1991 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkRoyals Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersHerk Robinson
ManagersJohn Wathan, Bob Schaefer, Hal McRae
TelevisionWDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
RadioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1991 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses.

Offseason

Royals players in the Royals Stadium dugout, 1991

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 95 67 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
Chicago White Sox 87 75 0.537 8 46–35 41–40
Texas Rangers 85 77 0.525 10 46–35 39–42
Oakland Athletics 84 78 0.519 11 47–34 37–44
Seattle Mariners 83 79 0.512 12 45–36 38–43
Kansas City Royals 82 80 0.506 13 40–41 42–39
California Angels 81 81 0.500 14 40–41 41–40

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 6–6 4–8 7–6 5–8 4–8 3–10 4–8 5–8 3–9 4–8 9–3 5–8
Boston 5–8 — 4–8 7–5 9–4 5–8 7–5 7–6 3–9 6–7 8–4 9–3 5–7 9–4
California 6–6 8–4 — 8–5 7–5 5–7 9–4 6–6 8–5 6–6 1–12 6–7 5–8 6–6
Chicago 8–4 5–7 5–8 — 6–6 4–8 7–6 7–5 8–5 8–4 7–6 7–6 8–5 7–5
Cleveland 6–7 4–9 5–7 6–6 — 7–6 4–8 5–8 2–10 6–7 5–7 2–10 4–8 1–12
Detroit 8–5 8–5 7–5 8–4 6–7 — 8–4 4–9 4–8 8–5 4–8 8–4 6–6 5–8
Kansas City 8–4 5–7 4–9 6–7 8–4 4–8 — 9–3 6–7 7–5 6–7 7–6 7–6 5–7
Milwaukee 10–3 6–7 6–6 5–7 8–5 9–4 3–9 — 6–6 6–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 6–7
Minnesota 8–4 9–3 5–8 5–8 10–2 8–4 7–6 6–6 — 10–2 8–5 9–4 6–7 4–8
New York 8–5 7–6 6–6 4–8 7–6 5–8 5–7 7–6 2–10 — 6–6 3–9 5–7 6–7
Oakland 9–3 4–8 12–1 6–7 7–5 8–4 7–6 4–8 5–8 6–6 — 6–7 4–9 6–6
Seattle 8–4 3–9 7–6 6–7 10–2 4–8 6–7 9–3 4–9 9–3 7–6 — 5–8 5–7
Texas 3–9 7–5 8–5 5–8 8–4 6–6 6–7 5–7 7–6 7–5 9–4 8–5 — 6–6
Toronto 8–5 4–9 6–6 5–7 12–1 8–5 7–5 7–6 8–4 7–6 6–6 7–5 6–6 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1991 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Sal Rende
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Jeff Cox
A Baseball City Royals Florida State League Carlos Tosca
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Joe Breeden
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Tom Poquette
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Bob Herold

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References

  1. ^ Chris Codiroli at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Kirk Gibson at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Bo Jackson at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Warren Cromartie at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Rod Myers at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Les Norman at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

1991 MLB season by team
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