1982 Kansas City Royals season

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1982 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Royals Stadium (since 1973)
  • Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)John Schuerholz
Manager(s)Dick Howser
Local televisionWDAF-TV
(Al Wisk, Denny Trease)
Local radioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1982 Kansas City Royals season was their 14th in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished second in the American League West at 90-72, three games behind the California Angels in the first full season as manager for Dick Howser. Hal McRae led the team with 27 home runs and led the American League in runs batted in (133, a single-season franchise record) and doubles (46). Dan Quisenberry's 35 saves was also tops in the American League.

Offseason[]

  • October 23, 1981: Manny Castillo was traded by the Royals to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Bud Black to the Royals on March 2, 1982.[1]
  • December 11, 1981: Clint Hurdle was traded by the Royals to the Cincinnati Reds for Scott Brown.[2]
  • December 11, 1981: Jerry Martin was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Rich Gale and Bill Laskey.[3]
  • January 14, 1982: Ken Phelps was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Grant Jackson.[4]
    • February 18, 1982: Dennis Littlejohn was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Jeff Cornell.[5]
  • March 23, 1982: Rance Mulliniks was traded by the Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Phil Huffman.[6]
  • March 30, 1982: Renie Martin, Craig Chamberlain, Atlee Hammaker, and Brad Wellman were traded by the Royals to the San Francisco Giants for Vida Blue and Bob Tufts.[7]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 93 69 0.574 — 52–29 41–40
Kansas City Royals 90 72 0.556 3 56–25 34–47
Chicago White Sox 87 75 0.537 6 49–31 38–44
Seattle Mariners 76 86 0.469 17 42–39 34–47
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Texas Rangers 64 98 0.395 29 38–43 26–55
Minnesota Twins 60 102 0.370 33 37–44 23–58

Record vs. opponents[]

1982 American League Records
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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 — 4–9 7–5 5–7 6–7 7–6 4–8 9–4–1 8–4 11–2 7–5 7–5 9–3 10–3
Boston 9–4 — 7–5 4–8 6–7 8–5 6–6 4–9 6–6 7–6 8–4 7–5 10–2 7–6
California 5–7 5–7 — 8–5 8–4 5–7 7–6 6–6 7–6 7–5 9–4 10–3 8–5 8–4
Chicago 7–5 8–4 5–8 — 6–6 9–3 3–10 3–9 7–6 8–4 9–4 6–7 8–5 8–4
Cleveland 7–6 7–6 4–8 6–6 — 6–7 2–10 7–6 8–4 4–9 4–8 9–3 7–5 7–6
Detroit 6–7 5–8 7–5 3–9 7–6 — 6–6 3–10 9–3 8–5 9–3 6–6 8–4 6–7
Kansas City 8–4 6–6 6–7 10–3 10–2 6–6 — 7–5 7–6 5–7 7–6 7–6 7–6 4–8
Milwaukee 4–9–1 9–4 6–6 9–3 6–7 10–3 5–7 — 7–5 8–5 7–5 8–4 7–5 9–4
Minnesota 4–8 6–6 6–7 6–7 4–8 3–9 6–7 5–7 — 2–10 3–10 5–8 5–8 5–7
New York 2–11 6–7 5–7 4–8 9–4 5–8 7–5 5–8 10–2 — 7–5 6–6 7–5 6–7
Oakland 5–7 4–8 4–9 4–9 8–4 3–9 6–7 5–7 10–3 5–7 — 6–7 5–8 3–9
Seattle 5–7 5–7 3–10 7–6 3–9 6–6 6–7 4–8 8–5 6–6 7–6 — 9–4 7–5
Texas 3–9 2–10 5–8 5–8 5–7 4–8 6–7 5–7 8–5 5–7 8–5 4–9 — 4–8
Toronto 3–10 6–7 4–8 4–8 6–7 7–6 8–4 4–9 7–5 7–6 9–3 5–7 8–4 —


Opening Day Starters[]

Notable transactions[]

Draft picks[]

  • June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball draft
    • Will Clark was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round, but did not sign.[8]
    • Bret Saberhagen was drafted by the Royals in the 19th round. Player signed July 26, 1982.[9]
    • Andy Stankiewicz was drafted by the Royals in the 26th round, but did not sign.[10]
    • Cecil Fielder was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round of the Secondary Phase. Player signed June 15, 1982.[11]

Roster[]

1982 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  • 10 Dick Howser

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

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 121 448 121 .270 3 51
1B Willie Aikens 134 466 131 .281 17 74
2B Frank White 145 524 156 .298 11 56
SS U L Washington 119 437 125 .286 10 60
3B George Brett 144 552 166 .301 21 82
LF Willie Wilson 136 585 194 .332 3 46
CF Amos Otis 125 475 136 .286 11 88
RF Jerry Martin 147 519 138 .266 15 65
DH Hal McRae 159 613 189 .308 27 133

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Onix Concepción 74 205 48 .234 0 15
Greg Pryor 73 152 41 .270 2 12
César Gerónimo 53 119 32 .269 4 23
Steve Hammond 46 126 29 .230 1 11
Don Slaught 43 115 32 .278 3 8
Lee May 42 91 28 .308 3 12
Jamie Quirk 36 78 18 .231 1 5
Tom Poquette 24 62 9 .145 0 3
Dennis Werth 41 15 2 .133 0 2
Ron Johnson 8 14 4 .286 0 0
Mark Ryal 6 13 1 .077 0 0
Bombo Rivera 5 10 1 .100 0 0
Tim Ireland 7 7 1 .143 0 0
Buddy Biancalana 3 2 1 .500 0 0
Kelly Heath 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Larry Gura 37 248 18 12 4.03 98
Vida Blue 31 181 13 12 3.78 103
Paul Splittorff 29 162 10 10 4.28 74
Dennis Leonard 21 130.2 10 6 5.10 58

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bud Black 22 88.1 4 6 4.58 40
Dave Frost 21 81.2 6 6 5.51 26
Bill Castro 21 75.2 3 2 3.45 37
Keith Creel 9 41.2 1 4 5.40 13
Derek Botelho 8 24 2 1 4.13 12

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dan Quisenberry 72 9 7 35 2.57 46
Mike Armstrong 52 5 5 6 3.20 75
Don Hood 30 4 0 1 3.51 31
Grant Jackson 20 3 1 0 5.17 15
Bob Tufts 10 2 0 2 4.50 13
Jim Wright 7 0 0 0 5.32 9

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
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[]

  1. ^ Bud Black at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Clint Hurdle at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ "Jerry Martin Stats".
  4. ^ Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "Dennis Littlejohn Stats".
  6. ^ Rance Mulliniks at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Blue traded to Royals
  8. ^ Will Clark at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Bret Saberhagen at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Andy Stankiewicz at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Cecil Fielder at Baseball Reference

References[]

  • 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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