1991_Kansas_City_Royals_season Knowpia

1991 Kansas City Royals
1991 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Royals Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	Ewing Kauffman
General managers	Herk Robinson
Managers	John Wathan, Bob Schaefer, Hal McRae
Television	WDAF-TV; (Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
Radio	WIBW (AM); (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1991 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses.

Offseason edit

Royals players in the Royals Stadium dugout, 1991

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Chicago White Sox	87	75	0.537	8	46–35	41–40
Texas Rangers	85	77	0.525	10	46–35	39–42
Oakland Athletics	84	78	0.519	11	47–34	37–44
Seattle Mariners	83	79	0.512	12	45–36	38–43
Kansas City Royals	82	80	0.506	13	40–41	42–39
California Angels	81	81	0.500	14	40–41	41–40

1991 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	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	4–8	3–10	4–8	5–8	3–9	4–8	9–3	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	4–8	7–5	9–4	5–8	7–5	7–6	3–9	6–7	8–4	9–3	5–7	9–4
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	5–7	9–4	6–6	8–5	6–6	1–12	6–7	5–8	6–6
Chicago	8–4	5–7	5–8	—	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	8–5	8–4	7–6	7–6	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	6–7	4–9	5–7	6–6	—	7–6	4–8	5–8	2–10	6–7	5–7	2–10	4–8	1–12
Detroit	8–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	6–7	—	8–4	4–9	4–8	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	8–4	5–7	4–9	6–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	6–7	7–5	6–7	7–6	7–6	5–7
Milwaukee	10–3	6–7	6–6	5–7	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	9–3	5–8	5–8	10–2	8–4	7–6	6–6	—	10–2	8–5	9–4	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	7–6	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	5–7	7–6	2–10	—	6–6	3–9	5–7	6–7
Oakland	9–3	4–8	12–1	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–6	4–8	5–8	6–6	—	6–7	4–9	6–6
Seattle	8–4	3–9	7–6	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	9–3	4–9	9–3	7–6	—	5–8	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	4–9	6–6	5–7	12–1	8–5	7–5	7–6	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	—

April 5, 1991: Warren Cromartie was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[6]
May 29, 1991: Dan Schatzeder was released by the Royals.^[4]
June 3, 1991: 1991 Major League Baseball draft
- Rod Myers was drafted by the Royals in the 13th round.^[7]
- Les Norman was drafted by the Royals in the 25th round. Player signed June 12, 1991.^[8]

1991 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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	Brent Mayne	85	231	58	.251	3	31
1B	Todd Benzinger	78	293	86	.294	2	40
2B	Terry Shumpert	144	369	80	.217	5	34
3B	Bill Pecota	125	398	114	.286	6	45
SS	Kurt Stillwell	122	385	102	.265	6	51
LF	Kirk Gibson	132	462	109	.236	16	55
CF	Brian McRae	152	629	164	.261	8	64
RF	Danny Tartabull	132	484	153	.316	31	100
DH	George Brett	131	505	129	.255	10	61

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 Eisenreich	135	375	113	.301	2	47
Mike Macfarlane	84	267	74	.277	13	41
David Howard	94	236	51	.216	1	17
Kevin Seitzer	85	234	62	.265	1	25
Gary Thurman	80	184	51	.277	2	13
Warren Cromartie	69	131	41	.313	1	20
Carmelo Martínez	44	121	25	.207	4	17
Tim Spehr	37	74	14	.189	3	14
Sean Berry	31	60	8	.133	0	1
Harvey Pulliam	18	33	9	.273	3	4
Russ Morman	12	23	6	.261	0	1
Nelson Liriano	10	22	9	.409	0	1
Jorge Pedre	10	19	5	.263	0	3
Terry Puhl	15	18	4	.222	0	3
Bobby Moore	18	14	5	.357	0	0
Dave Clark	11	10	2	.200	0	1
Stu Cole	9	7	1	.143	0	0
Paul Zuvella	2	0	0	----	0	0

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 Appier	34	207.2	13	10	3.42	158
Bret Saberhagen	28	196.1	13	8	3.07	136
Mike Boddicker	30	180.2	12	12	4.08	79
Mark Gubicza	26	133.0	9	12	5.68	89
Héctor Wagner	2	10.0	1	1	7.20	5

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	45	158.0	9	14	3.87	167
Luis Aquino	38	157.0	8	4	3.44	80
Storm Davis	51	114.1	3	9	4.96	53
Mark Davis	29	62.2	6	3	4.45	47

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	67	4	4	33	2.90	77
Mike Magnante	38	0	1	0	2.45	42
Steve Crawford	33	3	2	1	5.98	38
Joel Johnston	13	1	0	0	0.40	21
Dan Schatzeder	8	0	0	0	9.45	4
Carlos Maldonado	5	0	0	0	8.22	1
Andy McGaffigan	4	0	0	0	4.50	3
Wes Gardner	3	0	0	0	1.59	3
Archie Corbin	2	0	0	0	3.86	1
Bill Pecota	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Sal Rende
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Jeff Cox
A	Baseball City Royals	Florida State League	Carlos Tosca
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Joe Breeden
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Tom Poquette
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Bob Herold

^ Chris Codiroli at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference
^ Kirk Gibson at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
^ Bo Jackson at Baseball Reference
^ Warren Cromartie at Baseball Reference
^ Rod Myers at Baseball Reference
^ Les Norman at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997