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1988 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

84-77, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Wathan (84-77)
Scored 704 runs, Allowed 648 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-74

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 2,350,181 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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1987 / 1989 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
Rick Anderson 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 29, 1956 3 7 3 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Luis Aquino 24 R R 6' 0" 155 May 19, 1964 2 7 5 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Steve Balboni 31 R R 6' 3" 225 Jan 16, 1957 8 21 16 21 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 -0.7 $350,000
Floyd Bannister 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 10, 1955 12 31 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $900,000
Buddy Black 31 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 30, 1957 8 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $635,000
Thad Bosley 31 L L 6' 3" 175 Sep 17, 1956 12 15 4 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 6 4 8 0 0.0 $400,000
George Brett HOF 35 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 16 157 157 157 124 0 0 124 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 5.2 $2,305,000 All-Star
Bill Buckner 38 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 14, 1949 20 89 59 89 21 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 28 0 -1.0 $
Nick Capra 30 R R 5' 8" 165 Mar 8, 1958 4 14 6 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 11 1 1 5 -0.3 $
Jose de Jesus 23 R R 6' 5" 175 Jan 6, 1965 1st 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Luis de los Santos 21 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 29, 1966 1st 11 6 11 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 -0.2 $
Jim Eisenreich 29 L L 5' 11" 180 Apr 18, 1959 5 82 45 82 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 15 21 66 13 10 6 -0.5 $90,000
Steve Farr 31 R R 5' 10" 198 Dec 12, 1956 5 62 1 0 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $225,000
Gene Garber 40 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1947 19 26 0 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $500,000
Jerry Gleaton 30 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 14, 1957 8 42 0 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $120,000
Tom Gordon 20 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 18, 1967 1st 5 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mark Gubicza 25 R R 6' 6" 215 Aug 14, 1962 5 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.3 $635,000 All-Star
Ed Hearn 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Aug 23, 1960 3 7 4 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -0.2 $80,000
Bo Jackson 25 R R 6' 1" 220 Nov 30, 1962 3 124 120 124 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 5 15 123 2 1 0 1.4 $383,000
Mark Lee 23 L L 6' 3" 198 Jul 20, 1964 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Charlie Leibrandt 31 R L 6' 3" 195 Oct 4, 1956 9 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $1,250,000
Mike Macfarlane 24 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 12, 1964 2 70 63 70 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4 $62,500
Scotti Madison 28 B R 5' 11" 185 Sep 12, 1959 4 16 7 16 8 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 6 1 0.0 $65,000
Jeff Montgomery 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 7, 1962 2 45 0 1 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $63,500
Dave Owen 30 B R 6' 2" 170 Apr 25, 1958 4 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Larry Owen 33 R R 5' 11" 185 May 31, 1955 6 37 31 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $110,000
Rey Palacios 25 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 8, 1962 1st 5 2 5 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 -0.2 $
Bill Pecota 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 16, 1960 3 90 49 90 80 0 1 11 3 21 41 3 0 6 9 4 3 19 0.4 $65,000
Ted Power 33 R R 6' 4" 215 Jan 31, 1955 8 22 12 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $575,000
Jamie Quirk 33 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 14 84 60 84 81 0 79 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.8 $335,000
Dan Quisenberry 35 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 7, 1953 10 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $1,562,350
Bret Saberhagen 24 R R 6' 1" 160 Apr 11, 1964 5 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $1,100,000
Israel Sanchez 24 L L 5' 9" 170 Aug 20, 1963 1st 19 1 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Kevin Seitzer 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 26, 1962 3 149 148 149 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4.0 $175,000
Kurt Stillwell 23 B R 5' 11" 165 Jun 4, 1965 3 128 121 128 124 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.6 $137,500 All-Star
Pat Tabler 30 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 2, 1958 8 89 80 89 42 0 0 7 0 1 0 28 0 9 37 40 8 0 0.8 $
Danny Tartabull 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 30, 1962 5 146 142 146 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 130 13 4 0 3.5 $330,000
Gary Thurman 23 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 12, 1964 2 35 17 35 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 11 0 33 1 1 8 -0.8 $62,500
Brad Wellman 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 17, 1959 7 71 27 71 60 0 0 0 46 4 15 0 0 0 0 3 2 14 0.3 $125,000
Frank White 37 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 16 150 142 150 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 0.0 $825,000
Willie Wilson 32 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 13 147 141 147 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 0 4 1 0.0 $1,383,712
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Kurt Stillwell
Dave Owen
Kevin Seitzer
Brad Wellman
Danny Tartabull
George Brett
Willie Wilson
Ed Hearn
Mike Macfarlane

Jamie Quirk
Bill Buckner
Bo Jackson
Rick Anderson
Bret Saberhagen
Floyd Bannister
Frank White
Jeff Montgomery

Jim Eisenreich
Mark Gubicza
Larry Owen
Gary Thurman
Steve Farr
Luis Aquino
Thad Bosley
Rey Palacios
Dan Quisenberry
Pat Tabler

Gene Garber
Israel Sanchez
Bill Pecota
Kevin Seitzer
Nick Capra
Mark Lee
Tom Gordon
Charlie Leibrandt
Scotti Madison

Jerry Gleaton
Buddy Black
Steve Balboni
Ted Power
Luis de los Santos
Jose de Jesus

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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