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1990 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1989/1991)
75-86, Finished 6th in AL Western Division
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Scored 707 runs, Allowed 709 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-81
Managed by John Wathan

Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,244,956 (6th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Mike Macfarlane     26  124  400   37  102  24  4   6   58  25   69  .255  .306  .380   1   0   9   7   1   6   2   93
1B *George Brett        37  142  544   82  179  45  7  14   87  56   63  .329  .387  .515   9   2  18   0   0   7  14  153
2B  Frank White         39   82  241   20   52  14  1   2   21  10   32  .216  .253  .307   1   0   7   3   0   3   0   58
3B  Kevin Seitzer       28  158  622   91  171  31  5   6   38  67   66  .275  .346  .370   7   5  11   2   4   2   2  103
SS #Kurt Stillwell      25  144  506   60  126  35  4   3   51  39   60  .249  .304  .352   0   2  11   4   4   7   1   85
LF *Jim Eisenreich      31  142  496   61  139  29  7   5   51  42   51  .280  .335  .397  12  14   7   1   2   4   2  107
CF  Bo Jackson          27  111  405   74  110  16  1  28   78  44  128  .272  .342  .523  15   9  10   2   0   5   2  142
RF  Danny Tartabull     27   88  313   41   84  19  0  15   60  36   93  .268  .341  .473   1   1   9   0   0   3   0  128
DH *Gerald Perry        29  133  465   57  118  22  2   8   57  39   56  .254  .313  .361  17   4  14   3   0   5   4   90
   #Willie Wilson       34  115  307   49   89  13  3   2   42  30   57  .290  .354  .371  24   6   4   2   3   3   1  106
    Bill Pecota         30   87  240   43   58  15  2   5   20  33   39  .242  .336  .383   8   5   5   1   6   0   0  103
    Pat Tabler          32   75  195   12   53  14  0   1   19  20   21  .272  .338  .359   0   2   8   1   0   3   2   97
   #Brian McRae         22   46  168   21   48   8  3   2   23   9   29  .286  .318  .405   4   3   5   0   3   2   0  103
    Bob Boone           42   40  117   11   28   3  0   0    9  17   12  .239  .336  .265   1   1   2   0   2   0   0   72
   #Steve Jeltz         31   74  103   11   16   4  0   0   10   6   21  .155  .200  .194   1   1   3   0   4   1   0   12
    Terry Shumpert      23   32   91    7   25   6  1   0    8   2   17  .275  .292  .363   3   3   4   1   0   2   0   84
   *Jeff Schulz         29   30   66    5   17   5  1   0    6   6   13  .258  .319  .364   0   0   2   0   1   0   2   93
    Gary Thurman        25   23   60    5   14   3  0   0    3   2   12  .233  .258  .283   1   1   2   0   1   0   0   53
    Rey Palacios        27   41   56    8   13   3  0   2    9   5   24  .232  .295  .393   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   93
    Russ Morman         28   12   37    5   10   4  2   1    3   3    3  .270  .317  .568   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  145
    Sean Berry          24    8   23    2    5   1  1   0    4   2    5  .217  .280  .348   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   77
    Jeff Conine         24    9   20    3    5   2  0   0    2   2    5  .250  .318  .350   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   89
   *Brent Mayne         22    5   13    2    3   0  0   0    1   3    3  .231  .375  .231   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   76
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7  161 5488  707 1465 316 44 100  660 498  879  .267  .328  .395 107  62 132  27  31  54  32  104
    Rank among 14 AL teams         6    6    3   1  2  13       10    9     2     6     3   7   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Tom Gordon          22  32   3.73  12  11  0  32   0   6   1  195.3  192   99   81  17   99  175  858  11   3  0   1 103
SP  Kevin Appier        22  32   2.76  12   8  0  24   1   3   3  185.7  179   67   57  13   54  127  784   6   6  1   2 139
SP  Storm Davis         28  21   4.74   7  10  0  20   0   0   0  112.0  129   66   59   9   35   62  498   8   0  1   1  81
SP  Bret Saberhagen     26  20   3.27   5   9  0  20   0   5   0  135.0  146   52   49   9   28   87  561   1   1  0   1 118
SP  Mark Gubicza        27  16   4.50   4   7  0  16   0   2   0   94.0  101   48   47   5   38   71  409   2   4  1   4  85
SP  Richard Dotson      31   8   8.48   0   4  0   7   1   0   0   28.7   43   29   27   3   14    9  139   4   0  0   1  45
SP *Pete Filson         31   8   5.91   0   4  0   7   0   0   0   35.0   42   31   23   6   13    9  165   0   2  1   0  65
SP  Hector Wagner       21   5   8.10   0   2  0   5   0   0   0   23.3   32   24   21   4   11   14  112   3   0  0   1  47

CL  Jeff Montgomery     28  73   2.39   6   5 24   0  59   0   0   94.3   81   36   25   6   34   94  400   3   5  0   8 161
RP  Steve Farr          33  57   1.98  13   7  1   6  20   1   1  127.0   99   32   28   6   48   94  515   2   5  0   9 193
RP *Mark Davis          29  53   5.11   2   7  6   3  28   0   0   68.7   71   43   39   9   52   73  334   6   4  0   3  75
RP  Steve Crawford      32  46   4.16   5   4  1   0  14   0   0   80.0   79   38   37   7   23   54  341   1   3  0   3  92
RP  Luis Aquino         26  20   3.16   4   1  0   3   3   1   0   68.3   59   25   24   6   27   28  287   3   4  1   6 121

    Andy McGaffigan     33  24   3.09   4   3  1  11   2   0   0   78.7   75   40   27   6   28   49  336   3   2  0   1 124
    Mel Stottlemyre     26  13   4.88   0   1  0   2   3   0   0   31.3   35   18   17   3   12   14  138   0   0  0   1  79
    Luis Encarnacion    26   4   7.84   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   10.3   14   10    9   1    4    8   49   1   0  0   0  49
    Chris Codiroli      32   6   9.58   0   1  0   2   1   0   0   10.3   13   11   11   1   17    8   61   2   4  0   1  40
   *Jim Campbell        24   2   8.38   1   0  0   2   0   0   0    9.7   15    9    9   1    1    2   44   0   0  0   0  46
   *Israel Sanchez      26  11   8.38   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    9.7   16    9    9   1    3    5   47   0   1  0   0  46
   *Larry McWilliams    36  13   9.72   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    8.3   10    9    9   2    9    7   43   1   1  0   1  39
    Daryl Smith         29   2   4.05   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    6.7    5    3    3   0    4    6   27   0   0  0   0  95
    Carlos Maldonado    23   4   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.0    9    6    6   0    4    9   31   1   0  0   0  43
    Jay Baller          29   3  15.43   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    2.3    4    4    4   1    2    1   14   1   1  0   1  25
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3 161   3.93  75  86 33 161 143  18   8 1420.0 1449  709  620 116  560 1006 6193  59  46  5  45  98
    Rank among 14 AL teams          8  11   4 14           5  11     14   10    9        5   10    2
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
MMacfarlane  910 103 112  660   23   6   9  .991   7  30  68  14
BBoone       335  40  40  243   19   4   0  .985   4  17  32  10
RPalacios    140  14  27  113    6   1   1  .992   1   7  10   3
BMayne        35   4   5   29    3   1   0  .970   1   5   5   1
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1420 161 161 1045   51  12  10  .989  13  59 115  28
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *9.63
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GBrett       877 100 102  865   66   7  89  .993  9.55
GPerry       420  49  51  394   40   6  41  .986  9.28
JConine       46   5   9   39    4   1   7  .977  8.41
PTabler       33   4   5   31    1   0   6 1.000  8.73
RMorman       20   2   3   19    3   0   1 1.000  9.90
BPecota       13   1   4   19    1   0   2 1.000 13.85
RPalacios     11   0   7    8    0   0   1 1.000  6.55
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1420 161 161 1375  115  14 147  .991  9.44
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .984 *5.23
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FWhite       627  75  79  142  218   8  51  .978  5.16
BPecota      347  39  50   82  122   3  21  .986  5.28
TShumpert    230  25  27   56   74   3  15  .977  5.09
SJeltz       158  15  34   28   57   2  12  .977  4.83
KSeitzer      57   7  10   18   19   1   5  .974  5.84
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1420 161 161  326  490  17 104  .980  5.17
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .944 *2.75
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
KSeitzer    1259 146 152  100  262  18  31  .953  2.59
SBerry        62   8   8    7   10   1   2  .944  2.47
BPecota       59   5  11    5   15   0   2 1.000  3.05
PTabler       27   2   6    2    5   1   0  .875  2.33
SJeltz         6   0   3    1    1   0   0 1.000  3.00
RPalacios      6   0   3    1    1   0   0 1.000  3.00
GBrett         1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  9.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1420 161 161  117  294  20  35  .954  2.60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .973 *4.74
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
KStillwell  1139 130 141  181  350  24  79  .957  4.19
BPecota      155  18  21   44   57   2  19  .981  5.86
SJeltz       126  13  23   23   39   2   9  .969  4.43
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1420 161 161  248  446  28 107  .961  4.40
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.19
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JEisenreich  493  57  70  109    2   0   1 1.000  2.02
WWilson      359  39  54   92    1   0   0 1.000  2.33
BJackson     313  36  36   83    4   6   1  .935  2.50
PTabler       67   8  11   12    1   1   1  .929  1.75
JSchulz       60   6   8   15    0   1   0  .937  2.25
RMorman       59   8   8    8    0   0   0 1.000  1.22
BPecota       31   3   4    8    0   0   0 1.000  2.32
GThurman      21   2   5    6    0   0   0 1.000  2.57
GBrett        16   2   2    5    1   0   0 1.000  3.31
SJeltz         0   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1420 161 161  338    9   8   3  .977  2.20
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .985 *2.74
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BJackson     531  61  61  146    4   6   1  .962  2.54
BMcRae       383  43  45  119    1   0   0 1.000  2.81
WWilson      350  41  48   91    0   0   1 1.000  2.34
JEisenreich  144  15  19   44    0   0   0 1.000  2.74
GThurman       8   1   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.12
SJeltz         3   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  3.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1420 161 161  402    5   6   2  .985  2.58
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.23
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JEisenreich  487  52  78  105    4   1   2  .991  2.01
DTartabull   416  52  52   82    1   3   0  .965  1.80
PTabler      219  26  31   58    3   0   0 1.000  2.51
GThurman     113  13  15   25    0   0   0 1.000  1.98
JSchulz       87  10  16   18    0   1   0  .947  1.86
GBrett        53   7   7    9    0   0   0 1.000  1.53
SJeltz        19   0  11    6    1   0   0 1.000  3.32
WWilson       15   1   4    6    0   0   0 1.000  3.53
BPecota        8   0   3    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
RPalacios      2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
FWhite         0   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1420 161 161  311    9   5   2  .985  2.03
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .981 *2.39  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
JEisenreich 1125 124 138  261    6   1   3  .996  2.13
BJackson     844  97  97  230    8  12   2  .952  2.54
WWilson      724  81 106  187    2   0   1 1.000  2.35
DTartabull   416  52  52   81    1   3   0  .965  1.77
BMcRae       383  43  45  120    1   0   0 1.000  2.84
PTabler      286  34  42   68    4   1   1  .986  2.27
JSchulz      147  16  22   33    0   2   0  .943  2.02
GThurman     142  16  21   32    0   0   0 1.000  2.02
GBrett        69   9   9   14    1   0   0 1.000  1.95
RMorman       59   8   8    8    1   0   0 1.000  1.37
BPecota       39   3   6   10    0   0   0 1.000  2.31
SJeltz        22   0  13    6    1   0   0 1.000  2.83
RPalacios      2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
FWhite         0   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1420 161 161 1050   25  19   7  .983  2.27 161 161 161
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .953 *1.78
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
TGordon      195  32  32   17   24   1   1  .976  1.89
KAppier      185  24  32   15   21   3   3  .923  1.74
BSaberhagen  135  20  20   16   28   1   2  .978  2.93
SFarr        127   6  57    7   18   2   1  .926  1.77
SDavis       112  20  21    4   10   1   3  .933  1.12
JMontgomery   94   0  73    3   13   0   0 1.000  1.53
MGubicza      94  16  16    9   10   1   3  .950  1.82
SCrawford     80   0  46    8   13   0   0 1.000  2.36
AMcGaffigan   78  11  24    5    6   1   0  .917  1.26
MDavis        68   3  53    1    6   1   0  .875  0.92
LAquino       68   3  20    4   10   0   2 1.000  1.84
PFilson       35   7   8    2    3   0   0 1.000  1.29
MStottlemyr   31   2  13    1    5   0   0 1.000  1.73
RDotson       28   7   8    2    3   0   1 1.000  1.57
HWagner       23   5   5    3    3   0   1 1.000  2.32
CCodiroli     10   2   6    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.87
LEncarnacio   10   0   4    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.87
JCampbell      9   2   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.93
ISanchez       9   0  11    1    1   1   0  .667  1.86
LMcWilliams    8   0  13    0    3   0   0 1.000  3.25
DSmith         6   1   2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
CMaldonado     6   0   4    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
JBaller        2   0   3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1420 161 161  101  177  12  17  .959  1.76
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
GPerry        68
GBrett        32
DTartabull    32
PTabler       15
BJackson      10
MMacfarlane    5
SJeltz         3
TShumpert      3
JEisenreich    2
BPecota        2
RMorman        1
JSchulz        1
WWilson        1
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
 Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageBrett.329
On-base %Brett.387
Slugging %Brett.515
OPSBrett.902
GamesSeitzer158
At BatsSeitzer622
Plate Appearances (approx.)Seitzer697
RunsSeitzer91
HitsBrett179
Total BasesBrett280
DoublesBrett45
TriplesBrett and Eisenreich7
Home RunsJackson28
RBIBrett87
Bases on BallsSeitzer67
StrikeoutsJackson128
Stolen BasesWilson24
SinglesSeitzer129
Adjusted OPS+Brett153
Runs CreatedBrett106
Adjusted Batting RunsBrett40
Batting WinsBrett3.9
Extra-Base HitsBrett66
Times on BaseSeitzer240
Offensive Win%Brett.714
Hit By PitchMacfarlane7
Sac. HitsPecota6
Sac. FliesBrett and Stillwell7
Intentional WalksBrett14
Grounded into Double PlaysBrett18
Caught StealingEisenreich14
Power/Speed NumberJackson19.5
At Bats per StrikeoutEisenreich9.7
At Bats per Home RunBrett38.9
OutsSeitzer473

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAAppier2.76
WinsFarr13
Won-Loss %Farr.650
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Appier1.255
Hits Allowed/9IPAppier8.68
Bases on Balls/9IPAppier2.62
Strikeouts/9IPGordon8.06
GamesMontgomery73
SavesMontgomery24
InningsGordon195.3
StrikeoutsGordon175
Games StartedGordon32
Comp. GamesGordon6
ShutoutsAppier3
Home Runs Allow.Gordon17
Bases On Balls Allow.Gordon99
Hits AllowedGordon192
SO to WalkAppier2.35
LossesGordon11
Earned Runs Allow.Gordon81
Wild PitchesGordon11
Hit BatsmenAppier6
Batters FacedGordon858
Games FinishedMontgomery59
Adjusted ERA+Appier139

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

George Brett$ 2,255,000
Mark Davis$ 2,125,000
Mark Gubicza$ 2,066,667
Bob Boone$ 1,900,000
Danny Tartabull$ 1,650,000
Bret Saberhagen$ 1,400,000
Storm Davis$ 1,166,667
Frank White$ 1,150,000
Kevin Seitzer$ 1,001,250
Bo Jackson$ 1,000,000
Willie Wilson$ 800,000
Kurt Stillwell$ 795,000
Steve Farr$ 775,000
Pat Tabler$ 725,000
Gerald Perry$ 662,500
Richard Dotson$ 550,000
Jim Eisenreich$ 475,000
Steve Crawford$ 375,000
Larry McWilliams$ 300,000
Tom Gordon$ 185,000
Bill Pecota$ 115,000
Luis Aquino$ 108,000
Mike Macfarlane$ 105,000
Kevin Appier$ 100,000
Carlos Maldonado$ 100,000
Brian McRae$ 100,000
Rey Palacios$ 100,000
Terry Shumpert$ 100,000
Gary Thurman$ 100,000


Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Bret Saberhagen

1989/1991

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