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Record: 85-77 .525.... 2nd in American League West
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,261,845

Top Draft Pick: Atlee Hammaker (#21) MLB
Manager - Whitey Herzog

Affiliates - AAA Omaha Royals AA Jacksonville Suns A+ Fort Myers Royals Rk GCL Royals Blue Rk GCL Royals Gold

Team Leaders

HR: Brett [23]
RBI: Porter [112]
2B: Brett [42]
SB: Wilson [83]
W: Splittorff [15]
SV: Hrabosky [11]
SO: Leonard [126]

Oldest Player: Marty Pattin [36]
Youngest Player: Clint Hurdle [21]
Longest Tenure: Amos Otis, Paul Splittorff [10]

Major League Debuts

Batters: German Barranca (Sep 2)
Pitchers: Craig Chamberlain (Aug 12) Gary Christenson (Sep 1) Craig Eaton (Sep 5) Renie Martin (May 9) Dan Quisenberry (Jul 8)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Hector Arroyo			GCL Royals Gold	Rk
James Atkinson	3B		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Mark Ballinger	P	30	Omaha	AAA
Johnny Barnette	OF		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
German Barranca	2B	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	2B		Omaha	AAA
Ron Batter	OF		Fort Myers	A+
	OF		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Buddy Biancalana	SS-2B	19	Fort Myers	A+
Steve Braun	OF-3B	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Raymond Bresnahan			Fort Myers	A+
George Brett	3B-1B	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Brewer	OF	19	GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Russell Burgin			GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Steve Busby	P	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Craig Chamberlain	P	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	P		Jacksonville	AA
Gary Christenson	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	P		Omaha	AAA
Junior Cooper			GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Jeff Cornell	P	22	Jacksonville	AA
Al Cowens	OF	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jerry Cram	P	31	Omaha	AAA
Dave Cripe	3B	28	Omaha	AAA
Todd Cruz	SS-3B	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	SS-3B		Omaha	AAA
James Davidson	OF		Fort Myers	A+
Bob Detherage	OF	25	Omaha	AAA
Duane Dewey	C-1B	21	Fort Myers	A+
	C-1B		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Leon Doak			GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Craig Eaton	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
George Enright	C	25	Omaha	AAA
Jim Eschen	IF		Jacksonville	AA
Rich Gale	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Robert Ganger	P		Jacksonville	AA
Danny Garcia	OF-1B	25	Jacksonville	AA
Allan Garray	C	20	GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Jim Gaudet	C	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Kevin Gillen	OF		Omaha	AAA
Robert Glass	3B		Fort Myers	A+
Lawrence Grahek	OF		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Larry Gura	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Duane Gustavson	C		Jacksonville	AA
Mike Haley	OF		Fort Myers	A+
Daryl Harper	IF		Fort Myers	A+
LaMart Harris	OF		Jacksonville	AA
Kelly Heath	2B	22	Jacksonville	AA
Moe Hill	1B-OF		Jacksonville	AA
David Hogg	C		Jacksonville	AA
Al Hrabosky	P	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Clint Hurdle	OF	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	OF		Omaha	AAA
Ulises Infante	2B	20	GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Tim Ireland	2B-1B	26	Omaha	AAA
Otis Irvin	SS		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Patrick Jackson			Fort Myers	A+
			GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Charles Jansen			GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Ron Johnson	1B	23	Jacksonville	AA
	1B		Fort Myers	A+
Rudolph Kinard	2B		Omaha	AAA
Pete LaCock	1B-OF	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Bill Laskey	P	21	Jacksonville	AA
Dennis Leonard	P	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Tod Lewis			Fort Myers	A+
Jesse Lucious	OF		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Dave Luethy	SS		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Renie Martin	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Frank McCann	IF		Jacksonville	AA
Hal McRae	OF	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mark Mennemier			GCL Royals Blue	Rk
William Miller	P		Fort Myers	A+
Steve Mingori	P	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dermot Moriarty			Fort Myers	A+
Michael Morley	P		Jacksonville	AA
Darryl Motley	OF	19	Fort Myers	A+
Jim Nettles	OF	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	OF		Omaha	AAA
Mike Ondina	OF		Jacksonville	AA
Amos Otis	OF	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mickey Palmer	P		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Darrell Parker	OF		Omaha	AAA
	OF		Jacksonville	AA
Bill Paschall	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Freddie Patek	SS	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Craig Patterson	2B	22	GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Marty Pattin	P	36	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Russell Pederson			GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Ken Phelps	1B	25	Omaha	AAA
Tom Poquette	OF	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Darrell Porter	C	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Denny Porter			GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Christopher Purdy			GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Jamie Quirk	C-3B	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dan Quisenberry	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Julio Rodriguer			GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Eduardo Rodriguez	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Angel Rosa			GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Mark Ryal	OF-RF	19	Fort Myers	A+
George Scott	1B	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Pat Sheridan	OF-RF	21	Fort Myers	A+
Luis Silverio	OF	22	GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Ronald Snider			GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Paul Splittorff	P	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jerry Terrell	SS-3B	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
George Throop	P	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Raul Tovar	OF	20	Fort Myers	A+
Rob Townley	OF		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Ira Turner	1B		Fort Myers	A+
Jeff Twitty	P	21	Jacksonville	AA
Keith Vranesh	3B		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
U.L. Washington	SS	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
John Wathan	C-1B	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dennis Webb	OF		Jacksonville	AA
Brad Wellman	2B-SS	20	GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Phil Westendorf	1B		Jacksonville	AA
Claude Westmoreland	OF		Jacksonville	AA
Frank White	2B	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Daniel Wieser	SS		Fort Myers	A+
Larry Williams	P		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Willie Wilson	OF-CF	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Marvell Wynne	OF-CF	19	GCL Royals Blue	Rk
William Yarbrough	IF		Jacksonville	AA
Joe Zdeb	OF	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	OF		Omaha	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
David Albright		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Roger Begue		Fort Myers	A+
		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Michael Biedenkapp		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Philen Bolden		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Steve Busby	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
James Canfield		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
William Casbolt		Jacksonville	AA
Craig Chamberlain	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	22	Jacksonville	AA
Gary Christenson	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	26	Omaha	AAA
Jeff Cornell	22	Jacksonville	AA
Jerry Cram	31	Omaha	AAA
Kent Cvejdlik		Omaha	AAA
Mark Daly		Omaha	AAA
Chris DiLorenzo		Fort Myers	A+
Rich Dubee	21	Jacksonville	AA
Craig Eaton	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
Daniel Fischer		Fort Myers	A+
		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Rich Gale	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Robert Ganger		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
Ben Grzybek		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
Larry Gura	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Atlee Hammaker	21	Fort Myers	A+
	21	GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Steve Hamrick		Omaha	AAA
		Jacksonville	AA
Jeff Hanslovan		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
Elwaine Hardtke		Fort Myers	A+
David Hasbach		Fort Myers	A+
		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Erik Hendricks		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
Al Hrabosky	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Jones	20	Jacksonville	AA
Ron Krauss		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Ken Kurtz		Fort Myers	A+
James Lackey		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Bill Laskey	21	Jacksonville	AA
	21	Fort Myers	A+
James Laughton		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Dennis Leonard	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Renie Martin	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	24	Omaha	AAA
	24	Jacksonville	AA
Randy McGilberry	25	Omaha	AAA
William Miller		Fort Myers	A+
Steve Mingori	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dermot Moriarty		Fort Myers	A+
Michael Morley		Omaha	AAA
		Jacksonville	AA
Lew Olsen		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Bill Paschall	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
Marty Pattin	36	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Craig Pippin		Fort Myers	A+
Cleveland Porter		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Kenneth Pour		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Raymond Prince		Fort Myers	A+
Dan Quisenberry	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	26	Omaha	AAA
Mickey Reichenbach		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
Eduardo Rodriguez	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Frank Ryan		Fort Myers	A+
		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Edmund Sanford		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Jeff Schattinger	23	Jacksonville	AA
	23	Fort Myers	A+
John Skinner		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Ronald Smith		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Paul Splittorff	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Daniel St. Clair		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Jerry Terrell	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
George Throop	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Tim Timlin	22	GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Jeff Twitty	21	Jacksonville	AA
	21	Fort Myers	A+
	21	GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Wait Vanderbush		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
John Vercoe		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Antonio Vila		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
Curtis Voyles		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Larry Williams		GCL Royals Gold	Rk
Brian Woodwodh		GCL Royals Blue	Rk
William Yarbrough		Jacksonville	AA
Vin Yuhas		GCL Royals Gold	Rk