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Record: 79-83 .488.... 2nd in American League West
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,963,875

Top Draft Pick: Gary Thurman (#21) MLB
Manager - Dick Howser

Affiliates - AAA Omaha Royals AA Jacksonville Suns A+ Fort Myers Royals A Charleston (Sc) Royals Rk Gulf Coast Royals Rk Butte Copper Kings

Team Leaders

HR: Brett [25]
RBI: Brett [93]
2B: McRae [41]
SB: Wilson [59]
W: Splittorff [13]
SV: Quisenberry [45]
SO: Splittorff [61]

Oldest Player: Gaylord Perry [44]
Youngest Player: Danny Jackson [21]
Longest Tenure: Amos Otis, Paul Splittorff [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Butch Davis (Aug 23) Cliff Pastornicky (Jun 14)
Pitchers: Mark Huismann (Aug 16) Danny Jackson (Sep 11) Frank Wills (Jul 31)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Willie Aikens	1B	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Edward Allen	OF	19	Charleston (Sc)	A
	OF		Butte	Rk
Evelio Alvarez			Jacksonville	AA
Mike Armstrong	P	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mitch Ashmore	C		Jacksonville	AA
James Bagnall			Charleston (Sc)	A
			Butte	Rk
Billy Best	2B		Jacksonville	AA
Buddy Biancalana	SS-2B	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	SS-2B		Omaha	AAA
Bud Black	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Vida Blue	P	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
George Brett	3B-1B	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Brewer	OF	23	Omaha	AAA
Christian Bryeans			Charleston (Sc)	A
Bill Castro	P	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Joe Citari	1B	20	Fort Myers	A+
Nick Collins	H		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Onix Concepcion	SS-2B	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Conte	3B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeff Cox	2B	27	Omaha	AAA
Keith Creel	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Vic Davila	2B	10	Butte	Rk
Butch Davis	OF-RF	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	OF-RF		Omaha	AAA
	OF-RF		Jacksonville	AA
Robert Davis	C		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
John Devich	OF		Butte	Rk
Duane Dewey	C-1B	25	Omaha	AAA
	C-1B		Jacksonville	AA
Bob Ferris	C-1B-		Jacksonville	AA
Andre Frazier			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mark Funderburk	OF	26	Omaha	AAA
Bill Gaunce	C		Fort Myers	A+
Cesar Geronimo	OF	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Doug Gilcrease	SS		Fort Myers	A+
James Gleissner	C		Fort Myers	A+
Craig Goodin	SS		Charleston (Sc)	A
Charles Green	2B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Larry Gura	P	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Matthew Hall	OF		Fort Myers	A+
Steve Hammond	OF	26	Omaha	AAA
Roger Hansen	3B	22	Jacksonville	AA
	3B		Fort Myers	A+
Harold Hatcher	C	23	Jacksonville	AA
	C		Fort Myers	A+
Kelly Heath	2B	26	Omaha	AAA
Bob Hegman	2B	25	Omaha	AAA
	2B		Jacksonville	AA
Vaughn Hempfield			Charleston (Sc)	A
Efrain Hernandez			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Don Hood	P	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mark Huismann	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Danny Jackson	P	21	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Joe Jarrell	IF		Charleston (Sc)	A
Ron Johnson	1B	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B		Omaha	AAA
Rondin Johnson	2B	24	Jacksonville	AA
Mike Kingery	CF-RF	22	Fort Myers	A+
Dave Landrith	C		Butte	Rk
Dave Leeper	OF	23	Omaha	AAA
	OF		Jacksonville	AA
Dennis Leonard	P	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jere Longenecker	1B		Butte	Rk
John Lutz	3B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Todd Mabe	SS		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jerry Martin	OF	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Hal McRae	OF	38	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Miller	2B	22	Butte	Rk
Tom Mohr	OF		Butte	Rk
John Morris	RF-CF	22	Jacksonville	AA
Darryl Motley	OF	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Willie Neal	OF		Fort Myers	A+
Jeff Neuzil	SS		Fort Myers	A+
Tom Niemann	C	22	Butte	Rk
Warren Oliver	SS		Fort Myers	A+
Roland Oruna			Fort Myers	A+
			Charleston (Sc)	A
Amos Otis	OF	36	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Stan Oxner	C		Butte	Rk
Cliff Pastornicky	3B	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	3B		Omaha	AAA
Bill Pecota	3B-SS	23	Jacksonville	AA
	3B-SS		Fort Myers	A+
Cristobal Perdomo			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Gaylord Perry	P	45	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Geoff Petersen			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jay Phillips	2B		Charleston (Sc)	A
Mark Pirruccello	C		Jacksonville	AA
	C		Charleston (Sc)	A
Brian Poldberg	C	26	Omaha	AAA
Greg Pryor	3B-SS	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Daniel Quintero			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Dan Quisenberry	P	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Eric Rasmussen	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Steve Renko	P	38	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Nicky Richards			Charleston (Sc)	A
Tim Richardson	1B		Charleston (Sc)	A
Jesus Rivera			Omaha	AAA
Rick Rizzo	OF		Jacksonville	AA
	OF		Fort Myers	A+
Leon Roberts	OF	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dave Rooker	OF		Butte	Rk
Carey Ross	3B		Charleston (Sc)	A
John Rubel	OF		Butte	Rk
Mark Ryal	OF-RF	23	Omaha	AAA
Jeff Schulz	RF-LF	22	Butte	Rk
Jim Scranton	SS	23	Jacksonville	AA
Kevin Seitzer	3B-1B	21	Butte	Rk
Pat Sheridan	OF-RF	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	OF-RF		Omaha	AAA
Jack Shuffield	OF		Charleston (Sc)	A
Joe Simpson	OF	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Don Slaught	C	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Van Snider	LF-RF	20	Jacksonville	AA
	LF-RF		Charleston (Sc)	A
Paul Splittorff	P	36	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Kevin Stanley	P		Butte	Rk
Russ Stephans	C	24	Omaha	AAA
Darren Sturdivant	C	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Joe Szekely	OF	22	Charleston (Sc)	A
Gary Thurman	RF-LF	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Bob Tufts	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	P		Omaha	AAA
Mark Van Blaricom	SS	19	Butte	Rk
Alberto Vasquez			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
David Velez	SS		Charleston (Sc)	A
Lazaro Vilella			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Richard Vitato	IF		Fort Myers	A+
	IF		Charleston (Sc)	A
Thomas Wallace			Charleston (Sc)	A
U.L. Washington	SS	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
John Wathan	C-1B	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Frank White	2B	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Willis Whitehurst	SS		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Marty Wilkerson	SS		Jacksonville	AA
Keith Williamson	OF		Charleston (Sc)	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Frank Wills	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Willie Wilson	OF-CF	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
John Zelenka	2B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Evelio Alvarez		Omaha	AAA
		Jacksonville	AA
Mike Armstrong	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Brian Aube		Charleston (Sc)	A
Ed Bass		Charleston (Sc)	A
Bud Black	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	26	Omaha	AAA
Vida Blue	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dennis Boatright		Butte	Rk
Derek Botelho	27	Omaha	AAA
John Brown		Fort Myers	A+
		Charleston (Sc)	A
Scott Brown	27	Omaha	AAA
Richard Burke		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Bill Castro	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Daniel Chelini		Butte	Rk
Doug Cook		Fort Myers	A+
		Charleston (Sc)	A
Keith Creel	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	24	Omaha	AAA
Miguel Cuevas		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Brad Davis		Charleston (Sc)	A
		Butte	Rk
John Davis	20	Charleston (Sc)	A
Robert DeBord		Charleston (Sc)	A
Edward Devan		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
David Digirolamo		Butte	Rk
Thomas Drizmala		Fort Myers	A+
		Charleston (Sc)	A
Tom Edens	22	Butte	Rk
Richard Evans		Fort Myers	A+
Tony Ferreira	20	Jacksonville	AA
Daniel Fischer		Jacksonville	AA
Phillip George		Butte	Rk
Craig Goodin		Charleston (Sc)	A
Mark Gubicza	21	Jacksonville	AA
Larry Gura	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Nick Harsh	24	Jacksonville	AA
Don Hood	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	33	Omaha	AAA
Mark Huismann	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
	25	Jacksonville	AA
Jeff Hull	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Danny Jackson	21	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	21	Omaha	AAA
Mike Jones	24	Fort Myers	A+
Rickey Keeton	26	Omaha	AAA
Gary Klein		Butte	Rk
David Koller		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Dennis Leonard	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Stefan Lipson		Butte	Rk
Charles Luman		Butte	Rk
Frank Marrero		Charleston (Sc)	A
Art Martinez	22	Jacksonville	AA
	22	Fort Myers	A+
Ron McCormack		Charleston (Sc)	A
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
James Miner		Fort Myers	A+
Tom Mohr		Butte	Rk
Edwin Morales		Fort Myers	A+
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mike Olson		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
Mike Parrott	28	Omaha	AAA
Valerio Perez		Jacksonville	AA
		Charleston (Sc)	A
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Gaylord Perry	45	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Vine Pone		Fort Myers	A+
		Charleston (Sc)	A
Valerio Powers		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Dan Quisenberry	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Eric Rasmussen	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Glenn Ray		Jacksonville	AA
Steve Renko	38	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Randy Robinson		Butte	Rk
Bret Saberhagen	19	Jacksonville	AA
	19	Fort Myers	A+
Israel Sanchez	20	Charleston (Sc)	A
Dave Schuler	29	Omaha	AAA
John Serritella		Charleston (Sc)	A
		Butte	Rk
Theo Shaw		Jacksonville	AA
Joe Simpson	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Floyd Smith		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Dave Snell		Butte	Rk
Paul Splittorff	36	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Daniel St. Clair		Omaha	AAA
Scott Steinmann		Charleston (Sc)	A
Lester Strode	25	Jacksonville	AA
Perry Swanson		Fort Myers	A+
Jose Torres		Butte	Rk
Kevin Tuck		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Bob Tufts	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	27	Omaha	AAA
Jose Velazquez		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Robert Vodvarka		Butte	Rk
Mark Walberg		Fort Myers	A+
Duane Ware		Fort Myers	A+
Bill Wilder		Fort Myers	A+
Frank Wills	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	24	Omaha	AAA
	24	Jacksonville	AA
David Wong		Jacksonville	AA
Reggie Wyatt		Fort Myers	A+
John Yowler		Fort Myers	A+
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Vin Yuhas		Omaha	AAA