Division Winners
90-72
Record
.556
Win %
1
Rank
713
Runs
65
HR
3.21
ERA
Home Park: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 1,680,265
Manager
- Whitey Herzog HOF 90-72
Batting
| Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Brett HOF | 159 | 645 | 215 | 7 | 67 | .333 |
| John Mayberry | 161 | 594 | 138 | 13 | 95 | .232 |
| Amos Otis | 153 | 592 | 165 | 18 | 86 | .279 |
| Al Cowens | 152 | 581 | 154 | 3 | 59 | .265 |
| Hal McRae | 149 | 527 | 175 | 8 | 73 | .332 |
| Frank White | 152 | 446 | 102 | 2 | 46 | .229 |
| Freddie Patek | 144 | 432 | 104 | 1 | 43 | .241 |
| Tom Poquette | 104 | 344 | 104 | 2 | 34 | .302 |
| Jim Wohlford | 107 | 293 | 73 | 1 | 24 | .249 |
| Buck Martinez | 95 | 267 | 61 | 5 | 34 | .228 |
| Bob Stinson | 79 | 209 | 55 | 2 | 25 | .263 |
| Dave Nelson | 78 | 153 | 36 | 1 | 17 | .235 |
| Cookie Rojas | 63 | 132 | 32 | 0 | 16 | .242 |
| Jamie Quirk | 64 | 114 | 28 | 1 | 15 | .246 |
| Tony Solaita | 31 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 9 | .235 |
| Ruppert Jones | 28 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 7 | .216 |
| John Wathan | 27 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 5 | .286 |
| Fran Healy | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Tommy Davis | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Willie Wilson | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Mark Littell | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Doug Bird | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tom Bruno | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Steve Busby | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jerry Cram | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching
| Player | G | W-L | ERA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Leonard | 35 | 17-10 | 3.51 | 150 | 0 |
| Al Fitzmorris | 35 | 15-11 | 3.06 | 80 | 0 |
| Doug Bird | 39 | 12-10 | 3.37 | 107 | 2 |
| Paul Splittorff | 26 | 11-8 | 3.97 | 59 | 0 |
| Marty Pattin | 44 | 8-14 | 2.49 | 65 | 5 |
| Mark Littell | 60 | 8-4 | 2.08 | 92 | 16 |
| Andy Hassler | 19 | 5-6 | 2.89 | 45 | 0 |
| Steve Mingori | 55 | 5-5 | 2.32 | 38 | 10 |
| Steve Busby | 13 | 3-3 | 4.40 | 29 | 0 |
| Larry Gura | 20 | 4-0 | 2.30 | 22 | 1 |
| Tom Hall | 31 | 1-1 | 4.45 | 25 | 1 |
| Tom Bruno | 12 | 1-0 | 6.75 | 11 | 0 |
| Roger Nelson | 3 | 0-0 | 2.08 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Sadecki | 3 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Cram | 4 | 0-0 | 6.23 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob McClure | 8 | 0-0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Sanders | 3 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 |