1988 Kansas City Royals season

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1988  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Royals Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners Ewing Kauffman
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers John Wathan
Television WDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
Radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
  1987 Seasons 1989  

The 1988 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing third in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 77 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10458.64254275031
Minnesota Twins 9171.5621347344437
Kansas City Royals 8477.52219½44364041
California Angels 7587.4632935464041
Chicago White Sox 7190.44132½40413149
Texas Rangers 7091.43533½38433248
Seattle Mariners 6893.42235½37443149

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–48–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–89–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–93–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–34–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–48–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–83–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–37–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–73–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–36–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–69–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–96–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–66–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6

Notable transactions

Roster

1988 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1988 regular season game log: 84–77 (Home: 44–36; Away: 40–44)
April: 12–10 (Home: 6–3; Away: 6–7)
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May: 11–17 (Home: 4–12; Away: 7–5)
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June: 17–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 8–6)
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July: 12–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 6–10)
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August: 18–10 (Home: 13–5; Away: 5–5)
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September: 16–12 (Home: 6–5; Away: 10–7)
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October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)
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Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Player stats

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 Mike Macfarlane 7021156.265426
1B George Brett 157589180.30624103
2B Frank White 150537126.235858
SS Kurt Stillwell 128459115.2511053
3B Kevin Seitzer 149559170.304560
LF Bo Jackson 124439108.2462568
CF Willie Wilson 147591155.262137
RF Danny Tartabull 146507139.27426102
DH Bill Buckner 8924262.256334

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Pat Tabler 8930193.309149
Jim Eisenreich 8220244.218119
Jamie Quirk 8419647.240825
Bill Pecota 9017837.208115
Brad Wellman 7110729.27116
Larry Owen 378117.21013
Gary Thurman 356611.16702
Steve Balboni 21639.14325
Scotti Madison 16356.17102
Nick Capra 14294.13800
Luis de los Santos 11222.09101
Thad Bosley 15214.19002
Ed Hearn 7184.22201
Rey Palacios 5111.09100
Dave Owen 750.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mark Gubicza 35269.22082.70183
Bret Saberhagen 35260.214163.80171
Charlie Leibrandt 35243.013123.19125
Floyd Bannister 31189.112134.33113

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ted Power 2280.1565.9444
Rick Anderson 734.0214.249
Luis Aquino 729.0102.7911
Tom Gordon 515.2025.1718
José DeJesús 22.20127.002

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Steve Farr 6254202.5072
Jeff Montgomery 457213.4547
Jerry Don Gleaton 420433.5529
Gene Garber 260463.5820
Dan Quisenberry 200113.559
Israel Sánchez 193214.5414
Bud Black 172104.9119
Mark Lee 40003.600

Awards and records

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Glenn Ezell
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Sal Rende
A Baseball City Royals Florida State League Luis Silverio
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Brian Poldberg
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League P. K. Kirsch
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Carlos Tosca

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