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1998 Kansas City Royals

1998 > Class Major League > 1998 American League (Central)
Overall: 72-89
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 899 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-97

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Tony Muser
Represented: Kansas City, MO
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1997 / 1999

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Jermaine Allensworth 26 30 91 73 15 15 5 0 0 3 7 0 9 17 .205 .326 .274 .600 20 0 4 5 0 0
2 Tim Belcher 36 34 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
3 Carlos Beltran# 21 14 63 58 12 16 5 3 0 7 3 0 3 12 .276 .317 .466 .783 27 2 1 0 1 0
4 Ricky Bones 29 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dee Brown* 20 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jeff Conine 32 93 343 309 30 79 26 0 8 43 3 0 26 68 .256 .312 .417 .729 129 8 2 0 6 1
7 Johnny Damon* 24 161 710 642 104 178 30 10 18 66 26 12 58 84 .277 .339 .439 .779 282 4 4 3 3 4
8 Jermaine Dye 24 60 230 214 24 50 5 1 5 23 2 2 11 46 .234 .270 .336 .606 72 8 1 0 4 2
9 Sal Fasano 26 74 247 216 21 49 10 0 8 31 1 0 10 56 .227 .307 .384 .692 83 4 16 3 2 1
10 Carlos Febles 22 11 29 25 5 10 1 2 0 2 2 1 4 7 .400 .483 .600 1.083 15 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jeremy Giambi* 23 18 70 58 6 13 4 0 2 8 0 1 11 9 .224 .343 .397 .739 23 3 0 0 1 0
12 Shane Halter 28 86 226 204 17 45 12 0 2 13 2 5 12 38 .221 .265 .309 .574 63 3 1 7 2 0
13 Jed Hansen 25 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Chris Hatcher 29 8 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .067 .125 .067 .192 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Jeff King 33 131 540 486 83 128 17 1 24 93 10 2 42 73 .263 .319 .451 .769 219 10 2 0 10 1
16 Scott Leius 32 17 47 46 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .174 .191 .174 .365 8 2 0 0 0 0
17 Mendy Lopez 24 74 225 206 18 50 10 2 1 15 5 2 12 40 .243 .286 .325 .612 67 6 1 5 1 0
18 Felix Martinez# 24 34 95 85 7 11 1 1 0 5 3 1 5 21 .129 .187 .165 .352 14 1 1 4 0 0
19 Hal Morris* 33 127 516 472 50 146 27 2 1 40 1 0 32 52 .309 .350 .381 .731 180 15 1 4 7 6
20 Jose Offerman# 29 158 709 607 102 191 28 13 7 66 45 12 89 96 .315 .403 .438 .841 266 7 5 2 6 1
21 Hector Ortiz 28 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Dean Palmer 29 152 639 572 84 159 27 2 34 119 8 2 48 134 .278 .333 .510 .844 292 18 6 0 13 3
23 Terry Pendleton# 37 79 254 237 17 61 10 0 3 29 1 0 15 49 .257 .299 .338 .637 80 2 0 0 2 1
24 Hipolito Pichardo 28 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jim Pittsley 24 39 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 Pat Rapp 30 32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 Luis Rivera 34 42 98 89 14 22 4 0 0 7 1 1 7 17 .247 .302 .292 .594 26 1 0 2 0 0
28 Jose Rosado* 23 38 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0
29 Glendon Rusch* 23 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Scott Service 31 73 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Tim Spehr 31 11 36 25 5 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 8 3 .240 .457 .440 .897 11 1 2 1 0 0
32 Larry Sutton* 28 111 351 310 29 76 14 2 5 42 3 3 29 46 .245 .311 .352 .663 109 5 3 4 5 3
33 Mike Sweeney 24 92 311 282 32 73 18 0 8 35 2 3 24 38 .259 .320 .408 .728 115 7 2 2 1 1
34 Chris Turner 29 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 1 1 0 0 0
35 Joe Vitiello 28 3 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 Ernie Young 28 25 56 53 2 10 3 0 1 3 2 1 2 9 .189 .232 .302 .534 16 3 1 0 0 0
36 Players 28.5 161 6191 5546 714 1459 274 40 134 686 135 50 475 984 .263 .324 .399 .724 2215 118 60 45 65 24
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Kevin Appier 30 1 2 .333 7.80 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 21 13 13 3 5 1 9 1 0 1 69 1.733 12.6 1.8 3.0 5.4 1.80
2 Brian Barber 25 2 4 .333 6.00 8 8 0 0 0 0 42.0 45 28 28 5 13 1 24 1 0 4 180 1.381 9.6 1.1 2.8 5.1 1.85
3 Tim Belcher 36 14 14 .500 4.27 34 34 0 2 0 0 234.0 247 127 111 37 73 0 130 7 1 6 1003 1.368 9.5 1.4 2.8 5.0 1.78
4 Brian Bevil 26 3 1 .750 6.30 39 0 10 0 0 0 40.0 47 29 28 4 22 1 47 3 0 6 194 1.725 10.6 0.9 5.0 10.6 2.14
5 Ricky Bones 29 2 2 .500 3.04 32 0 12 0 0 1 53.1 49 18 18 4 24 5 38 1 0 2 231 1.369 8.3 0.7 4.0 6.4 1.58
6 Tim Byrdak* 24 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 3.000 27.0 5.4 0.0 5.4
7 Bart Evans 27 0 0 2.00 8 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 34 0.778 7.0 1.0 0.0 7.0
8 Shane Halter 28 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Chris Haney* 29 6 6 .500 7.03 33 12 2 0 0 0 97.1 125 78 76 18 36 0 51 5 1 4 450 1.654 11.6 1.7 3.3 4.7 1.42
10 Allen McDill* 26 0 0 10.50 7 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 29 1.833 13.5 4.5 3.0 4.5 1.50
11 Jeff Montgomery 36 2 5 .286 4.98 56 0 54 0 0 36 56.0 58 35 31 8 22 2 54 2 1 0 247 1.429 9.3 1.3 3.5 8.7 2.45
12 Hipolito Pichardo 28 7 8 .467 5.13 27 18 2 0 0 1 112.1 126 73 64 11 43 2 55 4 0 2 503 1.504 10.1 0.9 3.4 4.4 1.28
13 Jim Pittsley 24 1 1 .500 6.59 39 2 11 0 0 0 68.1 88 56 50 13 37 1 44 2 0 6 320 1.829 11.6 1.7 4.9 5.8 1.19
14 Pat Rapp 30 12 13 .480 5.30 32 32 0 1 1 0 188.1 208 117 111 24 107 7 132 10 0 14 855 1.673 9.9 1.1 5.1 6.3 1.23
15 Danny Rios 25 0 1 .000 6.14 5 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 9 9 5 1 6 0 6 1 0 1 38 2.045 11.0 1.2 7.4 7.4 1.00
16 Jose Rosado* 23 8 11 .421 4.69 38 25 1 2 1 1 174.2 180 106 91 25 57 2 135 5 1 6 757 1.357 9.3 1.3 2.9 7.0 2.37
17 Glendon Rusch* 23 6 15 .286 5.88 29 24 2 1 1 1 154.2 191 104 101 22 50 0 94 4 0 1 686 1.558 11.1 1.3 2.9 5.5 1.88
18 Jose Santiago 23 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
19 Scott Service 31 6 4 .600 3.48 73 0 26 0 0 4 82.2 70 35 32 7 34 4 95 9 1 10 353 1.258 7.6 0.8 3.7 10.3 2.79
20 Jeff Suppan 23 0 0 0.71 4 1 2 0 0 0 12.2 9 1 1 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 46 0.789 6.4 0.7 0.7 8.5 12.00
21 Jamie Walker* 26 0 1 .000 9.87 6 2 2 0 0 0 17.1 30 20 19 5 3 0 15 2 0 0 86 1.904 15.6 2.6 1.6 7.8 5.00
22 Matt Whisenant* 27 2 1 .667 4.90 70 0 23 0 0 2 60.2 61 37 33 3 33 2 45 3 0 9 267 1.549 9.0 0.4 4.9 6.7 1.36
22 Players 28.9 72 89 .447 5.15 161 161 155 6 5 46 1436.1 1590 899 822 196 568 28 999 60 5 72 6369 1.502 10.0 1.2 3.6 6.3 1.76

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Mike Sweeney 91 517 33 9 6 .984 6.04 9 50 21 30%
Sal Fasano 70 421 25 2 5 .996 6.37 2 23 18 44%
Tim Spehr 11 62 2 0 0 1.000 5.82 0 5 2 29%
Chris Turner 4 16 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 1 0 0%
Hector Ortiz 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jeff King 112 932 85 5 103 .995 9.08
Hal Morris 46 349 34 4 35 .990 8.33
Jeff Conine 12 101 3 0 15 1.000 8.67
Larry Sutton 6 32 3 0 5 1.000 5.83
Sal Fasano 5 16 0 0 2 1.000 3.20
Shane Halter 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Hector Ortiz 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jose Offerman 152 277 440 19 113 .974 4.72
Carlos Febles 11 16 18 0 2 1.000 3.09
Shane Halter 6 2 8 1 0 .909 1.67
Luis Rivera 6 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.83
Jed Hansen 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Felix Martinez 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dean Palmer 129 69 187 22 16 .921 1.98
Terry Pendleton 23 12 33 2 2 .957 1.96
Scott Leius 15 8 18 4 2 .867 1.73
Shane Halter 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.50
Luis Rivera 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.67
Jeff King 4 3 6 0 2 1.000 2.25
Mendy Lopez 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50
Sal Fasano 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mendy Lopez 72 101 221 15 53 .955 4.47
Shane Halter 66 73 166 9 29 .964 3.62
Felix Martinez 32 49 80 6 23 .956 4.03
Luis Rivera 30 42 81 5 20 .961 4.10
Scott Leius 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jeff Conine 50 0.00
Hal Morris 39 0.00
Larry Sutton 39 0.00
Johnny Damon 14 0.00
Jeremy Giambi 9 0.00
Shane Halter 6 0.00
Chris Hatcher 5 0.00
Jermaine Allensworth 1 0.00
Ernie Young 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Johnny Damon 130 0.00
Jermaine Allensworth 24 0.00
Carlos Beltran 14 0.00
Ernie Young 5 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jermaine Dye 59 0.00
Larry Sutton 47 0.00
Jeff Conine 31 0.00
Johnny Damon 24 0.00
Ernie Young 19 0.00
Shane Halter 3 0.00
Jermaine Allensworth 2 0.00
Dee Brown 2 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Johnny Damon 158 372 10 4 1 .990 2.42
Jeff Conine 80 134 4 1 0 .993 1.73
Larry Sutton 79 147 4 2 2 .987 1.91
Jermaine Dye 59 152 4 2 3 .987 2.64
Hal Morris 39 47 1 0 0 1.000 1.23
Jermaine Allensworth 27 54 0 1 0 .982 2.00
Ernie Young 24 43 2 0 0 1.000 1.88
Carlos Beltran 14 44 0 1 0 .978 3.14
Jeremy Giambi 9 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.67
Shane Halter 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
Chris Hatcher 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40
Dee Brown 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Scott Service 73 4 15 1 0 .950 0.26
Matt Whisenant 70 3 10 0 1 1.000 0.19
Jeff Montgomery 56 5 4 0 1 1.000 0.16
Brian Bevil 39 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.05
Jim Pittsley 39 5 11 2 1 .889 0.41
Jose Rosado 38 8 28 2 1 .947 0.95
Tim Belcher 34 18 17 2 3 .946 1.03
Chris Haney 33 3 21 0 3 1.000 0.73
Ricky Bones 32 8 15 1 1 .958 0.72
Pat Rapp 32 20 23 1 0 .977 1.34
Glendon Rusch 29 9 22 1 4 .969 1.07
Hipolito Pichardo 27 11 18 0 5 1.000 1.07
Brian Barber 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.38
Bart Evans 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.25
Allen McDill 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.14
Jamie Walker 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.00
Danny Rios 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.20
Jeff Suppan 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.00
Kevin Appier 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33
Tim Byrdak 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jose Santiago 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Shane Halter 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jermaine Allensworth 26 R R 6' 0.0" 178 Jan 11, 1972 Anderson, IN, US 1998-06-30 1998-08-09
Kevin Appier 30 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Dec 6, 1967 Lancaster, CA, US 1998-09-11 1998-09-23
Brian Barber 25 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Mar 4, 1973 Hamilton, OH, US 1998-08-19 1998-09-26
Tim Belcher 36 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Oct 19, 1961 Mount Gilead, OH, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-27
Carlos Beltran 21 S R 6' 1.0" 210 Apr 24, 1977 Manati, PR 1998-09-14 1998-09-27
Brian Bevil 26 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Sep 5, 1971 Houston, TX, US 1998-04-01 1998-09-26
Ricky Bones 29 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Apr 7, 1969 Salinas, PR 1998-06-19 1998-09-27
Dee Brown 20 L R 6' 0.0" 235 Mar 27, 1978 Bronx, NY, US 1998-09-14 1998-09-26
Tim Byrdak 24 L L 5' 11.0" 190 Oct 31, 1973 Oak Lawn, IL, US 1998-08-07 1998-08-14
Jeff Conine 32 R R 6' 1.0" 205 Jun 27, 1966 Tacoma, WA, US 1998-05-05 1998-09-27
Johnny Damon 24 L L 6' 2.0" 205 Nov 5, 1973 Fort Riley, KS, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-27
Jermaine Dye 24 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Jan 28, 1974 Oakland, CA, US 1998-05-08 1998-08-30
Bart Evans 27 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Dec 30, 1970 Springfield, MO, US 1998-06-16 1998-08-27
Sal Fasano 26 R R 6' 2.0" 220 Aug 10, 1971 Chicago, IL, US 1998-04-10 1998-08-29
Carlos Febles 22 R R 5' 11.0" 170 May 24, 1976 El Seibo, El Seibo, DO 1998-09-14 1998-09-27
Jeremy Giambi 23 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Sep 30, 1974 San Jose, CA, US 1998-09-01 1998-09-27
Shane Halter 28 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Nov 8, 1969 La Plata, MD, US 1998-04-01 1998-09-24
Chris Haney 29 L L 6' 3.0" 185 Nov 16, 1968 Baltimore, MD, US 1998-04-03 1998-09-04
Jed Hansen 25 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Aug 19, 1972 Tacoma, WA, US 1998-04-01 1998-04-13
Chris Hatcher 29 R R 6' 3.0" 220 Jan 7, 1969 Anaheim, CA, US 1998-09-06 1998-09-26
Jeff King 33 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Dec 26, 1964 Marion, IN, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-25
Scott Leius 32 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Sep 24, 1965 Yonkers, NY, US 1998-07-31 1998-09-26
Mendy Lopez 24 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Oct 15, 1973 Pimentel, Duarte, DO 1998-06-03 1998-09-27
Mike Macfarlane 34 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Apr 12, 1964 Stockton, CA, US 1998-04-01 1998-04-05
Shane Mack 34 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Dec 7, 1963 Los Angeles, CA, US 1998-04-09 1998-07-30
Felix Martinez 24 S R 6' 0.0" 170 May 18, 1974 Nagua, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, DO 1998-03-31 1998-06-01
Allen McDill 26 L L 6' 0.0" 155 Aug 23, 1971 Greenville, MS, US 1998-09-04 1998-09-26
Jeff Montgomery 36 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 7, 1962 Wellston, OH, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-27
Hal Morris 33 L L 6' 3.0" 200 Apr 9, 1965 Fort Rucker, AL, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-27
Jose Offerman 29 S R 6' 0.0" 150 Nov 8, 1968 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO 1998-03-31 1998-09-27
Hector Ortiz 28 R R 6' 0.0" 205 Oct 14, 1969 Rio Piedras, PR 1998-09-14 1998-09-26
Dean Palmer 29 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Dec 27, 1968 Tallahassee, FL, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-27
Terry Pendleton 37 S R 5' 9.0" 178 Jul 16, 1960 Los Angeles, CA, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-25
Hipolito Pichardo 28 R R 6' 1.0" 160 Aug 22, 1969 Esperanza, Valverde, DO 1998-04-04 1998-08-20
Jim Pittsley 24 R R 6' 7.0" 215 Apr 3, 1974 Du Bois, PA, US 1998-04-01 1998-09-26
Pat Rapp 30 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Jul 13, 1967 Jennings, LA, US 1998-04-02 1998-09-20
Danny Rios 25 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Nov 11, 1972 Madrid, ES 1998-04-16 1998-05-02
Luis Rivera 34 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Jan 3, 1964 Cidra, PR 1998-06-05 1998-08-27
Jose Rosado 23 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 9, 1974 Newark, NJ, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-24
Glendon Rusch 23 L L 6' 2.0" 170 Nov 7, 1974 Seattle, WA, US 1998-04-01 1998-09-26
Jose Santiago 23 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Nov 5, 1974 Fajardo, PR 1998-08-23 1998-08-27
Scott Service 31 R R 6' 6.0" 230 Feb 26, 1967 Cincinnati, OH, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-25
Tim Spehr 31 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Jul 2, 1966 Excelsior Springs, MO, US 1998-09-06 1998-09-27
Jeff Suppan 23 R R 6' 2.0" 225 Jan 2, 1975 Oklahoma City, OK, US 1998-09-09 1998-09-25
Larry Sutton 28 L L 5' 11.0" 175 May 14, 1970 West Covina, CA, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-25
Mike Sweeney 24 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jul 22, 1973 Orange, CA, US 1998-03-31 1998-09-27
Chris Turner 29 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Mar 23, 1969 Bowling Green, KY, US 1998-04-22 1998-05-06
Joe Vitiello 28 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Apr 11, 1970 Cambridge, MA, US 1998-04-02 1998-04-05
Jamie Walker 26 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Jul 1, 1971 McMinnville, TN, US 1998-05-08 1998-06-13
Matt Whisenant 27 R L 6' 3.0" 215 Jun 8, 1971 Los Angeles, CA, US 1998-04-01 1998-09-27
Ernie Young 28 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Jul 8, 1969 Chicago, IL, US 1998-03-31 1998-05-21

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