1984 Kansas City Royals
84 - 78
1983 / 1985 (Organization)
1st place in the AL West
Home Record:
Away Record: 		44 - 37 (.543)
40 - 41 (.494)		 +1.2 wins
+1.8 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 673 / 710 ( -37 )
Allowed/Expected: 686 / 712 ( +26 )
Pyth Record: 80 - 82 (+4)
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Royals Stadium
Attendance: 1,810,018 Avg Att: 22,346 (1.06)
Att Rank: 7 / 14 Lg Avg: 21,130
       
Park Factor: 1.00    
HR Factor: 0.88 R/L HR: 0.88 / 0.89
Notes:
- West Division Champions
- Lost to Detroit Tigers in the ALCS

Batting

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Bats
#
R
H
K
1 Willie Wilson
CF
29.0
588
13.8
20.7
-3.9
2.9
32.0
-2.8
4.9
-10.0
-24.6
22.6
14.0
-9.6
19.8
0.2
4.4
37.1
36.4
14.2
2 Steve Balboni
1B
27.5
488
12.1
-8.3
44.3
54.2
-26.0
0.7
-1.5
18.3
52.6
-74.3
-3.2
4.7
3.1
1.7
-41.5
-6.2
-9.7
0.0
3 Jorge Orta
DH
33.6
438
9.9
14.0
24.1
-3.0
9.3
3.2
3.9
0.1
10.1
19.6
7.5
-8.2
13.9
-0.1
3.9
-6.7
-9.4
-0.6
4 George Brett
3B
31.1
422
8.6
7.8
23.4
14.2
0.9
1.9
0.0
4.4
15.6
19.4
7.4
3.2
7.6
-2.0
15.2
-6.5
-8.2
-1.3
5 Pat Sheridan
RF
26.6
531
5.2
9.4
1.0
-2.1
13.1
-0.1
0.3
-2.8
-8.5
-20.3
6.5
-2.9
9.5
-1.6
-15.4
10.6
11.8
3.1
6 Hal McRae
DH
39.0
361
4.3
12.6
0.1
-12.9
17.1
-3.5
1.4
-4.3
-12.5
1.2
13.3
4.2
11.6
-0.7
4.9
-6.7
-7.4
-1.9
7 Frank White
2B
33.8
515
0.7
3.9
22.9
-1.7
1.8
-1.5
1.4
6.7
19.0
-3.3
-7.7
-15.6
-8.9
-0.5
-17.6
-1.9
-0.8
-1.4
8 Bucky Dent
SS
32.6
10
0.2
0.6
-0.6
-1.1
1.4
-0.5
-0.1
-0.2
-1.2
-0.7
0.7
0.2
1.1
-0.0
-0.2
-0.2
-0.4
0.0
9 Jim Scranton
3B
24.2
2
-0.3
-0.5
-0.8
-0.5
-0.3
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.3
0.3
-0.7
-0.2
-0.6
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
10 Luis Pujols
C
28.6
5
-0.6
-0.3
-1.0
-1.2
0.2
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.7
0.7
-0.6
-0.4
-0.5
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
11 Dave Leeper
LF
24.7
6
-1.0
-1.6
-2.4
-1.4
-1.0
-0.3
-0.0
-0.1
-0.8
-0.2
-2.0
-0.5
-1.8
-0.0
-0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
12 Tucker Ashford
3B
29.6
14
-1.6
-1.4
-2.2
-1.0
-1.3
0.4
-0.1
-0.3
-0.7
-0.1
-1.6
-0.2
-2.1
-0.1
-0.2
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
13 Orlando Sanchez
C
27.8
10
-1.6
-1.6
-2.0
-1.3
-1.6
0.5
-0.1
-0.2
-0.3
-0.7
-2.3
-0.8
-2.9
-0.0
-1.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
14 Leon Roberts
LF
33.4
50
-2.1
-1.8
-4.9
-3.5
-0.2
-1.3
0.6
-1.0
-3.0
3.7
-1.3
-0.1
-0.7
0.8
2.1
-0.8
-1.2
0.0
15 Lynn Jones
RF
31.5
109
-2.2
3.9
-0.9
-13.0
6.2
1.0
-0.8
-1.2
-4.8
5.6
0.4
-5.0
-3.1
0.5
-1.6
-0.7
1.3
-1.6
16 Darryl Motley
LF
24.4
557
-4.1
10.7
22.8
-13.8
11.0
-0.5
2.1
3.8
12.2
1.3
-4.0
-18.1
-22.4
-1.7
-17.3
2.2
9.8
-4.1
17 Dane Iorg
1B
34.1
254
-4.8
-1.9
1.7
-7.8
-4.6
4.5
0.2
-0.2
3.5
19.0
-9.9
-8.0
-9.9
-1.2
3.7
-3.0
-3.7
-0.6
18 Onix Concepcion
SS
26.7
311
-6.5
5.5
-17.1
-34.0
18.2
-5.2
-0.2
-5.3
-22.5
8.5
-2.1
-11.7
-2.7
1.5
-6.4
3.9
7.0
-0.6
19 Don Slaught
C
25.8
446
-8.5
0.3
-7.5
-28.5
0.1
6.6
0.8
-5.0
-7.8
4.5
-12.9
-16.9
-9.5
-0.2
-14.1
-5.7
-8.9
0.0
20 Greg Pryor
3B
34.7
288
-10.1
-0.1
-11.3
-29.0
7.9
-2.2
-1.0
-1.8
-11.2
10.5
-7.3
-11.8
-10.9
1.6
-5.3
-4.2
-3.6
-1.9
21 Buddy Biancalana
SS
24.4
145
-11.0
-9.3
-13.2
-12.3
-6.7
-0.6
-0.0
-0.9
-4.0
-24.7
-13.7
-6.0
-14.8
-0.7
-21.3
-0.4
0.8
-0.9
22 U L Washington
SS
30.7
189
-11.2
-6.8
-20.6
-18.7
0.1
-2.6
-1.3
-2.8
-13.8
-5.8
-8.4
-1.6
-10.7
-0.9
-5.2
1.3
5.8
-2.4
23 Butch Davis
LF
26.0
128
-12.4
-13.6
-20.1
-7.0
-8.9
-2.9
-0.9
-0.6
-6.5
-1.9
-14.8
-0.6
-15.8
-0.6
-1.8
2.7
4.9
-0.5
24 John Wathan
C
34.7
196
-13.8
-14.0
-22.0
-3.9
-11.1
-2.0
-0.4
-1.9
-7.9
-7.9
-10.7
4.8
-17.8
-0.9
-0.0
3.5
8.1
-1.7
6063
-37.1
28.2
9.8
-126.3
57.5
-7.3
9.2
-5.5
-18.4
-23.0
-53.2
-101.0
-68.7
-5.3
-115.6
18.1
32.2
-2.2
 
#
R
H
K
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

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