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1983 Kansas City Royals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982 / 1984

79-83, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick Howser (79-83)
Scored 696 runs, Allowed 767 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 1,963,875 (6th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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1982 / 1984 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 33 128 469 437 49 107 18 3 2 32 28 7 27 56 .245 .289 .314 .603 67 137 11 1 2 2 0
2 1B Willie Aikens* 28 125 458 410 49 124 26 1 23 72 0 0 45 75 .302 .373 .539 .912 149 221 16 2 0 1 9
3 2B Frank White 32 146 579 549 52 143 35 6 11 77 13 5 20 51 .260 .283 .406 .690 88 223 18 0 4 6 4
4 SS U L Washington# 29 144 604 547 76 129 19 6 5 41 40 7 48 78 .236 .298 .320 .618 71 175 3 1 7 1 0
5 3B George Brett* 30 123 525 464 90 144 38 2 25 93 0 1 57 39 .310 .385 .563 .947 158 261 9 1 0 3 13
6 LF Butch Davis 25 33 130 122 13 42 2 6 2 18 4 3 4 19 .344 .359 .508 .868 137 62 3 0 2 2 0
7 CF Willie Wilson# 27 137 611 576 90 159 22 8 2 33 59 8 33 75 .276 .316 .352 .669 85 203 4 1 1 0 2
8 RF Amos Otis 36 98 384 356 35 93 16 3 4 41 5 2 27 63 .261 .313 .357 .669 84 127 7 0 0 1 3
9 DH Hal McRae 37 157 654 589 84 183 41 6 12 82 2 3 50 68 .311 .372 .462 .833 129 272 18 10 0 5 7
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 OF Pat Sheridan* 25 109 357 333 43 90 12 2 7 36 12 3 20 64 .270 .312 .381 .693 90 127 3 0 4 0 0
11 C Don Slaught 24 83 290 276 21 86 13 4 0 28 3 1 11 27 .312 .336 .388 .723 99 107 8 0 1 2 0
12 IF Onix Concepcion 25 80 240 219 22 53 11 3 0 20 10 3 12 12 .242 .282 .320 .602 66 70 4 1 6 2 0
13 OF Leon Roberts 32 84 234 213 24 55 7 0 8 24 1 1 17 27 .258 .313 .404 .717 96 86 7 1 1 2 1
14 UT Joe Simpson* 31 91 135 119 16 20 2 2 0 8 1 1 11 21 .168 .248 .218 .467 30 26 1 2 2 1 2
15 3B Greg Pryor 33 68 125 115 9 25 4 0 1 14 0 0 7 8 .217 .260 .278 .538 49 32 3 0 2 1 0
16 RF Cesar Geronimo* 35 38 91 87 2 18 4 0 0 4 0 1 2 13 .207 .242 .253 .495 37 22 1 2 0 0 0
17 RF Darryl Motley 23 19 72 68 9 16 1 2 3 11 2 1 2 8 .235 .264 .441 .705 91 30 3 1 0 1 0
18 RF Jerry Martin 34 13 48 44 4 14 2 0 2 13 1 0 1 7 .318 .313 .500 .813 120 22 0 0 0 3 0
19 3B Cliff Pastornicky 24 10 32 32 4 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .313 .438 16 10 4 0 0 0 0
20 UT Ron Johnson 27 9 30 27 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .259 .333 .259 .593 66 7 0 0 0 0 0
21 SS Buddy Biancalana# 23 6 15 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 3 0 0 0 0 0
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
22 P Mike Armstrong 29 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Bob Tufts* 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Buddy Black* 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Dennis Leonard 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Bill Castro 31 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Keith Creel 24 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Larry Gura# 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Don Hood* 33 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Steve Renko 38 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Vida Blue# 33 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Danny Jackson 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Gaylord Perry 44 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Eric Rasmussen 31 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Mark Huismann 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Frank Wills 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Dan Quisenberry 30 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Paul Splittorff* 36 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.2 163 6083 5598 696 1515 273 54 109 653 182 47 397 722 .271 .320 .397 .717 97 2223 123 23 32 33 41
Rank in 14 AL teams 6 12 5 6 3 12 2 9 14 11 5 11 9 9 9 13 14
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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 Larry Gura* 35 11 18 .379 4.90 34 31 1 5 0 0 200.1 220 119 109 23 76 6 57 8 0 0 881 83 1.478 9.9 1.0 3.4 2.6 0.75
2 SP Buddy Black* 26 10 7 .588 3.79 24 24 0 3 0 0 161.1 159 75 68 19 43 1 58 2 0 4 672 108 1.252 8.9 1.1 2.4 3.2 1.35
3 SP Paul Splittorff* 36 13 8 .619 3.63 27 27 0 4 0 0 156.0 159 77 63 9 52 2 61 1 0 3 667 112 1.353 9.2 0.5 3.0 3.5 1.17
4 SP Steve Renko 38 6 11 .353 4.30 25 17 2 1 0 1 121.1 144 63 58 9 36 1 54 0 0 4 536 95 1.484 10.7 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.50
5 SP Vida Blue* 33 0 5 .000 6.01 19 14 4 1 0 0 85.1 96 62 57 12 35 0 53 2 2 6 382 68 1.535 10.1 1.3 3.7 5.6 1.51
6 SP Gaylord Perry 44 4 4 .500 4.27 14 14 0 1 1 0 84.1 98 48 40 6 26 1 40 1 0 4 374 96 1.470 10.5 0.6 2.8 4.3 1.54
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
7 CL Dan Quisenberry 30 5 3 .625 1.94 69 0 62 0 0 45 139.0 118 35 30 6 11 2 48 0 0 0 536 210 0.928 7.6 0.4 0.7 3.1 4.36
8 RP Mike Armstrong 29 10 7 .588 3.86 58 0 33 0 0 3 102.2 86 53 44 11 45 3 52 3 0 5 432 106 1.276 7.5 1.0 3.9 4.6 1.16
9 RP Keith Creel 24 2 5 .286 6.35 25 10 9 1 0 0 89.1 116 66 63 17 35 0 31 2 0 1 404 64 1.690 11.7 1.7 3.5 3.1 0.89
10 RP Don Hood* 33 2 3 .400 2.27 27 0 15 0 0 0 47.2 48 20 12 5 14 2 17 2 0 3 199 181 1.301 9.1 0.9 2.6 3.2 1.21
11 RP Bill Castro 31 2 0 1.000 6.64 18 0 6 0 0 0 40.2 51 34 30 4 12 1 17 5 0 1 190 62 1.549 11.3 0.9 2.7 3.8 1.42
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
12 Dennis Leonard 32 6 3 .667 3.71 10 10 0 1 0 0 63.0 69 29 26 3 19 1 31 0 0 1 270 110 1.397 9.9 0.4 2.7 4.4 1.63
13 Eric Rasmussen 31 3 6 .333 4.78 11 9 1 2 1 0 52.2 61 28 28 4 22 0 18 0 0 0 236 86 1.576 10.4 0.7 3.8 3.1 0.82
14 Frank Wills 24 2 1 .667 4.15 6 4 1 0 0 0 34.2 35 17 16 2 15 0 23 0 0 3 152 99 1.442 9.1 0.5 3.9 6.0 1.53
15 Mark Huismann 25 2 1 .667 5.58 13 0 5 0 0 0 30.2 29 20 19 1 17 3 20 0 1 4 135 74 1.500 8.5 0.3 5.0 5.9 1.18
16 Danny Jackson* 21 1 1 .500 5.21 4 3 0 0 0 0 19.0 26 12 11 1 6 0 9 0 0 0 87 80 1.684 12.3 0.5 2.8 4.3 1.50
17 Bob Tufts* 27 0 0 8.10 6 0 3 0 0 0 6.2 16 8 6 1 5 0 3 1 0 1 42 53 3.150 21.6 1.4 6.8 4.1 0.60
18 Joe Simpson* 31 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 153 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
Team Totals 32.0 79 83 .488 4.25 163 163 144 19 2 49 1437.2 1535 767 679 133 471 23 593 27 3 40 6210 96 1.395 9.6 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.26
Rank in 14 AL teams 7 8 9 14 9 1 12 11 9 9 7 4 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Willie Aikens 28 113 115 55 865.0 959 884 64 11 101 .989 -9 -12 9.86 8.03 1B-DH
Mike Armstrong 29 58 0 0 102.2 20 8 12 0 1 1.000 1.75 0.34 11 4 27% 0 P
Buddy Biancalana 23 6 5 3 43.0 35 11 21 3 3 .914 -0 -14 6.70 5.33 SS
Buddy Black 26 24 24 3 161.1 40 7 32 1 5 .975 2.18 1.63 7 6 46% 4 P
Vida Blue 33 19 14 1 85.1 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.37 0.68 12 5 29% 0 P
George Brett 30 122 122 91 1023.2 425 208 192 25 34 .941 -12 -14 3.52 3.08 3B-1B-RF-LF-DH
Bill Castro 31 18 0 0 40.2 15 5 7 3 0 .800 2.66 0.67 3 0 0% 0 P
Onix Concepcion 25 77 64 57 579.1 282 92 175 15 35 .947 -8 -16 4.15 3.34 3B-2B-SS
Keith Creel 24 25 10 1 89.1 14 6 8 0 0 1.000 1.41 0.56 9 2 18% 0 P
Butch Davis 25 33 33 32 287.0 88 85 1 2 0 .977 4 17 2.70 2.61 LF
Cesar Geronimo 35 35 21 16 205.0 71 68 2 1 0 .986 3 19 3.07 1.89 RF-LF-CF
Larry Gura 35 34 31 5 200.1 54 12 42 0 5 1.000 2.43 1.59 11 10 48% 4 P
Don Hood 33 27 0 0 47.2 20 3 14 3 3 .850 3.21 0.63 0 5 100% 2 P
Mark Huismann 25 13 0 0 30.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.88 0.23 5 3 38% 0 P
Danny Jackson 21 4 3 0 19.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.37 1.25 1 0 0% 1 P
Ron Johnson 27 9 7 5 68.0 71 66 3 2 9 .972 -2 -28 9.13 7.67 0 0 0 0 0 1B-C
Dennis Leonard 32 10 10 1 63.0 15 2 11 2 2 .867 1.86 1.30 6 2 25% 0 P
Jerry Martin 34 13 13 12 111.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -4 -44 1.78 1.69 RF
Hal McRae 37 155 155 0.00 DH
Darryl Motley 23 18 17 13 150.0 44 41 2 1 0 .977 1 10 2.58 2.15 RF-LF-CF
Amos Otis 36 96 96 81 809.1 244 237 6 1 1 .996 -3 -5 2.70 2.53 CF-RF
Cliff Pastornicky 24 10 9 5 72.0 28 5 21 2 0 .929 -1 -12 3.25 2.60 3B
Gaylord Perry 44 14 14 1 84.1 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.92 1.29 3 3 50% 0 P
Greg Pryor 33 68 33 25 349.0 143 38 100 5 10 .965 0 1 3.56 2.00 3B-2B-1B
Dan Quisenberry 30 69 0 0 139.0 41 8 30 3 1 .927 2.46 0.55 3 1 25% 1 P
Eric Rasmussen 31 11 9 2 52.2 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.54 0.82 3 1 25% 0 P
Steve Renko 38 25 17 1 121.1 21 8 13 0 1 1.000 1.56 0.84 19 5 21% 0 P
Leon Roberts 32 76 59 40 507.1 151 143 4 4 0 .974 4 9 2.61 1.88 LF-RF-CF
Pat Sheridan 25 100 81 63 741.2 242 233 7 2 2 .992 3 5 2.91 2.16 RF-CF-LF
Joe Simpson 31 86 30 19 363.1 258 239 18 1 19 .996 3 11 6.37 2.68 0 0 0 1B-RF-CF-LF-P
Don Slaught 24 80 75 69 647.0 329 299 18 12 7 .964 -1 -2 4.41 3.96 2 12 52 23 31% 0 C-DH
Paul Splittorff 36 27 27 4 156.0 33 9 23 1 2 .970 1.85 1.19 11 5 31% 4 P
Bob Tufts 27 6 0 0 6.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.33 1 0 0% 0 P
U L Washington 29 140 139 136 1224.2 685 201 448 36 91 .947 -6 -6 4.77 4.64 SS
John Wathan 33 128 119 104 1057.2 682 615 58 9 29 .987 1 1 5.73 4.81 2 28 57 30 34% 1 C-1B-RF-LF
Frank White 32 145 142 132 1241.1 840 390 442 8 123 .990 7 7 6.03 5.74 2B
Frank Wills 24 6 4 0 34.2 5 1 3 1 1 .800 1.04 0.67 4 1 20% 0 P
Willie Wilson 27 136 132 117 1150.0 364 351 3 10 0 .973 -7 -7 2.77 2.55 CF-LF
Team Totals 29.9 163 1467 1094 12930.0 6294 4313 1816 165 489 .974 -25 -2 4.27 3.21 4 40 109 53 33% 17
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 2 13
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Willie Aikens* 28 458 24 -4 0 -2 -9 -7 15 17 1.7 26 2.6 -0.9 $ Traded *3/D
Buddy Biancalana# 23 15 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft /6
George Brett* 30 525 33 3 0 0 -12 -1 16 40 4.1 51 5.2 -1.1 $1,000,000 Amateur Draft 53/97D
Onix Concepcion 25 240 -11 0 0 1 -8 2 7 -9 -0.9 -1 -0.1 -0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent 546
Butch Davis 25 130 5 0 0 0 4 -2 4 11 1.1 7 0.7 0.4 $ Amateur Draft 7
Cesar Geronimo* 35 91 -8 -2 0 0 3 -1 3 -5 -0.6 -8 -0.8 0.2 $ Free Agency 9/78
Ron Johnson 27 30 -1 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft /32
Jerry Martin 34 48 1 0 0 0 -4 -1 1 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $ Traded 9
Hal McRae 37 654 21 -5 -1 -3 0 -16 20 16 1.7 16 1.6 0.1 $600,000 Free Agency *D
Darryl Motley 23 72 -1 0 0 -1 1 -1 2 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Amateur Draft 9/87
Amos Otis 36 384 -9 -2 0 0 -3 -2 12 -5 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $637,500 Traded 89
Cliff Pastornicky 24 32 -4 0 0 -1 -1 0 1 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 5
Greg Pryor 33 125 -8 1 -1 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Traded 5/34
Leon Roberts 32 234 -2 -1 0 0 4 -3 7 5 0.5 1 0.1 0.4 $ Traded 79/8
Pat Sheridan* 25 357 -6 2 0 2 3 -3 11 9 0.9 6 0.6 0.3 $ Amateur Draft 987
Joe Simpson* 31 135 -12 0 0 1 3 -2 4 -5 -0.5 -9 -0.9 0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft 398/71
Don Slaught 24 290 -1 0 0 0 -1 5 9 12 1.2 13 1.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 2/D
U L Washington# 29 604 -24 7 -1 3 -6 8 18 5 0.5 11 1.1 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
John Wathan 33 469 -21 3 -2 -2 1 4 15 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 23/97
Frank White 32 579 -14 0 -2 -3 7 5 18 11 1.0 4 0.4 0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Willie Wilson# 27 611 -15 10 2 2 -7 -3 18 7 0.7 14 1.4 -0.7 $ Amateur Draft *87
Team Total 30.2 6083 -55 12 -5 -3 -25 -18 186 90 8.9 117 11.8 -2.9 $2,237,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Mike Armstrong 29 102.2 0 53 63 -2 1.0 10 0.3 $ Purchased
Buddy Black* 26 161.1 24 75 97 -3 1.0 22 2.2 $ Traded
Vida Blue* 33 85.1 14 62 54 -1 .9 -8 -0.8 $ Traded
Bill Castro 31 40.2 0 34 25 -1 .5 -9 -0.9 $ Free Agency
Keith Creel 24 89.1 10 66 56 -2 .7 -10 -1.0 $ Amateur Draft
Larry Gura* 35 200.1 31 119 124 -4 1.1 5 0.5 $ Free Agency
Don Hood* 33 47.2 0 20 30 -1 .6 10 0.5 $ Free Agency
Mark Huismann 25 30.2 0 20 19 0 .5 -1 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Danny Jackson* 21 19.0 3 12 12 0 1.1 0 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Dennis Leonard 32 63.0 10 29 40 -1 1.0 11 1.1 $ Amateur Draft
Gaylord Perry 44 84.1 14 48 53 -2 1.1 5 0.5 $ Free Agency
Dan Quisenberry 30 139.0 0 35 85 -2 1.6 50 5.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Eric Rasmussen 31 52.2 9 28 32 -1 1.0 4 0.4 $ Purchased
Steve Renko 38 121.1 17 63 76 -2 1.0 13 1.3 $ Free Agency
Joe Simpson* 31 3.0 0 1 2 0 .0 1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Paul Splittorff* 36 156.0 27 77 94 -3 1.0 17 1.8 $ Free Agency
Bob Tufts* 27 6.2 0 8 4 0 .2 -4 -0.3 $ Traded
Frank Wills 24 34.2 4 17 20 -1 .7 3 0.3 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 32.0 1437.2 163 767 886 -26 1.0 119 10.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1982 / 1984 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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