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The1987 Kansas City Royals season was the 19th season for the franchise, and their 15th atKauffman Stadium. It involved the Royals finishing second in theAmerican League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Offseason

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December 10, 1986:Scott Bankhead,Steve Shields, andMike Kingery were traded by the Royals to theSeattle Mariners forDanny Tartabull andRick Luecken.^[1]
December 22, 1986:Alan Hargesheimer was released by the Royals.^[2]
March 20, 1987: Derek Botelho was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Kansas City Royals for Eddie Tanner (minors) and Pete Carey (minors).^[3]
March 27, 1987:David Cone andChris Jelic were traded by the Royals to theNew York Mets forEd Hearn,Rick Anderson, andMauro Gozzo.^[4]
March 30, 1987:Jim Sundberg was traded by the Royals to theChicago Cubs forThad Bosley andDave Gumpert.^[5]
March 31, 1987:Larry Owen was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[6]
Billy Gardner is officially named the team's manager asDick Howser's replacement during spring training. Howser had contractedbrain cancer the previous season and was relieved of duty at the All-Star break. Howser attempted to return as manager for the season, but was physically incapable due to after-effects from his cancer treatments.

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	—	56‍–‍25	29‍–‍52
Kansas City Royals	83	79	.512	2	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
Oakland Athletics	81	81	.500	4	42‍–‍39	39‍–‍42
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	7	40‍–‍41	38‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	8	38‍–‍43	39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers	75	87	.463	10	43‍–‍38	32‍–‍49
California Angels	75	87	.463	10	38‍–‍43	37‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

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1987 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	—	1–12	9–3	8–4	7–6	4–9	9–3	2–11	5–7	3–10	7–5	4–8	7–5	1–12
Boston	12–1	—	4–8	3–9	7–6	2–11	6–6	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–7
California	3–9	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	3–9	5–8	7–5	8–5	3–9	6–7	7–6	5–8	5–7
Chicago	4–8	9–3	5–8	—	7–5	3–9	6–7	6–6	6–7	5–7	9–4	6–7	7–6	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	—	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	2–10	5–8
Detroit	9–4	11–2	9–3	9–3	9–4	—	5–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	7–5	8–4	7–6
Kansas City	3–9	6–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	5–8	9–4	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	11–2	7–6	5–7	6–6	9–4	7–6	8–4	—	3–9	7–6	6–6	4–8	9–3	9–4
Minnesota	7–5	5–7	5–8	7–6	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	—	6–6	10–3	9–4	6–7	3–9
New York	10–3	6–7	9–3	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	—	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Oakland	5–7	8–4	7–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	8–5	6–6	3–10	7–5	—	5–8	6–7	7–5
Seattle	8–4	5–7	6–7	7–6	7–5	5–7	4–9	8–4	4–9	5–7	8–5	—	9–4	2–10
Texas	5–7	5–7	8–5	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	—	3–9
Toronto	12–1	7–6	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	4–8	4–9	9–3	7–6	5–7	10–2	9–3	—

Notable transactions

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June 2, 1987:Bret Barberie was drafted by the Royals in the 65th round of the1987 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[7]

Notable events

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June 17, 1987: ManagerDick Howser passes away from brain cancer.

Roster

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1987 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers 17Rick Anderson 40Bud Black 49John Davis 26Steve Farr 28Gene Garber 39Jerry Don Gleaton 23Mark Gubicza 30Dave Gumpert 15Danny Jackson 37Charlie Leibrandt 31Mélido Pérez 29Dan Quisenberry 18Bret Saberhagen 31Bob Shirley 19Bob Stoddard		Catchers 7Ed Hearn 28Mike Macfarlane 24Larry Owen 9Jamie Quirk Infielders 45Steve Balboni 1Buddy Biancalana 5George Brett 3Ross Jones 38Scotti Madison 32Bill Pecota 2Ángel Salazar 33Kevin Seitzer 20Frank White		Outfielders 12Juan Beníquez 27Thad Bosley 16Bo Jackson 21Lonnie Smith 4Danny Tartabull 25Gary Thurman 6Willie Wilson Other batters 22Jim Eisenreich 11Hal McRae 3Jorge Orta		Manager 14Billy Gardner 12John Wathan Coaches 43Gary Blaylock 41Joe Jones 42José Martínez 11Hal McRae 46Ed Napoleon 44Jimmie Schaffer

1987 Kansas City Royals roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

14Billy Gardner
12John Wathan

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league 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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jamie Quirk	109	296	70	.236	5	33
1B	George Brett	115	427	124	.290	22	78
2B	Frank White	154	563	138	.245	17	78
3B	Kevin Seitzer	161	641	207	.323	15	83
SS	Ángel Salazar	116	317	65	.205	2	21
LF	Bo Jackson	116	396	93	.235	22	53
CF	Willie Wilson	146	610	170	.279	4	30
RF	Danny Tartabull	158	582	180	.309	34	101
DH	Steve Balboni	121	386	80	.207	24	60

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Juan Beníquez	57	174	41	.236	3	26
Lonnie Smith	48	167	42	.251	3	8
Larry Owen	76	164	31	.189	5	14
Bill Pecota	66	156	43	.276	3	14
Thad Bosley	80	140	39	.279	1	16
Ross Jones	39	114	29	.254	0	10
Jim Eisenreich	44	105	25	.238	4	21
Gary Thurman	27	81	24	.296	0	5
Jorge Orta	21	50	9	.180	2	4
Buddy Biancalana	37	47	10	.213	1	7
Hal McRae	18	32	10	.313	1	9
Mike MacFarlane	8	19	4	.211	0	3
Ed Hearn	6	17	5	.294	0	3
Scotti Madison	7	15	4	.267	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
Bret Saberhagen	33	257.0	18	10	3.36	163
Mark Gubicza	35	241.2	13	18	3.98	166
Charlie Leibrandt	35	240.1	16	11	3.41	151
Danny Jackson	36	224.0	9	18	4.02	152
Mélido Pérez	3	10.1	1	1	7.84	5

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
Bud Black	29	122.1	8	6	3.60	61
Rick Anderson	6	13.0	0	2	13.85	12

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	47	4	1	8	2.76	17
Jerry Don Gleaton	48	4	4	5	4.26	44
Steve Farr	47	4	3	1	4.15	88
John Davis	27	5	2	2	2.27	24
Bob Stoddard	17	1	3	1	4.28	23
Gene Garber	13	0	0	8	2.51
Dave Gumpert	8	0	0	0	6.05	13
Bob Shirley	3	0	0	0	14.73	1

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	John Wathan andFrank Funk
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Bob Schaefer
A	Fort Myers Royals	Florida State League	Jerry Terrell
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Ken Berry
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Rick Mathews
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Luis Silverio

References

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^Danny Tartabull atBaseball Reference
^Alan Hargesheimer atBaseball Reference
^"Derek Botelho Stats".
^David Cone atBaseball Reference
^Jim Sundberg atBaseball Reference
^Larry Owen atBaseball Reference
^Bret Barberie atBaseball Reference
^Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed.,The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1987 Kansas City Royals atBaseball Reference
1987 Kansas City Royals atBaseball Almanac

1987 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
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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