Division Winners
92-70
Record
.568
Win %
1
Rank
743
Runs
98
HR
3.44
ERA
Home Park: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,255,493
Manager
- Whitey Herzog HOF 92-70
Batting
| Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal McRae | 156 | 623 | 170 | 16 | 72 | .273 |
| Darrell Porter | 150 | 520 | 138 | 18 | 78 | .265 |
| George Brett HOF | 128 | 510 | 150 | 9 | 62 | .294 |
| Amos Otis | 141 | 486 | 145 | 22 | 96 | .298 |
| Al Cowens | 132 | 485 | 133 | 5 | 63 | .274 |
| Frank White | 143 | 461 | 127 | 7 | 50 | .275 |
| Freddie Patek | 138 | 440 | 109 | 2 | 46 | .248 |
| Clint Hurdle | 133 | 417 | 110 | 7 | 56 | .264 |
| Pete LaCock | 118 | 322 | 95 | 5 | 48 | .295 |
| Tom Poquette | 80 | 204 | 44 | 4 | 30 | .216 |
| Willie Wilson | 127 | 198 | 43 | 0 | 16 | .217 |
| John Wathan | 67 | 190 | 57 | 2 | 28 | .300 |
| Steve Braun | 64 | 137 | 36 | 0 | 14 | .263 |
| Jerry Terrell | 73 | 133 | 27 | 0 | 8 | .203 |
| U. L. Washington | 69 | 129 | 34 | 0 | 9 | .264 |
| Joe Zdeb | 60 | 127 | 32 | 0 | 11 | .252 |
| Jamie Quirk | 17 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .207 |
| Joe Lahoud | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Dave Cripe | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
| Art Kusnyer | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .231 |
| Luis Silverio | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .545 |
| Jim Gaudet | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Randy Bass | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Doug Bird | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Steve Busby | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching
| Player | G | W-L | ERA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Leonard | 40 | 21-17 | 3.33 | 183 | 0 |
| Paul Splittorff | 39 | 19-13 | 3.40 | 76 | 0 |
| Larry Gura | 35 | 16-4 | 2.72 | 81 | 0 |
| Rich Gale | 31 | 14-8 | 3.09 | 88 | 0 |
| Doug Bird | 40 | 6-6 | 5.29 | 48 | 1 |
| Marty Pattin | 32 | 3-3 | 3.32 | 30 | 4 |
| Al Hrabosky | 58 | 8-7 | 2.88 | 60 | 20 |
| Steve Mingori | 45 | 1-4 | 2.74 | 28 | 7 |
| Andy Hassler | 11 | 1-4 | 4.32 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Colborn | 8 | 1-2 | 4.76 | 8 | 0 |
| Randy McGilberry | 18 | 0-1 | 4.21 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Busby | 7 | 1-0 | 7.59 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Paschall | 2 | 0-1 | 3.38 | 5 | 1 |
| George Throop | 1 | 1-0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Foucault | 3 | 0-0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 |