1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

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Team Record: 92-70 .568
Result: 2nd in American League - West Division
Manager(s): John Wathan
General Manager: John Schuerholz
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,477,700
Payroll: $15,421,662
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bob Boone (41)
Youngest Player: Kevin Appier (21)
Longest Tenure: Frank White, George Brett (17)
Top Hitter: Bo Jackson (15)
Top Pitcher: Bret Saberhagen (1)
Top Draft Pick: Brent Mayne (#13)

Roster Continuity: 83.56%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Oakland	99	63	.611	--
KC Royals	92	70	.568	7.0
California	91	71	.562	8.0
Texas	83	79	.512	16.0
Minnesota	80	82	.494	19.0
Seattle	73	89	.451	26.0
Chi White Sox	69	92	.429	29.5

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
33	Kevin Seitzer	3b-1b	26	27	1983-11-283	MLB	160	597	78	168	17	2	4	48	17	8	102	76	5	7	4	7	16	.281	.387	.337	723	201	715	464	89	5.2	.313
16	Bo Jackson	lf-cf	15	26	1986-4-105	MLB	135	515	86	132	15	6	32	105	26	9	39	172	3	8	0	4	10	.256	.310	.495	805	255	561	406	75	5.0	.317
22	Jim Eisenreich	rf-lf	35	30	1980-16-402	MLB	134	475	64	139	33	7	9	59	27	8	37	44	0	9	3	4	8	.293	.341	.448	790	213	519	359	84	6.3	.305
1	Kurt Stillwell	ss-2b	45	24	1983-1-2	MLB	130	463	52	121	20	7	7	54	9	6	42	64	3	2	5	3	3	.261	.325	.380	705	176	516	359	65	4.9	.289
5	George Brett	3b-1b	44	36	1971-2-29	MLB	124	457	67	129	26	3	12	80	14	4	59	47	3	14	0	9	18	.282	.362	.431	793	197	528	359	79	5.9	.287
4	Danny Tartabull	rf	53	26	1980-3-71	MLB	133	441	54	118	22	0	18	62	4	2	69	123	3	2	0	2	12	.268	.369	.440	809	194	515	339	71	5.7	.331
20	Frank White	2b	-	38	UDFA: 1970	MLB	135	418	34	107	22	1	2	36	3	2	30	52	2	0	5	3	7	.256	.307	.328	635	137	458	328	46	3.8	.286
8	Bob Boone	c	93	41	1969-6-124	MLB	131	405	33	111	13	2	1	43	3	2	49	37	2	4	8	5	16	.274	.351	.323	675	131	469	325	50	4.2	.296
30	Pat Tabler	1b-of	-	31	1976-1-16	MLB	123	390	36	101	11	1	2	42	0	0	37	42	2	0	3	2	14	.259	.325	.308	633	120	434	308	40	3.5	.284
6	Willie Wilson	of-cf	71	33	1974-16-379	MLB	112	383	58	97	17	7	3	43	24	6	27	78	1	0	6	6	8	.253	.300	.358	657	137	423	312	43	3.8	.305
3	Brad Wellman	2b-ss	-	29	UDFA: 1979	MLB	103	178	30	41	4	0	2	12	5	3	7	36	1	0	3	0	7	.230	.263	.287	550	51	189	150	9	1.7	.279
14	Bill Buckner	1b-of	-	39	1968-2-25	MLB	79	176	7	38	4	1	1	16	1	0	6	11	0	2	0	1	4	.216	.240	.267	507	47	183	143	11	2.0	.224
15	Mike MacFarlane	c	-	25	1985-4-97	MLB	69	157	13	35	6	0	2	19	0	0	7	27	2	0	0	1	8	.223	.263	.299	563	47	167	131	10	2.0	.256
17	Matt Winters	rf	-	29	1978-1-24	MLB	42	107	14	25	6	0	2	9	0	0	14	23	0	1	0	1	3	.234	.320	.346	665	37	122	86	12	3.8	.277
25	Gary Thurman	rf-lf	-	24	1983-1-21	MLB	72	87	24	17	2	1	0	5	16	0	15	26	0	0	2	1	0	.195	.311	.241	552	21	105	73	9	3.3	.274
9	Luis De los Santos	1b	-	22	1984-2-44	MLB	28	87	6	22	3	1	0	6	0	0	5	14	0	0	0	0	2	.253	.293	.310	604	27	92	67	8	3.1	.301
32	Bill Pecota	3b-ss	-	29	1981-10-234	MLB	65	83	21	17	4	2	3	5	5	0	7	9	1	1	1	0	4	.205	.275	.410	684	34	92	71	11	4.1	.197
29	Rey Palacios	c-3b	-	26	UDFA: 1983	MLB	55	47	12	8	2	0	1	8	0	1	2	14	1	0	2	1	1	.170	.216	.277	492	13	53	44	1	0.8	.212
24	Jeff Schulz	rf-lf	-	28	1983-23-586	MLB	7	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444	2	9	7	0	0.7	.286
18	Bret Saberhagen	p	-	25	1982-19-479	MLB	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (20 players)							162	5475	690	1428	227	41	101	653	154	51	554	897	29	50	42	50	141	.261	.329	.373	702	2040	6150	4331	712	4.4	.293

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	1	25	1982-19-479	MLB	23	6	2.16	36	35	12	4	0	0	262.1	209	74	63	13	43	193	8	1	0.96	7.17	0.45	1.48	6.62	0.22	.260	0.77
23	Mark Gubicza	5	26	1981-2-34	MLB	15	11	3.04	36	36	8	2	0	0	255.0	252	100	86	10	63	173	9	0	1.24	8.89	0.35	2.22	6.11	0.36	.306	1.44
36	Tom Gordon	12	21	1986-6-157	MLB	17	9	3.64	49	16	1	1	16	1	163.0	122	67	66	10	86	153	12	0	1.28	6.74	0.55	4.75	8.45	0.56	.267	0.99
37	Charlie Leibrandt	-	32	1978-9-225	MLB	5	11	5.14	33	27	3	1	3	0	161.0	196	98	92	13	54	73	9	2	1.55	10.96	0.73	3.02	4.08	0.74	.328	0.71
27	Luis Aquino	-	25	UDFA: 1982	MLB	6	8	3.50	34	16	2	1	7	0	141.1	148	62	55	6	35	68	4	0	1.29	9.42	0.38	2.23	4.33	0.51	.301	0.73
21	Jeff Montgomery	59	27	1983-9-212	MLB	7	3	1.37	63	0	0	0	39	18	92.0	66	16	14	3	25	94	6	1	0.99	6.46	0.29	2.45	9.20	0.27	.266	0.98
19	Floyd Bannister	-	34	1976-1-1	MLB	4	1	4.66	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.1	87	40	39	8	18	35	1	0	1.39	10.39	0.96	2.15	4.18	0.51	.307	0.67
38	Terry Leach	-	35	1976-7-135	MLB	5	6	4.15	30	3	0	0	6	0	73.2	78	46	34	4	36	34	1	1	1.55	9.53	0.49	4.40	4.15	1.06	.305	0.84
26	Steve Farr	60	32	UDFA: 1976	MLB	2	5	4.12	51	2	0	0	40	18	63.1	75	35	29	5	22	56	2	0	1.53	10.66	0.71	3.13	7.96	0.39	.365	0.83
49	Steve Crawford	-	31	UDFA: 1978	MLB	3	1	2.83	25	0	0	0	5	0	54.0	48	19	17	2	19	33	0	0	1.24	8.00	0.33	3.17	5.50	0.58	.282	1.45
34	Larry McWilliams	-	35	1974-1-6	MLB	2	2	4.13	8	5	1	0	0	0	32.2	31	15	15	2	8	24	2	0	1.19	8.54	0.55	2.20	6.61	0.33	--	0.87
40	Rick Luecken	-	28	1983-27-667	MLB	2	1	3.42	19	0	0	0	12	1	23.2	23	9	9	3	13	16	0	1	1.52	8.75	1.14	4.94	6.08	0.81	.286	1.14
55	Kevin Appier	-	21	1987-1-9	MLB	1	4	9.14	6	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	34	22	22	3	12	10	0	0	2.12	14.12	1.25	4.98	4.15	1.20	.397	0.50
39	Jerry Don Gleaton	-	31	1979-1-17	MLB	0	0	5.65	15	0	0	0	5	0	14.1	20	10	9	0	6	9	0	1	1.81	12.56	0.00	3.77	5.65	0.67	.408	0.55
54	Jose DeJesus	-	24	UDFA: 1983	MLB	0	0	4.50	3	1	0	0	1	0	8.0	7	4	4	1	8	2	0	0	1.88	7.88	1.13	9.00	2.25	4.00	.231	0.42
34	Stan Clarke	-	28	1981-6-134	MLB	0	2	15.43	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	14	12	12	2	4	2	1	0	2.57	18.00	2.57	5.14	2.57	2.00	.429	0.43
45	Bob Buchanan	-	28	1979-2-41	MLB	0	0	16.20	2	0	0	0	1	0	3.1	5	6	6	1	3	3	1	0	2.40	13.50	2.70	8.10	8.10	1.00	.364	1.00
Totals: (20 players)						92	70	3.55	162	162	27	9	135	38	1,452	1415	635	572	101	455	978	56	7	1.37	8.77	0.53	2.82	6.06	0.47	.305

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Boone	C	129		752	64	7	6	.991	0.00
Mike MacFarlane	C	59		249	17	1	4	.996	0.00
Rey Palacios	C	13		24	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Brett	1B	104		896	80	2	71	.998	0.00
Luis De los Santos	1B	27		203	16	3	23	.986	0.00
Bill Buckner	1B	24		181	13	3	19	.985	0.00
Pat Tabler	1B	20		126	13	1	10	.993	0.00
Rey Palacios	1B	18		59	4	1	8	.984	0.00
Bill Pecota	1B	4		8	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Kevin Seitzer	1B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank White	2B	132		238	407	10	64	.985	0.00
Brad Wellman	2B	64		74	128	1	27	.995	0.00
Bill Pecota	2B	12		8	19	0	3	1.000	0.00
Pat Tabler	2B	3		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kevin Seitzer	3B	159		112	272	20	28	.950	0.00
Rey Palacios	3B	21		13	10	1	0	.958	0.00
Bill Pecota	3B	7		2	6	1	2	.889	0.00
Brad Wellman	3B	3		0	0	0	0	.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	130		179	334	16	65	.970	0.00
Brad Wellman	SS	34		30	56	1	15	.989	0.00
Bill Pecota	SS	29		27	54	1	8	.988	0.00
Kevin Seitzer	SS	6		5	5	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Eisenreich	OF	123		273	4	3	0	.989	0.00
Bo Jackson	OF	110		224	11	8	2	.967	0.00
Willie Wilson	OF	108		252	2	6	0	.977	0.00
Danny Tartabull	OF	71		108	3	2	0	.982	0.00
Gary Thurman	OF	60		54	2	3	0	.949	0.00
Pat Tabler	OF	55		89	8	3	1	.970	0.00
Matt Winters	OF	31		45	1	3	0	.939	0.00
Bill Pecota	OF	15		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jeff Schulz	OF	5		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kevin Seitzer	OF	3		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
George Brett	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rey Palacios	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Frank White	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff Montgomery	P	63	92	11	6	2	1	.895	1.66
Steve Farr	P	51	63	7	4	0	0	1.000	1.57
Tom Gordon	P	49	163	15	26	0	7	1.000	2.26
Mark Gubicza	P	36	255	18	49	5	0	.931	2.36
Bret Saberhagen	P	36	262	21	36	4	1	.934	1.96
Luis Aquino	P	34	141	11	23	0	3	1.000	2.17
Charlie Leibrandt	P	33	161	6	26	2	0	.941	1.79
Terry Leach	P	30	73	5	19	4	0	.857	2.95
Steve Crawford	P	25	54	7	13	0	1	1.000	3.33
Rick Luecken	P	19	23	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.55
Jerry Don Gleaton	P	15	14	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.28
Floyd Bannister	P	14	75	3	15	0	3	1.000	2.16
Larry McWilliams	P	8	32	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.40
Kevin Appier	P	6	21	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.42
Jose DeJesus	P	3	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.13
Bob Buchanan	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Stan Clarke	P	2	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.29
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Danny Tartabull	DH	55						.000	0.00
Pat Tabler	DH	39						.000	0.00
Bo Jackson	DH	24						.000	0.00
Bill Buckner	DH	19						.000	0.00
George Brett	DH	17						.000	0.00
Jim Eisenreich	DH	10						.000	0.00
Mike MacFarlane	DH	4						.000	0.00
Gary Thurman	DH	4						.000	0.00
Matt Winters	DH	3						.000	0.00
Rey Palacios	DH	2						.000	0.00
Bill Pecota	DH	1						.000	0.00
Brad Wellman	DH	1						.000	0.00
Willie Wilson	DH	1						.000	0.00

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