1981 Kansas City Royals

50-53 • 0.485 Win% • 4th in AL W

📊 Season Record

50 Wins
53 Losses
0.485 Win %
4th Rank
397 R 405 RA
Diff -8

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

397 Runs Scored
405 Runs Allowed
-8 Run Diff
1,279K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 AL Average

Batting Avg .267 4% above the 1981 league average (.256)
OBP .324 1% above the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .318 equal to the 1981 league average (.318)
Team ERA 3.56 3% better than the 1981 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 397 9% below the 1981 league average (437 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 47
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Total Attendance 1,279,440
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Avg per Game 27,222

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Clint Hurdle 0.329 2 George Brett 0.314 3 Jerry Grote 0.304 4 Willie Wilson 0.303 5 Lee May 0.291

Home Runs

1 Willie Aikens 17 2 Amos Otis 9 3 Frank White 9 4 Hal McRae 7 5 George Brett 6

RBI

1 Amos Otis 57 2 Willie Aikens 53 3 George Brett 43 4 Frank White 38 5 Hal McRae 36
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Wilson 102 439 54 133 0 0 1 32 18 42 34 0.303
Hal McRae 101 389 38 106 0 0 7 36 34 33 3 0.272
Amos Otis 99 372 49 100 0 0 9 57 31 59 16 0.269
Frank White 94 364 35 91 0 0 9 38 19 50 4 0.250
Willie Aikens 101 349 45 93 0 0 17 53 62 47 0 0.266
George Brett 89 347 42 109 0 0 6 43 27 23 14 0.314
U. L. Washington 98 339 40 77 0 0 2 29 41 43 10 0.227
John Wathan 89 301 24 76 0 0 1 19 19 23 11 0.252
Darryl Motley 42 125 15 29 0 0 2 8 7 15 1 0.232
Cesar Geronimo 59 118 14 29 0 0 2 13 11 16 6 0.246
Jamie Quirk 46 100 8 25 0 0 0 10 6 17 0 0.250
Clint Hurdle 28 76 12 25 0 0 4 15 13 10 0 0.329
Jerry Grote 22 56 4 17 0 0 1 9 3 2 1 0.304
Lee May 26 55 3 16 0 0 0 8 3 14 0 0.291
Dave Chalk 27 49 2 11 0 0 0 5 4 2 0 0.224
Rance Mulliniks 24 44 6 10 0 0 0 5 2 7 0 0.227
Ken Phelps 21 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0.136
Danny Garcia 12 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Pat Sheridan 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Juan Berenguer 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Brett 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Onix Concepcion 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Gale 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Gura 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Atlee Hammaker 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Ireland 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Jones 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Keatley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Leonard 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Renie Martin 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Paschall 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Quisenberry 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Schattinger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Splittorff 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Wright 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dan Quisenberry 1.73 2 Larry Gura 2.72 3 Renie Martin 2.77 4 Dennis Leonard 2.99 5 Mike Jones 3.21

Wins

1 Dennis Leonard 13 2 Larry Gura 11 3 Rich Gale 6 4 Mike Jones 6 5 Paul Splittorff 5

Strikeouts

1 Dennis Leonard 107 2 Larry Gura 61 3 Paul Splittorff 48 4 Rich Gale 47 5 Mike Jones 29
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dennis Leonard 13 11 2.99 26 26 0 201.2 41 107
Larry Gura 11 8 2.72 23 23 0 172.1 35 61
Rich Gale 6 6 5.40 19 15 0 101.2 38 47
Paul Splittorff 5 5 4.36 21 15 0 99.0 23 48
Mike Jones 6 3 3.21 12 11 0 75.2 28 29
Dan Quisenberry 1 4 1.73 40 0 18 62.1 15 20
Renie Martin 4 5 2.77 29 0 4 61.2 29 25
Jim Wright 2 3 3.46 17 4 0 52.0 21 27
Atlee Hammaker 1 3 5.54 10 6 0 39.0 12 11
Ken Brett 1 1 4.18 22 0 2 32.1 14 7
Juan Berenguer 0 4 8.69 8 3 0 19.2 16 20
Jeff Schattinger 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 1 1
Bill Paschall 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 0 1

🏆 Postseason Results

AWDIV
Lost to OAK 3-0

👥 Roster (35)

Willie Aikens Juan Berenguer George Brett Ken Brett Dave Chalk Onix Concepcion Rich Gale Danny Garcia Cesar Geronimo Jerry Grote Larry Gura Atlee Hammaker +23 more

35 players

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