1983 Kansas City Royals

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 2nd in AL W

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
2nd Rank
696 R 767 RA
Diff -71

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

696 Runs Scored
767 Runs Allowed
-71 Run Diff
1,963K Attendance

📈 vs. 1983 AL Average

Batting Avg .270 2% above the 1983 league average (.265)
OBP .318 2% below the 1983 league average (.326)
SLG .329 3% below the 1983 league average (.338)
Team ERA 4.25 5% worse than the 1983 league average (4.06)
Runs Scored 696 4% below the 1983 league average (727 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,963,886
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Avg per Game 23,949

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Butch Davis 0.344 2 Don Slaught 0.312 3 Hal McRae 0.311 4 George Brett 0.310 5 Willie Aikens 0.302

Home Runs

1 George Brett 25 2 Willie Aikens 23 3 Hal McRae 12 4 Frank White 11 5 Leon Roberts 8

RBI

1 George Brett 93 2 Hal McRae 82 3 Frank White 77 4 Willie Aikens 72 5 Amos Otis 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hal McRae 157 589 84 183 0 0 12 82 50 68 2 0.311
Willie Wilson 137 576 90 159 0 0 2 33 33 75 59 0.276
Frank White 146 549 52 143 0 0 11 77 20 51 13 0.260
U. L. Washington 144 547 76 129 0 0 5 41 48 78 40 0.236
George Brett 123 464 90 144 0 0 25 93 57 39 0 0.310
John Wathan 128 437 49 107 0 0 2 32 27 56 28 0.245
Willie Aikens 125 410 49 124 0 0 23 72 45 75 0 0.302
Amos Otis 98 356 35 93 0 0 4 41 27 63 5 0.261
Pat Sheridan 109 333 43 90 0 0 7 36 20 64 12 0.270
Don Slaught 83 276 21 86 0 0 0 28 11 27 3 0.312
Onix Concepcion 80 219 22 53 0 0 0 20 12 12 10 0.242
Leon Roberts 84 213 24 55 0 0 8 24 17 27 1 0.258
Butch Davis 33 122 13 42 0 0 2 18 4 19 4 0.344
Joe Simpson 91 119 16 20 0 0 0 8 11 21 1 0.168
Greg Pryor 68 115 9 25 0 0 1 14 7 8 0 0.217
Cesar Geronimo 38 87 2 18 0 0 0 4 2 13 0 0.207
Darryl Motley 19 68 9 16 0 0 3 11 2 8 2 0.235
Jerry Martin 13 44 4 14 0 0 2 13 1 7 1 0.318
Cliff Pastornicky 10 32 4 4 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 0.125
Ron Johnson 9 27 2 7 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0.259
Buddy Biancalana 6 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.200
Mike Armstrong 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Buddy Black 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vida Blue 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Castro 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Keith Creel 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Gura 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Hood 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Huismann 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Leonard 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gaylord Perry 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Quisenberry 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Rasmussen 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Renko 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Splittorff 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Tufts 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Wills 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dan Quisenberry 1.94 2 Don Hood 2.27 3 Paul Splittorff 3.63 4 Dennis Leonard 3.71 5 Buddy Black 3.79

Wins

1 Paul Splittorff 13 2 Larry Gura 11 3 Mike Armstrong 10 4 Buddy Black 10 5 Dennis Leonard 6

Strikeouts

1 Paul Splittorff 61 2 Buddy Black 58 3 Larry Gura 57 4 Steve Renko 54 5 Vida Blue 53
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Larry Gura 11 18 4.90 34 31 0 200.1 76 57
Buddy Black 10 7 3.79 24 24 0 161.1 43 58
Paul Splittorff 13 8 3.63 27 27 0 156.0 52 61
Dan Quisenberry 5 3 1.94 69 0 45 139.0 11 48
Steve Renko 6 11 4.30 25 17 1 121.1 36 54
Mike Armstrong 10 7 3.86 58 0 3 102.2 45 52
Keith Creel 2 5 6.35 25 10 0 89.1 35 31
Vida Blue 0 5 6.01 19 14 0 85.1 35 53
Gaylord Perry 4 4 4.27 14 14 0 84.1 26 40
Dennis Leonard 6 3 3.71 10 10 0 63.0 19 31
Eric Rasmussen 3 6 4.78 11 9 0 52.2 22 18
Don Hood 2 3 2.27 27 0 0 47.2 14 17
Bill Castro 2 0 6.64 18 0 0 40.2 12 17
Frank Wills 2 1 4.15 6 4 0 34.2 15 23
Mark Huismann 2 1 5.58 13 0 0 30.2 17 20
Danny Jackson 1 1 5.21 4 3 0 19.0 6 9
Bob Tufts 0 0 8.10 6 0 0 6.2 5 3
Joe Simpson 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 1

👥 Roster (38)

Willie Aikens Mike Armstrong Buddy Biancalana Buddy Black Vida Blue George Brett Bill Castro Onix Concepcion Keith Creel Butch Davis Cesar Geronimo Larry Gura +26 more

38 players

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