1986 Kansas City Royals
Record: 98-62
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 849
Runs Allowed: 736
Exp W-L: 90-70
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,368,677
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 5th in the American League
AA: 58-79, 11th in the American League
A: 81-56, 2nd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Baltimore Orioles
 
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 30 153 560 131 155 33 5 59 142 1 0 135 91 .277 .416 .670 1.085 146.5 41.5 0.0
2B  Greg Luzinski 35 151 594 84 138 36 0 25 101 0 0 60 148 .232 .303 .419 .722 74.1 11.5 6.1
1B *Steve Kemp 31 149 563 86 154 24 5 24 101 0 0 80 67 .274 .365 .462 .827 94.6 21.7 1.9
CF  Dan Ford 34 151 593 78 155 31 2 32 105 0 0 41 111 .261 .309 .482 .791 84.6 16.9 1.8
RF  Jeff Burroughs 35 151 569 77 136 19 2 17 62 0 0 66 132 .239 .317 .369 .686 66.2 10.0 6.1
2B  Damaso Garcia 31 149 553 62 161 31 4 5 64 15 4 14 42 .291 .309 .389 .698 60.7 10.6 8.0
LF  Tito Landrum 31 146 532 72 141 27 3 15 66 1 1 37 119 .265 .313 .412 .725 65.0 11.3 1.7
CF #Miguel Dilone 31 146 509 77 148 22 7 4 63 54 23 37 28 .291 .338 .385 .723 65.8 12.3 3.0
C  Gene Tenace 39 99 381 77 105 18 2 8 50 0 0 68 70 .276 .386 .396 .782 65.1 15.2 4.3
C  Keith Moreland 32 83 313 44 97 12 0 2 25 0 0 8 38 .310 .328 .367 .696 34.4 6.3 2.8
LF  Sam Mejias 34 63 221 34 56 10 1 6 26 0 0 13 24 .253 .289 .389 .678 26.3 3.7 0.9
C  Jody Davis 29 37 113 13 34 9 0 2 10 0 0 17 16 .301 .389 .434 .823 17.9 4.1 0.8
SS #Ozzie Smith 31 23 49 14 14 5 0 0 6 2 1 3 5 .286 .327 .388 .715 5.6 1.0 0.7
  Team Totals 32.5 1501 5550 849 1494 277 31 199 821 73 29 579 891 .269 .338 .438 .776 806.9 166.1 38.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 2 5 8 6 1 2 7 2 2 9 5 4 1 1 2  
* - 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
 Dick Ruthven 35 16 12 .571 37 37 0 260.7 318 118 22 53 106 4.07 14.7
 Bill Landrum 28 18 11 .621 35 35 0 234.0 249 102 14 60 117 3.92 15.4
 Steve Comer 32 15 11 .577 30 30 0 208.7 271 122 14 40 76 5.26 6.3
*Danny Jackson 24 10 7 .588 37 20 2 179.7 174 86 9 79 103 4.31 10.2
 Scott Sanderson 29 10 6 .625 68 1 6 135.3 140 72 15 43 68 4.79 7.0
 Greg Minton 34 9 4 .692 23 19 0 131.7 131 58 10 44 52 3.96 8.7
 Mike Lacoss 30 10 6 .625 19 18 0 118.0 127 61 8 60 32 4.65 6.0
 Tim Burke 27 2 2 .500 60 0 2 71.7 68 24 8 27 38 3.01 6.6
 Jeff Reardon 30 8 2 .800 63 0 41 68.0 62 18 3 22 40 2.38 14.8
 Rick Steirer 29 0 1 .000 12 0 0 19.3 23 15 1 8 10 6.98 0.0
*Bob Patterson 27 0 0 .000 4 0 0 6.7 10 7 1 2 2 9.46 0.0
 Odell Jones 33 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 29.8 98 62 .613 389 160 51 1435.0 1574 683 105 439 644 4.28 89.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 1 1 1 1 10 12 1 9 3 11 9  
* - 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 .990 34.5
G.Tenace 844.0 94 97 414 44 3 2 .993 34.8
K.Moreland 439.0 50 50 213 21 2 1 .992 28.6
J.Davis 143.0 15 18 70 5 2 1 .974 16.7
G.Luzinski 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1435.0 160 166 699 71 7 4 .991 30.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.54
T.Landrum 1262.0 143 144 1546 102 18 141 .989 11.75
J.Davis 106.0 11 14 142 5 1 10 .993 12.48
K.Moreland 58.0 6 10 63 4 0 5 1.000 10.40
J.Clark 4.0 0 3 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
S.Kemp 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Tenace 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
O.Smith 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 175 1763 111 19 157 .990 11.75
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.75
G.Luzinski 1327.3 148 149 291 603 14 116 .985 6.06
S.Mejias 70.0 8 9 16 26 0 9 1.000 5.40
O.Smith 25.0 3 3 3 9 0 3 1.000 4.32
K.Moreland 10.0 1 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 6.30
D.Garcia 2.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1435.0 160 164 314 643 14 128 .986 6.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
J.Burroughs 1352.0 151 151 95 326 10 27 .977 2.80
K.Moreland 79.0 9 9 6 19 1 0 .962 2.85
T.Landrum 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 161 101 345 11 27 .976 2.80
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.28
D.Garcia 1299.3 145 147 231 584 20 104 .976 5.65
O.Smith 98.0 11 12 17 42 2 11 .967 5.42
K.Moreland 37.7 4 5 5 15 0 3 1.000 4.78
Team Total 1435.0 160 164 253 641 22 118 .976 5.61
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.87
S.Kemp 1270.0 143 145 293 7 5 1 .984 2.13
S.Mejias 116.3 13 14 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
K.Moreland 37.0 4 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.49
T.Landrum 6.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Clark 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1435.0 160 165 327 7 5 1 .985 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.50
M.Dilone 1283.7 143 145 413 12 1 4 .998 2.98
S.Mejias 146.0 17 17 36 4 0 1 1.000 2.47
G.Luzinski 5.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1435.0 160 163 451 16 1 5 .998 2.93
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.02
D.Ford 1323.7 147 150 295 5 11 0 .965 2.04
S.Mejias 85.0 10 10 16 2 0 0 1.000 1.91
K.Moreland 25.3 3 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.78
S.Kemp 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 165 316 7 12 0 .964 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.94
D.Ruthven 260.7 37 37 12 25 4 1 .902 1.28
B.Landrum 234.0 35 35 17 45 3 5 .954 2.38
S.Comer 208.7 30 30 15 18 0 0 1.000 1.42
D.Jackson 179.7 20 37 7 24 3 4 .912 1.55
S.Sanderson 135.3 1 68 10 25 1 4 .972 2.33
G.Minton 131.7 19 23 6 13 1 2 .950 1.30
M.Lacoss 118.0 18 19 5 18 1 0 .958 1.75
T.Burke 71.7 0 60 4 17 0 1 1.000 2.64
J.Reardon 68.0 0 63 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.59
R.Steirer 19.3 0 12 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.26
B.Patterson 6.7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
O.Jones 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 389 79 202 13 19 .956 1.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Garcia .291
On-Base Pct Clark .416
Slugging Pct Clark .670
OPS Clark 1.085
XR Clark 146.5
Games Clark 153
At-Bats Luzinski 594
Runs Clark 131
Hits Garcia 161
Total Bases Clark 375
Singles Garcia 121
Doubles Luzinski 36
Triples Dilone 7
Homeruns Clark 59
RBIs Clark 142
Stolen Bases Dilone 54
Caught Stealing Dilone 23
Walks Clark 135
Strikeouts Luzinski 148
ERA Landrum 3.92
Wins Landrum 18
Losses Ruthven 12
Winning Pct Lacoss, Sanderson .625
Saves Reardon 41
Games Pitched Sanderson 68
Games Started Ruthven 37
Complete Games Comer, Landrum, Ruthven 5
Shutouts Comer 4
Innings Pitched Ruthven 260.7
Hits Allowed Ruthven 318
Homeruns Allowed Ruthven 22
Strikeouts Landrum 117
Walks Allowed Jackson 79
Walks per 9IP Comer 1.7
Hits per 9IP Jackson 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Jackson 5.2
WHiP Landrum 1.32
OAVG Jackson .254
OOBP Landrum .317
OSLG Jackson .375
OOPS Landrum .704
Team All-Stars
Jack Clark
Dan Ford
Steve Kemp
Jeff Reardon
Dick Ruthven
Gene Tenace
Player Salaries
Jack Clark $ 27,000,110
Jeff Burroughs $ 6,000,000
Dan Ford $ 5,750,000
Dick Ruthven $ 4,500,000
Steve Comer $ 4,235,714
Steve Kemp $ 4,000,000
Greg Luzinski $ 4,000,000
Miguel Dilone $ 3,780,000
Mike Lacoss $ 3,000,000
Jeff Reardon $ 2,500,000
Gene Tenace $ 1,500,000
Greg Minton $ 1,292,000
Odell Jones $ 914,286
Scott Sanderson $ 750,000
Sam Mejias $ 450,000
Damaso Garcia $ 400,000
Ozzie Smith $ 350,000
Frank Dipino $ 350,000
Rick Steirer $ 300,000
Jody Davis $ 300,000
Bill Landrum $ 300,000
Danny Jackson $ 300,000
Tim Burke $ 300,000
Keith Moreland $ 300,000
Tito Landrum $ 300,000
Bob Patterson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Sergio Ferrer Pittsburgh Steve Hammond
$3,000,000
2/4 Traded Ray Knight San Diego Ramon Romero
3/4 Traded Ramon Romero Pittsburgh Mike Bielecki
Tim Burke
Bob Patterson
Rick Steirer
Ozzie Smith
$9,000,000
4/3 Signed     Greg Minton