1988 Kansas City Royals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Kansas City Royals
season = 1988
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Royals Stadium
y4 = 1973
city = Kansas City, Missouri
y5 = 1969
owners = Ewing Kauffman
managers = John Wathan
television =WDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
radio =WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)|The by|1988 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

*December 10, 1987: Melido Pérez, John Davis, Greg Hibbard, and Chuck Mount (minors) were traded by the Royals to the Chicago White Sox for Floyd Bannister and Dave Cochrane. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezme01.shtml Melido Pérez page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

* On Opening Day, the Royals faced the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays' George Bell set a record for the most home runs hit on Opening Day with three. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2002/03/26/openingday_btn/ SI.com - Statitudes - Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers - Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM ] ]

eason standings

Notable transactions

* May 13, 1988: Bill Buckner was signed as a free agent by the Royals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bucknbi01.shtml Bill Buckner page at Baseball Reference] ]
* May 27, 1988: Steve Balboni was released by the Kansas City Royals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/balbost01.shtml Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 1, 1988: 1988 Major League Baseball Draft
**Bob Hamelin was drafted by the Royals in the 2nd round. Player signed June 11, 1988. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hamelbo01.shtml Bob Hamelin page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Kerwin Moore was drafted by the Royals in the 16th round. Player signed June 3, 1988. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mooreke02.shtml Kerwin Moore page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 3, 1988: Bud Black was traded by the Royals to the Cleveland Indians for Pat Tabler. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blackbu02.shtml Bud Black page at Baseball Reference] ]
* August 31, 1988: Ted Power was traded by the Royals to the Detroit Tigers for Rey Palacios and Mark Lee. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leema03.shtml Mark Lee page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Awards and records

* George Brett, Silver Slugger award
*Willie Wilson, American League Leader, Triples [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]
*Willie Wilson, Tied Sam Crawford’s American League record, Leading AL in Triples five times [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KC/1988.shtml 1988 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1988&t=KCA 1988 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]