1993 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969) West Division (since 1969)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973) Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Herk Robinson
Manager(s)	Hal McRae
Local television	KSMO-TV (Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1993 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. This was George Brett's final season in the major leagues, as well as the team's final season in the AL West.

Offseason

November 17, 1992: Kerwin Moore was drafted from the Royals by the Florida Marlins as the 61st pick in the 1992 MLB expansion draft.^[1]
November 19, 1992: Dennis Moeller and Joel Johnston were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for José Lind.^[2]
November 25, 1992: Mark Gubicza was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[3]
December 8, 1992: David Cone was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[4]
December 8, 1992: Greg Gagne was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[5]
December 9, 1992: Jeff Shaw and Tim Spehr were traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Mark Gardner and Doug Piatt.^[6]
January 27, 1993: Hubie Brooks was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[7]
February 22, 1993: Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald (minors) were traded by the Royals to the St. Louis Cardinals for Félix José and Craig Wilson.^[8]
February 26, 1993: Scott Bailes was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[9]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	0.580	—	45–36	49–32
Texas Rangers	86	76	0.531	8	50–31	36–45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	10	43–38	41–40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	0.506	12	46–35	36–45
California Angels	71	91	0.438	23	44–37	27–54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	0.438	23	36–45	35–46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	26	38–43	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League Records v t e 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	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

Notable transactions

April 3, 1993: Scott Bailes was released by the Kansas City Royals.
April 26, 1993: Mike Boddicker was purchased from the Royals by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[10]
April 27, 1993: Tuffy Rhodes was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[11]
June 3, 1993: Jacque Jones was drafted by the Royals in the 31st round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[12]
June 14, 1993: Dave Stieb was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[13]
June 19, 1993: Gary Gaetti was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[14]
July 30, 1993: Tuffy Rhodes was traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs as part of a 3-team trade. The New York Yankees sent John Habyan to the Royals. The Cubs sent Paul Assenmacher to the Yankees.^[11]
July 30, 1993: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[15]
July 31, 1993: Dave Stieb was released by the Royals.^[13]
July 31, 1993: Jon Lieber and Dan Miceli were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Stan Belinda.^[16]
August 1, 1993: Owner Ewing Kauffman, responsible for bringing major league baseball to Kansas City, dies at age 76.

Roster

1993 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5 George Brett

Manager

11 Hal McRae

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	Mike Macfarlane	117	388	106	.273	20	67
1B	Wally Joyner	141	497	145	.292	15	65
2B	José Lind	136	431	107	.248	0	37
3B	Gary Gaetti	82	281	72	.256	14	46
SS	Greg Gagne	159	540	151	.280	10	57
LF	Kevin McReynolds	110	351	86	.245	11	42
CF	Brian McRae	153	627	177	.282	12	69
RF	Félix José	149	499	126	.253	6	43
DH	George Brett	145	560	149	.266	19	75

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
Chris Gwynn	103	287	86	.300	1	25
Phil Hiatt	81	238	52	.218	7	36
Brent Mayne	71	205	52	.254	2	22
Hubie Brooks	75	168	48	.286	1	24
Keith Miller	37	108	18	.167	0	3
Rico Rossy	46	86	19	.221	2	12
Harvey Pulliam	27	62	16	.258	1	6
Craig Wilson	21	49	13	.265	1	3
Bob Hamelin	16	49	11	.224	2	5
Curt Wilkerson	12	28	4	.143	0	0
Kevin Koslofski	15	26	7	.269	1	2
David Howard	15	24	8	.333	0	2
Terry Shumpert	8	10	1	.100	0	0
Nelson Santovenia	4	8	1	.125	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
David Cone	34	254.0	11	14	3.33	191
Kevin Appier	34	238.2	18	8	2.56	186
Hipólito Pichardo	30	165.0	7	8	4.04	70
Chris Haney	23	124.0	9	9	6.02	65
Mark Gardner	17	91.2	4	6	6.19	54
Mike Magnante	7	35.1	1	2	4.08	16

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	48	155.2	12	6	3.58	143
Mark Gubicza	49	104.1	5	8	4.66	80
Dennis Rasmussen	9	29.0	1	2	7.45	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
Jeff Montgomery	69	7	5	45	2.27	66
Billy Brewer	46	2	2	0	3.46	28
Stan Belinda	23	1	1	0	4.28	25
Bill Sampen	18	2	2	0	5.89	9
Rusty Meacham	15	2	2	0	5.57	13
Greg Cadaret	13	1	1	0	2.93	2
John Habyan	12	0	0	0	4.50	10
Frank DiPino	11	1	1	0	6.89	5
Enrique Burgos	5	0	1	0	9.00	6
Rick Reed	1	0	0	0	9.82	3
Jeff Granger	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Jeff Cox
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Tom Poquette
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Ron Johnson
A	Rockford Royals	Midwest League	Mike Jirschele
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	John Mizerock
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Bob Herold

References

^ Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference
^ Jose Lind at Baseball Reference
^ Mark Gubicza at Baseball Reference
^ David Cone at Baseball Reference
^ Greg Gagne at Baseball Reference
^ Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference
^ Hubie Brooks at Baseball Reference
^ Félix José at Baseball Reference
^ "Scott Bailes Stats".
^ Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes at Baseball Reference
^ Jacque Jones at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Dave Stieb at Baseball Reference
^ Gary Gaetti at Baseball Reference
^ Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference
^ Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1993 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1993 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

1993 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Colorado Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Kansas City Royals

Established in 1969
Based in Kansas City, Missouri

Franchise

Ballparks

Municipal Stadium; Kauffman Stadium
Spring training: Terry Park; Baseball City Stadium; Surprise Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

St. Louis Cardinals

Team Hall of Fame

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Omaha Storm Chasers
Double-A: Northwest Arkansas Naturals
High-A: Quad Cities River Bandits
Single-A: Columbia Fireflies
Rookie: ACL Royals; DSL Royals 1; DSL Royals 2

Key personnel

Owner: John Sherman
President: Dayton Moore
General Manager: J. J. Picollo
Manager: Mike Matheny

World Series
championships (2)

1985
2015

American League
pennants (4)

Division titles

West: 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981 (second half); 1984; 1985
Central: 2015
Wild Card: 2014

Seasons (54)
1960s	1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022