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1988 Kansas City Royals season

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Owner(s)
  
Ewing Kauffman

Manager(s)
  
John Wathan

General manager(s)
  
John Schuerholz

Local television
  
WDAF-TV (Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)

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

The 1988 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 77 losses.

Contents

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.

    • Notable transactions

  • May 13, 1988: Bill Buckner 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
  • Bob Hamelin 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 Detroit Tigers for Rey Palacios and Mark Lee.

    • Starters by position

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

    Awards and records

  • George Brett, Silver Slugger Award
  • Willie Wilson, American League Leader, Triples
  • Willie Wilson, Tied Sam Crawford's American League record, Leading AL in Triples five times

    • References

    1988 Kansas City Royals season Wikipedia
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