1987 Kansas City Royals

83-79 • 0.512 Win% • 2nd in AL W

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
0.512 Win %
2nd Rank
715 R 691 RA
Diff +24

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

715 Runs Scored
691 Runs Allowed
+24 Run Diff
2,392K Attendance

📈 vs. 1987 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 1% below the 1987 league average (.264)
OBP .326 2% below the 1987 league average (.332)
SLG .354 3% below the 1987 league average (.366)
Team ERA 3.86 13% better than the 1987 league average (4.46)
Runs Scored 715 10% below the 1987 league average (794 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,392,471
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Avg per Game 29,536

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Kevin Seitzer 0.323 2 Danny Tartabull 0.309 3 Gary Thurman 0.296 4 George Brett 0.290 5 Willie Wilson 0.279

Home Runs

1 Danny Tartabull 34 2 Steve Balboni 24 3 George Brett 22 4 Bo Jackson 22 5 Frank White 17

RBI

1 Danny Tartabull 101 2 Kevin Seitzer 83 3 George Brett 78 4 Frank White 78 5 Steve Balboni 60
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Kevin Seitzer 161 641 105 207 0 0 15 83 80 85 12 0.323
Willie Wilson 146 610 97 170 0 0 4 30 32 88 59 0.279
Danny Tartabull 158 582 95 180 0 0 34 101 79 136 9 0.309
Frank White 154 563 67 138 0 0 17 78 51 86 1 0.245
George Brett 115 427 71 124 0 0 22 78 72 47 6 0.290
Bo Jackson 116 396 46 93 0 0 22 53 30 158 10 0.235
Steve Balboni 121 386 44 80 0 0 24 60 34 97 0 0.207
Angel Salazar 116 317 24 65 0 0 2 21 6 46 4 0.205
Jamie Quirk 109 296 24 70 0 0 5 33 28 56 1 0.236
Juan Beniquez 57 174 14 41 0 0 3 26 11 26 0 0.236
Lonnie Smith 48 167 26 42 0 0 3 8 24 31 9 0.251
Larry Owen 76 164 17 31 0 0 5 14 16 51 0 0.189
Bill Pecota 66 156 22 43 0 0 3 14 15 25 5 0.276
Thad Bosley 80 140 13 39 0 0 1 16 9 26 0 0.279
Ross Jones 39 114 10 29 0 0 0 10 5 15 1 0.254
Jim Eisenreich 44 105 10 25 0 0 4 21 7 13 1 0.238
Gary Thurman 27 81 12 24 0 0 0 5 8 20 7 0.296
Jorge Orta 21 50 3 9 0 0 2 4 3 8 0 0.180
Buddy Biancalana 37 47 4 10 0 0 1 7 1 10 0 0.213
Hal McRae 18 32 5 10 0 0 1 9 5 1 0 0.312
Mike Macfarlane 8 19 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0.211
Ed Hearn 6 17 2 5 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0.294
Scotti Madison 7 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.267
Rick Anderson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Buddy Black 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Davis 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Farr 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gene Garber 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Don Gleaton 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Gubicza 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Gumpert 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Jackson 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Leibrandt 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Melido Perez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Quisenberry 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bret Saberhagen 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Shirley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Stoddard 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 John Davis 2.27 2 Dan Quisenberry 2.76 3 Bret Saberhagen 3.36 4 Charlie Leibrandt 3.41 5 Buddy Black 3.60

Wins

1 Bret Saberhagen 18 2 Charlie Leibrandt 16 3 Mark Gubicza 13 4 Danny Jackson 9 5 Buddy Black 8

Strikeouts

1 Mark Gubicza 166 2 Bret Saberhagen 163 3 Danny Jackson 152 4 Charlie Leibrandt 151 5 Steve Farr 88
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bret Saberhagen 18 10 3.36 33 33 0 257.0 53 163
Mark Gubicza 13 18 3.98 35 35 0 241.2 120 166
Charlie Leibrandt 16 11 3.41 35 35 0 240.1 74 151
Danny Jackson 9 18 4.02 36 34 0 224.0 109 152
Buddy Black 8 6 3.60 29 18 1 122.1 35 61
Steve Farr 4 3 4.15 47 0 1 91.0 44 88
Jerry Don Gleaton 4 4 4.26 48 0 5 50.2 28 44
Dan Quisenberry 4 1 2.76 47 0 8 49.0 10 17
John Davis 5 2 2.27 27 0 2 43.2 26 24
Bob Stoddard 1 3 4.28 17 2 1 40.0 22 23
Dave Gumpert 0 0 6.05 8 0 0 19.1 6 13
Gene Garber 0 0 2.51 13 0 8 14.1 1 3
Rick Anderson 0 2 13.85 6 2 0 13.0 9 12
Melido Perez 1 1 7.84 3 3 0 10.1 5 5
Bob Shirley 0 0 14.73 3 0 0 7.1 6 1

👥 Roster (38)

Rick Anderson Steve Balboni Juan Beniquez Buddy Biancalana Buddy Black Thad Bosley George Brett John Davis Jim Eisenreich Steve Farr Gene Garber Jerry Don Gleaton +26 more

38 players

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