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1987 Kansas City Royals season

Field	Value
name	Kansas City Royals
season	1987
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Royals Stadium
city	Kansas City, Missouri
record
divisional_place	2nd
owners	Ewing Kauffman
general_managers	John Schuerholz
managers	Billy Gardner, John Wathan
television	WDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
radio	WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)

(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) (Denny Matthews, Fred White) |}} The 1987 Kansas City Royals season was the 19th season for the franchise, and their 15th at Kauffman Stadium. It involved the Royals finishing second in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Offseason

December 10, 1986: Scott Bankhead, Steve Shields, and Mike Kingery were traded by the Royals to the Seattle Mariners for Danny Tartabull and Rick Luecken.
December 22, 1986: Alan Hargesheimer was released by the Royals.
March 20, 1987: Derek Botelho was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Kansas City Royals for Eddie Tanner (minors) and Pete Carey (minors).
March 27, 1987: David Cone and Chris Jelic were traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson, and Mauro Gozzo.
March 30, 1987: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert.
March 31, 1987: Larry Owen was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
Billy Gardner is officially named the team's manager as Dick Howser's replacement during spring training. Howser had contracted brain cancer the previous season and was relieved of duty at the All-Star break. Howser attempted to return as manager for the season, but was physically incapable due to after-effects from his cancer treatments.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 2, 1987: Bret Barberie was drafted by the Royals in the 65th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.

Notable events

June 17, 1987: Manager Dick Howser passes away from brain cancer.

Roster

1987 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jamie Quirk	109	296	70	.236	5	33
1B	George Brett	115	427	124	.290	22	78
2B	Frank White	154	563	138	.245	17	78
3B	Kevin Seitzer	161	641	207	.323	15	83
SS	Ángel Salazar	116	317	65	.205	2	21
LF	Bo Jackson	116	396	93	.235	22	53
CF	Willie Wilson	146	610	170	.279	4	30
RF	Danny Tartabull	158	582	180	.309	34	101
DH	Steve Balboni	121	386	80	.207	24	60

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Juan Beníquez	57	174	41	.236	3	26
Lonnie Smith	48	167	42	.251	3	8
Larry Owen	76	164	31	.189	5	14
Bill Pecota	66	156	43	.276	3	14
Thad Bosley	80	140	39	.279	1	16
Ross Jones	39	114	29	.254	0	10
Jim Eisenreich	44	105	25	.238	4	21
Gary Thurman	27	81	24	.296	0	5
Jorge Orta	21	50	9	.180	2	4
Buddy Biancalana	37	47	10	.213	1	7
Hal McRae	18	32	10	.313	1	9
Mike MacFarlane	8	19	4	.211	0	3
Ed Hearn	6	17	5	.294	0	3
Scotti Madison	7	15	4	.267	0	0

Pitching

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
Bret Saberhagen	33	257.0	18	10	3.36	163
Mark Gubicza	35	241.2	13	18	3.98	166
Charlie Leibrandt	35	240.1	16	11	3.41	151
Danny Jackson	36	224.0	9	18	4.02	152
Mélido Pérez	3	10.1	1	1	7.84	5

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
Bud Black	29	122.1	8	6	3.60	61
Rick Anderson	6	13.0	0	2	13.85	12

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 Quisenberry	47	4	1	8	2.76	17
Jerry Don Gleaton	48	4	4	5	4.26	44
Steve Farr	47	4	3	1	4.15	88
John Davis	27	5	2	2	2.27	24
Bob Stoddard	17	1	3	1	4.28	23
Gene Garber	13	0	0	8	2.51
Dave Gumpert	8	0	0	0	6.05	13
Bob Shirley	3	0	0	0	14.73	1

Farm system

References

1987 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1987 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tartada01.shtml Danny Tartabull] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hargeal01.shtml Alan Hargesheimer] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Derek Botelho Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coneda01.shtml David Cone] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sundbji01.shtml Jim Sundberg] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/owenla01.shtml Larry Owen] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barbebr01.shtml Bret Barberie] at ''Baseball Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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