After nine years with the Braves,Royster joined the San Diego Padres as a free agent. In 1987,he split the season with the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. He returned to the Braves in 1988 and retired at the end of the season.
In 1,428 games over 16 seasons,Royster posted a .249 batting average going 1049 for 4208 with 552 runs,40 home runs,352 runs batted in,189 stolen bases,and 411 walks.
Royster coached the Vero Beach Dodgers and was a third base coach for the Colorado Rockies. He coached for the Milwaukee Brewers under manager Davey Lopes until 15 games into the 2002 season,Lopes was fired and Royster was named interim manager. Two weeks later the interim tag was removed but at the end of a disappointing 53–94 stint,he was fired.
Royster managed the Las Vegas 51s from 2005 until he was fired in late September 2006. Late in 2007,Royster was signed to manage the Lotte Giants in Busan,South Korea. He is the first non-Korean to manage a KBO team[3][4] and received honorary Busan citizenship in 2008. On October 13,2010,the Lotte Giants decided not to renew Royster's contract following the Giant's defeat by the Doosan Bears in the first round of the KBO playoffs.
In 2012,Royster was the third-base coach for the Boston Red Sox.
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