The 1991 Kansas City Royals season was the 23rd season for the franchise, their 19th at Kauffman Stadium and their 5th and final full season under the management of John Wathan. The Royals finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, an improvement from 75–86 from the year prior, but were eliminated from postseason contention for the 6th consecutive season.
Offseason
October 4, 1990: Chris Codiroli was released by the Royals.Chris Codiroli at Baseball Reference November 21, 1990: Mike Boddicker was signed as a free agent by the Royals.Mike Boddicker at Baseball Reference December 1, 1990: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent by the Royals.Kirk Gibson at Baseball Reference December 4, 1990: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Royals.Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference March 18, 1991: Bo Jackson was released by the Royals.Bo Jackson at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 5, 1991: Warren Cromartie was signed as a free agent by the Royals.Warren Cromartie at Baseball Reference May 29, 1991: Dan Schatzeder was released by the Royals. June 3, 1991: 1991 Major League Baseball draft Rod Myers was drafted by the Royals in the 13th round.Rod Myers at Baseball Reference Les Norman was drafted by the Royals in the 25th round. Player signed June 12, 1991.Les Norman at Baseball Reference
Roster
1991 Kansas City Royals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (pitching) (bullpen) (third base) (first base) (bench)
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 Brent Mayne 85 231 58 .251 3 31 1B Todd Benzinger 78 293 86 .294 2 40 2B Terry Shumpert 144 369 80 .217 5 34 3B Bill Pecota 125 398 114 .286 6 45 SS Kurt Stillwell 122 385 102 .265 6 51 LF Kirk Gibson 132 462 109 .236 16 55 CF Brian McRae 152 629 164 .261 8 64 RF Danny Tartabull 132 484 153 .316 31 100 DH George Brett 131 505 129 .255 10 61
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 Jim Eisenreich 135 375 113 .301 2 47 Mike Macfarlane 84 267 74 .277 13 41 David Howard 94 236 51 .216 1 17 Kevin Seitzer 85 234 62 .265 1 25 Gary Thurman 80 184 51 .277 2 13 Warren Cromartie 69 131 41 .313 1 20 Carmelo Martínez 44 121 25 .207 4 17 Tim Spehr 37 74 14 .189 3 14 Sean Berry 31 60 8 .133 0 1 Harvey Pulliam 18 33 9 .273 3 4 Russ Morman 12 23 6 .261 0 1 Nelson Liriano 10 22 9 .409 0 1 Jorge Pedre 10 19 5 .263 0 3 Terry Puhl 15 18 4 .222 0 3 Bobby Moore 18 14 5 .357 0 0 Dave Clark 11 10 2 .200 0 1 Stu Cole 9 7 1 .143 0 0 Paul Zuvella 2 0 0 ---- 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 Kevin Appier 34 207.2 13 10 3.42 158 Bret Saberhagen 28 196.1 13 8 3.07 136 Mike Boddicker 30 180.2 12 12 4.08 79 Mark Gubicza 26 133.0 9 12 5.68 89 Héctor Wagner 2 10.0 1 1 7.20 5
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 45 158.0 9 14 3.87 167 Luis Aquino 38 157.0 8 4 3.44 80 Storm Davis 51 114.1 3 9 4.96 53 Mark Davis 29 62.2 6 3 4.45 47
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 67 4 4 33 2.90 77 Mike Magnante 38 0 1 0 2.45 42 Steve Crawford 33 3 2 1 5.98 38 Joel Johnston 13 1 0 0 0.40 21 Dan Schatzeder 8 0 0 0 9.45 4 Carlos Maldonado 5 0 0 0 8.22 1 Andy McGaffigan 4 0 0 0 4.50 3 Wes Gardner 3 0 0 0 1.59 3 Archie Corbin 2 0 0 0 3.86 1 Bill Pecota 1 0 0 0 4.50 0
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
External links 1991 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference 1991 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac