1976 Kansas City Royals season

1976 Kansas City Royals

American League West Champions
League| American League
Division| West
Ballpark| Royals Stadium
City| Kansas City, Missouri
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)
| <- 1975 | Seasons | 1977 ->

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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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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[edit]

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AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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[edit]

1976 American League record

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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[edit]

* Dave Nelson, DH
* Amos Otis, CF
* George Brett, 3B
* John Mayberry, 1B
* Hal McRae, LF
* Al Cowens, RF
* Fran Healy, C
* Freddie Patek, SS
* Frank White, 2B

### Notable transactions[edit]

* 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[edit]

1976 Kansas City Royals

Roster
Pitchers

* 29 Doug Bird
* 35 Tom Bruno
* 40 Steve Busby
* 46,49 Jerry Cram
* 39 Al Fitzmorris
* 37 Larry Gura
* 42 Tom Hall
* 16 Andy Hassler
* 22 Dennis Leonard
* 17 Mark Littell
* 32 Bob McClure
* 23 Steve Mingori
* 35 Roger Nelson
* 33 Marty Pattin
* 37 Ray Sadecki
* 28 Ken Sanders
* 34 Paul Splittorff

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* 16 Fran Healy
* 21 Buck Martinez
* 15 Bob Stinson
* 12 John Wathan

Infielders

* 5 George Brett
* 7 John Mayberry
* 3 Dave Nelson
* 2 Freddie Patek
* 9 Jamie Quirk
* 1 Cookie Rojas
* 8 Tony Solaita
* 20 Frank White

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* 18 Al Cowens
* 30 Ruppert Jones
* 11 Hal McRae
* 26 Amos Otis
* 25 Tom Poquette
* 19 Willie Wilson
* 6 Jim Wohlford

Other batters

* 29 Tommy Davis

|  | Manager

* 24 Whitey Herzog

Coaches

* 14 Steve Boros
* 36 Galen Cisco
* 4 Chuck Hiller
* 27 Charley Lau

## Game log[edit]

### Regular season[edit]

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

April: 5–7 (Home: 3–4; Away: 2–3)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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[edit]

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)

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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[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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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[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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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[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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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[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Doug Bird | 39 | 197.2 | 12 | 10 | 3.37 | 107
Marty Pattin | 44 | 141.0 | 8 | 14 | 2.49 | 65

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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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[edit]

Main article: 1976 American League Championship Series

### Game 1[edit]

October 9, 1976, at Royals Stadium

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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[edit]

October 10, 1976, at Royals Stadium

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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[edit]

October 12, 1976, at Yankee Stadium

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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[edit]

October 13, 1976, at Yankee Stadium

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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[edit]

October 14, 1976, at Yankee Stadium

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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[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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[edit]

1. ^ Killebrew cut by Royals
2. ^ Royals trade Briles to Texas
3. ^ Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ Bill Paschall at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference

## References[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 1976 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
* 1976 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

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