🏆 World Series Champions

1985 Kansas City Royals

91-71 • 0.562 Win% • 1st in AL W

📊 Season Record

91 Wins
71 Losses
0.562 Win %
1st Rank
687 R 639 RA
Diff +48

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⚡ Quick Stats

687 Runs Scored
639 Runs Allowed
+48 Run Diff
2,162K Attendance

📈 vs. 1985 AL Average

Batting Avg .251 4% below the 1985 league average (.261)
OBP .310 5% below the 1985 league average (.326)
SLG .335 3% below the 1985 league average (.345)
Team ERA 3.49 16% better than the 1985 league average (4.15)
Runs Scored 687 7% below the 1985 league average (737 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 2,162,715
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Avg per Game 26,374

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 George Brett 0.335 2 Jamie Quirk 0.281 3 Willie Wilson 0.278 4 Jorge Orta 0.267 5 Hal McRae 0.259

Home Runs

1 Steve Balboni 36 2 George Brett 30 3 Frank White 22 4 Darryl Motley 17 5 Hal McRae 14

RBI

1 George Brett 112 2 Steve Balboni 88 3 Hal McRae 70 4 Frank White 69 5 Darryl Motley 49
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Wilson 141 605 87 168 0 0 4 43 29 94 43 0.278
Steve Balboni 160 600 74 146 0 0 36 88 52 166 1 0.243
Frank White 149 563 62 140 0 0 22 69 28 86 10 0.249
George Brett 155 550 108 184 0 0 30 112 103 49 9 0.335
Lonnie Smith 120 448 77 115 0 0 6 41 41 69 40 0.257
Darryl Motley 123 383 45 85 0 0 17 49 18 57 6 0.222
Jim Sundberg 115 367 38 90 0 0 10 35 33 67 0 0.245
Hal McRae 112 320 41 83 0 0 14 70 44 45 0 0.259
Onix Concepcion 131 314 32 64 0 0 2 20 16 29 4 0.204
Jorge Orta 110 300 32 80 0 0 4 45 22 28 2 0.267
Pat Sheridan 78 206 18 47 0 0 3 17 23 38 11 0.228
Lynn Jones 110 152 12 32 0 0 0 9 8 15 0 0.211
John Wathan 60 145 11 34 0 0 1 9 17 15 1 0.234
Buddy Biancalana 81 138 21 26 0 0 1 6 17 34 1 0.188
Dane Iorg 64 130 7 29 0 0 1 21 8 16 0 0.223
Greg Pryor 63 114 8 25 0 0 1 3 8 12 0 0.219
Omar Moreno 24 70 9 17 0 0 2 12 3 8 0 0.243
Jamie Quirk 19 57 3 16 0 0 0 4 2 9 0 0.281
Dave Leeper 15 34 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0.088
Jim Scranton 6 4 1 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 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Farr 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Ferreira 2 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Hegman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Huismann 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Jackson 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Jones 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike LaCoss 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Leibrandt 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Leonard 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Quisenberry 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bret Saberhagen 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dan Quisenberry 2.37 2 Charlie Leibrandt 2.69 3 Bret Saberhagen 2.87 4 Steve Farr 3.11 5 Danny Jackson 3.42

Wins

1 Bret Saberhagen 20 2 Charlie Leibrandt 17 3 Mark Gubicza 14 4 Danny Jackson 14 5 Buddy Black 10

Strikeouts

1 Bret Saberhagen 158 2 Buddy Black 122 3 Danny Jackson 114 4 Charlie Leibrandt 108 5 Mark Gubicza 99
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Charlie Leibrandt 17 9 2.69 33 33 0 237.2 68 108
Bret Saberhagen 20 6 2.87 32 32 0 235.1 38 158
Danny Jackson 14 12 3.42 32 32 0 208.0 76 114
Buddy Black 10 15 4.33 33 33 0 205.2 59 122
Mark Gubicza 14 10 4.06 29 28 0 177.1 77 99
Dan Quisenberry 8 9 2.37 84 0 37 129.0 16 54
Joe Beckwith 1 5 4.07 49 0 1 95.0 32 80
Mike Jones 3 3 4.78 33 1 0 64.0 39 32
Mike LaCoss 1 1 5.09 21 0 1 40.2 29 26
Steve Farr 2 1 3.11 16 3 1 37.2 20 36
Mark Huismann 1 0 1.93 9 0 0 18.2 3 9
Tony Ferreira 0 0 7.94 2 0 0 5.2 2 5
Larry Gura 0 0 12.46 3 0 1 4.1 4 2
Dennis Leonard 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 1

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
KCA def. TOR 4-3
World Series
KCA def. SLN 4-3

👥 Roster (35)

Steve Balboni Joe Beckwith Buddy Biancalana Buddy Black George Brett Onix Concepcion Steve Farr Tony Ferreira Mark Gubicza Larry Gura Bob Hegman Mark Huismann +23 more

35 players

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