1985 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1984 Season 1986 Season

Record: 91-71-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason:
Won World Series (4-3) over St. Louis Cardinals
Won AL Championship Series (4-3) over Toronto Blue Jays

Manager: Dick Howser (91-71)

General Manager: John Schuerholz

Scouting Director: Art Stewart

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 2,162,717 (5th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 86-76, 687 Runs, 639 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jim Sundberg	34	115	407	367	38	90	12	4	10	35	0	2	33	67	.245	.308	.381	.689	89	140	9	1	4	2	3
2	1B	Steve Balboni	28	160	662	600	74	146	28	2	36	88	1	1	52	166	.243	.307	.477	.783	112	286	14	5	0	5	4
3	2B	Frank White	34	149	600	563	62	140	25	1	22	69	10	4	28	86	.249	.284	.414	.698	90	233	8	1	5	3	2
4	SS	Onix Concepción	27	131	349	314	32	64	5	1	2	20	4	4	16	29	.204	.255	.245	.500	39	77	8	6	12	1	0
5	3B	George Brett*	32	155	665	550	108	184	38	5	30	112	9	1	103	49	.335	.436	.585	1.022	179	322	12	3	0	9	31
6	LF	Lonnie Smith	29	120	498	448	77	115	23	4	6	41	40	7	41	69	.257	.321	.366	.687	89	164	2	4	0	5	0
7	CF	Willie Wilson#	29	141	642	605	87	168	25	21	4	43	43	11	29	94	.278	.316	.408	.724	98	247	6	5	2	1	3
8	RF	Darryl Motley	25	123	408	383	45	85	20	1	17	49	6	4	18	57	.222	.257	.413	.670	81	158	17	2	0	5	2
9	DH	Hal McRae	39	112	369	320	41	83	19	0	14	70	0	1	44	45	.259	.349	.450	.799	118	144	12	1	2	2	3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	DH	Jorge Orta*	34	110	330	300	32	80	21	1	4	45	2	1	22	28	.267	.317	.383	.700	92	115	8	2	2	4	5
11	RF	Pat Sheridan*	27	78	234	206	18	47	9	2	3	17	11	3	23	38	.228	.307	.335	.642	77	69	4	1	3	1	2
12	OF	Lynn Jones	32	110	169	152	12	32	7	0	0	9	0	1	8	15	.211	.261	.257	.517	44	39	6	3	4	2	0
13	C	John Wathan	35	60	165	145	11	34	8	1	1	9	1	1	17	15	.234	.319	.324	.643	78	47	4	1	2	0	0
14	SS	Buddy Biancalana#	25	81	161	138	21	26	5	1	1	6	1	4	17	34	.188	.277	.261	.538	50	36	1	0	5	0	0
15	OF	Dane Iorg*	35	64	138	130	7	29	9	1	1	21	0	1	8	16	.223	.268	.331	.599	64	43	6	0	0	0	2
16	IF	Greg Pryor	35	63	125	114	8	25	3	0	1	3	0	1	8	12	.219	.270	.272	.542	50	31	6	0	3	0	0
17	OF	Omar Moreno*	32	24	75	70	9	17	1	3	2	12	0	1	3	8	.243	.280	.429	.709	92	30	1	1	0	1	0
18	C	Jamie Quirk*	30	19	59	57	3	16	3	1	0	4	0	0	2	9	.281	.305	.368	.674	85	21	1	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Dave Leeper*	25	15	35	34	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	.088	.114	.088	.203	-43	3	0	0	0	0	0
20	SS	Jim Scranton	25	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	2B	Bob Hegman	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
22	P	Steve Farr	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Bud Black*	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Mike Jones*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Dennis Leonard	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Bret Saberhagen	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Mark Gubicza	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Charlie Leibrandt	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Larry Gura#	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Danny Jackson	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Mark Huismann	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Dan Quisenberry	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Tony Ferreira*	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Beckwith*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Mike LaCoss	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	31.0	162	6095	5500	687	1384	261	49	154	657	128	48	473	840	.252	.313	.401	.714	95	2205	125	36	44	41	57
		Rank in 14 AL teams				10	13	12	6	2	8		5	7	12	8	13	14	8	10		9		4		11
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Charlie Leibrandt*	28	17	9	.654	2.69	33	33	0	8	3	0	237.2	223	86	71	17	68	3	108	2	3	4	983	153	3.59	1.224	8.4	0.6	2.6	4.1	1.59
2	SP	Bret Saberhagen	21	20	6	.769	2.87	32	32	0	10	1	0	235.1	211	79	75	19	38	1	158	1	3	1	931	143	2.89	1.058	8.1	0.7	1.5	6.0	4.16
3	SP	Danny Jackson*	23	14	12	.538	3.42	32	32	0	4	3	0	208.0	209	94	79	7	76	2	114	6	2	4	893	120	3.21	1.370	9.0	0.3	3.3	4.9	1.50
4	SP	Bud Black*	28	10	15	.400	4.33	33	33	0	5	2	0	205.2	216	111	99	17	59	4	122	8	1	9	885	95	3.55	1.337	9.5	0.7	2.6	5.3	2.07
5	SP	Mark Gubicza	22	14	10	.583	4.06	29	28	0	0	0	0	177.1	160	88	80	14	77	0	99	5	0	12	760	101	3.98	1.336	8.1	0.7	3.9	5.0	1.29
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Dan Quisenberry	32	8	9	.471	2.37	84	0	76	0	0	37	129.0	142	41	34	8	16	5	54	1	0	0	532	174	3.05	1.225	9.9	0.6	1.1	3.8	3.38
7	RP	Joe Beckwith	30	1	5	.167	4.07	49	0	21	0	0	1	95.0	99	45	43	9	32	8	80	3	0	6	410	101	3.34	1.379	9.4	0.9	3.0	7.6	2.50
8	RP	Mike Jones*	25	3	3	.500	4.78	33	1	16	0	0	0	64.0	62	40	34	6	39	4	32	0	0	1	290	86	4.73	1.578	8.7	0.8	5.5	4.5	0.82
9	RP	Mike LaCoss	29	1	1	.500	5.09	21	0	7	0	0	1	40.2	49	25	23	2	29	6	26	0	0	2	193	81	4.18	1.918	10.8	0.4	6.4	5.8	0.90
10	RP	Steve Farr	28	2	1	.667	3.11	16	3	5	0	0	1	37.2	34	15	13	2	20	4	36	2	0	2	164	134	3.21	1.434	8.1	0.5	4.8	8.6	1.80
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Mark Huismann	27	1	0	1.000	1.93	9	0	6	0	0	0	18.2	14	4	4	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	70	217	2.90	0.911	6.8	0.5	1.4	4.3	3.00
12		Tony Ferreira*	22	0	0		7.94	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	6	5	5	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	24	55	1.98	1.412	9.5	0.0	3.2	7.9	2.50
13		Larry Gura*	37	0	0		12.46	3	0	2	0	0	1	4.1	7	6	6	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	23	36	7.53	2.538	14.5	2.1	8.3	4.2	0.50
14		Dennis Leonard	34	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7		1.68	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
		Team Totals	25.8	91	71	.562	3.49	162	162	135	27	9	41	1461.0	1433	639	566	103	463	37	846	28	9	42	6165	118	3.45	1.298	8.8	0.6	2.9	5.2	1.83
		Rank in 14 AL teams		3	12		2				6	1	3	2	5	2	2	1	2		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W