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Royals KCR

199272–90 (0.444)
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GM: Herk Robinson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1992, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$33M
Surplus $M
-19
Win %
0.444
TAB
-12.6
WAB
-11.0
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
22.7
Dead money %
46%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-5.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1992 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMike Macfarlane104
LBrent Mayne62
RBob Melvin21

1B

LWally Joyner145
LGeorge Brett15
RJeff Conine4
RBob Melvin3

2B

RKeith Miller93
BCurtis Wilkerson39
RTerry Shumpert33
RJuan Samuel⇄21
RRico Rossy3
BGregg Jefferies1

3B

BGregg Jefferies146
RRico Rossy9
LBrent Mayne8
BCurtis Wilkerson5
LGeorge Brett3

SS

BDavid Howard74
BCurtis Wilkerson69
RRico Rossy51
RTerry Shumpert1

LF

RKevin McReynolds94
LJim Eisenreich24
RJeff Conine22
RKeith Miller16
LKevin Koslofski15
RGary Thurman7
LChris Gwynn5
RHarvey Pulliam1

CF

BBrian McRae148
LKevin Koslofski18
BDavid Howard2
RGary Thurman2
LJim Eisenreich1

RF

LJim Eisenreich66
RGary Thurman58
LKevin Koslofski23
LChris Gwynn14
RKevin McReynolds12
RJuan Samuel⇄8
RJeff Conine1

DH

LGeorge Brett131
RMike Macfarlane13
LJim Eisenreich8
LWally Joyner4
LChris Gwynn2
RHarvey Pulliam1
BCurtis Wilkerson1
RKevin McReynolds1
RKeith Miller1

Starters

RKevin Appier4.8 WAR
RMark Gubicza2.1 WAR
RHipolito Pichardo1.5 WAR
RRick Reed1.1 WAR
LDennis Rasmussen⇄1.1 WAR
RTom Gordon1.0 WAR
LMike Magnante0.5 WAR
RBill Sampen⇄0.5 WAR
RMike Boddicker0.4 WAR
RLuis Aquino0.3 WAR
LChris Haney⇄0.3 WAR
RJuan Berenguer⇄0.2 WAR
LCurt Young⇄0.2 WAR
LEd Pierce-0.1 WAR
LDennis Moeller-0.5 WAR
LMark Davis⇄-0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJeff Montgomery39 sv
RRusty Meacham0 h
RSteve Shifflett0 h
LNeal Heaton⇄0 h
RJuan Berenguer⇄0 h
LCurt Young⇄0 h
RBill Sampen⇄0 h
LRich Sauveur0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1991)

PlayerfWAR
Keith Miller2.1
Gregg Jefferies2.1
Rusty Meacham1.8
Hipolito Pichardo1.5
Wally Joyner1.4
Rick Reed1.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1991)

Player1991 fWAR
Danny Tartabull4.5
Bret Saberhagen4.4
Bill Pecota2.5
Kirk Gibson0.8
Kevin Seitzer0.7
Tim Spehr0.7

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Royals. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1992; everyone else is shown as a 1992 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Kevin Appier 1992 +4.8 +84.0 0.4 +83.6 $0.1M 2.19× –
Mark Gubicza 1992 +2.1 +25.5 3.0 +22.5 $1.4M 1.49× –
Keith Miller 1992 +2.1 +13.8 0.6 +13.2 $0.3M 0.82× –
Gregg Jefferies 1992 +2.1 +14.1 1.1 +12.9 $0.6M 0.85× –
Jeff Montgomery 1992 +1.4 +15.1 2.5 +12.6 $1.7M 1.34× –
Mike Macfarlane 1992 +2.2 +13.2 0.7 +12.5 $0.3M 0.76× –
Tom Gordon 1992 +1.0 +5.5 0.8 +4.7 $0.8M 0.67× –
Chris Haney↔ 1992 +0.3 +2.7 0.0 +2.7 $0.1M 1.02× –
Mike Magnante 1992 +0.5 +2.9 0.1 +2.7 $0.3M 0.67× –
Bill Sampen↔ 1992 +0.5 +2.4 0.0 +2.4 $0.1M 0.67× –
Luis Aquino 1992 +0.3 +2.8 0.7 +2.1 $1.9M 1.02× –
Wally Joyner 1992 +1.4 +6.1 4.2 +1.9 $3.1M 0.56× –
Juan Samuel↔ 1992 +0.5 +2.2 0.9 +1.4 $1.8M 0.56× –
Curtis Wilkerson 1992 +0.3 +1.4 0.4 +1.0 $1.4M 0.61× –
Jim Eisenreich 1992 +0.4 +2.6 1.6 +0.9 $4.2M 0.83× –
Bob Melvin 1992 +0.4 +1.6 0.9 +0.7 $2.3M 0.52× –
Curt Young↔ 1992 +0.2 +0.9 0.2 +0.7 $1.0M 0.67× –
Juan Berenguer↔ 1992 +0.2 +1.0 0.5 +0.5 $2.7M 0.67× –
Kevin McReynolds 1992 +0.6 +4.0 3.4 +0.5 $5.8M 0.83× –
Brent Mayne 1992 -0.2 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 – 0.52× –
Mike Boddicker 1992 +0.4 +2.1 3.1 -1.0 $8.0M 0.67× –
George Brett 1992 +0.3 +1.6 3.1 -1.5 $10.9M 0.69× –
Joel Johnston 1992 -0.3 -1.7 0.1 -1.8 – 0.67× –
Neal Heaton↔ 1992 -0.3 -1.8 1.1 -2.9 – 0.67× –
Chris Gwynn 1992 -0.4 -2.6 0.4 -3.1 – 0.83× –
Gary Thurman 1992 -0.6 -4.1 0.3 -4.4 – 0.83× –
Terry Shumpert 1992 -0.9 -4.2 0.2 -4.4 – 0.56× –
Mark Davis↔ 1992 -0.6 -3.3 1.7 -5.1 – 0.67× –
Brian McRae 1992 -0.7 -4.9 0.3 -5.2 – 0.83× –
David Howard 1992 +0.0 +0.1 0.2 -0.0 $5.6M 0.61× –
Dennis Moeller 1992 -0.5 -4.1 – – – 1.02× –
Dennis Rasmussen↔ 1992 +1.1 +8.6 – – – 1.02× –
Ed Pierce 1992 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 1.02× –
Harvey Pulliam 1992 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.69× –
Hipolito Pichardo 1992 +1.5 +18.3 – – – 1.49× –
Jeff Conine 1992 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.83× –
Kevin Koslofski 1992 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Rich Sauveur 1992 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Rick Reed 1992 +1.1 +9.3 – – – 1.02× –
Rico Rossy 1992 +0.3 +1.7 – – – 0.61× –
Rusty Meacham 1992 +1.8 +13.9 – – – 0.98× –
Steve Shifflett 1992 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+22.8+226.832.7+149.1—

Trades

Every graded 1992 deal involving the Royals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

1992 · WSN / KCR
WSN · Dan Duquette +$2.4M
Tim Spehr, Jeff Shaw
KCR · Herk Robinson −$2.4M
Mark Gardner, Doug Piatt
WSN came out ahead by $2.4M
1992 · KCR / ATL
KCR · Herk Robinson +$16.8M
Juan Berenguer
ATL · John Schuerholz −$16.8M
Mark Davis
KCR came out ahead by $16.8M
1992 · KCR / WSN
KCR · Herk Robinson +$8.0M
Bill Sampen, Chris Haney
WSN · Dan Duquette −$8.0M
Sean Berry, Archie Corbin
KCR came out ahead by $8.0M
1992 · KCR / CHW
KCR · Herk Robinson +$0.0M
Jose Ventura
CHW · Ron Schueler +$0.0M
Erik Pappas
Even trade
1992 · MIL / KCR
MIL · Sal Bando +$0.8M
Carlos Maldonado
KCR · Herk Robinson −$0.8M
Mike Guerrero
MIL came out ahead by $0.8M
1992 · PIT / KCR
PIT · Larry Doughty +$13.6M
Dennis Moeller, Joel Johnston
KCR · Herk Robinson −$13.6M
José Lind
PIT came out ahead by $13.6M
1992 · KCR / PIT
KCR · Herk Robinson +$3.2M
Neal Heaton
PIT · Larry Doughty −$3.2M
Kirk Gibson
KCR came out ahead by $3.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1992 payroll
$32.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1992, 1992–1998. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Wally Joyner306.000$4.2M$4.4M$4.6M$4.8MFREE AGENT
Kevin McReynolds329.000$3.4M$3.7MFREE AGENT
Mike Boddicker3412.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
George Brett3919.000$3.1M$2.8MFREE AGENT
Mark Gubicza298.000$3.0M$1.2M$610k$750k$1.6MFREE AGENT
Mark Davis3112.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Jim Eisenreich3310.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Neal Heaton3210.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Bob Melvin307.000$900kFREE AGENT
Juan Samuel319.000$887kFREE AGENT$313k
Luis Aquino286.000$650kFREE AGENT
Juan Berenguer3714.000$485kFREE AGENT
Curtis Wilkerson319.000$400k$400kFREE AGENT
Curt Young329.000$174kFREE AGENT
Dennis Rasmussen339.000—$325kFREE AGENT$185k

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Jeff Montgomery305.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Gregg Jefferies245.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Tom Gordon244.000$815kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Macfarlane285.000$740kFREE AGENT
Keith Miller295.000$575kFREE AGENT
Chris Gwynn275.000$425kFREE AGENT
Kevin Appier243.000$390kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Thurman275.000$288kFREE AGENT
Rick Reed274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Brian McRae242.000$275kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Shumpert252.000$183kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brent Mayne242.000$170kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Howard251.000$152kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Magnante271.000$140kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joel Johnston251.000$114kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Haney231.000$49kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Sampen292.000$27kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Conine262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Koslofski250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rusty Meacham241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dennis Moeller240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hipolito Pichardo220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ed Pierce23–—
Harvey Pulliam241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rico Rossy281.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Sauveur28–—
Steve Shifflett26–—

Graphs

How each 1992 acquisition stacked onto Royals's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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