1985 World Series - Kansas City Royals over St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)

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1985 World Series (4-3): Kansas City Royals (91-71) over St. Louis Cardinals (101-61)

WS: KCR-STL / ALCS: KCR-TOR / NLCS: STL-LAD
1984 WS / 1986 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 19, 1985 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  1     3  7  1
    Kansas City Royals           0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  8  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Tudor, Worrell (7)
              KCR - Jackson, Quisenberry (8), Black (9)

               WP - John Tudor
	       LP - Danny Jackson
             SAVE - Todd Worrell

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,650

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 20, 1985 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  4     4  6  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     2  9  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Cox, Dayley (8), Lahti (9)
              KCR - Leibrandt, Quisenberry (9)

               WP - Ken Dayley
	       LP - Charlie Leibrandt
             SAVE - Jeff Lahti

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,656

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 22, 1985 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    2  2  0    2  0  0     6 11  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  6  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Saberhagen
              STL - Andujar, Campbell (5), Horton (6), Dayley (8)

               WP - Bret Saberhagen
	       LP - Joaquin Andujar
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - White
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 23, 1985 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  1    0  1  0    0  0  x     3  6  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Black, Beckwith (6), Quisenberry (8)
              STL - Tudor

               WP - John Tudor
	       LP - Bud Black
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              STL - Landrum, McGee

  ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 24, 1985 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           1  3  0    0  0  0    0  1  1     6 11  2
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  1

    PITCHERS: KCR - Jackson
              STL - Forsch, Horton (2), Campbell (4), Worrell (6), Lahti (8)

               WP - Danny Jackson
	       LP - Bob Forsch
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 26, 1985 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  5  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     2 10  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Cox, Dayley (8), Worrell (9)
              KCR - Leibrandt, Quisenberry (8)

               WP - Dan Quisenberry
	       LP - Todd Worrell
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,628

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 27, 1985 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  2  3    0  6  0    0  0  x    11 14  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Tudor, Campbell (3), Lahti (5), Horton (5), Andujar (5), Forsch (5), Dayley (7)
              KCR - Saberhagen

               WP - Bret Saberhagen
	       LP - John Tudor
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              KCR - Motley

  ATTENDANCE: 41,658

Series MVP - Bret Saberhagen

Series Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																	Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Steve Balboni	7	25	2	8	0	0	0	3	5	4	.320	.433	.320	.753	0	0	0	160	600	74	146	36	88	1	.243	.783
Joe Beckwith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Biancalana	7	18	2	5	0	0	0	2	5	4	.278	.435	.278	.713	0	0	0	81	138	21	26	1	6	1	.188	.538
Bud Black	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Brett	7	27	5	10	1	0	0	1	4	7	.370	.452	.407	.859	1	0	1	155	550	108	184	30	112	9	.335	1.022
Onix Concepcion	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	131	314	32	64	2	20	4	.204	.500
Dane Iorg	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0		64	130	7	29	1	21	0	.223	.599
Danny Jackson	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Jones	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	0	0	0	110	152	12	32	0	9	0	.211	.517
Charlie Leibrandt	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0		112	320	41	83	14	70	0	.259	.799
Darryl Motley	5	11	1	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	.364	.364	.636	1.000	0	1	0	123	383	45	85	17	49	6	.222	.670
Jorge Orta	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0		110	300	32	80	4	45	2	.267	.700
Greg Pryor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	63	114	8	25	1	3	0	.219	.542
Dan Quisenberry	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bret Saberhagen	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Sheridan	5	18	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	7	.222	.222	.333	.556	0	0	0	78	206	18	47	3	17	11	.228	.642
Lonnie Smith	7	27	4	9	3	0	0	4	3	8	.333	.400	.444	.844	2	2	0	*148	544	92	140	6	48	52	.257	.690
Jim Sundberg	7	24	6	6	2	0	0	1	6	4	.250	.400	.333	.733	0	0	0	115	367	38	90	10	35	0	.245	.689
John Wathan	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		60	145	11	34	1	9	1	.234	.643
Frank White	7	28	4	7	3	0	1	6	3	4	.250	.323	.464	.787	1	1	0	149	563	62	140	22	69	10	.249	.698
Willie Wilson	7	30	2	11	0	1	0	3	1	4	.367	.387	.433	.820	3	0	0	141	605	87	168	4	43	43	.278	.724
Totals	92	236	28	68	12	2	2	26	28	56	.288	.366	.381	.747	7	4		162	5500	687	1384	154		128	.252	.714

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																	Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Joaquin Andujar	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	38	94	2	10	0	8	3	.106	.279
Steve Braun	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		64	67	7	16	1	6	0	.239	.685
Bill Campbell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	50	6	2	2	0	1	0	.333	.889
Cesar Cedeno	5	15	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	.133	.235	.200	.435	0	0	0	*111	296	38	86	9	49	14	.291	.789
Jack Clark	7	25	1	6	2	0	0	4	3	9	.240	.321	.320	.641	0	0	0	126	442	71	124	22	87	1	.281	.895
Danny Cox	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	35	79	3	12	0	6	0	.152	.365
Ken Dayley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	57	5	0	2	0	0	0	.400	.800
Ivan de Jesus	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		59	72	11	16	0	7	2	.222	.551
Bob Forsch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	34	45	3	11	1	4	0	.244	.644
Brian Harper	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0		43	52	5	13	0	8	0	.250	.600
Tom Herr	7	26	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	.154	.214	.231	.445	0	0	0	159	596	97	180	8	110	31	.302	.795
Ricky Horton	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	49	16	1	1	0	0	0	.063	.273
Mike Jorgensen	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	72	112	14	22	0	11	2	.196	.625
Jeff Lahti	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	52	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tito Landrum	7	25	3	9	2	0	1	1	0	2	.360	.360	.560	.920	0	0	0	85	161	21	45	4	21	1	.280	.784
Tom Lawless	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0		47	58	8	12	0	8	2	.207	.563
Willie McGee	7	27	2	7	2	0	1	2	1	3	.259	.286	.444	.730	1	2	0	152	612	114	216	10	82	56	.353	.887
Tom Nieto	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	95	253	15	57	0	34	0	.225	.586
Terry Pendleton	7	23	3	6	1	1	0	3	3	2	.261	.346	.391	.737	0	0	1	149	559	56	134	5	69	17	.240	.591
Darrell Porter	5	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	.133	.235	.133	.369	0	0	0	84	240	30	53	10	36	6	.221	.747
Ozzie Smith	7	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	.087	.222	.087	.309	1	1	1	158	537	70	148	6	54	31	.276	.716
John Tudor	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	37	94	9	13	0	2	0	.138	.395
Andy Van Slyke	6	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	0	146	424	61	110	13	55	34	.259	.774
Todd Worrell	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	94	216	13	40	10	1	2	13	18	42	.185	.248	.269	.516	2	3		162	5467	747	1446	87		314	.264	.714

Kansas City Royals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats												Regular Season Stats
Name	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Joe Beckwith	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0.500	49	0	4.07	1	5	1	95.0	99	32	80	1.379
Bud Black	2	1	5.06	0	1	0	0	5.1	4	3	3	5	4	1.688	33	33	4.33	10	15	0	205.2	216	59	122	1.337
Danny Jackson	2	2	1.69	1	1	0	1	16.0	9	3	3	5	12	0.875	32	32	3.42	14	12	0	208.0	209	76	114	1.370
Charlie Leibrandt	2	2	2.76	0	1	0	0	16.1	10	5	5	4	10	0.857	33	33	2.69	17	9	0	237.2	223	68	108	1.224
Dan Quisenberry	4	0	2.08	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	1	1	3	3	1.846	84	0	2.37	8	9	37	129.0	142	16	54	1.225
Bret Saberhagen	2	2	0.50	2	0	0	2	18.0	11	1	1	1	10	0.667	32	32	2.87	20	6	0	235.1	211	38	158	1.058
Totals	13	7	1.89	4	3	0	3	62.0	40	13	13	18	42	0.935	162	162	3.487	91	71		1461.0	1433	463	846	1.298

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats												Regular Season Stats
Name	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Joaquin Andujar	2	1	9.00	0	1	0	0	4.0	10	4	4	4	3	3.500	38	38	3.40	21	12	0	269.2	265	82	112	1.287
Bill Campbell	3	0	2.25	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	2	5	1.500	50	0	3.50	5	3	4	64.1	55	21	41	1.181
Danny Cox	2	2	1.29	0	0	0	0	14.0	14	2	2	4	13	1.286	35	35	2.88	18	9	0	241.0	226	64	131	1.203
Ken Dayley	4	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	6.0	1	0	0	3	5	0.667	57	0	2.76	4	4	11	65.1	65	18	62	1.270
Bob Forsch	2	1	12.00	0	1	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	1	3	2.333	34	19	3.90	9	6	2	136.0	132	47	48	1.316
Ricky Horton	3	0	6.75	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	5	5	2.250	49	3	2.91	3	2	1	89.2	84	34	59	1.316
Jeff Lahti	3	0	12.27	0	0	1	0	3.2	10	6	5	0	2	2.727	52	0	1.84	5	2	19	68.1	63	26	41	1.302
John Tudor	3	3	3.00	2	1	0	1	18.0	15	6	6	7	14	1.222	36	36	1.93	21	8	0	275.0	209	49	169	0.938
Todd Worrell	3	0	3.86	0	1	1	0	4.2	4	2	2	2	6	1.286	17	0	2.91	3	0	5	21.2	17	7	17	1.108
Totals	25	7	3.96	3	4	2	1	61.1	68	28	27	28	56	1.565	162	162	3.105	101	61		1464.0	1343	453	798	1.227

WS: KCR-STL / ALCS: KCR-TOR / NLCS: STL-LAD
1984 WS / 1986 WS

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