1988 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

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Team Record: 84-77 .522
Result: 3rd in American League - West Division
Manager(s): John Wathan
General Manager: John Schuerholz
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,350,181
Payroll: $11,558,873
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Gene Garber (40)
Youngest Player: Tom Gordon (20)
Longest Tenure: Frank White, George Brett (16)
Top Hitter: George Brett (5)
Top Pitcher: Mark Gubicza (3)
Top Draft Pick: Hugh Walker (#18)

Roster Continuity: 78.59%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Oakland	104	58	.642	--
Minnesota	91	71	.562	13.0
KC Royals	84	77	.522	19.5
California	75	87	.463	29.0
Chi White Sox	71	90	.441	32.5
Texas	70	91	.435	33.5
Seattle	68	93	.422	35.5

BATTING STATISTICS

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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	28	32	1974-16-379	MLB	147	591	81	155	17	11	1	37	35	7	22	106	2	1	8	5	5	.262	.289	.333	622	197	628	461	60	3.5	.315
5	George Brett	3b-1b	5	35	1971-2-29	MLB	157	589	90	180	42	3	24	103	14	3	82	51	3	15	0	7	15	.306	.389	.509	898	300	681	434	132	8.2	.299
33	Kevin Seitzer	3b-1b	38	26	1983-11-283	MLB	149	559	90	170	32	5	5	60	10	8	72	64	6	4	3	3	15	.304	.387	.406	794	227	643	418	97	6.3	.335
20	Frank White	2b	-	37	UDFA: 1970	MLB	150	537	48	126	25	1	8	58	7	3	21	67	4	3	7	6	16	.235	.266	.330	595	177	575	443	47	2.9	.252
4	Danny Tartabull	rf	13	25	1980-3-71	MLB	146	507	80	139	38	3	26	102	8	5	76	119	4	4	0	6	10	.274	.369	.515	884	261	593	389	103	7.1	.307
1	Kurt Stillwell	ss-2b	65	23	1983-1-2	MLB	128	459	63	115	28	5	10	53	6	5	47	76	3	0	6	3	7	.251	.322	.399	721	183	518	365	65	4.8	.279
16	Bo Jackson	lf-cf	43	25	1986-4-105	MLB	124	439	63	108	16	4	25	68	27	6	25	146	1	6	1	2	6	.246	.287	.472	758	207	468	346	58	4.5	.307
30	Pat Tabler	1b-of	-	30	1976-1-16	MLB	89	301	37	93	17	2	1	49	2	3	23	41	2	0	0	4	6	.309	.358	.389	746	117	330	221	45	5.5	.350
14	Bill Buckner	1b-of	-	38	1968-2-25	MLB	89	242	18	62	14	0	3	34	3	1	13	19	0	5	4	4	6	.256	.290	.351	641	85	263	195	27	3.8	.263
8	Mike MacFarlane	c	-	24	1985-4-97	MLB	70	211	25	56	15	0	4	26	0	0	21	37	1	2	1	2	5	.265	.332	.393	725	83	236	163	30	4.9	.302
22	Jim Eisenreich	rf-lf	-	29	1980-16-402	MLB	82	202	26	44	8	1	1	19	9	3	6	31	0	1	2	4	2	.218	.236	.282	518	57	214	169	13	2.0	.247
9	Jamie Quirk	c-3b	-	33	1972-1-18	MLB	84	196	22	47	7	1	8	25	1	5	28	41	1	2	4	3	2	.240	.333	.408	741	80	232	163	28	4.6	.260
32	Bill Pecota	3b-ss	-	28	1981-10-234	MLB	90	178	25	37	3	3	1	15	7	2	18	34	2	0	7	1	1	.208	.286	.275	562	49	206	152	15	2.6	.250
3	Brad Wellman	2b-ss	-	28	UDFA: 1979	MLB	71	107	11	29	3	0	1	6	1	2	6	23	2	0	1	0	1	.271	.322	.327	649	35	116	82	10	3.4	.337
24	Larry Owen	c	-	33	1977-17-420	MLB	37	81	5	17	1	0	1	3	0	0	9	23	2	0	2	0	0	.210	.304	.259	564	21	94	66	6	2.4	.281
25	Gary Thurman	rf-lf	-	23	1983-1-21	MLB	35	66	6	11	1	0	0	2	5	1	4	20	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.214	.182	396	12	70	56	0	0.2	.239
45	Steve Balboni	1b	-	31	1978-2-52	MLB	21	63	2	9	2	0	2	5	0	0	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.156	.270	426	17	64	54	1	0.3	.171
38	Scotti Madison	3b-c	-	28	1980-3-64	MLB	16	35	4	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.256	.229	485	8	39	29	2	2.2	.200
34	Nick Capra	of-cf	-	30	1979-3-69	MLB	14	29	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	.138	.194	.172	366	5	31	28	0	-0.4	.154
51	Luis De los Santos	1b	-	21	1984-2-44	MLB	11	22	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.231	.227	458	5	26	23	0	0.3	.111
27	Thad Bosley	of	-	31	1974-4-82	MLB	15	21	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	.190	.250	.190	440	4	24	18	0	0.7	.250
7	Ed Hearn	c	-	27	1978-4-101	MLB	7	18	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.333	556	6	18	15	1	2.4	.235
29	Rey Palacios	c-3b	-	25	UDFA: 1983	MLB	5	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	182	1	11	11	-	-	.143
2	Dave Owen	ss-3b	-	30	1979-10-246	MLB	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
Totals: (24 players)							161	5469	704	1419	275	40	121	671	137	54	486	944	33	44	46	51	105	.259	.321	.391	712	2137	6085	4306	735	4.6	.291

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
23	Mark Gubicza	3	25	1981-2-34	MLB	20	8	2.70	35	35	8	4	0	0	269.2	237	94	81	11	83	183	12	4	1.19	7.91	0.37	2.77	6.11	0.45	.276	1.19
18	Bret Saberhagen	9	24	1982-19-479	MLB	14	16	3.80	35	35	9	0	0	0	260.2	271	122	110	18	59	171	9	0	1.27	9.36	0.62	2.04	5.90	0.35	.309	0.78
37	Charlie Leibrandt	22	31	1978-9-225	MLB	13	12	3.19	35	35	7	2	0	0	243.0	244	98	86	20	62	125	10	4	1.26	9.04	0.74	2.30	4.63	0.50	.288	0.94
19	Floyd Bannister	59	33	1976-1-1	MLB	12	13	4.33	31	31	2	0	0	0	189.1	182	102	91	22	68	113	6	2	1.32	8.65	1.05	3.23	5.37	0.60	.268	0.65
26	Steve Farr	38	31	UDFA: 1976	MLB	5	4	2.50	62	1	0	0	49	20	82.2	74	25	23	5	30	72	4	2	1.26	8.06	0.54	3.27	7.84	0.42	.299	0.76
48	Ted Power	79	33	1976-5-115	MLB	5	6	5.94	22	12	2	2	3	0	80.1	98	54	53	7	30	44	3	2	1.59	10.98	0.78	3.36	4.93	0.68	.337	0.64
21	Jeff Montgomery	-	26	1983-9-212	MLB	7	2	3.45	45	0	0	0	13	1	62.2	54	25	24	6	30	47	3	6	1.34	7.76	0.86	4.31	6.75	0.64	.265	0.82
39	Jerry Don Gleaton	-	30	1979-1-17	MLB	0	4	3.55	42	0	0	0	20	3	38.0	33	17	15	2	17	29	2	0	1.32	7.82	0.47	4.03	6.87	0.59	.279	0.93
31	Israel Sanchez	-	24	1982-9-220	MLB	3	2	4.54	19	1	0	0	6	1	35.2	36	20	18	0	18	14	3	1	1.51	9.08	0.00	4.54	3.53	1.29	.295	1.16
17	Rick Anderson	-	31	1980-8-179	MLB	2	1	4.24	7	3	0	0	0	0	34.0	41	17	16	3	9	9	1	0	1.47	10.85	0.79	2.38	2.38	1.00	.314	0.67
31	Gene Garber	-	40	1965-20-382	MLB	0	4	3.58	26	0	0	0	19	6	32.2	29	15	13	4	13	20	0	2	1.29	7.99	1.10	3.58	5.51	0.65	.255	1.06
27	Luis Aquino	-	24	UDFA: 1982	MLB	1	0	2.79	7	5	1	1	0	0	29.0	33	15	9	1	17	11	1	1	1.72	10.24	0.31	5.28	3.41	1.55	.308	0.63
29	Dan Quisenberry	-	35	UDFA: 1975	MLB	0	1	3.55	20	0	0	0	13	1	25.1	32	11	10	0	5	9	1	1	1.46	11.37	0.00	1.78	3.20	0.56	--	1.67
40	Bud Black	-	31	UDFA: 1981	MLB	2	1	4.91	17	0	0	0	5	0	22.0	23	12	12	2	11	19	0	2	1.55	9.41	0.82	4.50	7.77	0.58	.323	0.76
36	Tom Gordon	-	20	1986-6-157	MLB	0	2	5.17	5	2	0	0	0	0	15.2	16	9	9	1	7	18	0	0	1.47	9.19	0.57	4.02	10.34	0.39	.366	0.65
35	Mark Lee	-	23	1985-15-392	MLB	0	0	3.60	4	0	0	0	4	0	5.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	10.80	0.00	1.80	0.00	--	.300	0.54
54	Jose DeJesus	-	23	UDFA: 1983	MLB	0	1	27.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	10	8	0	5	2	0	0	4.12	20.25	0.00	16.87	6.75	2.50	.500	1.00
Totals: (24 players)						84	77	3.65	161	161	29	9	132	32	1,428	1415	648	580	121	465	886	55	27	1.33	8.92	0.64	2.93	5.58	0.52	.297

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jamie Quirk	C	79		409	31	8	5	.982	0.00
Mike MacFarlane	C	68		309	18	2	3	.994	0.00
Larry Owen	C	37		168	13	2	1	.989	0.00
Ed Hearn	C	4		12	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Scotti Madison	C	4		18	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rey Palacios	C	3		17	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Pecota	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Brett	1B	124		1126	70	10	105	.992	0.00
Bill Buckner	1B	21		160	12	1	11	.994	0.00
Steve Balboni	1B	13		94	5	2	11	.980	0.00
Bill Pecota	1B	11		17	0	0	2	1.000	0.00
Pat Tabler	1B	7		40	4	4	6	.917	0.00
Luis De los Santos	1B	5		31	1	0	3	1.000	0.00
Scotti Madison	1B	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jamie Quirk	1B	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank White	2B	148		293	426	4	88	.994	0.00
Brad Wellman	2B	46		54	85	4	21	.972	0.00
Bill Pecota	2B	3		4	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kevin Seitzer	3B	147		93	297	26	33	.937	0.00
Bill Pecota	3B	21		10	36	1	2	.979	0.00
Brad Wellman	3B	4		0	3	0	2	1.000	0.00
Rey Palacios	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jamie Quirk	3B	1		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Pat Tabler	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kurt Stillwell	SS	124		170	349	13	60	.976	0.00
Bill Pecota	SS	41		59	107	4	20	.976	0.00
Brad Wellman	SS	15		13	13	2	4	.929	0.00
Dave Owen	SS	7		7	9	1	6	.941	0.00
George Brett	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Wilson	OF	142		365	1	4	0	.989	0.00
Danny Tartabull	OF	130		227	8	9	1	.963	0.00
Bo Jackson	OF	121		246	11	7	2	.973	0.00
Jim Eisenreich	OF	64		109	0	4	0	.965	0.00
Pat Tabler	OF	37		68	1	1	0	.986	0.00
Gary Thurman	OF	32		36	1	2	0	.949	0.00
Nick Capra	OF	11		15	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Pecota	OF	9		8	0	1	0	.889	0.00
Thad Bosley	OF	6		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Scotti Madison	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kevin Seitzer	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Farr	P	62	82	3	7	0	0	1.000	1.09
Jeff Montgomery	P	45	62	3	10	1	0	.929	1.88
Jerry Don Gleaton	P	42	38	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.42
Mark Gubicza	P	35	269	29	44	1	3	.986	2.44
Charlie Leibrandt	P	35	243	19	43	3	2	.954	2.30
Bret Saberhagen	P	35	260	15	34	3	3	.942	1.69
Floyd Bannister	P	31	189	8	25	1	1	.971	1.57
Gene Garber	P	26	32	3	6	1	1	.900	2.52
Ted Power	P	22	80	5	8	0	1	1.000	1.46
Dan Quisenberry	P	20	25	0	9	0	1	1.000	3.23
Israel Sanchez	P	19	35	2	7	1	0	.900	2.30
Bud Black	P	17	22	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.41
Rick Anderson	P	7	34	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.06
Luis Aquino	P	7	29	2	2	1	1	.800	1.24
Tom Gordon	P	5	15	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.37
Mark Lee	P	4	5	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.80
Jose DeJesus	P	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Buckner	DH	42						.000	0.00
Pat Tabler	DH	40						.000	0.00
George Brett	DH	33						.000	0.00
Jim Eisenreich	DH	13						.000	0.00
Danny Tartabull	DH	13						.000	0.00
Steve Balboni	DH	6						.000	0.00
Thad Bosley	DH	4						.000	0.00
Scotti Madison	DH	4						.000	0.00
Bill Pecota	DH	4						.000	0.00
Luis De los Santos	DH	3						.000	0.00
Brad Wellman	DH	3						.000	0.00
Frank White	DH	3						.000	0.00
Ed Hearn	DH	2						.000	0.00
Bo Jackson	DH	2						.000	0.00
Nick Capra	DH	1						.000	0.00
Rey Palacios	DH	1						.000	0.00
Kevin Seitzer	DH	1						.000	0.00
Gary Thurman	DH	1						.000	0.00

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