1976 Kansas City Royals Roster

The 1976 Kansas City Royals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1976 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 1976 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1976 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1976 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1976 Kansas City Royals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"The only thing bad about winning the pennant (1976) is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years." - Royals manager Whitey Herzog
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1976 Kansas City Royals



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Complete Roster  
 

29 Doug Bird 6-04 180 Right Right 1950-03-05
35 Tom Bruno 6-05 210 Right Right 1953-01-26
40 Steve Busby 6-02 205 Right Right 1949-09-29
46, 49 Jerry Cram 6-00 180 Right Right 1947-12-09
39 Al Fitzmorris 6-02 190 Right Both 1946-03-21
37 Larry Gura 6-01 185 Left Both 1947-11-26
42 Tom Hall 6-00 155 Left Left 1947-11-23
16 Andy Hassler 6-05 220 Left Left 1951-10-18
22 Dennis Leonard 6-01 190 Right Right 1951-05-08
17 Mark Littell 6-03 210 Right Left 1953-01-17
32 Bob McClure 5-11 170 Left Right 1952-04-29
23 Steve Mingori 5-10 170 Left Left 1944-02-29
35 Roger Nelson 6-03 205 Right Right 1944-06-07
33 Marty Pattin 5-11 180 Right Right 1943-04-06
37 Ray Sadecki 5-11 180 Left Left 1940-12-26
28 Ken Sanders 5-11 185 Right Right 1941-07-08
34 Paul Splittorff 6-03 210 Left Left 1946-10-08
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
12 John Wathan 6-02 205 Right Right 1949-10-04
5 George Brett 6-00 200 Right Left 1953-05-15
7 John Mayberry 6-03 220 Left Left 1949-02-18
3 Dave Nelson 5-10 160 Right Right 1944-06-20
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
30 Ruppert Jones 5-10 175 Left Left 1955-03-12
26 Amos Otis 5-11 166 Right Right 1947-04-26
25 Tom Poquette 5-10 175 Right Left 1951-10-30
19 Willie Wilson 6-03 195 Right Both 1955-07-09
6 Jim Wohlford 5-11 175 Right Right 1951-02-28
10 Tommy Davis 6-02 205 Right Right 1939-03-21
11 Hal McRae 5-11 180 Right Right 1945-07-10
9 Jamie Quirk 6-04 200 Right Left 1954-10-22
8 Tony Solaita 6-00 215 Left Left 1947-01-15
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The 1976 Kansas City Royals played 162 games during the regular season, won 90 games, lost 72 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Royals Stadium (Park Factors: 101/100) where 1,680,265 fans witnessed their 1976 Royals finish the season with a .556 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 1976 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 1976 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 1976 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 1976 Kansas City Royals primary starters list:

1976 Kansas City Royals
Opening Day Starters


George Brett
Al Cowens
Al Fitzmorris
Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Hal McRae
Dave Nelson
Amos Otis
Freddie Patek
Frank White

1976 Kansas City Royals
Most Games by Position

C Buck Martinez (94)
1B John Mayberry (160)
2B Frank White (130)
3B George Brett (157)
SS Freddie Patek (143)
LF Tom Poquette (84)
LF Jim Wohlford (84)
CF Amos Otis (152)
RF Al Cowens (142)
DH Hal McRae (117)
  
SP Doug Bird
SP Al Fitzmorris
SP Dennis Leonard
SP Marty Pattin
SP Paul Splittorff
  
RP Larry Gura
RP Tom Hall
RP Steve Mingori
CL Mark Littell


1976 Kansas City Royals
Salaries

John Mayberry $175,000.00
Amos Otis $155,000.00
George Brett $126,000.00
Doug Bird $97,500.00
Cookie Rojas $77,500.00
Hal McRae $75,000.00
Freddie Patek $75,000.00
Marty Pattin $70,000.00
Paul Splittorff $58,000.00
Dave Nelson $42,500.00
Steve Mingori $34,000.00
Al Cowens $33,500.00
Dennis Leonard $32,000.00
Frank White $32,000.00
Larry Gura $26,000.00
Ruppert Jones $19,000.00
Mark Littell $19,000.00
Bob McClure $19,000.00
Tom Poquette $19,000.00
John Wathan $19,000.00


1976 Kansas City Royals
Uniform Numbers

#1 Cookie Rojas
#2 Freddie Patek
#3 Dave Nelson
#5 George Brett
#6 Jim Wohlford
#7 John Mayberry
#8 Tony Solaita
#9 Jamie Quirk
#10 Tommy Davis
#11 Hal McRae
#12 John Wathan
#15 Bob Stinson
#16 Andy Hassler
#16 Fran Healy
#17 Mark Littell
#18 Al Cowens
#19 Willie Wilson
#20 Frank White
#21 Buck Martinez
#22 Dennis Leonard
#23 Steve Mingori
#25 Tom Poquette
#26 Amos Otis
#28 Ken Sanders
#29 Doug Bird
#30 Ruppert Jones
#32 Bob McClure
#33 Marty Pattin
#34 Paul Splittorff
#35 Tom Bruno
#35 Roger Nelson
#37 Larry Gura
#37 Ray Sadecki
#39 Al Fitzmorris
#40 Steve Busby
#42 Tom Hall
#46 Jerry Cram
#49 Jerry Cram

Did you know that a 1976 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)?