1975 Kansas City Royals Roster

The 1975 Kansas City Royals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1975 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1975 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1975 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1975 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1975 Kansas City Royals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
"We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax." - Royals manager Whitey Herzog (1975)
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1975 Kansas City Royals



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
29 Doug Bird 6-04 180 Right Right 1950-03-05
19 Nelson Briles 5-11 200 Right Right 1943-08-05
40 Steve Busby 6-02 205 Right Right 1949-09-29
43 Bruce Dal Canton 6-02 205 Right Right 1941-06-15
39 Al Fitzmorris 6-02 190 Right Both 1946-03-21
22 Dennis Leonard 6-01 190 Right Right 1951-05-08
17 Mark Littell 6-03 210 Right Left 1953-01-17
10 Bob McClure 5-11 170 Left Right 1952-04-29
41 Lindy McDaniel 6-03 195 Right Right 1935-12-13
23 Steve Mingori 5-10 170 Left Left 1944-02-29
33 Marty Pattin 5-11 180 Right Right 1943-04-06
43 Ray Sadecki 5-11 180 Left Left 1940-12-26
34 Paul Splittorff 6-03 210 Left Left 1946-10-08
35 George Throop 6-07 205 Right Right 1950-11-24
16 Fran Healy 6-05 220 Right Right 1946-09-06
21 Buck Martinez 5-10 190 Right Right 1948-11-07
15 Bob Stinson 5-11½ 185 Right Both 1945-10-11
5 George Brett 6-00 200 Right Left 1953-05-15
7 John Mayberry 6-03 220 Left Left 1949-02-18
2 Freddie Patek 5-05 148 Right Right 1944-10-09
1 Cookie Rojas 5-10 170 Right Right 1939-03-06
20 Frank White 5-11 170 Right Right 1950-09-04
18 Al Cowens 6-02 200 Right Right 1951-10-25
12 Gary Martz 6-04 210 Right Right 1951-01-10
11 Hal McRae 5-11 180 Right Right 1945-07-10
26 Amos Otis 5-11 166 Right Right 1947-04-26
28 Vada Pinson 5-11 181 Left Left 1938-08-11
9 Jamie Quirk 6-04 200 Right Left 1954-10-22
6 Jim Wohlford 5-11 175 Right Right 1951-02-28
3 Harmon Killebrew 5-11 213 Right Right 1936-06-29
25, 44 Rodney Scott 6-00 160 Right Both 1953-10-16
8 Tony Solaita 6-00 215 Left Left 1947-01-15
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The 1975 Kansas City Royals played 162 games during the regular season, won 91 games, lost 71 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Royals Stadium (Park Factors: 103/102) where 1,151,836 fans witnessed their 1975 Royals finish the season with a .562 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1975 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1975 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1975 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1975 Kansas City Royals primary starters list:

1975 Kansas City Royals
Opening Day Starters


George Brett
Al Fitzmorris
Harmon Killebrew
Buck Martinez
John Mayberry
Hal McRae
Amos Otis
Freddie Patek
Cookie Rojas
Jim Wohlford

1975 Kansas City Royals
Most Games by Position

C Buck Martinez (79)
1B John Mayberry (131)
2B Cookie Rojas (117)
3B George Brett (159)
SS Freddie Patek (136)
LF Hal McRae (112)
CF Amos Otis (130)
RF Jim Wohlford (66)
DH Harmon Killebrew (92)
  
SP Nelson Briles
SP Steve Busby
SP Al Fitzmorris
SP Dennis Leonard
SP Marty Pattin
SP Paul Splittorff
  
RP Lindy McDaniel
RP Steve Mingori
CL Doug Bird


1975 Kansas City Royals
Salaries

Harmon Killebrew $125,000.00
Vada Pinson $68,000.00


1975 Kansas City Royals
Uniform Numbers

#1 Cookie Rojas
#2 Freddie Patek
#3 Harmon Killebrew
#5 George Brett
#6 Jim Wohlford
#7 John Mayberry
#8 Tony Solaita
#9 Jamie Quirk
#10 Bob McClure
#11 Hal McRae
#12 Gary Martz
#15 Bob Stinson
#16 Fran Healy
#17 Mark Littell
#18 Al Cowens
#19 Nelson Briles
#20 Frank White
#21 Buck Martinez
#22 Dennis Leonard
#23 Steve Mingori
#25 Rodney Scott
#26 Amos Otis
#28 Vada Pinson
#29 Doug Bird
#33 Marty Pattin
#34 Paul Splittorff
#35 George Throop
#39 Al Fitzmorris
#40 Steve Busby
#41 Lindy McDaniel
#43 Bruce Dal Canton
#43 Ray Sadecki
#44 Rodney Scott

Did you know that a 1975 Kansas City Royals Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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