AL Pennant
97-65
Record
.599
Win %
1
Rank
809
Runs
115
HR
3.83
ERA
Home Park: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,288,714
Manager
- Jim Frey 97-65
Batting
| Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | 161 | 705 | 230 | 3 | 49 | .326 |
| Frank White | 154 | 560 | 148 | 7 | 60 | .264 |
| U. L. Washington | 153 | 549 | 150 | 6 | 53 | .273 |
| Willie Aikens | 151 | 543 | 151 | 20 | 98 | .278 |
| Hal McRae | 124 | 489 | 145 | 14 | 83 | .297 |
| John Wathan | 126 | 453 | 138 | 6 | 58 | .305 |
| George Brett HOF | 117 | 449 | 175 | 24 | 118 | .390 |
| Darrell Porter | 118 | 418 | 104 | 7 | 51 | .249 |
| Clint Hurdle | 130 | 395 | 116 | 10 | 60 | .294 |
| Amos Otis | 107 | 394 | 99 | 10 | 53 | .251 |
| Dave Chalk | 69 | 167 | 42 | 1 | 20 | .251 |
| Jamie Quirk | 62 | 163 | 45 | 5 | 21 | .276 |
| Pete LaCock | 114 | 156 | 32 | 1 | 18 | .205 |
| Rusty Torres | 51 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .167 |
| Rance Mulliniks | 36 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 6 | .259 |
| Jose Cardenal | 25 | 53 | 18 | 0 | 5 | .340 |
| Bob Detherage | 20 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .308 |
| Steve Braun | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .043 |
| Jerry Terrell | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .063 |
| Onix Concepcion | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .133 |
| Manny Castillo | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Ken Phelps | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| German Barranca | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ken Brett | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Steve Busby | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching
| Player | G | W-L | ERA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Gura | 36 | 18-10 | 2.95 | 113 | 0 |
| Dennis Leonard | 38 | 20-11 | 3.79 | 155 | 0 |
| Paul Splittorff | 34 | 14-11 | 4.15 | 53 | 0 |
| Rich Gale | 32 | 13-9 | 3.92 | 97 | 1 |
| Renie Martin | 32 | 10-10 | 4.39 | 68 | 2 |
| Dan Quisenberry | 75 | 12-7 | 3.09 | 37 | 33 |
| Marty Pattin | 37 | 4-0 | 3.64 | 40 | 4 |
| Steve Busby | 11 | 1-3 | 6.17 | 12 | 0 |
| Gary Christenson | 24 | 3-0 | 5.17 | 16 | 1 |
| Jeff Twitty | 13 | 2-1 | 6.04 | 9 | 0 |
| Rawly Eastwick | 14 | 0-1 | 5.32 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Brett | 8 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 |
| Craig Chamberlain | 5 | 0-1 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 3 | 0-1 | 11.57 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Terrell | 1 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |