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1991 Kansas City Royals season

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.

1991 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkRoyals Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place6th
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersHerk Robinson
ManagersJohn Wathan, Bob Schaefer, Hal McRae
TelevisionWDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
RadioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
← 1990
1992 →

Offseason

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Royals players in the Royals Stadium dugout, 1991

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9567 .586 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 8775 .537 8 46‍–‍35 41‍–‍40
Texas Rangers 8577 .525 10 46‍–‍35 39‍–‍42
Oakland Athletics 8478 .519 11 47‍–‍34 37‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners 8379 .512 12 45‍–‍36 38‍–‍43
Kansas City Royals 8280 .506 13 40‍–‍41 42‍–‍39
California Angels 8181 .500 14 40‍–‍41 41‍–‍40

Record vs. opponents

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1991 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–56–64–87–65–84–83–104–85–83–94–89–35–8
Boston 5–8—4–87–59–45–87–57–63–96–78–49–35–79–4
California 6–68–4—8–57–55–79–46–68–56–61–126–75–86–6
Chicago 8–45–75–8—6–64–87–67–58–58–47–67–68–57–5
Cleveland 6–74–95–76–6—7–64–85–82–106–75–72–104–81–12
Detroit 8–58–57–58–46–7—8–44–94–88–54–88–46–65–8
Kansas City 8–45–74–96–78–44–8—9–36–77–56–77–67–65–7
Milwaukee 10–36–76–65–78–59–43–9—6–66–78–43–97–56–7
Minnesota 8–49–35–85–810–28–47–66–6—10–28–59–46–74–8
New York 8–57–66–64–87–65–85–77–62–10—6–63–95–76–7
Oakland 9–34–812–16–77–58–47–64–85–86–6—6–74–96–6
Seattle 8–43–97–66–710–24–86–79–34–99–37–6—5–85–7
Texas 3–97–58–55–88–46–66–75–77–67–59–48–5—6–6
Toronto 8–54–96–65–712–18–57–57–68–47–66–67–56–6—

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1991 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CBrent Mayne8523158.251331
1BTodd Benzinger7829386.294240
2BTerry Shumpert14436980.217534
3BBill Pecota125398114.286645
SSKurt Stillwell122385102.265651
LFKirk Gibson132462109.2361655
CFBrian McRae152629164.261864
RFDanny Tartabull132484153.31631100
DHGeorge Brett131505129.2551061

Other batters

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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 Eisenreich135375113.301247
Mike Macfarlane8426774.2771341
David Howard9423651.216117
Kevin Seitzer8523462.265125
Gary Thurman8018451.277213
Warren Cromartie6913141.313120
Carmelo Martínez4412125.207417
Tim Spehr377414.189314
Sean Berry31608.13301
Harvey Pulliam18339.27334
Russ Morman12236.26101
Nelson Liriano10229.40901
Jorge Pedre10195.26303
Terry Puhl15184.22203
Bobby Moore18145.35700
Dave Clark11102.20001
Stu Cole971.14300
Paul Zuvella200----00

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Appier34207.213103.42158
Bret Saberhagen28196.11383.07136
Mike Boddicker30180.212124.0879
Mark Gubicza26133.09125.6889
Héctor Wagner210.0117.205

Other pitchers

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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 Gordon45158.09143.87167
Luis Aquino38157.0843.4480
Storm Davis51114.1394.9653
Mark Davis2962.2634.4547

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Montgomery6744332.9077
Mike Magnante380102.4542
Steve Crawford333215.9838
Joel Johnston131000.4021
Dan Schatzeder80009.454
Carlos Maldonado50008.221
Andy McGaffigan40004.503
Wes Gardner30001.593
Archie Corbin20003.861
Bill Pecota10004.500

Farm system

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References

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  1. ↑ Chris Codiroli at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Kirk Gibson at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 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
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