1981 Kansas City Royals roster
31 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1981 MLB season.
1981 Royals roster: batting
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | CF | 102 | 439 | 54 | 133 | 1 | 32 | 34 | .303 | .335 | .700 |
| Hal McRae | DH | 101 | 389 | 38 | 106 | 7 | 36 | 3 | .272 | .330 | .726 |
| Amos Otis | CF | 99 | 372 | 49 | 100 | 9 | 57 | 16 | .269 | .321 | .738 |
| Frank White | 2B | 94 | 364 | 35 | 91 | 9 | 38 | 4 | .250 | .285 | .661 |
| Willie Aikens | DH | 101 | 349 | 45 | 93 | 17 | 53 | 0 | .266 | .377 | .836 |
| George Brett | DH | 89 | 347 | 42 | 109 | 6 | 43 | 14 | .314 | .361 | .846 |
| U.L. Washington | SS | 98 | 339 | 40 | 77 | 2 | 29 | 10 | .227 | .310 | .616 |
| John Wathan | C | 89 | 301 | 24 | 76 | 1 | 19 | 11 | .252 | .298 | .611 |
| Darryl Motley | LF | 42 | 125 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .232 | .276 | .588 |
| Cesar Geronimo | CF | 59 | 118 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 13 | 6 | .246 | .305 | .636 |
| Jamie Quirk | C | 46 | 100 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .250 | .299 | .619 |
| Clint Hurdle | 1B | 28 | 76 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .329 | .427 | .980 |
| Lee May | 1B | 26 | 55 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .291 | .328 | .673 |
| Dave Chalk | 3B | 27 | 49 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .224 | .283 | .569 |
| Rance Mulliniks | DH | 24 | 44 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .227 | .261 | .556 |
| Ken Phelps | DH | 21 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .136 | .174 | .401 |
| Dan Garcia | 1B | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| Pat Sheridan | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS
1981 Royals roster: pitching
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Leonard | SP | 26 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2.99 | 201.2 | 107 | 1.20 | 0 |
| Larry Gura | SP | 23 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2.72 | 172.1 | 61 | 1.01 | 0 |
| Rich Gale | RP | 19 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 5.40 | 101.2 | 47 | 1.43 | 0 |
| Paul Splittorff | RP | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4.36 | 99.0 | 48 | 1.35 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | RP | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3.21 | 75.2 | 29 | 1.35 | 0 |
| Dan Quisenberry | RP | 40 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.73 | 62.1 | 20 | 1.19 | 18 |
| Renie Martin | RP | 29 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2.77 | 61.2 | 25 | 1.36 | 4 |
| Jim Wright | RP | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3.46 | 52.0 | 27 | 1.50 | 0 |
| Atlee Hammaker | RP | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5.54 | 39.0 | 11 | 1.44 | 0 |
| Ken Brett | RP | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.18 | 32.1 | 7 | 1.52 | 2 |
| Jeff Schattinger | RP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 |
| Bill Paschall | RP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 |
Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.