1993 Kansas City Royals season

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1993  Kansas City Royals
Division West Division
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners David Glass
Managers Hal McRae
Television KSMO-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1993 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. This was George Brett's final season in the major leagues, as well as the team's final season in the AL West.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9468.580—45‍–‍3649‍–‍32
Texas Rangers 8676.531850‍–‍3136‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 8478.5191043‍–‍3841‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners 8280.5061246‍–‍3536‍–‍45
California Angels 7191.4382344‍–‍3727‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins 7191.4382336‍–‍4535‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics 6894.4202638‍–‍4330‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1993 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 117388106.2732067
1B Wally Joyner 141497145.2921565
2B José Lind 136431107.248037
3B Gary Gaetti 8228172.2561446
SS Greg Gagne 159540151.2801057
LF Kevin McReynolds 11035186.2451142
CF Brian McRae 153627177.2821269
RF Félix José 149499126.253643
DH George Brett 145560149.2661975

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Chris Gwynn 10328786.300125
Phil Hiatt 8123852.218736
Brent Mayne 7120552.254222
Hubie Brooks 7516848.286124
Keith Miller 3710818.16703
Rico Rossy 468619.221212
Harvey Pulliam 276216.25816
Craig Wilson 214913.26513
Bob Hamelin 164911.22425
Curt Wilkerson 12284.14300
Kevin Koslofski 15267.26912
David Howard 15248.33302
Terry Shumpert 8101.10000
Nelson Santovenia 481.12500

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
David Cone 34254.011143.33191
Kevin Appier 34238.21882.56186
Hipólito Pichardo 30165.0784.0470
Chris Haney 23124.0996.0265
Mark Gardner 1791.2466.1954
Mike Magnante 735.1124.0816

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Gordon 48155.21263.58143
Mark Gubicza 49104.1584.6680
Dennis Rasmussen 929.0127.4512

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Montgomery 6975452.2766
Billy Brewer 462203.4628
Stan Belinda 231104.2825
Bill Sampen 182205.899
Rusty Meacham 152205.5713
Greg Cadaret 131102.932
John Habyan 120004.5010
Frank DiPino 111106.895
Enrique Burgos 50109.006
Rick Reed 10009.823
Jeff Granger 100027.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Jeff Cox
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Tom Poquette
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Ron Johnson
A Rockford Royals Midwest League Mike Jirschele
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League John Mizerock
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Bob Herold

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  2. ↑ Jose Lind at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Mark Gubicza at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ David Cone at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Greg Gagne at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Hubie Brooks at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Félix José at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ "Scott Bailes Stats".
  10. ↑ Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference
  11. 1 2 Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Jacque Jones at Baseball Reference
  13. 1 2 Dave Stieb at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Gary Gaetti at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference
  16. ↑ Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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