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1988 Kansas City Royals season

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1988 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkRoyals Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record84–77 (.522)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersJohn Wathan
TelevisionWDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
RadioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
← 1987
1989 →

The 1988 Kansas City Royals season was the 20th season for the franchise, their 16th at Kauffman Stadium and their 2nd full season under the management of John Wathan. The Royals improved on their 83–79 record from 1987 and finished third in the American League West with an 84–77 record, However, they were eliminated from postseason contention for the 3rd consecutive season.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10458 .642 — 54‍–‍27 50‍–‍31
Minnesota Twins 9171 .562 13 47‍–‍34 44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals 8477 .522 19Âœ 44‍–‍36 40‍–‍41
California Angels 7587 .463 29 35‍–‍46 40‍–‍41
Chicago White Sox 7190 .441 32Âœ 40‍–‍41 31‍–‍49
Texas Rangers 7091 .435 33Âœ 38‍–‍43 32‍–‍48
Seattle Mariners 6893 .422 35Âœ 37‍–‍44 31‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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1988 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1988 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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1988 regular season game log: 84–77 (Home: 44–36; Away: 40–44)
April: 12–10 (Home: 6–3; Away: 6–7)
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May: 11–17 (Home: 4–12; Away: 7–5)
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June: 17–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 8–6)
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July: 12–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 6–10)
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August: 18–10 (Home: 13–5; Away: 5–5)
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September: 16–12 (Home: 6–5; Away: 10–7)
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October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CMike Macfarlane7021156.265426
1BGeorge Brett157589180.30624103
2BFrank White150537126.235858
SSKurt Stillwell128459115.2511053
3BKevin Seitzer149559170.304560
LFBo Jackson124439108.2462568
CFWillie Wilson147591155.262137
RFDanny Tartabull146507139.27426102
DHBill Buckner8924262.256334

Other batters

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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
Pat Tabler8930193.309149
Jim Eisenreich8220244.218119
Jamie Quirk8419647.240825
Bill Pecota9017837.208115
Brad Wellman7110729.27116
Larry Owen378117.21013
Gary Thurman356611.16702
Steve Balboni21639.14325
Scotti Madison16356.17102
Nick Capra14294.13800
Luis de los Santos11222.09101
Thad Bosley15214.19002
Ed Hearn7184.22201
Rey Palacios5111.09100
Dave Owen750.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Gubicza35269.22082.70183
Bret Saberhagen35260.214163.80171
Charlie Leibrandt35243.013123.19125
Floyd Bannister31189.112134.33113

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ted Power2280.1565.9444
Rick Anderson734.0214.249
Luis Aquino729.0102.7911
Tom Gordon515.2025.1718
JosĂ© DeJesĂșs22.20127.002

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Farr6254202.5072
Jeff Montgomery457213.4547
Jerry Don Gleaton420433.5529
Gene Garber260463.5820
Dan Quisenberry200113.559
Israel SĂĄnchez193214.5414
Bud Black172104.9119
Mark Lee40003.600

Awards and records

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Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Glenn Ezell
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Sal Rende
A Baseball City Royals Florida State League Luis Silverio
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Brian Poldberg
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League P. K. Kirsch
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Carlos Tosca

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References

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  1. ↑ "Kurt Stillwell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ MĂ©lido PĂ©rez at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  4. ↑ Bill Buckner at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Steve Balboni at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Bob Hamelin at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Bud Black at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Mark Lee at Baseball Reference
  10. 1 2 Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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