1982 Kansas City Royals season

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1982 Kansas City Royals
Major league affiliations
Location
1982 Information
Owner(s) Ewing Kauffman
Manager(s) Dick Howser
Local television WDAF-TV
(Al Wisk, Denny Trease)
Local radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1982 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses.

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[edit] Offseason

  • January 14, 1982: Ken Phelps was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Montreal Expos for Grant Jackson.
  • March 2, 1982: Bud Black was sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Kansas City Royals to complete an earlier deal made on October 23, 1981. The Seattle Mariners sent a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals for Manny Castillo. The Seattle Mariners sent Bud Black (March 2, 1982) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade. [1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st California Angels 93   69 .574    --
2nd Kansas City Royals 90   72 .556   3.0
3rd Chicago White Sox 87   75 .537   6.0
4th Seattle Mariners 76   86 .469 17.0
5th Oakland Athletics 68   94 .420 25,0
6th Texas Rangers 64   98 .395 29.0
7th Minnesota Twins 60 102 .370 33.0

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Notable transactions

  • March 23, 1982 – The Kansas City Royals send Rance Mulliniks to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Phil Huffman.
  • June 7, 1982: Will Clark was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign. [2]
  • June 7, 1982: Cecil Fielder was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed June 15, 1982. [3]
  • June 7, 1982: Andy Stankiewicz was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 26th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign. [4]

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bud Black Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkwi02.shtml
  3. ^ Cecil Fielder Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Andy Stankiewicz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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1982 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
NL West
1982 All-Star Game • 1982 World Series
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Kansas City Royals
Based in Kansas City, Missouri
The Franchise
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Culture
Important Figures
Team Hall of Fame
Retired Numbers
5 • 10 • 20 • 42
Minors
Key Personnel
Owner: David Glass • General Manager: Dayton Moore • Manager: Trey Hillman
Team Managers
World Series
Championships (1)
American League
Pennants (2)
Division Titles
Western: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 (second half) • 1984 • 1985 • Central: none • Wild Card: none