1986 Kansas City Royals season

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1986  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Royals Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners Ewing Kauffman
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers Dick Howser and Mike Ferraro
Television WDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
Radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
←  1985 Seasons 1987  →

The 1986 Kansas City Royals season the 18th season in Royals franchise history, and they entered the season as the defending World Series champions. It involved the Royals finishing third in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 92700.568—50–3242–38
Texas Rangers 87750.537551–3036–45
Kansas City Royals 76860.4691645–3631–50
Oakland Athletics 76860.4691647–3629–50
Chicago White Sox 72900.4442041–4031–50
Minnesota Twins 71910.4382143–3828–53
Seattle Mariners 67950.4142541–4126–54

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–4—5–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–5—7–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–7—5–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–5—4–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–4—5–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–5—6–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–6—4–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–4—4–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–4—5–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–5—10–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–10—4–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–4—5–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5—

Notable transactions

Notable events

Roster

1986 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jim Sundberg 14042991.2121242
1B Steve Balboni 138512117.2292988
2B Frank White 151566154.2722284
SS Ángel Salazar 11729873.245024
3B George Brett 124441128.2901673
LF Lonnie Smith 134508146.287844
CF Willie Wilson 156631170.269944
RF Darryl Motley 7221744.203720
DH Jorge Orta 10633693.277946

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Rudy Law 8730780.261136
Hal McRae 11227870.252737
Jamie Quirk 8021947.215826
Mike Kingery 6220954.258314
Buddy Biancalana 10019046.24228
Greg Pryor 6311219.17007
Kevin Seitzer 289631.323211
Bo Jackson 258217.20729
Lynn Jones 67476.12801
Rondin Johnson 11318.25802
Bill Pecota 12296.20702
Mike Brewer 12183.16700
Terry Bell 830.00000
Dwight Taylor 420.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Charlie Leibrandt 35231.114114.09108
Dennis Leonard 33192.28134.44114
Danny Jackson 32186.011123.20115
Mark Gubicza 35180.21263.64118
Bret Saberhagen 30156.07124.15112
Scott Bankhead 24121.0894.6194

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Alan Hargesheimer 513.0016.234

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dan Quisenberry 6237122.7736
Bud Black 5651093.2068
Steve Farr 568483.1383
David Cone 110005.5621
Mark Huismann 100114.1513
Steve Shields 30002.082

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association John Boles and Frank Funk
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Tommy Jones
A Fort Myers Royals Florida State League Duane Gustavson
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Ed Napoleon
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Luis Silverio

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References

  1. ↑ "Joe Beckwith Stats".
  2. ↑ Mark Huismann at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Bo Jackson at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Torey Lovullo at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Jacob Brumfield at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997


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