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1987 Kansas City Royals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988

83-79, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Gardner (62-64) and John Wathan (21-15)
Scored 715 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · 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 LF 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 91 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 MI 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 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Bob Shirley 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Rick Anderson 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Buddy Black* 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Bob Stoddard 30 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Bret Saberhagen 23 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Mark Gubicza 24 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Dave Gumpert 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Charlie Leibrandt 30 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Jerry Gleaton* 29 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Danny Jackson 25 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P John Davis 24 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Melido Perez 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Dan Quisenberry 34 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Gene Garber 39 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 11 13 11 8
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 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 115 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 Buddy 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 0 215 167 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 Gleaton* 29 4 4 .500 4.26 48 0 22 0 0 5 50.2 38 28 24 4 28 3 44 0 1 4 210 108 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 2 181 203 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 4 190 108 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 77 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 55 186 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 34 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 60 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 32 2.182 12.3 6.1 7.4 1.2 0.17
Team Totals 26.9 83 79 .512 3.86 162 162 118 44 11 26 1424.0 1424 691 610 128 548 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 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
* - 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
Rick Anderson 30 6 2 0 13.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77 0.67 5 0 0% 0 P
Steve Balboni 30 55 104 49 468.0 568 521 41 6 39 .989 -2 -5 10.81 5.35 1B-DH
Juan Beniquez 37 34 40 24 271.2 91 85 5 1 6 .989 -7 -31 2.98 1.91 LF-3B-1B-RF-CF-DH
Buddy Biancalana 27 34 12 7 140.1 71 21 45 5 10 .930 -3 -21 4.23 1.94 SS-2B
Buddy Black 30 29 18 0 122.1 23 4 19 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.79 16 4 20% 2 P
Thad Bosley 30 28 24 9 128.2 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -0 -1 1.89 0.68 RF-LF-CF-DH
George Brett 34 94 115 89 809.2 883 805 69 9 72 .990 4 6 9.72 7.60 1B-3B-DH
John Davis 24 27 0 0 43.2 13 5 7 1 1 .923 2.47 0.44 6 2 25% 0 P
Jim Eisenreich 28 25 25 0.00 DH
Steve Farr 30 47 0 0 91.0 11 3 6 2 0 .818 0.89 0.19 18 7 28% 0 P
Gene Garber 39 13 0 0 14.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.14 0.38 2 1 33% 0 P
Jerry Gleaton 29 48 0 0 50.2 15 2 12 1 1 .933 2.49 0.29 2 4 67% 2 P
Mark Gubicza 24 35 35 10 241.2 74 32 40 2 7 .973 2.68 2.06 23 15 39% 1 P
Dave Gumpert 29 8 0 0 19.1 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.33 0.63 0 2 100% 0 P
Ed Hearn 26 5 5 5 44.1 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.08 5.00 1 0 3 1 25% 0 C
Bo Jackson 24 113 108 98 939.1 199 181 9 9 1 .955 -8 -10 1.82 1.58 LF-CF-RF-DH
Danny Jackson 25 36 34 11 224.0 38 13 23 2 2 .947 1.45 1.00 16 9 36% 1 P
Ross Jones 27 39 36 25 306.1 161 46 111 4 15 .975 1 4 4.61 4.03 SS-2B
Charlie Leibrandt 30 35 35 8 240.1 74 15 55 4 4 .946 2.62 2.00 16 8 33% 3 P
Mike Macfarlane 23 8 7 4 56.0 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.98 3.88 0 5 4 4 50% 0 C
Scotti Madison 27 6 4 3 40.0 34 28 3 3 4 .912 -0 -15 6.98 4.43 0 0 5 1 17% 0 C-1B
Hal McRae 41 6 6 0.00 DH
Jorge Orta 36 11 11 0.00 DH
Larry Owen 32 76 59 39 510.2 415 370 38 7 4 .983 7 16 7.19 5.44 5 16 36 27 43% 4 C
Bill Pecota 27 62 39 22 376.0 208 67 135 6 28 .971 2 6 4.84 2.97 SS-3B-2B
Melido Perez 21 3 3 0 10.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 2 1 33% 0 P
Jamie Quirk 32 108 88 74 792.0 580 532 40 8 3 .986 -3 -5 6.50 5.25 11 33 76 33 30% 1 C-SS
Dan Quisenberry 34 47 0 0 49.0 19 6 13 0 3 1.000 3.49 0.40 4 1 20% 0 P
Bret Saberhagen 23 33 33 15 257.0 57 21 34 2 5 .965 1.93 1.67 10 10 50% 2 P
Angel Salazar 25 116 94 76 829.1 475 134 332 9 56 .981 13 19 5.06 4.02 SS
Kevin Seitzer 25 160 161 149 1397.0 629 290 315 24 51 .962 -3 -3 3.90 3.56 3B-1B-LF-DH
Bob Shirley 33 3 0 0 7.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.33 0 0 0 P
Lonnie Smith 31 32 45 29 277.1 58 51 2 5 0 .914 -5 -23 1.72 1.15 LF-DH
Bob Stoddard 30 17 2 0 40.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 3.15 0.82 4 2 33% 0 P
Danny Tartabull 24 150 155 142 1289.2 241 227 8 6 1 .975 -24 -23 1.64 1.51 RF-DH
Gary Thurman 22 27 25 18 217.0 69 62 5 2 1 .971 3 14 2.78 2.39 LF-CF
Frank White 36 152 151 132 1277.1 788 320 458 10 89 .987 14 13 5.48 5.08 2B-DH
Willie Wilson 31 143 144 133 1221.1 346 342 3 1 1 .997 1 1 2.54 2.38 CF-DH
Team Totals 28.8 162 1458 1171 12816.0 6256 4272 1853 131 406 .979 -11 -1 4.30 3.32 17 54 124 66 35% 16
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 7 10
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 30 425 -13 -2 3 -2 -2 -9 14 -12 -1.1 -9 -0.9 -0.2 $625,000 Free Agency 3D
Juan Beniquez 37 190 -11 0 -2 -1 -7 -3 6 -17 -1.7 -11 -1.1 -0.6 $ Traded 7D/3598
Buddy Biancalana# 27 49 -4 0 0 0 -2 1 2 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Free Agency 64
Thad Bosley* 30 152 -5 0 -1 1 -0 -2 5 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $457,500 Traded 97D/8
George Brett* 34 508 17 -2 -2 0 4 -7 15 25 2.4 21 2.0 0.4 $2,055,000 Amateur Draft 3D5
Jim Eisenreich* 28 115 -2 0 0 1 0 -3 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $72,500 Waivers D
Ed Hearn 26 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $76,000 Traded /2
Bo Jackson 24 434 -6 0 0 2 -8 -4 14 -2 -0.2 6 0.6 -0.8 $330,000 Amateur Draft *78/9D
Ross Jones 27 124 -7 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $65,000 Traded 6/4
Mike Macfarlane 23 21 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /2
Scotti Madison# 27 17 0 0 1 0 -0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency /32
Hal McRae 41 37 1 0 0 0 0 -1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $110,000 Free Agency /D
Jorge Orta* 36 53 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $125,000 Free Agency D
Larry Owen 32 188 -12 -1 0 -1 7 4 6 3 0.3 -4 -0.4 0.7 $100,000 Free Agency 2
Bill Pecota 27 172 -3 0 1 0 2 2 6 8 0.8 6 0.6 0.2 $62,500 Amateur Draft 654
Jamie Quirk* 32 334 -13 -2 -1 -1 -3 6 11 -4 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $200,000 Free Agency 2/6
Angel Salazar 25 332 -36 0 -1 1 13 6 10 -7 -0.6 -20 -1.9 1.3 $100,000 Traded *6
Kevin Seitzer 25 725 25 1 2 -1 -3 -1 21 44 4.3 47 4.6 -0.3 $62,500 Amateur Draft *53/7D
Lonnie Smith 31 197 -2 0 0 0 -5 -3 6 -4 -0.4 1 0.1 -0.5 $500,000 Free Agency 7D
Danny Tartabull 24 667 33 0 -3 -2 -24 -8 20 16 1.6 40 3.9 -2.3 $145,000 Traded *9/D
Gary Thurman 22 90 -2 0 -1 0 3 -1 3 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $62,500 Amateur Draft 7/8
Frank White 36 624 -16 -2 5 -2 14 5 20 24 2.4 10 1.0 1.4 $875,000 Amateur Free Agent *4/D
Willie Wilson# 31 653 -18 11 -4 2 1 0 19 11 1.1 10 1.0 0.1 $1,389,706 Amateur Draft *8/D
Team Total 29.3 6128 -79 3 -3 -2 -11 -17 192 83 8.4 94 9.2 -0.8 $7,413,206
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
Rick Anderson 30 13.0 2 22 9 0 .5 -13 -1.0 $ Traded
Buddy Black* 30 122.1 18 63 84 -1 1.0 21 1.9 $600,000 Traded
John Davis 24 43.2 0 13 30 0 1.3 17 1.4 $62,500 Amateur Draft
Steve Farr 30 91.0 0 47 61 -1 .7 14 0.5 $ Free Agency
Gene Garber 39 14.1 0 5 10 0 1.4 5 0.4 $ Free Agency
Jerry Gleaton* 29 50.2 0 28 35 0 1.4 7 0.3 $95,000 Free Agency
Mark Gubicza 24 241.2 35 114 163 -1 1.0 49 4.6 $450,000 Amateur Draft
Dave Gumpert 29 19.1 0 16 13 0 .2 -3 -0.3 $ Traded
Danny Jackson* 25 224.0 34 115 151 -1 1.1 36 3.6 $225,000 Amateur Draft
Charlie Leibrandt* 30 240.1 35 104 163 -2 1.0 59 5.5 $850,000 Traded
Melido Perez 21 10.1 3 12 7 0 .9 -5 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dan Quisenberry 34 49.0 0 15 33 0 1.2 18 1.5 $1,262,350 Amateur Free Agent
Bret Saberhagen 23 257.0 33 99 174 -2 .9 75 7.0 $740,000 Amateur Draft
Bob Shirley* 33 7.1 0 12 5 0 .1 -7 -0.4 $ Free Agency
Bob Stoddard 30 40.0 2 26 27 0 .6 1 -0.1 $65,000 Free Agency
Team Total 26.9 1424.0 162 691 965 -8 1.0 274 24.4 $4,349,850
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1986 / 1988 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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