The Kansas City Royals decisively defeated the California Angels, 7 to 3, on September 9, 1981.

1981 Kansas City Royals

Final

CAL

Angels

42-46

3

KCR

Royals

36-44

7

CAL

KCR

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

1

0

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

1

7

1

1

8

0

2

9

1

R

3

7

H

7

12

E

3

1

Bottom 1st

CAL

KCR

Royals

Triple by George Brett; Willie Wilson and Frank White scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

CAL

KCR

Angels

Home run by Rick Burleson.

1

2

Bottom 5th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Single by Willie Aikens; George Brett scored.

1

3

Bottom 6th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; John Wathan scored.

1

4

Top 7th

CAL

KCR

Angels

Ed Ott grounded out; Butch Hobson scored.

2

4

Bottom 7th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Hal McRae ground ball; Error by Bobby Grich; Amos Otis scored.

2

5

Bottom 8th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Triple by Willie Wilson; Darryl Motley scored.

2

6

Royals

Single by Frank White; Willie Wilson scored.

2

7

Top 9th

CAL

KCR

Angels

Sacrifice fly by Fred Lynn; Don Baylor scored.

3

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Burleson SS 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
Rod Carew 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Grich 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Baylor DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Brian Downing LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butch Hobson 3B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Harris PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bert Campaneris PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Beniquez CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fred Lynn PH,CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ferguson RF 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Ed Ott PH,C 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Davis C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Harlow PH,RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3 1 1 4 0 1 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Frost (L) 5.1 9 4 4 2 1 0
Andy Hassler 2.2 3 3 2 2 4 0
Totals 8.0 12 7 6 4 5 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 5
Frank White 2B 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
George Brett 3B 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 6
Willie Aikens 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Amos Otis CF 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Hal McRae DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
John Wathan C 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Darryl Motley RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
U L Washington SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 6 0 4 5 3 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura 4.2 4 1 1 1 2 1
Renie Martin (W) 3.2 3 2 1 0 2 0
Dan Quisenberry 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 3 2 1 4 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

22

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.337

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Marsh

Alec Marsh

K

33

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

28

5th

R

114

10th

SO

175

29th

ERA

3.21

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 6 .739
Tigers Tigers
14 10 .583 3.5
Royals Royals
14 10 .583 3.5
Twins Twins
9 13 .409 7.5
White Sox White Sox
3 20 .130 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

14-10

3

Final

2

TOR Blue Jays

13-11

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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9

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

7

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

RBI Leaders

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27

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

22

García

Adolis García

22

Jr.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

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.364

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.357

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.351

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Hit Leaders

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36

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

35

Altuve

Jose Altuve

34

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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24

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Marte

Ketel Marte

22

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

OBP Leaders

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.458

Betts

Mookie Betts

.432

Soto

Juan Soto

.430

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.677

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.671

Abrams

CJ Abrams

SB Leaders

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12

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Thomas

Lane Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

4

Berríos

José Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

39

Jones

Jared Jones

38

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

1.33

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

11.92

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.00

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

3

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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413.3

Betts

Mookie Betts

393.9

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

383

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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312

Betts

Mookie Betts

297

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

296

Ohtani

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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
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-4
Mon
4/22
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
1-2
Mon
4/22
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
5-6
Mon
4/22
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4-7

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
1:15 PM
Wed
4/24
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
3:45 PM
Wed
4/24
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Wed
4/24
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM