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1987 Kansas City Royals
Record: 86-74
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 783
Runs Allowed: 697
Exp W-L: 88-72
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,388,583
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 6th in the American League
AA: 52-85, 12th in the American League
A: 72-65, 2nd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to 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
1B *Steve Kemp 32 150 610 87 174 38 1 23 93 1 0 62 91 .285 .350 .464 .814 93.1 16.0 2.8
CF  Dan Ford 35 154 609 90 160 27 3 28 96 2 1 51 150 .263 .319 .455 .774 85.3 12.7 0.1
CF #Miguel Dilone 32 153 600 75 179 27 9 1 60 59 40 44 33 .298 .345 .378 .723 73.9 9.3 5.4
2B  Damaso Garcia 32 152 570 59 154 24 9 4 80 0 0 13 45 .270 .285 .365 .650 55.6 4.4 5.0
C  Jody Davis 30 145 551 81 168 29 1 22 71 1 1 48 84 .305 .359 .481 .840 87.0 16.1 8.0
LF *Bruce Bochte 36 138 518 66 160 21 0 6 49 0 0 45 65 .309 .362 .384 .746 70.0 11.6 2.6
LF  Jack Clark 31 122 459 108 135 24 2 55 115 1 4 103 88 .294 .425 .715 1.139 125.5 28.9 1.8
CF *Dwayne Murphy 32 142 461 62 103 21 2 20 61 3 1 78 82 .223 .338 .408 .745 66.8 9.6 2.9
2B *Rudy Meoli 36 97 334 35 84 12 2 3 34 0 1 22 55 .251 .294 .326 .620 28.7 1.0 3.2
2B  Greg Luzinski 36 92 298 33 68 17 2 13 41 0 2 38 75 .228 .315 .430 .744 39.4 4.7 2.8
LF  Tito Landrum 32 81 247 35 69 12 6 3 29 1 0 15 49 .279 .318 .413 .731 29.1 3.8 1.7
C  Keith Moreland 33 58 191 26 60 10 1 0 25 1 1 10 32 .314 .341 .377 .718 23.0 3.1 2.0
CF #Jerry Hairston 35 41 98 14 26 4 0 2 7 0 1 16 13 .265 .368 .367 .736 12.8 1.9 0.4
SS #Ozzie Smith 32 50 72 12 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 13 .181 .231 .222 .453 2.5 0.0 0.8
  Team Totals 33.1 1575 5618 783 1553 269 38 180 763 69 52 550 875 .276 .340 .434 .774 792.6 123.1 39.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 2 4 3 10 3 1 4 8 7 3 6 4 3 2 2 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
*Danny Jackson 25 14 11 .560 35 35 0 234.3 245 104 15 77 119 3.99 14.3
*John Franco 26 14 13 .519 36 36 0 217.3 205 96 10 78 125 3.98 12.5
 Steve Comer 33 12 12 .500 31 31 0 214.0 241 105 16 40 77 4.42 10.0
 Bill Landrum 29 13 12 .520 33 33 0 197.7 231 88 16 38 111 4.01 11.0
 Scott Sanderson 30 7 7 .500 83 0 8 172.3 166 67 25 44 91 3.50 14.4
*Jamie Easterly 34 6 5 .545 25 25 0 147.0 169 72 9 46 64 4.41 6.6
 Tim Burke 28 3 2 .600 40 0 1 71.7 78 33 6 26 45 4.14 4.1
 Jeff Reardon 31 8 4 .667 59 0 36 64.3 57 20 5 20 44 2.80 12.8
 Luis Aponte 34 5 5 .500 49 0 2 57.3 61 25 5 22 43 3.92 4.4
 Scott Terry 27 2 2 .500 19 0 0 41.7 35 12 2 4 15 2.59 3.8
 Rick Steirer 30 2 1 .667 12 0 1 31.3 35 16 6 17 7 4.60 1.5
Team Totals 29.7 86 74 .538 422 160 48 1449.0 1523 638 115 412 741 3.96 95.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 4 4 2 9 3 4 1 11 3  
* - 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 .989 34.1
J.Davis 1264.0 138 140 695 71 5 3 .994 38.7
K.Moreland 185.0 22 23 92 10 4 0 .962 32.0
Team Total 1449.0 160 163 787 81 9 3 .990 37.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.40
S.Kemp 1333.0 147 147 1674 133 11 146 .994 12.20
T.Landrum 53.0 6 6 58 6 1 6 .985 10.87
O.Smith 35.0 4 4 48 0 1 5 .980 12.34
R.Meoli 27.0 3 3 38 3 0 6 1.000 13.67
J.Davis 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.0 160 161 1819 142 13 164 .993 12.18
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
M.Dilone 695.3 76 79 159 317 8 57 .983 6.16
G.Luzinski 404.7 46 48 86 201 4 42 .986 6.38
K.Moreland 253.7 30 30 61 107 3 25 .982 5.96
O.Smith 44.0 4 10 7 15 1 2 .957 4.50
T.Landrum 27.0 3 3 7 6 1 4 .929 4.33
R.Meoli 24.3 1 5 5 9 0 1 1.000 5.18
Team Total 1449.0 160 175 325 655 17 131 .983 6.09
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.65
R.Meoli 724.7 81 84 49 208 9 16 .966 3.19
T.Landrum 384.7 45 52 23 104 6 9 .955 2.97
M.Dilone 281.7 31 34 14 86 1 9 .990 3.20
O.Smith 55.0 3 14 3 16 1 0 .950 3.11
K.Moreland 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 160 186 89 414 17 34 .967 3.12
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
D.Garcia 1366.0 150 152 227 596 22 113 .974 5.42
O.Smith 83.0 10 10 13 40 1 9 .981 5.75
Team Total 1449.0 160 162 240 636 23 122 .974 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.86
J.Clark 1079.7 121 121 196 8 4 2 .981 1.70
J.Hairston 140.7 16 18 29 1 1 0 .968 1.92
M.Dilone 140.0 16 16 33 0 1 0 .971 2.12
B.Bochte 48.0 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
S.Kemp 18.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
G.Luzinski 12.7 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55
T.Landrum 10.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.0 160 169 280 9 6 2 .980 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.50
D.Murphy 1108.0 128 130 287 9 6 2 .980 2.40
M.Dilone 253.0 27 28 67 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
J.Hairston 44.0 4 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
T.Landrum 16.0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.94
D.Ford 11.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
G.Luzinski 10.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Bochte 7.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1449.0 160 189 380 9 6 2 .985 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.02
B.Bochte 1100.0 125 127 239 15 2 2 .992 2.08
G.Luzinski 284.3 32 35 62 2 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Hairston 37.7 3 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
D.Murphy 19.0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.79
D.Ford 5.0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40
S.Kemp 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Landrum 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 160 182 319 19 2 3 .994 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
D.Jackson 234.3 35 35 19 53 2 1 .973 2.77
J.Franco 217.3 36 36 10 41 2 0 .962 2.11
S.Comer 214.0 31 31 20 27 2 3 .959 1.98
B.Landrum 197.7 33 33 13 40 0 1 1.000 2.41
S.Sanderson 172.3 0 83 10 19 2 1 .935 1.51
J.Easterly 147.0 25 25 9 19 1 2 .966 1.71
T.Burke 71.7 0 40 6 10 1 0 .941 2.01
J.Reardon 64.3 0 59 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.68
L.Aponte 57.3 0 49 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.88
S.Terry 41.7 0 19 6 4 0 0 1.000 2.16
R.Steirer 31.3 0 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 3.45
Team Total 1449.0 160 422 105 237 10 9 .972 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bochte .309
On-Base Pct Clark .425
Slugging Pct Clark .715
OPS Clark 1.139
XR Clark 125.5
Games Ford 154
At-Bats Kemp 610
Runs Clark 108
Hits Dilone 179
Total Bases Clark 328
Singles Dilone 142
Doubles Kemp 38
Triples Dilone, Garcia 9
Homeruns Clark 55
RBIs Clark 115
Stolen Bases Dilone 59
Caught Stealing Dilone 40
Walks Clark 103
Strikeouts Ford 150
ERA Sanderson 3.50
Wins Franco, Jackson 14
Losses Franco 13
Winning Pct Jackson .560
Saves Reardon 36
Games Pitched Sanderson 83
Games Started Franco 36
Complete Games Comer 4
Shutouts Comer, Franco 1
Innings Pitched Jackson 234.3
Hits Allowed Jackson 245
Homeruns Allowed Sanderson 25
Strikeouts Franco 125
Walks Allowed Franco 78
Walks per 9IP Comer 1.7
Hits per 9IP Franco 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Franco 5.2
WHiP Sanderson 1.22
OAVG Franco .247
OOBP Sanderson .303
OSLG Franco .360
OOPS Franco .671
Team All-Stars
Jack Clark
Danny Jackson
Bill Landrum
Player Salaries
Jack Clark $ 27,000,110
Dan Ford $ 5,750,000
Greg Luzinski $ 4,000,000
Steve Kemp $ 4,000,000
Miguel Dilone $ 3,750,000
Bruce Bochte $ 3,600,000
John Franco $ 3,514,286
Steve Comer $ 3,000,000
Jeff Reardon $ 2,500,000
Danny Jackson $ 1,878,571
Rudy Meoli $ 1,810,000
Jamie Easterly $ 1,550,000
Tito Landrum $ 1,450,000
Jerry Hairston $ 1,400,000
Luis Aponte $ 1,300,000
Jody Davis $ 997,143
Dwayne Murphy $ 954,286
Odell Jones $ 914,286
Scott Sanderson $ 750,000
Sam Mejias $ 450,000
Damaso Garcia $ 400,000
Frank Dipino $ 350,000
Ozzie Smith $ 350,000
Scott Terry $ 300,000
Bill Landrum $ 300,000
Keith Moreland $ 300,000
Tim Burke $ 300,000
Rick Steirer $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Mike Loynd
Mike Lacoss
Dick Ruthven
Jeff Burroughs		 Boston (N) Mike Chris
$3,200,000
2/3 Signed     Jamie Easterly
3/4 Traded Rick Rodriguez Boston (N) Luis Aponte
Jerry Hairston
3/4 Traded Rick Ownbey Cleveland (A) Bruce Bochte
Dwayne Murphy
Rudy Meoli
3/4 Traded Mike Chris Cleveland (A) John Franco
Scott Terry
 
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