1982 Kansas City Royals season

1982 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Royals Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)	John Schuerholz
Manager(s)	Dick Howser
Local television	WDAF-TV (Al Wisk, Denny Trease)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1982 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses.

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.
• December 11, 1981: Clint Hurdle was traded by the Royals to the Cincinnati Reds for Scott Brown.
• December 11, 1981: Jerry Martin was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Rich Gale and Bill Laskey.
• January 14, 1982: Ken Phelps was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Grant Jackson.
• *February 18, 1982: Dennis Littlejohn was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Jeff Cornell.
• March 23, 1982: Rance Mulliniks was traded by the Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Phil Huffman.
• 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.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
California Angels	93	69	0.574	—	52–29	41–40
Kansas City Royals	90	72	0.556	3	56–25	34–47
Chicago White Sox	87	75	0.537	6	49–31	38–44
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	17	42–39	34–47
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	25	36–45	32–49
Texas Rangers	64	98	0.395	29	38–43	26–55
Minnesota Twins	60	102	0.370	33	37–44	23–58

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	7–5	5–7	6–7	7–6	4–8	9–4–1	8–4	11–2	7–5	7–5	9–3	10–3
Boston	9–4	—	7–5	4–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	6–6	7–6	8–4	7–5	10–2	7–6
California	5–7	5–7	—	8–5	8–4	5–7	7–6	6–6	7–6	7–5	9–4	10–3	8–5	8–4
Chicago	7–5	8–4	5–8	—	6–6	9–3	3–10	3–9	7–6	8–4	9–4	6–7	8–5	8–4
Cleveland	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	—	6–7	2–10	7–6	8–4	4–9	4–8	9–3	7–5	7–6
Detroit	6–7	5–8	7–5	3–9	7–6	—	6–6	3–10	9–3	8–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	6–7
Kansas City	8–4	6–6	6–7	10–3	10–2	6–6	—	7–5	7–6	5–7	7–6	7–6	7–6	4–8
Milwaukee	4–9–1	9–4	6–6	9–3	6–7	10–3	5–7	—	7–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	7–5	9–4
Minnesota	4–8	6–6	6–7	6–7	4–8	3–9	6–7	5–7	—	2–10	3–10	5–8	5–8	5–7
New York	2–11	6–7	5–7	4–8	9–4	5–8	7–5	5–8	10–2	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	4–9	4–9	8–4	3–9	6–7	5–7	10–3	5–7	—	6–7	5–8	3–9
Seattle	5–7	5–7	3–10	7–6	3–9	6–6	6–7	4–8	8–5	6–6	7–6	—	9–4	7–5
Texas	3–9	2–10	5–8	5–8	5–7	4–8	6–7	5–7	8–5	5–7	8–5	4–9	—	4–8
Toronto	3–10	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	7–6	8–4	4–9	7–5	7–6	9–3	5–7	8–4	—

Notable transactions

Draft Picks

• June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Will Clark was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round, but did not sign.
  • Bret Saberhagen was drafted by the Royals in the 19th round. Player signed July 26, 1982.
  • Andy Stankiewicz was drafted by the Royals in the 26th round, but did not sign.
  • Cecil Fielder was drafted by the Royals in the 4th round of the Secondary Phase. Player signed June 15, 1982.

Roster

1982 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers 31 Mike Armstrong 40 Bud Black 33 Vida Blue 37 Derek Botelho 39 Bill Castro 21 Keith Creel 28 Dave Frost 32 Larry Gura 48 Don Hood 36 Grant Jackson 22 Dennis Leonard 29 Dan Quisenberry 34 Paul Splittorff 27,36 Bob Tufts 35 Jim Wright		Catchers  9 Jamie Quirk  7 Don Slaught 12 John Wathan Infielders 24 Willie Aikens  1 Buddy Biancalana  5 George Brett  2 Onix Concepción 45 Kelly Heath 17 Tim Ireland 35 Ron Johnson 14 Lee May  4 Greg Pryor 18 Rance Mulliniks 30 U L Washington 16 Dennis Werth 20 Frank White		Outfielders 23 César Gerónimo 27 Steve Hammond 25 Jerry Martin 26 Amos Otis  3 Tom Poquette 38 Bombo Rivera 57 Mark Ryal  6 Willie Wilson Other batters 11 Hal McRae		Manager 10 Dick Howser Coaches 43 Cloyd Boyer 40 Rocky Colavito 42 José Martínez 41 Joe Nossek 44 Jimmie Schaffer

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
3B	George Brett	144	552	166	.301	21	82
DH	Hal McRae	159	613	189	.308	27	133

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bombo Rivera	5	10	1	.100	0	0
Tim Ireland	7	7	1	.143	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bud Black	22	88.1	4	6	4.58	40

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Joe Sparks
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Gene Lamont
A	Fort Myers Royals	Florida State League	Rick Mathews
A	Charleston Royals	South Atlantic League	Roy Tanner
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Joe Jones
Rookie	Butte Copper Kings	Pioneer League	Tommy Jones

External links

• 1982 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com