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1997 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
67-94, Finished 5th in AL Central
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Scored 747 runs, Allowed 820 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-87
Manager: Bob Boone (36-46) and Tony Muser (31-48)
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,517,638 (10th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104
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1996 / 1998 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 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 6, 1967 9 34 3 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,800,000.00
Tim Belcher 35 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 19, 1961 11 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,300,000.00
Jay Bell 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 11, 1965 12 153 147 153 152 0 0 0 0 4 149 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 $5,000,000.00
Yamil Benitez 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 5, 1972 3 53 52 53 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 22 52 0 1 0 $150,000.00
Brian Bevil 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 5, 1971 2 18 0 2 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Ricky Bones 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 7, 1969 7 22 1 3 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $390,000.00
Hector Carrasco 27 R R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1969 4 28 0 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $560,000.00
Larry Casian 31 R L 6' 0" 170 Oct 28, 1965 8 32 0 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Converse 25 L R 5' 9" 180 Aug 17, 1971 4 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Cooper 29 L R 6' 3" 205 Oct 13, 1967 7 75 33 75 45 0 0 8 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 3 35 0 $375,000.00
Johnny Damon 23 L L 6' 2" 175 Nov 5, 1973 3 146 118 146 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 65 47 136 0 8 11 $240,000.00
Chili Davis 37 B R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1960 17 140 131 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 9 0 $3,800,000.00
Roland de la Maza 25 R R Nov 11, 1971 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jermaine Dye 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 28, 1974 2 75 67 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 75 75 0 4 0 $175,000.00
Sal Fasano 25 R R 6' 2" 220 Aug 10, 1971 2 13 10 13 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Goodwin 28 L R 6' 1" 170 Jul 27, 1968 7 97 93 97 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 96 0 0 4 $1,050,000.00
Shane Halter 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 8, 1969 1st 74 28 74 61 0 0 0 18 12 5 9 10 17 32 0 5 17 $150,000.00
Chris Haney 28 L L 6' 3" 195 Nov 16, 1968 7 8 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,700,000.00
Jed Hansen 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 19, 1972 1st 34 26 34 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 $150,000.00
David Howard 30 B R 6' 0" 175 Feb 26, 1967 7 80 39 80 70 0 0 0 34 7 9 5 2 17 23 0 9 10 $762,500.00
Jason Jacome 26 L L 6' 1" 155 Nov 24, 1970 4 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $220,000.00
Jeff King 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 26, 1964 9 155 149 155 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 $2,500,000.00
Ryan Long 24 R R 6' 2" 215 Feb 3, 1973 1st 6 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 1
Mike Macfarlane 33 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 12, 1964 11 82 75 82 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $887,500.00
Felix Martinez 23 B R 6' 0" 168 May 18, 1974 1st 16 10 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Allen McDill 25 L L 6' 0" 155 Aug 23, 1971 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Montgomery 35 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 7, 1962 11 55 0 2 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,300,000.00
Rod Myers 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 14, 1973 2 31 24 31 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 10 26 0 7 0 $155,000.00
Jon Nunnally 25 L R 5' 10" 190 Nov 9, 1971 3 13 8 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 0 4 1
Jose Offerman 28 B R 6' 0" 165 Nov 8, 1968 8 106 101 106 101 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 $1,600,000.00
Gregg Olson 30 R R 6' 4" 206 Oct 11, 1966 10 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $210,000.00
Dean Palmer 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 27, 1968 8 49 48 49 48 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Craig Paquette 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 28, 1969 5 77 67 77 75 0 0 0 0 72 0 4 0 0 4 0 6 1 $340,000.00
Mike Perez 32 R R 6' 0" 187 Oct 19, 1964 8 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hipolito Pichardo 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 22, 1969 6 47 0 3 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $780,000.00
Jim Pittsley 23 R R 6' 7" 215 Apr 3, 1974 2 21 1 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bip Roberts 33 B R 5' 7" 165 Oct 27, 1963 11 97 82 97 87 0 0 0 0 10 0 82 2 0 84 0 11 2 $1,950,000.00
Jose Rosado 22 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 9, 1974 2 34 1 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $200,000.00 All-Star
Glendon Rusch 22 L L 6' 2" 170 Nov 7, 1974 1st 30 1 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Jose Santiago 22 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 5, 1974 1st 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Service 30 R R 6' 6" 226 Feb 26, 1967 7 12 0 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Spehr 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 2, 1966 6 17 12 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $260,000.00
Andy Stewart 26 R R 5' 11" 205 Dec 5, 1970 1st 5 2 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Larry Sutton 27 L L 5' 11" 175 May 14, 1970 1st 27 13 27 13 0 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 13 0 $150,000.00
Mike Sweeney 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 22, 1973 3 84 65 84 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 $175,000.00
Randy Veres 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 25, 1965 6 24 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
Joe Vitiello 27 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 11, 1970 3 51 38 51 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 16 28 10 12 0 $210,000.00
Jamie Walker 25 L L 6' 2" 190 Jul 1, 1971 1st 50 0 2 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Matt Whisenant 26 R L 6' 3" 215 Jun 8, 1971 1st 24 0 2 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Mike Williams 27 R R 6' 2" 199 Jul 29, 1969 6 10 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitch Williams 32 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 17, 1964 11 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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