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1987 Kansas City Royals season

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Owner(s)
  
Ewing Kauffman

General manager(s)
  
John Schuerholz

Manager(s)
  
Billy Gardner, John Wathan

Local television
  
WDAF-TV (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)

Local radio
  
WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1987 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

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Offseason

  • December 10, 1986: Scott Bankhead, Steve Shields, and Mike Kingery were traded by the Royals to the Seattle Mariners for Danny Tartabull and Rick Luecken.
  • December 22, 1986: Alan Hargesheimer was released by the Royals.
  • March 20, 1987: Derek Botelho was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Kansas City Royals for Eddie Tanner (minors) and Pete Carey (minors).
  • March 27, 1987: David Cone and Chris Jelic were traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson, and Mauro Gozzo.
  • March 30, 1987: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert.
  • March 31, 1987: Larry Owen was signed as a free agent by the Royals.

    • Notable transactions

  • June 2, 1987: Bret Barberie was drafted by the Royals in the 65th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.

    • Starters by position

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

    References

    1987 Kansas City Royals season Wikipedia
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