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.
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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 1993 Kansas City RoyalsLeagueAmerican LeagueDivisionWestBallparkKauffman StadiumCityKansas City MissouriOwnersDavid GlassGeneral managersHerk RobinsonManagersHal McRaeTelevisionKSMO TV Paul Splittorff Dave Armstrong RadioWIBW AM Denny Matthews Fred White 1992 Seasons 1994 Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Notable transactions 2 4 Roster 3 Game log 3 1 Regular season 3 2 Detailed records 4 Player stats 4 1 Batting 4 1 1 Starters by position 4 1 2 Other batters 4 2 Pitching 4 2 1 Starting pitchers 4 2 2 Other pitchers 4 2 3 Relief pitchers 5 Farm system 6 ReferencesOffseason editNovember 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 Jose 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 Felix Jose and Craig Wilson 8 February 26 1993 Scott Bailes was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals 9 Regular season editSeason standings edit vteAL 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 edit 1993 American League recordvteSources 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 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 edit 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 edit 1993 Kansas City Royals Roster Pitchers 55 Kevin Appier 50 Stan Belinda 29 Billy Brewer 51 Enrique Burgos 31 Greg Cadaret 17 David Cone 31 Frank DiPino 37 Mark Gardner 36 Tom Gordon 27 Jeff Granger 23 Mark Gubicza 41 John Habyan 33 Chris Haney 57 Mike Magnante 28 Rusty Meacham 21 Jeff Montgomery 35 Hipolito Pichardo 47 Dennis Rasmussen 38 Rick Reed 50 Bill Sampen Catchers 15 Mike Macfarlane 24 Brent Mayne 53 Nelson Santovenia Infielders 4 Gary Gaetti 7 Greg Gagne 48 Bob Hamelin 25 Phil Hiatt 6 David Howard 12 Wally Joyner 13 Jose Lind 16 Keith Miller 32 Rico Rossy 3 Terry Shumpert 19 Curtis Wilkerson 8 Craig Wilson Outfielders 30 Hubie Brooks 14 Chris Gwynn 34 Felix Jose 40 Kevin Koslofski 56 Brian McRae 22 Kevin McReynolds 26 51 Harvey Pulliam Other batters 5 George Brett Manager 11 Hal McRae Coaches 43 Steve Boros 44 Glenn Ezell 46 Guy Hansen 42 Bruce Kison 45 Lee MayGame log editRegular season edit 1993 regular season game log 84 78 Home 43 38 Away 41 40 April 9 14 Home 6 8 Away 3 6 Date Time CT Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box Streak 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 Hernandez 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 Hernandez 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 Hernandez 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 PostponementBold Royals team member Detailed records edit 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 Games Won Lost Win RS RA Home 81 43 38 0 531 370 354 Away 81 41 40 0 506 305 340 Total 162 84 78 0 519 675 694Player stats editBatting edit Starters by position edit 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 Jose 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 Felix Jose 149 499 126 253 6 43 DH George Brett 145 560 149 266 19 75 Other batters edit 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 edit Starting pitchers edit 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 Hipolito 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 edit 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 edit 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 1Farm system editSee also Minor League Baseball 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 edit 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 Felix Jose at Baseball Reference Scott Bailes Stats Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference a b Karl Tuffy Rhodes at Baseball Reference Jacque Jones at Baseball Reference a b 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 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