1987 Kansas City Royals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Kansas City Royals
season = 1987
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 = Billy Gardner and John Wathan
television =WDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
radio =WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)|The by|1987 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Offseason

*December 10, 1986: Scott Bankhead, Steve Shields, and Mike Kingery were traded by the Royals to the Seattle Mariners for Danny Tartabull and Rick Luecken. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tartada01.shtml Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 22, 1986: Alan Hargesheimer was released by the Royals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hargeal01.shtml Alan Hargesheimer page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 27, 1987: David Cone and Chris Jelic were traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson, and Mauro Gozzo. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coneda01.shtml David Cone page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 30, 1987: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sundbji01.shtml Jim Sundberg page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

* June 2, 1987: Bret Barberie was drafted by the Royals in the 65th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barbebr01.shtml Bret Barberie page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KC/1987.shtml 1987 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1987&t=KCA 1987 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]