1982 Kansas City Royals season explained

Kansas City Royals
Season:	1982
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Royals Stadium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners:	Ewing Kauffman
General Managers:	John Schuerholz
Managers:	Dick Howser
Television:	WDAF-TV (Al Wisk, Denny Trease)
Radio:	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1982 Kansas City Royals season was their 14th in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished second in the American League West at 90–72, three games behind the California Angels in the first full season as manager for Dick Howser. Hal McRae led the team with 27 home runs and led the American League in runs batted in (133, a single-season franchise record) and doubles (46). Dan Quisenberry's 35 saves was also tops in the American League.

Offseason

October 23, 1981: Manny Castillo was traded by the Royals to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Bud Black to the Royals on March 2, 1982.^[1]
December 11, 1981: Clint Hurdle was traded by the Royals to the Cincinnati Reds for Scott Brown.^[2]
December 11, 1981: Jerry Martin was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Rich Gale and Bill Laskey.^[3]
January 14, 1982: Ken Phelps was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Grant Jackson.^[4]
February 18, 1982: Dennis Littlejohn was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Jeff Cornell.^[5]
March 23, 1982: Rance Mulliniks was traded by the Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Phil Huffman.^[6]
March 30, 1982: Renie Martin, Craig Chamberlain, Atlee Hammaker, and Brad Wellman were traded by the Royals to the San Francisco Giants for Vida Blue and Bob Tufts.^[7]

June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball draft
- Will Clark was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round, but did not sign.^[8]
- Bret Saberhagen was drafted by the Royals in the 19th round. Player signed July 26, 1982.^[9]
- Andy Stankiewicz was drafted by the Royals in the 26th round, but did not sign.^[10]
- Cecil Fielder was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round of the Secondary Phase. Player signed June 15, 1982.^[11]

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	121	448	121	.270	3	51
1B	134	466	131	.281	17	74
2B	145	524	156	.298	11	56
SS	119	437	125	.286	10	60
3B	144	552	166	.301	21	82
LF	136	585	194	.332	3	46
CF	125	475	136	.286	11	88
RF	147	519	138	.266	15	65
DH	159	613	189	.308	27	133

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
74	205	48	.234	0	15
73	152	41	.270	2	12
46	126	29	.230	1	11
53	119	32	.269	4	23
43	115	32	.278	3	8
42	91	28	.308	3	12
36	78	18	.231	1	5
24	62	9	.145	0	3
41	15	2	.133	0	2
8	14	4	.286	0	0
6	13	1	.077	0	0
5	10	1	.100	0	0
7	7	1	.143	0	0
3	2	1	.500	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	248.0	18	12	4.03	98
31	181.0	13	12	3.78	103
29	162.0	10	10	4.28	74
21	130.2	10	6	5.10	58

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
22	88.1	4	6	4.58	40
21	81.2	6	6	5.51	26
21	75.2	3	2	3.45	37
9	41.2	1	4	5.40	13
8	24.0	2	1	4.13	12

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
72	9	7	35	2.57	46
52	5	5	6	3.20	75
30	4	0	1	3.51	31
20	3	1	0	5.17	15
10	2	0	2	4.50	13
7	0	0	0	5.32	9

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.