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1998 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Index: 1997/1999)
72-89, Finished 3rd in AL Central Division
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Scored 714 runs, Allowed 899 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-97
Managed by Tony Muser

Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,494,875 (10th out of 14)
Park Factor: Batting - 104/Pitching - 106 (over 100 favors batters)

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Team Batting Glossary

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 Sweeney        24   92  282   32   73  18  0   8   35  24   38  .259  .320  .408   2   3   7   2   2   1   1   85
1B  Jeff King           33  131  486   83  128  17  1  24   93  42   73  .263  .319  .451  10   2  10   2   0  10   1   95
2B #Jose Offerman       29  158  607  102  191  28 13   7   66  89   96  .315  .403  .438  45  12   7   5   2   6   1  116
3B  Dean Palmer         29  152  572   84  159  27  2  34  119  48  134  .278  .333  .510   8   2  18   6   0  13   3  112
SS  Mendy Lopez         24   74  206   18   50  10  2   1   15  12   40  .243  .286  .325   5   2   6   1   5   1   0   57
LF  Jeff Conine         32   93  309   30   79  26  0   8   43  26   68  .256  .312  .417   3   0   8   2   0   6   1   85
CF *Johnny Damon        24  161  642  104  178  30 10  18   66  58   84  .277  .339  .439  26  12   4   4   3   3   4   98
RF  Jermaine Dye        24   60  214   24   50   5  1   5   23  11   46  .234  .270  .336   2   2   8   1   0   4   2   54
DH #Terry Pendleton     37   79  237   17   61  10  0   3   29  15   49  .257  .299  .338   1   0   2   0   0   2   1   63
   *Hal Morris          33  127  472   50  146  27  2   1   40  32   52  .309  .350  .381   1   0  15   1   4   7   6   88
   *Larry Sutton        28  111  310   29   76  14  2   5   42  29   46  .245  .311  .352   3   3   5   3   4   5   3   70
    Sal Fasano          26   74  216   21   49  10  0   8   31  10   56  .227  .307  .384   1   0   4  16   3   2   1   76
    Shane Mack          34   66  207   30   58  15  1   6   29  15   36  .280  .345  .449   8   2   6   6   0   1   0  102
    Shane Halter        28   86  204   17   45  12  0   2   13  12   38  .221  .265  .309   2   5   3   1   7   2   0   47
    Luis Rivera         34   42   89   14   22   4  0   0    7   7   17  .247  .302  .292   1   1   1   0   2   0   0   54
   #Felix Martinez      24   34   85    7   11   1  1   0    5   5   21  .129  .187  .165   3   1   1   1   4   0   0   -9
    Jermaine Allensworth26   30   73   15   15   5  0   0    3   9   17  .205  .326  .274   7   0   0   4   5   0   0   56
   #Carlos Beltran      21   14   58   12   16   5  3   0    7   3   12  .276  .317  .466   3   0   2   1   0   1   0   98
   *Jeremy Giambi       23   18   58    6   13   4  0   2    8  11    9  .224  .343  .397   0   1   3   0   0   1   0   89
    Ernie Young         28   25   53    2   10   3  0   1    3   2    9  .189  .232  .302   2   1   3   1   0   0   0   36
    Scott Leius         32   17   46    2    8   0  0   0    4   1    6  .174  .191  .174   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   -5
    Carlos Febles       22   11   25    5   10   1  2   0    2   4    7  .400  .483  .600   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  176
    Tim Spehr           31   11   25    5    6   2  0   1    2   8    3  .240  .457  .440   0   0   1   2   1   0   0  132
    Chris Hatcher       29    8   15    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    7  .067  .125  .067   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -49
    Mike Macfarlane     34    3   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -53
    Chris Turner        29    4    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .100  .000   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  -71
    Joe Vitiello        28    3    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .143  .250  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5
    Hector Ortiz        28    4    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Dee Brown           20    5    3    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jed Hansen          25    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Tim Belcher         36    2    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    3
   *Glendon Rusch       23    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hipolito Pichardo   28    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Pittsley        24    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Pat Rapp            30    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Jose Rosado         23    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  158
    Ricky Bones         29    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Scott Service       31    4    1    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 5546  714 1459 274 40 134  686 475  984  .263  .321  .399 135  50 118  60  45  65  24   85
    Rank among 14 AL teams        13   13   12  13  2  12       12   11    12    12    11   4   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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  Tim Belcher         36  34   4.27  14  14  0  34   0   2   0  234.0  247  127  111  37   73  130 1003   6   7  1   0 116
SP  Pat Rapp            30  32   5.30  12  13  0  32   0   1   1  188.3  208  117  111  24  107  132  855  14  10  0   7  93
SP *Jose Rosado         23  38   4.69   8  11  1  25   1   2   1  174.7  180  106   91  25   57  135  757   6   5  1   2 105
SP *Glendon Rusch       23  29   5.88   6  15  1  24   2   1   1  154.7  191  104  101  22   50   94  686   1   4  0   0  84
SP  Hipolito Pichardo   28  27   5.13   7   8  1  18   2   0   0  112.3  126   73   64  11   43   55  503   2   4  0   2  96

CL  Jeff Montgomery     36  56   4.98   2   5 36   0  54   0   0   56.0   58   35   31   8   22   54  247   0   2  1   2  99
RP  Scott Service       31  73   3.48   6   4  4   0  26   0   0   82.7   70   35   32   7   34   95  353  10   9  1   4 142
RP *Matt Whisenant      27  70   4.90   2   1  2   0  23   0   0   60.7   61   37   33   3   33   45  267   9   3  0   2 101
RP  Brian Bevil         26  39   6.30   3   1  0   0  10   0   0   40.0   47   29   28   4   22   47  194   6   3  0   1  78
RP  Jim Pittsley        24  39   6.59   1   1  0   2  11   0   0   68.3   88   56   50  13   37   44  320   6   2  0   1  75

   *Chris Haney         29  33   7.03   6   6  0  12   2   0   0   97.3  125   78   76  18   36   51  450   4   5  1   0  70
    Ricky Bones         29  32   3.04   2   2  1   0  12   0   0   53.3   49   18   18   4   24   38  231   2   1  0   5 162
    Brian Barber        25   8   6.00   2   4  0   8   0   0   0   42.0   45   28   28   5   13   24  180   4   1  0   1  82
   *Jamie Walker        26   6   9.87   0   1  0   2   2   0   0   17.3   30   20   19   5    3   15   86   0   2  0   0  50
    Kevin Appier        30   3   7.80   1   2  0   3   0   0   0   15.0   21   13   13   3    5    9   69   1   1  0   1  63
    Jeff Suppan         23   4   0.71   0   0  0   1   2   0   0   12.7    9    1    1   1    1   12   46   0   0  0   0 694
    Bart Evans          27   8   2.00   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    9.0    7    3    2   1    0    7   34   0   0  0   0 247
    Danny Rios          25   5   6.14   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    7.3    9    8    5   1    6    6   38   1   1  0   0  80
   *Allen McDill        26   7  10.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.0    9    7    7   3    2    3   29   0   0  0   0  47
    Jose Santiago       23   2   9.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.0    4    2    2   0    0    2    9   0   0  0   0  55
   *Tim Byrdak          24   3   5.40   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    5    1    1   1    0    1    9   0   0  0   0  91
    Shane Halter        28   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8 161   5.16  72  89 46 161 155   6   7 1436.0 1590  899  823 196  568  999 6369  72  60  5  28  96
    Rank among 14 AL teams         13  11   4  6          12   8      9   12   13       12    9    9
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- MSweeney 91 517 33 9 6 .984 9 SFasano 70 421 25 2 5 .996 2 TSpehr 11 62 2 0 0 1.000 0 CTurner 4 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 MMacfarlane 3 13 3 0 1 1.000 0 HOrtiz 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 161 1033 63 11 12 .990 11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 8.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKing 112 932 85 5 103 .995 9.08 HMorris 46 349 34 4 35 .990 8.33 JConine 12 101 3 0 15 1.000 8.67 LSutton 6 32 3 0 5 1.000 5.83 SFasano 5 16 0 0 2 1.000 3.20 SHalter 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 HOrtiz 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 1432 125 9 160 .994 9.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 4.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JOfferman 152 277 440 19 113 .974 4.72 CFebles 11 16 18 0 2 1.000 3.09 SHalter 6 2 8 1 0 .909 1.67 LRivera 6 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.83 JHansen 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 FMartinez 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 301 472 20 115 .975 4.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DPalmer 129 69 187 22 16 .921 1.98 TPendleton 23 12 33 2 2 .957 1.96 SLeius 15 8 18 4 2 .867 1.73 SHalter 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 LRivera 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.67 JKing 4 3 6 0 2 1.000 2.25 MLopez 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 SFasano 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 95 254 28 22 .926 2.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .972 4.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLopez 72 101 221 15 53 .955 4.47 SHalter 66 73 166 9 29 .964 3.62 FMartinez 32 49 80 6 23 .956 4.03 LRivera 30 42 81 5 20 .961 4.10 SLeius 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 265 549 35 125 .959 5.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .985 1.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JConine 50 88 4 0 0 1.000 1.84 HMorris 39 47 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 LSutton 39 56 2 0 0 1.000 1.49 SMack 30 52 1 1 0 .981 1.77 JDamon 14 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 JGiambi 9 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 SHalter 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 CHatcher 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 JAllenswort 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EYoung 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 286 9 1 0 .997 1.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField G PO A E DP .987 2.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDamon 130 315 9 2 1 .994 2.49 JAllenswort 24 53 0 1 0 .981 2.21 CBeltran 14 44 0 1 0 .978 3.14 EYoung 5 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 421 10 4 1 .991 2.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field G PO A E DP .983 1.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDye 59 153 4 2 3 .987 2.66 LSutton 47 91 2 2 1 .979 1.98 JConine 31 46 0 1 0 .979 1.48 JDamon 24 43 1 2 0 .957 1.83 EYoung 19 34 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 SHalter 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 SMack 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 JAllenswort 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 DBrown 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 375 8 7 4 .982 2.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .958 1.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TBelcher 34 18 17 2 3 .946 1.35 PRapp 32 20 23 1 0 .977 2.06 JRosado 38 8 28 2 1 .947 1.85 GRusch 29 9 22 1 4 .969 1.80 HPichardo 27 11 18 0 5 1.000 2.32 CHaney 33 3 21 0 3 1.000 2.22 SService 73 4 15 1 0 .950 2.07 JPittsley 39 5 11 2 1 .889 2.11 MWhisenant 70 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.93 JMontgomery 56 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.45 RBones 32 8 15 1 1 .958 3.88 BBarber 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.64 BBevil 39 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.45 JWalker 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.12 KAppier 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 JSuppan 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.83 BEvans 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 DRios 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 AMcDill 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 JSantiago 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 TByrdak 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SHalter 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 101 199 10 22 .968 1.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- TPendleton 40 HMorris 39 DPalmer 22 SMack 21 JKing 16 JGiambi 7 JOfferman 6 DBrown 3 JConine 3 LSutton 3 JVitiello 2 SLeius 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 Offerman .315

On-base % Offerman .403

Slugging % Palmer .510

OPS Palmer .843

Games Damon 161

At Bats Damon 642

Runs Damon 104

Hits Offerman 191

Total Bases Palmer 292

Doubles Damon 30

Triples Offerman 13

Home Runs Palmer 34

RBI Palmer 119

Bases on Balls Offerman 89

Strikeouts Palmer 134

Stolen Bases Offerman 45

Singles Offerman 143

Adjusted OPS+ Offerman 116

Runs Created Offerman 107

Extra-Base Hits Palmer 63

Times on Base Offerman 285

Hit By Pitch Fasano 16

Sac. Hits Halter 7

Sac. Flies Palmer 13

Intentional Walks Morris 6

Grounded into Double Plays Palmer 18

Power/Speed Number Damon 21.3

At Bats per Strikeout Morris 9.1

At Bats per Home Run Palmer 16.8

Outs Damon 486

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Belcher 4.27

Wins Belcher 14

Won-Loss % Belcher .500

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Rosado 1.357

Hits Allowed/9IP Rosado 9.27

Bases on Balls/9IP Belcher 2.81

Strikeouts/9IP Rosado 6.96

Games Service 73

Saves Montgomery 36

Innings Belcher 234.0

Strikeouts Rosado 135

Games Started Belcher 34

Comp. Games Belcher and Rosado 2

Shutouts Rapp, Rosado, and Rusch 1

Home Runs Allow. Belcher 37

Bases On Balls Allow. Rapp 107

Hits Allowed Belcher 247

SO to Walk Rosado 2.37

Losses Rusch 15

Earned Runs Allow. Belcher and Rapp 111

Wild Pitches Rapp 14

Hit Batsmen Rapp 10

Batters Faced Belcher 1003

Games Finished Montgomery 54

Adjusted ERA+ Belcher 116

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Dean Palmer $ 5,825,000

Kevin Appier $ 4,800,000

Jeff King $ 4,000,000

Jeff Montgomery $ 2,800,000

Tim Belcher $ 2,300,000

Jeff Conine $ 2,240,000

Hipolito Pichardo $ 2,150,000

Jose Offerman $ 2,000,000

Chris Haney $ 1,800,000

Hal Morris $ 1,400,000

Pat Rapp $ 800,000

Mike Macfarlane $ 725,000

Johnny Damon $ 460,000

Shane Mack $ 450,000

Terry Pendleton $ 425,000

Ricky Bones $ 400,000

Luis Rivera $ 245,000

Jose Rosado $ 242,500

Jermaine Dye $ 230,000

Scott Service $ 230,000

Mike Sweeney $ 230,000

Joe Vitiello $ 225,000

Glendon Rusch $ 220,000

Jim Pittsley $ 215,000

Ernie Young $ 215,000

Jamie Walker $ 205,000

Shane Halter $ 200,000

Matt Whisenant $ 185,000

Scott Leius $ 180,000

Brian Barber $ 175,000

Brian Bevil $ 175,000

Sal Fasano $ 175,000

Jed Hansen $ 172,500

Larry Sutton $ 172,500

Bart Evans $ 170,000

Mendy Lopez $ 170,000

Felix Martinez $ 170,000

Allen McDill $ 170,000

Hector Ortiz $ 170,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
All Stars
Dean Palmer

1997/1999

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