1976 Kansas City Royals season

1976 Kansas City Royals
1976 Kansas City Royals
American League West Champions
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Royals Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	90–72 (.556)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Ewing Kauffman
General managers	Joe Burke
Managers	Whitey Herzog (first full season)
Television	KBMA–TV 41; (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
Radio	WIBW–AM 580; KMBZ–AM 980; (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

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 ALCS. 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

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	—	49‍–‍32	41‍–‍40
Oakland Athletics	87	74	.540	2½	51‍–‍30	36‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	5	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Texas Rangers	76	86	.469	14	39‍–‍42	37‍–‍44
California Angels	76	86	.469	14	38‍–‍43	38‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox	64	97	.398	25½	35‍–‍45	29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1976 American League record v t e Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
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

May 16, 1976: Fran Healy is traded by the Royals to the New York Yankees for Larry Gura.^[4]
June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
- Bill Paschall was drafted by the Royals in the 3rd round.^[5]
- Ken Phelps was drafted by the Royals in the 15th round.^[6]

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	7:30 p.m. CDT	Athletics	W 5–2	Splittorff (3–3)	Torrez (4–4)	Pattin (3)	2:49	22,483	19–10	W3
30	May 20	7:30 p.m. CDT	Athletics	W 8–4	Bird (4–1)	P. Mitchell (1–2)	Littell (3)	2:46	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	10:00 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	L 1–10	Torrez (6–5)	Splittorff (3–6)	—	2:32	31,842	25–17	L1

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	10:00 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	W 5–2	Bird (6–1)	Bahnsen (2–2)	Pattin (4)	2:29	3,860	26–17	W1
44	June 2	10:00 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	W 4–3 (12)	Littell (3–1)	Fingers (2–5)	Mingori (2)	3:57	2,628	27–17	W2
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	7:30 p.m. CDT	Athletics	L 2–5	Fingers (4–5)	Pattin (2–8)	—	2:46	23,175	44–28	L1
73	July 2	7:30 p.m. CDT	Athletics	W 8–5	Littell (4–3)	Blue (6–7)	—	3:05	25,723	45–28	W1
74	July 3	7:30 p.m. CDT	Athletics	W 7–5	Leonard (8–3)	Todd (6–7)	Mingori (5)	3:03	33,586	46–28	W2
75	July 4	1:30 p.m. CDT	Athletics	L 0–6	Norris (2–2)	Fitzmorris (9–5)	—	2:42	24,647	46–29	L1
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	July 6 (1)	4:30 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 3–1	Bird (9–1)	Figueroa (9–6)	Mingori (7)	2:17	—	48–29	W2
78	July 6 (2)	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	July 15 (1)	5:00 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 12–5	Leonard (10–3)	Pole (4–5)	—	2:32	—	52–31	W1
84	July 15 (2)	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	July 16 (1)	5:00 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 5–1	Splittorff (10–6)	Murphy (2–4)	—	2:04	—	53–32	W1
86	July 16 (2)	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	16,133	57–35	W1
93	July 23	10:00 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	L 0–2	Blue (8–9)	Pattin (3–9)	—	2:25	9,173	57–36	L1
94	July 24	3:30 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	W 6–5	Leonard (11–4)	Todd (6–8)	Mingori (9)	3:14	42,592	58–36	W1
95	July 25	3:30 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	L 2–9	Abbott (2–2)	Bird (9–4)	—	2:23	10,237	58–37	L1
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	7:30 p.m. CDT	Athletics	W 3–1	Bird (12–9)	Bahnsen (8–7)	—	2:30	28,869	88–63	W1
152	September 22	7:30 p.m. CDT	Athletics	L 1–11	Blue (17–12)	Pattin (8–13)	—	2:21	36,064	88–64	L1
153	September 23	7:30 p.m. CDT	Athletics	L 1–8	Torrez (15–11)	Leonard (17–9)	—	3:01	34,077	88–65	L2
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	10:00 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	L 3–8	Blue (18–12)	Leonard (17–10)	—	3:08	37,914	89–68	L3
158	September 28	10:00 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	L 0–1	Torrez (16–11)	Pattin (8–14)	—	2:05	9,464	89–69	L4
159	September 29	10:00 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	W 4–0	Gura (4–9)	Mitchell (9–7)	—	2:15	19,631	90–69	W1

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

Starting Lineups

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	SP
5	April 16	CLE
6	April 17	CLE
7	April 18	CLE
10	April 23	@ NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#34 Splittorff
11	April 24	@ NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#16 Healy (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#40 Busby
12	April 30	NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#34 Splittorff
13	May 1	NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#2 Patek (SS)	#15 Stinson (C)	#20 White (2B)	#40 Busby
14	May 2	NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#22 Leonard
15	May 4	@ BOS	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#39 Fitzmorris
16	May 5	@ BOS	#18 Cowens (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#8 Solaita (DH)	#1 Rojas (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#34 Splittorff
17	May 7	@ BAL	#18 Cowens (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#1 Rojas (DH)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#40 Busby
18	May 8	@ BAL	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#22 Leonard
19	May 9	@ BAL	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#39 Fitzmorris
20	May 10	MIN	#18 Cowens (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (DH)	#11 McRae (LF)	#8 Solaita (1B)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#34 Splittorff
21	May 11	MIN	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#29 Bird
22	May 12	MIN	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#40 Busby
27	May 17	TEX
28	May 18	TEX
29	May 19	OAK	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#34 Splittorff
30	May 20	OAK	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#29 Bird
31	May 21	@ MIN	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#22 Leonard
32	May 22	@ MIN	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#39 Fitzmorris
33	May 23	@ MIN	#25 Poquette (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#8 Solaita (DH)	#1 Rojas (2B)	#15 Stinson (C)	#20 White (SS)	#34 Splittorff
34	May 24	@ TEX
35	May 26	@ TEX
36	May 26	@ TEX
37	May 27	@ TEX
42	May 31	@ OAK	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#8 Solaita (DH)	#25 Poquette (RF)	#2 Patek (SS)	#15 Stinson (C)	#34 Splittorff
43	June 1	@ OAK	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#29 Bird
44	June 2	@ OAK	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#12 Wathan (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#40 Busby
52	June 10	BAL	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#34 Splittorff
53	June 11	BAL	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#29 Bird
54	June 12	BAL	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#2 Patek (SS)	#15 Stinson (C)	#40 Busby
55	June 13	BAL	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#22 Leonard
59	June 18	@ CLE
60	June 19	@ CLE
61	June 20	@ CLE
64	June 23	@ TEX
65	June 24	@ TEX
69	June 28	@ MIN	#6 Wohlford (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#8 Solaita (DH)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#22 Leonard
70	June 29	@ MIN	#6 Wohlford (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#8 Solaita (DH)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#39 Fitzmorris
71	June 30	@ MIN	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#34 Splittorff
72	July 1	OAK	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#29 Bird
73	July 2	OAK	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#40 Busby
74	July 3	OAK	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#22 Leonard
75	July 4	OAK	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#39 Fitzmorris
76	July 5	@ NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#34 Splittorff
77	July 6	@ NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#29 Bird
78	July 6	@ NYY	#6 Wohlford (CF)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#40 Busby
79	July 7	@ NYY	#18 Cowens (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#16 Hassler
63	July 15	BOS	#18 Cowens (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#22 Leonard
84	July 15	BOS	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#1 Rojas (DH)	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#20 White (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#29 Bird
85	July 16	BOS	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#20 White (SS)	#34 Splittorff
86	July 16	BOS	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#20 White (SS)	#39 Fitzmorris
87	July 17	BOS	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#20 White (SS)	#16 Hassler
88	July 18	BOS	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#20 White (SS)	#33 Pattin
89	July 19	BAL	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#20 White (SS)	#22 Leonard
90	July 20	BAL	#3 Nelson (2B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#20 White (SS)	#29 Bird
93	July 23	@ OAK	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#33 Pattin
94	July 24	@ OAK	#18 Cowens (RF)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#22 Leonard
95	July 25	@ OAK	#18 Cowens (RF)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#29 Bird
99	July 30	TEX
100	July 31	TEX
101	August 1	TEX
102	August 3	MIN	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#33 Pattin
103	August 4	MIN	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#39 Fitzmorris
104	August 5	MIN	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#22 Leonard
110	August 9	NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#22 Leonard
111	August 10	NYY	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#16 Hassler
112	August 11	NYY	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#29 Bird
116	August 16	@ CLE
117	August 17	@ CLE
118	August 18	@ CLE
123	August 23	CLE
124	August 24	CLE
125	August 25	CLE
126	August 26	@ BOS	#25 Poquette (LF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#33 Pattin
127	August 27	@ BOS	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#21 Martinez (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#29 Bird
128	August 28	@ BOS	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#1 Rojas (3B)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#39 Fitzmorris
129	August 29	@ BOS	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#1 Rojas (3B)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#22 Leonard
130	August 30	@ BAL	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#16 Hassler
131	August 31	@ BAL	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#33 Pattin
132	September 1	@ BAL	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#29 Bird
133	September 3	TEX
134	September 4	TEX
135	September 5	TEX
136	September 6	TEX
140	September 10	@ MIN	#3 Nelson (2B)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#26 Otis (CF)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#16 Hassler
141	September 11	@ MIN	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#1 Rojas (2B)	#20 White (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#29 Bird
142	September 12	@ MIN	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#1 Rojas (2B)	#20 White (SS)	#15 Stinson (C)	#33 Pattin
151	September 21	OAK	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#29 Bird
152	September 22	OAK	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#33 Pattin
153	September 23	OAK	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#22 Leonard
154	September 24	@ TEX
155	September 25	@ TEX
156	September 26	@ TEX
157	September 27	@ OAK	#6 Wohlford (RF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#29 Davis (DH)	#18 Cowens (CF)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#1 Rojas (2B)	#20 White (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#22 Leonard
158	September 28	@ OAK	#25 Poquette (LF)	#18 Cowens (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (LF)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#1 Rojas (2B)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#33 Pattin
159	September 29	@ OAK	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#1 Rojas (2B)	#12 Wathan (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#37 Gura
160	October 1	MIN	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#12 Wathan (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#29 Bird
161	October 2	MIN	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#1 Rojas (2B)	#25 Poquette (RF)	#9 Quirk (3B)	#29 Davis (DH)	#12 Wathan (1B)	#19 Wilson (CF)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#22 Leonard
162	October 3	MIN	#25 Poquette (LF)	#26 Otis (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#15 Stinson (C)	#2 Patek (SS)	#20 White (2B)	#34 Splittorff

Playoffs

Game	Round	Date	Opponent	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	SP
1	ALCS	October 9	NYY	#26 Otis (CF)	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#18 Cowens (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#37 Gura
2	ALCS	October 10	NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#18 Cowens (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#25 Poquette (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#22 Leonard
3	ALCS	October 12	@ NYY	#6 Wohlford (LF)	#18 Cowens (CF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (DH)	#25 Poquette (RF)	#20 White (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#16 Hassler
4	ALCS	October 13	@ NYY	#18 Cowens (CF)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (RF)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#1 Rokas (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#37 Gura
5	ALCS	October 14	@ NYY	#18 Cowens (CF)	#25 Poquette (LF)	#5 Brett (3B)	#7 Mayberry (1B)	#11 McRae (RF)	#9 Quirk (DH)	#1 Rokas (2B)	#2 Patek (SS)	#21 Martinez (C)	#22 Leonard

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	6	6	0.500	54	49
Boston Red Sox	9	3	0.750	68	55
Cleveland Indians	6	6	0.500	40	44
New York Yankees	7	5	0.583	43	37
Division Total	28	20	0.583	205	185
AL West
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins	10	8	0.556	96	77
Oakland Athletics	9	9	0.500	60	87
Texas Rangers	7	11	0.389	78	74
Division Total	26	28	0.481	234	238
Season Total	90	72	0.556	809	694

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	12	5	7	0.417	74	74
May	30	20	10	0.667	146	131
June	29	19	10	0.655	128	114
July	29	17	12	0.586	160	114
August	30	23	7	0.767	165	112
September	31	17	14	0.548	102	140
October	3	0	3	0.000	34	9
Total	162	97	65	0.599	713	611

Total	162	90	72	0.556	713	611
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	49	32	0.605	368	287
Away	81	41	40	0.506	345	324

Composite Box

1976 Kansas City Royals Inning–by–Inning Boxscore
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	R	H	E
Opponents	71	68	77	68	76	70
Royals	111	60	85	99	60	89

Game umpires

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B
5	April 16	Indians	Bill Deegan	Terry Cooney	Jerry Neudecker	Art Frantz (crew chief)
6	April 17	Indians	Terry Cooney	Jerry Neudecker	Art Frantz (crew chief)	Bill Deegan
7	April 18	Indians	Jerry Neudecker	Art Frantz (crew chief)	Bill Deegan	Terry Cooney
10	April 23	@ Yankees	Jim Evans	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc
11	April 24	@ Yankees	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Jim Evans
12	April 30	Yankees	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia
13	May 1	Yankees	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)
14	May 2	Yankees	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel
15	May 4	@ Red Sox	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett
16	May 5	@ Red Sox	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead
17	May 7	@ Orioles	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)
18	May 8	@ Orioles	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney
19	May 9	@ Orioles	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean
20	May 10	Twins	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc
21	May 11	Twins	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)
22	May 12	Twins	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans
27	May 17	Rangers	Rich Garcia	Bill Kunkel (crew chief)	Durwood Merrill	Dave Phillips
28	May 18	Rangers	Bill Kunkel (crew dhief)	Durwood Merrill	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia
29	May 19	Athletics	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Bill Kunkel
30	May 20	Athletics	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Bill Kunkel	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)
31	May 21	@ Twins	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)
32	May 22	@ Twins	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett
33	May 23	@ Twins	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford
34	May 24	@ Rangers	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan
35	May 26	@ Rangers	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)
36	May 26	@ Rangers	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney
37	May 27	@ Rangers	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean
42	May 31	@ Athletics	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford
43	June 1	@ Athletics	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead
44	June 2	@ Athletics	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)
52	June 10	Orioles	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	(none)	George Maloney (crew chief)
53	June 11	Orioles	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean
54	June 12	Orioles	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan
55	June 13	Orioles	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)
59	June 18	@ Indians	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc
60	June 19	@ Indians	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)
61	June 20	@ Indians	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans
64	June 23	@ Rangers	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark
65	June 24	@ Rangers	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark	Larry McCoy
69	June 28	@ Twins	Ron Luciano	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)
70	June 29	@ Twins	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano
71	June 30	@ Twins	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark
72	July 1	Athletics	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark	Larry McCoy
73	July 2	Athletics	Ron Luciano	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)
74	July 3	Athletics	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano
75	July 4	Athletics	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark
76	July 5	@ Yankees	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel
77	July 6	@ Yankees	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips
78	July 6	@ Yankees	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia
79	July 7	@ Yankees	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)
83	July 15	Red Sox	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano
84	July 15	Red Sox	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark
85	July 16	Red Sox	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark	Larry McCoy
86	July 16	Red Sox	Ron Luciano	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)
87	July 17	Red Sox	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano
88	July 18	Red Sox	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark
89	July 19	Orioles	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford
90	July 20	Orioles	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead
93	July 23	@ Athletics	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean
94	July 24	@ Athletics	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan
95	July 25	@ Athletics	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)
99	July 30	Rangers	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford
100	July 31	Rangers	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead
101	August 1	Rangers	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)
102	August 3	Twins	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan
103	August 4	Twins	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)
104	August 5	Twins	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney
110	August 9	Yankees	Ron Luciano	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)
111	August 10	Yankees	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano
112	August 11	Yankees	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark
116	August 16	Indians	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc
117	August 17	Indians	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)
118	August 18	Indians	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans
123	August 23	@ Indians	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc
124	August 24	@ Indians	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)
125	August 25	@ Indians	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans
126	August 26	@ Red Sox	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips
127	August 27	@ Red Sox	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia
128	August 28	@ Red Sox	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)
129	August 29	@ Red Sox	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel
130	August 30	@ Orioles	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans
131	August 31	@ Orioles	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman
132	September 1	@ Orioles	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc
133	September 3	Rangers	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel
134	September 4	Rangers	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips
135	September 5	Rangers	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia
136	September 6	Rangers	Bill Kunkel	Dave Phillips	Rich Garcia	Lou DiMuro (crew chief)
140	September 10	@ Twins	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)
141	September 11	@ Twins	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney
142	September 12	@ Twins	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean
151	September 21	Athletics	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc
152	September 22	Athletics	Jim Evans	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)
153	September 23	Athletics	Joe Brinkman	Greg Kosc	Nestor Chylak (crew chief)	Jim Evans
154	September 24	@ Rangers	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead
155	September 25	@ Rangers	Larry Barnett	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)
156	September 26	@ Rangers	Dale Ford	Marty Springstead	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Larry Barnett
157	September 27	@ Athletics	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Ron Luciano	Al Clark	Larry McCoy
158	September 28	@ Athletics	Ron Luciano	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Bill Haller (crew chief)
159	September 29	@ Athletics	Al Clark	Larry McCoy	Ron Luciano	Bill Haller (crew chief)
160	October 1	Twins	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney
161	October 2	Twins	Nick Bremigan	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean
162	October 3	Twins	Russ Goetz (crew chief)	George Maloney	Jim McKean	Nick Bremigan

Playoffs

Game	Round	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B	LF	RF
1	ALCS	October 9	Yankees	Joe Brinkman	Larry Barnett	George Maloney	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Art Frantz	Larry McCoy
2	ALCS	October 10	Yankees	Larry Barnett	George Maloney	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Art Frantz	Larry McCoy	Joe Brinkman
3	ALCS	October 12	@ Yankees	George Maloney	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Art Frantz	Larry McCoy	Joe Brinkman	Larry Barnett
4	ALCS	October 13	@ Yankees	Bill Haller (crew chief)	Art Frantz	Larry McCoy	Joe Brinkman	Larry Barnett	George Maloney
5	ALCS	October 14	@ Yankees	Art Frantz	Larry McCoy	Joe Brinkman	Larry Barnett	George Maloney	Bill Haller (crew chief)

Player stats

Batting

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

Pitching

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
^ [1]
^ 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

[1] Killebrew cut by Royals

[2] Royals trade Briles to Texas

[3] Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference

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[5] Bill Paschall at Baseball Reference

[6] Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference

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