1988 Kansas City Royals
Record: 74-86
Finish: 3rd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 796
Runs Allowed: 835
Exp W-L: 77-83
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,324,273
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 10th in the American League
AA: 60-77, 7th in the American League
A: 73-64, 3rd in the American League
 
 
 
 
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
1B *Steve Kemp 33 153 632 98 198 39 2 21 95 0 0 58 116 .313 .369 .481 .850 105.6 24.3 2.2
CF  Dan Ford 36 153 615 97 162 33 3 36 106 0 0 60 143 .263 .330 .502 .833 98.6 19.9 0.0
LF  Jack Clark 32 149 535 121 138 29 3 47 111 0 0 113 108 .258 .391 .587 .978 120.2 29.2 1.6
3B  Dave Hostetler 32 152 565 77 140 23 2 17 81 0 0 73 164 .248 .330 .386 .716 76.2 12.7 2.4
2B  Greg Luzinski 37 151 537 53 92 26 2 11 57 1 2 59 164 .171 .260 .289 .549 38.1 0.0 4.8
C  Jody Davis 31 138 542 71 149 32 1 11 72 0 1 44 80 .275 .328 .399 .726 65.5 11.2 5.0
CF *Dwayne Murphy 33 123 421 61 96 23 3 17 73 2 0 68 92 .228 .335 .418 .753 61.5 10.9 1.6
1B *Al Woods 34 128 406 55 133 26 4 3 54 0 1 23 40 .328 .362 .433 .795 58.9 12.9 1.0
SS #Bob Meacham 27 114 370 54 95 21 1 1 30 0 0 42 31 .257 .338 .327 .665 41.0 5.4 1.6
CF #Miguel Dilone 33 118 394 47 124 19 4 3 38 1 6 18 26 .315 .345 .406 .751 50.2 9.6 1.5
LF  Tito Landrum 33 66 214 22 55 12 1 3 24 0 1 19 35 .257 .318 .364 .682 24.4 4.0 0.4
C  Keith Moreland 34 44 137 13 33 4 0 1 11 1 0 6 23 .241 .273 .292 .565 8.2 0.0 1.1
2B  Damaso Garcia 33 40 128 19 43 16 3 0 17 0 0 1 7 .336 .338 .508 .846 19.8 4.7 0.6
SS #Ozzie Smith 33 34 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 1 .071 .071 .071 .143 0.3 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 32.9 1563 5510 796 1459 303 29 171 769 14 12 584 1030 .265 .336 .423 .759 768.2 144.7 23.8
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 4 6 6 11 1 4 12 1 2 10 6 4 5 6 6  
* - 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
*Danny Jackson 26 8 16 .333 36 36 0 204.7 225 110 19 80 95 4.84 6.3
 Bill Landrum 30 12 7 .632 38 38 0 198.0 220 100 13 61 105 4.55 9.3
*John Franco 27 7 14 .333 31 31 0 163.7 184 89 20 72 58 4.89 5.2
 Steve Comer 34 8 11 .421 47 18 1 163.7 197 83 17 32 56 4.56 6.8
*Jamie Easterly 35 8 8 .500 56 20 1 161.0 167 74 4 62 70 4.14 9.5
 Tim Burke 29 8 8 .500 71 8 1 160.0 197 93 18 49 80 5.23 4.7
 Roy Thomas 35 10 8 .556 60 2 2 124.7 118 64 11 48 73 4.62 6.1
 Scott Terry 28 3 2 .600 45 6 3 112.0 128 62 16 34 46 4.98 3.8
 Jeff Reardon 32 3 9 .250 58 0 31 64.7 90 51 6 32 61 7.10 0.0
 Rick Steirer 31 5 3 .625 32 0 1 50.3 68 33 6 20 22 5.90 0.3
 Scott Sanderson 31 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 7.7 3 2 0 3 7 2.35 0.9
*Frank Dipino 31 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 7.7 7 2 1 2 2 2.35 0.6
Team Totals 30.8 74 86 .463 481 160 40 1418.0 1604 763 131 495 675 4.84 53.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 9 9 9 9 11 12 7 10 7 11 10  
* - 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 30.3
J.Davis 1193.7 135 137 607 63 10 2 .985 32.6
K.Moreland 224.3 25 30 112 11 1 1 .992 20.0
Team Total 1418.0 160 167 719 74 11 3 .986 31.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.36
S.Kemp 1328.0 150 152 1720 117 13 154 .993 12.45
M.Dilone 85.0 10 10 106 9 4 7 .966 12.18
J.Clark 5.0 0 3 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60
Team Total 1418.0 160 165 1833 126 17 162 .991 12.43
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.66
G.Luzinski 1335.3 151 151 283 650 12 128 .987 6.29
M.Dilone 53.7 6 6 7 24 2 3 .939 5.20
O.Smith 26.0 3 3 8 17 1 3 .962 8.65
D.Garcia 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1418.0 160 161 298 692 15 134 .985 6.28
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.73
D.Hostetler 1305.7 149 149 82 338 14 35 .968 2.90
M.Dilone 92.0 10 11 10 18 1 1 .966 2.74
T.Landrum 17.3 1 2 0 3 1 1 .750 1.56
K.Moreland 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Garcia 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.0 160 164 92 360 16 37 .966 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.07
B.Meacham 973.3 111 114 165 428 28 74 .955 5.48
D.Garcia 302.0 34 36 61 131 3 22 .985 5.72
K.Moreland 92.0 11 11 15 30 2 5 .957 4.40
M.Dilone 42.0 4 5 5 16 0 2 1.000 4.50
O.Smith 8.7 0 5 2 1 1 0 .750 3.12
Team Total 1418.0 160 171 248 606 34 103 .962 5.42
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.85
A.Woods 965.3 111 113 186 7 3 2 .985 1.80
J.Clark 426.7 48 53 95 6 0 0 1.000 2.13
M.Dilone 14.3 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
T.Landrum 8.7 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
K.Moreland 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Murphy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.0 160 179 288 13 3 2 .990 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.45
D.Murphy 984.7 110 115 275 5 2 2 .993 2.56
M.Dilone 432.3 50 52 117 5 0 0 1.000 2.54
D.Ford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.0 160 168 392 10 2 2 .995 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.96
J.Clark 776.0 87 90 168 8 2 3 .989 2.04
T.Landrum 404.0 47 48 71 3 2 1 .974 1.65
M.Dilone 217.3 25 27 45 2 0 1 1.000 1.95
D.Murphy 19.7 1 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
D.Ford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.0 160 173 288 13 4 5 .987 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
D.Jackson 204.7 36 36 17 37 4 1 .931 2.37
B.Landrum 198.0 38 38 13 40 3 2 .946 2.41
S.Comer 163.7 18 47 10 25 3 3 .921 1.92
J.Franco 163.7 31 31 6 29 3 3 .921 1.92
J.Easterly 161.0 20 56 8 21 0 3 1.000 1.62
T.Burke 160.0 8 71 10 38 2 2 .960 2.70
R.Thomas 124.7 2 60 10 22 1 3 .970 2.31
S.Terry 112.0 6 45 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.21
J.Reardon 64.7 0 58 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.51
R.Steirer 50.3 0 32 7 18 0 1 1.000 4.47
F.Dipino 7.7 0 6 1 1 1 0 .667 2.35
S.Sanderson 7.7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17
Team Total 1418.0 160 481 90 257 17 19 .953 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kemp .313
On-Base Pct Clark .391
Slugging Pct Clark .587
OPS Clark .978
XR Clark 120.2
Games Ford, Kemp 153
At-Bats Kemp 632
Runs Clark 121
Hits Kemp 198
Total Bases Clark 314
Singles Kemp 136
Doubles Kemp 39
Triples Dilone, Woods 4
Homeruns Clark 47
RBIs Clark 111
Stolen Bases Smith 9
Caught Stealing Dilone 6
Walks Clark 113
Strikeouts Hostetler, Luzinski 164
ERA Landrum 4.55
Wins Landrum 12
Losses Jackson 16
Winning Pct Landrum .632
Saves Reardon 31
Games Pitched Burke 71
Games Started Landrum 38
Complete Games Comer 3
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Jackson 204.7
Hits Allowed Jackson 225
Homeruns Allowed Franco 20
Strikeouts Landrum 105
Walks Allowed Jackson 80
Walks per 9IP Comer 1.8
Hits per 9IP Jackson 9.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Landrum 4.8
WHiP Comer 1.40
OAVG Jackson .276
OOBP Comer .330
OSLG Landrum .394
OOPS Landrum .725
Team All-Stars
Jack Clark
Steve Kemp
Player Salaries
Jack Clark $ 27,000,110
Dan Ford $ 5,750,000
Steve Kemp $ 4,000,000
Greg Luzinski $ 4,000,000
Miguel Dilone $ 3,750,000
Jody Davis $ 3,178,571
Steve Comer $ 3,000,000
Dave Hostetler $ 2,685,714
Jeff Reardon $ 2,500,000
John Franco $ 2,500,000
Al Woods $ 2,442,857
Danny Jackson $ 2,050,000
Roy Thomas $ 1,750,000
Dwayne Murphy $ 1,700,000
Jamie Easterly $ 1,550,000
Tim Burke $ 1,125,000
Scott Sanderson $ 750,000
Ozzie Smith $ 444,444
Damaso Garcia $ 400,000
Frank Dipino $ 350,000
Rick Steirer $ 350,000
Bob Meacham $ 300,000
Keith Moreland $ 300,000
Scott Terry $ 300,000
Bill Landrum $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Roy Thomas
2/9 Signed     Ozzie Smith
3/4 Traded Russ Morman
Tommy Hinzo
Cleveland (A) Bob Meacham
Dave Hostetler
Al Woods
Doug Sisk
$5,000,000
10/3 Released Tito Landrum