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1981 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 20-30, Finished 5th
Second Half: 30-23, Finished 1st
Overall: 50-53, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 397 runs, Allowed 405 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-52
Manager: Jim Frey (30-40) and Dick Howser (20-13)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,279,403 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to Oakland Athletics
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1980 / 1982 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C John Wathan 31 89 330 301 24 76 9 3 1 19 11 6 19 23 .252 .298 .312 .611 78 94 9 2 5 3 1
2 1B Willie Aikens* 26 101 419 349 45 93 16 0 17 53 0 0 62 47 .266 .377 .458 .836 142 160 11 3 0 5 12
3 2B Frank White 30 94 390 364 35 91 17 1 9 38 4 2 19 50 .250 .285 .376 .661 91 137 10 0 4 3 0
4 SS U L Washington# 27 98 384 339 40 77 19 1 2 29 10 10 41 43 .227 .310 .307 .616 80 104 6 0 3 1 1
5 3B George Brett* 28 89 379 347 42 109 27 7 6 43 14 6 27 23 .314 .361 .484 .846 144 168 7 1 0 4 7
6 LF Willie Wilson# 25 102 465 439 54 133 10 7 1 32 34 8 18 42 .303 .335 .364 .700 103 160 5 4 3 1 3
7 CF Amos Otis 34 99 417 372 49 100 22 3 9 57 16 7 31 59 .269 .321 .417 .738 113 155 7 2 3 9 1
8 RF Darryl Motley 21 42 135 125 15 29 4 0 2 8 1 3 7 15 .232 .276 .312 .588 71 39 2 1 1 1 0
9 DH Hal McRae 35 101 433 389 38 106 23 2 7 36 3 4 34 33 .272 .330 .396 .726 110 154 11 2 3 5 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 RF Cesar Geronimo* 33 59 133 118 14 29 0 2 2 13 6 1 11 16 .246 .305 .331 .636 85 39 3 0 2 2 2
11 UT Jamie Quirk* 26 46 107 100 8 25 7 0 0 10 0 2 6 17 .250 .299 .320 .619 80 32 5 1 0 0 1
12 RF Clint Hurdle* 23 28 89 76 12 25 3 1 4 15 0 0 13 10 .329 .427 .553 .980 183 42 2 0 0 0 3
13 C Jerry Grote 38 22 62 56 4 17 3 1 1 9 1 0 3 2 .304 .344 .446 .791 128 25 1 1 1 1 0
14 UT Lee May 38 26 58 55 3 16 3 0 0 8 0 1 3 14 .291 .328 .345 .673 96 19 2 0 0 0 0
15 IF Dave Chalk 30 27 56 49 2 11 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 2 .224 .283 .286 .569 66 14 1 0 3 0 0
16 IF Rance Mulliniks* 25 24 46 44 6 10 3 0 0 5 0 1 2 7 .227 .261 .295 .556 61 13 2 0 0 0 0
17 UT Ken Phelps* 26 21 23 22 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13 .136 .174 .227 .401 16 5 0 0 0 0 0
18 UT Danny Garcia* 27 12 14 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 2 0 0 0 0 0
19 OF Pat Sheridan* 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 SS Onix Concepcion 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 1B Tim Ireland 28 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 C Greg Keatley 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Atlee Hammaker# 23 0 0 0 0
24 P Rich Gale 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Mike Jones* 21 0 0 0 0
26 P Dennis Leonard 30 0 0 0 0
27 P Renie Martin 25 0 0 0 0
28 P Ken Brett* 32 0 0 0 0
29 P Larry Gura# 33 0 0 0 0
30 P Jim Wright 26 0 0 0 0
31 P Jeff Schattinger* 25 0 0 0 0
32 P Bill Paschall 27 0 0 0 0
33 P Dan Quisenberry 28 0 0 0 0
34 P Paul Splittorff* 34 0 0 0 0
35 P Juan Berenguer 26 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.2 103 3941 3560 397 952 169 29 61 381 100 53 301 419 .267 .325 .383 .707 105 1362 84 17 28 35 34
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 12 5 3 2 10 2 2 10 12 4 9 5 4 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Dennis Leonard 30 13 11 .542 2.99 26 26 0 9 2 0 201.2 202 79 67 15 41 5 107 3 1 5 837 120 1.205 9.0 0.7 1.8 4.8 2.61
2 SP Larry Gura* 33 11 8 .579 2.72 23 23 0 12 2 0 172.1 139 61 52 11 35 0 61 4 0 3 680 132 1.010 7.3 0.6 1.8 3.2 1.74
3 SP Rich Gale 27 6 6 .500 5.40 19 15 2 2 0 0 101.2 107 63 61 14 38 0 47 2 0 0 440 66 1.426 9.5 1.2 3.4 4.2 1.24
4 SP Paul Splittorff* 34 5 5 .500 4.36 21 15 1 1 0 0 99.0 111 48 48 12 23 4 48 1 2 0 419 82 1.354 10.1 1.1 2.1 4.4 2.09
5 SP Mike Jones* 21 6 3 .667 3.21 12 11 0 0 0 0 75.2 74 30 27 7 28 0 29 2 0 1 323 112 1.348 8.8 0.8 3.3 3.4 1.04
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Dan Quisenberry 28 1 4 .200 1.73 40 0 35 0 0 18 62.1 59 16 12 1 15 8 20 1 0 0 254 207 1.187 8.5 0.1 2.2 2.9 1.33
7 RP Renie Martin 25 4 5 .444 2.77 29 0 13 0 0 4 61.2 55 25 19 2 29 7 25 0 0 2 264 129 1.362 8.0 0.3 4.2 3.6 0.86
8 RP Jim Wright 26 2 3 .400 3.46 17 4 7 0 0 0 52.0 57 21 20 5 21 7 27 2 0 0 230 104 1.500 9.9 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.29
9 RP Atlee Hammaker* 23 1 3 .250 5.54 10 6 2 0 0 0 39.0 44 24 24 2 12 1 11 0 1 0 169 65 1.436 10.2 0.5 2.8 2.5 0.92
10 RP Ken Brett* 32 1 1 .500 4.18 22 0 13 0 0 2 32.1 35 16 15 2 14 4 7 1 0 0 144 86 1.515 9.7 0.6 3.9 1.9 0.50
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Juan Berenguer 26 0 4 .000 8.69 8 3 4 0 0 0 19.2 22 21 19 4 16 0 20 2 0 1 97 41 1.932 10.1 1.8 7.3 9.2 1.25
12 Jeff Schattinger 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 14 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
13 Bill Paschall 27 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 80 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
Team Totals 28.9 50 53 .485 3.56 103 103 79 24 4 24 922.1 909 405 365 75 273 36 404 20 4 13 3878 101 1.282 8.9 0.7 2.7 3.9 1.48
Rank in 14 AL teams 11 5 6 6 3 14 7 5 5 7 1 14
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Willie Aikens 26 99 96 854.1 907 844 56 7 79 .992 -4.7 -6.6 -5.7 -0.3 -5.4 1 9.48 9.09 1B
Juan Berenguer 26 8 3 19.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
George Brett 28 88 87 758.1 258 74 170 14 7 .946 -1.2 -1.9 -0.2 5.1 -5.3 -1 2.90 2.77 3B
Ken Brett 32 22 0 32.1 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 3.06 0.50 P
Dave Chalk 30 25 13 133.0 51 19 31 1 5 .980 -1.3 -11.7 -1.3 -0.3 -0.9 0 3.38 2.00 3B-2B-SS
Onix Concepcion 23 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 SS
Rich Gale 27 19 15 101.2 15 6 8 1 1 .933 1.24 0.74 P
Danny Garcia 27 8 2 36.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -23.1 -0.7 -0.8 0.1 0 1.73 0.88 RF-LF-1B
Cesar Geronimo 33 58 31 315.2 99 96 1 2 0 .980 2.4 9.1 5.4 3.8 1.6 -3 2.77 1.67 RF-LF-CF
Jerry Grote 38 22 20 171.0 93 87 6 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -7.0 -1 4.89 4.23 0 3 14 4 22% C
Larry Gura 33 23 23 172.1 39 9 30 0 4 1.000 2.04 1.70 P
Atlee Hammaker 23 10 6 39.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.15 0.50 P
Clint Hurdle 23 28 26 200.0 60 59 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 4.2 1.7 1.3 0.5 -1 2.70 2.14 RF
Tim Ireland 28 4 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 6.75 0.75 1B
Mike Jones 21 12 11 75.2 17 3 14 0 0 1.000 2.02 1.42 P
Greg Keatley 27 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 0 0 0 0 C
Dennis Leonard 30 26 26 201.2 44 13 31 0 3 1.000 1.96 1.69 P
Renie Martin 25 29 0 61.2 20 3 15 2 2 .900 2.63 0.62 P
Lee May 38 12 7 58.0 65 63 2 0 8 1.000 -0.5 -10.3 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 0 10.09 5.42 1B-DH
Hal McRae 35 101 4 31.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0.7 -27.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 2.90 0.10 LF-RF-DH
Darryl Motley 21 41 36 309.1 94 88 3 3 1 .968 0.1 0.4 2.1 0.4 1.6 -2 2.65 2.22 RF-LF
Rance Mulliniks 25 22 13 119.1 69 25 39 5 9 .928 -2.1 -21.1 -2.1 0.2 -2.2 0 4.83 2.91 SS-2B-3B
Amos Otis 34 100 97 870.1 302 294 6 2 2 .993 2.1 2.9 1.1 3.7 -2.6 1 3.10 3.00 CF-LF-RF-DH
Bill Paschall 27 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Ken Phelps 26 6 0 3.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 15.00 0.83 1B-DH
Jamie Quirk 26 32 21 199.0 90 63 23 4 2 .956 -2.7 -16.3 -0.7 -0.9 0.2 0 0 -2 3.89 2.69 5 0 13 4 24% C-3B-RF-2B
Dan Quisenberry 28 40 0 62.1 32 8 23 1 1 .969 4.48 0.78 P
Jeff Schattinger 25 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Pat Sheridan 23 3 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 3.60 0.67 LF-RF
Paul Splittorff 34 21 15 99.0 24 2 22 0 2 1.000 2.18 1.14 P
U L Washington 27 98 97 868.0 444 135 297 12 58 .973 4.2 5.8 2.2 6.1 -3.9 2 4.48 4.41 SS
John Wathan 31 90 81 731.1 351 316 28 7 1 .980 -8.9 -14.6 -5.9 -3.4 -2.6 0 -3 4.23 3.82 2 10 45 18 29% C-RF-LF-1B
Frank White 30 93 93 824.1 495 226 263 6 70 .988 -0.1 -0.1 -1.1 1.5 -2.6 1 5.34 5.26 2B
Willie Wilson 25 103 100 884.1 317 299 14 4 3 .987 20.0 27.1 15.0 8.7 6.3 5 3.19 3.04 LF-CF
Jim Wright 26 17 4 52.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.47 P
Team Totals 29.1 103 927 8301.0 3939 2767 1100 72 259 .982 5.9 0.9 8.9 25.0 -16.0 0 3 -6 4.19 3.07 7 13 72 26 27%
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 12 4
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1980 / 1982 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics