1989 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Royals Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Owners | Ewing Kauffman | |
General managers | John Schuerholz | |
Managers | John Wathan | |
Television |
WDAF-TV ( Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease) | |
Radio |
WIBW (AM) ( Denny Matthews, Fred White) | |
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The 1989 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing second in the American League West with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. The Royals' record was tied for the third best in baseball, but in the pre- wild card era, the team did not qualify for the post-season.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | — | 54–27 | 45–36 |
Kansas City Royals | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 7 | 55–26 | 37–44 |
California Angels | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 8 | 52–29 | 39–42 |
Texas Rangers | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 16 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Minnesota Twins | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 19 | 45–36 | 35–46 |
Seattle Mariners | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 26 | 40–41 | 33–48 |
Chicago White Sox | 69 | 92 | 0.429 | 29½ | 35–45 | 34–47 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–6 |
Boston | 7–6 | — | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 11–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
California | 6–6 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 5–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 1–11 |
Cleveland | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–8 |
Detroit | 3–10 | 2–11 | 1–11 | 8–4 | 8–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 2–11 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
Minnesota | 8–4 | 6–6 | 2–11 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 |
New York | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 9–3 | — | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | — | 6–7 | 5–7 |
Texas | 3–9 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 |
Toronto | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 8–5 | 11–2 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — |
1989 Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
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Outfielders
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= Indicates team leader |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bob Boone | 131 | 405 | 111 | .274 | 1 | 43 |
1B | George Brett | 124 | 457 | 129 | .282 | 12 | 80 |
2B | Frank White | 135 | 418 | 107 | .256 | 2 | 36 |
3B | Kevin Seitzer | 160 | 597 | 168 | .281 | 4 | 48 |
SS | Kurt Stillwell | 130 | 463 | 121 | .261 | 7 | 54 |
LF | Bo Jackson | 135 | 515 | 132 | .256 | 32 | 105 |
CF | Willie Wilson | 112 | 383 | 97 | .253 | 3 | 43 |
RF | Danny Tartabull | 133 | 441 | 118 | .268 | 18 | 62 |
DH | Pat Tabler | 123 | 390 | 101 | .259 | 2 | 42 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Jim Eisenreich | 134 | 475 | 139 | .293 | 9 | 59 |
Brad Wellman | 103 | 178 | 41 | .230 | 2 | 12 |
Bill Buckner | 79 | 176 | 38 | .216 | 1 | 16 |
Mike Macfarlane | 69 | 157 | 35 | .223 | 2 | 19 |
Matt Winters | 42 | 107 | 25 | .234 | 2 | 9 |
Gary Thurman | 72 | 87 | 17 | .195 | 0 | 5 |
Luis de los Santos | 28 | 87 | 22 | .253 | 0 | 6 |
Bill Pecota | 65 | 83 | 17 | .205 | 3 | 5 |
Rey Palacios | 55 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 1 | 8 |
Jeff Schulz | 7 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bret Saberhagen | 36 | 262.1 | 23 | 6 | 2.16 | 193 |
Mark Gubicza | 36 | 255.0 | 15 | 11 | 3.04 | 173 |
Charlie Leibrandt | 33 | 161.0 | 5 | 11 | 5.14 | 73 |
Floyd Bannister | 14 | 75.1 | 4 | 1 | 4.66 | 35 |
Stan Clarke | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 15.43 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Gordon | 49 | 163.0 | 17 | 9 | 3.64 | 153 |
Luis Aquino | 34 | 141.1 | 6 | 8 | 3.50 | 68 |
Larry McWilliams | 8 | 32.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.13 | 24 |
Kevin Appier | 6 | 21.2 | 1 | 4 | 9.14 | 10 |
José DeJesús | 3 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jeff Montgomery | 63 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 1.37 | 94 |
Steve Farr | 51 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 4.12 | 56 |
Terry Leach | 30 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4.15 | 34 |
Steve Crawford | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.83 | 33 |
Rick Luecken | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.42 | 16 |
Jerry Don Gleaton | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.65 | 9 |
Bob Buchanan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 3 |