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1981 Kansas City Royals
Record: 100-60
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 778
Runs Allowed: 591
Exp W-L: 100-60
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,321,467
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 10th in the American League
AA: 61-76, 10th in the American League
A: 83-54, 4th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Detroit Tigers
 
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
SS  Joe Ferguson 34 152 597 102 156 20 2 26 80 3 4 100 113 .261 .365 .432 .797 100.2 20.0 3.7
2B  Greg Luzinski 30 148 599 97 146 33 3 30 85 0 0 69 134 .244 .323 .459 .783 90.2 17.1 4.0
DH *Bernie Carbo 33 148 548 78 134 24 1 27 85 0 1 85 104 .245 .347 .440 .787 86.8 17.0 0.0
3B *Oscar Gamble 31 150 565 83 141 26 4 26 86 0 0 51 108 .250 .314 .448 .761 77.6 13.1 1.9
CF *Johnny Grubb 32 153 562 83 163 26 3 17 70 0 0 57 60 .290 .354 .438 .792 81.5 16.0 5.3
3B  Eric Soderholm 32 151 549 73 130 32 2 16 80 0 1 59 78 .237 .314 .390 .704 65.2 9.2 5.9
C  Johnny Bench 33 141 547 75 139 34 0 23 72 0 0 50 113 .254 .315 .442 .758 76.0 13.6 8.1
SS  Dick Allen 39 154 515 86 130 20 6 23 84 38 7 81 143 .252 .353 .449 .802 85.8 17.2 8.3
2B #Sergio Ferrer 30 156 460 38 81 18 2 6 45 4 4 45 108 .176 .258 .263 .521 29.3 0.0 8.6
CF  Larry Hisle 34 93 207 25 57 6 0 5 24 2 0 14 38 .275 .322 .377 .698 26.1 3.9 1.4
CF  Joe Lis 34 77 195 22 39 3 1 8 28 0 0 25 43 .200 .294 .349 .643 20.1 1.9 0.8
C  Bob Boone 33 32 81 6 19 4 0 0 11 0 0 6 11 .235 .287 .284 .571 7.0 0.4 1.3
CF  Marvin Lane 31 55 58 10 16 2 1 0 7 7 4 10 10 .276 .382 .345 .727 8.7 1.5 1.0
C  Cliff Johnson 33 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 32.8 1614 5488 778 1351 248 25 207 758 54 21 654 1064 .246 .327 .414 .741 754.5 130.7 50.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 2 10 7 12 1 2 8 2 1 12 10 6 3 4 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
 Gary Nolan 33 21 8 .724 36 36 0 288.0 236 81 30 32 226 2.53 29.2
 Nino Espinosa 27 14 12 .538 34 34 0 266.7 263 115 27 51 168 3.88 16.0
 Ed Halicki 30 20 7 .741 34 34 0 260.0 246 90 19 62 124 3.12 22.7
 Ray Corbin 32 15 8 .652 30 30 0 211.0 231 78 8 30 76 3.33 16.7
 Phil Hennigan 35 10 6 .625 26 26 0 172.3 148 78 17 46 108 4.07 10.0
 Jeff Reardon 25 11 13 .458 89 0 30 112.0 119 48 11 43 60 3.86 11.8
 Luis Aponte 28 4 2 .667 58 0 6 59.0 60 25 3 20 26 3.81 5.8
 Larry Andersen 28 2 2 .500 53 0 6 47.3 40 21 4 17 27 3.99 4.4
 John Gelnar 38 3 2 .600 27 0 0 36.7 34 16 5 14 25 3.93 2.2
Team Totals 30.7 100 60 .625 387 160 42 1453.0 1377 552 124 315 840 3.42 118.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 4 2 2 3 5 2 1 2 2  
* - 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 .988 33.3
J.Bench 1217.7 135 139 733 67 7 1 .991 42.1
B.Boone 217.3 24 31 131 8 2 1 .986 20.0
C.Johnson 14.0 1 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Ferguson 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1453.0 160 175 874 76 9 2 .991 38.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.74
O.Gamble 1248.3 138 140 1563 108 21 140 .988 12.05
J.Lis 143.7 16 16 182 13 1 9 .995 12.22
L.Hisle 55.0 6 6 69 3 0 4 1.000 11.78
D.Allen 6.0 0 1 9 1 0 1 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1453.0 160 163 1823 125 22 154 .989 12.07
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.03
S.Ferrer 1302.7 156 156 295 593 9 114 .990 6.14
L.Hisle 90.0 4 32 19 37 3 6 .949 5.60
M.Lane 48.0 0 24 12 19 0 9 1.000 5.81
G.Luzinski 11.3 0 4 6 5 0 0 1.000 8.74
J.Lis 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1453.0 160 217 333 654 12 129 .988 6.11
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.86
E.Soderholm 1298.7 142 150 61 330 13 25 .968 2.71
L.Hisle 116.3 14 15 7 25 0 2 1.000 2.48
M.Lane 36.0 4 6 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.00
O.Gamble 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Allen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.0 160 173 69 358 13 28 .970 2.64
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.38
D.Allen 1349.0 148 150 184 604 19 107 .976 5.26
M.Lane 101.0 12 12 17 42 0 8 1.000 5.26
L.Hisle 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1453.0 160 163 201 648 19 115 .978 5.26
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.97
J.Ferguson 1335.3 148 149 262 4 0 1 1.000 1.79
J.Lis 88.0 10 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
L.Hisle 15.7 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.15
O.Gamble 10.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Johnson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Luzinski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Lane 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1453.0 160 172 283 4 0 1 1.000 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.52
J.Grubb 1340.3 148 151 350 12 7 3 .981 2.43
J.Lis 67.7 7 8 12 1 0 1 1.000 1.73
L.Hisle 44.0 5 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
M.Lane 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.0 160 166 375 13 7 4 .982 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.02
G.Luzinski 1285.7 143 143 272 5 0 1 1.000 1.94
L.Hisle 72.3 8 8 14 0 1 0 .933 1.74
J.Lis 69.0 8 8 17 0 2 0 .895 2.22
O.Gamble 13.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
M.Lane 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Grubb 6.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1453.0 160 166 309 5 3 1 .991 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.01
G.Nolan 288.0 36 36 17 39 4 1 .933 1.75
N.Espinosa 266.7 34 34 19 48 1 2 .985 2.26
E.Halicki 260.0 34 34 9 39 0 4 1.000 1.66
R.Corbin 211.0 30 30 20 30 0 0 1.000 2.13
P.Hennigan 172.3 26 26 9 26 1 3 .972 1.83
J.Reardon 112.0 0 89 7 19 1 0 .963 2.09
L.Aponte 59.0 0 58 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.83
L.Andersen 47.3 0 53 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.33
J.Gelnar 36.7 0 27 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.47
Team Total 1453.0 160 387 88 219 7 10 .978 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Grubb .290
On-Base Pct Ferguson .365
Slugging Pct Luzinski .459
OPS Allen .802
XR Ferguson 100.2
Games Ferrer 156
At-Bats Luzinski 599
Runs Ferguson 102
Hits Grubb 163
Total Bases Luzinski 275
Singles Grubb 117
Doubles Bench 34
Triples Allen 6
Homeruns Luzinski 30
RBIs Gamble 86
Stolen Bases Allen 38
Caught Stealing Allen 7
Walks Ferguson 100
Strikeouts Allen 143
ERA Nolan 2.53
Wins Nolan 21
Losses Reardon 13
Winning Pct Halicki .741
Saves Reardon 30
Games Pitched Reardon 89
Games Started Nolan 36
Complete Games Espinosa 10
Shutouts Espinosa 3
Innings Pitched Nolan 288.0
Hits Allowed Espinosa 263
Homeruns Allowed Nolan 30
Strikeouts Nolan 226
Walks Allowed Halicki 62
Walks per 9IP Nolan 1.0
Hits per 9IP Nolan 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Nolan 7.1
WHiP Nolan 0.93
OAVG Nolan .219
OOBP Nolan .242
OSLG Nolan .351
OOPS Nolan .593
Team All-Stars
Johnny Bench
Gary Nolan
Jeff Reardon
Player Salaries
Gary Nolan $ 15,000,000
Bernie Carbo $ 7,070,707
Johnny Bench $ 6,400,000
Joe Ferguson $ 5,790,000
Greg Luzinski $ 5,250,000
Oscar Gamble $ 5,210,000
Ray Corbin $ 4,790,000
Eric Soderholm $ 4,750,000
John Gelnar $ 3,666,666
Ed Halicki $ 2,990,000
Phil Hennigan $ 2,500,000
Joe Lis $ 2,000,000
Johnny Grubb $ 2,000,000
Larry Hisle $ 1,600,000
Dick Allen $ 1,500,000
Cliff Johnson $ 1,000,000
Larry Andersen $ 920,000
Sergio Ferrer $ 634,286
Nino Espinosa $ 300,000
Marvin Lane $ 300,000
Bob Boone $ 300,000
Jeff Reardon $ 300,000
Luis Aponte $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Luis Salazar Colorado Vic Albury
$4,707,296
2/15 Signed     Bernie Carbo
4/3 Signed     Champ Summers
 
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