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1988 Kansas City Royals  (1987)  (1989) 77-85, 4th in AL Western Division Scored 729 runs, Allowed 820 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .665 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-82   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 84-77 Manager(s): Jim Pardee

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS *George Brett         35  154  624  115  196  30   6  37  122   8   4   74   57  .314  .386  .559  134   8.0  4e48       47  
 OF  Kevin Seitzer        26  152  599   98  188  37   2  12   65  20  11   66   91  .314  .385  .442  105   6.4  4(+2)e11   34  
 OF  Danny Tartabull      25  145  533   67  146  38   5  21   86   4   4   78  134  .274  .373  .482   97   6.5  4(-2)e12  -29  
 DH  Hubie Brooks         31  154  637   73  185  45   0  25  112   5   2   35  122  .290  .324  .479   92   5.2             38  
 OF #Willie Wilson        33  142  626   82  159  14   8   4   42  37   9   21  111  .254  .282  .321   58   3.1  2(+2)e5   -19  
 C   Bob Boone            40  107  352   37  113  23   0   4   43   0   1   29   35  .321  .379  .420   55   5.8  1(-2)e4    60  
 1B  Pat Tabler           30  136  451   53  114  17   0   5   35   2   2   70   66  .253  .352  .324   53   4.1  4e30      -32  
 3B  Jim Presley          26  148  554   52  128  24   0  13   60   3   6   47  130  .231  .297  .345   53   3.2  3e25        7  
 2B  Frank White          37  147  563   58  138  30   0  11   51   6   3   10   96  .245  .263  .357   47   2.8  2e5        25  
 C   Joel Skinner         27   70  233   21   57  20   0   2   26   0   0   17   62  .245  .296  .356   24   3.5  2(-3)e7    51  
 OF #Otis Nixon           29   63  166   33   44   4   2   0    8  40   5   17   29  .265  .332  .313   23   4.9  2(+1)e2    45  
 UT  Bill Pecota          28   45  115   13   14   2   0   1    6   7   3   15   21  .122  .257  .165    6   1.6           -139  
 UT #Donnie Hill          27   25   70   10   13   3   0   1    5   2   1   12   15  .186  .305  .271    5   2.6              0  
 1B #Scotti Madison       28   14   35    5   10   3   0   0    4   0   0    6    2  .286  .390  .371    5   5.5  4e30      277  
 DH *Jim Eisenreich       29   11   39    3   10   2   0   1   10   1   0    1    5  .256  .275  .385    4   3.8            142  
 OF  Dante Bichette       24   13   42    4   11   2   0   0    5   0   0    0    4  .262  .262  .310    3   3.0  3(-2)e11   27  
 3B *Graig Nettles        43    8   31    3    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    6  .194  .257  .323    2   3.0  4e65       92  
 OF  Gary Thurman         23   11   33    0    6   0   0   0    2   2   1    0    8  .182  .176  .182    1   1.0  3(-1)e17  -38  
 PH  Mike Macfarlane      24    7    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .125  .300  .125    0    .5           -300  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           776                   15

     * - 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  Mark Gubicza         25  19   9  .679  35  35  17   0   0   0   3  285.2  263  104   95  18   85  188  2.99  112   3.5    1  
  P *Charlie Leibrandt    31  12  16  .429  36  34  16   2   0   0   5  239.1  289  152  135  26   82  136  5.08  151   5.6   72  
  P  Mike Witt            27  11  15  .423  34  32  12   2   0   0   0  223.2  275  165  138  16  103  136  5.55  152   6.0   66  
  P  Bret Saberhagen      24  10  18  .357  34  34  14   0   0   0   0  230.1  285  146  131  26   65  143  5.12  153   5.9   83  
  P  Greg Booker          28   5   2  .714  23   0   0  11   0   3   0   73.1   65   17   13   1   16   44  1.60   23   2.9 -145  
  P *Bruce Ruffin         24   5   7  .417  26  12   2   5   0   0   0   74.1   98   57   48   5   44   30  5.81   55   6.8   70  
  P  Ted Power            33   5   8  .385  14  14   0   0   0   0   0   79.1  114   58   55   4   29   52  6.24   61   7.1    5  
  P  Greg Harris          32   4   4  .500  54   0   0  30   6   5   0  105.0   98   42   37   7   47   69  3.17   47   4.1   46  
  P *Wally Ritchie        22   2   0 1.000   7   0   0   6   0   0   0   18.0    8    3    3   0   11    6  1.50    3   1.9 -220  
  P  Luis Aquino          24   2   0 1.000  13   0   0   6   1   1   0   30.0   41   20   15   2   20   15  4.50   23   6.7   38  
  P *Israel Sanchez       24   2   2  .500  24   0   0  12   2   1   0   44.1   43   17   12   0   21   12  2.44   17   3.4  -41  
  P  Donnie Moore         34   0   1  .000  14   0   0  13   9   1   0   14.0   16    6    5   1    3    5  3.21    6   4.0 -203  
  P  Frank Williams       30   0   1  .000  24   1   0   9   6   0   0   19.2   28   17   13   2   11   22  5.95   14   6.1  105  
  P  Jeff Montgomery      26   0   2  .000  25   0   0   5   1   0   0   31.2   31   16   15   3   12   21  4.26   16   4.5   16  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      839         34

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bob Boone 876 96 100 613 41 8 3 .988 29 16 Joel Skinner 574 66 67 379 20 4 3 .990 15 6 Bill Pecota 11 0 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Mike Macfarlane 8 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Tabler 1182 130 133 1087 80 27 140 .977 8.89 Bill Pecota 154 17 23 128 13 4 10 .972 8.26 Scotti Madison 103 14 14 79 7 3 7 .966 7.51 Joel Skinner 29 1 4 27 1 0 4 1.000 8.69 Jim Eisenreich 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank White 1286 145 147 443 358 8 117 .990 5.61 Donnie Hill 114 10 14 30 32 3 10 .954 4.89 Bill Pecota 62 7 8 28 13 1 3 .976 5.95 Otis Nixon 7 0 1 4 4 0 1 1.000 10.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Presley 1308 146 147 121 262 25 36 .939 2.64 Graig Nettles 78 8 8 9 9 0 4 1.000 2.08 Donnie Hill 65 7 9 8 16 3 2 .889 3.32 Bill Pecota 14 1 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.86 Kevin Seitzer 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Pat Tabler 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Brett 1391 154 154 342 490 42 106 .952 5.38 Bill Pecota 78 8 8 24 29 1 5 .981 6.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kevin Seitzer 1366 152 152 250 8 12 0 .956 1.70 Otis Nixon 102 10 15 18 2 0 0 1.000 1.76 Gary Thurman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Wilson 1260 138 139 410 16 8 1 .982 3.04 Otis Nixon 206 24 24 59 3 0 2 1.000 2.71 Dante Bichette 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Danny Tartabull 1280 142 145 228 11 11 0 .956 1.68 Dante Bichette 97 12 12 20 1 2 0 .913 1.96 Gary Thurman 77 8 8 13 2 1 0 .938 1.75 Otis Nixon 11 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Jim Eisenreich 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Joel Skinner 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1988 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Greg Harris
Round 2 (#30):	Otis Nixon
Round 3 (#52):	Dante Bichette
Round 4 (#73):	Ted Power

Transactions

• 1988 preseason: released rookie Nick Capra
• 1988-22: acquired Graig Nettles as a free agent
• 1988 postseason: released Wally Ritchie

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