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1984 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1983 / 1985

84-78, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick Howser (84-78)
Scored 673 runs, Allowed 686 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 1,810,018 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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1983 / 1985 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Tucker Ashford 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 4, 1954 7 9 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Steve Balboni 27 R R 6' 3" 225 Jan 16, 1957 4 126 124 126 125 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.8 $
Joe Beckwith 29 L R 6' 3" 200 Jan 28, 1955 5 49 1 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Buddy Biancalana 24 B R 5' 11" 160 Feb 2, 1960 3 66 42 66 62 0 0 0 29 0 33 0 0 0 0 3 2 9 -0.5 $
Buddy Black 27 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 30, 1957 4 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $
George Brett HOF 31 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 12 104 101 104 101 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.7 $1,000,000 All-Star
Onix Concepcion 26 R R 5' 6" 160 Oct 5, 1957 5 90 83 90 89 0 0 0 6 2 85 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.7 $
Butch Davis 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 19, 1958 2 41 30 41 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 1 1 36 2 5 2 -1.3 $
Bucky Dent 32 R R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1951 12 11 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Mark Gubicza 21 R R 6' 6" 215 Aug 14, 1962 1st 29 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Larry Gura 36 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 15 31 25 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Mark Huismann 26 R R 6' 3" 195 May 11, 1958 2 38 0 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Dane Iorg 34 L R 6' 0" 180 May 11, 1950 8 78 61 78 63 0 0 43 0 1 0 18 0 4 22 4 15 0 -0.3 $
Danny Jackson 22 R L 6' 0" 205 Jan 5, 1962 2 15 11 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Lynn Jones 31 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 1, 1953 6 47 24 47 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 29 49 0 9 3 -0.1 $
Mike Jones 24 L L 6' 6" 215 Jul 30, 1959 3 23 12 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Dave Leeper 24 L L 5' 11" 170 Oct 30, 1959 1st 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 -0.3 $
Charlie Leibrandt 27 R L 6' 3" 195 Oct 4, 1956 5 23 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Hal McRae 38 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 16 106 81 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 25 0 0.7 $600,000
Darryl Motley 24 R R 5' 9" 196 Jan 21, 1960 3 146 127 146 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 3 45 153 0 11 1 2.0 $
Jorge Orta 33 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 26, 1950 13 122 103 122 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 12 26 83 18 0 1.5 $250,000
Greg Pryor 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 2, 1949 8 123 72 123 120 0 0 2 22 107 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 0.3 $
Luis Pujols 28 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 18, 1955 8 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Dan Quisenberry 31 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 7, 1953 6 72 0 0 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $750,000 All-Star
Leon Roberts 33 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 22, 1951 11 29 10 28 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 7 17 3 14 1 0.0 $
Bret Saberhagen 20 R R 6' 1" 160 Apr 11, 1964 1st 39 18 1 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4 $
Orlando Sanchez 27 L R 6' 1" 195 Sep 7, 1956 4 10 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.1 $
Jim Scranton 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 5, 1960 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Pat Sheridan 26 L R 6' 3" 175 Dec 4, 1957 3 138 120 138 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 101 136 0 10 0 1.3 $
Don Slaught 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 11, 1958 3 124 112 124 123 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1.0 $
Paul Splittorff 37 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 15 12 3 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
U L Washington 30 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 27, 1953 8 63 54 63 61 0 0 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 $
John Wathan 34 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 4, 1949 9 97 51 97 90 0 58 34 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 4 13 -1.2 $
Frank White 33 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 12 129 126 129 129 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.5 $
Frank Wills 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 26, 1958 2 10 5 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Willie Wilson 28 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 9 128 128 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 0 0 0 3.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Buddy Biancalana

Onix Concepcion

Jorge Orta

Greg Pryor

George Brett

Willie Wilson

Don Slaught

Dane Iorg

Hal McRae

John Wathan

Pat Sheridan

Leon Roberts

Mike Jones

Steve Balboni

Frank Wills

Frank White

Bucky Dent

Mark Gubicza

Darryl Motley

Danny Jackson

Joe Beckwith

Dan Quisenberry

U L Washington

Bret Saberhagen

Larry Gura

Butch Davis

Paul Splittorff

Lynn Jones

Tucker Ashford
Charlie Leibrandt

Mark Huismann

Buddy Black

Danny Jackson

Luis Pujols
Orlando Sanchez

Jim Scranton

Dave Leeper

1983 / 1985 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers