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#Page Title# Year Team Name League Division Rank W L Div. Win. Pennant WS Manager
2008	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	4	75	87				Trey Hillman (75-87)
2007	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	5	69	93				Buddy Bell (69-93)
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	5	62	100				Buddy Bell (62-100)
2005	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	5	56	106				Tony Pena (8-25) Bob Schaefer (5-12) Buddy Bell (43-69)
2004	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	5	58	104				Tony Pena (58-104)
2003	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	3	83	79				Tony Pena (83-79)
2002	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	4	62	100				Tony Muser (8-15) John Mizerock (5-8) Tony Pena (49-77)
2001	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	5	65	97				Tony Muser (65-97)
2000	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	4	77	85				Tony Muser (77-85)
1999	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	4	64	97				Tony Muser (64-97)
1998	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	3	72	89				Tony Muser (72-89)
1997	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	5	67	94				Bob Boone (36-46) Tony Muser (31-48)
1996	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	5	75	86				Bob Boone (75-86)
1995	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	2	70	74				Bob Boone (70-74)
1994	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	3	64	51				Hal McRae (64-51)
1993	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	3	84	78				Hal McRae (84-78)
1992	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	5	72	90				Hal McRae (72-90)
1991	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	6	82	80				Hal McRae (66-58) Bob Schaefer (1-0) John Wathan (15-22)
1990	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	6	75	86				John Wathan (75-86)
1989	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	2	92	70				John Wathan (92-70)
1988	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	3	84	77				John Wathan (84-77)
1987	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	2	83	79				Billy Gardner (62-64) John Wathan (21-15)
1986	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	3	76	86				Mike Ferraro (36-38) Dick Howser (40-48)
1985	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	1	91	71	WON	WON	WON	Dick Howser (91-71)
1984	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	1	84	78	WON			Dick Howser (84-78)
1983	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	2	79	83				Dick Howser (79-83)
1982	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	2	90	72				Dick Howser (90-72)
1981	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	4	50	53	WON			Jim Frey (30-40) Dick Howser (20-13)
1980	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	1	97	65	WON	WON		Jim Frey (97-65)
1979	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	2	85	77				Whitey Herzog (85-77)
1978	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	1	92	70	WON			Whitey Herzog (92-70)
1977	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	1	102	60	WON			Whitey Herzog (102-60)
1976	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	1	90	72	WON			Whitey Herzog (90-72)
1975	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	2	91	71				Whitey Herzog (41-25) Jack McKeon (50-46)
1974	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	5	77	85				Jack McKeon (77-85)
1973	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	2	88	74				Jack McKeon (88-74)
1972	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	4	76	78				Bob Lemon (76-78)
1971	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	2	85	76				Bob Lemon (85-76)
1970	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	4	65	97				Bob Lemon (46-64) Charlie Metro (19-33)
1969	Kansas City Royals	AL	West	4	69	93				Joe Gordon (69-93)

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Career Batting Leaderboard

Minimum of 2000 At-Bats for AVG, SLG and OBP stats.

Batting Average Rank Name Total 1 George Brett .305 2 Mike Sweeney .299 3 Kevin Seitzer .294 4 Hal McRae .293 5 Johnny Damon .292 6 Danny Tartabull .290 7 Willie Wilson .289 8 Joe Randa .288 9 Carlos Beltran .287 9 David DeJesus .287	Home Runs Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 317 2 Mike Sweeney 197 3 Amos Otis 193 4 Hal McRae 169 5 Frank White 160 6 John Mayberry 143 7 Danny Tartabull 124 8 Carlos Beltran 123 9 Steve Balboni 119 10 Bo Jackson 109	RBIs Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 1595 2 Hal McRae 1012 3 Amos Otis 992 4 Frank White 886 5 Mike Sweeney 837 6 John Mayberry 552 7 Joe Randa 533 8 Carlos Beltran 516 9 Willie Wilson 509 10 Danny Tartabull 425
Games Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 2707 2 Frank White 2324 3 Amos Otis 1891 4 Hal McRae 1837 5 Willie Wilson 1787 6 Mike Sweeney 1282 7 Freddie Patek 1245 8 Joe Randa 1019 9 John Mayberry 897 10 Mike Macfarlane 890	At Bats Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 10349 2 Frank White 7859 3 Amos Otis 7050 4 Willie Wilson 6799 5 Hal McRae 6568 6 Mike Sweeney 4669 7 Freddie Patek 4305 8 Joe Randa 3764 9 Carlos Beltran 3134 10 John Mayberry 3131	Hits Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 3154 2 Frank White 2006 3 Amos Otis 1977 4 Willie Wilson 1968 5 Hal McRae 1924 6 Mike Sweeney 1398 7 Joe Randa 1084 8 Freddie Patek 1036 9 Carlos Beltran 899 10 Johnny Damon 894
Doubles Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 665 2 Hal McRae 449 3 Frank White 407 4 Amos Otis 365 5 Mike Sweeney 297 6 Willie Wilson 241 7 Joe Randa 223 8 Freddie Patek 182 9 Mike Macfarlane 174 10 Carlos Beltran 156 10 Johnny Damon 156	Triples Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 137 2 Willie Wilson 133 3 Amos Otis 65 4 Hal McRae 63 5 Frank White 58 6 Johnny Damon 47 7 Carlos Beltran 45 8 Al Cowens 44 9 Freddie Patek 41 10 David DeJesus 33	Walks Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 1096 2 Amos Otis 739 3 Hal McRae 616 4 John Mayberry 561 5 Mike Sweeney 484 6 Freddie Patek 413 7 Frank White 412 8 Kevin Seitzer 369 9 Willie Wilson 360 10 Danny Tartabull 325
Stolen Bases Rank Name Total 1 Willie Wilson 612 2 Amos Otis 340 3 Freddie Patek 336 4 George Brett 201 5 Frank White 178 6 Carlos Beltran 164 7 Johnny Damon 156 8 Tom Goodwin 150 9 U L Washington 120 10 Hal McRae 105 10 John Wathan 105	IBB Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 229 2 John Mayberry 73 3 Hal McRae 65 4 Mike Sweeney 59 5 Amos Otis 52 6 Ed Kirkpatrick 35 7 Darrell Porter 33 8 Willie Aikens 31 9 Wally Joyner 30 10 Lou Piniella 28	Strikeouts Rank Name Total 1 Frank White 1035 2 Willie Wilson 990 3 Amos Otis 953 4 George Brett 908 5 Hal McRae 697 6 Bo Jackson 638 7 Danny Tartabull 592 8 Freddie Patek 586 9 Carlos Beltran 584 10 Steve Balboni 568
Sac Hits Rank Name Total 1 Frank White 101 2 Freddie Patek 89 3 Willie Wilson 59 4 Amos Otis 49 5 David Howard 48 6 Tom Goodwin 46 7 U L Washington 38 7 Angel Berroa 38 9 Carlos Febles 36 10 Brian McRae 33	Sac Flies Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 120 2 Amos Otis 99 3 Hal McRae 79 4 Frank White 65 5 Mike Sweeney 54 6 Joe Randa 53 7 Carlos Beltran 37 8 Cookie Rojas 33 8 Freddie Patek 33 10 John Mayberry 32	GIDP Rank Name Total 1 George Brett 235 2 Hal McRae 165 3 Frank White 156 4 Amos Otis 154 5 Mike Sweeney 130 6 Cookie Rojas 102 7 Joe Randa 97 8 John Wathan 89 9 Lou Piniella 86 10 Willie Aikens 69
Slugging Percentage Rank Name Total 1 Danny Tartabull .518 2 Mike Sweeney .492 3 George Brett .487 4 Carlos Beltran .483 5 Jermaine Dye .477 6 Hal McRae .458 7 John Mayberry .448 8 Mike Macfarlane .439 9 Johnny Damon .438 10 Amos Otis .433	On Base Percentage Rank Name Total 1 Kevin Seitzer .380 2 Danny Tartabull .376 3 John Mayberry .374 4 George Brett .369 4 Mike Sweeney .369 6 David DeJesus .360 7 Hal McRae .356 8 Carlos Beltran .352 9 Johnny Damon .351 10 Amos Otis .347

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Single Season Batting Leaderboard

Batting Average Rank Name Total Year 1 George Brett .390 1980 2 Mike Sweeney .340 2002 3 George Brett .335 1985 4 Mike Sweeney .333 2000 4 George Brett .333 1976 6 Willie Wilson .332 1982 6 Hal McRae .332 1976 8 George Brett .329 1979 8 George Brett .329 1990 10 Johnny Damon .327 2000	Home Runs Rank Name Total Year 1 Steve Balboni 36 1985 2 Gary Gaetti 35 1995 3 John Mayberry 34 1975 3 Danny Tartabull 34 1987 3 Dean Palmer 34 1998 6 Jermaine Dye 33 2000 7 Bo Jackson 32 1989 8 Danny Tartabull 31 1991 9 George Brett 30 1985 9 Chili Davis 30 1997	RBIs Rank Name Total Year 1 Mike Sweeney 144 2000 2 Hal McRae 133 1982 3 Dean Palmer 119 1998 3 Jermaine Dye 119 1999 5 George Brett 118 1980 5 Jermaine Dye 118 2000 7 Al Cowens 112 1977 7 Darrell Porter 112 1979 7 George Brett 112 1985 7 Jeff King 112 1997
Games Rank Name Total Year 1 Al Cowens 162 1977 1 Hal McRae 162 1977 1 Carlos Beltran 162 2002 4 Paul Schaal 161 1971 4 John Mayberry 161 1976 4 Willie Wilson 161 1980 4 Kevin Seitzer 161 1987 4 Johnny Damon 161 1998 9 Bob Oliver 160 1970 9 Steve Balboni 160 1985 9 Kevin Seitzer 160 1989	At Bats Rank Name Total Year 1 Willie Wilson 705 1980 2 Carlos Beltran 663 1999 3 Johnny Damon 655 2000 4 George Brett 645 1976 4 George Brett 645 1979 6 Johnny Damon 642 1998 7 Hal McRae 641 1977 7 Kevin Seitzer 641 1987 9 Carlos Beltran 637 2002 10 George Brett 634 1975	Hits Rank Name Total Year 1 Willie Wilson 230 1980 2 George Brett 215 1976 3 Johnny Damon 214 2000 4 George Brett 212 1979 5 Kevin Seitzer 207 1987 6 Mike Sweeney 206 2000 7 Joe Randa 197 1999 8 George Brett 195 1975 9 Willie Wilson 194 1982 9 Carlos Beltran 194 1999
Doubles Rank Name Total Year 1 Hal McRae 54 1977 2 Hal McRae 46 1982 2 Mike Sweeney 46 2001 4 George Brett 45 1978 4 Frank White 45 1982 4 George Brett 45 1990 7 Jermaine Dye 44 1999 7 Mike Sweeney 44 1999 7 Carlos Beltran 44 2002 10 George Brett 42 1979 10 George Brett 42 1988 10 Johnny Damon 42 2000 10 Jose Guillen 42 2008	Triples Rank Name Total Year 1 Willie Wilson 21 1985 2 George Brett 20 1979 3 Willie Wilson 15 1980 3 Willie Wilson 15 1982 3 Willie Wilson 15 1987 6 George Brett 14 1976 6 Al Cowens 14 1977 8 George Brett 13 1975 8 George Brett 13 1977 8 Willie Wilson 13 1979 8 Jose Offerman 13 1998	Walks Rank Name Total Year 1 John Mayberry 122 1973 2 Darrell Porter 121 1979 3 John Mayberry 119 1975 4 Paul Schaal 103 1971 4 George Brett 103 1985 6 Kevin Seitzer 102 1989 7 Jeff King 89 1997 7 Jose Offerman 89 1998 9 Chili Davis 85 1997 10 Mike Fiore 84 1969
Stolen Bases Rank Name Total Year 1 Willie Wilson 83 1979 2 Willie Wilson 79 1980 3 Tom Goodwin 66 1996 4 Willie Wilson 59 1983 4 Willie Wilson 59 1987 6 Freddie Patek 53 1977 7 Amos Otis 52 1971 8 Freddie Patek 51 1976 9 Vince Coleman 50 1994 9 Tom Goodwin 50 1995	IBB Rank Name Total Year 1 George Brett 31 1985 2 George Brett 18 1986 3 John Mayberry 17 1973 4 John Mayberry 16 1975 4 George Brett 16 1980 4 Chili Davis 16 1997 7 George Brett 15 1988 8 Darrell Porter 14 1978 8 George Brett 14 1979 8 George Brett 14 1982 8 George Brett 14 1987 8 George Brett 14 1989 8 George Brett 14 1990	Strikeouts Rank Name Total Year 1 Bo Jackson 172 1989 2 Steve Balboni 166 1985 3 Bo Jackson 158 1987 4 Steve Balboni 146 1986 4 Bo Jackson 146 1988 6 Steve Balboni 139 1984 7 Jerry Martin 138 1982 8 Alex Gordon 137 2007 9 Danny Tartabull 136 1987 10 Carlos Beltran 135 2002
Sac Hits Rank Name Total Year 1 Tom Goodwin 21 1996 2 Frank White 18 1976 3 David Howard 17 1996 4 Brian McRae 14 1993 4 Tom Goodwin 14 1995 6 Freddie Patek 13 1976 6 Freddie Patek 13 1977 6 Willie Wilson 13 1979 6 Jose Lind 13 1993 6 Carlos Febles 13 2000 6 Angel Berroa 13 2003	Sac Flies Rank Name Total Year 1 Darrell Porter 13 1979 1 Dean Palmer 13 1998 1 Mike Sweeney 13 2000 4 Amos Otis 12 1974 4 John Mayberry 12 1976 4 Jeff King 12 1997 4 Johnny Damon 12 2000 8 Al Cowens 11 1978 8 Hal McRae 11 1978 8 Joe Randa 11 2002	GIDP Rank Name Total Year 1 John Wathan 26 1982 2 Lou Piniella 25 1972 3 Jerry Adair 24 1969 3 Cookie Rojas 24 1974 3 Gregg Jefferies 24 1992 6 Willie Aikens 23 1980 6 Darryl Motley 23 1984 6 Mark Teahen 23 2007 6 Jose Guillen 23 2008 6 Billy Butler 23 2008
Slugging Percentage Rank Name Total Year 1 George Brett .664 1980 2 Bob Hamelin .599 1994 3 Danny Tartabull .593 1991 4 George Brett .585 1985 5 Mike Sweeney .563 2002 5 George Brett .563 1979 5 George Brett .563 1983 8 Jermaine Dye .561 2000 9 John Mayberry .547 1975 10 Hal McRae .542 1982 10 Mike Sweeney .542 2001	On Base Percentage Rank Name Total Year 1 George Brett .454 1980 2 George Brett .436 1985 3 Darrell Porter .421 1979 4 John Mayberry .417 1973 4 Mike Sweeney .417 2002 6 John Mayberry .416 1975 7 Mike Sweeney .407 2000 7 Hal McRae .407 1976 9 Jose Offerman .403 1998 10 George Brett .401 1986