1993 Kansas City Royals season

1993 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	84–78 (.519)
Divisional place	3rd
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

The 1993 Kansas City Royals season was the 25th season for the franchise, and their 21st at Kauffman Stadium. 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.
• November 19, 1992: Dennis Moeller and Joel Johnston were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for José Lind.
• November 25, 1992: Mark Gubicza was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
• December 8, 1992: David Cone was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
• December 8, 1992: Greg Gagne was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
• December 9, 1992: Jeff Shaw and Tim Spehr were traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Mark Gardner and Doug Piatt.
• January 27, 1993: Hubie Brooks was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
• 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.
• February 26, 1993: Scott Bailes was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.

Regular season

Season standings

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 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	—	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.
• April 27, 1993: Tuffy Rhodes was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
• 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.
• June 14, 1993: Dave Stieb was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
• June 19, 1993: Gary Gaetti was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
• 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.
• July 30, 1993: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
• July 31, 1993: Dave Stieb was released by the Royals.
• July 31, 1993: Jon Lieber and Dan Miceli were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Stan Belinda.
• 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

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 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) 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

	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	694

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

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

References

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