1987 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

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Team Record: 83-79 .512
Result: 2nd in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Billy Gardner, John Wathan
General Manager: John Schuerholz
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,392,471
Payroll: $0
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Hal McRae (41)
Youngest Player: Melido Perez (21)
Longest Tenure: Frank White, George Brett, Hal McRae (15)
Top Hitter: Kevin Seitzer (7)
Top Pitcher: Bret Saberhagen (4)
Top Draft Pick: Kevin Appier (#9)

Roster Continuity: 72.94%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Minnesota	85	77	.525	--
KC Royals	83	79	.512	2.0
Oakland	81	81	.500	4.0
Seattle	78	84	.481	7.0
Chi White Sox	77	85	.475	8.0
Texas	75	87	.463	10.0
California	75	87	.463	10.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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#	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
33	Kevin Seitzer	3b-1b	7	25	1983-11-283	MLB	161	641	105	207	33	8	15	83	12	7	80	85	2	0	1	1	18	.323	.399	.470	869	301	725	461	128	7.5	.354
6	Willie Wilson	of-cf	24	31	1974-16-379	MLB	146	610	97	170	18	15	4	30	59	11	32	88	6	2	4	1	9	.279	.320	.377	698	230	653	465	84	4.9	.320
4	Danny Tartabull	rf	11	24	1980-3-71	MLB	158	582	95	180	27	3	34	101	9	4	79	136	1	2	0	5	14	.309	.390	.541	931	315	667	425	124	7.9	.350
20	Frank White	2b	-	36	UDFA: 1970	MLB	154	563	67	138	32	2	17	78	1	3	51	86	2	5	4	4	16	.245	.308	.400	708	225	624	452	73	4.4	.261
5	George Brett	3b-1b	46	34	1971-2-29	MLB	115	427	71	124	18	2	22	78	6	3	72	47	1	14	0	8	10	.290	.388	.496	884	212	508	324	91	7.6	.279
16	Bo Jackson	lf-cf	71	24	1986-4-105	MLB	116	396	46	93	17	2	22	53	10	4	30	158	5	0	1	2	3	.235	.296	.455	750	180	434	313	49	4.2	.326
45	Steve Balboni	1b	-	30	1978-2-52	MLB	121	386	44	80	11	1	24	60	0	0	34	97	2	1	0	3	11	.207	.273	.427	700	165	425	320	44	3.7	.209
2	Angel Salazar	ss	-	25	UDFA: 1980	MLB	116	317	24	65	7	0	2	21	4	4	6	46	0	0	8	1	6	.205	.219	.246	465	78	332	271	11	1.1	.233
9	Jamie Quirk	c-3b	-	32	1972-1-18	MLB	109	296	24	70	17	0	5	33	1	0	28	56	4	1	2	4	8	.236	.307	.345	652	102	334	240	33	3.7	.272
12	Juan Beniquez	of	-	37	UDFA: 1969	MLB	57	174	14	41	7	0	3	26	0	0	11	26	1	1	2	2	9	.236	.282	.328	610	57	190	146	14	2.7	.259
21	Lonnie Smith	lf-of	-	31	1974-1-3	MLB	48	167	26	42	7	1	3	8	9	4	24	31	4	0	0	2	1	.251	.355	.359	715	60	197	132	25	5.0	.289
24	Larry Owen	c	-	32	1977-17-420	MLB	76	164	17	31	6	0	5	14	0	0	16	51	0	0	7	1	5	.189	.260	.317	577	52	188	146	10	1.9	.239
32	Bill Pecota	3b-ss	-	27	1981-10-234	MLB	66	156	22	43	5	1	3	14	5	0	15	25	1	0	0	0	3	.276	.343	.378	721	59	172	116	22	5.1	.312
27	Thad Bosley	of	-	30	1974-4-82	MLB	80	140	13	39	6	1	1	16	0	0	9	26	0	2	1	2	2	.279	.318	.357	675	50	152	106	16	4.2	.330
3	Ross Jones	ss	-	27	1980-1-9	MLB	39	114	10	29	4	2	0	10	1	0	5	15	1	0	1	3	5	.254	.285	.325	609	37	124	94	10	3.0	.284
22	Jim Eisenreich	rf-lf	-	28	1980-16-402	MLB	44	105	10	25	8	2	4	21	1	1	7	13	0	2	0	3	2	.238	.278	.467	745	49	115	86	16	5.1	.231
25	Gary Thurman	rf-lf	-	22	1983-1-21	MLB	27	81	12	24	2	0	0	5	7	2	8	20	0	0	1	0	1	.296	.360	.321	681	26	90	61	9	4.1	.393
3	Jorge Orta	2b-of	-	36	UDFA: 1972	MLB	21	50	3	9	4	0	2	4	0	0	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	.180	.226	.380	606	19	53	41	5	3.3	.175
1	Buddy Biancalana	ss-2b	-	27	1978-1-25	MLB	37	47	4	10	1	0	1	7	0	0	1	10	0	0	1	0	1	.213	.229	.298	527	14	49	39	2	1.6	.250
11	Hal McRae	of	-	41	1965-6-117	MLB	18	32	5	10	3	0	1	9	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	.312	.405	.500	905	16	37	23	7	8.7	.300
28	Mike MacFarlane	c	-	23	1985-4-97	MLB	8	19	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.211	.286	.263	549	5	21	16	1	2.2	.235
7	Ed Hearn	c	-	26	1978-4-101	MLB	6	17	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	.294	.429	.412	840	7	21	13	3	7.2	.333
38	Scotti Madison	3b-c	-	27	1980-3-64	MLB	7	15	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.312	.467	779	7	17	12	2	5.6	.400
Totals: (23 players)							162	5499	715	1443	239	40	168	677	125	43	523	1034	30	32	34	42	127	.262	.328	.412	740	2266	6128	4302	779	4.9	.294

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
18	Bret Saberhagen	4	23	1982-19-479	MLB	18	10	3.36	33	33	15	4	0	0	257.0	246	99	96	27	53	163	6	1	1.16	8.61	0.95	1.86	5.71	0.33	.279	1.02
23	Mark Gubicza	15	24	1981-2-34	MLB	13	18	3.98	35	35	10	2	0	0	241.2	231	114	107	18	120	166	14	1	1.45	8.60	0.67	4.47	6.18	0.72	.300	1.36
37	Charlie Leibrandt	14	30	1978-9-225	MLB	16	11	3.41	35	35	8	3	0	0	240.1	235	104	91	23	74	151	9	3	1.29	8.80	0.86	2.77	5.65	0.49	.281	1.01
15	Danny Jackson	19	25	1982-1-1	MLB	9	18	4.02	36	34	11	2	1	0	224.0	219	115	100	11	109	152	5	0	1.46	8.80	0.44	4.38	6.11	0.72	.303	1.22
40	Bud Black	-	30	UDFA: 1981	MLB	8	6	3.60	29	18	0	0	4	1	122.1	126	63	49	16	35	61	6	0	1.32	9.27	1.18	2.57	4.49	0.57	.276	0.94
26	Steve Farr	-	30	UDFA: 1976	MLB	4	3	4.15	47	0	0	0	19	1	91.0	97	47	42	9	44	88	2	0	1.55	9.59	0.89	4.35	8.70	0.50	.337	0.78
39	Jerry Don Gleaton	-	29	1979-1-17	MLB	4	4	4.26	48	0	0	0	22	5	50.2	38	28	24	4	28	44	4	1	1.30	6.75	0.71	4.97	7.82	0.64	.266	0.83
29	Dan Quisenberry	62	34	UDFA: 1975	MLB	4	1	2.76	47	0	0	0	39	8	49.0	58	15	15	3	10	17	0	0	1.39	10.65	0.55	1.84	3.12	0.59	.302	1.59
49	John Davis	-	24	1981-7-178	MLB	5	2	2.27	27	0	0	0	12	2	43.2	29	13	11	0	26	24	2	0	1.26	5.98	0.00	5.36	4.95	1.08	.232	1.62
19	Bob Stoddard	-	30	1978-10-240	MLB	1	3	4.27	17	2	0	0	4	1	40.0	51	26	19	3	22	23	4	0	1.83	11.47	0.68	4.95	5.18	0.96	.350	1.02
30	Dave Gumpert	-	29	UDFA: 1981	MLB	0	0	6.05	8	0	0	0	3	0	19.1	27	16	13	3	6	13	1	0	1.71	12.57	1.40	2.79	6.05	0.46	.369	1.27
28	Gene Garber	83	39	1965-20-382	MLB	0	0	2.51	13	0	0	0	12	8	14.1	13	5	4	1	1	3	0	0	0.98	8.16	0.63	0.63	1.88	0.33	--	2.50
17	Rick Anderson	-	30	1980-8-179	MLB	0	2	13.85	6	2	0	0	1	0	13.0	26	22	20	3	9	12	0	0	2.69	18.00	2.08	6.23	8.31	0.75	.451	0.50
31	Melido Perez	-	21	UDFA: 1984	MLB	1	1	7.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.1	18	12	9	2	5	5	0	0	2.23	15.68	1.74	4.35	4.35	1.00	.390	0.94
31	Bob Shirley	-	33	1976-1-8	MLB	0	0	14.73	3	0	0	0	1	0	7.1	10	12	12	5	6	1	1	0	2.18	12.27	6.14	7.36	1.23	6.00	--	0.41
Totals: (23 players)						83	79	3.87	162	162	44	11	118	26	1,424	1424	691	612	168	548	923	54	6	1.38	9.00	0.81	3.46	5.83	0.59	.294

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jamie Quirk	C	108		532	40	8	3	.986	0.00
Larry Owen	C	75		370	38	7	4	.983	0.00
Mike MacFarlane	C	8		29	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ed Hearn	C	5		25	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Scotti Madison	C	3		8	1	3	0	.750	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Brett	1B	83		798	50	6	69	.993	0.00
Steve Balboni	1B	55		521	41	6	39	.989	0.00
Kevin Seitzer	1B	25		183	23	2	19	.990	0.00
Juan Beniquez	1B	6		50	1	0	6	1.000	0.00
Scotti Madison	1B	4		20	2	0	4	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank White	2B	152		320	458	10	89	.987	0.00
Bill Pecota	2B	15		20	27	0	6	1.000	0.00
Buddy Biancalana	2B	12		9	18	0	6	1.000	0.00
Ross Jones	2B	3		4	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kevin Seitzer	3B	141		105	292	22	32	.947	0.00
Bill Pecota	3B	17		7	23	3	2	.909	0.00
George Brett	3B	11		7	19	3	3	.897	0.00
Juan Beniquez	3B	6		0	4	1	0	.800	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Angel Salazar	SS	116		134	332	9	56	.981	0.00
Ross Jones	SS	36		42	109	4	13	.974	0.00
Bill Pecota	SS	36		40	85	3	20	.977	0.00
Buddy Biancalana	SS	22		12	27	5	4	.886	0.00
Jamie Quirk	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Danny Tartabull	OF	149		228	11	6	1	.976	0.00
Willie Wilson	OF	143		342	3	1	1	.997	0.00
Bo Jackson	OF	113		180	9	9	1	.955	0.00
Lonnie Smith	OF	32		52	2	5	0	.915	0.00
Thad Bosley	OF	28		28	0	1	0	.966	0.00
Gary Thurman	OF	27		61	5	2	1	.971	0.00
Juan Beniquez	OF	22		33	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kevin Seitzer	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry Don Gleaton	P	48	50	2	12	1	1	.933	2.51
Steve Farr	P	47	91	3	6	2	0	.818	0.89
Dan Quisenberry	P	47	49	6	13	0	3	1.000	3.49
Danny Jackson	P	36	224	13	23	2	2	.947	1.45
Mark Gubicza	P	35	241	32	40	2	7	.973	2.69
Charlie Leibrandt	P	35	240	15	55	4	4	.946	2.62
Bret Saberhagen	P	33	257	21	34	2	5	.965	1.93
Bud Black	P	29	122	4	19	0	0	1.000	1.70
John Davis	P	27	43	5	7	1	1	.923	2.50
Bob Stoddard	P	17	40	4	10	0	1	1.000	3.15
Gene Garber	P	13	14	2	3	0	0	1.000	3.19
Dave Gumpert	P	8	19	1	4	0	1	1.000	2.36
Rick Anderson	P	6	13	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.77
Melido Perez	P	3	10	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Bob Shirley	P	3	7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.27
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Balboni	DH	52						.000	0.00
Jim Eisenreich	DH	26						.000	0.00
George Brett	DH	21						.000	0.00
Juan Beniquez	DH	15						.000	0.00
Lonnie Smith	DH	15						.000	0.00
Thad Bosley	DH	13						.000	0.00
Jorge Orta	DH	12						.000	0.00
Hal McRae	DH	7						.000	0.00
Danny Tartabull	DH	6						.000	0.00
Willie Wilson	DH	2						.000	0.00
Buddy Biancalana	DH	1						.000	0.00
Bo Jackson	DH	1						.000	0.00
Bill Pecota	DH	1						.000	0.00
Kevin Seitzer	DH	1						.000	0.00
Frank White	DH	1						.000	0.00

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