1985 Kansas City Royals Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 91–71 (.562), 1st place in American League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1985 Buddy Biancalana 81 143 21 26 5 1 1 6 17 34 1 4 .182 .269 .252 .520
1985 Dane Iorg 64 130 7 29 9 1 1 21 8 16 0 1 .223 .268 .331 .599
1985 Darryl Motley 123 383 45 85 20 1 17 49 18 57 6 4 .222 .257 .413 .670
1985 Dave Leeper 15 34 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 .088 .114 .088 .203
1985 Frank White 149 568 62 140 25 1 22 69 28 86 10 4 .246 .282 .410 .692
1985 George Brett 155 550 108 184 38 5 30 112 103 49 9 1 .335 .436 .585 1.022
1985 Greg Pryor 63 117 8 25 3 0 1 3 8 12 0 1 .214 .264 .265 .529
1985 Hal McRae 112 322 41 83 19 0 14 70 44 45 0 1 .258 .347 .447 .794
1985 Jamie Quirk 19 57 3 16 3 1 0 4 2 9 0 0 .281 .305 .368 .674
1985 Jim Scranton 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Jim Sundberg 115 371 38 90 12 4 10 35 33 67 0 2 .243 .305 .377 .682
1985 John Wathan 60 147 11 34 8 1 1 9 17 15 1 1 .231 .315 .320 .635
1985 Jorge Orta 110 302 32 80 21 1 4 45 22 28 2 1 .265 .315 .381 .696
1985 Lonnie Smith 120 448 77 115 23 4 6 41 41 69 40 7 .257 .321 .366 .687
1985 Lynn Jones 110 156 12 32 7 0 0 9 8 15 0 1 .205 .254 .250 .504
1985 Omar Moreno 24 70 9 17 1 3 2 12 3 8 0 1 .243 .280 .429 .709
1985 Onix Concepcion 131 326 32 64 5 1 2 20 16 29 4 4 .196 .246 .236 .483
1985 Pat Sheridan 78 209 18 47 9 2 3 17 23 38 11 3 .225 .303 .330 .634
1985 Steve Balboni 160 600 74 146 28 2 36 88 52 166 1 1 .243 .307 .477 .783
1985 Willie Wilson 141 607 87 168 25 21 4 43 29 94 43 11 .277 .315 .407 .722
– – 162 5,544 687 1,384 261 49 154 657 473 840 128 48 .250 .311 .398 .708

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1985 Bret Saberhagen 32 235.1 20 6 0 0 0 211 79 75 38 1 158 32 0 10 1 2.87 1.06
1985 Buddy Black 33 205.2 10 15 0 0 0 216 111 99 59 8 122 33 0 5 2 4.33 1.34
1985 Charlie Leibrandt 33 237.2 17 9 0 0 0 223 86 71 68 2 108 33 0 8 3 2.69 1.22
1985 Dan Quisenberry 84 129.0 8 9 37 0 0 142 41 34 16 1 54 0 0 0 0 2.37 1.22
1985 Danny Jackson 32 208.0 14 12 0 0 0 209 94 79 76 6 114 32 0 4 3 3.42 1.37
1985 Dennis Leonard 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
1985 Joe Beckwith 49 95.0 1 5 1 0 0 99 45 43 32 3 80 0 0 0 0 4.07 1.38
1985 Larry Gura 3 4.1 0 0 1 0 0 7 6 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 12.46 2.54
1985 Mark Huismann 9 18.2 1 0 0 0 0 14 4 4 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 1.93 0.91
1985 Mark Gubicza 29 177.1 14 10 0 0 0 160 88 80 77 5 99 28 0 0 0 4.06 1.34
1985 Mike Lacoss 21 40.2 1 1 1 0 0 49 25 23 29 0 26 0 0 0 0 5.09 1.92
1985 Mike Jones 33 64.0 3 3 0 0 0 62 40 34 39 0 32 1 0 0 0 4.78 1.58
1985 Steve Farr 16 37.2 2 1 1 0 0 34 15 13 20 2 36 3 0 0 0 3.11 1.43
1985 Tony Ferreira 2 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 5 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 7.94 1.41
– – 162 1,461.0 91 71 41 0 0 1,433 639 566 463 28 846 162 0 27 9 3.49 1.30

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1985 Bret Saberhagen P 32 22 38 2 62 4 .968 1.87
1985 Buddy Black P 33 6 30 4 40 0 .900 1.09
1985 Charlie Leibrandt P 33 19 53 1 73 2 .986 2.18
1985 Dan Quisenberry P 84 8 24 2 34 2 .941 0.38
1985 Danny Jackson P 32 8 27 3 38 2 .921 1.09
1985 Dennis Leonard P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1985 Joe Beckwith P 49 7 12 2 21 1 .905 0.39
1985 Larry Gura P 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1985 Mark Huismann P 9 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 0.44
1985 Mark Gubicza P 29 23 26 0 49 4 1.000 1.69
1985 Mike Lacoss P 21 1 8 0 9 1 1.000 0.43
1985 Mike Jones P 33 6 8 0 14 0 1.000 0.42
1985 Steve Farr P 16 3 6 0 9 0 1.000 0.56
1985 Tony Ferreira P 2 0 2 0 2 1 1.000 1.00
1985 Jamie Quirk C 17 64 8 1 73 1 11 9 45.0% .986 4.24
1985 Jim Sundberg C 112 572 41 5 618 10 60 25 29.4% .992 5.47
1985 John Wathan C 49 247 28 4 279 6 21 16 43.2% .986 5.61
1985 Dane Iorg 1B 2 13 1 0 14 2 1.000 7.00
1985 Greg Pryor 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1985 Jamie Quirk 1B 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1985 John Wathan 1B 6 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 2.17
1985 Steve Balboni 1B 160 1,573 101 12 1,686 138 .993 10.46
1985 Bob Hegman 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1985 Buddy Biancalana 2B 4 3 1 0 4 1 1.000 1.00
1985 Frank White 2B 149 342 490 17 849 101 .980 5.58
1985 Greg Pryor 2B 20 35 46 1 82 11 .988 4.05
1985 Onix Concepcion 2B 2 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1985 Dane Iorg 3B 1 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
1985 George Brett 3B 152 107 339 15 461 33 .967 2.93
1985 Greg Pryor 3B 26 5 30 2 37 2 .946 1.35
1985 Buddy Biancalana SS 74 80 168 10 258 31 .961 3.35
1985 Greg Pryor SS 13 7 11 2 20 3 .900 1.38
1985 Jim Scranton SS 5 1 8 0 9 1 1.000 1.80
1985 Onix Concepcion SS 128 127 367 21 515 63 .959 3.86
1985 Dane Iorg LF 13 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 1.08
1985 Darryl Motley LF 44 77 3 0 80 1 1.000 1.82
1985 Dave Leeper LF 2 4 0 1 5 0 .800 2.00
1985 Lonnie Smith LF 119 199 10 9 218 3 .959 1.76
1985 Lynn Jones LF 58 43 0 2 45 0 .956 0.74
1985 Lynn Jones CF 21 33 0 0 33 0 1.000 1.57
1985 Omar Moreno CF 13 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 1.46
1985 Willie Wilson CF 140 380 4 2 386 1 .995 2.74
1985 Dane Iorg RF 19 27 0 0 27 0 1.000 1.42
1985 Darryl Motley RF 76 119 1 7 127 0 .945 1.58
1985 Dave Leeper RF 6 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 1.50
1985 Lynn Jones RF 32 35 1 0 36 1 1.000 1.12
1985 Omar Moreno RF 8 12 1 0 13 1 1.000 1.62
1985 Pat Sheridan RF 69 116 3 2 121 1 .983 1.72
– – 162 4,384 1,906 127 6,417 428 92 50 35.2% .980 38.83

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1985 Bret Saberhagen 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Buddy Black 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Buddy Biancalana 14 37 4 9 1 0 0 3 6 10 0 0 .243 .349 .270 .619
1985 Charlie Leibrandt 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Dan Quisenberry 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Dane Iorg 6 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .500 .667 .750 1.417
1985 Danny Jackson 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Darryl Motley 7 14 2 5 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 .357 .375 .571 .946
1985 Frank White 14 54 5 12 3 0 1 9 4 6 1 1 .222 .271 .333 .605
1985 George Brett 14 50 11 18 3 0 3 6 11 12 1 1 .360 .475 .600 1.075
1985 Greg Pryor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Hal McRae 9 25 1 6 2 0 0 3 2 6 0 0 .240 .345 .320 .665
1985 Jamie Quirk 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Jim Sundberg 14 48 9 10 3 1 1 7 7 11 0 0 .208 .309 .375 .684
1985 Joe Beckwith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 John Wathan 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Jorge Orta 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
1985 Lonnie Smith 14 55 6 16 5 0 0 5 6 14 3 3 .291 .361 .382 .742
1985 Lynn Jones 11 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333
1985 Mark Gubicza 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Onix Concepcion 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Pat Sheridan 12 38 4 7 2 0 2 4 2 10 0 0 .184 .225 .395 .620
1985 Steve Balboni 14 50 3 11 0 0 0 4 7 12 0 0 .220 .316 .220 .536
1985 Steve Farr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 Willie Wilson 14 60 7 20 0 1 1 5 2 9 4 1 .333 .355 .417 .772
– – 7 470 54 119 21 3 9 52 50 107 9 8 .253 .326 .368 .694

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1985 Bret Saberhagen 4 25.1 2 0 0 0 0 23 6 6 3 1 16 4 0 2 1 2.13 1.03
1985 Buddy Black 5 16.0 0 1 0 0 0 15 6 5 9 1 12 2 0 0 0 2.81 1.50
1985 Charlie Leibrandt 5 31.2 1 3 0 0 0 27 14 14 8 1 16 4 0 0 0 3.98 1.11
1985 Dan Quisenberry 8 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 12 5 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.67
1985 Danny Jackson 4 26.0 2 1 0 0 0 19 3 3 6 0 19 3 0 2 1 1.04 0.96
1985 Joe Beckwith 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
1985 Mark Gubicza 2 8.1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 3.24 0.96
1985 Steve Farr 2 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.42 0.79
– – 8 124.2 8 6 1 0 0 105 38 35 34 3 79 14 0 4 2 2.53 1.11

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1985 Bret Saberhagen P 4 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 0.75
1985 Buddy Black P 5 2 4 1 7 1 .857 1.20
1985 Charlie Leibrandt P 5 4 9 0 13 0 1.000 2.60
1985 Dan Quisenberry P 8 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 0.50
1985 Danny Jackson P 4 1 5 1 7 0 .857 1.50
1985 Joe Beckwith P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1985 Mark Gubicza P 2 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 0.50
1985 Steve Farr P 2 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 0.50
1985 Jim Sundberg C 14 88 6 1 95 2 0 0 0.0% .989 6.71
1985 Steve Balboni 1B 14 142 10 2 154 6 .987 10.86
1985 Frank White 2B 14 19 48 0 67 4 1.000 4.79
1985 George Brett 3B 14 17 28 3 48 1 .937 3.21
1985 Greg Pryor 3B 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1985 Buddy Biancalana SS 14 16 41 0 57 6 1.000 4.07
1985 Onix Concepcion SS 5 2 6 0 8 2 1.000 1.60
1985 Lonnie Smith LF 14 15 5 1 21 0 .952 1.43
1985 Lynn Jones LF 9 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 0.67
1985 Willie Wilson CF 14 31 1 0 32 0 1.000 2.29
1985 Darryl Motley RF 6 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.33
1985 Pat Sheridan RF 11 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 1.73
– – 7 374 169 9 552 24 0 0 .984 77.57

Awards

Player Award Stats
Bret Saberhagen Cy Young Award (P) 20–6, 158 SO, 2.87 ERA
George Brett All-Star (3B) .335–30–112, 9 SB
George Brett Gold Glove (3B) .967 FPct, 2.93 RF
George Brett Silver Slugger (3B) .335–30–112, 9 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1985 Kansas City Royals

Who had the most hits on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

George Brett led the 1985 Kansas City Royals with 184 hits in 155 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

George Brett led the 1985 Kansas City Royals with a .335 batting average in 155 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

Steve Balboni led the 1985 Kansas City Royals with 36 home runs in 160 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

George Brett led the 1985 Kansas City Royals with a .436 on-base percentage (OBP) in 155 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

George Brett led the 1985 Kansas City Royals with a .585 slugging percentage in 155 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

Willie Wilson led the 1985 Kansas City Royals with 43 stolen bases in 141 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

Charlie Leibrandt had a 2.69 earned-run average (ERA) in 33 games, the lowest on the 1985 Kansas City Royals.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

Bret Saberhagen had a 1.06 WHIP in 32 games, the lowest on the 1985 Kansas City Royals.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

Bret Saberhagen led the 1985 Kansas City Royals with 158 strikeouts in 32 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

Bret Saberhagen led the 1985 Kansas City Royals with 20 wins in 32 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1985 Kansas City Royals?

Dan Quisenberry led the 1985 Kansas City Royals with 37 saves in 84 games.