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1985 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 / 1986)
91-71, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 687 runs, Allowed 639 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Manager: Dick Howser (91-71)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,162,717 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over St. Louis Cardinals
Won AL Championship Series (4-3) over Toronto Blue Jays
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1984 / 1986 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 Salary
Steve Balboni 28 R R 6' 3" 225 Jan 16, 1957 5 160 159 160 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $205,000.00
Joe Beckwith 30 L R 6' 3" 200 Jan 28, 1955 6 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $358,000.00
Buddy Biancalana 25 B R 5' 11" 160 Feb 2, 1960 4 81 48 81 78 0 0 0 4 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Bud Black 28 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 30, 1957 5 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $465,000.00
George Brett HOF 32 L R 6' 0" 200 May 15, 1953 13 155 153 155 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 $1,000,000.00 All-Star
Onix Concepcion 27 R R 5' 6" 180 Oct 5, 1957 6 131 109 131 130 0 0 0 2 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 $250,000.00
Steve Farr 28 R R 5' 11" 200 Dec 12, 1956 2 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Ferreira 22 L L 6' 1" 160 Oct 4, 1962 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Gubicza 22 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 14, 1962 2 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $115,000.00
Larry Gura 37 B L 6' 1" 185 Nov 26, 1947 16 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Hegman 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 26, 1958 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Huismann 27 R R 6' 3" 195 May 11, 1958 3 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dane Iorg 35 L R 6' 0" 180 May 11, 1950 9 64 33 64 35 0 0 2 0 1 0 13 0 19 32 0 30 0
Danny Jackson 23 R L 6' 0" 205 Jan 5, 1962 3 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $95,000.00
Lynn Jones 32 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 1, 1953 7 110 28 110 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 21 32 101 0 17 7 $202,500.00
Mike Jones 25 L L 6' 6" 215 Jul 30, 1959 4 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $100,000.00
Mike LaCoss 29 R R 6' 4" 190 May 30, 1956 8 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Leeper 25 L L 5' 11" 170 Oct 30, 1959 2 15 7 15 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 0 8 0
Charlie Leibrandt 28 R L 6' 3" 200 Oct 4, 1956 6 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $225,000.00
Dennis Leonard 34 R R 6' 1" 190 May 8, 1951 11 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $871,429.00
Hal McRae 39 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 17 112 82 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 30 0 $800,000.00
Omar Moreno 32 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 24, 1952 11 24 16 24 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 21 0 6 0
Darryl Motley 25 R R 5' 9" 196 Jan 21, 1960 4 123 98 123 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 76 114 5 12 2 $155,500.00
Jorge Orta 34 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 26, 1950 14 110 74 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 36 0 $450,000.00
Greg Pryor 35 R R 6' 0" 186 Oct 2, 1949 9 63 28 63 57 0 0 1 21 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 $316,667.00
Jamie Quirk 30 L R 6' 4" 200 Oct 22, 1954 11 19 15 19 17 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Dan Quisenberry 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 7, 1953 7 84 0 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $975,000.00
Bret Saberhagen 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 11, 1964 2 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Jim Scranton 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 5, 1960 2 6 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Sheridan 27 L R 6' 3" 175 Dec 4, 1957 4 78 53 78 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 69 0 12 3 $175,000.00
Lonnie Smith 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 22, 1955 8 120 119 120 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 0 119 0 1 0
Jim Sundberg 34 R R 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1951 12 115 107 115 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $608,333.00
John Wathan 35 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 4, 1949 10 60 41 60 54 0 49 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 $425,000.00
Frank White 34 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 4, 1950 13 149 147 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Wilson 29 B R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1955 10 141 140 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 0 0 1 $843,750.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1984 / 1986 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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