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1981 Kansas City Royals  (1980)  (1982) 84-78, 3rd in AL Western Division Scored 714 runs, Allowed 733 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .702 Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 108 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 83-79   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 50-53 Manager(s): Thomas Toney

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Dave Kingman         32  157  540   86  129  18   5  39  100   4   2   77  155  .239  .338  .507   95   6.0  4e25       63  
 1B *Willie Aikens        26  138  512   60  145  19   0  22   82   0   1   74   57  .283  .375  .449   88   6.2  4e11      -11  
 OF  Amos Otis            34  142  567   83  162  38   6  18   72  16   6   43   91  .286  .337  .469   88   5.5  3(-2)e3    68  
 3B *George Brett         28  140  534   67  151  26  10   8   61  11   7   50   41  .283  .343  .414   73   4.8  2e26      -89  
 OF #Willie Wilson        25  139  603   75  170  12   9   2   43  34  17   29   48  .282  .320  .342   65   3.8  1(-1)e6   -38  
 OF  Hal McRae            36  141  538   63  139  28   4  10   74   8   3   38   47  .258  .309  .381   62   4.1  4(+3)e16  -36  
 OF *Clint Hurdle         23   64  130   20   49   5   1  12   31   0   1   20   13  .377  .454  .708   41  12.9  4(-2)e12  182  
 2B  Frank White          30  125  457   47  107  18   3   4   34   4   2   31   67  .234  .282  .313   40   3.0  1e10      -66  
 SS #Larry Bowa           35   98  346   51  103  10   5   0   36  14   3   18   16  .298  .331  .355   40   4.1  2e19       16  
 SS #U L Washington       27   86  285   34   64  11   0   5   20  12   8   38   41  .225  .315  .316   30   3.5  2e19       14  
 3B  Butch Hobson         29   58  184   30   52   7   1   6   32   1   1   21   38  .283  .351  .429   27   5.2  4e34      123  
 C   John Wathan          31  111  330   28   84  10   2   0   23   5   7   18   23  .255  .287  .297   26   2.6  3(+1)e2   -26  
 C  *Ed Ott               29   87  227   24   57   7   2   2   16   3   0   12   32  .251  .292  .326   22   3.5  3(0)e9     72  
 2B  Kiko Garcia          27   55  181   25   53   8   3   0   18   1   0    8   20  .293  .327  .370   21   4.3  3e20       41  
 OF  Jeff Burroughs       30   56  187   17   52   5   0   4   22   0   0   13   34  .278  .322  .369   19   3.6  4(0)e4    -43  
 DH *Brian Asselstine     27    9   20    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .250  .238  .300    1   2.6           -142  
 OF  Darryl Motley        21   11   26    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   1    4    4  .192  .323  .269    1   1.4  4(+2)e13    4  
 OF *Glenn Adams          33    2    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143  .250  .143    0   1.4  unrated  -162  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           747                    1

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Larry Gura           33  14  12  .538  34  34  13   0   0   0   3  261.0  216   96   86  25   50   70  2.97   90   3.1    0  
  P  Dennis Leonard       30  14  15  .483  36  36  11   0   0   0   1  272.1  271  122  111  20   65  144  3.67  112   3.7  -30  
  P  Allen Ripley         28  11   9  .550  25  25   2   0   0   0   1  139.2  167   75   66   8   44   47  4.25   82   5.3   -3  
  P *Mike Jones           21   8   4  .667  15  15   1   0   0   0   1   97.0   76   34   31   5   36   36  2.88   31   2.9 -138  
  P *Tug McGraw           36   7   2  .778  43   0   0  16   5   1   0   60.1   53   30   30   3   12   30  4.48   25   3.8    6  
  P  Jim Slaton           31   7   6  .538  20  20   3   0   0   0   0  127.1  112   51   49   7   47   45  3.46   50   3.6 -122  
  P *Paul Splittorff      34   6  16  .273  29  29   0   0   0   0   0  145.2  224  108   97  16   40   56  5.99  123   7.7   94  
  P *Bob Owchinko         26   4   0 1.000  38   0   0  14   3   1   0   58.0   53   21   15   6   28   42  2.33   25   3.9   21  
  P  Renie Martin         25   4   5  .444  58   0   0  33   7   4   0   96.0  102   57   51   4   36   38  4.78   47   4.3   37  
  P  Rich Gale            27   3   0 1.000  11   2   0   5   0   0   0   25.0   25   11   11   4   14   13  3.96   14   5.1  -26  
  P  Dan Quisenberry      28   3   4  .429  49   0   0  37  22  11   0   59.2   67   21   16   2    7   23  2.41   24   3.7   26  
  P  Ed Farmer            31   2   3  .400  51   0   0  16   0   3   0   71.1   74   51   44   3   63   46  5.55   48   6.1   -2  
  P *Doug Capilla         29   1   1  .500  36   0   0  10   1   1   0   46.2   74   52   47   6   40   21  9.06   54  10.6  268  
  P *Atlee Hammaker       23   0   1  .000   3   1   0   1   1   0   0    6.0   12    4    4   0    1    0  6.00    5   9.9   86  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      735          0

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- John Wathan 827 89 111 405 44 8 1 .982 77 30 Ed Ott 639 73 87 305 34 10 2 .971 38 23 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Aikens 1215 134 136 1270 75 10 130 .993 9.96 Dave Kingman 250 28 28 258 30 2 35 .993 10.38 Darryl Motley 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank White 1085 118 125 371 340 5 108 .993 5.90 Kiko Garcia 381 44 46 146 103 2 32 .992 5.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Brett 1199 132 138 125 243 22 29 .944 2.76 Butch Hobson 258 29 33 21 47 5 3 .932 2.37 Kiko Garcia 9 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Bowa 788 86 94 182 329 9 62 .983 5.84 U L Washington 675 76 81 138 271 10 62 .976 5.45 Kiko Garcia 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hal McRae 640 71 73 134 1 2 0 .985 1.90 Willie Wilson 595 66 67 121 7 1 0 .992 1.94 Dave Kingman 108 12 12 24 1 2 0 .926 2.08 Jeff Burroughs 58 6 9 18 3 0 0 1.000 3.26 Darryl Motley 47 5 5 2 1 2 0 .600 0.57 Glenn Adams 17 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 Amos Otis 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Amos Otis 828 91 91 259 13 3 0 .989 2.96 Willie Wilson 638 71 71 211 9 3 1 .987 3.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hal McRae 510 58 58 99 4 11 0 .904 1.82 Amos Otis 398 44 45 90 3 1 0 .989 2.10 Jeff Burroughs 372 42 42 84 7 2 1 .978 2.20 Clint Hurdle 186 18 26 57 0 0 0 1.000 2.76 Darryl Motley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1981 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Dave Kingman
Round 3 (#50):	Jeff Burroughs
Round 4 (#71):	Ed Ott
Round 5 (#92):	Kiko Garcia
Round 6 (#109):	Butch Hobson
Round 7 (#124):	Bob Owchinko
Round 8 (#136):	Glenn Adams

Transactions

• 1981-16: traded Jeff Burroughs to OAA for OAA#2
• 1981 postseason: released Kiko Garcia, Mike Jones, Bob Owchinko

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