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1989 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990

92-70, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Wathan (92-70)
Scored 690 runs, Allowed 635 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 2,477,700 (6th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96

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1988 / 1990 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
Kevin Appier 21 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 6, 1967 1st 6 5 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Luis Aquino 25 R R 6' 0" 155 May 19, 1964 3 34 16 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $68,000
Floyd Bannister 34 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 10, 1955 13 14 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $900,000
Bob Boone 41 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 19, 1947 18 131 127 131 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2.2 $883,001
George Brett HOF 36 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 17 124 121 124 105 0 0 105 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 3 0 1.6 $2,005,000
Bob Buchanan 28 L L 6' 1" 185 May 3, 1961 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bill Buckner 39 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 14, 1949 21 79 36 79 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 42 0 -1.4 $400,000
Stan Clarke 28 R L 6' 1" 180 Aug 9, 1960 5 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Steve Crawford 31 R R 6' 5" 225 Apr 29, 1958 8 25 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $150,000
Jose de Jesus 24 R R 6' 5" 175 Jan 6, 1965 2 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Luis de los Santos 22 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 29, 1966 2 28 21 28 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Jim Eisenreich 30 L L 5' 11" 180 Apr 18, 1959 6 134 118 134 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 67 58 151 10 8 1 3.0 $120,000
Steve Farr 32 R R 5' 10" 198 Dec 12, 1956 6 51 2 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $605,000
Jerry Gleaton 31 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 14, 1957 9 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tom Gordon 21 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 18, 1967 2 49 16 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $68,000
Mark Gubicza 26 R R 6' 6" 215 Aug 14, 1962 6 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 $1,375,000 All-Star
Bo Jackson 26 R R 6' 1" 220 Nov 30, 1962 4 135 133 135 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 1 0 111 24 2 0 2.4 $610,000 All-Star
Terry Leach 35 R R 6' 0" 215 Mar 13, 1954 7 30 3 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Charlie Leibrandt 32 R L 6' 3" 195 Oct 4, 1956 10 33 27 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $1,250,000
Rick Luecken 28 R R 6' 6" 210 Nov 15, 1960 1st 19 0 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $68,000
Mike Macfarlane 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 12, 1964 3 69 37 69 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 -0.5 $70,500
Larry McWilliams 35 L L 6' 5" 180 Feb 10, 1954 12 8 5 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Jeff Montgomery 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 7, 1962 3 63 0 1 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $95,000
Rey Palacios 26 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 8, 1962 2 55 8 55 50 0 13 18 0 21 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 24 -0.3 $
Bill Pecota 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 16, 1960 4 65 25 65 61 0 0 4 13 7 28 4 2 9 15 1 0 20 0.5 $85,000
Bret Saberhagen 25 R R 6' 1" 160 Apr 11, 1964 6 39 35 3 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8.6 $1,350,000
Jeff Schulz 28 L R 6' 1" 190 Jun 2, 1961 1st 7 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 0.1 $
Kevin Seitzer 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 26, 1962 4 160 159 160 160 0 0 2 0 159 6 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 2.0 $340,000
Kurt Stillwell 24 B R 5' 11" 165 Jun 4, 1965 4 130 124 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.9 $460,000
Pat Tabler 31 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 2, 1958 9 123 103 123 71 0 0 18 3 1 0 26 0 28 54 43 17 0 -2.5 $825,000
Danny Tartabull 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 30, 1962 6 133 126 133 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 73 53 7 0 1.5 $1,035,000
Gary Thurman 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 12, 1964 3 72 21 72 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 29 24 65 3 1 23 -0.7 $68,000
Brad Wellman 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 17, 1959 8 103 52 103 99 0 0 0 62 3 35 0 1 0 1 1 1 17 0.1 $155,000
Frank White 38 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 17 135 126 135 132 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1.5 $1,000,000
Willie Wilson 33 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 14 112 95 112 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 108 1 4 5 1.5 $2,112,205
Matt Winters 29 L R 6' 3" 215 Mar 18, 1960 1st 42 25 42 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 2 9 1 -0.6 $68,000
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
Brad Wellman
Danny Tartabull
George Brett
Willie Wilson
Bob Boone
Luis de los Santos
Bill Buckner

Mike Macfarlane
Bo Jackson
Matt Winters
Bret Saberhagen
Floyd Bannister
Frank White
Jeff Montgomery
Jim Eisenreich

Mark Gubicza
Jeff Schulz
Gary Thurman
Steve Farr
Luis Aquino
Rey Palacios
Pat Tabler
Bill Pecota

Kevin Seitzer
Stan Clarke
Larry McWilliams
Tom Gordon
Charlie Leibrandt
Terry Leach
Jerry Gleaton
Rick Luecken
Bob Buchanan

Steve Crawford
Jose de Jesus
Kevin Appier

1988 / 1990 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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