1982 Kansas City Royals: 90-72 .556
2nd place in A.L. West
Previous Season Home record: 56-25 (431 runs scored, 318 allowed) Road record: 34-47 (353 runs scored, 399 allowed)
Home Attendance*: 2,279,464 on 80 dates (28,493 avg.)
Road Attendance*: 1,602,564 on 79 dates (20,286 avg.)
2nd place in A.L. West
Previous Season Home record: 56-25 (431 runs scored, 318 allowed) Road record: 34-47 (353 runs scored, 399 allowed)
Home Attendance*: 2,279,464 on 80 dates (28,493 avg.)
Road Attendance*: 1,602,564 on 79 dates (20,286 avg.)
Manager: Dick Howser Coaches: Cloyd Boyer, Rocky Colavito, Jose Martinez, Joe Nossek, Jimmie Schaffer 784 runs scored (4th of 14 A.L. teams), 717 runs allowed (10th) A.L. Averages: 4.48 runs/game (725.9 runs/team) Batting Statistics (ordered by OBP+SLG)
Pos Batter Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP SS Buddy Biancalana# 22 3 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 1.500 .667 DH Hal McRae 36 159 613 91 189 332 46 8 27 133 1 2 4 4 48 7 5 61 8 .308 .542 .369 1B Lee May 39 42 91 12 28 46 5 2 3 12 0 2 0 0 13 1 0 18 0 .308 .505 .393 3B George Brett* 29 144 552 101 166 279 32 9 21 82 0 5 6 1 57 14 1 51 12 .301 .505 .378 1B Ron Johnson 26 8 14 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 .286 .429 .444 1B Willie Aikens* 27 134 466 50 131 213 29 1 17 74 0 5 0 1 38 7 3 70 19 .281 .457 .345