1982 Kansas City Royals season

The 1982 Kansas City Royals season was their 14th in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished second in the American League West at 90-72, three games behind the California Angels in the first full season as manager for Dick Howser. Hal McRae led the team with 27 home runs and led the American League in runs batted in (133, a single-season franchise record) and doubles (46). Dan Quisenberry's 35 saves was also tops in the American League.

1982 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)John Schuerholz
Manager(s)Dick Howser
Local televisionWDAF-TV
(Al Wisk, Denny Trease)
Local radioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9369 0.574 — 52–29 41–40
Kansas City Royals 9072 0.556 3 56–25 34–47
Chicago White Sox 8775 0.537 6 49–31 38–44
Seattle Mariners 7686 0.469 17 42–39 34–47
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Texas Rangers 6498 0.395 29 38–43 26–55
Minnesota Twins 60102 0.370 33 37–44 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1982 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston 9–4—7–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–7—8–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–8—6–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–6—6–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–6—6–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–6—7–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–7—7–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–7—2–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–2—7–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–7—6–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–6—9–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–9—4–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4—

Opening Day Starters

Notable transactions

Draft Picks

Roster
1982 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 42 José Martínez

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJohn Wathan121448121.270351
1BWillie Aikens134466131.2811774
2BFrank White145524156.2981156
SSU L Washington119437125.2861060
3BGeorge Brett144552166.3012182
LFWillie Wilson136585194.332346
CFAmos Otis125475136.2861188
RFJerry Martin147519138.2661565
DHHal McRae159613189.30827133

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Onix Concepción7420548.234015
Greg Pryor7315241.270212
César Gerónimo5311932.269423
Steve Hammond4612629.230111
Don Slaught4311532.27838
Lee May429128.308312
Jamie Quirk367818.23115
Tom Poquette24629.14503
Dennis Werth41152.13302
Ron Johnson8144.28600
Mark Ryal6131.07700
Bombo Rivera5101.10000
Tim Ireland771.14300
Buddy Biancalana321.50000
Kelly Heath110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Larry Gura3724818124.0398
Vida Blue3118113123.78103
Paul Splittorff2916210104.2874
Dennis Leonard21130.21065.1058

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bud Black2288.1464.5840
Dave Frost2181.2665.5126
Bill Castro2175.2323.4537
Keith Creel941.2145.4013
Derek Botelho824214.1312

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dan Quisenberry7297352.5746
Mike Armstrong525563.2075
Don Hood304013.5131
Grant Jackson203105.1715
Bob Tufts102024.5013
Jim Wright70005.329

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Joe Sparks
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Gene Lamont
A Fort Myers Royals Florida State League Rick Mathews
A Charleston Royals South Atlantic League Roy Tanner
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Joe Jones
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Tommy Jones

Notes
  1. Bud Black at Baseball Reference
  2. Clint Hurdle at Baseball Reference
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martije01.shtml
  4. Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/littlde01.shtml
  6. Rance Mulliniks at Baseball Reference
  7. Blue traded to Royals
  8. Will Clark at Baseball Reference
  9. Bret Saberhagen at Baseball Reference
  10. Andy Stankiewicz at Baseball Reference
  11. Cecil Fielder at Baseball Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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