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Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals were 50-53 in 1981. They finished 4th in the AL West. They lost in the 1981 ALDS against the Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Fri
10/9
@
OAK OAK
L
1-4
Wed
10/7
vs
OAK OAK
L
1-2
Tue
10/6
vs
OAK OAK
L
0-4
Mon
10/5
@
CLE CLE
W
9-0
Sun
10/4
vs
OAK OAK
L
3-4

Team Leaders

See roster

HITS

133

Wilson

Wilson

HR

17

Aikens

Aikens

K

107

Leonard

Leonard

1981 Division Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB
Athletics Athletics
64
45
.587
Rangers Rangers
57
48
.543
5.0
White Sox White Sox
54
52
.509
8.5
Royals Royals
50
53
.485
11.0
Angels Angels
51
59
.464
13.5
Mariners Mariners
44
65
.404
20.0
Twins Twins
41
68
.376
23.0

1981 Batting Stats

See stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG
Team
103
3,560
397
952
169
29
61
381
301
17
419
100
53
.267
.325
.383
Team Rank
19th
19th
9th
6th
7th
16th
19th
21st
11th
3rd
6th
24th
5th
12th
7th

1981 Pitching Stats

See stats
G W L ERA SO SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP
Team
103
50
53
3.56
404
4
24
922.1
909
365
405
75
273
20
Team Rank
18th
16th
12th
25th
12th
7th
26th
13th
8th
8th
19th
2nd
18th

Gallery

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Rockies

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

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.604
Blue Jays Blue Jays
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.500
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AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
33
17
.660
Twins Twins
27
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.551
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AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
28
20
.583
Astros Astros
25
24
.510
3.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
30
18
.625
Mets Mets
30
20
.600
1.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
30
20
.600
Cardinals Cardinals
27
23
.540
3.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
30
19
.612
Giants Giants
29
21
.580
1.5

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
5/5
SFG SFG
@
CHC CHC
14-5
Tue
5/6
CLE CLE
@
WSH WSH
8-6
Tue
5/6
HOU HOU
@
MIL MIL
9-1
Tue
5/6
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
0-5
Tue
5/6
SFG SFG
@
CHC CHC
3-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/22
TEX TEX
@
NYY NYY
12:35 PM
Thu
5/22
SDP SDP
@
TOR TOR
1:07 PM
Thu
5/22
PHI PHI
@
COL COL
3:10 PM
Thu
5/22
LAA LAA
@
ATH ATH
3:35 PM
Thu
5/22
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
6:40 PM