1980 Kansas City Royals
97 - 65
1979 / 1981 (Organization)
1st place in the AL West
Home Record:
Away Record: 		49 - 32 (.605)
48 - 33 (.593)		 +5.1 wins
+10.9 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 809 / 714 ( +95 )
Allowed/Expected: 694 / 722 ( +28 )
Pyth Record: 93 - 69 (+4)
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Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,288,714 Avg Att: 28,256 (1.46)
Att Rank: 3 / 14 Lg Avg: 19,338
       
Park Factor: 0.99    
HR Factor: 0.85 R/L HR: 0.86 / 0.84
Notes:
- American League Champions - West Division Champions
- Defeated New York Yankees in the ALCS
- Lost to Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series

Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
SP
22.8
41.5
158.8
75.4
 
1.0
-0.1
 
Free Agency (1st Tm)
1
5
1980
2
DH
25.9
9.5
70.8
37.3
 
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.1
2.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
3
SP
22.4
8.5
52.8
17.4
 
-0.2
0.7
4.4
1.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1979
4
RF
22.6
5.4
59.3
10.4
 
0.0
1.2
1.8
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1979
5
SP
22.5
4.7
29.5
5.1
 
3.9
0.9
1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
6
CF
19.3
0.6
45.4
2.3
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
27
1979
7
LF
20.4
0.4
20.9
-4.1
 
-0.1
0.2
2.7
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
8
2B
23.7
0.4
1.4
0.3
 
0.1
0.1
0.1
 
Purchased
8
26
1974
9
RP
24.7
0.1
0.4
0.3
 
0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
9
1979
10
SS
22.7
0.0
19.5
-6.5
 
-0.4
-0.0
-0.4
-0.6
2.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
3
10
1976
11
SP
20.9
0.0
9.2
0.2
 
-0.4
0.9
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
12
RP
26.2
0.0
0.8
-0.4
 
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
7
1976
13
SS
20.2
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
 
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
2
27
1980
14
2B
22.8
-0.0
0.0
0.0
 
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
15
RF
25.8
-0.1
1.0
0.5
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency
6
9
1978
16
RF
20.7
-0.2
0.1
-0.3
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
9
1979
17
RF
26.2
-0.2
0.1
-0.2
 
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1975
18
2B
25.7
-0.3
2.4
-0.8
 
0.2
 
Trade
10
26
1979
19
1B
24.3
-0.4
1.2
0.2
 
-0.1
-0.2
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
20
RP
22.6
-0.6
0.1
-1.2
 
-0.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1979
21
SW
24.8
-0.8
19.6
-1.1
 
-0.6
0.5
-0.7
0.6
-0.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
22
2B
20.9
-0.9
13.3
-9.9
 
-0.1
-0.6
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
27
1978
23
RP
23.4
-1.0
0.0
-2.1
 
-1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
24
RF
20.2
-1.3
2.6
-1.3
 
-0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
25
SS
20.4
-1.6
9.7
-5.1
 
0.2
-0.2
-0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
26
3B
23.3
-2.3
5.3
-9.5
 
0.1
-1.1
-1.2
 
Draft (Rule 5)
12
3
1979
27
CF
20.5
-2.9
53.0
-7.3
 
0.2
-0.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
9
3
1978
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James