SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  |  Olympics  Support B-R: T-Shirts & Hats or Page Sponsorships
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Kansas City Royals > 1989 Trades and Transactions
1989 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988/1990)
92-70, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 690 runs, Allowed 635 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Managed by John Wathan

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

BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates
BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms
News & ViewsThinkFactoryBallHypeArmchairGM
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Play free baseball sim games

Sponsor this page for $10 per year and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service.

  

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1989 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1988/1990) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 4, 1988

Bill Buckner granted Free Agency.

Jamie Quirk granted Free Agency.

November 20, 1988

Signed Stan Clarke as a free agent.

November 30, 1988

Signed Bob Boone as a free agent.

December 6, 1988

Signed Bill Buckner as a free agent.

Mauro Gozzo selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1988 minor league draft.

Drafted Keith Shepherd from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1988 minor league draft.

January 12, 1989

Signed Nick Capra as a free agent.

March, 1989

Released Rich Thompson.

March 7, 1989

Signed Steve Crawford as a free agent.

March 22, 1989

Signed Daryl Smith as a free agent.

May 31, 1989 (Standings)

Signed Pete Filson as a free agent.

June 5, 1989 (Standings)

Drafted Brent Mayne in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1989.

Drafted Ed Pierce in the 7th round of the 1989 amateur draft.

Drafted Matt Karchner in the 8th round of the 1989 amateur draft.

Drafted Andres Berumen in the 27th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1989.

June 9, 1989 (Standings)

Traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Terry Leach. The Kansas City Royals sent Aquedo Vasquez (minors) (October 1, 1989) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

June 24, 1989 (Standings)

Signed Steve Shifflett as an amateur free agent.

July 24, 1989 (Standings)

Released Keith Shepherd.

September 1, 1989 (Standings)

Signed Andy Stewart as an amateur free agent.

September 2, 1989 (Standings)

Traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Larry McWilliams. The Kansas City Royals sent Jeff Hulse (minors) (October 21, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

October 15, 1989 (Standings)

Bob Buchanan granted Free Agency.

Nick Capra granted Free Agency.

Stan Clarke granted Free Agency.

Matt Winters granted Free Agency.

October 22, 1989

Steve Fireovid granted Free Agency.

November 13, 1989

Floyd Bannister granted Free Agency.

Bill Buckner granted Free Agency.

Steve Crawford granted Free Agency.

Frank White granted Free Agency.

Willie Wilson granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1989

Signed Steve Crawford as a free agent.

Signed Richard Dotson as a free agent.

December 7, 1989

Signed Storm Davis as a free agent.

Released Israel Sanchez.

Signed Frank White as a free agent.

Signed Willie Wilson as a free agent.

December 11, 1989

Signed Mark Davis as a free agent.

December 15, 1989

Traded Charlie Leibrandt and Rick Luecken to the Atlanta Braves. Received Gerald Perry and Jim Lemasters (minors).

December 21, 1989

Signed Russ Morman as a free agent.

January, 1990

Signed Jay Baller as a free agent.

February 15, 1990

Signed Pat Sheridan as a free agent.

February 16, 1990

Signed Israel Sanchez as a free agent.

March 7, 1990

Signed Dan Miceli as an amateur free agent.

March 31, 1990

Traded Jose DeJesus to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Steve Jeltz.

Released Mark Lee.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

1988/1990

Compare     Other Links@google.com   Report an error

Pages Updated through September 3,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Kansas City Royals > 1989 Trades and Transactions
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through September 3, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.