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1986 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987)
76-86, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 654 runs, Allowed 673 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Manager: Dick Howser (40-48) and Mike Ferraro (36-38)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,320,794 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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1985 / 1987 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 29 R R 6' 3" 225 Jan 16, 1957 6 138 136 138 137 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $525,000.00
Scott Bankhead 22 R R 5' 10" 185 Jul 31, 1963 1st 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $60,000.00
Terry Bell 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 27, 1962 1st 8 0 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Biancalana 26 B R 5' 11" 160 Feb 2, 1960 5 100 67 100 99 0 0 0 12 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 $165,000.00
Bud Black 29 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 30, 1957 6 56 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $645,000.00
George Brett HOF 33 L R 6' 0" 200 May 15, 1953 14 124 122 124 115 0 0 0 0 115 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 $1,471,429.00 All-Star
Mike Brewer 26 R R 6' 5" 190 Oct 24, 1959 1st 12 4 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 2 1
David Cone 23 L R 6' 1" 190 Jan 2, 1963 1st 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $60,000.00
Steve Farr 29 R R 5' 11" 200 Dec 12, 1956 3 56 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $85,000.00
Mark Gubicza 23 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 14, 1962 3 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $250,000.00
Alan Hargesheimer 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 21, 1954 4 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $67,000.00
Mark Huismann 28 R R 6' 3" 195 May 11, 1958 4 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $100,000.00
Bo Jackson 23 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 30, 1962 1st 25 22 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 1 2 0
Danny Jackson 24 R L 6' 0" 205 Jan 5, 1962 4 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Rondin Johnson 27 B R 5' 10" 160 Dec 16, 1958 1st 11 8 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lynn Jones 33 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 1, 1953 8 67 10 67 63 0 0 0 1 0 0 37 8 19 62 1 3 4 $185,000.00
Mike Kingery 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 29, 1961 1st 62 53 62 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 51 59 0 6 0 $60,000.00
Rudy Law 29 L L 6' 1" 165 Oct 7, 1956 7 87 75 87 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 3 36 77 2 11 0 $360,000.00
Charlie Leibrandt 29 R L 6' 3" 200 Oct 4, 1956 7 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $770,000.00
Dennis Leonard 35 R R 6' 1" 190 May 8, 1951 12 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $883,333.00
Hal McRae 40 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 18 112 58 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 54 0 $650,000.00
Darryl Motley 26 R R 5' 9" 196 Jan 21, 1960 5 72 55 72 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 62 66 0 12 1
Jorge Orta 35 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 26, 1950 15 106 83 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 22 1 $450,000.00
Bill Pecota 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 16, 1960 1st 12 9 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Greg Pryor 36 R R 6' 0" 186 Oct 2, 1949 10 63 30 63 61 0 0 1 12 35 18 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 $293,808.00
Jamie Quirk 31 L R 6' 4" 200 Oct 22, 1954 12 80 56 80 66 0 41 6 0 24 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 0 $150,000.00
Dan Quisenberry 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 7, 1953 8 62 0 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $925,000.00
Bret Saberhagen 22 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 11, 1964 3 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $925,000.00
Angel Salazar 24 R R 6' 0" 173 Nov 4, 1961 3 117 98 117 116 0 0 0 1 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 $75,000.00
Kevin Seitzer 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 26, 1962 1st 28 27 28 28 0 0 22 0 3 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 0
Steve Shields 27 R R 6' 5" 230 Nov 30, 1958 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lonnie Smith 30 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 22, 1955 9 134 128 134 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 0 118 10 4 2 $1,000,000.00
Jim Sundberg 35 R R 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1951 13 140 124 140 134 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 $653,128.00
Dwight Taylor 26 L L 5' 9" 166 Mar 24, 1960 1st 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3
Frank White 35 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 4, 1950 14 151 144 151 151 0 0 0 151 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $485,000.00 All-Star
Willie Wilson 30 B R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1955 11 156 149 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 6 0 $1,175,000.00
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.

1985 / 1987 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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