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1991 Kansas City Royals season

Field	Value
name	Kansas City Royals
season	1991
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Royals Stadium
city	Kansas City, Missouri
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	Ewing Kauffman
general_managers	Herk Robinson
managers	John Wathan, Bob Schaefer, Hal McRae
television	WDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
radio	WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)

(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease) (Denny Matthews, Fred White) |}} The 1991 Kansas City Royals season was the 23rd season for the franchise, their 19th at Kauffman Stadium and their 5th and final full season under the management of John Wathan. The Royals finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, an improvement from 75–86 from the year prior, but were eliminated from postseason contention for the 6th consecutive season.

Offseason

October 4, 1990: Chris Codiroli was released by the Royals.
November 21, 1990: Mike Boddicker was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
December 1, 1990: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
December 4, 1990: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
March 18, 1991: Bo Jackson was released by the Royals.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 5, 1991: Warren Cromartie was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
May 29, 1991: Dan Schatzeder was released by the Royals.
June 3, 1991: 1991 Major League Baseball draft
- Rod Myers was drafted by the Royals in the 13th round.
- Les Norman was drafted by the Royals in the 25th round. Player signed June 12, 1991.

Roster

1991 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

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	Brent Mayne	85	231	58	.251	3	31
1B	Todd Benzinger	78	293	86	.294	2	40
2B	Terry Shumpert	144	369	80	.217	5	34
3B	Bill Pecota	125	398	114	.286	6	45
SS	Kurt Stillwell	122	385	102	.265	6	51
LF	Kirk Gibson	132	462	109	.236	16	55
CF	Brian McRae	152	629	164	.261	8	64
RF	Danny Tartabull	132	484	153	.316	31	100
DH	George Brett	131	505	129	.255	10	61

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
Jim Eisenreich	135	375	113	.301	2	47
Mike Macfarlane	84	267	74	.277	13	41
David Howard	94	236	51	.216	1	17
Kevin Seitzer	85	234	62	.265	1	25
Gary Thurman	80	184	51	.277	2	13
Warren Cromartie	69	131	41	.313	1	20
Carmelo Martínez	44	121	25	.207	4	17
Tim Spehr	37	74	14	.189	3	14
Sean Berry	31	60	8	.133	0	1
Harvey Pulliam	18	33	9	.273	3	4
Russ Morman	12	23	6	.261	0	1
Nelson Liriano	10	22	9	.409	0	1
Jorge Pedre	10	19	5	.263	0	3
Terry Puhl	15	18	4	.222	0	3
Bobby Moore	18	14	5	.357	0	0
Dave Clark	11	10	2	.200	0	1
Stu Cole	9	7	1	.143	0	0
Paul Zuvella	2	0	0	----	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
Kevin Appier	34	207.2	13	10	3.42	158
Bret Saberhagen	28	196.1	13	8	3.07	136
Mike Boddicker	30	180.2	12	12	4.08	79
Mark Gubicza	26	133.0	9	12	5.68	89
Héctor Wagner	2	10.0	1	1	7.20	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
Tom Gordon	45	158.0	9	14	3.87	167
Luis Aquino	38	157.0	8	4	3.44	80
Storm Davis	51	114.1	3	9	4.96	53
Mark Davis	29	62.2	6	3	4.45	47

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
Jeff Montgomery	67	4	4	33	2.90	77
Mike Magnante	38	0	1	0	2.45	42
Steve Crawford	33	3	2	1	5.98	38
Joel Johnston	13	1	0	0	0.40	21
Dan Schatzeder	8	0	0	0	9.45	4
Carlos Maldonado	5	0	0	0	8.22	1
Andy McGaffigan	4	0	0	0	4.50	3
Wes Gardner	3	0	0	0	1.59	3
Archie Corbin	2	0	0	0	3.86	1
Bill Pecota	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/codirch01.shtml Chris Codiroli] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boddimi01.shtml Mike Boddicker] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsoki01.shtml Kirk Gibson] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schatda01.shtml Dan Schatzeder] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksbo01.shtml Bo Jackson] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cromawa01.shtml Warren Cromartie] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/myersro02.shtml Rod Myers] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/normale01.shtml Les Norman] 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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