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1986 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987

76-86, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick Howser (40-48) and Mike Ferraro (36-38)
Scored 654 runs, Allowed 673 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · 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 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 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 -0.9 $525,000
Scott Bankhead 22 R R 5' 10" 175 Jul 31, 1963 1st 24 17 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $60,000
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 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 -0.5 $165,000
Buddy Black 29 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 30, 1957 6 56 4 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $645,000
George Brett HOF 33 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 14 124 122 124 115 0 0 0 0 115 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 3.3 $1,471,429 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 1 2 1 -0.2 $
David Cone 23 L R 6' 1" 180 Jan 2, 1963 1st 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $60,000
Steve Farr 29 R R 5' 10" 198 Dec 12, 1956 3 56 0 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $85,000
Mark Gubicza 23 R R 6' 6" 215 Aug 14, 1962 3 35 24 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $250,000
Alan Hargesheimer 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 21, 1954 4 5 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $67,000
Mark Huismann 28 R R 6' 3" 195 May 11, 1958 4 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $100,000
Bo Jackson 23 R R 6' 1" 220 Nov 30, 1962 1st 25 22 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 1 2 0 -0.8 $
Danny Jackson 24 R L 6' 0" 205 Jan 5, 1962 4 32 27 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $175,000
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 0.0 $
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 64 3 3 4 -0.7 $185,000
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 65 0 6 0 -0.6 $60,000
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 93 2 11 0 -0.1 $360,000
Charlie Leibrandt 29 R L 6' 3" 195 Oct 4, 1956 7 35 34 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $770,000
Dennis Leonard 35 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1951 12 33 30 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $883,333
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 75 54 0 -0.9 $650,000
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 2 12 1 -1.7 $
Jorge Orta 35 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 26, 1950 15 106 83 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 22 1 -0.5 $450,000
Bill Pecota 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 16, 1960 1st 12 9 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Greg Pryor 36 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 2, 1949 10 63 30 63 61 0 0 1 12 35 18 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1.0 $293,808
Jamie Quirk 31 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 12 80 56 80 66 0 41 6 0 24 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 0 0.4 $150,000
Dan Quisenberry 33 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 7, 1953 8 62 0 0 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $925,000
Bret Saberhagen 22 R R 6' 1" 160 Apr 11, 1964 3 30 25 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $925,000
Angel Salazar 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 4, 1961 3 117 98 117 116 0 0 0 1 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1.0 $75,000
Kevin Seitzer 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 26, 1962 1st 28 27 28 28 0 0 22 0 3 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 0.7 $
Steve Shields 27 R R 6' 5" 220 Nov 30, 1958 2 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
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 1.4 $1,000,000
Jim Sundberg 35 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1951 13 140 124 140 134 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.7 $653,128
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 2 1 3 -0.1 $
Frank White 35 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 14 151 144 151 151 0 0 0 151 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3.4 $485,000 All-Star
Willie Wilson 30 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 11 156 149 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 6 0 1.0 $1,175,000
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.

Buddy Biancalana

Angel Salazar

Jorge Orta

Greg Pryor

George Brett

Willie Wilson

Rudy Law

Jim Sundberg

Jamie Quirk

Hal McRae

David Cone

Dwight Taylor

Bo Jackson

Mike Brewer

Frank White

Lonnie Smith

Dennis Leonard

Mark Gubicza

Darryl Motley

Danny Jackson

Steve Farr

Mike Kingery

Scott Bankhead

Dan Quisenberry

Bret Saberhagen

Bill Pecota

Kevin Seitzer

Terry Bell

Lynn Jones

Rondin Johnson

Charlie Leibrandt

Mark Huismann
Steve Shields

Buddy Black

Steve Balboni

Scott Bankhead

Alan Hargesheimer

1985 / 1987 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers