1987 Kansas City Royals season

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1987  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Royals Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Ewing Kauffman
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers Billy Gardner, John Wathan
Television WDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
Radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1987 Kansas City Royals season was the 19th season for the franchise, and their 15th at Kauffman Stadium. It involved the Royals finishing second in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 8577.525—56‍–‍2529‍–‍52
Kansas City Royals 8379.512246‍–‍3537‍–‍44
Oakland Athletics 8181.500442‍–‍3939‍–‍42
Seattle Mariners 7884.481740‍–‍4138‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox 7785.475838‍–‍4339‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 7587.4631043‍–‍3832‍–‍49
California Angels 7587.4631038‍–‍4337‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Notable transactions

Notable events

Roster

1987 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jamie Quirk 10929670.236533
1B George Brett 115427124.2902278
2B Frank White 154563138.2451778
3B Kevin Seitzer 161641207.3231583
SS Ángel Salazar 11631765.205221
LF Bo Jackson 11639693.2352253
CF Willie Wilson 146610170.279430
RF Danny Tartabull 158582180.30934101
DH Steve Balboni 12138680.2072460

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Juan Beníquez 5717441.236326
Lonnie Smith 4816742.25138
Larry Owen 7616431.189514
Bill Pecota 6615643.276314
Thad Bosley 8014039.279116
Ross Jones 3911429.254010
Jim Eisenreich 4410525.238421
Gary Thurman 278124.29605
Jorge Orta 21509.18024
Buddy Biancalana 374710.21317
Hal McRae 183210.31319
Mike MacFarlane 8194.21103
Ed Hearn 6175.29403
Scotti Madison 7154.26700

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bret Saberhagen 33257.018103.36163
Mark Gubicza 35241.213183.98166
Charlie Leibrandt 35240.116113.41151
Danny Jackson 36224.09184.02152
Mélido Pérez 310.1117.845

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bud Black 29122.1863.6061
Rick Anderson 613.00213.8512

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dan Quisenberry 474182.7617
Jerry Don Gleaton 484454.2644
Steve Farr 474314.1588
John Davis 275222.2724
Bob Stoddard 171314.2823
Gene Garber 130082.51
Dave Gumpert 80006.0513
Bob Shirley 300014.731

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association John Wathan and Frank Funk
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Bob Schaefer
A Fort Myers Royals Florida State League Jerry Terrell
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Ken Berry
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Rick Mathews
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Luis Silverio

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References

  1. ↑ Danny Tartabull at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Derek Botelho Stats".
  4. ↑ David Cone at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Larry Owen at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Bret Barberie at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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