1989 Kansas City Royals Starters
(92-70) 
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Mark Gubicza Apr 3 @TOR 7.0 31 L 4 4 9 4 1 0 104 62 42 .60
Charlie Leibrandt Apr 5 @TOR 7.1 30 1 1 7 3 4 1 105 62 43 .59
Bret Saberhagen Apr 6 @TOR 6.0 26 2 2 8 5 1 0 109 66 43 .61
Floyd Bannister Apr 7 @BOS 6.2 29 3 4 7 6 1 1 92 60 32 .65
Mark Gubicza Apr 8 @BOS 7.0 30 1 1 6 2 4 0 120 65 55 .54
Charlie Leibrandt Apr 9 @BOS 6.1 28 4 5 8 1 2 0 95 61 34 .64
Bret Saberhagen Apr 10 @BAL 9.0 29 W 0 0 3 6 0 0 113 82 31 .73
Floyd Bannister Apr 11 @BAL 7.0 28 W 4 4 5 5 2 0 108 67 41 .62
Mark Gubicza Apr 12 @BAL 7.1 34 2 4 8 1 4 0 126 73 53 .58
Charlie Leibrandt Apr 14 TOR 7.0 28 L 2 2 9 1 1 0 110 71 39 .65
Bret Saberhagen Apr 15 TOR 0.2 8 5 5 5 1 1 0 32 20 12 .63
Floyd Bannister Apr 16 TOR 1.2 14 6 6 9 1 0 1 54 33 21 .61
Mark Gubicza Apr 18 BAL 8.1 35 3 4 9 8 0 0 128 84 44 .66
Charlie Leibrandt Apr 19 BAL 5.1 25 L 5 5 4 4 5 1 113 64 49 .57
Bret Saberhagen Apr 20 BAL 8.0 31 L 1 2 7 2 2 0 109 76 33 .70
Floyd Bannister Apr 21 BOS 5.0 20 W 2 2 6 0 3 0 73 40 33 .55
Mark Gubicza Apr 22 BOS 8.0 36 W 3 3 9 4 3 0 122 71 51 .58
Charlie Leibrandt Apr 23 BOS 9.0 31 W 0 0 5 4 0 0 100 70 30 .70
Bret Saberhagen Apr 25 @NYY 9.0 34 W 2 3 10 5 0 0 97 72 25 .74
Floyd Bannister Apr 26 @NYY 6.0 25 3 3 6 0 1 0 73 49 24 .67
Mark Gubicza Apr 27 @NYY 9.0 37 L 3 3 11 2 1 0 114 76 38 .67
Charlie Leibrandt Apr 28 @MIL 8.0 30 W 1 1 5 2 1 0 90 60 30 .67
Bret Saberhagen Apr 29 @MIL 8.0 33 3 3 8 3 1 0 120 84 36 .70
Floyd Bannister Apr 30 @MIL 8.1 31 W 0 0 3 1 3 0 101 68 33 .67
Mark Gubicza May 2 NYY 9.0 34 W 1 3 6 6 0 0 119 83 36 .70
Charlie Leibrandt May 3 CLE 4.0 24 L 4 6 8 2 2 1 86 56 30 .65
Bret Saberhagen May 4 CLE 8.0 31 L 3 3 5 3 2 1 110 70 40 .64
Floyd Bannister May 5 MIL 5.1 22 3 3 5 6 1 2 97 63 34 .65
Mark Gubicza May 6 MIL 9.0 33 0 0 6 7 2 0 109 65 44 .60
Charlie Leibrandt May 7 MIL 2.1 15 L 5 5 8 1 0 1 43 25 18 .58
Bret Saberhagen May 9 @CLE 9.0 33 W 1 1 5 7 2 0 105 76 29 .72
Floyd Bannister May 10 @CLE 6.0 29 2 2 10 4 1 1 91 66 25 .73
Mark Gubicza May 11 @TEX 5.1 25 L 6 6 7 3 2 0 95 59 36 .62
Charlie Leibrandt May 12 @TEX 7.0 32 W 2 2 10 2 1 0 113 75 38 .66
Luis Aquino May 13 @TEX 5.1 21 W 1 1 5 2 1 0 78 47 31 .60
Bret Saberhagen May 14 @TEX 7.0 27 1 1 5 6 2 0 109 74 35 .68
Floyd Bannister May 15 MIN 6.0 23 W 3 3 6 1 0 3 64 42 22 .66
Mark Gubicza May 16 MIN 8.0 29 W 1 1 5 3 1 0 76 51 25 .67
Charlie Leibrandt May 17 MIN 8.1 30 2 2 4 2 2 0 106 66 40 .62
Bret Saberhagen May 19 DET 8.2 30 L 2 2 4 8 1 1 125 87 38 .70
Floyd Bannister May 20 DET 5.1 21 1 1 5 1 1 0 79 47 32 .59
Mark Gubicza May 21 DET 8.0 31 L 4 4 6 3 3 0 107 60 47 .56
Charlie Leibrandt May 22 TEX 8.0 32 L 4 4 5 5 3 1 107 71 36 .66
Luis Aquino May 23 TEX 1.2 13 L 6 6 6 1 1 0 41 26 15 .63
Bret Saberhagen May 24 TEX 6.2 31 W 3 4 10 4 1 0 125 84 41 .67
Floyd Bannister May 26 @DET 3.0 18 3 3 9 1 1 0 66 38 28 .58
Mark Gubicza May 27 @DET 9.0 36 W 1 1 7 5 2 0 127 79 48 .62
Charlie Leibrandt May 28 @DET 5.0 24 3 4 8 0 3 0 94 57 37 .61
Bret Saberhagen May 29 @MIN 5.0 19 W 1 1 5 3 0 1 61 41 20 .67
Stan Clarke May 30 @MIN 1.0 10 L 7 7 6 0 2 0 31 20 11 .65
Floyd Bannister May 31 @MIN 5.0 22 L 5 5 6 2 2 0 72 47 25 .65
Mark Gubicza Jun 2 CAL 9.0 37 W 0 0 10 8 0 0 129 88 41 .68
Charlie Leibrandt Jun 3 CAL 7.0 33 L 4 4 11 4 2 1 127 77 50 .61
Kevin Appier Jun 4 CAL 5.1 27 L 4 4 8 3 4 1 98 58 40 .59
Floyd Bannister Jun 5 SEA 7.0 26 1 1 5 4 1 0 89 53 36 .60
Stan Clarke Jun 6 SEA 6.0 26 L 5 5 8 2 2 2 84 51 33 .61
Mark Gubicza Jun 7 SEA 8.0 36 W 4 6 12 5 2 1 118 76 42 .64
Charlie Leibrandt Jun 9 @CAL 9.0 32 W 1 1 6 3 0 0 112 70 42 .63
Bret Saberhagen Jun 10 @CAL 6.0 23 2 2 4 7 1 0 96 67 29 .70
Floyd Bannister Jun 11 @CAL 3.0 15 3 3 5 3 1 0 49 31 18 .63
Mark Gubicza Jun 12 @OAK 10.0 36 0 1 4 7 2 0 122 76 46 .62
Kevin Appier Jun 13 @OAK 5.0 22 W 2 2 7 2 2 0 76 46 30 .61
Charlie Leibrandt Jun 14 @OAK 8.2 36 L 2 2 7 1 4 0 128 78 50 .61
Bret Saberhagen Jun 15 CLE 7.0 32 W 3 4 7 4 4 0 123 80 43 .65
Luis Aquino Jun 16 CLE 6.0 24 0 0 5 4 1 0 73 46 27 .63
Mark Gubicza Jun 17 CLE 8.0 32 L 4 4 7 7 1 1 93 65 28 .70
Kevin Appier Jun 18 CLE 6.0 26 L 3 3 8 2 1 1 78 54 24 .69
Charlie Leibrandt Jun 20 MIL 7.0 25 1 1 4 6 2 0 92 57 35 .62
Bret Saberhagen Jun 21 MIL 9.0 31 W 0 0 3 5 0 0 117 82 35 .70
Luis Aquino Jun 22 MIL 7.0 25 0 0 4 6 1 0 93 60 33 .65
Mark Gubicza Jun 23 @NYY 9.0 35 W 0 0 8 5 2 0 120 72 48 .60
Kevin Appier Jun 24 @NYY 0.2 8 L 6 6 4 0 2 1 37 24 13 .65
Charlie Leibrandt Jun 25 @NYY 5.2 25 L 5 5 7 5 2 1 100 61 39 .61
Luis Aquino Jun 27 @SEA 4.2 24 L 7 7 8 0 2 2 69 43 26 .62
Mark Gubicza Jun 28 @SEA 6.0 29 W 5 5 10 4 2 1 103 66 37 .64
Bret Saberhagen Jun 29 CWS 5.0 20 2 3 5 6 0 1 93 63 30 .68
Charlie Leibrandt Jun 30 CWS 7.0 30 W 3 3 8 4 0 1 98 67 31 .68
Luis Aquino Jul 1 CWS 6.2 29 L 5 5 10 3 0 0 95 60 35 .63
Kevin Appier Jul 2 CWS 3.0 16 L 6 6 6 1 2 0 61 38 23 .62
Mark Gubicza Jul 3 OAK 8.0 30 L 0 1 6 9 1 0 113 74 39 .65
Bret Saberhagen Jul 4 OAK 7.0 26 W 0 1 5 11 1 0 114 79 35 .69
Charlie Leibrandt Jul 5 OAK 2.0 13 5 5 7 0 2 1 46 23 23 .50
Luis Aquino Jul 6 OAK 7.2 31 L 2 3 6 3 2 0 100 58 42 .58
Terry Leach Jul 7 @CWS 7.0 28 W 2 2 5 6 2 0 91 57 34 .63
Mark Gubicza Jul 8 @CWS 8.0 34 3 3 11 5 0 0 118 83 35 .70
Bret Saberhagen Jul 9 @CWS 6.1 28 3 3 7 12 3 0 124 78 46 .63
Mark Gubicza Jul 13 NYY 6.0 25 L 5 5 8 4 1 1 88 55 33 .63
Bret Saberhagen Jul 14 NYY 8.0 32 W 2 4 7 1 0 0 120 90 30 .75
Charlie Leibrandt Jul 14 (2) NYY 5.0 26 4 5 7 2 4 1 96 56 40 .58
Luis Aquino Jul 15 NYY 9.0 32 W 1 1 5 2 3 0 106 69 37 .65
Terry Leach Jul 16 NYY 3.0 20 L 4 5 8 3 2 0 67 49 18 .73
Tom Gordon Jul 17 @MIL 8.0 30 W 2 2 6 10 0 0 118 76 42 .64
Mark Gubicza Jul 18 @MIL 8.0 34 W 3 4 9 7 1 1 112 72 40 .64
Charlie Leibrandt Jul 19 @MIL 4.2 25 L 4 4 9 0 2 0 88 51 37 .58
Bret Saberhagen Jul 20 @CLE 8.0 32 L 4 4 9 4 0 0 110 79 31 .72
Luis Aquino Jul 21 @CLE 7.0 27 W 1 1 6 2 3 0 91 55 36 .60
Tom Gordon Jul 22 @CLE 8.2 35 L 1 1 7 4 2 0 119 78 41 .66
Mark Gubicza Jul 23 @CLE 4.2 24 L 6 8 6 2 3 1 81 48 33 .59
Charlie Leibrandt Jul 25 BOS 1.1 12 L 6 6 6 1 2 0 43 23 20 .53
Bret Saberhagen Jul 26 BOS 6.2 33 W 4 4 9 4 5 1 116 69 47 .59
Tom Gordon Jul 27 BOS 5.1 28 L 5 5 8 3 4 1 100 55 45 .55
Mark Gubicza Jul 28 @BAL 7.2 35 3 3 7 5 6 0 155 90 65 .58
Luis Aquino Jul 29 @BAL 9.0 30 W 0 0 3 2 1 0 107 68 39 .64
Charlie Leibrandt Jul 30 @BAL 2.1 14 4 4 7 1 1 1 62 33 29 .53
Bret Saberhagen Aug 1 TOR 9.0 32 W 1 1 3 6 1 1 117 83 34 .71
Mark Gubicza Aug 2 TOR 4.2 26 L 6 6 10 2 4 1 70 39 31 .56
Tom Gordon Aug 3 TOR 9.0 30 W 0 0 3 8 2 0 105 73 32 .70
Luis Aquino Aug 4 MIN 4.1 24 L 5 5 11 2 0 1 57 45 12 .79
Charlie Leibrandt Aug 5 MIN 5.2 26 3 3 7 4 3 1 91 51 40 .56
Bret Saberhagen Aug 6 MIN 7.0 29 W 2 2 9 3 1 0 138 86 52 .62
Mark Gubicza Aug 7 @BOS 8.0 36 W 3 4 11 4 2 0 123 71 52 .58
Tom Gordon Aug 8 @BOS 7.0 26 W 1 1 4 5 3 0 104 65 39 .63
Luis Aquino Aug 9 @BOS 5.2 27 L 4 4 10 3 0 1 98 61 37 .62
Bret Saberhagen Aug 11 @TOR 9.0 32 W 2 2 6 9 0 1 130 88 42 .68
Mark Gubicza Aug 12 @TOR 8.0 33 L 2 2 7 10 1 0 124 76 48 .61
Tom Gordon Aug 13 @TOR 7.0 29 W 3 3 7 5 2 0 117 68 49 .58
Luis Aquino Aug 14 CWS 5.0 24 L 3 4 8 3 2 1 83 50 33 .60
Charlie Leibrandt Aug 15 CWS 3.0 18 6 6 8 2 1 0 52 32 20 .62
Bret Saberhagen Aug 16 CWS 7.0 29 W 3 4 9 3 1 2 110 75 35 .68
Mark Gubicza Aug 17 SEA 8.0 32 W 0 0 3 6 4 0 None None None None
Tom Gordon Aug 18 SEA 8.0 31 W 1 1 2 10 5 1 118 73 45 .62
Luis Aquino Aug 19 SEA 3.0 18 4 4 7 1 2 1 53 30 23 .57
Charlie Leibrandt Aug 20 SEA 2.0 11 3 3 5 1 1 0 43 23 20 .53
Bret Saberhagen Aug 21 @CAL 8.0 31 W 2 2 6 5 1 1 105 69 36 .66
Mark Gubicza Aug 22 @CAL 2.0 8 0 0 1 4 1 0 34 20 14 .59
Tom Gordon Aug 23 @CAL 7.0 26 W 0 1 3 8 2 0 106 67 39 .63
Luis Aquino Aug 24 @CAL 8.0 34 L 0 4 7 5 4 0 125 77 48 .62
Mark Gubicza Aug 25 @OAK 7.0 27 W 0 0 4 5 1 0 106 71 35 .67
Bret Saberhagen Aug 26 @OAK 9.0 32 W 0 0 4 3 1 0 127 83 44 .65
Tom Gordon Aug 27 @OAK 7.0 29 L 6 6 6 5 3 1 111 66 45 .59
Luis Aquino Aug 29 @DET 5.0 25 6 6 8 3 0 0 76 45 31 .59
Mark Gubicza Aug 30 @DET 7.0 25 W 1 1 4 7 2 0 113 68 45 .60
Bret Saberhagen Aug 31 @DET 8.0 28 W 0 0 5 7 0 0 95 69 26 .73
Tom Gordon Sep 1 TEX 7.2 32 3 3 4 5 5 2 103 61 42 .59
Terry Leach Sep 2 TEX 4.0 22 L 6 6 10 1 1 1 73 49 24 .67
Mark Gubicza Sep 3 TEX 5.0 21 W 0 1 5 7 0 0 75 51 24 .68
Bret Saberhagen Sep 4 DET 7.0 33 L 3 4 9 5 2 2 124 77 47 .62
Tom Gordon Sep 5 DET 0.2 9 L 6 6 6 1 1 0 33 18 15 .55
Charlie Leibrandt Sep 6 DET 2.0 13 L 6 6 6 1 1 1 43 28 15 .65
Mark Gubicza Sep 8 @MIN 7.0 26 W 0 0 5 6 1 0 90 57 33 .63
Bret Saberhagen Sep 9 @MIN 8.0 28 W 1 1 3 6 1 0 95 70 25 .74
Tom Gordon Sep 10 @MIN 6.1 29 L 5 5 9 4 2 1 97 64 33 .66
Larry McWilliams Sep 11 @MIN 6.0 20 W 1 1 3 4 0 1 67 45 22 .67
Mark Gubicza Sep 12 @TEX 4.0 15 3 3 4 1 0 0 51 35 16 .69
Bret Saberhagen Sep 13 @TEX 9.0 34 W 1 2 7 7 1 0 120 82 38 .68
Tom Gordon Sep 14 @TEX 2.0 14 L 5 5 7 2 2 0 54 29 25 .54
Larry McWilliams Sep 15 BAL 5.0 20 2 2 4 4 2 0 95 61 34 .64
Mark Gubicza Sep 16 BAL 6.0 25 5 5 9 4 0 3 90 57 33 .63
Bret Saberhagen Sep 17 BAL 7.0 22 W 0 0 1 6 0 0 90 59 31 .66
Tom Gordon Sep 18 @CWS 6.0 23 1 1 3 2 3 0 72 45 27 .63
Larry McWilliams Sep 19 @CWS 7.0 26 W 3 3 6 4 0 0 75 51 24 .68
Mark Gubicza Sep 20 @CWS 1.0 8 L 4 4 2 1 3 0 31 14 17 .45
Bret Saberhagen Sep 22 @SEA 7.0 26 W 0 0 3 7 1 0 95 66 29 .69
Tom Gordon Sep 22 (2) @SEA 1.1 10 L 2 2 2 0 4 0 42 19 23 .45
Larry McWilliams Sep 23 @SEA 4.1 22 L 5 5 7 4 1 0 69 46 23 .67
Steve Farr Sep 24 @SEA 6.0 23 W 1 1 5 5 0 0 86 62 24 .72
Bret Saberhagen Sep 26 CAL 9.0 34 W 0 0 6 4 2 0 135 91 44 .67
Tom Gordon Sep 27 CAL 6.0 27 W 2 2 6 3 5 0 99 61 38 .62
Larry McWilliams Sep 28 CAL 8.0 34 L 2 2 7 6 4 1 110 73 37 .66
Steve Farr Sep 29 OAK 6.0 25 1 2 7 5 1 1 92 53 39 .58
Bret Saberhagen Sep 30 OAK 8.0 30 W 1 1 4 13 2 0 116 74 42 .64
Jose de Jesus Oct 1 OAK 4.0 19 2 2 3 0 5 1 72 32 40 .44