1993 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)David Glass
General manager(s)Herk Robinson
Manager(s)Hal McRae
Local televisionKSMO-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Local radioWIBW (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

Regular season

Season standings

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

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

Roster

1993 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 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

See also: Minor League Baseball
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

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References

  1. ^ Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Jose Lind at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mark Gubicza at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ David Cone at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Greg Gagne at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Hubie Brooks at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Félix José at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ "Scott Bailes Stats".
  10. ^ Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ a b Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Jacque Jones at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ a b Dave Stieb at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Gary Gaetti at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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