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1988 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989)
84-77, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 704 runs, Allowed 648 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-74
Manager: John Wathan (84-77)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 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 Mike Macfarlane 24 70 236 211 25 56 15 0 4 26 0 0 21 37 .265 .332 .393 .725 102 83 5 1 1 2 2
2 1B George Brett* 35 157 681 589 90 180 42 3 24 103 14 3 82 51 .306 .389 .509 .898 149 300 15 3 0 7 15
3 2B Frank White 37 150 575 537 48 126 25 1 8 58 7 3 21 67 .235 .266 .330 .595 66 177 16 4 7 6 3
4 SS Kurt Stillwell# 23 128 518 459 63 115 28 5 10 53 6 5 47 76 .251 .322 .399 .721 101 183 7 3 6 3 0
5 3B Kevin Seitzer 26 149 643 559 90 170 32 5 5 60 10 8 72 64 .304 .388 .406 .794 122 227 15 6 3 3 4
6 LF Bo Jackson 25 124 468 439 63 108 16 4 25 68 27 6 25 146 .246 .287 .472 .758 108 207 6 1 1 2 6
7 CF Willie Wilson# 32 147 628 591 81 155 17 11 1 37 35 7 22 106 .262 .289 .333 .622 74 197 5 2 8 5 1
8 RF Danny Tartabull 25 146 593 507 80 139 38 3 26 102 8 5 76 119 .274 .369 .515 .884 145 261 10 4 0 6 4
9 DH Bill Buckner* 38 89 263 242 18 62 14 0 3 34 3 1 13 19 .256 .290 .351 .641 78 85 6 0 4 4 5
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 Pat Tabler 30 89 330 301 37 93 17 2 1 49 2 3 23 41 .309 .358 .389 .746 109 117 6 2 0 4 0
11 C Jamie Quirk* 33 84 232 196 22 47 7 1 8 25 1 5 28 41 .240 .333 .408 .741 106 80 2 1 4 3 2
12 UT Jim Eisenreich* 29 82 214 202 26 44 8 1 1 19 9 3 6 31 .218 .236 .282 .518 44 57 2 0 2 4 1
13 SS Bill Pecota 28 90 206 178 25 37 3 3 1 15 7 2 18 34 .208 .286 .275 .562 58 49 1 2 7 1 0
14 2B Brad Wellman 28 71 116 107 11 29 3 0 1 6 1 2 6 23 .271 .322 .327 .649 82 35 1 2 1 0 0
15 C Larry Owen 33 37 94 81 5 17 1 0 1 3 0 0 9 23 .210 .304 .259 .564 60 21 0 2 2 0 0
16 OF Gary Thurman 23 35 70 66 6 11 1 0 0 2 5 1 4 20 .167 .214 .182 .396 12 12 0 0 0 0 0
17 UT Steve Balboni 31 21 64 63 2 9 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 20 .143 .156 .270 .426 17 17 0 0 0 0 0
18 UT Scotti Madison# 28 16 39 35 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 5 .171 .256 .229 .485 37 8 0 0 0 0 0
19 UT Nick Capra 30 14 31 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .138 .194 .172 .366 3 5 3 0 0 0 0
20 UT Luis de los Santos 21 11 26 22 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 .091 .231 .227 .458 29 5 3 0 0 0 0
21 UT Thad Bosley* 31 15 24 21 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .190 .250 .190 .440 25 4 0 0 0 1 1
22 UT Ed Hearn 27 7 18 18 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 53 6 1 0 0 0 0
23 UT Rey Palacios 25 5 11 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 1 1 0 0 0 0
24 SS Dave Owen# 30 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .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
25 P Steve Farr 31 0 0 0 0
26 P Israel Sanchez* 24 0 0 0 0
27 P Rick Anderson 31 0 0 0 0
28 P Bud Black* 31 0 0 0 0
29 P Ted Power 33 0 0 0 0
30 P Bret Saberhagen 24 0 0 0 0
31 P Mark Gubicza 25 0 0 0 0
32 P Luis Aquino 24 0 0 0 0
33 P Charlie Leibrandt 31 0 0 0 0
34 P Jose DeJesus 23 0 0 0 0
35 P Jerry Don Gleaton* 30 0 0 0 0
36 P Mark Lee* 23 0 0 0 0
37 P Floyd Bannister* 33 0 0 0 0
38 P Dan Quisenberry 35 0 0 0 0
39 P Jeff Montgomery 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Tom Gordon 20 0 0 0 0
41 P Gene Garber 40 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.5 161 6085 5469 704 1419 275 40 121 671 137 54 486 944 .259 .321 .391 .712 98 2137 105 33 46 51 44
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 7 8 3 2 12 3 5 9 2 8 7 7 7 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
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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 Mark Gubicza 25 20 8 .714 2.70 35 35 0 8 4 0 269.2 237 94 81 11 83 3 183 6 4 12 1111 149 1.187 7.9 0.4 2.8 6.1 2.20
2 SP Bret Saberhagen 24 14 16 .467 3.80 35 35 0 9 0 0 260.2 271 122 110 18 59 5 171 4 0 9 1089 106 1.266 9.4 0.6 2.0 5.9 2.90
3 SP Charlie Leibrandt* 31 13 12 .520 3.19 35 35 0 7 2 0 243.0 244 98 86 20 62 3 125 4 4 10 1002 126 1.259 9.0 0.7 2.3 4.6 2.02
4 SP Floyd Bannister* 33 12 13 .480 4.33 31 31 0 2 0 0 189.1 182 102 91 22 68 6 113 5 2 6 816 93 1.320 8.7 1.0 3.2 5.4 1.66
5 SP Ted Power 33 5 6 .455 5.94 22 12 3 2 2 0 80.1 98 54 53 7 30 3 44 3 2 3 360 68 1.593 11.0 0.8 3.4 4.9 1.47
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 Steve Farr 31 5 4 .556 2.50 62 1 49 0 0 20 82.2 74 25 23 5 30 6 72 2 2 4 344 160 1.258 8.1 0.5 3.3 7.8 2.40
7 RP Jeff Montgomery 26 7 2 .778 3.45 45 0 13 0 0 1 62.2 54 25 24 6 30 1 47 2 6 3 271 116 1.340 7.8 0.9 4.3 6.8 1.57
8 RP Jerry Don Gleaton* 30 0 4 .000 3.55 42 0 20 0 0 3 38.0 33 17 15 2 17 1 29 3 0 2 164 113 1.316 7.8 0.5 4.0 6.9 1.71
9 RP Gene Garber 40 0 4 .000 3.58 26 0 19 0 0 6 32.2 29 15 13 4 13 2 20 2 2 0 138 112 1.286 8.0 1.1 3.6 5.5 1.54
10 RP Dan Quisenberry 35 0 1 .000 3.55 20 0 13 0 0 1 25.1 32 11 10 0 5 2 9 0 1 1 110 113 1.461 11.4 0.0 1.8 3.2 1.80
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 Israel Sanchez* 24 3 2 .600 4.54 19 1 6 0 0 1 35.2 36 20 18 0 18 2 14 0 1 3 157 88 1.514 9.1 0.0 4.5 3.5 0.78
12 Rick Anderson 31 2 1 .667 4.24 7 3 0 0 0 0 34.0 41 17 16 3 9 2 9 1 0 1 147 95 1.471 10.9 0.8 2.4 2.4 1.00
13 Luis Aquino 24 1 0 1.000 2.79 7 5 0 1 1 0 29.0 33 15 9 1 17 0 11 1 1 1 136 144 1.724 10.2 0.3 5.3 3.4 0.65
14 Bud Black* 31 2 1 .667 4.91 17 0 5 0 0 0 22.0 23 12 12 2 11 2 19 0 2 0 98 82 1.545 9.4 0.8 4.5 7.8 1.73
15 Tom Gordon 20 0 2 .000 5.17 5 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 16 9 9 1 7 0 18 0 0 0 67 78 1.468 9.2 0.6 4.0 10.3 2.57
16 Mark Lee* 23 0 0 3.60 4 0 4 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 112 1.400 10.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.00
17 Jose DeJesus 23 0 1 .000 27.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 10 8 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 19 15 4.125 20.3 0.0 16.9 6.8 0.40
Team Totals 28.5 84 77 .522 3.65 161 161 132 29 9 32 1428.1 1415 648 580 102 465 39 886 33 27 55 6050 110 1.316 8.9 0.6 2.9 5.6 1.91
Rank in 14 AL teams 8 7 3 5 3 11 11 7 3 3 1 4 12324
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 31 7 3 34.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.06 0.57 P
Luis Aquino 24 7 5 29.0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 1.24 0.57 P
Steve Balboni 31 19 10 93.0 101 94 5 2 11 .980 -1.1 -14.2 -1.1 -0.3 -0.8 0 9.58 5.21 1B-DH
Floyd Bannister 33 31 31 189.1 34 8 25 1 1 .971 1.57 1.06 P
Bud Black 31 17 0 22.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.41 0.06 P
Thad Bosley 31 10 1 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -6.7 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 2.00 0.40 LF-CF-RF-DH
George Brett 35 158 124 1076.0 1206 1126 70 10 105 .992 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 0 10.00 7.57 1B-SS-DH
Bill Buckner 38 63 18 164.0 173 160 12 1 11 .994 -0.5 -3.7 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 0 9.44 2.73 1B-DH
Nick Capra 30 12 6 67.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -14.3 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 0 2.01 1.25 CF-LF-RF-DH
Jose DeJesus 23 2 1 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Luis de los Santos 21 8 3 25.0 32 31 1 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -4.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 11.52 4.00 1B-DH
Jim Eisenreich 29 79 33 368.2 113 109 0 4 0 .965 3.4 11.1 6.4 4.2 2.1 -3 2.66 1.38 LF-RF-CF-DH
Steve Farr 31 62 1 82.2 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.16 P
Gene Garber 40 26 0 32.2 10 3 6 1 1 .900 2.48 0.35 P
Jerry Don Gleaton 30 42 0 38.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.14 P
Tom Gordon 20 5 2 15.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.30 0.80 P
Mark Gubicza 25 35 35 269.2 74 29 44 1 3 .986 2.44 2.09 P
Ed Hearn 27 6 3 27.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -44.4 -1 4.33 2.17 1 1 2 0 0% C-DH
Bo Jackson 25 125 118 1023.1 263 244 12 7 2 .973 0.1 0.1 -1.9 1.4 -3.2 2 2.25 2.05 LF-RF-CF-DH
Mark Lee 23 4 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 0.25 P
Charlie Leibrandt 31 35 35 243.0 65 19 43 3 2 .954 2.30 1.77 P
Mike Macfarlane 24 68 63 553.0 329 309 18 2 3 .994 -5.0 -10.8 -5 5.32 4.81 8 24 45 14 24% C
Scotti Madison 28 13 3 37.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 0 0 5.84 1.85 0 0 0 0 C-1B-LF-RF-DH
Jeff Montgomery 26 45 0 62.2 14 3 10 1 0 .929 1.87 0.29 P
Dave Owen 30 7 2 24.0 17 7 9 1 6 .941 -1.1 -55.0 -1.1 -0.2 -1.0 0 6.00 2.29 SS
Larry Owen 33 37 31 259.2 183 168 13 2 1 .989 1.0 4.6 1 6.27 4.89 1 9 15 8 35% C
Rey Palacios 25 5 2 22.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 7.36 3.60 0 0 2 0 0% C-3B-DH
Bill Pecota 28 90 49 485.1 249 98 145 6 25 .976 1.8 4.5 1.8 2.2 -0.6 0 0 0 4.51 2.70 0 0 0 0 SS-3B-RF-1B-LF-2B-C-DH
Ted Power 33 22 12 80.1 13 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.59 P
Jamie Quirk 33 81 60 548.2 454 412 34 8 5 .982 -2.2 -4.8 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 -3 7.32 5.51 2 21 53 20 27% C-1B-3B
Dan Quisenberry 35 20 0 25.1 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 3.20 0.45 P
Bret Saberhagen 24 35 35 260.2 52 15 34 3 3 .942 1.69 1.40 P
Israel Sanchez 24 19 1 35.2 10 2 7 1 0 .900 2.27 0.47 P
Kevin Seitzer 26 149 147 1287.1 416 93 297 26 33 .938 0.3 0.3 -2.7 -1.4 -1.3 0 3 2.73 2.62 3B-LF-DH
Kurt Stillwell 23 124 121 1058.1 532 170 349 13 60 .976 1.5 1.7 2.5 3.5 -1.0 -1 4.41 4.19 SS
Pat Tabler 30 85 40 325.1 119 109 5 5 6 .958 -2.3 -8.5 -1.3 2.5 -3.8 -1 0 3.15 1.34 LF-RF-1B-3B-DH
Danny Tartabull 25 143 130 1110.1 244 228 8 8 1 .967 -11.8 -12.8 -12.8 -1.8 -11.0 1 1.91 1.65 RF-DH
Gary Thurman 23 34 17 175.1 39 36 1 2 0 .949 -2.4 -16.4 -3.4 0.2 -3.6 1 1.90 1.09 LF-CF-DH
Brad Wellman 28 68 27 298.0 174 67 101 6 27 .966 0.7 2.8 -0.3 1.0 -1.2 1 5.07 2.47 2B-SS-3B-DH
Frank White 37 151 139 1186.1 723 293 426 4 88 .994 7.2 7.3 6.2 2.0 4.3 1 5.45 4.76 2B-DH
Willie Wilson 32 143 141 1194.0 370 364 2 4 0 .989 -5.1 -5.1 -8.1 -4.4 -3.6 3 2.76 2.56 CF
Team Totals 29.5 161 1449 12855.0 6123 4285 1714 124 401 .980 -17.6 -1.6 -16.6 9.5 -26.1 3 4 -8 4.20 2.88 12 55 117 42 26%
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 9 8
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

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