1989 Kansas City Royals
92 - 70
1988 / 1990 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL West (7 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		55 - 26 (.679)
37 - 44 (.457)		 +10.4 wins
+0.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 690 / 685 ( +5 )
Allowed/Expected: 635 / 690 ( +55 )
Pyth Record: 87 - 75 (+5)
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Royals Stadium
Attendance: 2,477,700 Avg Att: 30,589 (1.16)
Att Rank: 6 / 14 Lg Avg: 26,345
       
Park Factor: 0.99    
HR Factor: 0.84 R/L HR: 0.85 / 0.82
Notes:


1989 Kansas City Royals
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
26.6
2.7
3.1
-1.1
28.1
0.1
0.0
0.1

Center Field
30.2
3.1
2.8
-0.0
34.0
1.8
1.5
0.5
24.6
-0.7
0.2
-1.0


Right Field
26.7
1.9
2.5
-1.4
29.3
-0.7
-0.2
-0.6
Shortstop
24.1
2.2
2.9
0.2
29.4
0.7
0.4
0.4
Second Base
38.8
1.8
0.9
1.3
29.9
0.5
0.1
0.8
Third Base
27.3
2.4
3.7
-1.0
26.6
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
First Base
36.1
1.7
2.4
-1.5
39.5
-1.2
-1.0
-0.5
22.5
-0.1
-0.2
-0.1
Manager
W-L
39.7
92-70
.568
2.5
Catcher
41.6
2.4
1.4
1.9
25.2
-0.2
-0.2
0.3
Designated Hitter
31.4
-2.3
-0.5
-2.5
Starting Pitcher
IP
25.2
262.3
9.7
9.7
0.0
26.9
255.0
6.3
6.3
0.0
21.6
163.0
3.4
3.3
0.0
32.7
161.0
0.3
0.3
0.0
25.1
141.3
2.2
2.2
0.0
34.1
75.3
0.7
0.7
0.0
35.4
32.7
0.5
0.5
0.0
21.6
21.7
-0.8
-0.8
0.0
24.5
8.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
28.9
7.0
-0.5
-0.5
0.0
Relief Pitcher
IP
27.5
92.0
4.6
4.6
0.0
35.3
73.7
-0.4
-0.4
0.0
32.6
63.3
0.1
0.0
0.0
31.2
54.0
1.1
1.1
0.0
28.6
23.7
0.4
0.4
0.0
31.8
14.3
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
28.2
3.3
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James