1991 Kansas City Royals season

1991 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)	Herk Robinson
Manager(s)	John Wathan, Bob Schaefer, Hal McRae
Local television	WDAF-TV (Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1991 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 6th in the American League West with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses.

Offseason

Royals players in the Royals Stadium dugout, 1991

• October 4, 1990: Chris Codiroli was released by the Royals.^[1]
• November 21, 1990: Mike Boddicker was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[2]
• December 1, 1990: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[3]
• December 4, 1990: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[4]
• March 18, 1991: Bo Jackson was released by the Royals.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Chicago White Sox	87	75	0.537	8	46–35	41–40
Texas Rangers	85	77	0.525	10	46–35	39–42
Oakland Athletics	84	78	0.519	11	47–34	37–44
Seattle Mariners	83	79	0.512	12	45–36	38–43
Kansas City Royals	82	80	0.506	13	40–41	42–39
California Angels	81	81	0.500	14	40–41	41–40

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	4–8	3–10	4–8	5–8	3–9	4–8	9–3	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	4–8	7–5	9–4	5–8	7–5	7–6	3–9	6–7	8–4	9–3	5–7	9–4
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	5–7	9–4	6–6	8–5	6–6	1–12	6–7	5–8	6–6
Chicago	8–4	5–7	5–8	—	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	8–5	8–4	7–6	7–6	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	6–7	4–9	5–7	6–6	—	7–6	4–8	5–8	2–10	6–7	5–7	2–10	4–8	1–12
Detroit	8–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	6–7	—	8–4	4–9	4–8	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	8–4	5–7	4–9	6–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	6–7	7–5	6–7	7–6	7–6	5–7
Milwaukee	10–3	6–7	6–6	5–7	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	9–3	5–8	5–8	10–2	8–4	7–6	6–6	—	10–2	8–5	9–4	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	7–6	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	5–7	7–6	2–10	—	6–6	3–9	5–7	6–7
Oakland	9–3	4–8	12–1	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–6	4–8	5–8	6–6	—	6–7	4–9	6–6
Seattle	8–4	3–9	7–6	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	9–3	4–9	9–3	7–6	—	5–8	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	4–9	6–6	5–7	12–1	8–5	7–5	7–6	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions

• April 5, 1991: Warren Cromartie was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[6]
• May 29, 1991: Dan Schatzeder was released by the Royals.^[4]
• June 3, 1991: 1991 Major League Baseball draft
  • Rod Myers was drafted by the Royals in the 13th round.^[7]
  • Les Norman was drafted by the Royals in the 25th round. Player signed June 12, 1991.^[8]

Roster

1991 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 55 Kevin Appier 27 Luis Aquino 52 Mike Boddicker 50 Archie Corbin 28 Steve Crawford 48 Mark Davis 14,43 Storm Davis 39 Wes Gardner 16 Tom Gordon 23 Mark Gubicza 58 Joel Johnston 57 Mike Magnante 59 Carlos Maldonado 38 Andy McGaffigan 21 Jeff Montgomery 18 Bret Saberhagen 43 Dan Schatzeder 34 Héctor Wagner		Catchers 15 Mike Macfarlane 24 Brent Mayne 53 Jorge Pedre  7 Tim Spehr Infielders 26,38 Todd Benzinger 47 Sean Berry  5 George Brett 39 Stu Cole 49 Warren Cromartie 31 David Howard  2 Nelson Liriano 13 Carmelo Martínez 45 Russ Morman 32 Bill Pecota 33 Kevin Seitzer  3 Terry Shumpert  1 Kurt Stillwell 17 Paul Zuvella		Outfielders 26 Dave Clark  8 Jim Eisenreich 30 Kirk Gibson 56 Brian McRae  9 Bobby Moore 26 Terry Puhl 51 Harvey Pulliam  4 Danny Tartabull 25 Gary Thurman		Manager 11 Hal McRae 42 Bob Schaefer 12 John Wathan Coaches 37 Pat Dobson (pitching) 44 Glenn Ezell (bullpen) 41 Adrian Garrett (third base) 35 Lynn Jones (first base) 42 Bob Schaefer (bench)

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	Brent Mayne	85	231	58	.251	3	31
1B	Todd Benzinger	78	293	86	.294	2	40
2B	Terry Shumpert	144	369	80	.217	5	34
3B	Bill Pecota	125	398	114	.286	6	45
SS	Kurt Stillwell	122	385	102	.265	6	51
LF	Kirk Gibson	132	462	109	.236	16	55
CF	Brian McRae	152	629	164	.261	8	64
RF	Danny Tartabull	132	484	153	.316	31	100
DH	George Brett	131	505	129	.255	10	61

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Sal Rende
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Jeff Cox
A	Baseball City Royals	Florida State League	Carlos Tosca
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Joe Breeden
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Tom Poquette
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Bob Herold

^[9]

References

1. Chris Codiroli at Baseball Reference
2. Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference
3. Kirk Gibson at Baseball Reference
4. Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
5. Bo Jackson at Baseball Reference
6. Warren Cromartie at Baseball Reference
7. Rod Myers at Baseball Reference
8. Les Norman at Baseball Reference
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

• 1991 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
• 1991 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac