Division Winners
102-60
Record
.630
Win %
1
Rank
822
Runs
146
HR
3.52
ERA
Home Park: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 1,852,603
Manager
- Whitey Herzog HOF 102-60
Batting
| Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal McRae | 162 | 641 | 191 | 21 | 92 | .298 |
| Al Cowens | 162 | 606 | 189 | 23 | 112 | .312 |
| George Brett HOF | 139 | 564 | 176 | 22 | 88 | .312 |
| John Mayberry | 153 | 543 | 125 | 23 | 82 | .230 |
| Freddie Patek | 154 | 497 | 130 | 5 | 60 | .262 |
| Amos Otis | 142 | 478 | 120 | 17 | 78 | .251 |
| Frank White | 152 | 474 | 116 | 5 | 50 | .245 |
| Darrell Porter | 130 | 425 | 117 | 16 | 60 | .275 |
| Tom Poquette | 106 | 342 | 100 | 2 | 33 | .292 |
| Pete LaCock | 88 | 218 | 66 | 3 | 29 | .303 |
| Joe Zdeb | 105 | 195 | 58 | 2 | 23 | .297 |
| Cookie Rojas | 64 | 156 | 39 | 0 | 10 | .250 |
| John Wathan | 55 | 119 | 39 | 2 | 21 | .328 |
| Buck Martinez | 29 | 80 | 18 | 1 | 9 | .225 |
| Joe Lahoud | 34 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 8 | .262 |
| Bob Heise | 54 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 5 | .258 |
| Dave Nelson | 27 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .188 |
| Willie Wilson | 13 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .324 |
| Clint Hurdle | 9 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 7 | .308 |
| U. L. Washington | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Mark Littell | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Doug Bird | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jim Colborn | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Larry Gura | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tom Hall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching
| Player | G | W-L | ERA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Leonard | 38 | 20-12 | 3.04 | 244 | 1 |
| Jim Colborn | 36 | 18-14 | 3.62 | 103 | 0 |
| Paul Splittorff | 37 | 16-6 | 3.69 | 99 | 0 |
| Andy Hassler | 29 | 9-6 | 4.20 | 83 | 0 |
| Marty Pattin | 31 | 10-3 | 3.58 | 55 | 0 |
| Doug Bird | 53 | 11-4 | 3.88 | 83 | 14 |
| Larry Gura | 52 | 8-5 | 3.13 | 46 | 10 |
| Mark Littell | 48 | 8-4 | 3.61 | 106 | 12 |
| Steve Mingori | 43 | 2-4 | 3.09 | 19 | 4 |
| Tom Hall | 6 | 0-0 | 3.52 | 10 | 0 |
| Randy McGilberry | 3 | 0-1 | 5.14 | 1 | 0 |
| George Throop | 4 | 0-0 | 3.38 | 1 | 1 |
| Gary Lance | 1 | 0-1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |