1984 Kansas City Royals
Record: 94-66
Finish: 2nd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 820
Runs Allowed: 664
Exp W-L: 95-65
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,169,803
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 10th in the American League
AA: 42-95, 12th in the American League
A: 80-57, 2nd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to Oakland Athletics
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Cleveland (A) Indians
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Jack Clark 28 153 570 141 162 30 2 57 143 1 0 104 91 .284 .390 .644 1.034 140.0 37.9 2.2
2B  Greg Luzinski 33 154 582 93 137 42 3 26 88 0 0 76 147 .235 .327 .452 .779 84.8 17.2 2.7
CF #Miguel Dilone 29 152 621 88 168 24 8 5 59 69 33 31 26 .271 .305 .359 .664 63.7 8.6 2.5
3B  Ray Knight 31 145 529 59 123 26 2 12 76 1 1 55 63 .233 .305 .357 .663 57.0 7.9 3.6
C  Gene Tenace 37 148 495 78 125 36 1 7 49 3 0 78 78 .253 .364 .372 .735 67.9 14.0 1.7
SS  Dave Hilton 33 141 505 58 149 20 3 6 52 0 0 16 62 .295 .315 .382 .697 54.0 9.6 7.0
C  Keith Moreland 30 97 358 31 84 16 0 4 39 1 0 11 49 .235 .257 .313 .570 26.0 1.3 3.8
CF  Tony Armas 30 76 322 44 78 13 2 13 40 1 0 16 45 .242 .276 .416 .693 36.1 5.7 1.6
LF  Sam Mejias 32 89 310 37 92 19 3 3 38 1 1 12 30 .297 .321 .406 .728 39.4 7.9 1.0
2B  Bobby Grich 35 75 282 45 80 17 2 7 32 0 1 40 56 .284 .374 .433 .807 45.6 10.9 4.1
2B *Lou Whitaker 27 78 283 50 109 19 0 13 58 0 1 40 22 .385 .460 .590 1.050 65.7 19.9 4.0
CF  Dan Ford 32 71 279 39 80 16 2 17 72 2 5 14 46 .287 .324 .541 .866 43.4 9.8 1.5
2B *Bob Sheldon 33 70 200 22 54 7 1 1 27 0 0 18 10 .270 .329 .330 .659 23.8 4.1 0.9
2B #Sergio Ferrer 33 61 131 23 28 2 0 4 16 0 1 26 32 .214 .342 .321 .662 16.2 2.3 1.9
2B  Damaso Garcia 29 22 47 5 6 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 .128 .128 .191 .319 -0.5 0.0 0.6
C *Charlie Sands 36 6 13 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .154 .313 .231 .543 1.2 0.0 0.2
LF  Rich Murray 26 16 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.4 1554 5532 820 1478 288 29 176 793 81 44 540 763 .267 .333 .425 .758 764.5 157.0 39.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 2 5 7 11 1 2 7 7 3 5 4 4 3 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Rick Camp 31 9 14 .391 34 34 0 228.3 239 117 24 74 113 4.61 6.6
 Steve Comer 30 16 7 .696 30 30 0 218.0 231 88 13 61 57 3.63 14.2
*Danny Jackson 22 11 7 .611 37 15 2 141.3 145 68 7 40 54 4.33 7.3
 Dick Ruthven 33 11 4 .733 19 19 0 135.3 132 48 4 30 66 3.19 10.2
*Balor Moore 33 7 9 .438 18 18 0 132.0 130 62 14 44 116 4.23 5.8
 Scott Sanderson 27 8 4 .667 17 17 0 124.7 128 48 14 30 74 3.47 8.2
 Dick Drago 39 6 7 .462 17 17 0 113.3 115 61 11 40 48 4.84 2.6
 Jeff Reardon 28 17 7 .708 78 0 25 111.0 114 46 8 41 69 3.73 12.9
 Odell Jones 31 2 4 .333 50 0 4 84.7 84 26 9 33 52 2.76 6.1
 Mike Lacoss 28 5 2 .714 10 2 0 72.0 59 19 2 26 34 2.38 6.9
 Luis Aponte 31 0 0 .000 35 0 1 65.3 50 22 4 19 46 3.03 4.8
 Phil Hennigan 38 2 1 .667 9 2 0 10.7 15 7 1 6 10 5.90 0.0
 Jeff Dedmon 24 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.7 3 2 1 2 0 10.84 0.0
Team Totals 30.4 94 66 .588 355 154 32 1438.3 1445 614 112 446 739 3.84 85.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 10 3 10 6 4 5 5 8 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 32.1
K.Moreland 828.7 95 95 436 42 6 2 .988 34.4
G.Tenace 317.7 34 37 186 17 0 0 1.000 29.4
S.Mejias 199.0 22 22 103 8 4 0 .965 14.8
B.Sheldon 50.7 5 6 31 1 0 0 1.000 16.7
C.Sands 34.5 5 6 21 1 0 0 1.000 33.3
G.Luzinski 9.0 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1439.5 162 167 783 69 10 2 .988 29.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
J.Clark 1227.0 138 140 1478 128 12 154 .993 11.78
B.Sheldon 188.0 21 21 226 17 4 22 .984 11.63
S.Ferrer 9.0 1 3 8 1 1 1 .900 9.00
G.Tenace 9.0 0 2 9 0 1 1 .900 9.00
R.Murray 2.2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 12.27
Team Total 1435.2 162 169 1724 146 18 178 .990 11.73
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.70
B.Grich 679.1 75 75 136 288 6 58 .986 5.62
L.Whitaker 651.3 73 75 133 282 11 62 .974 5.73
S.Ferrer 107.0 13 14 18 57 0 9 1.000 6.31
D.Garcia 59.8 10 11 11 26 1 5 .974 5.57
B.Sheldon 8.0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.25
S.Mejias 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Knight 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1509.2 172 180 300 656 18 135 .982 5.70
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
R.Knight 1240.7 139 142 74 274 23 20 .938 2.52
S.Ferrer 155.0 19 21 8 37 2 4 .957 2.61
D.Garcia 18.1 3 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.49
B.Sheldon 17.7 1 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.51
M.Dilone 9.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
K.Moreland 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Whitaker 1.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Murray 0.4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.2 163 178 83 317 26 25 .939 2.49
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.32
D.Hilton 1181.3 138 140 204 503 14 107 .981 5.39
S.Ferrer 102.7 11 19 14 41 2 4 .965 4.82
B.Sheldon 56.0 3 20 11 28 2 5 .951 6.27
D.Garcia 24.3 3 6 5 11 0 3 1.000 5.93
K.Moreland 4.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
M.Dilone 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Sands 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Murray 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1369.5 155 189 234 586 18 119 .979 5.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.90
M.Dilone 1314.3 146 147 284 11 5 3 .983 2.02
S.Mejias 94.0 11 11 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
B.Sheldon 15.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
J.Clark 12.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
R.Murray 1.9 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Garcia 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Luzinski 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.2 162 165 312 11 5 3 .985 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.56
T.Armas 679.1 74 74 182 5 7 1 .964 2.48
D.Ford 615.7 69 71 178 3 7 0 .963 2.65
S.Mejias 55.0 7 7 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
G.Luzinski 35.0 4 5 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Sheldon 33.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
M.Dilone 26.7 2 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
L.Whitaker 6.4 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.22
R.Murray 1.6 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.5 163 167 412 8 14 1 .968 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.05
G.Luzinski 1299.0 145 147 295 6 2 1 .993 2.09
S.Mejias 121.0 14 16 42 1 0 0 1.000 3.20
K.Moreland 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
R.Murray 3.9 3 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
T.Armas 2.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29
S.Ferrer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.0 163 170 340 7 2 1 .994 2.17
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.12
R.Camp 228.3 34 34 22 36 4 1 .935 2.29
S.Comer 218.0 30 30 13 30 1 7 .977 1.78
D.Jackson 141.3 15 37 8 23 2 4 .939 1.97
D.Ruthven 135.3 19 19 9 21 1 1 .968 2.00
B.Moore 132.0 18 18 8 24 1 3 .970 2.18
S.Sanderson 124.7 17 17 14 18 1 3 .970 2.31
D.Drago 113.3 17 17 5 21 1 1 .963 2.06
J.Reardon 111.0 0 78 6 22 1 2 .966 2.27
O.Jones 84.7 0 50 8 18 1 1 .963 2.76
M.Lacoss 72.0 2 10 5 15 0 1 1.000 2.50
L.Aponte 65.3 0 35 4 8 1 1 .923 1.65
P.Hennigan 10.7 2 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84
J.Dedmon 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 154 355 102 237 14 25 .960 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hilton .295
On-Base Pct Clark .390
Slugging Pct Clark .644
OPS Clark 1.034
XR Clark 140.0
Games Luzinski 154
At-Bats Dilone 621
Runs Clark 141
Hits Dilone 168
Total Bases Clark 367
Singles Dilone 131
Doubles Luzinski 42
Triples Dilone 8
Homeruns Clark 57
RBIs Clark 143
Stolen Bases Dilone 69
Caught Stealing Dilone 33
Walks Clark 104
Strikeouts Luzinski 147
ERA Comer 3.63
Wins Reardon 17
Losses Camp 14
Winning Pct Reardon .708
Saves Reardon 25
Games Pitched Reardon 78
Games Started Camp 34
Complete Games Comer 6
Shutouts Comer 2
Innings Pitched Camp 228.3
Hits Allowed Camp 239
Homeruns Allowed Camp 24
Strikeouts Moore 116
Walks Allowed Camp 74
Walks per 9IP Comer 2.5
Hits per 9IP Camp 9.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Camp 4.5
WHiP Comer 1.34
OAVG Camp .268
OOBP Comer .325
OSLG Comer .380
OOPS Comer .706
Team All-Stars
Jack Clark
Player Salaries
Jack Clark $ 27,000,110
Gene Tenace $ 5,555,555
Greg Luzinski $ 5,250,000
Dan Ford $ 5,250,000
Scott Sanderson $ 4,957,143
Lou Whitaker $ 4,642,857
Dick Ruthven $ 4,500,000
Rick Camp $ 4,440,000
Miguel Dilone $ 3,780,000
Ray Knight $ 2,200,000
Mike Lacoss $ 1,757,143
Steve Comer $ 935,000
Keith Moreland $ 895,000
Dave Hilton $ 750,000
Jeff Reardon $ 662,857
Sam Mejias $ 450,000
Damaso Garcia $ 350,000
Jeff Dedmon $ 300,000
Sergio Ferrer $ 300,000
Odell Jones $ 300,000
Danny Jackson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Oscar Gamble
Greg Luzinski
Johnny Bench
Bobby Grich
Joe Ferguson
San Diego Sam Mejias
2/2 Traded Bernie Carbo
Keith Moreland
Eric Soderholm
Larry Hisle
Sam Mejias
San Diego Bob Sheldon
2/2 Traded Luis Aponte
Ed Halicki
Balor Moore
Ray Corbin
Bob Sheldon
San Diego Sam Mejias
2/2 Traded Larry Andersen
Bill Lee
Phil Hennigan
Dave Pagan
San Diego Bob Sheldon
2/3 Signed     Ray Knight
2/4 Signed     Gene Tenace
2/5 Signed     Jack Clark
2/5 Signed     Rick Camp
2/8 Signed     Dick Drago
2/17 Signed     Tony Armas
3/4 Released Darrell Miller    
3/4 Traded Jim Fuller San Diego Greg Luzinski
Bobby Grich
Keith Moreland
Balor Moore
Luis Aponte
3/4 Traded Bob Galasso San Diego Jim Fuller
Phil Hennigan
4/3 Signed     Darrell Miller
4/3 Signed     Charlie Sands
7/1 Traded Balor Moore
Tony Armas
Bobby Grich
Phil Hennigan
Detroit Lou Whitaker
Scott Sanderson
Dick Ruthven
Mike Lacoss
7/1 Traded Luis Aponte
Dick Drago
Charlie Sands
Detroit Dan Ford
Damaso Garcia
Rich Murray
7/1 Traded Jim Fuller Montreal Rick Ownbey
$7,000,000
10/13 Released Bob Sheldon    
10/13 Released Rich Murray