1989 Kansas City Royals season

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1989  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Royals Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Ewing Kauffman
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers John Wathan
Television WDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
Radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1989 Kansas City Royals season was the 21st season for the franchise, their 17th at Kauffman Stadium and their 3rd full season under the management of John Wathan. It involved the Royals finishing second in the American League West with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. The Royals' record was tied for the third best in baseball, but in the pre-wild card era, the team did not qualify for the post-season.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9963.611—54‍–‍2745‍–‍36
Kansas City Royals 9270.568755‍–‍2637‍–‍44
California Angels 9171.562852‍–‍2939‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 8379.5121645‍–‍3638‍–‍43
Minnesota Twins 8082.4941945‍–‍3635‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners 7389.4512640‍–‍4133‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox 6992.42929½35‍–‍4534‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

Transactions

Roster

1989 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team 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 Bob Boone 131405111.274143
1B George Brett 124457129.2821280
2B Frank White 135418107.256236
3B Kevin Seitzer 160597168.281448
SS Kurt Stillwell 130463121.261754
LF Bo Jackson 135515132.25632105
CF Willie Wilson 11238397.253343
RF Danny Tartabull 133441118.2681862
DH Pat Tabler 123390101.259242

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jim Eisenreich 134475139.293959
Brad Wellman 10317841.230212
Bill Buckner 7917638.216116
Mike Macfarlane 6915735.223219
Matt Winters 4210725.23429
Gary Thurman 728717.19505
Luis de los Santos 288722.25306
Bill Pecota 658317.20535
Rey Palacios 55478.17018
Jeff Schulz 792.22201

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bret Saberhagen 36262.12362.16193
Mark Gubicza 36255.015113.04173
Charlie Leibrandt 33161.05115.1473
Floyd Bannister 1475.1414.6635
Stan Clarke 27.00215.432

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Gordon 49163.01793.64153
Luis Aquino 34141.1683.5068
Larry McWilliams 832.2224.1324
Kevin Appier 621.2149.1410
José DeJesús 38.0004.502

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Montgomery 6373181.3794
Steve Farr 5125184.1256
Terry Leach 305604.1534
Steve Crawford 253102.8333
Rick Luecken 192113.4216
Jerry Don Gleaton 150005.659
Bob Buchanan 200016.203

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Sal Rende
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Jeff Cox
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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