most games as a royals starting pitcher 1980

Dennis Leonard threw in the most games by a Royals starting pitcher in 1980, with 38 games.

NAMEGSEASONTMWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
38
1980
KCR KCR
20
11
.645
38
3.79
155
9
3
0
280.1
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
8.70
2Larry Gura
L. Gura
36
1980
KCR KCR
18
10
.643
36
2.95
113
16
4
0
283.1
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
8.64
3Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
33
1980
KCR KCR
14
11
.560
33
4.19
53
4
0
0
202.0
235
94
101
17
42
1
0
1
855
1
2.36
1.87
1.26
0.76
6.2
4.9
1.37
.294
4.50
10.47
4Rich Gale
R. Gale
28
1980
KCR KCR
13
7
.650
28
3.98
89
6
1
0
174.0
157
77
84
14
70
2
0
2
730
5
4.60
3.62
1.27
0.72
12.2
9.6
1.30
.258
4.34
8.12
5Renie Martin
R. Martin
20
1980
KCR KCR
9
9
.500
20
4.62
53
2
0
0
113.0
109
58
74
16
58
0
0
0
500
3
4.22
4.62
0.91
1.27
10.6
11.6
1.48
.249
5.89
8.68
6Steve Busby
S. Busby
6
1980
KCR KCR
1
3
.250
6
5.60
10
0
0
0
35.1
47
22
23
3
10
2
0
0
158
2
2.55
2.55
1.00
0.76
6.3
6.3
1.61
.331
5.86
11.97
7Mike Jones
M. Jones
1
1980
KCR KCR
0
1
.000
1
33.75
1
0
0
0
1.1
5
5
5
0
2
0
0
0
11
0
6.75
13.50
0.50
0.00
9.1
18.2
5.25
.625
33.75
33.75
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HR

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R

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TEAMWLPCTGB
Guardians Guardians
88
74
.543
Tigers Tigers
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75
.537
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Royals Royals
82
80
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92
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60
102
.370
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
KCR KCR
@
ATL ATL
4:10 PM
Sat
3/28
KCR KCR
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Sun
3/29
KCR KCR
@
ATL ATL
1:30 PM
Mon
3/30
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Wed
4/1
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Last Game
KCR Royals

82 - 80

9

Final

2

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76 - 86

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Tue
9/16
CIN CIN
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STL STL
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WSH WSH
9-4
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@
SFG SFG
8:05 PM
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3/26
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TOR TOR
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