⭐ Division Winner

1984 Kansas City Royals

84-78 • 0.519 Win% • 1st in AL W

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
78 Losses
0.519 Win %
1st Rank
673 R 686 RA
Diff -13

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

673 Runs Scored
686 Runs Allowed
-13 Run Diff
1,810K Attendance

📈 vs. 1984 AL Average

Batting Avg .268 2% above the 1984 league average (.263)
OBP .317 3% below the 1984 league average (.325)
SLG .331 2% below the 1984 league average (.339)
Team ERA 3.92 2% better than the 1984 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 673 6% below the 1984 league average (716 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,810,018
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Avg per Game 22,345

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hal McRae 0.303 2 Willie Wilson 0.301 3 Lynn Jones 0.301 4 Jorge Orta 0.298 5 George Brett 0.284

Home Runs

1 Steve Balboni 28 2 Frank White 17 3 Darryl Motley 15 4 George Brett 13 5 Jorge Orta 9

RBI

1 Steve Balboni 77 2 Darryl Motley 70 3 George Brett 69 4 Frank White 56 5 Pat Sheridan 53
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Wilson 128 541 81 163 0 0 2 44 39 56 47 0.301
Darryl Motley 146 522 64 148 0 0 15 70 28 73 10 0.284
Pat Sheridan 138 481 64 136 0 0 8 53 41 91 19 0.283
Frank White 129 479 58 130 0 0 17 56 27 72 5 0.271
Steve Balboni 126 438 58 107 0 0 28 77 45 139 0 0.244
Don Slaught 124 409 48 108 0 0 4 42 20 55 0 0.264
Jorge Orta 122 403 50 120 0 0 9 50 28 39 0 0.298
George Brett 104 377 42 107 0 0 13 69 38 37 0 0.284
Hal McRae 106 317 30 96 0 0 3 42 34 47 0 0.303
Onix Concepcion 90 287 36 81 0 0 1 23 14 33 9 0.282
Greg Pryor 123 270 32 71 0 0 4 25 12 28 0 0.263
Dane Iorg 78 235 27 60 0 0 5 30 13 15 0 0.255
John Wathan 97 171 17 31 0 0 2 10 21 34 6 0.181
U. L. Washington 63 170 18 38 0 0 1 10 14 31 4 0.224
Buddy Biancalana 66 134 18 26 0 0 2 9 6 44 1 0.194
Butch Davis 41 116 11 17 0 0 2 12 10 19 4 0.147
Lynn Jones 47 103 11 31 0 0 1 10 4 9 1 0.301
Leon Roberts 29 45 4 10 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 0.222
Tucker Ashford 9 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.154
Orlando Sanchez 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.100
Bucky Dent 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.333
Dave Leeper 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Luis Pujols 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200
Jim Scranton 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Beckwith 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Buddy Black 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Gubicza 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Gura 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Huismann 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Jackson 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Jones 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Leibrandt 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Quisenberry 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bret Saberhagen 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Splittorff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Wills 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dan Quisenberry 2.64 2 Buddy Black 3.12 3 Joe Beckwith 3.40 4 Bret Saberhagen 3.48 5 Charlie Leibrandt 3.63

Wins

1 Buddy Black 17 2 Larry Gura 12 3 Charlie Leibrandt 11 4 Mark Gubicza 10 5 Bret Saberhagen 10

Strikeouts

1 Buddy Black 140 2 Mark Gubicza 111 3 Joe Beckwith 75 4 Bret Saberhagen 73 5 Larry Gura 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Buddy Black 17 12 3.12 35 35 0 257.0 64 140
Mark Gubicza 10 14 4.05 29 29 0 189.0 75 111
Larry Gura 12 9 5.18 31 25 0 168.2 67 68
Bret Saberhagen 10 11 3.48 38 18 1 157.2 36 73
Charlie Leibrandt 11 7 3.63 23 23 0 143.2 38 53
Dan Quisenberry 6 3 2.64 72 0 44 129.1 12 41
Joe Beckwith 8 4 3.40 49 1 2 100.2 25 75
Mike Jones 2 3 4.89 23 12 0 81.0 36 43
Danny Jackson 2 6 4.26 15 11 0 76.0 35 40
Mark Huismann 3 3 4.20 38 0 3 75.0 21 54
Frank Wills 2 3 5.11 10 5 0 37.0 13 21
Paul Splittorff 1 3 7.71 12 3 0 28.0 10 4
Leon Roberts 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to DET 3-0

👥 Roster (36)

Tucker Ashford Steve Balboni Joe Beckwith Buddy Biancalana Buddy Black George Brett Onix Concepcion Butch Davis Bucky Dent Mark Gubicza Larry Gura Mark Huismann +24 more

36 players

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