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1987 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986/1988) 83-79, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 715 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78 Managed by Billy Gardner and John Wathan Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 2,392,471 (4th of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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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  *Jamie Quirk         32  109  296   24   70  17  0   5   33  28   56  .236  .307  .345   1   0   8   4   2   4   1   72
1B *George Brett        34  115  427   71  124  18  2  22   78  72   47  .290  .388  .496   6   3  10   1   0   8  14  131
2B  Frank White         36  154  563   67  138  32  2  17   78  51   86  .245  .308  .400   1   3  16   2   4   4   5   85
3B  Kevin Seitzer       25  161  641  105  207  33  8  15   83  80   85  .323  .399  .470  12   7  18   2   1   1   0  128
SS  Angel Salazar       25  116  317   24   65   7  0   2   21   6   46  .205  .219  .246   4   4   6   0   8   1   0   23
LF  Bo Jackson          24  116  396   46   93  17  2  22   53  30  158  .235  .296  .455  10   4   3   5   1   2   0   94
CF #Willie Wilson       31  146  610   97  170  18 15   4   30  32   88  .279  .320  .377  59  11   9   6   4   1   2   83
RF  Danny Tartabull     24  158  582   95  180  27  3  34  101  79  136  .309  .390  .541   9   4  14   1   0   5   2  142
DH  Steve Balboni       30  121  386   44   80  11  1  24   60  34   97  .207  .273  .427   0   0  11   2   0   3   1   81
    Juan Beniquez       37   57  174   14   41   7  0   3   26  11   26  .236  .282  .328   0   0   9   1   2   2   1   60
    Lonnie Smith        31   48  167   26   42   7  1   3    8  24   31  .251  .355  .359   9   4   1   4   0   2   0   89
    Larry Owen          32   76  164   17   31   6  0   5   14  16   51  .189  .260  .317   0   0   5   0   7   1   0   51
    Bill Pecota         27   66  156   22   43   5  1   3   14  15   25  .276  .343  .378   5   0   3   1   0   0   0   90
   *Thad Bosley         30   80  140   13   39   6  1   1   16   9   26  .279  .318  .357   0   0   2   0   1   2   2   78
    Ross Jones          27   39  114   10   29   4  2   0   10   5   15  .254  .285  .325   1   0   5   1   1   3   0   60
   *Jim Eisenreich      28   44  105   10   25   8  2   4   21   7   13  .238  .278  .467   1   1   2   0   0   3   2   92
    Gary Thurman        22   27   81   12   24   2  0   0    5   8   20  .296  .360  .321   7   2   1   0   1   0   0   82
   *Jorge Orta          36   21   50    3    9   4  0   2    4   3    8  .180  .226  .380   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   56
   #Buddy Biancalana    27   37   47    4   10   1  0   1    7   1   10  .213  .229  .298   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   38
    Hal McRae           41   18   32    5   10   3  0   1    9   5    1  .313  .405  .500   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  137
    Mike Macfarlane     23    8   19    0    4   1  0   0    3   2    2  .211  .286  .263   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   46
    Ed Hearn            26    6   17    2    5   2  0   0    3   4    2  .294  .429  .412   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  123
   #Scotti Madison      27    7   15    4    4   3  0   0    0   1    5  .267  .313  .467   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  102
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3  162 5499  715 1443 239 40 168  677 523 1034  .262  .326  .412 125  43 127  30  34  42  32   93
    Rank among 14 AL teams        13   14    9  12  3  12       10    4     8     9    13   7  13                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

    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  Mark Gubicza        24  35   3.98  13  18  0  35   0  10   2  241.7  231  114  107  18  120  166 1036  14   6  1   3 114
SP *Charlie Leibrandt   30  35   3.41  16  11  0  35   0   8   3  240.3  235  104   91  23   74  151 1015   9   1  3   2 134
SP *Danny Jackson       25  36   4.02   9  18  0  34   1  11   2  224.0  219  115  100  11  109  152  981   5   7  0   1 114
SP  Bret Saberhagen     23  33   3.36  18  10  0  33   0  15   4  257.0  246   99   96  27   53  163 1048   6   6  1   2 136
SP *Bud Black           30  29   3.60   8   6  1  18   4   0   0  122.3  126   63   49  16   35   61  520   6   5  0   2 127

CL  Dan Quisenberry     34  47   2.76   4   1  8   0  39   0   0   49.0   58   15   15   3   10   17  215   0   1  0   3 166
RP *Jerry Don Gleaton   29  48   4.26   4   4  5   0  22   0   0   50.7   38   28   24   4   28   44  210   4   0  1   3 107
RP  Steve Farr          30  47   4.15   4   3  1   0  19   0   0   91.0   97   47   42   9   44   88  408   2   2  0   4 110
RP  John Davis          24  27   2.27   5   2  2   0  12   0   0   43.7   29   13   11   0   26   24  181   2   2  0   4 201
RP  Bob Stoddard        30  17   4.28   1   3  1   2   4   0   0   40.0   51   26   19   3   22   23  190   4   3  0   2 107

    Dave Gumpert        29   8   6.05   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   19.3   27   16   13   3    6   13   88   1   0  0   0  75
    Gene Garber         39  13   2.51   0   0  8   0  12   0   0   14.3   13    5    4   1    1    3   55   0   1  0   0 182
    Rick Anderson       30   6  13.85   0   2  0   2   1   0   0   13.0   26   22   20   3    9   12   77   0   2  0   1  33
    Melido Perez        21   3   7.84   1   1  0   3   0   0   0   10.3   18   12    9   2    5    5   53   0   0  0   0  58
   *Bob Shirley         33   3  14.73   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.3   10   12   12   5    6    1   37   1   0  0   0  31
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 162   3.86  83  79 26 162 118  44  11 1424.0 1424  691  611 128  548  923 6114  54  36  6  27 118
    Rank among 14 AL teams          2   6   9 12           2   3     13    3    2        1    9    9

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JQuirk 791 88 108 532 40 8 3 .986 11 33 76 33 LOwen 510 59 75 370 38 7 4 .983 5 16 36 27 MMacfarlane 56 7 8 29 2 0 0 1.000 0 5 4 4 EHearn 44 5 5 25 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 3 1 SMadison 22 3 3 8 1 3 0 .750 0 0 5 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1424 162 162 964 81 18 7 .983 17 54 124 66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBrett 720 83 83 798 50 6 69 .993 10.60 SBalboni 468 54 55 521 41 6 39 .989 10.81 KSeitzer 171 19 25 183 23 2 19 .990 10.80 JBeniquez 46 5 6 50 1 0 6 1.000 9.98 SMadison 18 1 4 20 2 0 4 1.000 11.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 162 162 1572 117 14 137 .992 10.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FWhite 1276 150 152 320 458 10 89 .987 5.49 BPecota 70 6 15 20 27 0 6 1.000 6.04 BBiancalana 61 5 12 9 18 0 6 1.000 3.94 RJones 15 1 3 4 2 0 2 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 162 162 353 505 10 103 .988 5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KSeitzer 1205 139 141 105 292 22 32 .947 2.96 GBrett 89 11 11 7 19 3 3 .897 2.62 BPecota 82 7 17 7 23 3 2 .909 3.28 JBeniquez 47 5 6 0 4 1 0 .800 0.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 162 162 119 338 29 37 .940 2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *4.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ASalazar 829 94 116 134 332 9 56 .981 5.06 RJones 291 35 36 42 109 4 13 .974 4.67 BPecota 223 26 36 40 85 3 20 .977 5.03 BBiancalana 78 7 22 12 27 5 4 .886 4.46 JQuirk 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 162 162 228 553 21 93 .974 4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BJackson 766 89 95 148 8 8 1 .951 1.83 LSmith 277 31 32 51 2 5 0 .914 1.72 GThurman 177 21 22 51 5 2 1 .966 2.85 JBeniquez 132 14 17 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 TBosley 50 5 13 12 0 1 0 .923 2.13 KSeitzer 20 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 162 162 292 15 16 2 .950 1.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WWilson 1221 142 143 342 3 1 1 .997 2.54 BJackson 147 15 21 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 GThurman 40 4 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 JBeniquez 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 TBosley 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 162 162 384 3 1 1 .997 2.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DTartabull 1289 149 150 227 8 6 1 .975 1.64 TBosley 76 7 14 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 JBeniquez 33 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 BJackson 25 3 3 3 1 1 0 .800 1.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 162 162 251 9 7 1 .974 1.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DTartabull 1289 149 149 228 11 6 1 .976 1.67 WWilson 1221 142 143 342 3 1 1 .997 2.54 BJackson 939 107 113 180 9 9 1 .955 1.81 LSmith 277 31 32 52 2 5 0 .915 1.75 GThurman 217 25 27 61 5 2 1 .971 2.74 JBeniquez 178 18 22 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.66 TBosley 128 12 28 28 0 1 0 .966 1.96 KSeitzer 20 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1424 162 162 926 30 24 4 .976 2.01 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSaberhagen 257 33 33 21 34 2 5 .965 1.93 MGubicza 241 35 35 32 40 2 7 .973 2.68 CLeibrandt 240 35 35 15 55 4 4 .946 2.62 DJackson 224 34 36 13 23 2 2 .947 1.45 BBlack 122 18 29 4 19 0 0 1.000 1.69 SFarr 91 0 47 3 6 2 0 .818 0.89 JGleaton 50 0 48 2 12 1 1 .933 2.49 DQuisenberr 49 0 47 6 13 0 3 1.000 3.49 JDavis 43 0 27 5 7 1 1 .923 2.47 BStoddard 40 2 17 4 10 0 1 1.000 3.15 DGumpert 19 0 8 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.33 GGarber 14 0 13 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.15 RAnderson 13 2 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77 MPerez 10 3 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 BShirley 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 162 162 110 229 15 25 .958 2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- SBalboni 52 JEisenreich 26 GBrett 21 JBeniquez 15 LSmith 15 TBosley 13 JOrta 12 HMcRae 7 DTartabull 6 WWilson 2 BBiancalana 1 BJackson 1 BPecota 1 KSeitzer 1 FWhite 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
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Seitzer .323 On-base % Seitzer .399 Slugging % Tartabull .541 OPS Tartabull .931 Games Seitzer 161 At Bats Seitzer 641 Plate Appearances (approx.) Seitzer 725 Runs Seitzer 105 Hits Seitzer 207 Total Bases Tartabull 315 Doubles Seitzer 33 Triples Wilson 15 Home Runs Tartabull 34 RBI Tartabull 101 Bases on Balls Seitzer 80 Strikeouts Jackson 158 Stolen Bases Wilson 59 Singles Seitzer 151 Adjusted OPS+ Tartabull 142 Runs Created Tartabull 124 Adjusted Batting Runs Tartabull 37 Batting Wins Tartabull 3.4 Extra-Base Hits Tartabull 64 Times on Base Seitzer 289 Offensive Win% Tartabull .694 Hit By Pitch Wilson 6 Sac. Hits Salazar 8 Sac. Flies Brett 8 Intentional Walks Brett 14 Grounded into Double Plays Seitzer 18 Caught Stealing Wilson 11 Power/Speed Number Tartabull 14.2 At Bats per Strikeout Brett 9.1 At Bats per Home Run Tartabull 17.1 Outs Wilson 465

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Saberhagen 3.36 Wins Saberhagen 18 Won-Loss % Saberhagen .643 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Saberhagen 1.163 Hits Allowed/9IP Gubicza 8.60 Bases on Balls/9IP Saberhagen 1.86 Strikeouts/9IP Gubicza 6.18 Games Gleaton 48 Saves Garber and Quisenberry 8 Innings Saberhagen 257.0 Strikeouts Gubicza 166 Games Started Gubicza and Leibrandt 35 Comp. Games Saberhagen 15 Shutouts Saberhagen 4 Home Runs Allow. Saberhagen 27 Bases On Balls Allow. Gubicza 120 Hits Allowed Saberhagen 246 SO to Walk Saberhagen 3.08 Losses Gubicza and Jackson 18 Earned Runs Allow. Gubicza 107 Wild Pitches Gubicza 14 Hit Batsmen Jackson 7 Batters Faced Saberhagen 1048 Games Finished Quisenberry 39 Adjusted ERA+ Saberhagen 136

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Salaries George Brett $ 2,055,000 Willie Wilson $ 1,389,706 Dan Quisenberry $ 1,262,350 Frank White $ 875,000 Charlie Leibrandt $ 850,000 Bret Saberhagen $ 740,000 Steve Balboni $ 625,000 Bud Black $ 600,000 Lonnie Smith $ 500,000 Thad Bosley $ 457,500 Mark Gubicza $ 450,000 Juan Beniquez $ 430,000 Bo Jackson $ 330,000 Danny Jackson $ 225,000 Jamie Quirk $ 200,000 Danny Tartabull $ 145,000 Larry Owen $ 100,000 Angel Salazar $ 100,000 Jerry Don Gleaton $ 95,000 Ed Hearn $ 76,000 Jim Eisenreich $ 72,500 Ross Jones $ 65,000 Bob Stoddard $ 65,000 John Davis $ 62,500 Bill Pecota $ 62,500 Kevin Seitzer $ 62,500 Gary Thurman $ 62,500 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 George Brett Bret Saberhagen (Starting P) Kevin Seitzer

1986/1988

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