1993 Kansas City Royals season

1993 Kansas City Royals
1993 Kansas City Royals
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)
	Seasons
	Seasons

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

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	0.580	—	45–36	49–32
Texas Rangers	86	76	0.531	8	50–31	36–45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	10	43–38	41–40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	0.506	12	46–35	36–45
California Angels	71	91	0.438	23	44–37	27–54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	0.438	23	36–45	35–46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	26	38–43	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

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.^[11]
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.^[13]
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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5 George Brett

Manager

11 Hal McRae

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 84–78 (Home: 43–38; Away: 41–40)

April: 9–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 3–6)

#	Date	Opponent
1	April 5	Red Sox
2	April 7	Red Sox
3	April 8	Red Sox
4	April 9	Twins
5	April 10	Twins
6	April 11	Twins
7	April 12	@ Yankees
8	April 14	@ Yankees
9	April 15	@ Yankees
10	April 16	@ Twins
11	April 17	@ Twins
12	April 18	@ Twins
13	April 20	Blue Jays
14	April 21	Blue Jays
15	April 22	Blue Jays
16	April 23	Orioles
17	April 24	Orioles
18	April 25	Orioles
19	April 26	Tigers
20	April 27	Tigers
21	April 28	@ Blue Jays
22	April 29	@ Blue Jays
23	April 30	@ Orioles

May: 16–9 (Home: 5–3; Away: 11–6)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
24	May 1		@ Orioles
25	May 2		@ Orioles
26	May 4		@ Tigers
27	May 5		@ Tigers
28	May 7	7:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 9–4	Pichardo (2–1)	Ryan (1–2)	–	2:54	33,350	12–16	W2
—	May 8		Rangers	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 26)
29	May 9	4:14 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 1–2	Brown (4–1)	Cone (0–5)	–	2:13	17,967	12–17	L1
30	May 11		@ Indians
31	May 12		@ Indians
32	May 13		@ Indians
33	May 14		@ Angels
34	May 15		@ Angels
35	May 16		@ Angels
39	May 21		Mariners
40	May 22		Mariners
41	May 23		Mariners
42	May 25	7:05 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 3–2	Gordon (3–1)	McDowell (7–3)	Montgomery (12)	2:30	28,143	21–21	W1
43	May 26	7:07 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 4–3	Cone (2–5)	Fernandez (5–3)	Montgomery (13)	2:46	25,451	22–21	W2
44	May 27	12:35 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 6–4	Haney (2–0)	Bere (0–1)	Montgomery (14)	2:49	26,530	23–21	W3
48	May 31		@ Red Sox

June: 13–15 (Home: 8–6; Away: 5–9)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
49	June 1		@ Red Sox
50	June 2		@ Red Sox
55	June 7		Yankees
56	June 8		Yankees
57	June 9		Yankees
58	June 11	7:37 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 1–6	McDowell (9–4)	Cone (2–5)	–	2:32	28,216	32–26	L1
59	June 12	7:05 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 1–2 (15)	Schwarz (1–1)	Meacham (2–2)	Hernández (11)	4:13	38,918	32–27	L2
60	June 13	1:37 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 5–4 (10)	Gordon (4–1)	Pall (1–2)	–	3:07	31,949	33–27	W1
61	June 14		@ Mariners
62	June 15		@ Mariners
63	June 16		@ Mariners
67	June 21		Angels
68	June 22		Angels
69	June 23		Angels
70	June 24		Angels
71	June 25		@ Indians
72	June 26		@ Indians
73	June 27		@ Indians
74	June 28	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 4–2	Haney (4–1)	Rogers (5–6)	Montgomery (23)	2:54	21,505	38–36	W1
75	June 29	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	L 3–4	Patterson (2–2)	Sampen (2–1)	Henke (14)	3:06	24,855	38–37	L1
76	June 30	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	L 4–5	Bohanon (3–1)	Gardner (4–5)	Henke (15)	2:53	36,901	38–38	L2

July: 16–12 (Home: 10–7; Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
77	July 2		Blue Jays
78	July 3		Blue Jays
79	July 4		Blue Jays
80	July 5		Orioles
81	July 6		Orioles
82	July 7		Orioles
83	July 8		Tigers
84	July 9		Tigers
85	July 10		Tigers
86	July 11		Tigers
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
87	July 15		@ Blue Jays
88	July 16		@ Blue Jays
89	July 17		@ Blue Jays
90	July 18		@ Blue Jays
91	July 19		@ Orioles
92	July 20		@ Orioles
93	July 21		@ Orioles
94	July 22		@ Tigers
95	July 23		@ Tigers
96	July 24		@ Tigers
97	July 25		@ Tigers
98 (1)	July 26	5:06 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 12–3	Haney (7–2)	Brown (7–7)	–	2:58	–	51–47	W1
99 (2)	July 26	8:38 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 6–5	Rasmussen (1–2)	Bohanon (4–2)	Montgomery (31)	2:37	35,882	52–47	W2
100	July 27	7:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 0–1	Rogers (8–6)	Appier (11–5)	Henke (22)	2:18	22,415	52–48	L1
101	July 28	7:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 3–10	Pavlik (6–5)	Pichardo (5–7)	–	2:56	23,503	52–49	L2
102	July 29	1:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 9–4	Gordon (6–2)	Leibrandt (9–7)	Gubicza (1)	2:51	28,847	53–49	W1
103	July 30		Indians
104	July 31		Indians

August: 15–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–7)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
105	August 1		Indians
106	August 3		@ Angels
107	August 4		@ Angels
108	August 5		@ Angels
112	August 9		Mariners
113	August 10		Mariners
114	August 11		Mariners
115	August 12	7:07 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 4–2	Appier (13–6)	McDowell (18–7)	–	2:34	38,954	60–55	W2
116	August 13	7:07 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 4–5	Cary (1–0)	Montgomery (3–3)	Hernández (25)	3:05	34,272	60–56	L1
117	August 14	6:07 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 1–4	Fernandez (14–6)	Cone (8–11)	Radinsky (4)	2:24	42,417	60–57	L2
118	August 15	2:19 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 7–5	Gordon (8–3)	Belcher (10–8)	Montgomery (36)	2:55	38,395	61–57	W1
119	August 17		@ Twins
120	August 18		@ Twins
121	August 19		@ Twins
122	August 20		@ Yankees
123	August 21		@ Yankees
124	August 22		@ Yankees
125	August 23		Twins
126	August 24		Twins
127	August 25		Twins
128	August 26		Twins
129	August 27		Red Sox
130	August 28		Red Sox
131	August 29		Red Sox

September: 13–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
135	September 3		@ Red Sox
136	September 4		@ Red Sox
137	September 5		@ Red Sox
140	September 10		Yankees
141	September 11		Yankees
142	September 12		Yankees
143	September 13	9:15 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 9–0	Appier (16–6)	Belcher (12–11)	–	2:52	22,083	75–68	W2
144	September 14	7:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 3–8	Bere (9–5)	Pichardo (6–8)	–	3:00	16,990	75–69	L1
145	September 15	7:37 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 6–10 (10)	Hernández (2–4)	Gubicza (4–7)	–	4:05	18,158	82–63	L2
146	September 16		@ Mariners
147	September 17		@ Mariners
148	September 18		@ Mariners
149	September 19		@ Mariners
154	September 24		Angels
155	September 25		Angels
156	September 26		Angels
157	September 27		Indians
158	September 28		Indians
159	September 29		Indians

October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
160	October 1	7:37 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	L 0–2	Pavlik (12–6)	Cone (11–14)	Henke (40)	2:21	40,735	82–78	L1
161	October 2	3:07 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 7–4	Gordon (12–6)	Brown (15–12)	Montgomery (44)	2:58	41,074	83–78	W1
162	October 3	2:05 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 4–1	Appier (18–8)	Dreyer (3–3)	Montgomery (45)	2:16	41,039	84–78	W2

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	5	7	0.417	51	70
Boston Red Sox	7	5	0.583	43	39
Cleveland Indians	5	7	0.417	46	56
Detroit Tigers	7	5	0.583	64	60
Milwaukee Brewers	5	7	0.417	39	59
New York Yankees	6	6	0.500	65	58
Toronto Blue Jays	8	4	0.667	48	47
Total	43	41	0.512	356	389
AL West
California Angels	7	6	0.538	58	50
Chicago White Sox	7	6	0.538	54	55
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins	7	6	0.538	45	44
Oakland Athletics	6	7	0.462	55	52
Seattle Mariners	7	6	0.538	45	57
Texas Rangers	7	6	0.538	62	47
Total	41	37	0.526	319	305
Season Total	84	78	0.519	675	694

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	23	9	14	0.391	88	115
May	25	16	9	0.640	110	100
June	28	13	15	0.464	121	124
July	28	16	12	0.571	136	132
August	29	15	14	0.517	103	100
September	26	13	13	0.500	106	116
October	3	2	1	0.667	11	7
Total	162	84	78	0.519	675	694

Total	162	84	78	0.519	675	694
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	43	38	0.531	370	354
Away	81	41	40	0.506	305	340

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	Mike Macfarlane	117	388	106	.273	20	67
1B	Wally Joyner	141	497	145	.292	15	65
2B	José Lind	136	431	107	.248	0	37
3B	Gary Gaetti	82	281	72	.256	14	46
SS	Greg Gagne	159	540	151	.280	10	57
LF	Kevin McReynolds	110	351	86	.245	11	42
CF	Brian McRae	153	627	177	.282	12	69
RF	Félix José	149	499	126	.253	6	43
DH	George Brett	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
Chris Gwynn	103	287	86	.300	1	25
Phil Hiatt	81	238	52	.218	7	36
Brent Mayne	71	205	52	.254	2	22
Hubie Brooks	75	168	48	.286	1	24
Keith Miller	37	108	18	.167	0	3
Rico Rossy	46	86	19	.221	2	12
Harvey Pulliam	27	62	16	.258	1	6
Craig Wilson	21	49	13	.265	1	3
Bob Hamelin	16	49	11	.224	2	5
Curt Wilkerson	12	28	4	.143	0	0
Kevin Koslofski	15	26	7	.269	1	2
David Howard	15	24	8	.333	0	2
Terry Shumpert	8	10	1	.100	0	0
Nelson Santovenia	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
David Cone	34	254.0	11	14	3.33	191
Kevin Appier	34	238.2	18	8	2.56	186
Hipólito Pichardo	30	165.0	7	8	4.04	70
Chris Haney	23	124.0	9	9	6.02	65
Mark Gardner	17	91.2	4	6	6.19	54
Mike Magnante	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
Tom Gordon	48	155.2	12	6	3.58	143
Mark Gubicza	49	104.1	5	8	4.66	80
Dennis Rasmussen	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
Jeff Montgomery	69	7	5	45	2.27	66
Billy Brewer	46	2	2	0	3.46	28
Stan Belinda	23	1	1	0	4.28	25
Bill Sampen	18	2	2	0	5.89	9
Rusty Meacham	15	2	2	0	5.57	13
Greg Cadaret	13	1	1	0	2.93	2
John Habyan	12	0	0	0	4.50	10
Frank DiPino	11	1	1	0	6.89	5
Enrique Burgos	5	0	1	0	9.00	6
Rick Reed	1	0	0	0	9.82	3
Jeff Granger	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Jeff Cox
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Tom Poquette
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Ron Johnson
A	Rockford Royals	Midwest League	Mike Jirschele
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	John Mizerock
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Bob Herold

^[17]

References

↑ Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference
↑ Jose Lind at Baseball Reference
↑ Mark Gubicza at Baseball Reference
↑ David Cone at Baseball Reference
↑ Greg Gagne at Baseball Reference
↑ Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference
↑ Hubie Brooks at Baseball Reference
↑ Félix José at Baseball Reference
↑ "Scott Bailes Stats".
↑ Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference
1 2 Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes at Baseball Reference
↑ Jacque Jones at Baseball Reference
1 2 Dave Stieb at Baseball Reference
↑ Gary Gaetti at Baseball Reference
↑ Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference
↑ Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1993 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1993 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

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[1] Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference

[2] Jose Lind at Baseball Reference

[3] Mark Gubicza at Baseball Reference

[4] David Cone at Baseball Reference

[5] Greg Gagne at Baseball Reference

[6] Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference

[7] Hubie Brooks at Baseball Reference

[8] Félix José at Baseball Reference

[9] "Scott Bailes Stats".

[10] Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference

[tuffy-11] 1 2 Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes at Baseball Reference

[12] Jacque Jones at Baseball Reference

[stieb-13] 1 2 Dave Stieb at Baseball Reference

[14] Gary Gaetti at Baseball Reference

[15] Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference

[16] Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference

[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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