1989 Kansas City Royals

92-70 • .568 Win% • 2nd in AL W

📊 Season Record

92 Wins
70 Losses
.568 Win %
2nd Rank
690 R 635 RA
Diff +55

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⚡ Quick Stats

690 Runs Scored
635 Runs Allowed
+55 Run Diff
2,475K Attendance

📈 vs. 1989 AL Average

Batting Avg .260 equal to the 1989 league average (.260)
OBP .329 1% above the 1989 league average (.325)
SLG .372 3% below the 1989 league average (.383)
Team ERA 3.55 9% better than the 1989 league average (3.89)
Runs Scored 690 1% below the 1989 league average (695 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,475,368
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Avg per Game 30,560

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1989

Batting Avg

1 Jim Eisenreich 0.293 2 George Brett 0.282 3 Kevin Seitzer 0.281 4 Bob Boone 0.274 5 Danny Tartabull 0.268

Home Runs

1 Bo Jackson 32 2 Danny Tartabull 18 3 George Brett 12 4 Jim Eisenreich 9 5 Kurt Stillwell 7

RBI

1 Bo Jackson 105 2 George Brett 80 3 Danny Tartabull 62 4 Jim Eisenreich 59 5 Kurt Stillwell 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Kevin Seitzer 160 597 78 168 17 2 4 48 102 76 17 0.281
Bo Jackson 135 515 86 132 15 6 32 105 39 172 26 0.256
Jim Eisenreich 134 475 64 139 33 7 9 59 37 44 27 0.293
Kurt Stillwell 130 463 52 121 20 7 7 54 42 64 9 0.261
George Brett 124 457 67 129 26 3 12 80 59 47 14 0.282
Danny Tartabull 133 441 54 118 22 0 18 62 69 123 4 0.268
Frank White 135 418 34 107 22 1 2 36 30 52 3 0.256
Bob Boone 131 405 33 111 13 2 1 43 49 37 3 0.274
Pat Tabler 123 390 36 101 11 1 2 42 37 42 0 0.259
Willie Wilson 112 383 58 97 17 7 3 43 27 78 24 0.253
Brad Wellman 103 178 30 41 4 0 2 12 7 36 5 0.230
Bill Buckner 79 176 7 38 4 1 1 16 6 11 1 0.216
Mike Macfarlane 69 157 13 35 6 0 2 19 7 27 0 0.223
Matt Winters 42 107 14 25 6 0 2 9 14 23 0 0.234
Luis de los Santos 28 87 6 22 3 1 0 6 5 14 0 0.253
Gary Thurman 72 87 24 17 2 1 0 5 15 26 16 0.195
Bill Pecota 65 83 21 17 4 2 3 5 7 9 5 0.205
Rey Palacios 55 47 12 8 2 0 1 8 2 14 0 0.170
Jeff Schulz 7 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.222
Kevin Appier 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Aquino 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Floyd Bannister 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Buchanan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Stan Clarke 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Crawford 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose de Jesus 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Farr 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Don Gleaton 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Gordon 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Gubicza 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Terry Leach 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Leibrandt 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Luecken 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry McWilliams 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Montgomery 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bret Saberhagen 39 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1989

ERA

1 Jeff Montgomery 1.37 2 Bret Saberhagen 2.16 3 Steve Crawford 2.83 4 Mark Gubicza 3.04 5 Luis Aquino 3.50

Wins

1 Bret Saberhagen 23 2 Tom Gordon 17 3 Mark Gubicza 15 4 Jeff Montgomery 7 5 Luis Aquino 6

Strikeouts

1 Bret Saberhagen 193 2 Mark Gubicza 173 3 Tom Gordon 153 4 Jeff Montgomery 94 5 Charlie Leibrandt 73
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bret Saberhagen 23 6 2.16 36 35 0 262.1 209 63 43 193
Mark Gubicza 15 11 3.04 36 36 0 255.0 252 86 63 173
Tom Gordon 17 9 3.64 49 16 1 163.0 122 66 86 153
Charlie Leibrandt 5 11 5.14 33 27 0 161.0 196 92 54 73
Luis Aquino 6 8 3.50 34 16 0 141.1 148 55 35 68
Jeff Montgomery 7 3 1.37 63 0 18 92.0 66 14 25 94
Floyd Bannister 4 1 4.66 14 14 0 75.1 87 39 18 35
Terry Leach 5 6 4.15 30 3 0 73.2 78 34 36 34
Steve Farr 2 5 4.12 51 2 18 63.1 75 29 22 56
Steve Crawford 3 1 2.83 25 0 0 54.0 48 17 19 33
Larry McWilliams 2 2 4.13 8 5 0 32.2 31 15 8 24
Rick Luecken 2 1 3.42 19 0 1 23.2 23 9 13 16
Kevin Appier 1 4 9.14 6 5 0 21.2 34 22 12 10
Jerry Don Gleaton 0 0 5.65 15 0 0 14.1 20 9 6 9
Jose de Jesus 0 0 4.50 3 1 0 8.0 7 4 8 2
Stan Clarke 0 2 15.43 2 2 0 7.0 14 12 4 2
Bob Buchanan 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 3.1 5 6 3 3

👥 Roster (36)

Kevin Appier Luis Aquino Floyd Bannister Bob Boone George Brett Bob Buchanan Bill Buckner Stan Clarke Steve Crawford Jim Eisenreich Steve Farr Jerry Don Gleaton +24 more

36 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1989 Kansas City Royals

What was the 1989 Kansas City Royals record?
The 1989 Kansas City Royals finished 92-70 (.568 win pct).
Who led the 1989 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Bo Jackson led the 1989 Kansas City Royals with 32 home runs.
What was the 1989 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 1989 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 3.55.
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