1981 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1980 Season 1982 Season

Record: 50-53-0, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

First Half: 20-30, Finished 5th

Second Half: 30-23, Finished 1st

Postseason: Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to Oakland Athletics

Managers: Jim Frey (30-40) and Dick Howser (20-13)

General Manager: Joe Burke (Replaced 10/1981)

Farm Director: Dick Balderson

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 1,279,403 (3rd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 51-52, 397 Runs, 405 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	31	89	330	301	24	76	9	3	1	19	11	6	19	23	.252	.298	.312	.611	78	94	9	2	5	3	1
2	1B	Willie Aikens*	26	101	419	349	45	93	16	0	17	53	0	0	62	47	.266	.377	.458	.836	143	160	11	3	0	5	12
3	2B	Frank White	30	94	390	364	35	91	17	1	9	38	4	2	19	50	.250	.285	.376	.661	92	137	10	0	4	3	0
4	SS	U L Washington#	27	98	384	339	40	77	19	1	2	29	10	10	41	43	.227	.310	.307	.616	80	104	6	0	3	1	1
5	3B	George Brett*	28	89	379	347	42	109	27	7	6	43	14	6	27	23	.314	.361	.484	.846	145	168	7	1	0	4	7
6	LF	Willie Wilson#	25	102	465	439	54	133	10	7	1	32	34	8	18	42	.303	.335	.364	.700	104	160	5	4	3	1	3
7	CF	Amos Otis	34	99	417	372	49	100	22	3	9	57	16	7	31	59	.269	.321	.417	.738	114	155	7	2	3	9	1
8	RF	Darryl Motley	21	42	135	125	15	29	4	0	2	8	1	3	7	15	.232	.276	.312	.588	71	39	2	1	1	1	0
9	DH	Hal McRae	35	101	433	389	38	106	23	2	7	36	3	4	34	33	.272	.330	.396	.726	111	154	11	2	3	5	3
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	RF	César Gerónimo*	33	59	133	118	14	29	0	2	2	13	6	1	11	16	.246	.305	.331	.636	86	39	3	0	2	2	2
11	UT	Jamie Quirk*	26	46	107	100	8	25	7	0	0	10	0	2	6	17	.250	.299	.320	.619	81	32	5	1	0	0	1
12	RF	Clint Hurdle*	23	28	89	76	12	25	3	1	4	15	0	0	13	10	.329	.427	.553	.980	184	42	2	0	0	0	3
13	C	Jerry Grote	38	22	62	56	4	17	3	1	1	9	1	0	3	2	.304	.344	.446	.791	129	25	1	1	1	1	0
14	1B	Lee May	38	26	58	55	3	16	3	0	0	8	0	1	3	14	.291	.328	.345	.673	97	19	2	0	0	0	0
15	IF	Dave Chalk	30	27	56	49	2	11	3	0	0	5	0	1	4	2	.224	.283	.286	.569	66	14	1	0	3	0	0
16	IF	Rance Mulliniks*	25	24	46	44	6	10	3	0	0	5	0	1	2	7	.227	.261	.295	.556	62	13	2	0	0	0	0
17	DH	Ken Phelps*	26	21	23	22	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	13	.136	.174	.227	.401	16	5	0	0	0	0	0
18	UT	Danny Garcia*	27	12	14	14	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-16	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Pat Sheridan*	23	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	SS	Onix Concepción	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
21	1B	Tim Ireland#	28	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
22	C	Greg Keatley	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Atlee Hammaker#	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Rich Gale	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Mike Jones*	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Dennis Leonard	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Renie Martin	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Ken Brett*	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Larry Gura#	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Jim Wright	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Jeff Schattinger*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Bill Paschall	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Dan Quisenberry	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Paul Splittorff*	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Juan Berenguer	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.3	103	3941	3560	397	952	169	29	61	381	100	53	301	419	.267	.325	.383	.707	106	1362	84	17	28	35	34
		Rank in 14 AL teams				10	12	5	3	2	10		2	13	10	3	4	8	5	5		8		8		6
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	Dennis Leonard	30	13	11	.542	2.99	26	26	0	9	2	0	201.2	202	79	67	15	41	5	107	3	1	5	837	120	3.16	1.205	9.0	0.7	1.8	4.8	2.61
2	SP	Larry Gura*	33	11	8	.579	2.72	23	23	0	12	2	0	172.1	139	61	52	11	35	0	61	4	0	3	680	133	3.40	1.010	7.3	0.6	1.8	3.2	1.74
3	SP	Rich Gale	27	6	6	.500	5.40	19	15	2	2	0	0	101.2	107	63	61	14	38	0	47	2	0	0	440	67	4.65	1.426	9.5	1.2	3.4	4.2	1.24
4	SP	Paul Splittorff*	34	5	5	.500	4.36	21	15	1	1	0	0	99.0	111	48	48	12	23	4	48	1	2	0	419	83	3.93	1.354	10.1	1.1	2.1	4.4	2.09
5	SP	Mike Jones*	21	6	3	.667	3.21	12	11	0	0	0	0	75.2	74	30	27	7	28	0	29	2	0	1	323	112	4.23	1.348	8.8	0.8	3.3	3.4	1.04
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
6	CL	Dan Quisenberry	28	1	4	.200	1.73	40	0	35	0	0	18	62.1	59	16	12	1	15	8	20	1	0	0	254	209	2.94	1.187	8.5	0.1	2.2	2.9	1.33
7	RP	Renie Martin	25	4	5	.444	2.77	29	0	12	0	0	4	61.2	55	25	19	2	29	7	25	0	0	2	264	130	3.62	1.362	8.0	0.3	4.2	3.6	0.86
8	RP	Jim Wright	26	2	3	.400	3.46	17	4	7	0	0	0	52.0	57	21	20	5	21	7	27	2	0	0	230	105	4.14	1.500	9.9	0.9	3.6	4.7	1.29
9	RP	Atlee Hammaker*	23	1	3	.250	5.54	10	6	2	0	0	0	39.0	44	24	24	2	12	1	11	0	1	0	169	66	3.63	1.436	10.2	0.5	2.8	2.5	0.92
10	RP	Ken Brett*	32	1	1	.500	4.18	22	0	14	0	0	2	32.1	35	16	15	2	14	4	7	1	0	0	144	87	4.36	1.515	9.7	0.6	3.9	1.9	0.50
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
11		Juan Berenguer	26	0	4	.000	8.69	8	3	4	0	0	0	19.2	22	21	19	4	16	0	20	2	0	1	97	42	5.96	1.932	10.1	1.8	7.3	9.2	1.25
12		Jeff Schattinger	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	14		4.93	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
13		Bill Paschall	27	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	97	1.60	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
		Team Totals	28.9	50	53	.485	3.56	103	103	79	24	4	24	922.1	909	405	365	75	273	36	404	20	4	13	3878	101	3.73	1.282	8.9	0.7	2.7	3.9	1.48
		Rank in 14 AL teams		11	5		6				6	7	3	14	7	5	5	7	1		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