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.
1986 Kansas City Royals | ||
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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) | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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California Angels | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — | 50–32 | 42–38 |
Texas Rangers | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 5 | 51–30 | 36–45 |
Kansas City Royals | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 16 | 45–36 | 31–50 |
Oakland Athletics | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 16 | 47–36 | 29–50 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 20 | 41–40 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 21 | 43–38 | 28–53 |
Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 25 | 41–41 | 26–54 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 4–9 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
California | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
Chicago | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
Cleveland | 9–4 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–9 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 3–10–1 |
Detroit | 12–1 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
Milwaukee | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 2–10 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
New York | 8–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 10–3 | 3–10 | 8–4 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
Texas | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 |
Toronto | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–3–1 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- March 28, 1986: Joe Beckwith was released by the Kansas City Royals.[1]
- May 21, 1986: Mark Huismann was traded by the Royals to the Seattle Mariners for Terry Bell.[2]
- June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball draft
- Bo Jackson was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round.[3]
- Torey Lovullo was drafted by the Royals in the 27th round, but did not sign.[4]
- August 16, 1986: Jacob Brumfield was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[5]
Notable events edit
- 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 edit
1986 Kansas City Royals roster | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Jim Sundberg | 140 | 429 | 91 | .212 | 12 | 42 |
1B | Steve Balboni | 138 | 512 | 117 | .229 | 29 | 88 |
2B | Frank White | 151 | 566 | 154 | .272 | 22 | 84 |
SS | Ángel Salazar | 117 | 298 | 73 | .245 | 0 | 24 |
3B | George Brett | 124 | 441 | 128 | .290 | 16 | 73 |
LF | Lonnie Smith | 134 | 508 | 146 | .287 | 8 | 44 |
CF | Willie Wilson | 156 | 631 | 170 | .269 | 9 | 44 |
RF | Darryl Motley | 72 | 217 | 44 | .203 | 7 | 20 |
DH | Jorge Orta | 106 | 336 | 93 | .277 | 9 | 46 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Rudy Law | 87 | 307 | 80 | .261 | 1 | 36 |
Hal McRae | 112 | 278 | 70 | .252 | 7 | 37 |
Jamie Quirk | 80 | 219 | 47 | .215 | 8 | 26 |
Mike Kingery | 62 | 209 | 54 | .258 | 3 | 14 |
Buddy Biancalana | 100 | 190 | 46 | .242 | 2 | 8 |
Greg Pryor | 63 | 112 | 19 | .170 | 0 | 7 |
Kevin Seitzer | 28 | 96 | 31 | .323 | 2 | 11 |
Bo Jackson | 25 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 2 | 9 |
Lynn Jones | 67 | 47 | 6 | .128 | 0 | 1 |
Rondin Johnson | 11 | 31 | 8 | .258 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Pecota | 12 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Brewer | 12 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Bell | 8 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dwight Taylor | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charlie Leibrandt | 35 | 231.1 | 14 | 11 | 4.09 | 108 |
Dennis Leonard | 33 | 192.2 | 8 | 13 | 4.44 | 114 |
Danny Jackson | 32 | 186.0 | 11 | 12 | 3.20 | 115 |
Mark Gubicza | 35 | 180.2 | 12 | 6 | 3.64 | 118 |
Bret Saberhagen | 30 | 156.0 | 7 | 12 | 4.15 | 112 |
Scott Bankhead | 24 | 121.0 | 8 | 9 | 4.61 | 94 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Alan Hargesheimer | 5 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 4 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dan Quisenberry | 62 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2.77 | 36 |
Bud Black | 56 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3.20 | 68 |
Steve Farr | 56 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3.13 | 83 |
David Cone | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 21 |
Mark Huismann | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 13 |
Steve Shields | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 |
Awards and honors edit
- George Brett, Lou Gehrig Award
- Dennis Leonard, Hutch Award[6]
Farm system edit
References edit
- ^ "Joe Beckwith Stats".
- ^ Mark Huismann at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bo Jackson at Baseball Reference
- ^ Torey Lovullo at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jacob Brumfield at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
- 1986 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
- 1986 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac