1985 Kansas City Royals
91 - 71
1984 / 1986 (Organization)
1st place in the AL West
Home Record:
Away Record: 		50 - 32 (.610)
41 - 39 (.513)		 +4.9 wins
+5.0 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 687 / 745 ( -58 )
Allowed/Expected: 639 / 751 ( +112 )
Pyth Record: 86 - 76 (+5)
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Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,162,717 Avg Att: 26,375 (1.22)
Att Rank: 5 / 14 Lg Avg: 21,672
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 0.89 R/L HR: 0.88 / 0.91
Notes:
- World Series Champions - West Division Champions
- Defeated Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS
- Defeated St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series

All-Original Kansas City Royals
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
25.2
-0.2

Center Field
KCA
 30.0
2.1
29.1
-0.9
25.5
-1.6


Right Field
33.7
0.6
KCA
 27.6
0.2
KCA
 25.4
-0.5
34.3
-0.5
KCA
 25.7
-1.0
Shortstop
33.2
0.5
KCA
 25.2
0.0
KCA
 25.4
-0.1
KCA
 27.7
-0.8
Second Base
KCA
 34.8
2.4
31.7
0.6
KCA
 27.3
-0.0
25.9
-1.0
Third Base
KCA
 32.1
8.2
First Base
21.8
0.8
 
Catcher
26.8
2.0
KCA
 35.7
0.7
KCA
 30.7
0.2
27.9
-0.3
Designated Hitter
30.3
2.1
30.9
0.6
Starting Pitcher
IP
KCA
 21.2
235.3
7.3
KCA
 23.5
208.0
3.6
KCA
 22.9
177.3
2.3
27.4
170.7
0.8
26.4
62.0
0.3
MULT
 27.5
148.3
-0.6
26.7
123.0
-0.9
Swingman
IP
30.2
68.0
-1.0
Relief Pitcher
IP
KCA
 32.4
129.0
4.4
33.9
96.7
0.8
33.2
85.7
0.8
KCA
 27.1
18.7
0.6
KCA
 34.1
2.0
0.1
KCA
 22.7
5.7
-0.1
KCA
 25.9
64.0
-0.2
32.7
46.0
-0.9
36.8
86.3
-0.9
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James