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1996 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
75-86, Finished 5th in AL Central
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Scored 746 runs, Allowed 786 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-84
Manager: Bob Boone (75-86)
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,435,997 (10th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
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1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Kevin Appier 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 6, 1967 8 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,051,250.00
Tim Belcher 34 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 19, 1961 10 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,400,000.00
Brian Bevil 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 5, 1971 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaime Bluma 24 R R 5' 11" 195 May 18, 1972 1st 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Terry Clark 35 R R 6' 2" 196 Oct 18, 1960 5 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $180,000.00
Johnny Damon 22 L L 6' 2" 175 Nov 5, 1973 2 145 132 145 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 63 144 0 8 1 $180,000.00
Sal Fasano 24 R R 6' 2" 220 Aug 10, 1971 1st 51 43 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Tom Goodwin 27 L R 6' 1" 170 Jul 27, 1968 6 143 130 143 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 81 0 136 0 2 8 $312,500.00
Jeff Granger 24 R L 6' 4" 200 Dec 16, 1971 3 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Gubicza 33 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 14, 1962 13 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,600,000.00
Bob Hamelin 28 L L 6' 0" 235 Nov 29, 1967 4 89 69 89 33 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 19 0 $375,000.00
Chris Haney 27 L L 6' 3" 195 Nov 16, 1968 6 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $575,000.00
David Howard 29 B R 6' 0" 175 Feb 26, 1967 6 143 125 143 141 0 0 2 3 0 135 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 $600,000.00
Rick Huisman 27 R R 6' 3" 200 May 17, 1969 2 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $118,000.00
Jason Jacome 25 L L 6' 1" 155 Nov 24, 1970 3 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Patrick Lennon 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 27, 1968 3 14 8 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 6 0 $120,000.00
Doug Linton 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Feb 9, 1965 5 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Lockhart 31 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 10, 1964 3 138 105 138 129 0 0 0 84 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 $207,500.00
Mike Macfarlane 32 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 12, 1964 10 112 100 112 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 0 $850,000.00
Mike Magnante 31 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 17, 1965 6 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $250,000.00
Henry Mercedes 26 R R 6' 1" 210 Jul 23, 1969 4 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Montgomery 34 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 7, 1962 10 48 0 1 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,150,000.00 All-Star
Rod Myers 23 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 14, 1973 1st 22 15 22 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 1 19 0 4 1
Les Norman 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 25, 1969 2 54 11 54 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 20 38 0 11 18 $118,000.00
Jon Nunnally 24 L R 5' 10" 190 Nov 9, 1971 2 35 24 35 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 24 29 0 6 2 $190,000.00
Jose Offerman 27 B R 6' 0" 165 Nov 8, 1968 7 151 144 151 146 0 0 96 38 0 37 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 $1,100,000.00
Craig Paquette 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 28, 1969 4 118 104 118 111 0 0 19 0 51 11 47 0 0 47 6 5 2 $150,000.00
Hipolito Pichardo 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 22, 1969 5 57 0 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $625,000.00
Tim Pugh 29 R R 6' 6" 230 Jan 26, 1967 5 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Randa 26 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 18, 1969 2 110 89 110 105 0 0 7 15 92 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 4 $120,000.00
Bip Roberts 32 B R 5' 7" 165 Oct 27, 1963 10 90 81 90 72 0 0 0 63 0 0 8 2 1 11 14 9 0 $2,500,000.00
Kenny Robinson 26 R R 5' 7" 175 Nov 3, 1969 2 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Rosado 21 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 9, 1974 1st 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Bob Scanlan 29 R R 6' 8" 210 Aug 9, 1966 6 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Stynes 23 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 19, 1973 2 36 24 36 26 0 0 0 5 2 0 19 0 0 19 2 6 5
Mike Sweeney 22 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 22, 1973 2 50 48 50 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2 0 $114,000.00
Michael Tucker 25 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 25, 1971 2 108 92 108 102 0 0 9 0 0 0 28 0 73 98 0 10 4 $160,000.00
Julio Valera 27 R R 6' 2" 215 Oct 13, 1968 5 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Joe Vitiello 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 11, 1970 2 85 71 85 10 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 65 12 0 $150,000.00
Kevin Young 27 R R 6' 2" 219 Jun 16, 1969 5 55 34 55 49 0 0 27 0 7 0 2 0 15 17 2 14 6 $150,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played