1988 Kansas City Royals

84-77 • 0.522 Win% • 3rd in AL W

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
77 Losses
0.522 Win %
3rd Rank
704 R 648 RA
Diff +56

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⚡ Quick Stats

704 Runs Scored
648 Runs Allowed
+56 Run Diff
2,349K Attendance

📈 vs. 1988 AL Average

Batting Avg .259 equal to the 1988 league average (.259)
OBP .319 1% below the 1988 league average (.322)
SLG .325 2% below the 1988 league average (.333)
Team ERA 3.65 8% better than the 1988 league average (3.97)
Runs Scored 704 equal to the 1988 league average (704 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 2,349,181
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Avg per Game 29,364

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Pat Tabler 0.309 2 George Brett 0.306 3 Kevin Seitzer 0.304 4 Danny Tartabull 0.274 5 Brad Wellman 0.271

Home Runs

1 Danny Tartabull 26 2 Bo Jackson 25 3 George Brett 24 4 Kurt Stillwell 10 5 Jamie Quirk 8

RBI

1 George Brett 103 2 Danny Tartabull 102 3 Bo Jackson 68 4 Kevin Seitzer 60 5 Frank White 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Wilson 147 591 81 155 0 0 1 37 22 106 35 0.262
George Brett 157 589 90 180 0 0 24 103 82 51 14 0.306
Kevin Seitzer 149 559 90 170 0 0 5 60 72 64 10 0.304
Frank White 150 537 48 126 0 0 8 58 21 67 7 0.235
Danny Tartabull 146 507 80 139 0 0 26 102 76 119 8 0.274
Kurt Stillwell 128 459 63 115 0 0 10 53 47 76 6 0.251
Bo Jackson 124 439 63 108 0 0 25 68 25 146 27 0.246
Pat Tabler 89 301 37 93 0 0 1 49 23 41 2 0.309
Bill Buckner 89 242 18 62 0 0 3 34 13 19 3 0.256
Mike Macfarlane 70 211 25 56 0 0 4 26 21 37 0 0.265
Jim Eisenreich 82 202 26 44 0 0 1 19 6 31 9 0.218
Jamie Quirk 84 196 22 47 0 0 8 25 28 41 1 0.240
Bill Pecota 90 178 25 37 0 0 1 15 18 34 7 0.208
Brad Wellman 71 107 11 29 0 0 1 6 6 23 1 0.271
Larry Owen 37 81 5 17 0 0 1 3 9 23 0 0.210
Gary Thurman 35 66 6 11 0 0 0 2 4 20 5 0.167
Steve Balboni 21 63 2 9 0 0 2 5 1 20 0 0.143
Scotti Madison 16 35 4 6 0 0 0 2 4 5 1 0.171
Nick Capra 14 29 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0.138
Luis de los Santos 11 22 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0.091
Thad Bosley 15 21 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.190
Ed Hearn 7 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.222
Rey Palacios 5 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.091
Dave Owen 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Rick Anderson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Aquino 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Floyd Bannister 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Buddy Black 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose de Jesus 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Farr 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gene Garber 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Don Gleaton 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Gordon 5 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
Mark Lee 4 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
Jeff Montgomery 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ted Power 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Quisenberry 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bret Saberhagen 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Israel Sanchez 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Steve Farr 2.50 2 Mark Gubicza 2.70 3 Charlie Leibrandt 3.19 4 Jeff Montgomery 3.45 5 Jerry Don Gleaton 3.55

Wins

1 Mark Gubicza 20 2 Bret Saberhagen 14 3 Charlie Leibrandt 13 4 Floyd Bannister 12 5 Jeff Montgomery 7

Strikeouts

1 Mark Gubicza 183 2 Bret Saberhagen 171 3 Charlie Leibrandt 125 4 Floyd Bannister 113 5 Steve Farr 72
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mark Gubicza 20 8 2.70 35 35 0 269.2 83 183
Bret Saberhagen 14 16 3.80 35 35 0 260.2 59 171
Charlie Leibrandt 13 12 3.19 35 35 0 243.0 62 125
Floyd Bannister 12 13 4.33 31 31 0 189.1 68 113
Steve Farr 5 4 2.50 62 1 20 82.2 30 72
Ted Power 5 6 5.94 22 12 0 80.1 30 44
Jeff Montgomery 7 2 3.45 45 0 1 62.2 30 47
Jerry Don Gleaton 0 4 3.55 42 0 3 38.0 17 29
Israel Sanchez 3 2 4.54 19 1 1 35.2 18 14
Rick Anderson 2 1 4.24 7 3 0 34.0 9 9
Gene Garber 0 4 3.58 26 0 6 32.2 13 20
Luis Aquino 1 0 2.79 7 5 0 29.0 17 11
Dan Quisenberry 0 1 3.55 20 0 1 25.1 5 9
Buddy Black 2 1 4.91 17 0 0 22.0 11 19
Tom Gordon 0 2 5.17 5 2 0 15.2 7 18
Mark Lee 0 0 3.60 4 0 0 5.0 1 0
Jose de Jesus 0 1 27.00 2 1 0 2.2 5 2

👥 Roster (41)

Rick Anderson Luis Aquino Steve Balboni Floyd Bannister Buddy Black Thad Bosley George Brett Bill Buckner Nick Capra Jim Eisenreich Steve Farr Gene Garber +29 more

41 players

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