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1985 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 / 1986

91-71, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick Howser (91-71)
Scored 687 runs, Allowed 639 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · 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

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 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
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 0.7 $205,000
Joe Beckwith 30 L R 6' 3" 200 Jan 28, 1955 6 49 0 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $358,000
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 2 0 9 -0.1 $
Buddy Black 28 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 30, 1957 5 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $465,000
George Brett HOF 32 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 13 155 153 155 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8.0 $1,000,000 All-Star
Onix Concepcion 27 R R 5' 6" 160 Oct 5, 1957 6 131 109 131 130 0 0 0 2 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 -1.2 $250,000
Steve Farr 28 R R 5' 10" 198 Dec 12, 1956 2 16 3 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Tony Ferreira 22 L L 6' 1" 160 Oct 4, 1962 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mark Gubicza 22 R R 6' 6" 215 Aug 14, 1962 2 29 28 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $115,000
Larry Gura 37 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 16 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
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 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
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 2 30 0 -0.5 $241,667
Danny Jackson 23 R L 6' 0" 205 Jan 5, 1962 3 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $95,000
Lynn Jones 32 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 1, 1953 7 110 28 110 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 21 32 111 2 17 7 -1.1 $202,500
Mike Jones 25 L L 6' 6" 215 Jul 30, 1959 4 33 1 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $100,000
Mike LaCoss 29 R R 6' 5" 185 May 30, 1956 8 21 0 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
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 -0.9 $
Charlie Leibrandt 28 R L 6' 3" 195 Oct 4, 1956 6 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 $225,000
Dennis Leonard 34 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1951 11 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $871,429
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 0 105 30 0 0.4 $800,000
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 0.0 $
Darryl Motley 25 R R 5' 9" 196 Jan 21, 1960 4 123 98 123 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 76 120 6 12 2 -0.8 $155,500
Jorge Orta 34 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 26, 1950 14 110 74 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 36 0 -0.5 $450,000
Greg Pryor 35 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 2, 1949 9 63 28 63 57 0 0 1 21 25 13 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 -0.6 $316,667
Jamie Quirk 30 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 11 19 15 19 17 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2 $
Dan Quisenberry 32 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 7, 1953 7 84 0 0 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $975,000
Bret Saberhagen 21 R R 6' 1" 160 Apr 11, 1964 2 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.7 $150,000
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 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 1 12 3 -0.1 $175,000
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 0.8 $
Jim Sundberg 34 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1951 12 115 107 115 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.8 $608,333
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 2 3 9 0.5 $425,000
Frank White 34 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 13 149 147 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.9 $545,000
Willie Wilson 29 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 10 141 140 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 0 0 1 1.3 $843,750
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Buddy Biancalana
Onix Concepcion
Jorge Orta
Greg Pryor
George Brett
Willie Wilson
Jim Sundberg
Dane Iorg

Hal McRae
John Wathan
Pat Sheridan
Jim Scranton
Mike Jones
Jamie Quirk
Frank White
Lonnie Smith

Dennis Leonard
Mark Gubicza
Darryl Motley
Danny Jackson
Steve Farr
Joe Beckwith
Omar Moreno
Dan Quisenberry

Mike LaCoss
Bret Saberhagen
Larry Gura
Lynn Jones
Dave Leeper
Charlie Leibrandt
Mark Huismann
Buddy Black

Steve Balboni
Tony Ferreira
Bob Hegman

1984 / 1986 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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