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1984 Kansas City Royals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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

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1983 / 1985 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 Don Slaught 25 124 446 409 48 108 27 4 4 42 0 0 20 55 .264 .297 .379 .676 86 155 8 2 8 7 4
2 1B Steve Balboni 27 126 488 438 58 107 23 2 28 77 0 0 45 139 .244 .320 .498 .817 123 218 9 4 0 1 5
3 2B Frank White 33 129 515 479 58 130 22 5 17 56 5 5 27 72 .271 .311 .445 .756 107 213 11 2 4 3 3
4 SS Onix Concepcion 26 90 311 287 36 81 9 2 1 23 9 6 14 33 .282 .319 .338 .657 83 97 3 3 4 3 0
5 3B George Brett* 31 104 422 377 42 107 21 3 13 69 0 2 38 37 .284 .344 .459 .802 121 173 11 0 0 7 6
6 LF Darryl Motley 24 146 557 522 64 148 25 6 15 70 10 12 28 73 .284 .319 .441 .760 109 230 23 1 2 4 2
7 CF Willie Wilson# 28 128 588 541 81 163 24 9 2 44 47 5 39 56 .301 .350 .390 .740 105 211 7 3 2 3 2
8 RF Pat Sheridan* 26 138 531 481 64 136 24 4 8 53 19 6 41 91 .283 .338 .399 .738 104 192 6 1 5 3 3
9 DH Hal McRae 38 106 361 317 30 96 13 4 3 42 0 3 34 47 .303 .363 .397 .760 111 126 10 1 0 9 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 DH Jorge Orta* 33 122 438 403 50 120 23 7 9 50 0 1 28 39 .298 .343 .457 .800 120 184 6 2 1 4 8
11 3B Greg Pryor 34 123 288 270 32 71 11 1 4 25 0 3 12 28 .263 .301 .356 .656 82 96 9 3 2 1 0
12 1B Dane Iorg* 34 78 254 235 27 60 16 2 5 30 0 1 13 15 .255 .287 .404 .692 90 95 7 0 0 6 3
13 C John Wathan 34 97 196 171 17 31 7 1 2 10 6 6 21 34 .181 .271 .269 .540 51 46 6 0 4 0 0
14 SS U L Washington# 30 63 189 170 18 38 6 0 1 10 4 6 14 31 .224 .281 .276 .558 56 47 1 0 4 1 0
15 MI Buddy Biancalana# 24 66 145 134 18 26 6 1 2 9 1 2 6 44 .194 .229 .299 .527 45 40 2 0 5 0 0
16 LF Butch Davis 26 41 128 116 11 17 3 0 2 12 4 3 10 19 .147 .211 .224 .435 21 26 2 0 0 2 0
17 RF Lynn Jones 31 47 109 103 11 31 6 0 1 10 1 3 4 9 .301 .330 .388 .719 99 40 4 1 0 1 0
18 OF Leon Roberts 33 29 50 45 4 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 .222 .300 .289 .589 65 13 1 1 0 0 0
19 3B Tucker Ashford 29 9 14 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .231 .445 24 3 1 0 0 0 0
20 IF Bucky Dent 32 11 10 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .400 .333 .733 106 3 0 0 0 0 0
21 C Orlando Sanchez* 27 10 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 -19 2 1 0 0 0 0
22 LF Dave Leeper* 24 4 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 C Luis Pujols 28 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 12 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 IF Jim Scranton 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
25 P Buddy Black* 27 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Mike Jones* 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Bret Saberhagen 20 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Mark Gubicza 21 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Charlie Leibrandt 27 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Larry Gura# 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Danny Jackson 22 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Mark Huismann 26 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Frank Wills 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Dan Quisenberry 31 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Paul Splittorff* 37 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Joe Beckwith* 29 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.4 162 6063 5543 673 1487 269 52 117 639 106 64 400 832 .268 .317 .399 .716 98 2211 128 24 41 55 39
Rank in 14 AL teams 9 11 6 3 2 12 6 4 14 8 5 11 6 8 5 9 5
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 Buddy Black* 27 17 12 .586 3.12 35 35 0 8 1 0 257.0 226 99 89 22 64 2 140 4 2 2 1045 130 1.128 7.9 0.8 2.2 4.9 2.19
2 SP Mark Gubicza 21 10 14 .417 4.05 29 29 0 4 2 0 189.0 172 90 85 13 75 0 111 5 1 3 800 100 1.307 8.2 0.6 3.6 5.3 1.48
3 SP Larry Gura* 36 12 9 .571 5.18 31 25 1 3 0 0 168.2 175 102 97 26 67 3 68 4 0 0 732 78 1.435 9.3 1.4 3.6 3.6 1.01
4 SP Charlie Leibrandt* 27 11 7 .611 3.63 23 23 0 0 0 0 143.2 158 65 58 11 38 2 53 3 1 5 621 111 1.364 9.9 0.7 2.4 3.3 1.39
5 SP Mike Jones* 24 2 3 .400 4.89 23 12 8 0 0 0 81.0 86 48 44 10 36 1 43 1 0 2 359 83 1.506 9.6 1.1 4.0 4.8 1.19
6 SP Danny Jackson* 22 2 6 .250 4.26 15 11 3 1 0 0 76.0 84 41 36 4 35 0 40 5 2 3 338 95 1.566 9.9 0.5 4.1 4.7 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
7 CL Dan Quisenberry 31 6 3 .667 2.64 72 0 67 0 0 44 129.1 121 39 38 10 12 4 41 0 0 0 506 153 1.028 8.4 0.7 0.8 2.9 3.42
8 RP Bret Saberhagen 20 10 11 .476 3.48 38 18 9 2 1 1 157.2 138 71 61 13 36 4 73 2 1 7 634 116 1.104 7.9 0.7 2.1 4.2 2.03
9 RP Joe Beckwith 29 8 4 .667 3.40 49 1 24 0 0 2 100.2 92 39 38 13 25 1 75 2 1 4 410 119 1.162 8.2 1.2 2.2 6.7 3.00
10 RP Mark Huismann 26 3 3 .500 4.20 38 0 23 0 0 3 75.0 84 38 35 7 21 3 54 1 0 3 324 97 1.400 10.1 0.8 2.5 6.5 2.57
11 RP Paul Splittorff* 37 1 3 .250 7.71 12 3 6 0 0 0 28.0 47 30 24 3 10 0 4 0 0 0 138 53 2.036 15.1 1.0 3.2 1.3 0.40
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 Frank Wills 25 2 3 .400 5.11 10 5 2 0 0 0 37.0 39 21 21 3 13 0 21 0 0 2 161 80 1.405 9.5 0.7 3.2 5.1 1.62
13 Leon Roberts 33 0 0 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 21 5.000 36.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
Team Totals 26.7 84 78 .519 3.92 162 162 144 18 4 50 1444.0 1426 686 629 136 433 20 724 27 8 31 6076 103 1.287 8.9 0.8 2.7 4.5 1.67
Rank in 14 AL teams 6 9 7 11 6 2 7 4 5 7 3 1 11
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
Tucker Ashford 29 9 4 4 39.2 11 2 8 1 1 .909 -2 -73 2.27 1.11 3B
Steve Balboni 27 125 124 97 1035.0 1196 1102 79 15 102 .987 4 5 10.27 9.37 1B-DH
Joe Beckwith 29 49 1 0 100.2 22 10 12 0 1 1.000 1.97 0.45 9 1 10% 0 P
Buddy Biancalana 24 62 42 31 391.1 214 62 144 8 28 .963 0 1 4.74 3.32 SS-2B
Buddy Black 27 35 35 8 257.0 66 13 51 2 2 .970 2.24 1.83 11 14 56% 8 P
George Brett 31 101 101 49 789.1 274 59 201 14 18 .949 7 10 2.96 2.57 3B
Onix Concepcion 26 89 83 70 740.1 422 116 295 11 59 .974 12 20 5.00 4.47 SS-2B-3B
Butch Davis 26 35 30 24 265.2 66 61 2 3 1 .955 -2 -11 2.13 1.75 LF-RF-CF
Bucky Dent 32 11 3 1 37.0 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 -1 -32 2.43 0.91 SS-3B
Mark Gubicza 21 29 29 4 189.0 52 19 31 2 1 .962 2.38 1.72 18 9 33% 0 P
Larry Gura 36 31 25 3 168.2 36 6 30 0 1 1.000 1.92 1.16 8 5 38% 1 P
Mark Huismann 26 38 0 0 75.0 20 7 10 3 0 .850 2.04 0.45 7 3 30% 2 P
Dane Iorg 34 63 61 36 483.2 423 397 23 3 34 .993 -2 -5 7.82 6.09 1B-LF-RF-3B-DH
Danny Jackson 22 15 11 1 76.0 14 6 7 1 2 .929 1.54 0.87 2 2 50% 1 P
Lynn Jones 31 45 24 19 243.2 49 47 0 2 0 .959 -2 -11 1.74 0.96 RF-LF-CF
Mike Jones 24 23 12 0 81.0 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.39 10 1 9% 0 P
Dave Leeper 24 2 1 1 12.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -80 3.00 2.00 LF
Charlie Leibrandt 27 23 23 0 143.2 27 9 15 3 1 .889 1.50 1.04 7 2 22% 0 P
Hal McRae 38 81 81 0.00 DH
Darryl Motley 24 139 127 105 1137.1 316 305 6 5 2 .984 14 15 2.46 2.03 LF-RF-CF
Jorge Orta 33 27 103 15 213.2 51 50 0 1 0 .980 -1 -3 2.11 0.48 LF-RF-2B-DH
Greg Pryor 34 120 72 56 741.1 285 87 190 8 27 .972 6 11 3.36 2.13 3B-2B-SS-1B
Luis Pujols 28 4 1 1 13.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.23 2.25 0 1 0 0 0 C
Dan Quisenberry 31 72 0 0 129.1 44 15 29 0 1 1.000 3.06 0.61 3 3 50% 0 P
Leon Roberts 33 17 10 4 91.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 2 25 2.37 1.33 0 0 0 LF-RF-P
Bret Saberhagen 20 38 18 2 157.2 38 15 22 1 1 .974 2.11 0.97 13 8 38% 2 P
Orlando Sanchez 27 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 C
Jim Scranton 24 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 3.00 0.50 SS-3B
Pat Sheridan 26 134 120 109 1089.2 289 278 7 4 2 .986 0 0 2.35 2.10 RF-CF
Don Slaught 25 123 112 101 1009.0 602 547 44 11 8 .982 4 5 5.27 4.80 2 17 65 38 37% 0 C
Paul Splittorff 37 12 3 0 28.0 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.54 0.92 2 0 0% 0 P
U L Washington 30 61 54 48 476.1 257 81 166 10 40 .961 1 3 4.67 4.05 SS
John Wathan 34 90 51 37 502.1 341 304 31 6 10 .982 -2 -4 6.00 3.60 1 13 29 13 31% 1 C-1B-LF
Frank White 33 129 126 118 1108.2 735 299 425 11 97 .985 18 19 5.88 5.61 2B
Frank Wills 25 10 5 0 37.0 7 3 2 2 0 .714 1.22 0.50 4 3 43% 0 P
Willie Wilson 28 128 128 119 1129.0 388 378 6 4 2 .990 6 6 3.06 3.00 CF
Team Totals 28.6 162 1458 1063 12996.0 6323 4332 1860 131 440 .979 62 6 4.29 3.24 3 31 94 51 35% 15
Rank in 14 AL teams 7 9 7
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
Tucker Ashford 29 14 -1 0 1 0 -2 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Traded /5
Steve Balboni 27 488 9 -1 -1 -1 4 -8 16 18 1.8 14 1.4 0.4 $ Traded *3/D
Buddy Biancalana# 24 145 -11 0 0 0 0 2 4 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 64
George Brett* 31 422 8 0 -2 -1 7 1 13 26 2.7 19 1.9 0.8 $1,000,000 Amateur Draft 5
Onix Concepcion 26 311 -7 -1 -2 1 12 5 10 18 1.7 6 0.6 1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 6/45
Butch Davis 26 128 -13 -1 2 0 -2 -2 4 -12 -1.3 -10 -1.0 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 7/89
Bucky Dent 32 10 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Free Agency /65
Dane Iorg* 34 254 -5 0 0 0 -2 -4 8 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Purchased 37/9D5
Lynn Jones 31 109 0 0 -1 0 -2 -1 3 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Free Agency 97/8
Dave Leeper* 24 6 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft /7
Hal McRae 38 361 6 -1 0 -1 0 -9 11 6 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $600,000 Free Agency D
Darryl Motley 24 557 2 -6 2 -3 14 -6 18 21 2.0 7 0.7 1.3 $ Amateur Draft *79/8
Jorge Orta* 33 438 7 1 -1 3 -1 -9 14 15 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $250,000 Traded D79/4
Greg Pryor 34 288 -8 -2 -2 -1 6 1 9 4 0.3 -3 -0.3 0.6 $ Free Agency 54/63
Luis Pujols 28 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /2
Leon Roberts 33 50 -2 0 0 0 2 -1 2 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ Traded 7/91
Orlando Sanchez* 27 10 -2 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /2
Jim Scranton 24 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /56
Pat Sheridan* 26 532 1 0 -2 2 0 -5 17 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Amateur Draft *98
Don Slaught 25 447 -10 -1 -3 0 4 7 14 11 1.0 7 0.7 0.3 $ Amateur Draft *2
U L Washington# 30 189 -11 -1 2 1 1 3 6 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 6
John Wathan 34 196 -12 -4 0 -1 -2 2 6 -11 -1.2 -9 -0.9 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 23/7
Frank White 33 515 1 -2 -1 -1 18 4 16 35 3.5 17 1.7 1.8 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Willie Wilson# 28 588 3 9 -1 3 6 0 16 36 3.7 30 3.0 0.7 $ Amateur Draft *8
Team Total 29.4 6065 -49 -10 -8 1 62 -20 187 164 16.0 101 10.1 5.9 $1,850,000
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
Joe Beckwith 29 100.2 1 39 57 4 .8 18 1.0 $ Traded
Buddy Black* 27 257.0 35 99 141 11 1.0 42 4.5 $ Traded
Mark Gubicza 21 189.0 29 90 105 8 .9 15 1.5 $ Amateur Draft
Larry Gura* 36 168.2 25 102 92 8 .9 -10 -1.1 $ Free Agency
Mark Huismann 26 75.0 0 38 42 3 .8 4 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Danny Jackson* 22 76.0 11 41 41 3 1.0 0 0.0 $ Amateur Draft
Mike Jones* 24 81.0 12 48 46 4 .8 -2 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft
Charlie Leibrandt* 27 143.2 23 65 79 7 1.0 14 1.4 $ Traded
Dan Quisenberry 31 129.1 0 39 72 6 1.6 33 3.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Leon Roberts 33 1.0 0 3 1 0 .0 -2 -0.1 $ Traded
Bret Saberhagen 20 157.2 18 71 88 7 .8 17 1.4 $ Amateur Draft
Paul Splittorff* 37 28.0 3 30 15 2 .8 -15 -1.4 $ Free Agency
Frank Wills 25 37.0 5 21 21 2 1.0 0 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 26.7 1444.0 162 686 800 65 1.0 114 9.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1983 / 1985 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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