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1997 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Index: 1996/1998) 67-94, Finished 5th in AL Central Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 747 runs, Allowed 820 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-87 Managed by Bob Boone and Tony Muser Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,517,638 (10th out of 14) Park Factor: Batting - 102/Pitching - 103 (over 100 favors batters) BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Mike Macfarlane     33   82  257   34   61  14  2   8   35  24   47  .237  .316  .401   0   2   4   6   3   1   3   85
1B  Jeff King           32  155  543   84  129  30  1  28  112  89   96  .238  .341  .451  16   5   9   2   1  12   4  103
2B #Jose Offerman       28  106  424   59  126  23  6   2   39  41   64  .297  .359  .394   9  10   5   0   6   0   3   96
3B  Craig Paquette      28   77  252   26   58  15  1   8   33  10   57  .230  .263  .393   2   2  13   2   1   2   0   67
SS  Jay Bell            31  153  573   89  167  28  3  21   92  71  101  .291  .368  .461  10   6  13   4   3   9   2  114
LF #Bip Roberts         33   97  346   44  107  17  2   1   36  21   53  .309  .348  .379  15   3   6   1   1   3   2   89
CF *Tom Goodwin         28   97  367   51  100  13  4   2   22  19   51  .272  .311  .346  34  10   5   2  11   1   0   71
RF  Jermaine Dye        23   75  263   26   62  14  0   7   22  17   51  .236  .284  .369   2   1   6   1   1   1   0   68
DH #Chili Davis         37  140  477   71  133  20  0  30   90  85   96  .279  .386  .509   6   3  15   1   0   4  16  130
   *Johnny Damon        23  146  472   70  130  12  8   8   48  42   70  .275  .338  .386  16  10   3   3   6   1   2   88
    Mike Sweeney        23   84  240   30   58   8  0   7   31  17   33  .242  .306  .362   3   2   8   6   1   2   0   73
    Yamil Benitez       24   53  191   22   51   7  1   8   21  10   49  .267  .307  .440   2   2   2   1   2   0   0   91
    Dean Palmer         28   49  187   23   52  10  1   9   31  15   50  .278  .335  .487   1   2   3   2   0   2   0  110
   #David Howard        30   80  162   24   39   8  1   1   13  10   31  .241  .287  .321   2   2   1   1   3   1   1   58
   *Scott Cooper        29   75  159   12   32   6  1   3   15  17   32  .201  .283  .308   1   1   4   2   2   2   0   54
    Joe Vitiello        27   51  130   11   31   6  0   5   18  14   37  .238  .322  .400   0   0   2   2   0   0   1   86
    Shane Halter        27   74  123   16   34   5  1   2   10  10   28  .276  .341  .382   4   3   1   2   4   0   0   88
   *Rod Myers           24   31  101   14   26   7  0   2    9  17   22  .257  .370  .386   4   0   2   1   2   0   0   97
    Jed Hansen          24   34   94   11   29   6  1   1   14  13   29  .309  .394  .426   3   2   2   1   2   1   0  113
   *Larry Sutton        27   27   69    9   20   2  0   2    8   5   12  .290  .338  .406   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   92
    Sal Fasano          25   13   38    4    8   2  0   1    1   1   12  .211  .231  .342   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   46
    Tim Spehr           30   17   35    3    6   0  0   1    2   2   12  .171  .237  .257   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   28
   #Felix Martinez      23   16   31    3    7   1  1   0    3   6    8  .226  .351  .323   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   77
   *Jon Nunnally        25   13   29    8    7   0  1   1    4   5    7  .241  .353  .414   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   98
    Ryan Long           24    6    9    2    2   0  0   0    2   0    3  .222  .300  .222   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   39
    Andy Stewart        26    5    8    1    2   1  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .375   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   59

    Kevin Appier        29    3    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tim Belcher         35    2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Glendon Rusch       22    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Pittsley        23    1    2    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  277
   *Jose Rosado         22    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8  161 5599  747 1478 256 35 158  711 561 1061  .264  .331  .407 130  66 108  42  51  42  34   92
    Rank among 14 AL teams         7   12   10  14  3  10        9    7    10    10    12   4   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Kevin Appier        29  34   3.40   9  13  0  34   0   4   1  235.7  215   96   89  24   74  196  972  14   4  1   2 139
SP *Jose Rosado         22  33   4.69   9  12  0  33   0   2   0  203.3  208  117  106  26   73  129  881   4   4  2   3 100
SP  Tim Belcher         35  32   5.02  13  12  0  32   0   3   1  213.3  242  128  119  31   70  113  927   7   5  1   2  94
SP *Glendon Rusch       22  30   5.50   6   9  0  27   0   1   0  170.3  206  111  104  28   52  116  758   0   7  1   0  86
SP  Jim Pittsley        23  21   5.46   5   8  0  21   0   0   0  112.0  120   72   68  15   54   52  501   3   6  0   1  86
SP  Ricky Bones         28  21   5.97   4   7  0  11   2   1   0   78.3  102   59   52  10   25   36  352   1   5  0   2  79

CL  Jeff Montgomery     35  55   3.49   1   4 14   0  37   0   0   59.3   53   24   23   9   18   48  245   5   0  0   5 135
RP *Jamie Walker        25  50   5.44   3   3  0   0  15   0   0   43.0   46   28   26   6   20   24  197   2   3  0   3  87
RP  Hipolito Pichardo   27  47   4.22   3   5 11   0  26   0   0   49.0   51   24   23   7   24   34  215   2   1  1   8 111
RP  Gregg Olson         30  34   3.02   4   3  1   0  13   0   0   41.7   39   18   14   3   17   28  171   1   1  0   3 156
RP *Larry Casian        31  32   5.06   0   2  0   0   6   0   0   26.7   32   15   15   5    6   16  115   1   0  0   1  93

    Randy Veres         31  24   3.31   4   0  1   0   7   0   0   35.3   36   17   13   4    7   28  152   4   3  0   1 142
    Hector Carrasco     27  28   5.45   1   6  0   0  11   0   0   34.7   29   21   21   4   16   30  151   8   4  0   3  86
   *Chris Haney         28   8   4.38   1   2  0   3   1   0   0   24.7   29   16   12   1    5   16  110   1   2  0   2 108
    Mike Perez          32  16   3.54   2   0  0   0   4   0   0   20.3   15    8    8   2    8   17   80   1   1  0   0 133
   *Matt Whisenant      26  24   2.84   1   0  0   0   3   0   0   19.0   15    7    6   0   12   16   86   3   3  0   0 166
    Scott Service       30  12   4.76   0   3  0   0   1   0   0   17.0   17    9    9   1    5   19   69   0   0  0   0  99
    Brian Bevil         25  18   6.61   1   2  1   0  11   0   0   16.3   16   13   12   1    9   13   72   2   1  0   2  71
    Mike Williams       27  10   6.43   0   2  1   0   4   0   0   14.0   20   11   10   1    8   10   70   0   1  0   1  73
   *Jason Jacome        26   7   9.45   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    6.7   13    7    7   2    5    3   35   0   1  0   1  50
   *Mitch Williams      32   7  10.80   0   1  0   0   4   0   0    6.7   11    8    8   2    7   10   38   2   0  0   1  44
    Jim Converse        25   3   3.60   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    4    2    2   2    5    3   23   0   0  0   0 131
    Jose Santiago       22   4   1.93   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    4.7    7    2    1   0    2    1   24   0   1  0   1 244
   *Allen McDill        25   3  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    3    6    6   1    8    2   24   0   1  0   0  35
    Roland de la Maza   25   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    1    1   1    1    1    9   1   0  0   0 105
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6 161   4.71  67  94 29 161 150  11   5 1443.0 1530  820  755 186  531  961 6277  62  54  6  42 100
    Rank among 14 AL teams          8  13   2 14           3   9      8   10    8       10    3   10
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- MMacfarlane 81 439 20 4 3 .991 9 MSweeney 76 425 31 3 13 .993 3 TSpehr 17 78 7 0 1 1.000 0 SFasano 12 53 3 1 2 .982 2 AStewart 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 161 1005 62 8 19 .993 14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 8.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKing 150 1217 147 5 135 .996 9.09 LSutton 12 92 8 0 11 1.000 8.33 SCooper 8 27 1 0 4 1.000 3.50 JVitiello 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 1344 156 5 151 .997 9.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .980 4.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JOfferman 101 201 254 9 64 .981 4.50 DHoward 34 65 81 4 25 .973 4.29 JHansen 31 56 77 1 16 .993 4.29 SHalter 18 16 22 0 5 1.000 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 338 434 14 110 .982 4.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CPaquette 72 45 129 12 15 .935 2.42 DPalmer 48 27 82 9 8 .924 2.27 SCooper 39 21 54 0 4 1.000 1.92 SHalter 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.42 BRoberts 10 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.50 DHoward 7 3 10 2 1 .867 1.86 JBell 4 2 7 0 3 1.000 2.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 102 298 23 32 .946 2.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .974 4.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBell 149 227 443 10 102 .985 4.50 FMartinez 12 17 22 1 7 .975 3.25 DHoward 9 6 15 1 5 .955 2.33 SHalter 5 9 13 1 3 .957 4.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 259 493 13 117 .983 4.69 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .979 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRoberts 82 142 3 3 0 .980 1.77 JDamon 48 69 0 1 0 .986 1.44 YBenitez 31 59 0 3 0 .952 1.90 RMyers 12 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 JVitiello 12 17 0 1 0 .944 1.42 SHalter 10 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 DHoward 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 CPaquette 4 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.75 JDye 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RLong 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 JNunnally 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 LSutton 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 324 5 8 1 .976 2.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField G PO A E DP .988 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TGoodwin 96 232 3 1 0 .996 2.45 JDamon 65 155 1 2 0 .987 2.40 SHalter 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 RMyers 9 19 0 1 0 .950 2.11 DHoward 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 BRoberts 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 431 6 4 0 .991 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field G PO A E DP .978 1.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDye 75 164 7 6 3 .966 2.28 JDamon 47 99 4 1 3 .990 2.19 YBenitez 22 52 0 1 0 .981 2.36 SHalter 17 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 DHoward 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 JVitiello 16 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 RMyers 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.60 JNunnally 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 RLong 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 407 15 8 6 .981 2.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KAppier 34 24 17 1 3 .976 1.57 TBelcher 32 23 22 0 1 1.000 1.90 JRosado 33 11 24 1 2 .972 1.55 GRusch 30 8 13 0 1 1.000 1.11 JPittsley 21 6 10 1 0 .941 1.29 RBones 21 8 11 1 1 .950 2.18 JMontgomery 55 10 5 0 0 1.000 2.28 HPichardo 47 8 12 0 2 1.000 3.67 JWalker 50 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.30 GOlson 34 4 4 1 0 .889 1.73 RVeres 24 0 6 1 0 .857 1.53 HCarrasco 28 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.07 LCasian 32 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.02 CHaney 8 1 6 1 0 .875 2.55 MPerez 16 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.66 MWhisenant 24 0 3 1 1 .750 1.42 SService 12 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.53 BBevil 18 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.55 MWilliams 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 JJacome 7 1 5 0 1 1.000 8.06 MWilliams 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JConverse 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 JSantiago 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AMcDill 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Rde la Maza 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 118 161 8 13 .972 1.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- CDavis 133 JVitiello 12 SCooper 5 JDamon 5 DHoward 5 SHalter 4 LSutton 3 MSweeney 3 JKing 2 FMartinez 2 SFasano 1 RLong 1 JOfferman 1 DPalmer 1 AStewart 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Bell .291 On-base % Davis .386 Slugging % Davis .509 OPS Davis .895 Games King 155 At Bats Bell 573 Runs Bell 89 Hits Bell 167 Total Bases Bell 264 Doubles King 30 Triples Damon 8 Home Runs Davis 30 RBI King 112 Bases on Balls King 89 Strikeouts Bell 101 Stolen Bases Goodwin 34 Singles Bell 115 Adjusted OPS+ Davis 130 Runs Created Bell 98 Extra-Base Hits King 59 Times on Base Bell 242 Hit By Pitch Macfarlane and Sweeney 6 Sac. Hits Goodwin 11 Sac. Flies King 12 Intentional Walks Davis 16 Grounded into Double Plays Davis 15 Power/Speed Number King 20.4 At Bats per Strikeout Damon 6.7 At Bats per Home Run Davis 15.9 Outs King 441

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Appier 3.40 Wins Belcher 13 Won-Loss % Belcher .520 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Appier 1.226 Hits Allowed/9IP Appier 8.21 Bases on Balls/9IP Rusch 2.75 Strikeouts/9IP Appier 7.49 Games Montgomery 55 Saves Montgomery 14 Innings Appier 235.7 Strikeouts Appier 196 Games Started Appier 34 Comp. Games Appier 4 Shutouts Appier and Belcher 1 Home Runs Allow. Belcher 31 Bases On Balls Allow. Appier 74 Hits Allowed Belcher 242 SO to Walk Appier 2.65 Losses Appier 13 Earned Runs Allow. Belcher 119 Wild Pitches Appier 14 Hit Batsmen Rusch 7 Batters Faced Appier 972 Games Finished Montgomery 37 Adjusted ERA+ Appier 139

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries Jay Bell $ 5,000,000 Kevin Appier $ 4,800,000 Dean Palmer $ 4,800,000 Chili Davis $ 3,800,000 Jeff King $ 2,500,000 Tim Belcher $ 2,300,000 Jeff Montgomery $ 2,300,000 Bip Roberts $ 1,950,000 Chris Haney $ 1,700,000 Jose Offerman $ 1,600,000 Tom Goodwin $ 1,050,000 Mike Macfarlane $ 887,500 Hipolito Pichardo $ 780,000 David Howard $ 762,500 Hector Carrasco $ 560,000 Ricky Bones $ 390,000 Scott Cooper $ 375,000 Craig Paquette $ 340,000 Tim Spehr $ 260,000 Johnny Damon $ 240,000 Scott Service $ 225,000 Jason Jacome $ 220,000 Gregg Olson $ 210,000 Joe Vitiello $ 210,000 Jose Rosado $ 200,000 Randy Veres $ 185,000 Jermaine Dye $ 175,000 Mike Sweeney $ 175,000 Rod Myers $ 155,000 Yamil Benitez $ 150,000 Brian Bevil $ 150,000 Shane Halter $ 150,000 Jed Hansen $ 150,000 Glendon Rusch $ 150,000 Larry Sutton $ 150,000 Jamie Walker $ 150,000 Matt Whisenant $ 150,000 Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR. Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

All Stars Jose Rosado

1996/1998

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