1986 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Royals Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Owners | Ewing Kauffman | |
General managers | John Schuerholz | |
Managers | Dick Howser (games 1-88) Mike Ferraro (interim, games 89-162) | |
Television | WDAF-TV (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) | |
Radio | WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White) | |
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The 1986 Kansas City Royals season the 18th season in Royals franchise history, and they entered the season as the defending World Series champions. It involved the Royals finishing third in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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California Angels | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 50–32 | 42–38 |
Texas Rangers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5 | 51–30 | 36–45 |
Kansas City Royals | 76 | 86 | .469 | 16 | 45–36 | 31–50 |
Oakland Athletics | 76 | 86 | .469 | 16 | 47–36 | 29–50 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20 | 41–40 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 21 | 43–38 | 28–53 |
Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 25 | 41–41 | 26–54 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 4–9 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
California | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
Chicago | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
Cleveland | 9–4 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–9 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 3–10–1 |
Detroit | 12–1 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
Milwaukee | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 2–10 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
New York | 8–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 10–3 | 3–10 | 8–4 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
Texas | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 |
Toronto | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–3–1 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — |
1986 Kansas City Royals roster | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jim Sundberg | 140 | 429 | 91 | .212 | 12 | 42 |
1B | Steve Balboni | 138 | 512 | 117 | .229 | 29 | 88 |
2B | Frank White | 151 | 566 | 154 | .272 | 22 | 84 |
SS | Ángel Salazar | 117 | 298 | 73 | .245 | 0 | 24 |
3B | George Brett | 124 | 441 | 128 | .290 | 16 | 73 |
LF | Lonnie Smith | 134 | 508 | 146 | .287 | 8 | 44 |
CF | Willie Wilson | 156 | 631 | 170 | .269 | 9 | 44 |
RF | Darryl Motley | 72 | 217 | 44 | .203 | 7 | 20 |
DH | Jorge Orta | 106 | 336 | 93 | .277 | 9 | 46 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Rudy Law | 87 | 307 | 80 | .261 | 1 | 36 |
Hal McRae | 112 | 278 | 70 | .252 | 7 | 37 |
Jamie Quirk | 80 | 219 | 47 | .215 | 8 | 26 |
Mike Kingery | 62 | 209 | 54 | .258 | 3 | 14 |
Buddy Biancalana | 100 | 190 | 46 | .242 | 2 | 8 |
Greg Pryor | 63 | 112 | 19 | .170 | 0 | 7 |
Kevin Seitzer | 28 | 96 | 31 | .323 | 2 | 11 |
Bo Jackson | 25 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 2 | 9 |
Lynn Jones | 67 | 47 | 6 | .128 | 0 | 1 |
Rondin Johnson | 11 | 31 | 8 | .258 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Pecota | 12 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Brewer | 12 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Bell | 8 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dwight Taylor | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charlie Leibrandt | 35 | 231.1 | 14 | 11 | 4.09 | 108 |
Dennis Leonard | 33 | 192.2 | 8 | 13 | 4.44 | 114 |
Danny Jackson | 32 | 186.0 | 11 | 12 | 3.20 | 115 |
Mark Gubicza | 35 | 180.2 | 12 | 6 | 3.64 | 118 |
Bret Saberhagen | 30 | 156.0 | 7 | 12 | 4.15 | 112 |
Scott Bankhead | 24 | 121.0 | 8 | 9 | 4.61 | 94 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Alan Hargesheimer | 5 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dan Quisenberry | 62 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2.77 | 36 |
Bud Black | 56 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3.20 | 68 |
Steve Farr | 56 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3.13 | 83 |
David Cone | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 21 |
Mark Huismann | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 13 |
Steve Shields | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 |
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