1982 Kansas City Royals
Record: 89-71
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 764
Runs Allowed: 648
Exp W-L: 92-68
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,395,165
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 10th in the American League
AA: 62-75, 9th in the American League
A: 76-61, 5th 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
SS  Joe Ferguson 35 155 590 114 151 22 2 22 67 2 5 125 131 .256 .384 .412 .796 102.0 21.3 3.0
3B *Oscar Gamble 32 153 612 97 150 30 2 35 111 0 0 64 106 .245 .317 .472 .789 89.6 16.1 1.5
DH *Bernie Carbo 34 151 576 74 135 30 3 21 88 2 0 83 98 .234 .331 .406 .737 78.7 13.9 0.0
3B  Eric Soderholm 33 153 592 83 152 31 2 25 92 0 2 50 86 .257 .312 .443 .754 78.3 13.4 5.4
2B  Greg Luzinski 31 140 558 82 142 35 1 27 91 0 0 63 103 .254 .331 .466 .797 85.1 16.4 3.3
CF *Johnny Grubb 33 151 544 65 159 26 2 8 50 0 2 70 59 .292 .375 .392 .767 80.9 17.0 4.8
C  Johnny Bench 34 143 510 77 120 26 4 30 100 1 0 59 94 .235 .314 .478 .792 76.2 13.9 8.2
2B #Sergio Ferrer 31 146 468 55 104 10 7 5 34 1 1 35 101 .222 .279 .306 .585 40.3 2.4 7.5
SS  Dick Allen 40 76 252 30 48 5 3 9 32 10 2 35 72 .190 .284 .341 .626 29.3 3.0 2.5
CF  Marvin Lane 32 99 236 27 48 5 0 7 20 17 4 25 57 .203 .280 .314 .594 24.1 2.0 2.7
SS  Dave Hilton 31 74 249 18 50 3 1 2 15 1 1 10 34 .201 .231 .245 .476 10.9 0.0 2.5
CF  Larry Hisle 35 78 197 27 52 4 1 6 30 0 0 11 29 .264 .305 .386 .691 22.2 3.3 1.0
C  Marc Hill 30 39 135 14 25 5 0 3 11 0 1 8 30 .185 .229 .289 .518 7.2 0.0 1.9
C  Bob Boone 34 17 15 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .133 .133 .333 .467 0.8 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 33.2 1575 5534 764 1338 232 28 201 744 34 18 638 1002 .242 .320 .403 .723 725.7 122.7 44.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 2 11 9 10 1 1 11 1 1 12 11 7 4 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
 George Lauzerique 34 15 12 .556 38 38 0 281.3 268 106 31 45 161 3.39 20.2
 Nino Espinosa 28 17 9 .654 34 34 0 275.7 220 95 24 56 184 3.10 22.5
 Ed Halicki 31 14 9 .609 28 28 0 208.7 210 86 14 49 92 3.71 13.8
 Ray Corbin 33 8 10 .444 27 27 0 181.0 231 95 10 27 55 4.72 4.5
 Gary Nolan 34 11 5 .688 23 23 0 166.7 160 58 24 19 128 3.13 13.5
 Jeff Reardon 26 11 15 .423 91 0 29 119.7 128 60 17 35 79 4.51 9.5
 Phil Hennigan 36 6 4 .600 32 6 2 79.7 82 37 11 18 57 4.18 4.7
 Luis Aponte 29 5 2 .714 64 1 2 73.3 77 27 11 16 30 3.31 6.5
 Larry Andersen 29 1 3 .250 32 0 0 46.0 51 17 2 19 21 3.33 2.7
 Steve Foucault 32 1 2 .333 6 3 0 27.0 33 10 1 10 19 3.33 1.9
Team Totals 31.2 89 71 .556 375 160 33 1459.0 1460 591 145 294 826 3.65 99.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 12 3 2 7 11 4 1 3 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 .987 32.8
J.Bench 1168.3 126 136 684 64 6 0 .992 36.2
M.Hill 257.0 31 31 165 12 1 0 .994 44.4
B.Boone 33.7 3 10 16 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.0 160 177 865 78 7 0 .993 37.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.86
O.Gamble 1385.0 152 152 1765 133 27 142 .986 12.33
L.Hisle 74.0 8 9 99 4 0 6 1.000 12.53
Team Total 1459.0 160 161 1864 137 27 148 .987 12.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 6.08
S.Ferrer 1268.7 145 145 267 587 12 106 .986 6.06
M.Lane 170.7 14 35 35 82 2 15 .983 6.17
D.Hilton 77.8 9 11 18 33 3 5 .944 5.90
J.Grubb 9.0 1 1 2 4 0 2 1.000 6.00
G.Luzinski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1527.1 169 193 322 706 17 128 .984 6.06
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.89
E.Soderholm 1326.7 145 151 83 352 28 30 .940 2.95
M.Lane 98.7 12 12 6 25 1 4 .969 2.83
L.Hisle 29.0 3 5 0 13 0 2 1.000 4.03
D.Allen 4.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1459.0 160 169 89 391 29 36 .943 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.36
D.Allen 653.3 74 75 99 287 13 44 .967 5.32
D.Hilton 523.0 63 64 80 242 9 41 .973 5.54
M.Lane 94.0 11 14 16 42 0 11 1.000 5.55
L.Hisle 78.7 1 32 10 30 0 4 1.000 4.58
J.Ferguson 12.3 0 6 2 8 0 1 1.000 7.30
B.Boone 1.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1362.3 149 193 208 609 22 101 .974 5.40
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.94
J.Ferguson 1310.7 144 146 237 2 1 0 .996 1.64
M.Lane 77.7 9 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.39
L.Hisle 67.7 7 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
B.Carbo 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Boone 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.0 160 165 262 2 1 0 .996 1.63
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.51
J.Grubb 1332.0 145 149 345 8 3 3 .992 2.39
M.Lane 108.0 13 13 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.92
L.Hisle 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
Team Total 1459.0 160 165 371 9 3 3 .992 2.34
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.02
G.Luzinski 1223.0 135 138 246 9 0 1 1.000 1.88
L.Hisle 103.0 10 13 20 0 1 0 .952 1.75
M.Lane 95.0 11 12 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Ferguson 36.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
M.Hill 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 160 168 290 11 1 1 .997 1.86
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.10
G.Lauzerique 281.3 38 38 24 41 3 4 .956 2.08
N.Espinosa 275.7 34 34 24 53 0 3 1.000 2.51
E.Halicki 208.7 28 28 14 27 2 3 .953 1.77
R.Corbin 181.0 27 27 16 38 4 2 .931 2.69
G.Nolan 166.7 23 23 3 22 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Reardon 119.7 0 91 10 17 1 1 .964 2.03
P.Hennigan 79.7 6 32 4 11 1 0 .938 1.69
L.Aponte 73.3 1 64 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.96
L.Andersen 46.0 0 32 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.54
S.Foucault 27.0 3 6 2 3 1 0 .833 1.67
Team Total 1459.0 160 375 109 229 12 13 .966 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Grubb .292
On-Base Pct Ferguson .384
Slugging Pct Bench .478
OPS Luzinski .797
XR Ferguson 102.0
Games Ferguson 155
At-Bats Gamble 612
Runs Ferguson 114
Hits Grubb 159
Total Bases Gamble 289
Singles Grubb 123
Doubles Luzinski 35
Triples Ferrer 7
Homeruns Gamble 35
RBIs Gamble 111
Stolen Bases Lane 17
Caught Stealing Ferguson 5
Walks Ferguson 125
Strikeouts Ferguson 131
ERA Espinosa 3.10
Wins Espinosa 17
Losses Reardon 15
Winning Pct Nolan .688
Saves Reardon 29
Games Pitched Reardon 91
Games Started Lauzerique 38
Complete Games Espinosa 11
Shutouts Halicki 4
Innings Pitched Lauzerique 281.3
Hits Allowed Lauzerique 268
Homeruns Allowed Lauzerique 31
Strikeouts Espinosa 184
Walks Allowed Espinosa 56
Walks per 9IP Nolan 1.0
Hits per 9IP Espinosa 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Nolan 6.9
WHiP Espinosa 1.00
OAVG Espinosa .214
OOBP Espinosa .255
OSLG Espinosa .338
OOPS Espinosa .592
Team All-Stars
Oscar Gamble
George Lauzerique
Jeff Reardon
Player Salaries
Gary Nolan $ 15,000,000
Bernie Carbo $ 7,070,707
Johnny Bench $ 6,400,000
George Lauzerique $ 6,300,000
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
Ed Halicki $ 2,990,000
Johnny Grubb $ 2,000,000
Larry Hisle $ 1,600,000
Dave Hilton $ 1,528,571
Phil Hennigan $ 1,500,000
Larry Andersen $ 990,000
Sergio Ferrer $ 634,286
Marc Hill $ 350,000
Bob Boone $ 350,000
Steve Foucault $ 300,000
Nino Espinosa $ 300,000
Marvin Lane $ 300,000
Jeff Reardon $ 300,000
Luis Aponte $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded John Gelnar
Joe Lis
Los Angeles Marc Hill
George Lauzerique
7/1 Traded Dick Allen
Jeff Jones
New York (A) Dave Hilton