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1997 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

67-94, Finished 5th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Boone (36-46) and Tony Muser (31-48)
Scored 747 runs, Allowed 820 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-87

Ballparks: Kauffman Stadium · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Kevin Appier 29 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 6, 1967 9 34 34 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $4,800,000
Tim Belcher 35 R R 6' 3" 210 Oct 19, 1961 11 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $2,300,000
Jay Bell 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 11, 1965 12 153 147 153 152 0 0 0 0 4 149 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 5.3 $5,000,000
Yamil Benitez 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 5, 1972 3 53 52 53 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 22 53 0 1 0 0.3 $150,000
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 -0.5 $150,000
Ricky Bones 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 7, 1969 7 22 11 3 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -0.9 $390,000
Hector Carrasco 27 R R 6' 2" 235 Oct 22, 1969 4 28 0 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $560,000
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 0.0 $
Jim Converse 25 L R 5' 9" 180 Aug 17, 1971 4 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Scott Cooper 29 L R 6' 3" 200 Oct 13, 1967 7 75 33 75 45 0 0 8 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 5 35 0 -0.3 $375,000
Johnny Damon 23 L L 6' 2" 205 Nov 5, 1973 3 146 118 146 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 65 47 160 5 8 11 1.9 $240,000
Chili Davis 37 B R 6' 3" 195 Jan 17, 1960 17 140 131 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 9 0 2.3 $3,800,000
Roland DeLaMaza 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 11, 1971 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 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 76 0 4 0 -0.8 $175,000
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 1 2 0 0.0 $
Tom Goodwin 28 L R 6' 1" 165 Jul 27, 1968 7 97 93 97 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 96 0 0 4 0.5 $1,050,000
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 36 4 5 17 0.4 $150,000
Chris Haney 28 L L 6' 3" 185 Nov 16, 1968 7 8 3 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $1,700,000
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 0.8 $150,000
David Howard 30 B R 6' 0" 165 Feb 26, 1967 7 80 39 80 70 0 0 0 34 7 9 5 2 17 24 5 9 10 0.1 $762,500
Jason Jacome 26 L L 6' 1" 155 Nov 24, 1970 4 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $220,000
Jeff King 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 26, 1964 9 155 149 155 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 3.5 $2,500,000
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 1 0 1 0.0 $
Mike Macfarlane 33 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 12, 1964 11 82 75 82 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.2 $887,500
Felix Martinez 23 B R 6' 0" 170 May 18, 1974 1st 16 10 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.2 $
Allen McDill 25 L L 6' 0" 155 Aug 23, 1971 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jeff Montgomery 35 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 7, 1962 11 55 0 2 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $2,300,000
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 31 0 7 0 0.5 $155,000
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 0.1 $
Jose Offerman 28 B R 6' 0" 150 Nov 8, 1968 8 106 101 106 101 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1.4 $1,600,000
Gregg Olson 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 11, 1966 10 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $210,000
Dean Palmer 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1968 8 49 48 49 48 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.6 $
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 -0.4 $340,000
Mike Perez 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 19, 1964 8 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Hipolito Pichardo 27 R R 6' 1" 160 Aug 22, 1969 6 47 0 3 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $780,000
Jim Pittsley 23 R R 6' 7" 215 Apr 3, 1974 2 21 21 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bip Roberts 33 B R 5' 7" 150 Oct 27, 1963 11 97 82 97 87 0 0 0 0 10 0 82 2 0 84 0 11 2 1.5 $1,950,000
Jose Rosado 22 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 9, 1974 2 34 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 $200,000 All-Star
Glendon Rusch 22 L L 6' 2" 170 Nov 7, 1974 1st 30 27 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $150,000
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 0.0 $
Scott Service 30 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 26, 1967 7 12 0 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tim Spehr 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 2, 1966 6 17 12 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $260,000
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 -0.1 $
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 3 13 0 0.3 $150,000
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 3 8 2 1.0 $175,000
Randy Veres 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 25, 1965 6 24 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $185,000
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 12 12 0 -0.6 $210,000
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 -0.4 $150,000
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 0.3 $150,000
Mike Williams 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 29, 1968 6 10 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mitch Williams 32 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 17, 1964 11 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bip Roberts
Jed Hansen
Tim Spehr
David Howard
Jeff King
Craig Paquette
Scott Cooper
Mike Macfarlane
Scott Cooper
Dean Palmer

Kevin Appier
Johnny Damon
Jeff Montgomery
Jon Nunnally
Larry Sutton
Jermaine Dye
Sal Fasano
Ricky Bones
Jay Bell

Mike Sweeney
Jose Offerman
Rod Myers
Joe Vitiello
Chris Haney
Jim Pittsley
Hipolito Pichardo
Ryan Long
Felix Martinez

Ricky Bones
Jim Converse
Yamil Benitez
Tim Belcher
Tom Goodwin
Shane Halter
Chili Davis
Larry Casian
Jason Jacome
Scott Service
Mike Williams

Brian Bevil
Gregg Olson
Jose Santiago
Mitch Williams
Jose Rosado
Randy Veres
Roland DeLaMaza
Mike Perez
Glendon Rusch
Allen McDill
Matt Whisenant

Jamie Walker
Hector Carrasco
Andy Stewart

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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