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Record: 84-77   .522.... 3rd in American League West
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,350,181
Payroll: $11,558,873
Top Draft Pick: Hugh Walker (#18)   AA
Manager - John Wathan

Affiliates - AAA Omaha Royals AA Memphis Chicks A+ Baseball City Royals A Appleton Foxes A- Eugene Emeralds Rk Gulf Coast Royals

Team Leaders

HR: Tartabull [26]
RBI: Brett [103]
2B: Brett [42]
SB: Wilson [35]
W: Gubicza [20]
SV: Farr [20]
SO: Gubicza [183]

Oldest Player: Gene Garber [40]
Youngest Player: Tom Gordon [20]
Longest Tenure: George Brett, Frank White [16]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Luis De los Santos (Sep 7) Rey Palacios (Sep 8)
Pitchers: Jose DeJesus (Sep 9) Tom Gordon (Sep 8) Mark Lee (Sep 8) Israel Sanchez (Jul 7)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Julio Alcala	2B	21	Baseball City	A+
Rick Anderson	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jose Anglero	SS-3B	19	Baseball City	A+
Luis Aquino	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Steve Balboni	1B	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Floyd Bannister	P	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jeff Baum	2B	22	Appleton	A
Mike Beall	1B	22	Appleton	A
Juan Beniquez	OF	19	Appleton	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Sean Berry	3B	22	Baseball City	A+
Buddy Biancalana	SS-2B	28	Omaha	AAA
Dann Bilardello	C	29	Omaha	AAA
Bud Black	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Doug Bock	C	22	Appleton	A
Thad Bosley	OF	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Ken Bowen	2B-SS	23	Memphis	AA
George Brett	3B-1B	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Tony Bridges	SS	20	Baseball City	A+
Jacob Brumfield	CF-LF	23	Memphis	AA
Bob Buchanan	P	27	Eugene	A-
Bill Buckner	1B-OF	38	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Kevin Burrell	C	25	Memphis	AA
Tim Byrnes	SS	22	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Nick Capra	OF-CF	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	OF-CF		Omaha	AAA
Jose Castro	SS	30	Omaha	AAA
Joe Citari	1B	25	Omaha	AAA
	1B		Memphis	AA
Stu Cole	2B	22	Baseball City	A+
Ronald Collins	1B	20	Eugene	A-
Hector Conde	OF	20	Baseball City	A+
	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeff Conine	1B-LF	22	Baseball City	A+
Charles Culberson	OF	25	Memphis	AA
Kelvin Davis	SS		Eugene	A-
	SS		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Luis De los Santos	1B	21	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B		Omaha	AAA
Jose DeJesus	P	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Huascar DeLeon	C	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Tom Dodd	3B	30	Omaha	AAA
Linton Dyer	C	22	Appleton	A
Jim Eisenreich	RF-LF	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	RF-LF		Omaha	AAA
Carlos Escalera	C	23	Baseball City	A+
Steve Farr	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Trey Gainous	OF	23	Appleton	A
Gene Garber	P	40	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jeff Garber	IF-OF	22	Eugene	A-
Billy Gardner	1B	22	Eugene	A-
Christobal Garibaldo	SS	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mark Gassman			Appleton	A
John Gilcrist	OF	21	Eugene	A-
Mark Gillaspie	OF	29	Memphis	AA
Jerry Don Gleaton	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Tim Goff	C	24	Baseball City	A+
Carlos Gonzalez	C	20	Baseball City	A+
Tom Gordon	P	20	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Harry Guanchez	1B	17	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mark Gubicza	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Christopher Gurchiek	OF	23	Appleton	A
Frank Halcovich	P		Appleton	A
Bob Hamelin	1B	20	Eugene	A-
Ed Hearn	C	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Baseball City	A+
Frank Henderson	OF	19	Appleton	A
	OF		Eugene	A-
Bobby Holley	3B-SS	21	Eugene	A-
David Howard	SS-2B	21	Appleton	A
Jeff Hulse	OF		Eugene	A-
Randy Hunt	C	28	Memphis	AA
Gerald Ingram	OF		Eugene	A-
Bo Jackson	LF-CF	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Kenny Jackson	OF	24	Memphis	AA
	OF		Baseball City	A+
Mike Jirschele	SS	29	Omaha	AAA
Darron Johnson	OF-1B	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Rondin Johnson	2B	29	Omaha	AAA
Terry Jones	OF-1B	25	Memphis	AA
	OF-1B		Baseball City	A+
Bobby Knecht	2B	23	Appleton	A
Kevin Koslofski	CF-RF	22	Baseball City	A+
Frank Laureano	2B	20	Baseball City	A+
Mark Lee	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Charlie Leibrandt	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Loggins	OF	24	Omaha	AAA
Willie Lozado	3B	29	Memphis	AA
Mike Macfarlane	C	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Scotti Madison	3B-C	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	3B-C		Omaha	AAA
Chito Martinez	RF	22	Memphis	AA
Marvin Mayberry	C		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Brian McRae	CF	21	Memphis	AA
	CF		Baseball City	A+
Hector Melendez	OF	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mike Miller	2B	27	Memphis	AA
Geovany Miranda	3B	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeff Montgomery	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Bobby Moore	LF-CF	22	Baseball City	A+
Kerwin Moore	CF	17	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Angel Morris	C	25	Omaha	AAA
Dimerson Nunez	C	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Dave Owen	SS-3B	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	SS-3B		Omaha	AAA
Larry Owen	C	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Rey Palacios	C-3B	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Bill Pecota	3B-SS	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jorge Pedre	C	21	Appleton	A
Scott Perry	3B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ted Power	P	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Steve Preston	2B		Eugene	A-
Greg Prusia	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ruben Pujols	C	20	Baseball City	A+
	C		Appleton	A
Harvey Pulliam	LF-RF	20	Baseball City	A+
Jamie Quirk	C-3B	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dan Quisenberry	P	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Thad Reece	SS		Memphis	AA
Thomas Rice	C	22	Baseball City	A+
Milt Richardson	OF		Eugene	A-
Jose Rivera	IF	25	Memphis	AA
Darryl Robinson	1B	20	Appleton	A
David Rolls	C	19	Eugene	A-
Fred Russell	SS	22	Eugene	A-
Bret Saberhagen	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Israel Sanchez	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jeff Schulz	RF-LF	27	Omaha	AAA
Kevin Seitzer	3B-1B	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Derek Sholl	OF	20	Eugene	A-
Terry Shumpert	2B-3B	22	Appleton	A
Tim Spehr	C	22	Appleton	A
Kurt Stillwell	SS-2B	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Chad Stombaugh	C		Baseball City	A+
	C		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Pat Tabler	1B-OF	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Danny Tartabull	RF	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Gary Thurman	RF-LF	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	RF-LF		Omaha	AAA
Mark Van Blaricom	SS	24	Memphis	AA
Trinidad Vargas	IF	19	Baseball City	A+
Pedro Vazquez	2B-SS	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Hugh Walker	OF	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Darren Watkins	P	22	Baseball City	A+
	P		Appleton	A
DeJon Watson	OF	22	Baseball City	A+
Frankie Watson	OF		Eugene	A-
Brad Wellman	2B-SS	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Frank White	2B	38	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Willie Wilson	OF-CF	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Matt Winters	RF	28	Memphis	AA
Don Wright	1B	22	Appleton	A

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Larry Acker	27	Omaha	AAA
	27	Memphis	AA
Bud Adams	23	Baseball City	A+
Ken Adams	22	Baseball City	A+
Jon Alexander	22	Baseball City	A+
Alberto Alicano		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Rick Anderson	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Rick Anderson	34	Omaha	AAA
Kevin Appier	20	Memphis	AA
	20	Baseball City	A+
Luis Aquino	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	24	Omaha	AAA
Ismael Aranguren	17	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Kyle Balch		Baseball City	A+
		Eugene	A-
Floyd Bannister	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Bud Black	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Gary Blouin	23	Memphis	AA
Stan Bowling	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Bob Buchanan	27	Omaha	AAA
Mike Butcher	23	Baseball City	A+
	23	Appleton	A
Jim Campbell	22	Memphis	AA
Jose Castro	30	Omaha	AAA
Dera Clark	23	Baseball City	A+
Stu Cole	22	Baseball City	A+
	22	Eugene	A-
John Conner	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Matt Crouch	24	Memphis	AA
Jose DeJesus	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	23	Omaha	AAA
	23	Memphis	AA
Jesus DeLeon	21	Appleton	A
Karl Drezek	22	Appleton	A
	22	Eugene	A-
Bill Drohan	20	Eugene	A-
Linton Dyer	22	Appleton	A
Luis Encarnacion	24	Memphis	AA
Steve Farr	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Steve Fireovid	31	Omaha	AAA
Gene Garber	40	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jerry Don Gleaton	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	31	Omaha	AAA
Randy Goodenough	22	Appleton	A
Tom Gordon	20	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	20	Omaha	AAA
	20	Memphis	AA
	20	Appleton	A
Mauro Gozzo	22	Memphis	AA
Mark Gubicza	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Frank Halcovich		Appleton	A
Al Hargesheimer	31	Omaha	AAA
Dan Harlan	23	Baseball City	A+
Greg Harvey	20	Eugene	A-
Hal Hempen		Appleton	A
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Steve Hoeme	20	Eugene	A-
John Hofer		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeff Holshouser		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Brad Hopper	20	Eugene	A-
Jim Hudson	22	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Kyle Irvin		Eugene	A-
Mike Jirschele	29	Omaha	AAA
Joel Johnston	21	Eugene	A-
Lorin Jundy	22	Baseball City	A+
	22	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Greg Karklins	23	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Zach Kimbell		Appleton	A
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Richie LeBlanc	22	Memphis	AA
	22	Baseball City	A+
Ben Lee	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mark Lee	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Charlie Leibrandt	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Rick Luecken	27	Omaha	AAA
	27	Memphis	AA
Mike Magnante	23	Baseball City	A+
	23	Appleton	A
	23	Eugene	A-
Carlos Maldonado	21	Baseball City	A+
Luis Mallea	22	Appleton	A
Brian McCormack	22	Memphis	AA
	22	Appleton	A
John McCormick	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Brian Meyers	20	Appleton	A
Mike Miller	27	Memphis	AA
Dennis Moeller	21	Appleton	A
Jeff Montgomery	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	26	Omaha	AAA
Tom Mullen	29	Omaha	AAA
Doug Nelson	23	Appleton	A
Luke Nocas	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Tim Odom	20	Appleton	A
Stephen Osik		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Steve Otto	21	Eugene	A-
Hipolito Pichardo	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Kevin Pickens	22	Baseball City	A+
Ben Pierce	22	Appleton	A
	22	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ted Power	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dan Quisenberry	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Thad Reece		Memphis	AA
Thomas Rice	22	Baseball City	A+
Samuel Rodriguez	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Bret Saberhagen	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Israel Sanchez	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
Kevin Shaw	19	Appleton	A
Keith Shibata	23	Appleton	A
	23	Eugene	A-
Derek Sholl	20	Eugene	A-
Joe Skodny	25	Baseball City	A+
Archie Smith	22	Appleton	A
Jim Smith	21	Eugene	A-
Ken Spratke		Memphis	AA
William Stonikas	24	Appleton	A
Mel Stottlemyre	24	Memphis	AA
Dennis Studeman	20	Appleton	A
Bill Swaggerty	31	Omaha	AAA
Rich Thompson	29	Omaha	AAA
	29	Memphis	AA
Mike Tresemer	26	Memphis	AA
	26	Baseball City	A+
Aguedo Vasquez	21	Omaha	AAA
	21	Baseball City	A+
Randy Vaughn	20	Eugene	A-
Hector Wagner	19	Eugene	A-
Steve Walker	25	Memphis	AA
	25	Baseball City	A+
Don Welchel	31	Omaha	AAA
Bob Wellington	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk