1987 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkRoyals Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersBilly Gardner, John Wathan
TelevisionWDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
RadioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
Seasons

The 1987 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 83 wins and 79 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 8577 0.525 — 56–25 29–52
Kansas City Royals 8379 0.512 2 46–35 37–44
Oakland Athletics 8181 0.500 4 42–39 39–42
Seattle Mariners 7884 0.481 7 40–41 38–43
Chicago White Sox 7785 0.475 8 38–43 39–42
Texas Rangers 7587 0.463 10 43–38 32–49
California Angels 7587 0.463 10 38–43 37–44

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Notable transactions

Notable events

  • June 17, 1987: Manager Dick Howser passes away from brain cancer.

Roster

1987 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CJamie Quirk10929670.236533
1BGeorge Brett115427124.2902278
2BFrank White154563138.2451778
3BKevin Seitzer161641207.3231583
SSÁngel Salazar11631765.205221
LFBo Jackson11639693.2352253
CFWillie Wilson146610170.279430
RFDanny Tartabull158582180.30934101
DHSteve Balboni12138680.2072460

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Juan Beníquez5717441.236326
Lonnie Smith4816742.25138
Larry Owen7616431.189514
Bill Pecota6615643.276314
Thad Bosley8014039.279116
Ross Jones3911429.254010
Jim Eisenreich4410525.238421
Gary Thurman278124.29605
Jorge Orta21509.18024
Buddy Biancalana374710.21317
Hal McRae183210.31319
Mike MacFarlane8194.21103
Ed Hearn6175.29403
Scotti Madison7154.26700

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bret Saberhagen33257.018103.36163
Mark Gubicza35241.213183.98166
Charlie Leibrandt35240.116113.41151
Danny Jackson36224.09184.02152
Mélido Pérez310.1117.845

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bud Black29122.1863.6061
Rick Anderson613.00213.8512

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dan Quisenberry474182.7617
Jerry Don Gleaton484454.2644
Steve Farr474314.1588
John Davis275222.2724
Bob Stoddard171314.2823
Gene Garber130082.51
Dave Gumpert80006.0513
Bob Shirley300014.731

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association John Wathan and Frank Funk
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Bob Schaefer
A Fort Myers Royals Florida State League Jerry Terrell
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Ken Berry
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Rick Mathews
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Luis Silverio

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References

  1. ↑ Danny Tartabull at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Derek Botelho Stats".
  4. ↑ David Cone at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Larry Owen at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Bret Barberie at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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