1988 Kansas City Royals season

The 1988 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 77 losses.

1988 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)John Schuerholz
Manager(s)John Wathan
Local televisionWDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, 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
Oakland Athletics 10458 0.642 — 54–27 50–31
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 13 47–34 44–37
Kansas City Royals 8477 0.522 19½ 44–36 40–41
California Angels 7587 0.463 29 35–46 40–41
Chicago White Sox 7190 0.441 32½ 40–41 31–49
Texas Rangers 7091 0.435 33½ 38–43 32–48
Seattle Mariners 6893 0.422 35½ 37–44 31–49

Record vs. opponents
1988 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster
1988 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  •  7 Ed Hearn

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
1BGeorge Brett157589180.30624103
2BFrank White150537126.235858
CFWillie Wilson147591155.262137
RFDanny Tartabull146507139.27426102
DHBill Buckner8924262.256334

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Pat Tabler8930193.309149
Larry Owen378117.21013
Steve Balboni21639.14325
Luis de los Santos11222.09101
Rey Palacios5111.09100

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Gubicza35269.22082.70183
Charlie Leibrandt3524313123.19125
Bret Saberhagen35260.214163.80171
Floyd Bannister31189.112134.33113

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ted Power2280.1565.9444
Tom Gordon515.2025.1718
José DeJesús22.20127.002

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Farr6254202.5072
Jeff Montgomery457213.4547
Gene Garber260463.5820
Dan Quisenberry200113.559
Israel Sánchez193214.5414
Bud Black172104.9119
Mark Lee40003.600

Awards and records

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Glenn Ezell
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Sal Rende
A Baseball City Royals Florida State League Luis Silverio
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Brian Poldberg
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League P. K. Kirsch
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Carlos Tosca

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References
  1. Mélido Pérez at Baseball Reference
  2. SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  3. Bill Buckner at Baseball Reference
  4. Steve Balboni at Baseball Reference
  5. Bob Hamelin at Baseball Reference
  6. Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference
  7. Bud Black at Baseball Reference
  8. Mark Lee at Baseball Reference
  9. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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