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The1983Kansas City Royals season was their 15th inMajor League Baseball. The Royals finished second in theAmerican League West at 79–83, 20 games behind theChicago White Sox.Dan Quisenberry's league-leading 45 saves also set a single-season franchise record.

Offseason

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December 8, 1982:Tim Ireland was released by the Royals.^[1]
February 5, 1983:Cecil Fielder was traded by the Royals to theToronto Blue Jays forLeon Roberts.^[2]

Regular season

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April 20, 1983:George Brett had 7 RBI in one game versus theDetroit Tigers.

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	—	55‍–‍26	44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals	79	83	.488	20	45‍–‍36	34‍–‍47
Texas Rangers	77	85	.475	22	44‍–‍37	33‍–‍48
Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	25	42‍–‍39	32‍–‍49
California Angels	70	92	.432	29	35‍–‍46	35‍–‍46
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	29	37‍–‍44	33‍–‍48
Seattle Mariners	60	102	.370	39	30‍–‍51	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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1983 American League record 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	—	8–5	7–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	8–4	11–2	8–4	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–3	7–6
Boston	5–8	—	6–6	6–6	7–6	4–9	5–7	4–9	5–7	7–6	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–6
California	5–7	6–6	—	3–10	8–4	4–8	6–7	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	5–7	6–6	10–3	—	8–4	8–4	9–4	4–8	8–5	8–4	8–5	12–1	8–5	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	—	5–8	7–5	3–10	6–6	6–7	7–5	8–4	3–9	4–9
Detroit	8–5	9–4	8–4	4–8	8–5	—	7–5	6–7	9–3	5–8	6–6	8–4	8–4	6–7
Kansas City	4–8	7–5	7–6	4–9	5–7	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	6–6	7–6	8–5	8–5–1	6–6
Milwaukee	2–11	9–4	6–6	8–4	10–3	7–6	6–6	—	8–4	4–9	6–6	5–7	8–4	8–5
Minnesota	4–8	7–5	7–6	5–8	6–6	3–9	7–6	4–8	—	4–8	4–9	9–4	5–8	5–7
New York	7–6	6–7	7–5	4–8	7–6	8–5	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–6
Oakland	4–8	4–8	8–5	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	6–6	9–4	4–8	—	9–4	2–11	6–6
Seattle	4–8	5–7	7–6	1–12	4–8	4–8	5–8	7–5	4–9	5–7	4–9	—	6–7	4–8
Texas	3–9	5–7	7–6	5–8	9–3	4–8	5–8–1	4–8	8–5	5–7	11–2	7–6	—	4–8
Toronto	6–7	6–7	8–4	7–5	9–4	7–6	6–6	5–8	7–5	6–7	6–6	8–4	8–4	—

Notable transactions

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April 1, 1983:Bombo Rivera was released by the Royals.^[3]
July 6, 1983:Gaylord Perry was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[4]
July 22, 1983:Mélido Pérez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Royals.^[5]
August 2, 1983:Eric Rasmussen was purchased by the Royals from theSt. Louis Cardinals.^[6]
August 5, 1983:Vida Blue was released by the Royals.^[7]

Pine Tar Game

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Main article:Pine Tar Incident

Thebaseball bat used byKansas City Royals third baseman George Brett in thePine Tar Incident on July 24, 1983.

ThePine Tar Game refers to acontroversial incident that took place in anAmerican League baseball game played between theKansas City Royals andNew York Yankees on July 24, 1983.

Playing at New York'sYankee Stadium, the Royals were trailing 4-3 with two outs in the top of the ninth andU L Washington on first base. In the on deck circle,George Brett was heard remarking to a teammate, "Watch this baby fly" as he shook his bat. He then came to the plate and connected off Yankee relieverRich "Goose" Gossage for a two-runhome run and a 5-4 lead. As Brett crossed the plate, New York managerBilly Martin approached home plate umpireTim McClelland and requested that Brett's bat be examined. Earlier in the season, Martin and other members (most notably, third basemanGraig Nettles, who as a member of theMinnesota Twins, recalled a similar incident involvingThurman Munson) of the Yankees had noticed the amount of pine tar used by Brett, but Martin had chosen not to say anything until the home run.

With Brett watching from the dugout, McClelland and the rest of the umpiring crew inspected the bat. Measuring the bat against the width ofhome plate (which is 17 inches), they determined that the amount ofpine tar on the bat's handle exceeded that allowed by Rule 1.10(b) of the Major League Baseball rule book, which read that "a bat may not be covered by such a substance more than 18 inches (460 mm) from the tip of the handle."

Roster

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1983 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers 31Mike Armstrong 40Bud Black 14,33Vida Blue 39Bill Castro 21Keith Creel 32Larry Gura 48Don Hood 38Mark Huismann 45Danny Jackson 22Dennis Leonard 36Gaylord Perry 29Dan Quisenberry 28Eric Rasmussen 18Steve Renko 34Paul Splittorff 36Bob Tufts 19Frank Wills		Catchers 7Don Slaught 12John Wathan Infielders 24Willie Aikens 1Buddy Biancalana 5George Brett 2Onix Concepción 35Ron Johnson 3Cliff Pastornicky 4Greg Pryor 9Joe Simpson 30U L Washington 20Frank White		Outfielders 33Butch Davis 23César Gerónimo 25Jerry Martin 49Darryl Motley 26Amos Otis 16Leon Roberts 15Pat Sheridan 6Willie Wilson Other batters 11Hal McRae		Manager 10Dick Howser Coaches 43Cloyd Boyer 8Rocky Colavito 42José Martínez 41Joe Nossek 44Jimmie Schaffer

1983 Kansas City Royals roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

7Don Slaught
12John Wathan

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

11Hal McRae

Manager

10Dick Howser

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
C	John Wathan	128	437	107	.245	2	32
1B	Willie Aikens	125	410	124	.302	23	72
2B	Frank White	146	549	143	.260	11	77
SS	UL Washington	144	547	129	.236	5	41
3B	George Brett	123	464	144	.310	25	93
LF	Butch Davis	33	122	42	.344	2	18
CF	Willie Wilson	137	576	159	.276	2	33
RF	Amos Otis	98	356	93	.261	4	41
DH	Hal McRae	157	589	183	.311	12	82

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
Pat Sheridan	109	333	90	.270	7	36
Don Slaught	83	276	86	.312	0	28
Onix Concepción	80	219	53	.242	0	20
Leon Roberts	84	213	55	.258	8	24
Joe Simpson	89	119	20	.168	0	8
Greg Pryor	68	115	25	.217	1	14
César Gerónimo	38	87	18	.207	0	4
Darryl Motley	19	68	16	.235	3	11
Jerry Martin	13	44	14	.318	2	13
Cliff Pastornicky	10	32	4	.125	2	5
Ron Johnson	9	27	7	.259	0	1
Buddy Biancalana	6	15	3	.200	0	0

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
Larry Gura	34	200.1	11	18	4.90	57
Bud Black	24	161.1	10	7	3.79	58
Paul Splittorff	27	156.0	13	8	3.63	61
Gaylord Perry	14	84.1	4	4	4.27	40
Dennis Leonard	10	63.0	6	3	3.71	31
Eric Rasmussen	11	52.2	3	6	4.78	18
Frank Wills	6	34.2	2	1	4.15	23
Danny Jackson	4	19.0	1	1	5.21	9

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
Steve Renko	25	121.1	6	11	4.30	54
Keith Creel	25	89.1	2	5	6.35	31
Vida Blue	19	85.1	0	5	6.01	53

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
Dan Quisenberry	69	5	3	45	1.94	48
Mike Armstrong	58	10	7	3	3.86	52
Don Hood	27	2	3	0	2.27	17
Bill Castro	18	2	0	0	6.64	17
Mark Huismann	13	2	1	0	5.58	20
Bob Tufts	6	0	0	0	8.10	3
Joe Simpson	2	0	0	0	3.00	1

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Joe Sparks
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Gene Lamont
A	Fort Myers Royals	Florida State League	Rick Mathews
A	Charleston Royals	South Atlantic League	Roy Tanner
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Joe Jones
Rookie	Butte Copper Kings	Pioneer League	Tommy Jones

Notes

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^Tim Ireland atBaseball Reference
^Cecil Fielder atBaseball Reference
^Bombo Rivera atBaseball Reference
^Gaylord Perry atBaseball Reference
^Mélido Pérez atBaseball Reference
^Eric Rasmussen atBaseball Reference
^Vida Blue 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.

External links

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1983 Kansas City Royals atBaseball Reference
1983 Kansas City Royals atBaseball Almanac

1983 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 Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Kansas City Royals

Established in1969
Based inKansas City, Missouri

Franchise

Ballparks

Municipal Stadium; Kauffman Stadium; New Royals Stadium (proposed)
Spring training: Terry Park; Baseball City Stadium; Surprise Stadium

Culture

Lore

Team Hall of Fame

Retired numbers

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 Fortuna; DSL Royals Ventura

Key personnel

Owner:John Sherman
President of Baseball Operations & General Manager:J. J. Picollo
Manager:Matt Quatraro

World Series
championships (2)

American League
pennants (4)

Division titles

West: 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981 (second half); 1984; 1985
Central: 2015
Wild Card: 2014; 2024

Seasons (57)
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
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