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1983 Kansas City Royals
Record: 88-72
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 759
Runs Allowed: 705
Exp W-L: 85-75
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,389,313
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 8th in the American League
AA: 58-79, 11th in the American League
A: 64-73, 7th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Indianapolis Hoosiers
 
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
CF #Miguel Dilone 28 154 653 95 185 17 6 9 62 78 37 39 30 .283 .322 .369 .691 75.9 11.5 3.3
3B *Oscar Gamble 33 153 588 89 142 29 2 37 97 2 0 69 123 .241 .323 .486 .809 90.7 18.4 2.5
2B  Greg Luzinski 32 153 562 80 139 30 3 25 88 1 0 71 127 .247 .337 .445 .782 82.5 16.6 2.2
LF *Ben Oglivie 34 129 518 63 153 21 1 16 85 4 1 29 62 .295 .331 .432 .763 73.2 16.2 1.7
C  Johnny Bench 35 141 503 60 122 20 5 16 59 1 1 48 113 .243 .307 .398 .704 59.4 9.5 7.3
2B  Bobby Grich 34 144 485 60 139 22 3 10 56 0 0 47 104 .287 .362 .406 .768 71.6 16.4 6.1
SS  Joe Ferguson 36 130 480 62 118 12 2 13 69 0 0 61 111 .246 .328 .360 .689 58.6 9.3 4.5
DH *Bernie Carbo 35 120 448 66 108 13 3 19 55 0 1 66 82 .241 .338 .411 .749 63.4 12.3 0.0
3B  Eric Soderholm 34 126 456 57 109 18 2 19 63 2 0 28 101 .239 .285 .412 .698 53.0 7.5 3.4
C  Keith Moreland 29 81 242 35 65 13 0 1 28 0 1 20 24 .269 .323 .335 .658 23.7 3.1 1.5
C *Charlie Sands 35 70 174 24 38 6 1 3 21 0 0 41 47 .218 .369 .316 .685 25.4 4.7 1.6
CF  Larry Hisle 36 67 196 28 64 12 0 5 28 0 2 15 37 .327 .380 .464 .845 29.4 7.0 0.8
SS  Dave Hilton 32 44 124 15 41 6 0 3 18 0 0 3 18 .331 .344 .452 .795 17.5 3.9 1.4
2B #Sergio Ferrer 32 54 86 24 19 2 2 2 5 0 0 8 23 .221 .299 .360 .659 9.8 1.4 1.0
  Team Totals 33.2 1566 5515 758 1442 221 30 178 734 88 43 545 1002 .261 .330 .409 .739 734.1 137.9 37.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 9 5 9 12 9 2 5 5 8 4 12 7 5 5 5 5  
* - 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
 Ed Halicki 32 13 16 .448 37 37 0 272.3 285 130 33 70 142 4.30 11.5
 George Lauzerique 35 16 8 .667 35 35 0 247.0 236 89 18 36 136 3.24 18.8
*Bill Lee 36 13 5 .722 29 29 0 192.7 240 98 15 49 42 4.58 8.5
*Balor Moore 32 10 9 .526 86 5 8 156.7 143 67 17 48 142 3.85 11.6
 Steve Comer 29 7 7 .500 20 19 0 139.3 169 62 8 32 40 4.00 7.1
 Ray Corbin 34 7 10 .412 33 31 1 137.3 165 74 12 39 41 4.85 3.8
 Luis Aponte 30 7 5 .583 70 0 2 87.3 78 26 5 31 42 2.68 8.5
 Jeff Reardon 27 10 7 .588 65 0 28 72.7 81 38 4 23 39 4.71 8.0
 Dave Pagan 33 3 1 .750 31 0 1 64.0 56 23 4 18 34 3.23 5.2
 Phil Hennigan 37 1 0 1.000 14 0 3 26.0 21 4 0 6 20 1.38 4.1
*Danny Jackson 21 0 4 .000 4 4 0 20.3 33 23 1 11 13 10.18 0.0
 Larry Andersen 30 1 0 1.000 17 0 0 19.3 17 6 3 4 11 2.79 1.5
Team Totals 31.3 88 72 .550 441 160 43 1435.0 1524 640 120 367 702 4.01 88.7
Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 6 5 9 11 8 8 2 9 8  
* - 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 37.2
J.Bench 1183.7 135 139 631 65 8 1 .989 38.9
C.Sands 249.0 25 38 115 18 1 0 .993 37.0
K.Moreland 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
J.Ferguson 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1435.0 160 180 748 83 9 1 .989 38.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
O.Gamble 1344.0 150 151 1747 128 23 141 .988 12.56
L.Hisle 65.7 8 9 84 9 1 7 .989 12.75
S.Ferrer 24.0 2 6 26 4 0 3 1.000 11.25
K.Moreland 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1434.7 160 167 1858 141 24 151 .988 12.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
B.Grich 1261.3 141 143 280 571 12 108 .986 6.07
S.Ferrer 137.0 16 17 30 63 1 9 .989 6.11
D.Hilton 30.7 3 8 4 11 0 1 1.000 4.40
K.Moreland 6.0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1435.0 160 170 316 648 13 119 .987 6.05
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
E.Soderholm 1102.0 123 126 64 296 20 21 .947 2.94
K.Moreland 206.7 26 28 10 56 3 6 .957 2.87
S.Ferrer 94.0 9 19 4 24 2 3 .933 2.68
D.Hilton 20.0 2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Hisle 9.7 0 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.66
M.Dilone 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Gamble 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 184 82 383 25 30 .949 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
J.Ferguson 1116.0 123 125 162 495 19 80 .972 5.30
D.Hilton 264.0 31 31 41 121 1 24 .994 5.52
K.Moreland 51.0 6 6 9 22 1 4 .969 5.47
L.Hisle 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
M.Dilone 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1435.0 160 165 213 640 21 109 .976 5.35
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
B.Oglivie 1068.0 119 123 212 6 4 0 .982 1.84
K.Moreland 316.7 36 36 65 3 1 2 .986 1.93
L.Hisle 43.0 5 8 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.88
J.Ferguson 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Dilone 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Carbo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Gamble 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 172 286 10 5 3 .983 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
M.Dilone 1323.3 147 150 360 9 0 5 1.000 2.51
L.Hisle 109.7 13 13 33 2 3 1 .921 2.87
B.Oglivie 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 164 393 11 3 6 .993 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
G.Luzinski 1343.0 150 151 275 5 4 1 .986 1.88
L.Hisle 85.0 10 11 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.22
K.Moreland 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1435.0 160 166 296 6 4 1 .987 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
E.Halicki 272.3 37 37 17 37 3 3 .947 1.78
G.Lauzerique 247.0 35 35 21 53 3 1 .961 2.70
B.Lee 192.7 29 29 23 36 3 5 .952 2.76
B.Moore 156.7 5 86 5 26 1 3 .969 1.78
S.Comer 139.3 19 20 11 24 1 4 .972 2.26
R.Corbin 137.3 31 33 12 32 0 1 1.000 2.88
L.Aponte 87.3 0 70 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.34
J.Reardon 72.7 0 65 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.98
D.Pagan 64.0 0 31 3 13 0 1 1.000 2.25
P.Hennigan 26.0 0 14 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.12
D.Jackson 20.3 4 4 1 3 1 0 .800 1.77
L.Andersen 19.3 0 17 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.40
Team Total 1435.0 160 441 104 254 12 19 .968 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oglivie .295
On-Base Pct Grich .362
Slugging Pct Gamble .486
OPS Gamble .809
XR Gamble 90.7
Games Dilone 154
At-Bats Dilone 653
Runs Dilone 95
Hits Dilone 185
Total Bases Gamble 286
Singles Dilone 153
Doubles Luzinski 30
Triples Dilone 6
Homeruns Gamble 37
RBIs Gamble 97
Stolen Bases Dilone 78
Caught Stealing Dilone 37
Walks Luzinski 71
Strikeouts Luzinski 127
ERA Lauzerique 3.24
Wins Lauzerique 16
Losses Halicki 16
Winning Pct Lee .722
Saves Reardon 28
Games Pitched Moore 86
Games Started Halicki 37
Complete Games Comer, Halicki 3
Shutouts Comer 2
Innings Pitched Halicki 272.3
Hits Allowed Halicki 285
Homeruns Allowed Halicki 33
Strikeouts Halicki, Moore 142
Walks Allowed Halicki 70
Walks per 9IP Lauzerique 1.3
Hits per 9IP Lauzerique 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Lauzerique 5.0
WHiP Lauzerique 1.10
OAVG Lauzerique .251
OOBP Lauzerique .280
OSLG Lauzerique .359
OOPS Lauzerique .639
Team All-Stars
George Lauzerique
Player Salaries
Balor Moore $ 7,120,000
Bernie Carbo $ 7,070,707
Johnny Bench $ 6,400,000
George Lauzerique $ 6,300,000
Greg Luzinski $ 5,250,000
Oscar Gamble $ 5,210,000
Eric Soderholm $ 4,750,000
Ed Halicki $ 4,500,000
Ben Oglivie $ 4,000,000
Bill Lee $ 3,750,000
Bobby Grich $ 3,750,000
Miguel Dilone $ 3,300,000
Dave Pagan $ 1,900,000
Joe Ferguson $ 1,750,000
Charlie Sands $ 1,600,000
Phil Hennigan $ 1,500,000
Larry Hisle $ 1,150,000
Ray Corbin $ 1,000,000
Larry Andersen $ 990,000
Luis Aponte $ 920,000
Dave Hilton $ 750,000
Jeff Reardon $ 634,286
Sergio Ferrer $ 300,000
Danny Jackson $ 300,000
Steve Comer $ 300,000
Keith Moreland $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Nino Espinosa Colorado Matt Keough
2/4 Traded Matt Keough Los Angeles Steve Comer
Dave Pagan
2/4 Traded Mike Chris
Buddy Biancalana		 Boston (N) Ben Oglivie
Bobby Grich
Bill Lee
2/14 Traded Marvin Lane
Steve Foucault		 Toronto Miguel Dilone
Balor Moore
Odell Jones
$2,481,934
2/14 Traded Johnny Grubb Los Angeles Scot Thompson
2/22 Traded Scot Thompson Montreal Keith Moreland
Charlie Sands
$5,024,975
7/31 Released Bob Boone    
 
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