1987 Kansas City Royals season

The 1987 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

1987 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)John Schuerholz
Manager(s)Billy Gardner, John Wathan
Local televisionWDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
Local radioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 8577 0.525 — 56–25 29–52
Kansas City Royals 8379 0.512 2 46–35 37–44
Oakland Athletics 8181 0.500 4 42–39 39–42
Seattle Mariners 7884 0.481 7 40–41 38–43
Chicago White Sox 7785 0.475 8 38–43 39–42
Texas Rangers 7587 0.463 10 43–38 32–49
California Angels 7587 0.463 10 38–43 37–44

Record vs. opponents
1987 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Notable transactions

Roster
1987 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  •  7 Ed Hearn

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
CJamie Quirk10929670.236533
1BGeorge Brett115427124.2902278
2BFrank White154563138.2451778
3BKevin Seitzer161641207.3231583
SSÁngel Salazar11631765.205221
LFBo Jackson11639693.2352253
CFWillie Wilson146610170.279430
RFDanny Tartabull158582180.30934101
DHSteve Balboni12138680.2072460

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Larry Owen7616431.189514

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Danny Jackson362249184.02152

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association John Wathan and Frank Funk
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Bob Schaefer
A Fort Myers Royals Florida State League Jerry Terrell
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Ken Berry
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Rick Mathews
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Luis Silverio

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References
  1. Danny Tartabull at Baseball Reference
  2. Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball Reference
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botelde01.shtml
  4. David Cone at Baseball Reference
  5. Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
  6. Larry Owen at Baseball Reference
  7. Bret Barberie at Baseball Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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