2] Royals trade Briles to Texas

[3] Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference

[4] Bill Paschall at Baseball Reference

[5] Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference

American League West champions
1960s	1969: Minnesota Twins
1970s	1970: Minnesota Twins 1971: Oakland Athletics 1972: Oakland Athletics 1973: Oakland Athletics 1974: Oakland Athletics 1975: Oakland Athletics 1976: Kansas City Royals 1977: Kansas City Royals 1978: Kansas City Royals 1979: California Angels
1980s	1980: Kansas City Royals 1981: Oakland Athletics 1982: California Angels 1983: Chicago White Sox 1984: Kansas City Royals 1985: Kansas City Royals 1986: California Angels 1987: Minnesota Twins 1988: Oakland Athletics 1989: Oakland Athletics
1990s	1990: Oakland Athletics 1991: Minnesota Twins 1992: Oakland Athletics 1993: Chicago White Sox 1994: No champion 1995: Seattle Mariners 1996: Texas Rangers 1997: Seattle Mariners 1998: Texas Rangers 1999: Texas Rangers
2000s	2000: Oakland Athletics 2001: Seattle Mariners 2002: Oakland Athletics 2003: Oakland Athletics 2004: Anaheim Angels 2005: Los Angeles Angels 2006: Oakland Athletics 2007: Los Angeles Angels 2008: Los Angeles Angels 2009: Los Angeles Angels
2010s	2010: Texas Rangers 2011: Texas Rangers 2012: Oakland Athletics 2013: Oakland Athletics 2014: Los Angeles Angels 2015: Texas Rangers 2016: Texas Rangers 2017: Houston Astros 2018: Houston Astros 2019: Houston Astros
2020s	2020: Oakland Athletics 2021: Houston Astros 2022: Houston Astros 2023: Houston Astros