1989 Kansas City Royals
92 - 70
1988 / 1990 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL West (7 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		55 - 26 (.679)
37 - 44 (.457)		 +10.4 wins
+0.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 690 / 685 ( +5 )
Allowed/Expected: 635 / 690 ( +55 )
Pyth Record: 87 - 75 (+5)
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Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,477,700 Avg Att: 30,589 (1.16)
Att Rank: 6 / 14 Lg Avg: 26,345
       
Park Factor: 0.99    
HR Factor: 0.84 R/L HR: 0.85 / 0.82
Notes:


All-Original Kansas City Royals
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
KCA
 26.6
2.7
KCA
 28.1
0.1
31.0
-0.0
25.9
-0.2

Center Field
KCA
 34.0
1.8
28.3
0.4
KCA
 24.6
-0.7
MULT
 29.5
-2.3


Right Field
MULT
 31.6
0.7
28.4
-0.3
Shortstop
KCA
 29.4
0.7
Second Base
KCA
 38.8
1.8
KCA
 29.9
0.5
Third Base
KCA
 27.3
2.4
MULT
 33.1
1.2
37.2
-0.1
First Base
KCA
 36.1
1.7
29.2
-0.1
KCA
 22.5
-0.1
 
Catcher
30.8
1.8
KCA
 25.2
-0.2
MULT
 34.7
-0.2
Designated Hitter
MULT
 34.9
0.5
Starting Pitcher
IP
KCA
 25.2
262.3
9.7
KCA
 26.9
255.0
6.3
31.8
206.0
4.7
25.9
210.3
4.6
KCA
 21.6
163.0
3.4
24.8
137.3
2.5
26.5
219.7
1.9
23.4
183.3
0.5
31.4
76.7
0.3
KCA
 24.5
8.0
0.1
KCA
 21.6
21.7
-0.8
27.5
115.7
-0.9
Swingman
IP
30.7
71.3
0.5
25.5
10.7
0.2
Relief Pitcher
IP
37.9
90.0
2.7
37.2
52.3
1.5
36.4
78.3
1.0
26.5
6.0
-0.0
31.1
11.3
-0.3
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James