1989 Kansas City Royals
Record: 75-85
Finish: 2nd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 764
Runs Allowed: 842
Exp W-L: 73-87
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,166,325
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 8th in the American League
AA: 56-81, 12th in the American League
A: 82-55, 2nd in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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  Dan Ford 37 153 596 80 124 22 0 29 89 1 0 47 154 .208 .273 .391 .664 62.7 5.9 2.6
SS #Bob Meacham 28 144 508 71 150 31 4 3 58 1 0 40 57 .295 .350 .390 .740 64.2 11.9 2.5
1B *Al Woods 35 129 509 73 175 33 5 10 75 0 0 44 44 .344 .394 .487 .881 87.5 21.5 0.4
CF *Dwayne Murphy 34 131 415 73 99 17 1 25 65 1 1 79 78 .239 .360 .465 .825 69.7 14.1 2.4
1B *John Olerud 20 123 423 63 129 34 3 14 72 3 1 61 53 .305 .394 .499 .893 75.3 18.2 1.7
3B *George Brett 36 103 430 57 129 35 3 8 46 0 0 30 52 .300 .346 .451 .797 59.8 12.5 1.8
2B  Damaso Garcia 34 124 420 54 123 21 5 1 38 0 0 10 55 .293 .311 .374 .685 45.7 7.4 3.7
LF  Jack Clark 33 99 358 60 90 18 0 21 68 0 1 84 94 .251 .394 .478 .872 68.4 15.3 1.7
C  Jody Davis 32 99 361 46 102 26 2 7 57 0 0 25 58 .283 .332 .424 .755 42.7 7.2 7.0
3B  Dave Hostetler 33 107 345 44 83 13 1 10 48 0 0 36 90 .241 .312 .371 .683 38.5 5.5 1.3
CF #Miguel Dilone 34 101 333 39 85 21 3 1 35 0 5 15 38 .255 .286 .345 .631 30.1 2.9 1.8
RF  Ellis Valentine 34 76 226 31 61 16 0 8 36 0 0 19 46 .270 .324 .447 .771 29.8 5.3 0.1
2B *Jack Perconte 34 45 152 25 48 9 1 0 20 6 1 9 11 .316 .356 .388 .744 20.9 4.3 1.1
RF  Otto Velez 38 38 128 18 23 6 1 2 11 0 0 24 40 .180 .307 .289 .596 12.7 0.9 0.3
SS #Ozzie Smith 34 46 69 9 7 2 0 0 3 4 2 5 16 .101 .160 .130 .290 -0.7 0.0 0.5
C  Darrell Miller 31 10 25 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .160 .192 .200 .392 -0.1 0.0 0.4
  Team Totals 32.9 1528 5298 743 1432 305 29 139 724 16 11 529 893 .270 .338 .418 .755 707.2 132.8 29.2
  Rank among 12 AL teams 12 5 6 8 9 5 5 12 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 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
*Danny Jackson 27 17 10 .630 34 34 0 211.7 225 121 25 70 102 5.15 8.2
 Craig McMurtry 29 7 10 .412 31 31 0 167.3 187 78 24 46 102 4.20 9.0
 Tim Burke 30 6 11 .353 30 28 0 160.3 207 93 25 46 84 5.22 3.9
 Scott Terry 29 10 12 .455 27 27 0 144.0 188 85 16 38 58 5.31 3.7
*Frank Dipino 32 4 8 .333 64 4 16 143.3 138 63 14 44 87 3.96 12.8
 Bill Landrum 31 8 10 .444 24 24 0 128.7 158 75 13 32 79 5.25 4.0
*Jamie Easterly 36 4 2 .667 63 0 7 128.3 148 65 12 50 68 4.56 6.6
*Bob Patterson 30 8 11 .421 78 0 7 122.3 153 84 21 50 67 6.18 1.4
 Jose Dejesus 24 3 4 .429 21 12 2 82.3 77 38 7 48 40 4.15 4.4
 Rick Steirer 32 3 3 .500 29 0 1 70.3 78 37 9 20 35 4.73 3.0
*John Franco 28 3 3 .500 34 0 3 48.3 57 27 7 20 29 5.03 2.3
*Joe Hesketh 30 2 1 .667 14 5 8 15.0 8 5 1 3 11 3.00 3.7
 Mike Bielecki 29 0 0 .000 1 0 0 3.0 3 3 1 1 1 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.8 75 85 .469 450 165 44 1425.0 1627 774 175 468 763 4.89 62.9
Rank among 12 AL teams 8 8 6 8 10 12 12 12 3 12 12  
* - 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 .991 30.8
J.Davis 832.0 93 96 444 45 8 0 .984 32.5
D.Miller 46.0 6 8 19 3 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 878.0 99 104 463 48 8 0 .985 33.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.30
J.Olerud 1040.7 119 120 1313 91 8 112 .994 12.14
D.Hostetler 335.3 39 48 420 27 4 41 .991 12.00
A.Woods 42.0 2 10 53 3 1 5 .982 12.00
J.Davis 4.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Clark 1.3 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 20.77
O.Smith 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1424.3 160 181 1795 121 13 160 .993 12.11
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.72
D.Garcia 955.3 111 113 221 468 15 85 .979 6.49
J.Perconte 334.9 43 44 74 149 4 31 .982 5.99
O.Smith 98.0 8 23 22 42 0 9 1.000 5.88
M.Dilone 28.0 2 8 7 12 0 5 1.000 6.11
D.Hostetler 2.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1418.9 164 189 325 672 19 130 .981 6.32
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.54
G.Brett 895.3 101 102 66 239 11 18 .965 3.07
D.Hostetler 413.0 46 48 26 101 3 9 .977 2.77
A.Woods 53.7 6 6 3 9 2 1 .857 2.01
D.Garcia 33.0 4 4 4 8 1 0 .923 3.27
O.Smith 16.0 2 2 2 4 0 2 1.000 3.38
M.Dilone 13.0 1 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.46
J.Olerud 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.0 160 165 101 366 17 30 .965 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.16
B.Meacham 1256.0 141 144 190 550 22 98 .971 5.30
O.Smith 79.0 9 9 11 36 1 2 .979 5.35
D.Garcia 41.0 5 5 7 30 0 7 1.000 8.12
M.Dilone 35.7 4 4 5 14 2 2 .905 4.80
G.Brett 5.3 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
J.Perconte 2.3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .667 7.83
Team Total 1419.3 159 163 216 633 26 109 .970 5.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
J.Clark 879.5 94 95 168 7 1 1 .994 1.79
M.Dilone 263.7 32 33 66 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Woods 170.0 19 21 31 1 1 1 .970 1.69
O.Velez 100.0 6 15 19 0 2 0 .905 1.71
D.Miller 13.0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
E.Valentine 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1436.2 153 169 292 8 4 2 .987 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.35
D.Murphy 836.0 94 100 205 5 5 0 .977 2.26
M.Dilone 357.3 41 47 82 6 0 0 1.000 2.22
D.Ford 223.0 25 26 50 0 3 0 .943 2.02
D.Hostetler 5.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Valentine 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.0 160 176 337 11 8 0 .978 2.20
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
D.Ford 1097.0 125 125 237 8 9 2 .965 2.01
D.Murphy 192.3 21 25 40 1 1 0 .976 1.92
O.Velez 56.5 5 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.39
M.Dilone 45.0 5 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
E.Valentine 37.7 3 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
D.Miller 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Clark 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Garcia 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.8 159 177 304 10 10 2 .969 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.97
D.Jackson 211.7 34 34 18 40 3 5 .951 2.47
C.McMurtry 167.3 31 31 12 26 1 0 .974 2.04
T.Burke 160.3 28 30 8 32 1 4 .976 2.25
S.Terry 144.0 27 27 7 23 4 2 .882 1.88
F.Dipino 143.3 4 64 9 15 1 2 .960 1.51
B.Landrum 128.7 24 24 8 26 1 1 .971 2.38
J.Easterly 128.3 0 63 9 17 0 0 1.000 1.82
B.Patterson 122.3 0 78 3 29 0 2 1.000 2.35
J.Dejesus 82.3 12 21 4 15 1 1 .950 2.08
R.Steirer 70.3 0 29 6 9 1 2 .938 1.92
J.Franco 48.3 0 34 7 9 0 0 1.000 2.98
J.Hesketh 15.0 5 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.40
M.Bielecki 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.0 165 450 91 245 13 19 .963 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Woods .344
On-Base Pct Woods .394
Slugging Pct Woods .487
OPS Woods .881
XR Woods 87.5
Games Ford 153
At-Bats Ford 596
Runs Ford 80
Hits Woods 175
Total Bases Woods 248
Singles Woods 127
Doubles Brett 35
Triples Garcia, Woods 5
Homeruns Ford 29
RBIs Ford 89
Stolen Bases Perconte 6
Caught Stealing Dilone 5
Walks Clark 84
Strikeouts Ford 154
ERA McMurtry 4.20
Wins Jackson 17
Losses Terry 12
Winning Pct Jackson .630
Saves Dipino 16
Games Pitched Patterson 78
Games Started Jackson 34
Complete Games Jackson 2
Shutouts Burke 1
Innings Pitched Jackson 211.7
Hits Allowed Jackson 225
Homeruns Allowed Burke, Jackson 25
Strikeouts Jackson, McMurtry 102
Walks Allowed Jackson 70
Walks per 9IP McMurtry 2.5
Hits per 9IP Jackson 9.6
Strikeouts per 9IP McMurtry 5.5
WHiP McMurtry 1.39
OAVG Jackson .271
OOBP McMurtry .324
OSLG McMurtry .438
OOPS McMurtry .762
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Ellis Valentine $ 8,000,000
George Brett $ 7,000,000
Jack Perconte $ 6,250,000
Dan Ford $ 5,750,000
Keith Hernandez $ 4,509,000
Miguel Dilone $ 3,750,000
Jody Davis $ 3,178,571
Otto Velez $ 3,025,500
Dave Hostetler $ 2,685,714
Al Woods $ 2,514,286
John Franco $ 2,500,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 2,500,000
Danny Jackson $ 2,050,000
Bob Meacham $ 1,764,286
Jamie Easterly $ 1,550,000
Joe Hesketh $ 1,537,143
Dwayne Murphy $ 1,500,000
Tim Burke $ 1,125,000
Damaso Garcia $ 1,000,000
Ozzie Smith $ 444,444
Frank Dipino $ 350,000
Rick Steirer $ 350,000
Tom Gordon $ 300,000
Mike Bielecki $ 300,000
John Olerud $ 300,000
Jose Dejesus $ 300,000
Craig McMurtry $ 300,000
Darrell Miller $ 300,000
Scott Terry $ 300,000
Bob Patterson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Jose Dejesus Philadelphia George Brett
Ellis Valentine
3/4 Traded Steve Comer
Steve Kemp
Jeff Reardon
Roy Thomas
Indianapolis Don Cooper
3/4 Traded Don Cooper Philadelphia Jose Dejesus
4/3 Signed     Marc Hill
7/31 Traded Jack Clark Detroit Mike Harkey
Tom Gordon
Jack Perconte
Otto Velez
7/31 Traded Bill Landrum Detroit Cesar Cedeno
Keith Hernandez
Joe Hesketh
8/19 Released Marc Hill