The 1988

Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...

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 77 losses.

Offseason

* December 10, 1987: Mélido Pérez, John Davis, Greg Hibbard, and Chuck Mount (minors) were traded by the Royals to the Chicago White Sox for Floyd Bannister and Dave Cochrane.

Regular season

* On Opening Day, the Royals faced the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays' George Bell set a record for the most home runs hit on Opening Day with three.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* May 13, 1988:

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was signed as a free agent by the Royals. * May 27, 1988: Steve Balboni was released by the Royals. * June 1, 1988: 1988 Major League Baseball draft **

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was drafted by the Royals in the 2nd round. Player signed June 11, 1988. ** Kerwin Moore was drafted by the Royals in the 16th round. Player signed June 3, 1988. * June 3, 1988: Bud Black was traded by the Royals to the Cleveland Indians for Pat Tabler. * August 31, 1988: Ted Power was traded by the Royals to the

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for

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and Mark Lee.

Roster

Game log

Regular season

, - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - style="text-align:center;" , Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

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''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Awards and records

* George Brett, Silver Slugger Award * Willie Wilson, American League Leader, TriplesGreat Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, * Willie Wilson, Tied Sam Crawford's American League record, Leading AL in Triples five times

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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