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1987 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
83-79, Finished 2nd in AL West
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Scored 715 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78
Manager: Billy Gardner (62-64) and John Wathan (21-15)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,392,471 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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1986 / 1988 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
Rick Anderson 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 29, 1956 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Balboni 30 R R 6' 3" 225 Jan 16, 1957 7 121 104 121 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 16 1 $625,000.00
Juan Beniquez 37 R R 5' 11" 165 May 13, 1950 16 57 40 57 34 0 0 6 0 6 0 17 2 4 22 12 9 2
Buddy Biancalana 27 B R 5' 11" 160 Feb 2, 1960 6 37 12 37 34 0 0 0 12 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Bud Black 30 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 30, 1957 7 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Thad Bosley 30 L L 6' 3" 175 Sep 17, 1956 11 80 24 80 29 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 1 14 28 12 49 1 $457,500.00
George Brett HOF 34 L R 6' 0" 200 May 15, 1953 15 115 115 115 94 0 0 83 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 $2,055,000.00 All-Star
John Davis 24 R R 6' 7" 215 Jan 5, 1963 1st 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Jim Eisenreich 28 L L 5' 11" 195 Apr 18, 1959 4 44 25 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 19 0 $72,500.00
Steve Farr 30 R R 5' 11" 200 Dec 12, 1956 4 47 0 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Garber 39 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1947 18 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Don Gleaton 29 L L 6' 3" 210 Sep 14, 1957 7 48 0 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $95,000.00
Mark Gubicza 24 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 14, 1962 4 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $450,000.00
Dave Gumpert 29 R R 6' 1" 190 May 5, 1958 5 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Hearn 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Aug 23, 1960 2 6 5 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $76,000.00
Bo Jackson 24 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 30, 1962 2 116 108 116 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 21 3 113 1 3 4 $330,000.00
Danny Jackson 25 R L 6' 0" 205 Jan 5, 1962 5 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $225,000.00
Ross Jones 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Jan 14, 1960 3 39 36 39 39 0 0 0 3 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $65,000.00
Charlie Leibrandt 30 R L 6' 3" 200 Oct 4, 1956 8 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $850,000.00
Mike Macfarlane 23 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 12, 1964 1st 8 7 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotti Madison 27 B R 5' 11" 195 Sep 12, 1959 3 7 4 7 6 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hal McRae 41 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 19 18 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 0
Jorge Orta 36 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 26, 1950 16 21 11 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 0
Larry Owen 32 R R 5' 11" 185 May 31, 1955 5 76 59 76 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $100,000.00
Bill Pecota 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 16, 1960 2 66 39 66 62 0 0 0 15 17 36 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 $62,500.00
Melido Perez 21 R R 6' 4" 180 Feb 15, 1966 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk 32 L R 6' 4" 200 Oct 22, 1954 13 109 88 109 108 0 108 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $200,000.00
Dan Quisenberry 34 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 7, 1953 9 47 0 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,262,350.00
Bret Saberhagen 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 11, 1964 4 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $740,000.00 All-Star
Angel Salazar 25 R R 6' 0" 173 Nov 4, 1961 4 116 94 116 116 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $100,000.00
Kevin Seitzer 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 26, 1962 2 161 161 161 160 0 0 24 0 141 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 $62,500.00 All-Star
Bob Shirley 33 R L 5' 11" 185 Jun 25, 1954 11 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lonnie Smith 31 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 22, 1955 10 48 45 48 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 32 14 1 2 $500,000.00
Bob Stoddard 30 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 8, 1957 7 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $65,000.00
Danny Tartabull 24 R R 6' 1" 205 Oct 30, 1962 4 158 155 158 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 150 6 3 0 $145,000.00
Gary Thurman 22 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 12, 1964 1st 27 25 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 6 0 27 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Frank White 36 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 4, 1950 15 154 151 154 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 $875,000.00
Willie Wilson 31 B R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1955 12 146 144 146 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 2 1 1 $1,389,706.00
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.

1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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