Clint Hurdle had the most strikeouts for the Royals in 1978, with 84 strikeouts in his rookie season.
| NAME | SO | SEASON | TM | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC | WRAA | wOBA | wRC+ | BRAA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | C. Hurdle | 84 | 1978 | 133 | 417 | 48 | 110 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 481 | 166 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .264 | .348 | .398 | .746 | 60 | 7.9 | .339 | 111 | 5.7 | |
| 2 | | D. Porter | 75 | 1978 | 150 | 520 | 77 | 138 | 27 | 6 | 18 | 78 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 602 | 231 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | .265 | .358 | .444 | .802 | 82 | 17.1 | .355 | 121 | 14.4 | |
| 3 | | H. McRae | 62 | 1978 | 156 | 623 | 90 | 170 | 39 | 5 | 16 | 72 | 51 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 692 | 267 | 60 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 15 | .273 | .329 | .429 | .757 | 85 | 10.1 | .337 | 109 | 7 | |
| 4 | | F. White | 59 | 1978 | 143 | 461 | 66 | 127 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 26 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 501 | 184 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .275 | .317 | .399 | .716 | 56 | 2.1 | .323 | 100 | -0.1 | |
| 5 | | F. Patek | 56 | 1978 | 138 | 440 | 54 | 109 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 42 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 496 | 140 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .248 | .312 | .318 | .630 | 44 | -9.8 | .291 | 78 | -12 | |
| 6 | | A. Cowens | 54 | 1978 | 132 | 485 | 63 | 133 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 534 | 188 | 37 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | .274 | .319 | .388 | .707 | 57 | -0.6 | .316 | 95 | -3 | |
| 7 | | A. Otis | 54 | 1978 | 141 | 486 | 74 | 145 | 30 | 7 | 22 | 96 | 66 | 4 | 32 | 8 | 567 | 255 | 59 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | .298 | .380 | .525 | .905 | 95 | 34 | .397 | 150 | 31.4 | |
| 8 |  | G. Brett | 35 | 1978 | 128 | 510 | 79 | 150 | 45 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 39 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 558 | 238 | 62 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | .294 | .342 | .467 | .809 | 77 | 16.8 | .358 | 123 | 14.2 | |
| 9 | | W. Wilson | 33 | 1978 | 127 | 198 | 43 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 46 | 12 | 223 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .217 | .280 | .278 | .558 | 15 | -9.6 | .260 | 57 | -10.7 | |
| 10 | | R. LaCock | 27 | 1978 | 118 | 322 | 44 | 95 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 347 | 135 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .295 | .335 | .419 | .755 | 43 | 5.4 | .338 | 110 | 3.8 | |
| 11 | | U L Washington | 20 | 1978 | 69 | 129 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 142 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .264 | .314 | .295 | .609 | 12 | -3.7 | .283 | 73 | -4.3 | |
| 12 | | J. Zdeb | 18 | 1978 | 60 | 127 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 141 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .252 | .287 | .315 | .602 | 11 | -4.7 | .274 | 66 | -5.3 | |
| 13 | | S. Braun | 16 | 1978 | 64 | 137 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 167 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .263 | .386 | .350 | .736 | 21 | 3.3 | .344 | 113 | 2.5 | |
| 14 | | J. Terrell | 13 | 1978 | 73 | 133 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 147 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .203 | .225 | .211 | .435 | 3 | -12.8 | .202 | 18 | -13.5 | |
| 15 | | J. Wathan | 12 | 1978 | 67 | 190 | 19 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 203 | 75 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .300 | .320 | .395 | .715 | 22 | 0.3 | .320 | 97 | -0.6 | |
| 16 | | T. Poquette | 9 | 1978 | 80 | 204 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 226 | 69 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .216 | .259 | .338 | .597 | 16 | -8.7 | .267 | 62 | -9.7 | |
| 17 | | A. Kusnyer | 4 | 1978 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .333 | .538 | .872 | 2 | 0.8 | .388 | 143 | 0.7 | |
| 18 | | J. Quirk | 4 | 1978 | 17 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .324 | .276 | .599 | 3 | -0.7 | .288 | 76 | -0.9 | |
| 19 | | J. Gaudet | 3 | 1978 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -1 | -1.9 | .000 | -118 | -2 | |
| 20 | | L. Silverio | 3 | 1978 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .545 | .615 | .909 | 1.524 | 5 | 3.5 | .649 | 319 | 3.4 | |
| 21 | | D. Cripe | 2 | 1978 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 0 | -1.7 | .140 | -23 | -1.8 | |
| 22 | | J. Lahoud | 1 | 1978 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -1 | -2.5 | .114 | -41 | -2.5 |
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