1986 Kansas City Royals season

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 3rd in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

1986 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersDick Howser and Mike Ferraro
Local televisionWDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
Local radioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9270 0.568 — 50–32 42–38
Texas Rangers 8775 0.537 5 51–30 36–45
Kansas City Royals 7686 0.469 16 45–36 31–50
Oakland Athletics 7686 0.469 16 47–36 29–50
Chicago White Sox 7290 0.444 20 41–40 31–50
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 21 43–38 28–53
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 25 41–41 26–54

Record vs. opponents
1986 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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
  • July 15, 1986: Dick Howser is relieved as Royals' manager after managing for the AL in the 1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Howser admitted he felt sick before the game and was having trouble with signals during the game. He is later diagnosed with brain cancer and undergoes surgery. Mike Ferraro takes over as manager for the remainder of the season.

Roster
1986 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJim Sundberg14042991.2121242
1BSteve Balboni138512117.2292988
2BFrank White151566154.2722284
SSÁngel Salazar11729873.245024
3BGeorge Brett124441128.2901673
LFLonnie Smith134508146.287844
CFWillie Wilson156631170.269944
RFDarryl Motley7221744.203720
DHJorge Orta10633693.277946

Other batters

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
Rudy Law8730780.261136
Hal McRae11227870.252737
Jamie Quirk8021947.215826
Mike Kingery6220954.258314
Buddy Biancalana10019046.24228
Greg Pryor6311219.17007
Kevin Seitzer289631.323211
Bo Jackson258217.20729
Lynn Jones67476.12801
Rondin Johnson11318.25802
Bill Pecota12296.20702
Mike Brewer12183.16700
Terry Bell830.00000
Dwight Taylor420.00000

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
Charlie Leibrandt35231.114114.09108
Dennis Leonard33192.28134.44114
Danny Jackson32186.011123.20115
Mark Gubicza35180.21263.64118
Bret Saberhagen30156.07124.15112
Scott Bankhead24121.0894.6194

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
Alan Hargesheimer513.0016.234

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 Quisenberry6237122.7736
Bud Black5651093.2068
Steve Farr568483.1383
David Cone110005.5621
Mark Huismann100114.1513
Steve Shields30002.082

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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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