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1987 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 Jamie Quirk* 32 109 334 296 24 70 17 0 5 33 1 0 28 56 .236 .307 .345 .652 72 102 8 4 2 4 1
2 1B George Brett* 34 115 508 427 71 124 18 2 22 78 6 3 72 47 .290 .388 .496 .884 131 212 10 1 0 8 14
3 2B Frank White 36 154 624 563 67 138 32 2 17 78 1 3 51 86 .245 .308 .400 .708 85 225 16 2 4 4 5
4 SS Angel Salazar 25 116 332 317 24 65 7 0 2 21 4 4 6 46 .205 .219 .246 .465 23 78 6 0 8 1 0
5 3B Kevin Seitzer 25 161 725 641 105 207 33 8 15 83 12 7 80 85 .323 .399 .470 .869 128 301 18 2 1 1 0
6 LF Bo Jackson 24 116 434 396 46 93 17 2 22 53 10 4 30 158 .235 .296 .455 .750 94 180 3 5 1 2 0
7 CF Willie Wilson# 31 146 653 610 97 170 18 15 4 30 59 11 32 88 .279 .320 .377 .698 83 230 9 6 4 1 2
8 RF Danny Tartabull 24 158 667 582 95 180 27 3 34 101 9 4 79 136 .309 .390 .541 .931 142 315 14 1 0 5 2
9 DH Steve Balboni 30 121 425 386 44 80 11 1 24 60 0 0 34 97 .207 .273 .427 .700 81 165 11 2 0 3 1
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 UT Lonnie Smith 31 48 197 167 26 42 7 1 3 8 9 4 24 31 .251 .355 .359 .715 89 60 1 4 0 2 0
11 UT Juan Beniquez 37 57 190 174 14 41 7 0 3 26 0 0 11 26 .236 .282 .328 .610 60 57 9 1 2 2 1
12 C Larry Owen 32 76 188 164 17 31 6 0 5 14 0 0 16 51 .189 .260 .317 .577 51 52 5 0 7 1 0
13 SS Bill Pecota 27 66 172 156 22 43 5 1 3 14 5 0 15 25 .276 .343 .378 .721 90 59 3 1 0 0 0
14 UT Thad Bosley* 30 80 152 140 13 39 6 1 1 16 0 0 9 26 .279 .318 .357 .675 78 50 2 0 1 2 2
15 SS Ross Jones 27 39 124 114 10 29 4 2 0 10 1 0 5 15 .254 .285 .325 .609 60 37 5 1 1 3 0
16 DH Jim Eisenreich* 28 44 115 105 10 25 8 2 4 21 1 1 7 13 .238 .278 .467 .745 92 49 2 0 0 3 2
17 LF Gary Thurman 22 27 90 81 12 24 2 0 0 5 7 2 8 20 .296 .360 .321 .681 82 26 1 0 1 0 0
18 DH Jorge Orta* 36 21 53 50 3 9 4 0 2 4 0 0 3 8 .180 .226 .380 .606 56 19 0 0 0 0 1
19 UT Buddy Biancalana# 27 37 49 47 4 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 10 .213 .229 .298 .527 38 14 1 0 1 0 0
20 DH Hal McRae 41 18 37 32 5 10 3 0 1 9 0 0 5 1 .313 .405 .500 .905 137 16 1 0 0 0 1
21 C Mike Macfarlane 23 8 21 19 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .211 .286 .263 .549 46 5 1 0 0 0 0
22 C Ed Hearn 26 6 21 17 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .294 .429 .412 .840 123 7 1 0 0 0 0
23 UT Scotti Madison# 27 7 17 15 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .267 .313 .467 .779 102 7 0 0 1 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 Farr 30 0 0 0 0
25 P Bob Shirley 33 0 0 0 0
26 P Rick Anderson 30 0 0 0 0
27 P Bud Black* 30 0 0 0 0
28 P Bob Stoddard 30 0 0 0 0
29 P Bret Saberhagen 23 0 0 0 0
30 P Mark Gubicza 24 0 0 0 0
31 P Dave Gumpert 29 0 0 0 0
32 P Charlie Leibrandt 30 0 0 0 0
33 P Jerry Don Gleaton* 29 0 0 0 0
34 P Danny Jackson 25 0 0 0 0
35 P John Davis 24 0 0 0 0
36 P Melido Perez 21 0 0 0 0
37 P Dan Quisenberry 34 0 0 0 0
38 P Gene Garber 39 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.3 162 6128 5499 715 1443 239 40 168 677 125 43 523 1034 .262 .328 .412 .740 93 2266 127 30 34 42 32
Rank in 14 AL teams 13 14 9 12 3 12 7 13 10 4 8 9 13 12 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
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* - 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 Bret Saberhagen 23 18 10 .643 3.36 33 33 0 15 4 0 257.0 246 99 96 27 53 2 163 6 1 6 1048 136 1.163 8.6 0.9 1.9 5.7 3.08
2 SP Mark Gubicza 24 13 18 .419 3.98 35 35 0 10 2 0 241.2 231 114 107 18 120 3 166 6 1 14 1036 114 1.452 8.6 0.7 4.5 6.2 1.38
3 SP Charlie Leibrandt* 30 16 11 .593 3.41 35 35 0 8 3 0 240.1 235 104 91 23 74 2 151 1 3 9 1015 134 1.286 8.8 0.9 2.8 5.7 2.04
4 SP Danny Jackson* 25 9 18 .333 4.02 36 34 1 11 2 0 224.0 219 115 100 11 109 1 152 7 0 5 981 114 1.464 8.8 0.4 4.4 6.1 1.39
5 SP Bud Black* 30 8 6 .571 3.60 29 18 4 0 0 1 122.1 126 63 49 16 35 2 61 5 0 6 520 127 1.316 9.3 1.2 2.6 4.5 1.74
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
6 CL Dan Quisenberry 34 4 1 .800 2.76 47 0 39 0 0 8 49.0 58 15 15 3 10 3 17 1 0 0 215 166 1.388 10.7 0.6 1.8 3.1 1.70
7 RP Steve Farr 30 4 3 .571 4.15 47 0 19 0 0 1 91.0 97 47 42 9 44 4 88 2 0 2 408 110 1.549 9.6 0.9 4.4 8.7 2.00
8 RP Jerry Don Gleaton* 29 4 4 .500 4.26 48 0 22 0 0 5 50.2 38 28 24 4 28 3 44 0 1 4 210 107 1.303 6.8 0.7 5.0 7.8 1.57
9 RP John Davis 24 5 2 .714 2.27 27 0 12 0 0 2 43.2 29 13 11 0 26 4 24 2 0 2 181 201 1.260 6.0 0.0 5.4 4.9 0.92
10 RP Bob Stoddard 30 1 3 .250 4.28 17 2 4 0 0 1 40.0 51 26 19 3 22 2 23 3 0 4 190 107 1.825 11.5 0.7 5.0 5.2 1.05
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
11 Dave Gumpert 29 0 0 6.05 8 0 3 0 0 0 19.1 27 16 13 3 6 0 13 0 0 1 88 75 1.707 12.6 1.4 2.8 6.1 2.17
12 Gene Garber 39 0 0 2.51 13 0 12 0 0 8 14.1 13 5 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 55 182 0.977 8.2 0.6 0.6 1.9 3.00
13 Rick Anderson 30 0 2 .000 13.85 6 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 26 22 20 3 9 1 12 2 0 0 77 33 2.692 18.0 2.1 6.2 8.3 1.33
14 Melido Perez 21 1 1 .500 7.84 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.1 18 12 9 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 53 58 2.226 15.7 1.7 4.4 4.4 1.00
15 Bob Shirley* 33 0 0 14.73 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 10 12 12 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 37 31 2.182 12.3 6.1 7.4 1.2 0.17
Team Totals 26.9 83 79 .512 3.87 162 162 118 44 11 26 1424.0 1424 691 612 128 548 27 923 36 6 54 6114 118 1.385 9.0 0.8 3.5 5.8 1.68
Rank in 14 AL teams 6 9 2 3 12 13 3 2 2 1 9 9
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Rick Anderson 30 6 2 13.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77 0.67 P
Steve Balboni 30 107 54 468.0 568 521 41 6 39 .989 -1.8 -4.6 -1.8 -1.5 -0.3 0 10.81 5.25 1B-DH
Juan Beniquez 37 50 28 271.2 91 85 5 1 6 .989 -7.0 -30.9 -7.0 -5.3 -1.6 0 0 2.98 1.80 LF-3B-1B-RF-CF-DH
Buddy Biancalana 27 35 12 140.1 71 21 45 5 10 .930 -2.5 -21.4 -2.5 -0.9 -1.6 0 4.23 1.89 SS-2B-DH
Bud Black 30 29 18 122.1 23 4 19 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.79 P
Thad Bosley 30 41 12 128.2 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -0.1 -0.9 0.9 1.8 -1.0 -1 1.89 0.66 RF-LF-CF-DH
George Brett 34 115 94 809.2 883 805 69 9 72 .990 4.1 6.1 4.1 1.8 2.4 0 9.72 7.60 1B-3B-DH
John Davis 24 27 0 43.2 13 5 7 1 1 .923 2.47 0.44 P
Jim Eisenreich 28 26 0.00 DH
Steve Farr 30 47 0 91.0 11 3 6 2 0 .818 0.89 0.19 P
Gene Garber 39 13 0 14.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.14 0.38 P
Jerry Don Gleaton 29 48 0 50.2 15 2 12 1 1 .933 2.49 0.29 P
Mark Gubicza 24 35 35 241.2 74 32 40 2 7 .973 2.68 2.06 P
Dave Gumpert 29 8 0 19.1 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.33 0.63 P
Ed Hearn 26 5 5 44.1 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.08 5.00 1 0 3 1 25% C
Bo Jackson 24 120 107 939.1 199 181 9 9 1 .955 -7.5 -9.6 -6.5 -1.3 -5.2 -1 1.82 1.58 LF-CF-RF-DH
Danny Jackson 25 36 34 224.0 38 13 23 2 2 .947 1.45 1.00 P
Ross Jones 27 39 36 306.1 161 46 111 4 15 .975 1.1 4.3 2.1 -3.1 5.3 -1 4.61 4.03 SS-2B
Charlie Leibrandt 30 35 35 240.1 74 15 55 4 4 .946 2.62 2.00 P
Mike Macfarlane 23 8 7 56.0 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.98 3.88 0 5 4 4 50% C
Scotti Madison 27 7 4 40.0 34 28 3 3 4 .912 -0.5 -15.0 0.5 0.0 0.6 0 -1 6.98 4.43 0 0 5 1 17% C-1B
Hal McRae 41 7 0.00 DH
Jorge Orta 36 12 0.00 DH
Larry Owen 32 75 59 510.2 415 370 38 7 4 .983 7.0 16.4 7 7.19 5.44 5 16 36 27 43% C
Bill Pecota 27 69 39 376.0 208 67 135 6 28 .971 1.9 6.1 1.9 -0.3 2.3 0 4.84 2.93 SS-3B-2B-DH
Melido Perez 21 3 3 10.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 P
Jamie Quirk 32 109 88 792.0 580 532 40 8 3 .986 -3.0 -4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 -3 6.50 5.25 11 33 76 33 30% C-SS
Dan Quisenberry 34 47 0 49.0 19 6 13 0 3 1.000 3.49 0.40 P
Bret Saberhagen 23 33 33 257.0 57 21 34 2 5 .965 1.93 1.67 P
Angel Salazar 25 116 94 829.1 475 134 332 9 56 .981 12.8 18.5 11.8 7.9 3.9 1 5.06 4.02 SS
Kevin Seitzer 25 170 160 1397.0 629 290 315 24 51 .962 -3.1 -2.7 -3.1 -3.1 -0.1 0 0 3.90 3.56 3B-1B-LF-DH
Bob Shirley 33 3 0 7.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.33 P
Lonnie Smith 31 47 31 277.1 58 51 2 5 0 .914 -5.4 -23.4 -3.4 0.4 -3.8 -2 1.72 1.13 LF-DH
Bob Stoddard 30 17 2 40.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 3.15 0.82 P
Danny Tartabull 24 156 149 1289.2 241 227 8 6 1 .975 -24.3 -22.6 -21.3 -14.8 -6.5 -3 1.64 1.51 RF-DH
Gary Thurman 22 28 25 217.0 69 62 5 2 1 .971 2.6 14.4 1.6 -0.3 1.8 1 2.78 2.39 LF-CF
Frank White 36 153 150 1277.1 788 320 458 10 89 .987 14.2 13.3 14.2 3.0 11.2 0 5.48 5.08 2B-DH
Willie Wilson 31 145 142 1221.1 346 342 3 1 1 .997 0.9 0.9 -0.1 1.2 -1.3 1 2.54 2.38 CF-DH
Team Totals 29.0 162 1458 12816.0 6256 4272 1853 131 406 .979 -10.6 -1.0 -8.6 -14.5 6.1 -5 0 3 4.30 3.04 17 54 124 66 35%
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 7 10
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1986 / 1988 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics