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1986 Kansas City Royals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 Jim Sundberg 35 140 491 429 41 91 9 1 12 42 1 1 57 91 .212 .303 .322 .624 69 138 7 0 2 3 1
2 1B Steve Balboni 29 138 562 512 54 117 25 1 29 88 0 0 43 146 .229 .286 .451 .738 96 231 8 1 0 6 2
3 2B Frank White 35 151 620 566 76 154 37 3 22 84 4 4 43 88 .272 .322 .465 .787 110 263 10 2 2 7 5
4 SS Angel Salazar 24 117 313 298 24 73 20 2 0 24 1 1 7 47 .245 .266 .326 .592 59 97 3 2 5 1 0
5 3B George Brett* 33 124 529 441 70 128 28 4 16 73 1 2 80 45 .290 .401 .481 .881 137 212 6 4 0 4 18
6 LF Lonnie Smith 30 134 568 508 80 146 25 7 8 44 26 9 46 78 .287 .357 .411 .768 107 209 10 10 2 2 0
7 CF Willie Wilson# 30 156 675 631 77 170 20 7 9 44 34 8 31 97 .269 .313 .366 .679 83 231 6 9 3 1 1
8 RF Darryl Motley 26 72 229 217 22 44 9 1 7 20 0 2 11 31 .203 .241 .350 .591 58 76 8 0 1 0 1
9 DH Jorge Orta* 35 106 361 336 35 93 14 2 9 46 0 3 23 34 .277 .321 .411 .732 97 138 9 0 0 2 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 OF Rudy Law* 29 87 341 307 42 80 26 5 1 36 14 6 29 22 .261 .327 .388 .715 93 119 5 2 2 1 0
11 DH Hal McRae 40 112 299 278 22 70 14 0 7 37 0 0 18 39 .252 .298 .378 .675 81 105 9 1 0 2 4
12 UT Jamie Quirk* 31 80 238 219 24 47 10 0 8 26 0 1 17 41 .215 .273 .370 .643 72 81 4 1 0 1 3
13 RF Mike Kingery* 25 62 223 209 25 54 8 5 3 14 7 3 12 30 .258 .296 .388 .684 83 81 4 0 0 2 2
14 SS Buddy Biancalana# 26 100 209 190 24 46 4 4 2 8 5 1 15 50 .242 .298 .337 .634 71 64 3 0 4 0 0
15 3B Greg Pryor 36 63 117 112 7 19 4 0 0 7 1 1 3 14 .170 .191 .205 .397 8 23 5 0 2 0 0
16 1B Kevin Seitzer 24 28 116 96 16 31 4 1 2 11 0 0 19 14 .323 .440 .448 .888 141 43 0 1 0 0 0
17 RF Bo Jackson 23 25 91 82 9 17 2 1 2 9 3 1 7 34 .207 .286 .329 .615 66 27 1 2 0 0 0
18 UT Lynn Jones 33 67 54 47 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 .128 .226 .170 .397 10 8 2 0 1 0 0
19 IF Bill Pecota 26 12 34 29 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 3 .207 .294 .276 .570 56 8 1 1 0 1 0
20 2B Rondin Johnson# 27 11 31 31 1 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 .258 .258 .323 .581 56 10 0 0 0 0 0
21 RF Mike Brewer 26 12 20 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 .167 .250 .222 .472 29 4 0 0 0 0 0
22 C Terry Bell 23 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 CF Dwight Taylor* 26 4 2 2 1 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
24 P Steve Shields 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Steve Farr 29 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P David Cone* 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Buddy Black* 29 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Dennis Leonard 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Alan Hargesheimer 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Bret Saberhagen 22 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Mark Gubicza 23 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Charlie Leibrandt 29 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Danny Jackson 24 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Mark Huismann 28 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Scott Bankhead 22 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Dan Quisenberry 33 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.9 162 6128 5561 654 1403 264 45 137 618 97 46 474 919 .252 .313 .390 .703 89 2168 101 36 24 33 40
Rank in 14 AL teams 4 13 9 5 1 12 10 11 13 8 12 13 11 13 11 5 13
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.

Team Pitching

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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 Charlie Leibrandt* 29 14 11 .560 4.09 35 34 0 8 1 0 231.1 238 112 105 18 63 0 108 4 1 2 975 104 1.301 9.3 0.7 2.5 4.2 1.71
2 SP Dennis Leonard 35 8 13 .381 4.44 33 30 0 5 2 0 192.2 207 106 95 22 51 6 114 4 1 6 821 95 1.339 9.7 1.0 2.4 5.3 2.24
3 SP Danny Jackson* 24 11 12 .478 3.20 32 27 3 4 1 1 185.2 177 83 66 13 79 1 115 4 0 7 789 132 1.379 8.6 0.6 3.8 5.6 1.46
4 SP Mark Gubicza 23 12 6 .667 3.64 35 24 2 3 2 0 180.2 155 77 73 8 84 2 118 5 0 15 765 116 1.323 7.7 0.4 4.2 5.9 1.40
5 SP Bret Saberhagen 22 7 12 .368 4.15 30 25 4 4 2 0 156.0 165 77 72 15 29 1 112 2 1 1 652 102 1.244 9.5 0.9 1.7 6.5 3.86
6 SP Scott Bankhead 22 8 9 .471 4.61 24 17 2 0 0 0 121.0 121 66 62 14 37 7 94 3 0 1 517 92 1.306 9.0 1.0 2.8 7.0 2.54
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 33 3 7 .300 2.77 62 0 54 0 0 12 81.1 92 30 25 2 24 12 36 3 0 0 352 154 1.426 10.2 0.2 2.7 4.0 1.50
8 RP Buddy Black* 29 5 10 .333 3.20 56 4 26 0 0 9 121.0 100 49 43 14 43 5 68 7 2 2 503 133 1.182 7.4 1.0 3.2 5.1 1.58
9 RP Steve Farr 29 8 4 .667 3.13 56 0 33 0 0 8 109.1 90 39 38 10 39 8 83 4 1 4 443 136 1.180 7.4 0.8 3.2 6.8 2.13
10 RP David Cone 23 0 0 5.56 11 0 5 0 0 0 22.2 29 14 14 2 13 1 21 1 0 3 108 77 1.853 11.5 0.8 5.2 8.3 1.62
11 RP Mark Huismann 28 0 1 .000 4.15 10 0 5 0 0 1 17.1 18 8 8 1 6 0 13 0 0 1 74 104 1.385 9.3 0.5 3.1 6.8 2.17
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 Alan Hargesheimer 31 0 1 .000 6.23 5 1 2 0 0 0 13.0 18 9 9 1 7 2 4 1 0 0 61 70 1.923 12.5 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.57
13 Steve Shields 27 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 3 3 2 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 33 212 0.808 3.1 1.0 4.2 2.1 0.50
Team Totals 27.2 76 86 .469 3.82 162 162 138 24 8 31 1440.2 1413 673 612 121 479 46 888 38 6 43 6093 111 1.313 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.5 1.85
Rank in 14 AL teams 9 5 1 8 1 12 8 6 1 1 1 3 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
Steve Balboni 29 137 136 133 1204.0 1352 1236 98 18 115 .987 -6 -6 9.97 9.74 1B
Scott Bankhead 22 24 17 0 121.0 24 11 12 1 0 .958 1.71 0.96 9 3 25% 1 P
Terry Bell 23 8 0 0 16.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.86 0.88 0 1 1 0 0% 0 C
Buddy Biancalana 26 99 67 35 604.2 314 108 190 16 41 .949 -7 -13 4.44 2.95 SS-2B
Buddy Black 29 56 4 0 121.0 24 3 21 0 1 1.000 1.79 0.43 6 6 50% 1 P
George Brett 33 115 122 102 992.0 331 97 218 16 17 .952 -2 -3 2.86 2.54 3B-SS-DH
Mike Brewer 26 9 4 4 46.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.76 1.00 RF
David Cone 23 11 0 0 22.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.36 1 2 67% 0 P
Steve Farr 29 56 0 0 109.1 24 8 16 0 1 1.000 1.98 0.43 4 7 64% 0 P
Mark Gubicza 23 35 24 3 180.2 49 17 32 0 3 1.000 2.44 1.40 15 7 32% 0 P
Alan Hargesheimer 31 5 1 0 13.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.69 0.20 0 1 100% 0 P
Mark Huismann 28 10 0 0 17.1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 3.12 0.60 2 1 33% 0 P
Bo Jackson 23 23 22 16 188.0 36 30 2 4 0 .889 -6 -36 1.53 1.33 RF-DH
Danny Jackson 24 32 27 4 185.2 37 14 21 2 1 .946 1.70 1.09 9 13 59% 0 P
Rondin Johnson 27 11 8 6 73.0 46 14 32 0 5 1.000 0 3 5.67 4.18 2B
Lynn Jones 33 63 10 7 167.0 34 33 0 1 0 .971 -2 -17 1.78 0.50 RF-LF-CF-2B-DH
Mike Kingery 25 59 53 41 470.0 104 96 5 3 1 .971 -4 -9 1.93 1.55 RF-CF-LF
Rudy Law 29 77 75 49 645.1 147 145 0 2 0 .986 -5 -10 2.02 1.53 LF-RF-CF-DH
Charlie Leibrandt 29 35 34 8 231.1 58 14 43 1 3 .983 2.22 1.63 3 10 77% 2 P
Dennis Leonard 35 33 30 5 192.2 44 11 29 4 4 .909 1.87 1.21 19 8 30% 1 P
Hal McRae 40 58 58 0.00 DH
Darryl Motley 26 66 55 49 498.0 98 93 3 2 1 .980 -3 -7 1.73 1.45 RF-CF-LF
Jorge Orta 35 83 83 0.00 DH
Bill Pecota 26 12 9 7 85.1 39 7 31 1 1 .974 5 66 4.01 2.71 3B-SS
Greg Pryor 36 61 30 20 319.1 124 30 88 6 15 .952 1 2 3.33 1.82 3B-2B-SS-1B
Jamie Quirk 31 66 56 40 502.0 371 303 64 4 13 .989 8 18 6.58 5.10 3 16 16 23 59% 0 C-3B-1B-LF
Dan Quisenberry 33 62 0 0 81.1 29 9 19 1 3 .966 3.10 0.45 5 3 38% 0 P
Bret Saberhagen 22 30 25 4 156.0 42 14 26 2 0 .952 2.31 1.33 10 5 33% 2 P
Angel Salazar 24 116 98 70 831.1 414 121 284 9 50 .978 10 14 4.38 3.49 SS-2B
Kevin Seitzer 24 28 27 25 240.2 246 224 19 3 17 .988 1 3 9.09 8.10 1B-LF-3B
Steve Shields 27 3 0 0 8.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.67 2 0 0% 0 P
Lonnie Smith 30 118 128 73 967.0 261 247 5 9 1 .966 -0 -0 2.35 1.97 LF-DH
Jim Sundberg 35 134 124 115 1100.1 736 686 46 4 11 .995 7 8 5.99 5.46 13 26 68 43 39% 1 C
Dwight Taylor 26 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 CF
Frank White 35 151 144 127 1268.1 768 317 441 10 92 .987 11 11 5.38 4.95 2B-SS-3B
Willie Wilson 30 155 149 137 1305.2 421 413 5 3 3 .993 5 5 2.88 2.70 CF
Team Totals 29.6 162 1458 1080 12966.0 6202 4322 1757 123 399 .980 11 1 4.22 3.16 16 43 85 66 44% 8
Rank in 14 AL teams 8 7 6
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
Steve Balboni 29 562 -8 -1 -1 0 -6 -9 18 -8 -0.9 -1 -0.1 -0.8 $525,000 Traded *3
Terry Bell 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /2
Buddy Biancalana# 26 209 -9 0 0 1 -7 4 7 -4 -0.5 3 0.3 -0.8 $165,000 Amateur Draft 64
George Brett* 33 529 18 0 0 1 -2 0 16 33 3.3 35 3.5 -0.2 $1,471,429 Amateur Draft *5/D6
Mike Brewer 26 20 -2 -1 0 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Cond. Deal Return /9
Bo Jackson 23 91 -4 0 -1 1 -6 -1 3 -8 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $ Amateur Draft 9/D
Rondin Johnson# 27 31 -2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 4
Lynn Jones 33 54 -6 0 1 0 -2 -1 2 -7 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $185,000 Free Agency 79/84D
Mike Kingery* 25 223 -7 0 0 0 -4 -2 7 -6 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $60,000 Amateur Free Agent 98/7
Rudy Law* 29 341 -6 2 1 1 -5 -4 11 -1 -0.1 5 0.5 -0.6 $360,000 Free Agency 79/8D
Hal McRae 40 299 -10 -1 2 -1 0 -8 10 -9 -0.9 -8 -0.8 -0.1 $650,000 Free Agency D
Darryl Motley 26 229 -15 -2 0 -1 -3 -3 7 -17 -1.7 -14 -1.4 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 9/78
Jorge Orta* 35 361 -5 -2 0 0 0 -9 11 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $450,000 Traded D
Bill Pecota 26 34 -2 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $ Amateur Draft 5/6
Greg Pryor 36 117 -15 0 2 -1 0 1 4 -9 -1.0 -9 -0.9 -0.1 $293,808 Free Agency 564/3
Jamie Quirk* 31 238 -11 -1 -1 0 8 2 8 5 0.4 -3 -0.3 0.7 $150,000 Free Agency 25/37
Angel Salazar 24 313 -19 1 1 2 10 6 10 10 1.0 1 0.1 0.9 $75,000 Traded *6/4
Kevin Seitzer 24 116 6 -1 0 0 1 -2 4 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 3/75
Lonnie Smith 30 568 2 1 0 0 -0 -6 17 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $1,000,000 Traded *7D
Jim Sundberg 35 491 -20 -2 -1 0 7 8 16 8 0.7 1 0.1 0.6 $653,128 Traded *2
Dwight Taylor* 26 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /8
Frank White 35 620 1 -2 -1 1 12 5 19 34 3.4 23 2.3 1.1 $485,000 Amateur Free Agent *4/56
Willie Wilson# 30 675 -19 3 -3 4 5 0 20 10 1.0 5 0.5 0.5 $1,175,000 Amateur Draft *8
Team Total 30.9 6128 -134 -6 0 8 11 -19 193 47 4.2 42 4.2 0.0 $7,698,365
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
Scott Bankhead 22 121.0 17 66 74 1 1.0 8 0.7 $60,000 Amateur Draft
Buddy Black* 29 121.0 4 49 75 1 1.1 26 2.0 $645,000 Traded
David Cone 23 22.2 0 14 14 0 .3 0 -0.1 $60,000 Amateur Draft
Steve Farr 29 109.1 0 39 68 1 .9 29 2.0 $85,000 Free Agency
Mark Gubicza 23 180.2 24 77 112 1 .9 35 3.3 $250,000 Amateur Draft
Alan Hargesheimer 31 13.0 1 9 9 0 .9 0 -0.1 $67,000 Traded
Mark Huismann 28 17.1 0 8 11 0 1.7 3 0.2 $100,000 Amateur Free Agent
Danny Jackson* 24 185.2 27 83 114 1 1.1 31 3.2 $175,000 Amateur Draft
Charlie Leibrandt* 29 231.1 34 112 144 1 .9 32 3.1 $770,000 Traded
Dennis Leonard 35 192.2 30 106 119 1 .9 13 1.3 $883,333 Amateur Draft
Dan Quisenberry 33 81.1 0 30 50 0 1.4 20 1.7 $925,000 Amateur Free Agent
Bret Saberhagen 22 156.0 25 77 97 1 .9 20 1.8 $925,000 Amateur Draft
Steve Shields 27 8.2 0 3 5 0 .6 2 0.1 $ Traded
Team Total 27.2 1440.2 162 673 892 8 1.0 219 19.2 $4,945,333
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1985 / 1987 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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