1993 Kansas City Royals season

The 1993 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd 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 Royals
League	American League
Division	West Division
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	David Glass
General manager	Herk Robinson
Managers	Hal McRae
Television	KSMO-TV (Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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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

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	—	45‍–‍36	49‍–‍32
Texas Rangers	86	76	.531	8	50‍–‍31	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	10	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	.506	12	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
California Angels	71	91	.438	23	44‍–‍37	27‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	.438	23	36‍–‍45	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	26	38‍–‍43	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1993 v t e
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 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 Hipólito 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 José Lind 16 Keith Miller 32 Rico Rossy  3 Terry Shumpert 19 Curtis Wilkerson  8 Craig Wilson		Outfielders 30 Hubie Brooks 14 Chris Gwynn 34 Félix José 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 May

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

= Indicates league leader

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

See 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

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