1981 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

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Team Record: 50-53 .485
Result: th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Jim Frey, Dick Howser
General Manager: Joe Burke
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 1,279,403
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jerry Grote (38)
Youngest Player: Darryl Motley (21)
Longest Tenure: Paul Splittorff, Amos Otis (12)
Top Hitter: Willie Wilson (13)
Top Pitcher: Dennis Leonard (1)
Top Draft Pick: Dave Leeper (#23)

Roster Continuity: 78.37%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Oakland	64	45	.587	--
Texas	57	48	.543	5.0
Chi White Sox	54	52	.509	8.5
KC Royals	50	53	.485	11.0
California	51	59	.464	13.5
Seattle	44	65	.404	20.0
Minnesota	41	68	.376	23.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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Defensive Lineups

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
6	Willie Wilson	of-cf	13	25	1974-16-379	MLB	102	439	54	133	10	7	1	32	34	8	18	42	4	3	3	1	5	.303	.335	.364	700	160	465	323	61	5.1	.332
11	Hal McRae	of	60	35	1965-6-117	MLB	101	389	38	106	23	2	7	36	3	4	34	33	2	3	3	5	11	.272	.330	.396	726	154	433	306	57	5.0	.280
26	Amos Otis	of	38	34	1965-5-95	MLB	99	372	49	100	22	3	9	57	16	7	31	59	2	1	3	9	7	.269	.321	.417	738	155	417	298	55	5.0	.291
20	Frank White	2b	-	30	UDFA: 1970	MLB	94	364	35	91	17	1	9	38	4	2	19	50	0	0	4	3	10	.250	.285	.376	661	137	390	292	40	3.7	.266
24	Willie Aikens	1b	20	26	1975-1-2	MLB	101	349	45	93	16	0	17	53	0	0	62	47	3	12	0	5	11	.266	.377	.458	836	160	419	272	66	6.6	.262
5	George Brett	3b-1b	14	28	1971-2-29	MLB	89	347	42	109	27	7	6	43	14	6	27	23	1	7	0	4	7	.314	.361	.484	846	168	379	255	69	7.3	.320
30	U.L. Washington	ss	94	27	UDFA: 1973	MLB	98	339	40	77	19	1	2	29	10	10	41	43	0	1	3	1	6	.227	.310	.307	616	104	384	282	34	3.3	.254
12	John Wathan	c-1b	-	31	1971-1-4	MLB	89	301	24	76	9	3	1	19	11	6	19	23	2	1	5	3	9	.252	.298	.312	611	94	330	248	29	3.2	.268
4	Darryl Motley	of	-	21	1978-2-51	MLB	42	125	15	29	4	0	2	8	1	3	7	15	1	0	1	1	2	.232	.276	.312	588	39	135	103	10	2.7	.248
23	Cesar Geronimo	of	-	33	UDFA: 1967	MLB	59	118	14	29	0	2	2	13	6	1	11	16	0	2	2	2	3	.246	.305	.331	636	39	133	97	13	3.5	.265
9	Jamie Quirk	c-3b	-	26	1972-1-18	MLB	46	100	8	25	7	0	0	10	0	2	6	17	1	1	0	0	5	.250	.299	.320	619	32	107	82	8	2.6	.301
10	Clint Hurdle	of	-	23	1975-1-9	MLB	28	76	12	25	3	1	4	15	0	0	13	10	0	3	0	0	2	.329	.427	.553	980	42	89	53	19	9.5	.339
15	Jerry Grote	c	-	38	UDFA: 1962	MLB	22	56	4	17	3	1	1	9	1	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	.304	.344	.446	791	25	62	42	10	6.7	.296
14	Lee May	1b	-	38	UDFA: 1961	MLB	26	55	3	16	3	0	0	8	0	1	3	14	0	0	0	0	2	.291	.328	.345	673	19	58	42	5	3.2	.390
7	Dave Chalk	3b-ss	-	30	1972-1-10	MLB	27	49	2	11	3	0	0	5	0	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	1	.224	.283	.286	569	14	56	43	4	2.7	.234
18	Rance Mulliniks	3b-ss	-	25	1974-3-58	MLB	24	44	6	10	3	0	0	5	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	2	.227	.261	.295	556	13	46	37	2	1.8	.270
16,52	Ken Phelps	1b	-	26	1976-15-354	MLB	21	22	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.227	401	5	23	19	-1	-0.8	.333
45	Danny Garcia	of-1b	-	27	1975-11-249	MLB	12	14	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	2	14	12	0	-0.7	.167
37	Pat Sheridan	of-rf	-	23	1979-3-73	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
17	Tim Ireland	2b-1b	-	28	1973-25-563	MLB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (20 players)							103	3560	397	952	169	29	61	381	100	53	301	419	17	34	28	35	84	.267	.325	.383	708	1362	3941	2808	481	4.6	.286

PITCHING STATISTICS

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Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
22	Dennis Leonard	1	30	1972-2-42	MLB	13	11	2.99	26	26	9	2	0	0	201.2	202	79	67	15	41	107	5	1	1.20	9.01	0.67	1.83	4.78	0.38	.283	0.78
32	Larry Gura	6	33	1969-2-40	MLB	11	8	2.72	23	23	12	2	0	0	172.1	139	61	52	11	35	61	3	0	1.01	7.26	0.57	1.83	3.19	0.57	.232	0.75
38	Rich Gale	62	27	1975-5-105	MLB	6	6	5.40	19	15	2	0	2	0	101.2	107	63	61	14	38	47	0	0	1.43	9.47	1.24	3.36	4.16	0.81	.277	0.90
34	Paul Splittorff	78	34	1968-25-574	MLB	5	5	4.36	21	15	1	0	1	0	99.0	111	48	48	12	23	48	0	2	1.35	10.09	1.09	2.09	4.36	0.48	.312	0.90
40	Mike Jones	-	21	1982-1-12	MLB	6	3	3.21	12	11	0	0	0	0	75.2	74	30	27	7	28	29	1	0	1.35	8.80	0.83	3.33	3.45	0.97	.265	0.61
29	Dan Quisenberry	31	28	UDFA: 1975	MLB	1	4	1.73	40	0	0	0	35	18	62.1	59	16	12	1	15	20	0	0	1.19	8.52	0.14	2.17	2.89	0.75	.279	2.24
27	Renie Martin	-	25	1977-19-486	MLB	4	5	2.77	29	0	0	0	13	4	61.2	55	25	19	2	29	25	2	0	1.36	8.03	0.29	4.23	3.65	1.16	.268	0.93
35	Jim Wright	-	26	1973-5-98	MLB	2	3	3.46	17	4	0	0	7	0	52.0	57	21	20	5	21	27	0	0	1.50	9.87	0.87	3.63	4.67	0.78	.299	0.68
33	Atlee Hammaker	-	23	1979-1-21	MLB	1	3	5.54	10	6	0	0	2	0	39.0	44	24	24	2	12	11	0	1	1.44	10.15	0.46	2.77	2.54	1.09	.298	1.08
25	Ken Brett	-	32	1966-1-4	MLB	1	1	4.18	22	0	0	0	13	2	32.1	35	16	15	2	14	7	0	0	1.52	9.74	0.56	3.90	1.95	2.00	.287	1.26
37	Juan Berenguer	52	26	UDFA: 1975	MLB	0	4	8.69	8	3	0	0	4	0	19.2	22	21	19	4	16	20	1	0	1.93	10.07	1.83	7.32	9.15	0.80	--	0.54
31	Jeff Schattinger	-	25	1979-1-21	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	6.00	0.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	.200	0.60
28	Bill Paschall	-	27	1976-3-53	MLB	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	4.50	0.00	.333	1.00
Totals: (20 players)						50	53	3.56	103	103	24	4	79	24	922	909	405	365	61	273	404	13	4	1.36	8.87	0.73	2.66	3.94	0.68	.287

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Wathan	C	73		300	26	7	1	.979	0.00
Jerry Grote	C	22		87	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jamie Quirk	C	22		58	9	1	1	.985	0.00
Greg Keatley	C	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Aikens	1B	99		844	56	7	79	.992	0.00
Lee May	1B	8		63	2	0	8	1.000	0.00
Tim Ireland	1B	4		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Danny Garcia	1B	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ken Phelps	1B	2		4	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Wathan	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank White	2B	93		226	263	6	70	.988	0.00
Dave Chalk	2B	10		10	19	0	2	1.000	0.00
Rance Mulliniks	2B	10		14	13	3	4	.900	0.00
Jamie Quirk	2B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Brett	3B	88		74	170	14	7	.946	0.00
Dave Chalk	3B	14		9	12	1	3	.955	0.00
Jamie Quirk	3B	8		5	13	3	1	.857	0.00
Rance Mulliniks	3B	5		4	5	1	1	.900	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
U.L. Washington	SS	98		135	297	12	58	.973	0.00
Rance Mulliniks	SS	7		7	21	1	4	.966	0.00
Dave Chalk	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Onix Concepcion	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Wilson	OF	101		299	14	4	3	.987	0.00
Amos Otis	OF	97		294	6	2	1	.993	0.00
Cesar Geronimo	OF	57		96	1	2	0	.980	0.00
Darryl Motley	OF	39		88	3	3	1	.968	0.00
Clint Hurdle	OF	28		59	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Wathan	OF	16		15	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Danny Garcia	OF	6		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hal McRae	OF	4		10	0	1	0	.909	0.00
Pat Sheridan	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jamie Quirk	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dan Quisenberry	P	40	62	8	23	1	1	.969	4.49
Renie Martin	P	29	61	3	15	2	2	.900	2.65
Dennis Leonard	P	26	201	13	31	0	3	1.000	1.97
Larry Gura	P	23	172	9	30	0	4	1.000	2.04
Ken Brett	P	22	32	5	6	0	1	1.000	3.08
Paul Splittorff	P	21	99	2	22	0	2	1.000	2.18
Rich Gale	P	19	101	6	8	1	1	.933	1.25
Jim Wright	P	17	52	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.38
Mike Jones	P	12	75	3	14	0	0	1.000	2.03
Atlee Hammaker	P	10	39	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.15
Juan Berenguer	P	8	19	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bill Paschall	P	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jeff Schattinger	P	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hal McRae	DH	97						.000	0.00
Lee May	DH	4						.000	0.00
Ken Phelps	DH	4						.000	0.00
Amos Otis	DH	1						.000	0.00

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