1987 Kansas City Royals Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 83-79
Finished 2nd in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 2,392,471, Avg. 29,906
Ballpark: Royals Stadium
Manager: Billy Gardner (62-64)
Manager: John Wathan (21-15)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1987 Kansas City Royals Roster
1987 Kansas City Royals Results

The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 1987 season with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses, finishing second in the AL's West Division.

The Royals scored 715 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 691 runs. Danny Tartabull walloped 34 home runs for Kansas City, while Kevin Seitzer, Steve Balboni, Frank White, George Brett and Bo Jackson each swatted 20 or more, too. Danny Tartabull accounted for 101 RBI. Kevin Seitzer led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .323 clip. Bret Saberhagen topped the team with 18 wins, and Charlie Leibrandt added 15 or more victories also Bret Saberhagen registered a 3.36 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Gardner and John Wathan coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Bret Saberhagen1810.6433.36333301540257.02469996275321636161048
Charlie Leibrandt1611.5933.4135350830240.323510491237421511391015
Mark Gubicza1318.4193.98353501020241.723111410718120316661141036
Danny Jackson918.3334.02363411120224.0219115100111091152705981
Buddy Black86.5713.6029184001122.312663491635261506520
John Davis52.7142.272701200243.7291311026424202181
Dan Quisenberry41.8002.764703900849.0581515310317100215
Steve Farr43.5714.154701900191.0974742944488202408
Jerry Don Gleaton44.5004.264802200550.7382824428344014210
Melido Perez11.5007.8433000010.318129250500053
Bob Stoddard13.2504.28172400140.0512619322223304190
Gene Garber002.511301200814.31354110310055
Dave Gumpert006.0580300019.32716133601300188
Bob Shirley0014.733010007.3101212560100137
Rick Anderson02.00013.8562100013.02622203911220077
Totals8379.5123.873871621184411261424.0142469161212854827923366546114

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Kevin Seitzer16172564110520733815831278085.323.399.470.869301182110
Danny Tartabull15866758295180273341019479136.309.390.541.931315141052
Willie Wilson14665361097170181543059113288.279.320.377.69823096412
Frank White154624563671383221778135186.245.308.400.708225162445
George Brett115508427711241822278637247.290.388.496.8842121010814
Bo Jackson1164343964693172225310430158.235.296.455.75018035120
Steve Balboni12142538644801112460003497.207.273.427.700165112031
Jamie Quirk1093342962470170533102856.236.307.345.65210284241
Angel Salazar11633231724657022144646.205.219.246.4657860810
Bill Pecota66172156224351314501525.276.343.378.7215931000
Lonnie Smith4819716726427138942431.251.355.359.7156014020
Juan Beniquez57190174144170326001126.236.282.328.6105791221
Thad Bosley8015214013396111600926.279.318.357.6755020122
Larry Owen76188164173160514001651.189.260.317.5775250710
Ross Jones3912411410294201010515.254.285.325.6093751130
Jim Eisenreich4411510510258242111713.238.278.467.7454920032
Gary Thurman2790811224200572820.296.360.321.6812610100
Hal McRae18373251030190051.313.405.500.9051610001
Buddy Biancalana374947410101700110.213.229.298.5271410100
Jorge Orta2153503940240038.180.226.380.6061900001
Ed Hearn621172520030042.294.429.412.840710000
Scotti Madison717154430000015.267.313.467.779700100
Mike Macfarlane821190410030022.211.286.263.549510000
Buddy Black29000000000000000000
John Davis27000000000000000000
Steve Farr47000000000000000000
Bob Stoddard17000000000000000000
Gene Garber13000000000000000000
Bob Shirley3000000000000000000
Jerry Don Gleaton48000000000000000000
Mark Gubicza35000000000000000000
Bret Saberhagen33000000000000000000
Dan Quisenberry47000000000000000000
Dave Gumpert8000000000000000000
Melido Perez3000000000000000000
Danny Jackson36000000000000000000
Charlie Leibrandt35000000000000000000
Rick Anderson6000000000000000000
Totals211761285499715144323940168677125435231034.262.328.412.740226612730344232


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
George Brett1B8383720.379850669.9931.5951.2170000
Steve Balboni1B5554468.052141639.9891.8081.2180000
Kevin Seitzer1B2519171.718323219.9901.8008.2400000
Juan Beniquez1B6546.0501061.0009.9788.5000000
Scotti Madison1B4118.0202041.00011.0005.5000000
Frank White2B1521501277.33204581089.9875.4825.1180000
Bill Pecota2B15670.02027061.0006.0433.1330000
Buddy Biancalana2B12561.7918061.0003.9412.2500000
Ross Jones2B3115.042021.0003.6002.0000000
Kevin Seitzer3B1411391205.31052922232.9472.9642.8160000
George Brett3B111189.371933.8972.6192.3640000
Bill Pecota3B17782.372332.9093.2791.7650000
Juan Beniquez3B6547.00410.800.766.6670000
Jamie QuirkC10888791.05324083.9866.5085.296110763330.3
Larry OwenC7559510.73703874.9837.1915.44050362742.9
Mike MacfarlaneC8756.0292001.0004.9823.875004450.0
Ed HearnC5544.3250001.0005.0755.000103125.0
Scotti MadisonC3322.08130.7503.6823.000005116.7
Danny TartabullOF1491491289.72281161.9761.6681.6040000
Willie WilsonOF1431421221.3342311.9972.5422.4130000
Bo JacksonOF113107939.3180991.9551.8111.6730000
Lonnie SmithOF3231277.352250.9151.7521.6880000
Gary ThurmanOF2725217.061521.9712.7372.4440000
Juan BeniquezOF2218178.7330001.0001.6621.5000000
Thad BosleyOF2812128.728010.9661.9591.0000000
Kevin SeitzerOF3220.020001.000.900.6670000
Bret SaberhagenP3333257.0213425.9651.9261.6670000
Mark GubiczaP3535241.7324027.9732.6812.0570000
Charlie LeibrandtP3535240.3155544.9462.6212.0000000
Danny JacksonP3634224.0132322.9471.4461.0000000
Buddy BlackP2918122.3419001.0001.692.7930000
Steve FarrP47091.03620.818.890.1910000
Jerry Don GleatonP48050.721211.9332.487.2920000
Dan QuisenberryP47049.0613031.0003.490.4040000
John DavisP27043.75711.9232.473.4440000
Bob StoddardP17240.0410011.0003.150.8240000
Dave GumpertP8019.314011.0002.328.6250000
Gene GarberP13014.323001.0003.140.3850000
Rick AndersonP6213.013001.0002.769.6670000
Melido PerezP3310.30010.000.000.0000000
Bob ShirleyP307.310001.0001.227.3330000
Angel SalazarSS11694829.3134332956.9815.0574.0170000
Ross JonesSS3635291.342109413.9744.6654.1940000
Bill PecotaSS3626223.74085320.9775.0303.4720000
Buddy BiancalanaSS22778.7122754.8864.4621.7730000
Jamie QuirkSS101.00000.000.0000000
Totals1844145812816.042721853131406.9794.3013.3221701246634.7




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