The Kansas City Royals spanked the California Angels, 16 to 4, on September 17, 1979.

Final

Angels

81-69

4

Royals

79-71

16

CAL

KCR

1

0

2

0

1

3

0

2

4

0

5

0

4

6

2

3

7

0

5

8

2

1

9

0

R

4

16

H

8

18

E

2

0

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

CAL

KCR

Sacrifice fly by U L Washington; Ralph LaCock scored.

0

1

Bottom 3rd

CAL

KCR

Triple by George Brett; Hal McRae scored.

0

2

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

0

3

Bottom 5th

CAL

KCR

Single by Darrell Porter; Hal McRae scored.

0

4

Sacrifice fly by Al Cowens; Amos Otis scored.

0

5

Home run by Ralph LaCock; Darrell Porter scored.

0

7

Top 6th

CAL

KCR

Single by Dan Ford; Jim Anderson and Rod Carew scored.

2

7

Bottom 6th

CAL

KCR

Sacrifice fly by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

2

8

Triple by Al Cowens; Hal McRae and Darrell Porter scored.

2

10

Bottom 7th

CAL

KCR

Single by Hal McRae; U L Washington scored.

2

11

Single by Amos Otis; Willie Wilson scored.

2

12

Home run by Darrell Porter; Hal McRae and Amos Otis scored.

2

15

Top 8th

CAL

KCR

Home run by Willie Aikens; Don Baylor scored.

4

15

Bottom 8th

CAL

KCR

Sacrifice fly by U L Washington; Ralph LaCock scored.

4

16

Angels

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Rod Carew 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	2
Carney Lansford 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Ford RF	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
Larry Harlow RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Baylor LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Willie Aikens DH	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4
Brian Downing C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Donohue C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Grich 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
Dickie Thon 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Miller CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0
Jim Anderson SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	34	4	8	4	1	4	6	1	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Chris Knapp (L)	4.1	8	6	4	1	1	0
Mark Clear	1.2	4	4	2	2	1	1
Mike Barlow	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0
Dave Schuler	1.2	2	2	2	0	0	1
Totals	8.0	18	16	12	3	2	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson LF	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hal McRae DH	4	4	3	1	0	1	0	1	3
Amos Otis CF	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	2
George Brett 3B	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
Darrell Porter C	4	3	2	4	1	1	0	0	5
John Wathan C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Cowens RF	4	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	4
Ralph LaCock 1B	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	6
Frank White 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
U L Washington SS	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	39	16	18	16	2	3	2	2	29

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (W)	7.1	8	4	4	3	6	1
Eduardo Rodriguez	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	4	6	1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

22

Perez

AVG

.337

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

114

10th

SO

175

29th

ERA

3.21

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	17	6	.739
Tigers	14	10	.583	3.5
Royals	14	10	.583	3.5
Twins	9	13	.409	7.5
White Sox	3	20	.130	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Thu 4/25	TOR	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 4/26	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM

Last Game

Royals

14-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-11

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Trout

9

Ozuna

7

Cruz

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.364

Ohtani

.357

Altuve

.351

Kwan

Hit Leaders

36

Ohtani

35

Altuve

34

Kwan

Run Leaders

24

Betts

23

Marte

22

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.458

Betts

.432

Soto

.430

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.677

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.671

Abrams

SB Leaders

12

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.33

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

9.75

Jones

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

3

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

413.3

Betts

393.9

Cruz

383

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

312

Betts

297

Cruz

296

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0