kansas city royals single season innings pitched leaders

Dennis Leonard has pitched the most innings for the Royals in a season, with 294.2 innings in 1978.

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1Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
294.2
1978
KCR KCR
40
21
17
.553
40
3.33
183
20
4
0
283
109
125
27
78
9
0
7
1,218
12
5.59
2.38
2.35
0.82
15.0
6.4
1.23
.278
3.82
88
3.41
91
8.64
11.5
2Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
292.2
1977
KCR KCR
38
20
12
.625
37
3.04
244
21
5
1
246
99
117
18
79
8
1
0
1,186
14
7.50
2.43
3.09
0.55
20.6
6.7
1.11
.272
3.60
74
2.75
69
7.56
40.3
3Steve Busby
S. Busby
292.1
1974
KCR KCR
38
22
14
.611
38
3.39
198
20
3
0
284
110
118
14
92
9
0
6
1,220
5
6.10
2.83
2.15
0.43
16.2
7.5
1.29
.298
3.63
91
2.87
81
8.74
22.1
4Larry Gura
L. Gura
283.1
1980
KCR KCR
36
18
10
.643
36
2.95
113
16
4
0
272
93
107
20
76
5
0
6
1,175
2
3.59
2.41
1.49
0.64
9.6
6.5
1.23
.262
3.40
73
3.72
94
8.64
7
5Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
280.1
1980
KCR KCR
38
20
11
.645
38
3.79
155
9
3
0
271
118
127
30
80
1
0
5
1,172
12
4.98
2.57
1.94
0.96
13.2
6.8
1.25
.266
4.08
93
3.90
99
8.70
1.3
6Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
269.2
1988
KCR KCR
35
20
8
.714
35
2.70
183
8
4
0
237
81
94
11
83
6
0
3
1,111
12
6.11
2.77
2.20
0.37
16.5
7.5
1.19
.273
3.14
68
2.92
77
7.91
26.6
7Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
262.1
1989
KCR KCR
36
23
6
.793
35
2.16
193
12
4
0
209
63
74
13
43
2
0
6
1,021
8
6.62
1.48
4.49
0.45
18.9
4.2
0.96
.255
2.54
56
2.44
66
7.17
36.9
8Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
262.0
1978
KCR KCR
39
19
13
.594
38
3.40
76
13
2
0
244
99
113
22
60
3
0
2
1,069
3
2.61
2.06
1.27
0.76
7.1
5.6
1.16
.244
3.88
89
3.81
101
8.38
-1.5
9Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
262.0
1973
KCR KCR
38
20
11
.645
38
3.98
110
12
3
0
279
116
135
19
78
5
0
7
1,119
9
3.78
2.68
1.41
0.65
9.8
7.0
1.36
.287
4.64
101
3.61
92
9.58
9
10Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
260.2
1988
KCR KCR
35
14
16
.467
35
3.80
171
9
0
0
271
110
122
18
59
4
0
5
1,089
9
5.90
2.04
2.90
0.62
15.7
5.4
1.27
.302
4.21
96
3.07
81
9.36
21.3
11Steve Busby
S. Busby
260.1
1975
KCR KCR
34
18
12
.600
34
3.08
160
18
3
0
233
89
96
18
81
3
0
4
1,064
8
5.53
2.80
1.98
0.62
15.0
7.6
1.21
.268
3.32
79
3.21
86
8.06
15
12Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
259.0
1976
KCR KCR
35
17
10
.630
34
3.51
150
16
2
0
247
101
113
16
70
11
0
5
1,072
7
5.21
2.43
2.14
0.56
14.0
6.5
1.22
.280
3.93
99
3.21
93
8.58
7.1
13Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
257.0
1987
KCR KCR
33
18
10
.643
33
3.36
163
15
4
0
246
96
99
27
53
6
0
2
1,048
6
5.71
1.86
3.08
0.95
15.6
5.1
1.16
.274
3.47
75
3.65
84
8.61
19.5
14Bud Black
B. Black
257.0
1984
KCR KCR
35
17
12
.586
35
3.12
140
8
1
0
226
89
99
22
64
4
0
2
1,045
2
4.90
2.24
2.19
0.77
13.4
6.1
1.13
.250
3.47
78
3.58
91
7.91
10
15Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
255.0
1989
KCR KCR
36
15
11
.577
36
3.04
173
8
2
0
252
86
100
10
63
5
0
8
1,060
9
6.11
2.22
2.75
0.35
16.3
5.9
1.24
.299
3.53
78
2.71
74
8.89
28.1
16David Cone
D. Cone
254.0
1993
KCR KCR
34
11
14
.440
34
3.33
191
6
1
0
205
94
102
20
114
10
0
2
1,060
14
6.77
4.04
1.68
0.71
18.0
10.8
1.26
.255
3.61
76
3.96
94
7.26
7.3
17Larry Gura
L. Gura
248.0
1982
KCR KCR
37
18
12
.600
37
4.03
98
8
3
0
251
111
124
31
64
6
0
2
1,042
6
3.56
2.32
1.53
1.13
9.4
6.1
1.27
.261
4.50
99
4.39
109
9.11
-10.7
18Charlie Leibrandt
C. Leibrandt
243.0
1988
KCR KCR
35
13
12
.520
35
3.19
125
7
2
0
244
86
98
20
62
4
0
3
1,002
10
4.63
2.30
2.02
0.74
12.5
6.2
1.26
.283
3.63
80
3.62
95
9.04
4.7
19Al Fitzmorris
A. Fitzmorris
242.0
1975
KCR KCR
35
16
12
.571
35
3.57
78
11
3
0
239
96
104
16
76
5
0
6
1,010
8
2.90
2.83
1.03
0.60
7.7
7.5
1.30
.267
3.87
92
3.79
102
8.89
-2
20Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
241.2
1987
KCR KCR
35
13
18
.419
35
3.98
166
10
2
0
231
107
114
18
120
6
0
3
1,036
14
6.18
4.47
1.38
0.67
16.0
11.6
1.45
.293
4.25
89
4.02
93
8.60
8.1
21Dick Drago
D. Drago
241.1
1971
KCR KCR
35
17
11
.607
34
2.98
109
15
4
0
251
80
84
14
46
9
0
1
977
4
4.06
1.72
2.37
0.52
11.2
4.7
1.23
.297
3.13
86
2.98
84
9.36
15.4
22Charlie Leibrandt
C. Leibrandt
240.1
1987
KCR KCR
35
16
11
.593
35
3.41
151
8
3
0
235
91
104
23
74
1
0
2
1,015
9
5.65
2.77
2.04
0.86
14.9
7.3
1.29
.277
3.89
76
3.78
87
8.80
14.5
23Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
240.0
1979
KCR KCR
36
15
17
.469
35
4.24
77
11
0
0
248
113
137
25
77
5
0
1
1,026
1
2.89
2.89
1.00
0.94
7.5
7.5
1.35
.265
5.14
100
4.46
109
9.30
-10
24Dick Drago
D. Drago
240.0
1970
KCR KCR
35
9
15
.375
34
3.75
127
7
1
0
239
100
110
20
72
7
1
5
1,002
3
4.76
2.70
1.76
0.75
12.7
7.2
1.30
.282
4.13
101
3.64
93
8.96
7.4
25Dick Drago
D. Drago
239.1
1972
KCR KCR
34
12
17
.414
33
3.01
135
11
2
0
230
80
88
22
51
6
1
4
974
5
5.08
1.92
2.65
0.83
13.9
5.2
1.17
.274
3.31
98
3.17
99
8.65
0.5
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