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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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Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Detroit Tigers |
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| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |