1990 Kansas City Royals
Record: 44-116
Finish: 4th in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 538
Runs Allowed: 890
Exp W-L: 46-114
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 1,405,249
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 49-88, 12th in the American League
AA: 57-80, 12th in the American League
A: 81-56, 1st 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 *John Olerud 21 148 541 69 166 43 1 12 61 1 0 96 58 .307 .411 .457 .868 99.9 15.8 3.6
RF  Mike Vail 38 148 559 54 129 32 6 9 51 1 0 33 134 .231 .272 .358 .630 52.0 3.2 1.1
CF *Dan Briggs 37 148 530 52 150 18 0 2 55 1 1 20 106 .283 .315 .328 .644 50.6 4.1 1.7
LF  Butch Davis 32 139 516 40 111 30 6 4 38 1 1 12 87 .215 .234 .320 .553 31.9 0.0 1.0
2B  Damaso Garcia 35 147 512 45 140 20 6 3 41 0 1 9 58 .273 .290 .354 .643 43.8 2.8 5.7
CF  Rusty Kuntz 35 131 426 41 80 27 0 2 38 0 0 40 102 .188 .260 .265 .525 26.1 0.0 4.0
2B *Jack Perconte 35 118 402 34 87 11 3 3 25 2 0 23 80 .216 .261 .281 .542 26.3 0.0 2.7
C *Harry Spilman 35 122 359 34 56 5 1 6 25 0 0 44 96 .156 .248 .226 .473 19.8 0.0 4.5
1B *Cecil Cooper 40 113 380 34 85 10 0 4 37 1 0 9 93 .224 .245 .282 .526 20.7 0.0 0.1
CF  Gary Ward 36 92 268 24 59 10 2 9 35 1 0 15 71 .220 .262 .373 .635 26.3 1.5 1.0
SS  Paul Serna 31 118 262 20 47 2 0 6 16 0 0 8 31 .179 .207 .256 .462 10.7 0.0 3.3
C  Darrell Miller 32 76 197 21 37 6 0 7 21 1 0 11 45 .188 .241 .325 .565 15.1 0.0 2.1
1B *Willie Aikens 35 86 152 16 41 10 0 4 25 0 0 13 49 .270 .323 .414 .738 20.7 2.3 0.5
3B *George Brett 37 24 105 14 31 9 0 2 12 3 1 8 14 .295 .342 .438 .780 14.7 1.9 0.6
1B *Al Woods 36 24 101 13 31 4 2 1 10 0 1 7 13 .307 .349 .416 .764 13.3 1.6 0.4
CF #Miguel Dilone 35 25 88 12 23 1 0 2 15 2 2 4 13 .261 .293 .341 .634 7.6 0.3 0.4
RF  Cesar Cedeno 39 42 78 8 14 1 1 1 3 0 1 4 13 .179 .229 .256 .485 3.5 0.0 0.5
SS #Ozzie Smith 35 55 67 7 10 4 0 0 2 1 2 1 18 .149 .162 .209 .371 -0.6 0.0 1.3
  Team Totals 34.7 1756 5543 538 1297 243 28 77 510 15 10 357 1081 .234 .282 .330 .612 482.4 33.4 34.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 6 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 1 12 11 12 12 12 12 12  
* - 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
 Mike Bielecki 30 7 14 .333 67 12 0 184.7 215 120 24 89 79 5.85 5.1
*Bob Patterson 31 7 13 .350 63 12 11 156.0 173 72 12 65 93 4.15 12.5
 Craig McMurtry 30 2 17 .105 36 36 0 139.0 148 64 17 27 91 4.14 7.7
 Tim Burke 31 6 9 .400 53 5 1 136.0 123 74 19 59 74 4.90 6.5
 Kevin Tapani 26 2 10 .167 22 15 0 126.7 127 57 13 37 84 4.05 7.6
 Tom Gordon 22 5 12 .294 23 23 0 125.7 115 56 9 45 91 4.01 8.4
 Scott Terry 30 3 6 .333 57 11 3 122.3 171 105 21 51 47 7.73 0.0
 Mike Harkey 23 2 9 .182 21 21 0 117.3 140 59 14 31 55 4.53 5.0
*Joe Hesketh 31 3 4 .429 51 0 4 106.0 105 46 12 45 65 3.91 8.0
 Jose Dejesus 25 0 11 .000 18 18 0 54.0 60 40 3 41 26 6.67 0.0
 John Butcher 33 3 3 .500 25 0 1 44.0 60 41 5 21 31 8.39 0.0
*Bob Knepper 36 0 2 .000 21 0 2 41.3 57 29 6 20 9 6.32 0.2
*Jamie Easterly 37 2 3 .400 22 0 4 41.0 44 20 7 10 29 4.39 3.2
 Rick Steirer 33 2 3 .400 17 0 1 38.0 57 34 9 17 13 8.05 0.0
Team Totals 29.9 44 116 .275 496 153 27 1432.0 1595 817 171 558 787 5.13 64.2
Rank among 12 AL teams 12 12 12 12 4 12 12 12 10 11 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 .992 31.4
H.Spilman 958.3 109 113 547 49 6 0 .990 34.0
D.Miller 469.7 51 62 270 20 4 1 .986 25.0
O.Smith 4.0 0 1 5 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1432.0 160 176 822 71 10 1 .989 31.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.28
J.Olerud 1243.0 140 147 1574 141 15 143 .991 12.42
A.Woods 161.9 15 18 185 17 2 17 .990 11.23
W.Aikens 145.7 16 18 182 10 2 18 .990 11.86
C.Cooper 32.0 4 5 28 6 1 3 .971 9.56
P.Serna 6.7 0 2 8 0 0 2 1.000 10.81
C.Cedeno 3.7 0 2 7 0 0 1 1.000 17.21
O.Smith 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
G.Brett 0.8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1594.7 175 193 1987 174 20 184 .991 12.20
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.68
J.Perconte 821.3 99 100 170 359 11 71 .980 5.80
D.Garcia 332.7 38 41 85 156 7 38 .972 6.52
P.Serna 149.7 14 32 35 59 0 16 1.000 5.65
O.Smith 116.7 9 34 30 73 3 14 .972 7.95
M.Dilone 23.9 3 3 4 11 0 1 1.000 5.65
W.Aikens 6.7 0 2 2 3 0 2 1.000 6.76
R.Kuntz 5.0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1455.9 163 213 327 664 21 142 .979 6.13
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.59
R.Kuntz 1121.7 129 130 65 289 7 21 .981 2.84
G.Brett 228.3 22 22 13 49 4 4 .939 2.44
P.Serna 65.7 6 16 7 19 1 1 .963 3.56
M.Dilone 23.2 3 3 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.72
H.Spilman 15.0 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.40
D.Garcia 11.7 0 4 1 4 1 0 .833 3.86
Team Total 1465.5 161 179 88 370 13 26 .972 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.11
D.Garcia 830.7 96 100 152 379 5 80 .991 5.75
P.Serna 500.7 57 67 78 243 14 49 .958 5.77
O.Smith 64.7 5 16 12 40 0 8 1.000 7.24
J.Perconte 35.0 2 12 9 10 3 2 .864 4.89
M.Dilone 24.1 2 5 4 8 0 1 1.000 4.48
G.Brett 2.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.09
R.Kuntz 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 201 255 682 23 140 .976 5.78
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.79
B.Davis 1064.0 120 129 171 3 6 1 .967 1.47
D.Briggs 208.0 24 24 43 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
W.Aikens 84.0 7 18 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
G.Ward 59.0 8 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.83
M.Dilone 12.1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
M.Vail 9.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Cedeno 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
A.Woods 3.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Miller 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 161 189 248 4 6 1 .977 1.57
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.40
D.Briggs 692.3 78 82 157 2 4 1 .975 2.07
G.Ward 433.7 50 56 118 4 0 2 1.000 2.53
C.Cedeno 56.3 5 14 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
M.Dilone 56.3 6 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.72
M.Vail 30.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1268.6 142 162 309 8 4 4 .988 2.25
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.95
M.Vail 906.3 101 103 179 5 17 3 .915 1.83
D.Briggs 322.7 38 38 57 4 4 1 .938 1.70
C.Cedeno 146.0 15 23 47 1 1 0 .980 2.96
D.Miller 38.0 4 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
B.Davis 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
M.Dilone 8.2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
Team Total 1440.2 161 176 298 10 22 4 .933 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.98
M.Bielecki 184.7 12 67 12 27 0 1 1.000 1.90
B.Patterson 156.0 12 63 8 21 0 1 1.000 1.67
C.McMurtry 139.0 36 36 13 16 1 0 .967 1.88
T.Burke 136.0 5 53 8 26 0 1 1.000 2.25
K.Tapani 126.7 15 22 12 20 1 2 .970 2.27
T.Gordon 125.7 23 23 12 17 1 2 .967 2.08
S.Terry 122.3 11 57 7 16 0 1 1.000 1.69
M.Harkey 117.3 21 21 8 31 0 4 1.000 2.99
J.Hesketh 106.0 0 51 5 15 2 1 .909 1.70
J.Dejesus 54.0 18 18 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.17
J.Butcher 44.0 0 25 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Knepper 41.3 0 21 4 11 0 2 1.000 3.27
J.Easterly 41.0 0 22 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.10
R.Steirer 38.0 0 17 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.37
Team Total 1432.0 153 496 99 226 5 16 .985 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Olerud .307
On-Base Pct Olerud .411
Slugging Pct Olerud .457
OPS Olerud .868
XR Olerud 99.9
Games Olerud, Vail, Briggs 148
At-Bats Vail 559
Runs Olerud 69
Hits Olerud 166
Total Bases Olerud 247
Singles Briggs 130
Doubles Olerud 43
Triples Davis, Garcia, Vail 6
Homeruns Olerud 12
RBIs Olerud 61
Stolen Bases Brett 3
Caught Stealing Dilone, Smith 2
Walks Olerud 96
Strikeouts Vail 134
ERA Bielecki 5.85
Wins Bielecki, Patterson 7
Losses McMurtry 17
Winning Pct Patterson .350
Saves Patterson 11
Games Pitched Bielecki 67
Games Started McMurtry 36
Complete Games McMurtry 1
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Bielecki 184.7
Hits Allowed Bielecki 215
Homeruns Allowed Bielecki 24
Strikeouts Patterson 93
Walks Allowed Bielecki 89
Walks per 9IP Bielecki 4.3
Hits per 9IP Bielecki 10.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Bielecki 3.9
WHiP Bielecki 1.65
OAVG Bielecki .295
OOBP Bielecki .372
OSLG Bielecki .458
OOPS Bielecki .830
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jack Perconte $ 6,250,000
Bob Knepper $ 2,500,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 2,500,000
Jamie Easterly $ 1,550,000
Joe Hesketh $ 1,537,143
John Butcher $ 1,500,000
Tim Burke $ 1,125,000
Damaso Garcia $ 1,000,000
Frank Dipino $ 845,714
Cecil Cooper $ 750,000
Ozzie Smith $ 444,444
Rick Steirer $ 350,000
Scott Terry $ 350,000
Mike Bielecki $ 300,000
Dan Briggs $ 300,000
Mike Vail $ 300,000
Butch Davis $ 300,000
Jose Dejesus $ 300,000
Mike Harkey $ 300,000
Willie Aikens $ 300,000
Harry Spilman $ 300,000
Kevin Tapani $ 300,000
Gary Ward $ 300,000
Rusty Kuntz $ 300,000
Craig McMurtry $ 300,000
Darrell Miller $ 300,000
John Olerud $ 300,000
Bob Patterson $ 300,000
Paul Serna $ 300,000
Tom Gordon $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/4 Traded Dan Ford
Ellis Valentine
Pittsburgh Ray Fontenot
3/4 Traded Bob Meacham Philadelphia Jim Vatcher
John Butcher
Bob Knepper
Cecil Cooper
Mike Vail
3/4 Traded Danny Jackson Philadelphia Dan Briggs
4/3 Traded Dave Hostetler
Dwayne Murphy
San Diego Ralph Citarella
4/3 Signed     Harry Spilman
5/1 Traded George Brett
Al Woods
Miguel Dilone
Pittsburgh Kevin Tapani
5/1 Signed     Gary Ward
5/1 Signed     Rusty Kuntz
5/1 Signed     Willie Aikens