1979 Kansas City Royals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Kansas City Royals
season = 1979
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Royals Stadium
y4 = 1973
city = Kansas City, Missouri
y5 = 1969
owners = Ewing Kauffman
managers = Whitey Herzog
television =KBMA
(Steve Shannon, Dave Nelson)
radio =WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)|The by|1979 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

*January 9, 1979: Mike Bielecki was drafted by the Royals in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bielemi01.shtml Mike Bielecki page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*April 27, 1979: George Throop was traded by the Royals to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. The Astros completed the deal by sending Keith Drumright to the Royals on October 26. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/drumrke01.shtml Keith Drumright page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 5, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball Draft
**Atlee Hammaker was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round (21st pick). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hammaat01.shtml Atlee Hammaker page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Dan Marino was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round (99th pick overall). [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1979&round=4&draft_type=junreg]
**John Elway was drafted by the Royals in the 18th round (463rd pick overall). [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1979&round=18&draft_type=junreg]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Omaha Royals (American Association; Gordon Mackenzie, manager)
* Class AA: Jacksonville Suns (Southern League; Joe Jones, manager)
* Class A: Fort Myers Royals (Florida State League; Gene Lamont, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Royals Blue (Gulf Coast League; Brian Murphy, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Royals Gold (Gulf Coast League; José Martinez, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KC/1979.shtml 1979 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1979&t=KCA 1979 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]