Kansas City Royals Managers (1969 - 2008) by Baseball Almanac

Kansas City Royals Managers

This is a comprehensive analysis of managers for the Kansas City Royals organization. Win / loss statistics, winning percentage, position in division, and games behind the leader are also shown for each manager. Links include a year; which leads to the American League season in review; the manager(s) name, which leads to his career statistics; and a roster, which leads to a list of every player on the team during the year.

"I'm not buddy buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog." - Kansas City Royals Manager (1975-1979) Whitey Herzog

Kansas City Royals Managers 1969 - 2008 Kansas City Royals Managers & Finishes in Chronological Order
Year	Uniform #	Manager	Wins	Losses	WP	Finish	GB	Roster
1969	6	Joe Gordon	69	93	.429	4^th	28	1969
1970	36	Charlie Metro	19	33	.365	4^th	33	1970
1970	2	Bob Lemon	46	64	.418	4^th	33	1970
1971	21	Bob Lemon	85	76	.528	2^nd	16	1971
1972	21	Bob Lemon	76	78	.494	4^th	16½	1972
1973	31	Jack McKeon	88	74	.543	2^nd	6	1973
1974	31	Jack McKeon	77	85	.475	5^th	13	1974
1975	31	Jack McKeon	50	46	.521	2^nd	7	1975
1975	24	Whitey Herzog	41	25	.621	2^nd	7	1975
1976	24	Whitey Herzog	90	72	.556	1^st	+2½	1976
1977	24	Whitey Herzog	102	60	.630	1^st	+8	1977
1978	24	Whitey Herzog	92	70	.568	1^st	+5	1978
1979	24	Whitey Herzog	85	77	.525	2^nd	3	1979
1980	41	Jim Frey	97	65	.599	1^st	+14	1980
1981	41	Jim Frey	30	30	.500	5^th / 1^st	11	1981
1981	21	Dick Howser	20	13	.606	5^th / 1^st	11	1981
1982	10	Dick Howser	90	72	.556	2^nd	3	1982
1983	10	Dick Howser	79	83	.488	2^nd	20	1983
1984	10	Dick Howser	84	78	.519	1^st	+3	1984
1985	10	Dick Howser	91	71	.562	1^st	+1	1985
1986	10	Dick Howser	40	48	.455	3^rd	16	1986
1986	41	Mike Ferraro	36	38	.486	3^rd	16	1986
1987	14	Billy Gardner	62	64	.492	2^nd	2	1987
1987	12	John Wathan	21	15	.583	2^nd	2	1987
1988	12	John Wathan	84	77	.522	3^rd	19½	1988
1989	12	John Wathan	92	70	.568	2^nd	7	1989
1990	12	John Wathan	75	86	.466	6^th	27½	1990
1991	12	John Wathan	15	22	.405	6^th	13	1991
	uk	Bob Schaefer⁽¹⁾	1	0	1.000
	11	Hal McRae	66	58	.532
1992	11	Hal McRae	72	90	.444	5^th	24	1992
1993	11	Hal McRae	84	78	.519	3^rd	10	1993
1994	11	Hal McRae	64	51	.557	3^rd	4	1994
1995	8	Bob Boone	70	74	.486	2^nd	30	1995
1996	8	Bob Boone	75	86	.466	5^th	24	1996
1997	8	Bob Boone	36	46	.439	5^th	19	1997
1997	40	Tony Muser	31	48	.392	5^th	19	1997
1998	40	Tony Muser	72	89	.447	3^rd	16½	1998
1999	40	Tony Muser	64	97	.398	4^th	32½	1999
2000	40	Tony Muser	77	85	.475	4^th	18	2000
2001	40	Tony Muser	65	97	.401	5^th	26	2001
2002	40	Tony Muser	8	15	.348	4^th	32½	2002
	13	John Mizerock	5	8	.385
	6	Tony Pena	49	77	.389
2003	6	Tony Pena	83	79	.512	3^rd	7	2003
2004	6	Tony Pena	58	104	.358	5^th	34	2004
2005	6	Tony Pena	8	25	.242	5^th	43	2005
	44	Bob Schaefer⁽¹⁾	5	12	.294
	25	Buddy Bell	43	69	.384
2006	25	Buddy Bell	62	100	.383	5^th	34	2006
2007	25	Buddy Bell	69	93	.426	5^th	27	2007
2008	--	Trey Hillman	--	--	--	--	--	2008
Year	Uniform #	Manager	Wins	Losses	WP	Finish	GB	Roster
Kansas City Royals Managers & Finishes \| (1) = Interim Manager

The Kansas City Royals had a hall of fame player manage their franchise on one occasion. Do you know which manager that was (click the link to find the answer)?

During the 1989 season the Kansas City Royals, who had an eighty-four & seventy-seven record, had their largest attendance when 2,477,700 fans attended home games.

On April 8, 1985, the Kansas City Royals (vs the Toronto Blue Jays) had an Opening Day team record 41,086 fans attend the home opener.

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