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1981 Kansas City Royals season

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Major League Baseball team season
1981 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkRoyals Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record50–53 (.485)
Divisional place4th
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersJoe Burke
ManagersJim Frey andDick Howser
TelevisionWDAF-TV 4
(Al Wisk, Denny Trease)
RadioWIBW–AM 580
KMBZ–AM 980
(Denny Matthews,Fred White)
← 1980Seasons1982 →

The1981Kansas City Royals season was their 13th inMajor League Baseball. The 1981 season was interrupted by a players strike from June 12 to July 31, and resumed on August 10. Major League Baseball officials decided to split the season, and the division winners of both halves would advance to the playoffs. The Royals were 20–30 and in fifth place in theAmerican League West when the strike began, but won the second half with a 30–23 mark.Dick Howser replacedJim Frey as manager on August 31. Kansas City's overall 50–53 record made the Royals the first team in MLB history to reach the postseason with a losing mark. Kansas City lost to the first half American League West winnerOakland Athletics 3–0 in theALDS.

Offseason

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  • January 6, 1981: Derek Botelho was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Oakland Athletics6445.587—35‍–‍2129‍–‍24
Texas Rangers5748.543532‍–‍2425‍–‍24
Chicago White Sox5452.5098½25‍–‍2429‍–‍28
Kansas City Royals5053.4851119‍–‍2831‍–‍25
California Angels5159.46413½26‍–‍2825‍–‍31
Seattle Mariners4465.4042020‍–‍3724‍–‍28
Minnesota Twins4168.3762324‍–‍3617‍–‍32
AL West
First Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Oakland Athletics3723.617—
Texas Rangers3322.6001+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox3122.5852+1⁄2
California Angels3129.5176
Kansas City Royals2030.40012
Seattle Mariners2136.36814+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins1739.30418
AL West
Second Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Kansas City Royals3023.566—
Oakland Athletics2722.5511
Texas Rangers2426.4804+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins2429.4536
Seattle Mariners2329.4426+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox2330.4347
California Angels2030.4008+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

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1981 American League record

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore—2–26–63–64–26–75–32–46–07–67–54–22–15–2
Boston2–2—2–45–47–66–13–36–72–53–37–59–33–64–0
California6–64–2—6–77–53–30–64–33–32–22–86–42–46–6
Chicago6–34–57–6—2–53–32–04–12–45–77–63–32–47–5
Cleveland2–46–75–75–2—1–54–43–62–17–53–28–42–24–2
Detroit7–61–63–33–35–1—3–25–89–33–71–25–19–36–4
Kansas City3–53–36–00–24–42–3—4–59–42–103–36–73–45–3
Milwaukee4–27–63–41–46–38–55–4—9–33–34–22–24–56–4
Minnesota0–65–23–34–21–23–94–93–9—3–32–83–6–15–85–1
New York6–73–32–27–55–77–310–23–33–3—4–32–35–42–3
Oakland5–75–78–26–72–32–13–32–48–23–4—6–14–210–2
Seattle2–43–94–63–34–81–57–62–26–3–13–21–6—5–83–3
Texas1–26–34–24–22–23–94–35–48–54–52–48–5—6–2
Toronto2–50–46–65–72–44–63–54–61–53–22–103–32–6—


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1981 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CJohn Wathan8930176.252119
1BWillie Aikens10134993.2661753
2BFrank White9436491.250938
SSU L Washington9833977.227229
3BGeorge Brett89347109.314643
LFWillie Wilson102439133.303132
CFAmos Otis99372100.269957
RFDarryl Motley4212529.23228
DHHal McRae101389106.272736

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
César Gerónimo5911829.246213
Jamie Quirk4610025.250010
Clint Hurdle287625.329415
Jerry Grote225617.30419
Lee May265516.29108
Dave Chalk274911.22405
Rance Mulliniks244410.22705
Ken Phelps21223.13601
Danny Garcia12142.14300
Pat Sheridan310.00000
Tim Ireland400----00
Onix Concepción200----00
Greg Keatley200----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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dennis Leonard26201.213112.99107
Larry Gura23172.11182.7261
Rich Gale19101.2665.4047
Paul Splittorff2199.0554.3648
Mike Jones1275.2633.2129

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Wright1752.0233.4627
Atlee Hammaker1039.0135.5411
Juan Berenguer819.2048.6920

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dan Quisenberry4014181.7320
Renie Martin294542.7725
Ken Brett221124.187
Bill Paschall20004.501
Jeff Schattinger10000.001

ALDS

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Main article:1981 American League Division Series

Oakland wins series, 3–0.

GameScoreDate
1Oakland 4, Kansas City 0October 6
2Oakland 2, Kansas City 1October 7
3Oakland 4, Kansas City 1October 9

Farm system

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See also:Minor League Baseball
LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAOmaha RoyalsAmerican AssociationJoe Sparks
AAJacksonville SunsSouthern LeagueGene Lamont
AFort Myers RoyalsFlorida State LeagueBrian Murphy
ACharleston RoyalsSouth Atlantic LeagueRick Mathews
RookieGCL Royals BlueGulf Coast LeagueJoe Jones
RookieGCL Royals GoldGulf Coast LeagueRoy Tanner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Royals Gold

Notes

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  1. ^"Derek Botelho Stats".Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^Cal Ripken, Jr. atBaseball Reference
  3. ^Bombo Rivera atBaseball Reference
  4. ^Dave Leeper atBaseball Reference
  5. ^David Cone atBaseball Reference

References

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  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997).The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

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