1991 Kansas City Royals season

The 1991 Kansas City Royals season was the 23rd season for the franchise, their 19th at Kauffman Stadium and their 5th and final full season under the management of John Wathan. The Royals finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, an improvement from 75–86 from the year prior, but were eliminated from postseason contention for the 6th consecutive season.

1991 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Royals Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	82–80 (.506)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	Ewing Kauffman
General managers	Herk Robinson
Managers	John Wathan, Bob Schaefer, Hal McRae
Television	WDAF-TV (Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
Radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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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

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	95	67	.586	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox	87	75	.537	8	46‍–‍35	41‍–‍40
Texas Rangers	85	77	.525	10	46‍–‍35	39‍–‍42
Oakland Athletics	84	78	.519	11	47‍–‍34	37‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners	83	79	.512	12	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
Kansas City Royals	82	80	.506	13	40‍–‍41	42‍–‍39
California Angels	81	81	.500	14	40‍–‍41	41‍–‍40

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League record v t e 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
Jim Eisenreich	135	375	113	.301	2	47
Mike Macfarlane	84	267	74	.277	13	41
David Howard	94	236	51	.216	1	17
Kevin Seitzer	85	234	62	.265	1	25
Gary Thurman	80	184	51	.277	2	13
Warren Cromartie	69	131	41	.313	1	20
Carmelo Martínez	44	121	25	.207	4	17
Tim Spehr	37	74	14	.189	3	14
Sean Berry	31	60	8	.133	0	1
Harvey Pulliam	18	33	9	.273	3	4
Russ Morman	12	23	6	.261	0	1
Nelson Liriano	10	22	9	.409	0	1
Jorge Pedre	10	19	5	.263	0	3
Terry Puhl	15	18	4	.222	0	3
Bobby Moore	18	14	5	.357	0	0
Dave Clark	11	10	2	.200	0	1
Stu Cole	9	7	1	.143	0	0
Paul Zuvella	2	0	0	----	0	0

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
Kevin Appier	34	207.2	13	10	3.42	158
Bret Saberhagen	28	196.1	13	8	3.07	136
Mike Boddicker	30	180.2	12	12	4.08	79
Mark Gubicza	26	133.0	9	12	5.68	89
Héctor Wagner	2	10.0	1	1	7.20	5

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
Tom Gordon	45	158.0	9	14	3.87	167
Luis Aquino	38	157.0	8	4	3.44	80
Storm Davis	51	114.1	3	9	4.96	53
Mark Davis	29	62.2	6	3	4.45	47

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
Jeff Montgomery	67	4	4	33	2.90	77
Mike Magnante	38	0	1	0	2.45	42
Steve Crawford	33	3	2	1	5.98	38
Joel Johnston	13	1	0	0	0.40	21
Dan Schatzeder	8	0	0	0	9.45	4
Carlos Maldonado	5	0	0	0	8.22	1
Andy McGaffigan	4	0	0	0	4.50	3
Wes Gardner	3	0	0	0	1.59	3
Archie Corbin	2	0	0	0	3.86	1
Bill Pecota	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

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