1993 Kansas City Royals season

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1993 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)David Glass
General manager(s)Herk Robinson
Manager(s)Hal McRae
Local televisionKSMO-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Local radioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1993 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 84 wins and 78 losses. This was George Brett's final season in the major leagues, as well as the team's final season in the AL West.

Offseason[]

  • November 17, 1992: Kerwin Moore was drafted from the Royals by the Florida Marlins as the 61st pick in the 1992 MLB expansion draft.[1]
  • November 19, 1992: Dennis Moeller and Joel Johnston were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for José Lind.[2]
  • November 25, 1992: Mark Gubicza was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[3]
  • December 8, 1992: David Cone was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[4]
  • December 8, 1992: Greg Gagne was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[5]
  • December 9, 1992: Jeff Shaw and Tim Spehr were traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Mark Gardner and Doug Piatt.[6]
  • January 27, 1993: Hubie Brooks was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[7]
  • February 22, 1993: Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald (minors) were traded by the Royals to the St. Louis Cardinals for Félix José and Craig Wilson.[8]
  • February 26, 1993: Scott Bailes was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.[9]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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  • t
AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 94 68 0.580 — 45–36 49–32
Texas Rangers 86 76 0.531 8 50–31 36–45
Kansas City Royals 84 78 0.519 10 43–38 41–40
Seattle Mariners 82 80 0.506 12 46–35 36–45
California Angels 71 91 0.438 23 44–37 27–54
Minnesota Twins 71 91 0.438 23 36–45 35–46
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 26 38–43 30–51


Record vs. opponents[]

1993 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 — 6–7 7–5 4–8 8–5 5–8 7–5 8–5 8–4 6–7 10–2 7–5 4–8 5–8
Boston 7–6 — 7–5 7–5 5–8 6–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 6–7 9–3 7–5 6–6 3–10
California 5–7 5–7 — 7–6 5–7 4–8 6–7 7–5 4–9 6–6 6–7 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 8–4 5–7 6–7 — 9–3 7–5 6–7 9–3 10–3 4–8 7–6 9–4 8–5 6–6
Cleveland 5–8 8–5 7–5 3–9 — 6–7 7–5 8–5 4–8 6–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 4–9
Detroit 8–5 7–6 8–4 5–7 7–6 — 5–7 8–5 6–6 4–9 8–4 7–5 6–6 6–7
Kansas City 5–7 7–5 7–6 7–6 5–7 7–5 — 5–7 7–6 6–6 6–7 7–6 7–6 8–4
Milwaukee 5–8 8–5 5–7 3–9 5–8 5–8 7–5 — 7–5 4–9 7–5 4–8 4–8 5–8
Minnesota 4–8 5–7 9–4 3–10 8–4 6–6 6–7 5–7 — 4–8 8–5 4–9 7–6 2–10
New York 7–6 7–6 6–6 8–4 7–6 9–4 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 6–6 7–5 3–9 5–8
Oakland 2–10 3–9 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 — 9–4 5–8 5–7
Seattle 5–7 5–7 7–6 4–9 9–3 5–7 6–7 8–4 9–4 5–7 4–9 — 8–5 7–5
Texas 8–4 6–6 7–6 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 8–4 6–7 9–3 8–5 5–8 — 7–5
Toronto 8–5 10–3 8–4 6–6 9–4 7–6 4–8 8–5 10–2 8–5 7–5 5–7 5–7 —


Notable transactions[]

  • April 3, 1993: Scott Bailes was released by the Kansas City Royals.
  • April 26, 1993: Mike Boddicker was purchased from the Royals by the Milwaukee Brewers.[10]
  • April 27, 1993: Tuffy Rhodes was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[11]
  • June 3, 1993: Jacque Jones was drafted by the Royals in the 31st round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[12]
  • June 14, 1993: Dave Stieb was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[13]
  • June 19, 1993: Gary Gaetti was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[14]
  • July 30, 1993: Tuffy Rhodes was traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs as part of a 3-team trade. The New York Yankees sent John Habyan to the Royals. The Cubs sent Paul Assenmacher to the Yankees.[11]
  • July 30, 1993: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[15]
  • July 31, 1993: Dave Stieb was released by the Royals.[13]
  • July 31, 1993: Jon Lieber and Dan Miceli were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Stan Belinda.[16]
  • August 1, 1993: Owner Ewing Kauffman was traded to the great beyond in exchange for losing seasons in 17 of the following 19 years.

Roster[]

1993 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

  •  5 George Brett
 Manager

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
2B José Lind 136 431 107 .248 0 37
3B Gary Gaetti 82 281 72 .256 14 46
SS Greg Gagne 159 540 151 .280 10 57
RF Félix José 149 499 126 .253 6 43
DH George Brett 145 560 149 .266 19 75

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Hubie Brooks 75 168 48 .286 1 24
Craig Wilson 21 49 13 .265 1 3

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Appier 34 238.2 18 8 2.56 186
David Cone 34 254 11 14 3.33 191
Mark Gardner 17 91.2 4 6 6.19 54

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Gubicza 49 104.1 5 8 4.66 80

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Stan Belinda 23 1 1 0 4.28 25

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Jeff Cox
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Tom Poquette
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Ron Johnson
A Rockford Royals Midwest League Mike Jirschele
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League John Mizerock
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Bob Herold

[17]

References[]

  1. ^ Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Jose Lind at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mark Gubicza at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ David Cone at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Greg Gagne at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Hubie Brooks at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Félix José at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ "Scott Bailes Stats".
  10. ^ Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ a b Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Jacque Jones at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ a b Dave Stieb at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Gary Gaetti at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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