1993 Kansas City Royals season explained

Kansas City Royals
Season:	1993
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Kauffman Stadium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners:	David Glass
General Managers:	Herk Robinson
Managers:	Hal McRae
Television:	KSMO-TV (Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Radio:	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1993 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing third in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. This was George Brett's final season in the major leagues, as well as the team's final season in the AL West.

Offseason

• November 17, 1992: Kerwin Moore was drafted from the Royals by the Florida Marlins as the 61st pick in the 1992 MLB expansion draft.^[1]
• November 19, 1992: Dennis Moeller and Joel Johnston were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for José Lind.^[2]
• November 25, 1992: Mark Gubicza was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[3]
• December 8, 1992: David Cone was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[4]
• December 8, 1992: Greg Gagne was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[5]
• December 9, 1992: Jeff Shaw and Tim Spehr were traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Mark Gardner and Doug Piatt.^[6]
• January 27, 1993: Hubie Brooks was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[7]
• February 22, 1993: Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald (minors) were traded by the Royals to the St. Louis Cardinals for Félix José and Craig Wilson.^[8]
• February 26, 1993: Scott Bailes was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[9]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1993: Scott Bailes was released by the Kansas City Royals.
• April 26, 1993: Mike Boddicker was purchased from the Royals by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[10]
• April 27, 1993: Tuffy Rhodes was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[11]
• June 3, 1993: Jacque Jones was drafted by the Royals in the 31st round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[12]
• June 14, 1993: Dave Stieb was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[13]
• June 19, 1993: Gary Gaetti was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[14]
• July 30, 1993: Tuffy Rhodes was traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs as part of a 3-team trade. The New York Yankees sent John Habyan to the Royals. The Cubs sent Paul Assenmacher to the Yankees.
• July 30, 1993: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[15]
• July 31, 1993: Dave Stieb was released by the Royals.
• July 31, 1993: Jon Lieber and Dan Miceli were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Stan Belinda.^[16]
• August 1, 1993: Owner Ewing Kauffman, responsible for bringing major league baseball to Kansas City, dies at age 76.

Roster

1993 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Game log

Regular season

|-style=background:#fcc| 1 || April 5 || || Red Sox|-style=background:#fcc| 2 || April 7 || || Red Sox|-style=background:#fcc| 3 || April 8 || || Red Sox|-style=background:#fcc| 4 || April 9 || || Twins|-style=background:#fcc| 5 || April 10 || || Twins|-style=background:#cfc| 6 || April 11 || || Twins|-style=background:#fcc| 7 || April 12 || || @ Yankees|-style=background:#fcc| 8 || April 14 || || @ Yankees|-style=background:#cfc| 9 || April 15 || || @ Yankees|-style=background:#fcc| 10 || April 16 || || @ Twins|-style=background:#fcc| 11 || April 17 || || @ Twins|-style=background:#cfc| 12 || April 18 || || @ Twins|-style=background:#cfc| 13 || April 20 || || Blue Jays|-style=background:#cfc| 14 || April 21 || || Blue Jays|-style=background:#fcc| 15 || April 22 || || Blue Jays|-style=background:#cfc| 16 || April 23 || || Orioles|-style=background:#fcc| 17 || April 24 || || Orioles|-style=background:#cfc| 18 || April 25 || || Orioles|-style=background:#fcc| 19 || April 26 || || Tigers|-style=background:#cfc| 20 || April 27 || || Tigers|-style=background:#cfc| 21 || April 28 || || @ Blue Jays|-style=background:#fcc| 22 || April 29 || || @ Blue Jays|-style=background:#fcc| 23 || April 30 || || @ Orioles|-|-style=background:#cfc| 24 || May 1 || || @ Orioles|-style=background:#fcc| 25 || May 2 || || @ Orioles|-style=background:#fcc| 26 || May 4 || || @ Tigers|-style=background:#cfc| 27 || May 5 || || @ Tigers|-style=background:#cfc| 28 || May 7 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Rangers || W 9–4 || Pichardo (2–1) || Ryan (1–2) || – || 2:54 || 33,350 || 12–16 || W2|-style=background:#bbb| — || May 8 || || Rangers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 26)|-style=background:#fcc| 29 || May 9 || 4:14p.m. CDT || Rangers || L 1–2 || Brown (4–1) || Cone (0–5) || – || 2:13 || 17,967 || 12–17 || L1|-style=background:#cfc| 30 || May 11 || || @ Indians|-style=background:#fcc| 31 || May 12 || || @ Indians|-style=background:#cfc| 32 || May 13 || || @ Indians|-style=background:#cfc| 33 || May 14 || || @ Angels|-style=background:#fcc| 34 || May 15 || || @ Angels|-style=background:#cfc| 35 || May 16 || || @ Angels|-style=background:#cfc| 39 || May 21 || || Mariners|-style=background:#cfc| 40 || May 22 || || Mariners|-style=background:#fcc| 41 || May 23 || || Mariners|-style=background:#cfc| 42 || May 25 || 7:05p.m. CDT || @ White Sox || W 3–2 || Gordon (3–1) || McDowell (7–3) || Montgomery (12) || 2:30 || 28,143 || 21–21 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 43 || May 26 || 7:07p.m. CDT || @ White Sox || W 4–3 || Cone (2–5) || Fernandez (5–3) || Montgomery (13) || 2:46 || 25,451 || 22–21 || W2|-style=background:#cfc| 44 || May 27 || 12:35p.m. CDT || @ White Sox || W 6–4 || Haney (2–0) || Bere (0–1) || Montgomery (14) || 2:49 || 26,530 || 23–21 || W3|-style=background:#cfc| 48 || May 31 || || @ Red Sox|-|-style=background:#cfc| 49 || June 1 || || @ Red Sox|-style=background:#cfc| 50 || June 2 || || @ Red Sox|-style=background:#cfc| 55 || June 7 || || Yankees|-style=background:#fcc| 56 || June 8 || || Yankees|-style=background:#cfc| 57 || June 9 || || Yankees|-style=background:#fcc| 58 || June 11 || 7:37p.m. CDT || White Sox || L 1–6 || McDowell (9–4) || Cone (2–5) || – || 2:32 || 28,216 || 32–26 || L1|-style=background:#fcc| 59 || June 12 || 7:05p.m. CDT || White Sox || L 1–2 || Schwarz (1–1) || Meacham (2–2) || Hernández (11) || 4:13 || 38,918 || 32–27 || L2|-style=background:#cfc| 60 || June 13 || 1:37p.m. CDT || White Sox || W 5–4 || Gordon (4–1) || Pall (1–2) || – || 3:07 || 31,949 || 33–27 || W1|-style=background:#fcc| 61 || June 14 || || @ Mariners|-style=background:#fcc| 62 || June 15 || || @ Mariners|-style=background:#cfc| 63 || June 16 || || @ Mariners|-style=background:#fcc| 67 || June 21 || || Angels|-style=background:#cfc| 68 || June 22 || || Angels|-style=background:#fcc| 69 || June 23 || || Angels|-style=background:#cfc| 70 || June 24 || || Angels|-style=background:#fcc| 71 || June 25 || || @ Indians|-style=background:#fcc| 72 || June 26 || || @ Indians|-style=background:#fcc| 73 || June 27 || || @ Indians|-style=background:#cfc| 74 || June 28 || 7:35p.m. CDT || @ Rangers || W 4–2 || Haney (4–1) || Rogers (5–6) || Montgomery (23) || 2:54 || 21,505 || 38–36 || W1|-style=background:#fcc| 75 || June 29 || 7:35p.m. CDT || @ Rangers || L 3–4 || Patterson (2–2) || Sampen (2–1) || Henke (14) || 3:06 || 24,855 || 38–37 || L1|-style=background:#fcc| 76 || June 30 || 7:35p.m. CDT || @ Rangers || L 4–5 || Bohanon (3–1) || Gardner (4–5) || Henke (15) || 2:53 || 36,901 || 38–38 || L2|-|-style=background:#cfc| 77 || July 2 || || Blue Jays|-style=background:#cfc| 78 || July 3 || || Blue Jays|-style=background:#cfc| 79 || July 4 || || Blue Jays|-style=background:#cfc| 80 || July 5 || || Orioles|-style=background:#fcc| 81 || July 6 || || Orioles|-style=background:#fcc| 82 || July 7 || || Orioles|-style=background:#cfc| 83 || July 8 || || Tigers|-style=background:#fcc| 84 || July 9 || || Tigers|-style=background:#fcc| 85 || July 10 || || Tigers|-style=background:#cfc| 86 || July 11 || || Tigers|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"| colspan="12" | 64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland|-style=background:#fcc| 87 || July 15 || || @ Blue Jays|-style=background:#cfc| 88 || July 16 || || @ Blue Jays|-style=background:#cfc| 89 || July 17 || || @ Blue Jays|-style=background:#fcc| 90 || July 18 || || @ Blue Jays|-style=background:#fcc| 91 || July 19 || || @ Orioles|-style=background:#fcc| 92 || July 20 || || @ Orioles|-style=background:#cfc| 93 || July 21 || || @ Orioles|-style=background:#cfc| 94 || July 22 || || @ Tigers|-style=background:#cfc| 95 || July 23 || || @ Tigers|-style=background:#cfc| 96 || July 24 || || @ Tigers|-style=background:#fcc| 97 || July 25 || || @ Tigers|-style=background:#cfc| 98 || July 26 || 5:06p.m. CDT || Rangers || W 12–3 || Haney (7–2) || Brown (7–7) || – || 2:58 || – || 51–47 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 99 || July 26 || 8:38p.m. CDT || Rangers || W 6–5 || Rasmussen (1–2) || Bohanon (4–2) || Montgomery (31) || 2:37 || 35,882 || 52–47 || W2|-style=background:#fcc| 100 || July 27 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Rangers || L 0–1 || Rogers (8–6) || Appier (11–5) || Henke (22) || 2:18 || 22,415 || 52–48 || L1|-style=background:#fcc| 101 || July 28 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Rangers || L 3–10 || Pavlik (6–5) || Pichardo (5–7) || – || 2:56 || 23,503 || 52–49 || L2|-style=background:#cfc| 102 || July 29 || 1:35p.m. CDT || Rangers || W 9–4 || Gordon (6–2) || Leibrandt (9–7) || Gubicza (1) || 2:51 || 28,847 || 53–49 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 103 || July 30 || || Indians|-style=background:#fcc| 104 || July 31 || || Indians|-|-style=background:#fcc| 105 || August 1 || || Indians|-style=background:#fcc| 106 || August 3 || || @ Angels|-style=background:#cfc| 107 || August 4 || || @ Angels|-style=background:#fcc| 108 || August 5 || || @ Angels|-style=background:#cfc| 112 || August 9 || || Mariners|-style=background:#cfc| 113 || August 10 || || Mariners|-style=background:#fcc| 114 || August 11 || || Mariners|-style=background:#cfc| 115 || August 12 || 7:07p.m. CDT || @ White Sox || W 4–2 || Appier (13–6) || McDowell (18–7) || – || 2:34 || 38,954 || 60–55 || W2 |-style=background:#fcc| 116 || August 13 || 7:07p.m. CDT || @ White Sox || L 4–5 || Cary (1–0) || Montgomery (3–3) || Hernández (25) || 3:05 || 34,272 || 60–56 || L1 |-style=background:#fcc| 117 || August 14 || 6:07p.m. CDT || @ White Sox || L 1–4 || Fernandez (14–6) || Cone (8–11) || Radinsky (4) || 2:24 || 42,417 || 60–57 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc| 118 || August 15 || 2:19p.m. CDT || @ White Sox || W 7–5 || Gordon (8–3) || Belcher (10–8) || Montgomery (36) || 2:55 || 38,395 || 61–57 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 119 || August 17 || || @ Twins|-style=background:#cfc| 120 || August 18 || || @ Twins|-style=background:#cfc| 121 || August 19 || || @ Twins|-style=background:#fcc| 122 || August 20 || || @ Yankees|-style=background:#fcc| 123 || August 21 || || @ Yankees|-style=background:#cfc| 124 || August 22 || || @ Yankees|-style=background:#fcc| 125 || August 23 || || Twins|-style=background:#cfc| 126 || August 24 || || Twins|-style=background:#fcc| 127 || August 25 || || Twins|-style=background:#cfc| 128 || August 26 || || Twins|-style=background:#fcc| 129 || August 27 || || Red Sox|-style=background:#fcc| 130 || August 28 || || Red Sox|-style=background:#cfc| 131 || August 29 || || Red Sox|-|-style=background:#cfc| 135 || September 3 || || @ Red Sox|-style=background:#cfc| 136 || September 4 || || @ Red Sox|-style=background:#cfc| 137 || September 5 || || @ Red Sox|-style=background:#cfc| 140 || September 10 || || Yankees|-style=background:#fcc| 141 || September 11 || || Yankees|-style=background:#cfc| 142 || September 12 || || Yankees|-style=background:#cfc| 143 || September 13 || 9:15p.m. CDT || White Sox || W 9–0 || Appier (16–6) || Belcher (12–11) || – || 2:52 || 22,083 || 75–68 || W2|-style=background:#fcc| 144 || September 14 || 7:35p.m. CDT || White Sox || L 3–8 || Bere (9–5) || Pichardo (6–8) || – || 3:00 || 16,990 || 75–69 || L1|-style=background:#fcc| 145 || September 15 || 7:37p.m. CDT || White Sox || L 6–10 || Hernández (2–4) || Gubicza (4–7) || – || 4:05 || 18,158 || 82–63 || L2|-style=background:#fcc| 146 || September 16 || || @ Mariners|-style=background:#cfc| 147 || September 17 || || @ Mariners|-style=background:#cfc| 148 || September 18 || || @ Mariners|-style=background:#fcc| 149 || September 19 || || @ Mariners|-style=background:#cfc| 154 || September 24 || || Angels|-style=background:#fcc| 155 || September 25 || || Angels|-style=background:#cfc| 156 || September 26 || || Angels|-style=background:#cfc| 157 || September 27 || || Indians|-style=background:#fcc| 158 || September 28 || || Indians|-style=background:#cfc| 159 || September 29 || || Indians|-|-style=background:#fcc| 160 || October 1 || 7:37p.m. CDT || @ Rangers || L 0–2 || Pavlik (12–6) || Cone (11–14) || Henke (40) || 2:21 || 40,735 || 82–78 || L1|-style=background:#cfc| 161 || October 2 || 3:07p.m. CDT || @ Rangers || W 7–4 || Gordon (12–6) || Brown (15–12) || Montgomery (44) || 2:58 || 41,074 || 83–78 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 162 || October 3 || 2:05p.m. CDT || @ Rangers || W 4–1 || Appier (18–8) || Dreyer (3–3) || Montgomery (45) || 2:16 || 41,039 || 84–78 || W2|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP
AL East
	5	7		51	70
	7	5		43	39
	5	7		46	56
	7	5		64	60
	5	7		39	59
	6	6		65	58
	8	4		48	47
Total	43	41		356	389
AL West
	7	6		58	50
	7	6		54	55
Kansas City Royals
	7	6		45	44
	6	7		55	52
	7	6		45	57
	7	6		62	47
Total	41	37		319	305
Season Total	84	78		675	694

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
April	23	9	14		88	115
May	25	16	9		110	100
June	28	13	15		121	124
July	28	16	12		136	132
August	29	15	14		103	100
September	26	13	13		106	116
October	3	2	1		11	7
Total	162	84	78		675	694

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
Home	81	43	38		370	354
Away	81	41	40		305	340
Total	162	84	78		675	694

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		117	388	106	.273	20	67
1B		141	497	145	.292	15	65
2B		136	431	107	.248	0	37
3B		82	281	72	.256	14	46
SS		159	540	151	.280	10	57
LF		110	351	86	.245	11	42
CF		153	627	177	.282	12	69
RF		149	499	126	.253	6	43
DH		145	560	149	.266	19	75

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
	103	287	86	.300	1	25
	81	238	52	.218	7	36
	71	205	52	.254	2	22
	75	168	48	.286	1	24
	37	108	18	.167	0	3
	46	86	19	.221	2	12
	27	62	16	.258	1	6
	21	49	13	.265	1	3
	16	49	11	.224	2	5
	12	28	4	.143	0	0
	15	26	7	.269	1	2
	15	24	8	.333	0	2
	8	10	1	.100	0	0
	4	8	1	.125	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
	34	254.0	11	14	3.33	191
	34	238.2	18	8	2.56	186
	30	165.0	7	8	4.04	70
	23	124.0	9	9	6.02	65
	17	91.2	4	6	6.19	54
	7	35.1	1	2	4.08	16

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
	48	155.2	12	6	3.58	143
	49	104.1	5	8	4.66	80
	9	29.0	1	2	7.45	12

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
	69	7	5	45	2.27	66
	46	2	2	0	3.46	28
	23	1	1	0	4.28	25
	18	2	2	0	5.89	9
	15	2	2	0	5.57	13
	13	1	1	0	2.93	2
	12	0	0	0	4.50	10
	11	1	1	0	6.89	5
	5	0	1	0	9.00	6
	1	0	0	0	9.82	3
	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[17]

References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mooreke02.shtml Kerwin Moore
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lindjo01.shtml Jose Lind
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gubicma01.shtml Mark Gubicza
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coneda01.shtml David Cone
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gagnegr01.shtml Greg Gagne
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/piattdo01.shtml Doug Piatt
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brookhu01.shtml Hubie Brooks
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/josefe01.shtml Félix José
9. Web site: Scott Bailes Stats.
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boddimi01.shtml Mike Boddicker
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rhodeka01.shtml Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesja05.shtml Jacque Jones
13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stiebda01.shtml Dave Stieb
14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gaettga01.shtml Gary Gaetti
15. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml Greg Cadaret
16. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belinst01.shtml Stan Belinda
17. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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