The Kansas City Royals lost to the Oakland Athletics, 8 to 4, on October 3, 1981.

1981 Kansas City Royals

Final

KCR

Royals

49-52

4

1

2

1

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

1

1

5

0

0

6

3

1

7

1

1

8

1

0

9

0

0

R

8

4

H

14

10

E

2

2

Top 1st

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Double by Tony Armas; Dwayne Murphy scored.

1

0

Athletics

Single by Mickey Klutts; Tony Armas scored.

2

0

Bottom 1st

OAK

KCR

Royals

George Brett ground ball; Error by Dave McKay; Willie Wilson scored.

2

1

Top 4th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Home run by Kelvin Moore.

3

1

Bottom 4th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Triple by Clint Hurdle; Amos Otis scored.

3

2

Top 6th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Home run by Tony Armas; Cliff Johnson scored.

5

2

Athletics

Single by Jeff Newman; Mickey Klutts scored.

6

2

Bottom 6th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Home run by George Brett.

6

3

Top 7th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Single by Tony Armas; Rickey Henderson scored.

7

3

Bottom 7th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

7

4

Top 8th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Dave McKay; Kelvin Moore scored.

8

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dwayne Murphy CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Cliff Johnson DH 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Tony Armas RF 5 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 7
Mickey Klutts 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
Kelvin Moore 1B 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 5
Jeff Newman C 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave McKay 2B 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 38 8 14 8 2 4 6 2 0 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Langford (W) 9.0 10 4 3 1 3 1
Totals 9.0 10 4 3 1 3 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Frank White 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
George Brett 3B 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
Willie Aikens 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Hal McRae DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
John Wathan C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4 1 1 3 0 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Jones (L) 5.0 8 5 5 0 5 2
Renie Martin 2.0 3 2 1 2 1 0
Ken Brett 2.0 3 1 1 2 0 0
Totals 9.0 14 8 7 4 6 2

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

5th

R

127

8th

SO

197

24th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 7 .720
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 2.0
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.5
Twins Twins
11 13 .458 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 22 .120 15.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
5/1
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
8-0
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM