1982 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1981 Season 1983 Season

Record: 90-72-0, Finished 2nd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Dick Howser (90-72)

General Manager: John Schuerholz (Promoted Oct. 1981)

Scouting Director: Dick Balderson

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 2,284,464 (2nd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 88-74, 784 Runs, 717 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	John Wathan	32	121	502	448	79	121	11	3	3	51	36	9	48	46	.270	.343	.328	.671	86	147	26	2	3	1	0
2	1B	Willie Aikens*	27	134	519	466	50	131	29	1	17	74	0	1	45	70	.281	.345	.457	.802	119	213	19	3	0	5	7
3	2B	Frank White	31	145	554	524	71	156	45	6	11	56	10	7	16	65	.298	.318	.469	.788	114	246	12	2	7	5	1
4	SS	U L Washington#	28	119	487	437	64	125	19	3	10	60	23	7	38	48	.286	.338	.412	.750	106	180	4	0	5	7	0
5	3B	George Brett*	29	144	629	552	101	166	32	9	21	82	6	1	71	51	.301	.378	.505	.884	141	279	12	1	0	5	14
6	LF	Willie Wilson#	26	136	621	585	87	194	19	15	3	46	37	11	26	81	.332	.365	.431	.796	118	252	4	6	2	2	2
7	CF	Amos Otis	35	125	525	475	73	136	25	3	11	88	9	5	37	65	.286	.335	.421	.756	107	200	17	2	1	9	3
8	RF	Jerry Martin	33	147	565	519	52	138	22	1	15	65	1	1	38	138	.266	.316	.399	.715	96	207	8	2	2	4	0
9	DH	Hal McRae	36	159	676	613	91	189	46	8	27	133	4	4	55	61	.308	.369	.542	.910	147	332	8	5	1	2	7
Rk	Pos	Name	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	SS	Onix Concepción	24	74	215	205	17	48	9	1	0	15	2	1	5	18	.234	.256	.288	.544	50	59	6	1	4	0	0
11	3B	Greg Pryor	32	73	166	152	23	41	10	1	2	12	2	0	10	20	.270	.315	.388	.703	92	59	5	0	4	0	0
12	CF	César Gerónimo*	34	53	131	119	14	32	6	3	4	23	2	0	8	16	.269	.305	.471	.776	110	56	5	0	0	4	2
13	RF	Steve Hammond*	25	46	131	126	14	29	5	1	1	11	0	1	4	18	.230	.252	.310	.561	54	39	7	0	0	1	0
14	C	Don Slaught	23	43	126	115	14	32	6	0	3	8	0	0	9	12	.278	.331	.409	.739	102	47	3	0	2	0	0
15	1B	Lee May	39	42	107	91	12	28	5	2	3	12	0	0	14	18	.308	.393	.505	.898	145	46	0	0	0	2	1
16	C	Jamie Quirk*	27	36	82	78	8	18	3	0	1	5	0	0	3	15	.231	.256	.308	.564	55	24	2	0	0	1	0
17	LF	Tom Poquette*	30	24	69	62	4	9	1	0	0	3	1	0	4	5	.145	.206	.161	.367	3	10	0	1	1	1	0
18	1B	Dennis Werth	29	41	19	15	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	.133	.316	.133	.449	29	2	1	0	0	0	0
19	1B	Ron Johnson	26	8	18	14	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	.286	.444	.429	.873	142	6	0	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Mark Ryal*	21	6	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.077	.143	.077	.220	-37	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	OF	Bombo Rivera	29	5	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	UT	Tim Ireland#	29	7	8	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	12	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	SS	Buddy Biancalana#	22	3	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.500	2.167	476	3	1	0	0	0	0
24	2B	Kelly Heath	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Mike Armstrong	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Bob Tufts*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Dave Frost	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Bud Black*	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Dennis Leonard	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Bill Castro	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Keith Creel	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Larry Gura#	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jim Wright	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Grant Jackson#	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Don Hood*	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Vida Blue#	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Derek Botelho	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Dan Quisenberry	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Paul Splittorff*	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.5	162	6178	5629	784	1603	295	58	132	746	133	48	442	758	.285	.337	.428	.765	109	2410	140	25	32	49	37
		Rank in 14 AL teams				2	4	1	1	1	10		4	6	13	7	1	5	3	3		2		8		7
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Larry Gura*	34	18	12	.600	4.03	37	37	0	8	3	0	248.0	251	124	111	31	64	2	98	6	0	6	1042	101	4.40	1.270	9.1	1.1	2.3	3.6	1.53
2	SP	Vida Blue*	32	13	12	.520	3.78	31	31	0	6	2	0	181.0	163	80	76	20	80	3	103	0	0	4	773	108	4.34	1.343	8.1	1.0	4.0	5.1	1.29
3	SP	Paul Splittorff*	35	10	10	.500	4.28	29	28	0	0	0	0	162.0	166	83	77	14	57	1	74	3	0	1	692	96	4.04	1.377	9.2	0.8	3.2	4.1	1.30
4	SP	Dennis Leonard	31	10	6	.625	5.10	21	21	0	2	0	0	130.2	145	82	74	20	46	3	58	2	0	4	579	80	4.92	1.462	10.0	1.4	3.2	4.0	1.26
5	SP	Bud Black*	25	4	6	.400	4.58	22	14	2	0	0	0	88.1	92	48	45	10	34	6	40	3	7	4	386	89	4.54	1.426	9.4	1.0	3.5	4.1	1.18
6	SP	Dave Frost	29	6	6	.500	5.51	21	14	4	0	0	0	81.2	103	53	50	7	30	0	26	3	0	4	368	74	4.41	1.629	11.4	0.8	3.3	2.9	0.87
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Dan Quisenberry	29	9	7	.563	2.57	72	0	68	0	0	35	136.2	126	43	39	12	12	2	46	0	0	1	529	159	3.45	1.010	8.3	0.8	0.8	3.0	3.83
8	RP	Mike Armstrong	28	5	5	.500	3.20	52	0	25	0	0	6	112.2	88	45	40	9	43	4	75	3	1	7	466	128	3.65	1.163	7.0	0.7	3.4	6.0	1.74
9	RP	Bill Castro	30	3	2	.600	3.45	21	4	7	0	0	1	75.2	72	34	29	8	20	4	37	2	0	2	322	119	3.99	1.216	8.6	1.0	2.4	4.4	1.85
10	RP	Don Hood*	32	4	0	1.000	3.51	30	3	17	0	0	1	66.2	71	31	26	7	22	1	31	2	1	3	288	117	4.23	1.395	9.6	0.9	3.0	4.2	1.41
11	RP	Grant Jackson*	39	3	1	.750	5.17	20	0	10	0	0	0	38.1	42	27	22	7	21	4	15	2	1	2	180	80	6.11	1.643	9.9	1.6	4.9	3.5	0.71
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Keith Creel	23	1	4	.200	5.40	9	6	1	0	0	0	41.2	43	28	25	8	25	0	13	0	0	4	190	76	6.39	1.632	9.3	1.7	5.4	2.8	0.52
13		Derek Botelho	25	2	1	.667	4.13	8	4	3	0	0	0	24.0	25	11	11	4	8	0	12	0	0	1	100	101	4.88	1.375	9.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.50
14		Jim Wright	27	0	0		5.32	7	0	3	0	0	0	23.2	32	18	14	3	6	0	9	0	1	0	108	78	4.36	1.606	12.2	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.50
15		Bob Tufts*	26	2	0	1.000	4.50	10	0	6	0	0	2	20.0	24	10	10	3	3	0	13	0	0	0	86	92	3.82	1.350	10.8	1.4	1.4	5.9	4.33
		Team Totals	30.9	90	72	.556	4.08	162	162	146	16	5	45	1431.0	1443	717	649	163	471	30	650	26	11	43	6109	100	4.33	1.338	9.1	1.0	3.0	4.1	1.38
		Rank in 14 AL teams		4	11		10				14	2	2	13	7	9	8	10	2		14
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W