The Kansas City Royals were decisively beaten by the New York Yankees, 4 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1976 ALCS on October 9, 1976.

1976 Kansas City Royals

Final

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2

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3

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4

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6

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R

4

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H

12

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E

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2

Top 1st

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Chris Chambliss grounded out; Error by George Brett; Mickey Rivers and Thurman Munson scored.

2

0

Bottom 8th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Tom Poquette grounded out; Al Cowens scored.

2

1

Top 9th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Double by Roy White; Fred Stanley and Mickey Rivers scored.

4

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Roy White LF 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
Thurman Munson C 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lou Piniella DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Chris Chambliss 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Graig Nettles 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Elliott Maddox RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Randolph 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanley SS 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 38 4 12 3 0 1 4 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Catfish Hunter (W) 9.0 5 1 1 0 5 0
Totals 9.0 5 1 1 0 5 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Amos Otis CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Wohlford LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
George Brett 3B 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Hal McRae DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF,CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tom Poquette LF,RF 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank White 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cookie Rojas PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Buck Martinez C 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wathan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Stinson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 2 7

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura (L) 8.2 12 4 3 1 4 0
Mark Littell 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 12 4 3 1 4 0

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

11

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

RBI

46

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

AVG

.319

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

9

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

89

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.13

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

64

13th

R

302

6th

SO

483

25th

ERA

3.60

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
40 20 .667
Royals Royals
36 26 .581 5.0
Twins Twins
33 27 .550 7.0
Tigers Tigers
31 30 .508 9.5
White Sox White Sox
15 46 .246 25.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
6/5
KCR KCR
@
CLE CLE
6:40 PM
Thu
6/6
KCR KCR
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Fri
6/7
SEA SEA
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Sat
6/8
SEA SEA
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sun
6/9
SEA SEA
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM

Last Game

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CLE Guardians

40-20

8

Final

5

KCR Royals

36-26

Tue 4 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
6/3
SFG SFG
@
ARI ARI
5-8
Mon
6/3
TBR TBR
@
MIA MIA
9-5
Mon
6/3
NYM NYM
@
WSH WSH
6-3
Mon
6/3
SEA SEA
@
OAK OAK
4-3
Mon
6/3
SDP SDP
@
LAA LAA
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
6/5
ATL ATL
@
BOS BOS
1:35 PM
Wed
6/5
STL STL
@
HOU HOU
2:10 PM
Wed
6/5
CIN CIN
@
COL COL
3:10 PM
Wed
6/5
SFG SFG
@
ARI ARI
3:40 PM
Wed
6/5
MIL MIL
@
PHI PHI
4:05 PM