1986 Kansas City Royals season

1986 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969) West Division (since 1969)
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 and Mike Ferraro
Local television	WDAF-TV (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1986 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
California Angels	92	70	0.568	—	50–32	42–38
Texas Rangers	87	75	0.537	5	51–30	36–45
Kansas City Royals	76	86	0.469	16	45–36	31–50
Oakland Athletics	76	86	0.469	16	47–36	29–50
Chicago White Sox	72	90	0.444	20	41–40	31–50
Minnesota Twins	71	91	0.438	21	43–38	28–53
Seattle Mariners	67	95	0.414	25	41–41	26–54

Record vs. opponents[]

1986 American League Records v t 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	6–6	9–3	4–9	1–12	6–6	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–7	8–5
Boston	9–4	—	5–7	7–5	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	10–2	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–4	7–6
California	6–6	7–5	—	7–6	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–7	7–6	7–5	10–3	8–5	8–5	6–6
Chicago	3–9	5–7	6–7	—	5–7	6–6	7–6	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–6	8–5	2–11	6–6
Cleveland	9–4	3–10	6–6	7–5	—	4–9	8–4	8–5	6–6	5–8	10–2	9–3	6–6	3–10–1
Detroit	12–1	6–7	5–7	6–6	9–4	—	5–7	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	6–6	7–5	4–9
Kansas City	6–6	6–6	5–8	6–7	4–8	7–5	—	6–6	6–7	4–8	8–5	5–8	8–5	5–7
Milwaukee	7–6	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	6–6	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	6–6	4–8	7–6
Minnesota	4–8	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–6	5–7	7–6	8–4	—	4–8	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	8–5	5–7	6–6	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–8	8–4	—	5–7	8–4	7–5	7–6
Oakland	7–5	5–7	3–10	6–7	2–10	6–6	5–8	7–5	7–6	7–5	—	10–3	3–10	8–4
Seattle	6–6	4–8	5–8	5–8	3–9	6–6	8–5	6–6	7–6	4–8	3–10	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	7–5	4–8	5–8	11–2	6–6	5–7	5–8	8–4	7–6	5–7	10–3	9–4	—	5–7
Toronto	5–8	6–7	6–6	6–6	10–3–1	9–4	7–5	6–7	8–4	6–7	4–8	6–6	7–5	—

Notable transactions[]

• March 28, 1986: Joe Beckwith was released by the Kansas City Royals.^[1]
• May 21, 1986: Mark Huismann was traded by the Royals to the Seattle Mariners for Terry Bell.^[2]
• June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball draft
  • Bo Jackson was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round.^[3]
  • Torey Lovullo was drafted by the Royals in the 27th round, but did not sign.^[4]
• August 16, 1986: Jacob Brumfield was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[5]

Notable events[]

• July 15, 1986: Dick Howser is relieved as Royals' manager after managing for the AL in the 1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Howser admitted he felt sick before the game and was having trouble with signals during the game. He is later diagnosed with brain cancer and undergoes surgery. Mike Ferraro takes over as manager for the remainder of the season.

Roster[]

1986 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers 28 Scott Bankhead 40 Bud Black 13 David Cone 26 Steve Farr 23 Mark Gubicza 50 Alan Hargesheimer 38 Mark Huismann 25 Danny Jackson 37 Charlie Leibrandt 22 Dennis Leonard 29 Dan Quisenberry 31 Bret Saberhagen 38 Steve Shields		Catchers 34 Terry Bell  9 Jamie Quirk  8 Jim Sundberg Infielders 45 Steve Balboni  1 Buddy Biancalana  5 George Brett 36 Rondin Johnson 32 Bill Pecota  4 Greg Pryor  2 Ángel Salazar 33 Kevin Seitzer 20 Frank White		Outfielders 17 Mike Brewer 16 Bo Jackson 35 Lynn Jones 27 Mike Kingery  7 Rudy Law 24 Darryl Motley 21 Lonnie Smith 15 Dwight Taylor  6 Willie Wilson Other batters 11 Hal McRae  3 Jorge Orta		Manager 41 Mike Ferraro 10 Dick Howser Coaches 43 Gary Blaylock 41 Mike Ferraro 42 José Martínez 14 Lee May 44 Jimmie Schaffer

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

Other batters[]

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bo Jackson	25	82	17	.207	2	9
Terry Bell	8	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Danny Jackson	32	186	11	12	3.20	115

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA
Alan Hargesheimer	5	13	0	1	6.23

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mark Huismann	10	0	1	1	4.15	13

Awards and honors[]

• George Brett, Lou Gehrig Award
• Dennis Leonard, Hutch Award^[6]

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	John Boles and Frank Funk
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Tommy Jones
A	Fort Myers Royals	Florida State League	Duane Gustavson
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Ed Napoleon
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Luis Silverio

^[7]

References[]

• 1986 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
• 1986 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac