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1985 AL Championship Series (4-3): Kansas City Royals (91-71) over Toronto Blue Jays (99-62)

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WS: KCR-STL / ALCS: KCR-TOR / NLCS: STL-LAD
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1985 at Exhibit Stad (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  5  1
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  2  3    1  0  0    0  0  x     6 11  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Leibrandt, Farr (3), Gubicza (5), Jackson (8)
              TOR - Stieb, Henke (9)

               WP - Dave Stieb
	       LP - Charlie Leibrandt
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1985 at Exhibit Stad (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  1    1     5 10  3
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    1  0  2    0  1  0    2     6 10  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Black, Quisenberry (8)
              TOR - Key, Lamp (4), Lavelle (8), Henke (8)

               WP - Tom Henke
	       LP - Dan Quisenberry
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - Sheridan, Wilson
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1985 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    0  5  0    0  0  0     5 13  1
    Kansas City Royals           1  0  0    1  1  2    0  1  x     6 10  1

    PITCHERS: TOR - Alexander, Lamp (6), Clancy (8)
              KCR - Saberhagen, Black (5), Farr (5)

               WP - Steve Farr
	       LP - Jim Clancy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: TOR - Barfield, Mulliniks
              KCR - Brett (2), Sundberg

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1985 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3     3  7  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  2  0

    PITCHERS: TOR - Stieb, Henke (7)
              KCR - Leibrandt, Quisenberry (9)

               WP - Tom Henke
	       LP - Charlie Leibrandt
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: TOR - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1985 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  8  0
    Kansas City Royals           1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     2  8  0

    PITCHERS: TOR - Key, Acker (6)
              KCR - Jackson

               WP - Danny Jackson
	       LP - Jimmy Key
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: TOR - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 1985 at Exhibit Stad (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           1  0  1    0  1  2    0  0  0     5  8  1
    Toronto Blue Jays            1  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  8  2

    PITCHERS: KCR - Gubicza, Black (6), Quisenberry (9)
              TOR - Alexander, Lamp (6)

               WP - Mark Gubicza
	       LP - Doyle Alexander
             SAVE - Dan Quisenberry

   HOME RUNS: KCR - Brett
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 16, 1985 at Exhibit Stad (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  1  0    1  0  4    0  0  0     6  8  0
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1     2  8  1

    PITCHERS: KCR - Saberhagen, Leibrandt (4), Quisenberry (9)
              TOR - Stieb, Acker (6)

               WP - Charlie Leibrandt
	       LP - Dave Stieb
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - Sheridan
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Series MVP - George Brett

Series Batting Stats

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Kansas City Royals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Steve Balboni       7  25  1  3  0  0  0   1  2  8  .120  .185  .120  0 | 600 146 36  .243  .784   1
#Buddy Biancalana    7  18  2  4  1  0  0   1  1  6  .222  .263  .278  0 | 138  26  1  .188  .538   1
*Bud Black           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*George Brett        7  23  6  8  2  0  3   5  7  5  .348  .500  .826  0 | 550 184 30  .335 1.021   9
 Onix Concepcion     4   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 314  64  2  .204  .500   4
 Steve Farr          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Mark Gubicza        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Dane Iorg           4   2  0  1  1  0  0   0  2  0  .500  .750 1.000  0 | 130  29  1  .223  .599   0
 Danny Jackson       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Lynn Jones          5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 152  32  0  .211  .518   0
 Charlie Leibrandt   3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Hal McRae           6  23  1  6  2  0  0   3  1  6  .261  .320  .348  0 | 320  83 14  .259  .799   0
 Darryl Motley       2   3  1  1  0  0  0   1  1  2  .333  .400  .333  0 | 383  85 17  .222  .670   6
*Jorge Orta          2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 300  80  4  .267  .700   2
*Jamie Quirk         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  57  16  0  .281  .673   0
 Dan Quisenberry     4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bret Saberhagen     2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Pat Sheridan        7  20  4  3  0  0  2   3  2  3  .150  .227  .450  0 | 206  47  3  .228  .642  11
 Lonnie Smith        7  28  2  7  2  0  0   1  3  6  .250  .323  .321  1 |+544 140  6  .257  .690  52
 Jim Sundberg        7  24  3  4  1  1  1   6  1  7  .167  .200  .417  0 | 367  90 10  .245  .689   0
 Frank White         7  25  1  5  0  0  0   3  1  2  .200  .222  .200  0 | 563 140 22  .249  .698  10
#Willie Wilson       7  29  5  9  0  0  1   2  1  5  .310  .333  .414  1 | 605 168  4  .278  .724  43
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 227 26 51  9  1  7  26 22 51  .225  .294  .366  2 |        154  .252  .712 128

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Toronto Blue Jays

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Jim Acker           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Doyle Alexander     2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jesse Barfield      7  25  3  7  1  0  1   4  3  7  .280  .357  .440  1 | 539 156 27  .289  .905  22
 George Bell         7  28  4  9  3  0  0   1  0  4  .321  .333  .429  0 | 607 167 28  .275  .806  21
 Jeff Burroughs      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 191  49  6  .257  .795   0
 Jim Clancy          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Tony Fernandez      7  24  2  8  2  0  0   2  1  2  .333  .346  .417  0 | 564 163  2  .289  .730  13
 Cecil Fielder       3   3  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .667  0 |  74  23  4  .311  .885   0
 Damaso Garcia       7  30  4  7  4  0  0   1  3  3  .233  .303  .367  0 | 600 169  8  .282  .679  28
 Jeff Hearron        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   1  0  .143  .286   0
 Tom Henke           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Garth Iorg          6  15  1  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  .133  .188  .133  0 | 288  90  7  .313  .827   3
 Cliff Johnson       7  19  1  7  2  0  0   2  1  4  .368  .400  .474  0 |+369  96 13  .260  .751   0
 Jimmy Key           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dennis Lamp         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Gary Lavelle        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Manuel Lee          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  40   8  0  .200  .438   1
*Lloyd Moseby        7  31  5  7  1  0  0   4  2  3  .226  .273  .258  1 | 584 151 18  .259  .771  37
*Rance Mulliniks     5  11  1  4  1  0  1   3  2  2  .364  .462  .727  0 | 366 108 10  .295  .837   2
*Al Oliver           5   8  0  3  1  0  0   3  0  0  .375  .444  .500  0 |+266  67  5  .252  .643   1
 Dave Stieb          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Lou Thornton        2   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  72  17  1  .236  .586   1
*Willie Upshaw       7  26  2  6  2  0  0   1  1  4  .231  .286  .308  0 | 501 138 15  .275  .789   8
*Ernie Whitt         7  21  1  4  1  0  0   2  2  4  .190  .261  .238  0 | 412 101 19  .245  .767   3
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 242 25 65 19  0  2  23 16 37  .269  .319  .372  2 |        158  .269  .756 144

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Kansas City Royals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Charlie Leibrandt   3   5.28 1-2  0  0 15.3 17  9  4  6 | 17-9  238  2.69  1.22 108   
*Bud Black           3   1.69 0-0  0  0 10.7 11  2  4  8 | 10-15 206  4.33  1.34 122   
*Danny Jackson       2   0.00 1-0  0  1 10.0 10  0  1  7 | 14-12 208  3.42  1.37 114   
 Mark Gubicza        2   3.24 1-0  0  0  8.3  4  3  4  4 | 14-10 177  4.06  1.34  99   
 Bret Saberhagen     2   6.14 0-0  0  0  7.3 12  5  2  6 | 20-6  235  2.87  1.06 158   
 Steve Farr          2   1.42 1-0  0  0  6.3  4  1  1  3 |  2-1   38  3.11  1.43  36  1
 Dan Quisenberry     4   3.86 0-1  1  0  4.7  7  2  0  3 |  8-9  129  2.37  1.22  54 37
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.16 4-3  1  1 62.7 65 22 16 37 |            3.49 1.300   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Toronto Blue Jays

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Dave Stieb          3   3.10 1-1  0  0 20.3 11  7 10 18 | 14-13 265  2.48  1.14 167   
 Doyle Alexander     2   8.71 0-1  0  0 10.3 14 10  3  9 | 17-10 261  3.45  1.29 142   
 Dennis Lamp         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  9.3  2  0  1 10 | 11-0  106  3.32  1.16  68  2
*Jimmy Key           2   5.19 0-1  0  0  8.7 15  5  2  5 | 14-6  213  3.00  1.12  85   
 Tom Henke           3   4.26 2-0  0  0  6.3  5  3  4  4 |  3-3   40  2.03  0.93  42 13
 Jim Acker           2   0.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  2  0  0  5 |  7-2   86  3.23  1.49  42 10
 Jim Clancy          1   9.00 0-1  0  0  1.0  2  1  1  0 |  9-6  129  3.78  1.20  66   
*Gary Lavelle        1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  0  0  1  0 |  5-7   73  3.10  1.24  50  8
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.77 3-4  0  0 62.0 51 26 22 51 |            3.31 1.240   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: KCR-STL / ALCS: KCR-TOR / NLCS: STL-LAD

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