1988 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster

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1988 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987/1989)
84-77, Finished 3rd in AL Western Division
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Scored 704 runs, Allowed 648 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-74
Managed by John Wathan

Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,350,181 (5th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Mike Macfarlane     24   70  211   25   56  15  0   4   26  21   37  .265  .332  .393   0   0   5   1   1   2   2  102
1B *George Brett        35  157  589   90  180  42  3  24  103  82   51  .306  .389  .509  14   3  15   3   0   7  15  149
2B  Frank White         37  150  537   48  126  25  1   8   58  21   67  .235  .266  .330   7   3  16   4   7   6   3   66
3B  Kevin Seitzer       26  149  559   90  170  32  5   5   60  72   64  .304  .388  .406  10   8  15   6   3   3   4  122
SS #Kurt Stillwell      23  128  459   63  115  28  5  10   53  47   76  .251  .322  .399   6   5   7   3   6   3   0  101
LF  Bo Jackson          25  124  439   63  108  16  4  25   68  25  146  .246  .287  .472  27   6   6   1   1   2   6  108
CF #Willie Wilson       32  147  591   81  155  17 11   1   37  22  106  .262  .289  .333  35   7   5   2   8   5   1   74
RF  Danny Tartabull     25  146  507   80  139  38  3  26  102  76  119  .274  .369  .515   8   5  10   4   0   6   4  145
DH *Bill Buckner        38   89  242   18   62  14  0   3   34  13   19  .256  .290  .351   3   1   6   0   4   4   5   78
    Pat Tabler          30   89  301   37   93  17  2   1   49  23   41  .309  .358  .389   2   3   6   2   0   4   0  109
   *Jim Eisenreich      29   82  202   26   44   8  1   1   19   6   31  .218  .236  .282   9   3   2   0   2   4   1   44
   *Jamie Quirk         33   84  196   22   47   7  1   8   25  28   41  .240  .333  .408   1   5   2   1   4   3   2  106
    Bill Pecota         28   90  178   25   37   3  3   1   15  18   34  .208  .286  .275   7   2   1   2   7   1   0   58
    Brad Wellman        28   71  107   11   29   3  0   1    6   6   23  .271  .322  .327   1   2   1   2   1   0   0   82
    Larry Owen          33   37   81    5   17   1  0   1    3   9   23  .210  .304  .259   0   0   0   2   2   0   0   60
    Gary Thurman        23   35   66    6   11   1  0   0    2   4   20  .167  .214  .182   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   12
    Steve Balboni       31   21   63    2    9   2  0   2    5   1   20  .143  .156  .270   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   17
   #Scotti Madison      28   16   35    4    6   2  0   0    2   4    5  .171  .256  .229   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   37
    Nick Capra          30   14   29    3    4   1  0   0    0   2    3  .138  .194  .172   1   0   3   0   0   0   0    3
    Luis de los Santos  21   11   22    1    2   1  1   0    1   4    4  .091  .231  .227   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   29
   *Thad Bosley         31   15   21    1    4   0  0   0    2   2    6  .190  .250  .190   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   25
    Ed Hearn            27    7   18    1    4   2  0   0    1   0    1  .222  .222  .333   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   53
    Rey Palacios        25    5   11    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .091  .091  .091   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -49
   #Dave Owen           30    7    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.6  161 5469  704 1419 275 40 121  671 486  944  .259  .320  .391 137  54 105  33  46  51  44   98
    Rank among 14 AL teams        10    7    8   3  2  12        9    2     8     7     7   3   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Mark Gubicza        25  35   2.70  20   8  0  35   0   8   4  269.7  237   94   81  11   83  183 1111  12   6  4   3 149
SP *Charlie Leibrandt   31  35   3.19  13  12  0  35   0   7   2  243.0  244   98   86  20   62  125 1002  10   4  4   3 126
SP  Bret Saberhagen     24  35   3.80  14  16  0  35   0   9   0  260.7  271  122  110  18   59  171 1089   9   4  0   5 106
SP *Floyd Bannister     33  31   4.33  12  13  0  31   0   2   0  189.3  182  102   91  22   68  113  816   6   5  2   6  93
SP  Ted Power           33  22   5.94   5   6  0  12   3   2   2   80.3   98   54   53   7   30   44  360   3   3  2   3  68
SP  Luis Aquino         24   7   2.79   1   0  0   5   0   1   1   29.0   33   15    9   1   17   11  136   1   1  1   0 144

CL  Steve Farr          31  62   2.50   5   4 20   1  49   0   0   82.7   74   25   23   5   30   72  344   4   2  2   6 160
RP  Jeff Montgomery     26  45   3.45   7   2  1   0  13   0   0   62.7   54   25   24   6   30   47  271   3   2  6   1 116
RP *Jerry Don Gleaton   30  42   3.55   0   4  3   0  20   0   0   38.0   33   17   15   2   17   29  164   2   3  0   1 113
RP  Gene Garber         40  26   3.58   0   4  6   0  19   0   0   32.7   29   15   13   4   13   20  138   0   2  2   2 112
RP  Dan Quisenberry     35  20   3.55   0   1  1   0  13   0   0   25.3   32   11   10   0    5    9  110   1   0  1   2 113

   *Israel Sanchez      24  19   4.54   3   2  1   1   6   0   0   35.7   36   20   18   0   18   14  157   3   0  1   2  88
    Rick Anderson       31   7   4.24   2   1  0   3   0   0   0   34.0   41   17   16   3    9    9  147   1   1  0   2  95
   *Bud Black           31  17   4.91   2   1  0   0   5   0   0   22.0   23   12   12   2   11   19   98   0   0  2   2  82
    Tom Gordon          20   5   5.17   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   15.7   16    9    9   1    7   18   67   0   0  0   0  78
   *Mark Lee            23   4   3.60   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    5.0    6    2    2   0    1    0   21   0   0  0   0 112
    Jose DeJesus        23   2  27.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    2.7    6   10    8   0    5    2   19   0   0  0   1  15
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0 161   3.65  84  77 32 161 132  29  12 1428.0 1415  648  579 102  465  886 6050  55  33 27  39 110
    Rank among 14 AL teams          3   8   7 11           5   3     11    7    3        1    4    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MMacfarlane 553 63 68 309 18 2 3 .994 8 24 45 14 JQuirk 543 60 79 409 31 8 5 .982 2 21 53 20 LOwen 259 31 37 168 13 2 1 .989 1 9 15 8 EHearn 27 3 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 2 0 SMadison 23 2 4 18 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 RPalacios 21 2 3 17 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2 0 BPecota 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1428 161 161 933 65 12 9 .988 12 55 117 42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBrett 1075 124 124 1126 70 10 105 .992 10.01 BBuckner 164 18 21 160 12 1 11 .994 9.44 SBalboni 93 10 13 94 5 2 11 .980 9.58 PTabler 40 5 7 40 4 4 6 .917 9.83 Lde los San 25 3 5 31 1 0 3 1.000 11.52 BPecota 20 0 11 17 0 0 2 1.000 7.65 SMadison 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 JQuirk 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1428 161 161 1474 92 17 138 .989 9.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FWhite 1186 139 148 293 426 4 88 .994 5.45 BWellman 235 22 46 54 85 4 21 .972 5.32 BPecota 7 0 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 7.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1428 161 161 351 513 8 110 .991 5.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KSeitzer 1286 147 147 93 297 26 33 .937 2.73 BPecota 132 14 21 10 36 1 2 .979 3.14 BWellman 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 1.000 5.40 JQuirk 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50 PTabler 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RPalacios 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1428 161 161 103 339 27 37 .942 2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KStillwell 1058 121 124 170 349 13 60 .976 4.41 BPecota 287 33 41 59 107 4 20 .976 5.21 BWellman 58 5 15 13 13 2 4 .929 4.03 DOwen 24 2 7 7 9 1 6 .941 6.00 GBrett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1428 161 161 249 478 20 90 .973 4.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BJackson 874 102 103 207 12 5 2 .978 2.25 PTabler 222 27 28 59 0 1 0 .983 2.39 JEisenreich 178 17 30 51 0 1 0 .981 2.57 GThurman 104 11 22 22 1 2 0 .920 1.99 NCapra 18 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 BPecota 16 1 3 5 0 1 0 .833 2.76 TBosley 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 SMadison 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 KSeitzer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1428 161 161 350 13 10 2 .973 2.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WWilson 1194 141 143 364 2 4 0 .989 2.76 JEisenreich 72 6 15 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.62 GThurman 71 6 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 NCapra 45 4 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 BJackson 39 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 TBosley 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1428 161 161 421 2 4 0 .991 2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DTartabull 1110 130 130 228 8 8 1 .967 1.91 JEisenreich 118 10 21 37 0 3 0 .925 2.82 BJackson 110 12 15 25 0 2 0 .926 2.05 PTabler 61 8 9 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.62 BPecota 22 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 NCapra 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 TBosley 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 SMadison 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1428 161 161 308 9 13 1 .961 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- WWilson 1194 141 142 365 1 4 0 .989 2.76 DTartabull 1110 130 130 227 8 9 1 .963 1.90 BJackson 1023 118 121 246 11 7 2 .973 2.26 JEisenreich 368 33 64 109 0 4 0 .965 2.66 PTabler 283 35 37 68 1 1 0 .986 2.19 GThurman 175 17 32 36 1 2 0 .949 1.90 NCapra 67 6 11 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 BPecota 38 2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.88 TBosley 18 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 SMadison 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 KSeitzer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1428 161 161 1080 22 28 3 .975 2.32 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MGubicza 269 35 35 29 44 1 3 .986 2.44 BSaberhagen 260 35 35 15 34 3 3 .942 1.69 CLeibrandt 243 35 35 19 43 3 2 .954 2.30 FBannister 189 31 31 8 25 1 1 .971 1.57 SFarr 82 1 62 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.09 TPower 80 12 22 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.46 JMontgomery 62 0 45 3 10 1 0 .929 1.87 JGleaton 38 0 42 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.42 ISanchez 35 1 19 2 7 1 0 .900 2.27 RAnderson 34 3 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.06 GGarber 32 0 26 3 6 1 1 .900 2.48 LAquino 29 5 7 2 2 1 1 .800 1.24 DQuisenberr 25 0 20 0 9 0 1 1.000 3.20 BBlack 22 0 17 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.41 TGordon 15 2 5 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.29 MLee 5 0 4 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 JDeJesus 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1428 161 161 95 205 12 14 .962 1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- BBuckner 42 PTabler 40 GBrett 33 JEisenreich 13 DTartabull 13 SBalboni 6 TBosley 4 SMadison 4 BPecota 4 Lde los San 3 BWellman 3 FWhite 3 EHearn 2 BJackson 2 NCapra 1 RPalacios 1 KSeitzer 1 GThurman 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Brett .306

On-base % Brett .389

Slugging % Tartabull .515

OPS Brett .898

Games Brett 157

At Bats Wilson 591

Plate Appearances (approx.) Brett 681

Runs Brett and Seitzer 90

Hits Brett 180

Total Bases Brett 300

Doubles Brett 42

Triples Wilson 11

Home Runs Tartabull 26

RBI Brett 103

Bases on Balls Brett 82

Strikeouts Jackson 146

Stolen Bases Wilson 35

Singles Seitzer 128

Adjusted OPS+ Brett 149

Runs Created Brett 119

Adjusted Batting Runs Brett 42

Batting Wins Brett 4.2

Extra-Base Hits Brett 69

Times on Base Brett 265

Offensive Win% Brett .718

Hit By Pitch Seitzer 6

Sac. Hits Wilson 8

Sac. Flies Brett 7

Intentional Walks Brett 15

Grounded into Double Plays White 16

Caught Stealing Seitzer 8

Power/Speed Number Jackson 26.0

At Bats per Strikeout Brett 11.5

At Bats per Home Run Tartabull 19.5

Outs Wilson 461

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Gubicza 2.70

Wins Gubicza 20

Won-Loss % Gubicza .714

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Gubicza 1.187

Hits Allowed/9IP Gubicza 7.91

Bases on Balls/9IP Saberhagen 2.04

Strikeouts/9IP Gubicza 6.11

Games Farr 62

Saves Farr 20

Innings Gubicza 269.7

Strikeouts Gubicza 183

Games Started Gubicza, Leibrandt, and Saberhagen 35

Comp. Games Saberhagen 9

Shutouts Gubicza 4

Home Runs Allow. Bannister 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Gubicza 83

Hits Allowed Saberhagen 271

SO to Walk Saberhagen 2.90

Losses Saberhagen 16

Earned Runs Allow. Saberhagen 110

Wild Pitches Gubicza 12

Hit Batsmen Gubicza 6

Batters Faced Gubicza 1111

Games Finished Farr 49

Adjusted ERA+ Gubicza 149

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

George Brett $ 2,305,000

Dan Quisenberry $ 1,562,350

Willie Wilson $ 1,383,712

Charlie Leibrandt $ 1,250,000

Bret Saberhagen $ 1,100,000

Floyd Bannister $ 900,000

Frank White $ 825,000

Pat Tabler $ 800,000

Bud Black $ 635,000

Mark Gubicza $ 635,000

Ted Power $ 575,000

Gene Garber $ 500,000

Thad Bosley $ 400,000

Bill Buckner $ 400,000

Bo Jackson $ 383,000

Steve Balboni $ 350,000

Jamie Quirk $ 335,000

Danny Tartabull $ 330,000

Steve Farr $ 225,000

Kevin Seitzer $ 175,000

Kurt Stillwell $ 137,500

Brad Wellman $ 125,000

Jim Eisenreich $ 90,000

Ed Hearn $ 80,000

Scotti Madison $ 65,000

Bill Pecota $ 65,000

Mike Macfarlane $ 62,500

Gary Thurman $ 62,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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