Dan Quisenberry was sure fun to watch for the Kansas City Royals
Former closer Dan Quisenberry looked like someone who shouldn’t have been that effective. He threw pretty much underhanded and he only whiffed 321 batters in 920 1/3 innings which doesn’t scream classic closer to anyone. But, the “Quiz” led the American League in saves five times despite not having a fastball that could dent a couch. Quisenberry pitched 10 years for the Royals appearing in 573 games (0 starts) in which he was 51-44 with 238 saves, a 2.55 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. Quisenberry was especially awesome in 1983 for the Royals. That season he pitched in 69 games (0 starts) in which he was 5-3 with 45 saves, a 1.94 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP. He worked an amazing 139 innings in 1983 as he finished 2nd in the Cy Young voting in the A.L. Quisenberry is #2 all-time in Royals’ history in games pitched (573), games finished (503) and saves (238). Sadly, Quisenberry was diagnosed with brain cancer in December of 2007 and he passed away on September 30th, 1998. He is gone but not forgotten as he will always have a place in Royals’ history.
