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1997 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Mike Macfarlane 33 82 291 257 34 61 14 2 8 35 0 2 24 47 .237 .316 .401 .717 85 103 4 6 3 1 3
2 1B Jeff King 32 155 647 543 84 129 30 1 28 112 16 5 89 96 .238 .341 .451 .792 104 245 9 2 1 12 4
3 2B Jose Offerman# 28 106 471 424 59 126 23 6 2 39 9 10 41 64 .297 .359 .394 .753 96 167 5 0 6 0 3
4 SS Jay Bell 31 153 660 573 89 167 28 3 21 92 10 6 71 101 .291 .368 .461 .829 115 264 13 4 3 9 2
5 3B Craig Paquette 28 77 267 252 26 58 15 1 8 33 2 2 10 57 .230 .263 .393 .656 68 99 13 2 1 2 0
6 LF Bip Roberts# 33 97 372 346 44 107 17 2 1 36 15 3 21 53 .309 .348 .379 .726 90 131 6 1 1 3 2
7 CF Tom Goodwin* 28 97 400 367 51 100 13 4 2 22 34 10 19 51 .272 .311 .346 .657 71 127 5 2 11 1 0
8 RF Jermaine Dye 23 75 283 263 26 62 14 0 7 22 2 1 17 51 .236 .284 .369 .653 69 97 6 1 1 1 0
9 DH Chili Davis# 37 140 567 477 71 133 20 0 30 90 6 3 85 96 .279 .386 .509 .896 131 243 15 1 0 4 16
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 OF Johnny Damon* 23 146 524 472 70 130 12 8 8 48 16 10 42 70 .275 .338 .386 .723 88 182 3 3 6 1 2
11 C Mike Sweeney 23 84 266 240 30 58 8 0 7 31 3 2 17 33 .242 .306 .363 .668 73 87 8 6 1 2 0
12 3B Dean Palmer 28 49 206 187 23 52 10 1 9 31 1 2 15 50 .278 .335 .487 .822 111 91 3 2 0 2 0
13 OF Yamil Benitez 24 53 204 191 22 51 7 1 8 21 2 2 10 49 .267 .307 .440 .747 92 84 2 1 2 0 0
14 3B Scott Cooper* 29 75 182 159 12 32 6 1 3 15 1 1 17 32 .201 .283 .308 .592 54 49 4 2 2 2 0
15 2B David Howard# 30 80 177 162 24 39 8 1 1 13 2 2 10 31 .241 .287 .321 .608 59 52 1 1 3 1 1
16 UT Joe Vitiello 27 51 146 130 11 31 6 0 5 18 0 0 14 37 .238 .322 .400 .722 87 52 2 2 0 0 1
17 UT Shane Halter 27 74 139 123 16 34 5 1 2 10 4 3 10 28 .276 .341 .382 .723 88 47 1 2 4 0 0
18 OF Rod Myers* 24 31 121 101 14 26 7 0 2 9 4 0 17 22 .257 .370 .386 .756 98 39 2 1 2 0 0
19 2B Jed Hansen 24 34 111 94 11 29 6 1 1 14 3 2 13 29 .309 .394 .426 .820 114 40 2 1 2 1 0
20 UT Larry Sutton* 27 27 75 69 9 20 2 0 2 8 0 0 5 12 .290 .338 .406 .744 93 28 0 0 1 0 0
21 UT Sal Fasano 25 13 39 38 4 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 12 .211 .231 .342 .573 47 13 1 0 0 0 0
22 UT Felix Martinez# 23 16 38 31 3 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 8 .226 .351 .323 .674 78 10 1 0 1 0 0
23 C Tim Spehr 30 17 38 35 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 12 .171 .237 .257 .494 29 9 0 1 0 0 0
24 OF Jon Nunnally* 25 13 34 29 8 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 5 7 .241 .353 .414 .767 99 12 0 0 0 0 0
25 UT Ryan Long 24 6 10 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .222 .300 .222 .522 39 2 0 1 0 0 0
26 UT Andy Stewart 26 5 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 60 3 1 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
27 P Kevin Appier 29 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Tim Belcher 35 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
29 P Glendon Rusch* 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Jim Pittsley 23 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 278 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Jose Rosado* 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Scott Service 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Allen McDill* 25 0 0 0 0
34 P Jamie Walker* 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Mike Williams 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Jim Converse* 25 0 0 0 0
37 P Hipolito Pichardo 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Matt Whisenant 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Mike Perez 32 0 0 0 0
40 P Brian Bevil 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Jason Jacome* 26 0 0 0 0
42 P Jose Santiago 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 P Larry Casian 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 P Mitch Williams* 32 0 0 0 0
45 P Chris Haney* 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 P Roland de la Maza 25 0 0 0 0
47 P Randy Veres 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 P Ricky Bones 28 0 0 0 0
49 P Gregg Olson 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 P Jeff Montgomery 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 P Hector Carrasco 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.9 161 6295 5599 747 1478 256 35 158 711 130 66 561 1061 .264 .333 .407 .740 92 2278 108 42 51 42 34
Rank in 14 AL teams 7 12 10 14 3 10 4 3 9 7 10 10 12 11 11
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Kevin Appier 29 9 13 .409 3.40 34 34 0 4 1 0 235.2 215 96 89 24 74 2 196 4 1 14 972 137 1.226 8.2 0.9 2.8 7.5 2.65
2 SP Tim Belcher 35 13 12 .520 5.02 32 32 0 3 1 0 213.1 242 128 119 31 70 2 113 5 1 7 927 93 1.463 10.2 1.3 3.0 4.8 1.61
3 SP Jose Rosado* 22 9 12 .429 4.69 33 33 0 2 0 0 203.1 208 117 106 26 73 3 129 4 2 4 881 99 1.382 9.2 1.2 3.2 5.7 1.77
4 SP Glendon Rusch* 22 6 9 .400 5.50 30 27 0 1 0 0 170.1 206 111 104 28 52 0 116 7 1 0 758 85 1.515 10.9 1.5 2.7 6.1 2.23
5 SP Jim Pittsley 23 5 8 .385 5.46 21 21 0 0 0 0 112.0 120 72 68 15 54 1 52 6 0 3 501 85 1.554 9.6 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.96
6 SP Ricky Bones 28 4 7 .364 5.97 21 11 2 1 0 0 78.1 102 59 52 10 25 2 36 5 0 1 352 78 1.621 11.7 1.1 2.9 4.1 1.44
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Jeff Montgomery 35 1 4 .200 3.49 55 0 37 0 0 14 59.1 53 24 23 9 18 5 48 0 0 5 245 134 1.197 8.0 1.4 2.7 7.3 2.67
8 RP Hipolito Pichardo 27 3 5 .375 4.22 47 0 26 0 0 11 49.0 51 24 23 7 24 8 34 1 1 2 215 110 1.531 9.4 1.3 4.4 6.2 1.42
9 RP Jamie Walker* 25 3 3 .500 5.44 50 0 15 0 0 0 43.0 46 28 26 6 20 3 24 3 0 2 197 86 1.535 9.6 1.3 4.2 5.0 1.20
10 RP Gregg Olson 30 4 3 .571 3.02 34 0 13 0 0 1 41.2 39 18 14 3 17 3 28 1 0 1 171 154 1.344 8.4 0.6 3.7 6.0 1.65
11 RP Larry Casian* 31 0 2 .000 5.06 32 0 6 0 0 0 26.2 32 15 15 5 6 1 16 0 0 1 115 92 1.425 10.8 1.7 2.0 5.4 2.67
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Randy Veres 31 4 0 1.000 3.31 24 0 7 0 0 1 35.1 36 17 13 4 7 1 28 3 0 4 152 141 1.217 9.2 1.0 1.8 7.1 4.00
13 Hector Carrasco 27 1 6 .143 5.45 28 0 11 0 0 0 34.2 29 21 21 4 16 3 30 4 0 8 151 86 1.298 7.5 1.0 4.2 7.8 1.88
14 Chris Haney* 28 1 2 .333 4.38 8 3 1 0 0 0 24.2 29 16 12 1 5 2 16 2 0 1 110 107 1.378 10.6 0.4 1.8 5.8 3.20
15 Mike Perez 32 2 0 1.000 3.54 16 0 4 0 0 0 20.1 15 8 8 2 8 0 17 1 0 1 80 132 1.131 6.6 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.13
16 Matt Whisenant* 26 1 0 1.000 2.84 24 0 3 0 0 0 19.0 15 7 6 0 12 0 16 3 0 3 86 164 1.421 7.1 0.0 5.7 7.6 1.33
17 Scott Service 30 0 3 .000 4.76 12 0 1 0 0 0 17.0 17 9 9 1 5 0 19 0 0 0 69 98 1.294 9.0 0.5 2.6 10.1 3.80
18 Brian Bevil 25 1 2 .333 6.61 18 0 11 0 0 1 16.1 16 13 12 1 9 2 13 1 0 2 72 71 1.531 8.8 0.6 5.0 7.2 1.44
19 Mike Williams 27 0 2 .000 6.43 10 0 4 0 0 1 14.0 20 11 10 1 8 1 10 1 0 0 70 73 2.000 12.9 0.6 5.1 6.4 1.25
20 Jason Jacome* 26 0 0 9.45 7 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 13 7 7 2 5 1 3 1 0 0 35 49 2.700 17.6 2.7 6.8 4.1 0.60
21 Mitch Williams* 32 0 1 .000 10.80 7 0 4 0 0 0 6.2 11 8 8 2 7 1 10 0 0 2 38 43 2.700 14.9 2.7 9.5 13.5 1.43
22 Jim Converse 25 0 0 3.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 23 130 1.800 7.2 3.6 9.0 5.4 0.60
23 Jose Santiago 22 0 0 1.93 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 7 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 24 242 1.929 13.5 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50
24 Allen McDill* 25 0 0 13.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 6 6 1 8 0 2 1 0 0 24 35 2.750 6.8 2.3 18.0 4.5 0.25
25 Roland de la Maza 25 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 104 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
Team Totals 27.6 67 94 .416 4.71 161 161 150 11 2 29 1443.0 1530 820 755 186 531 42 961 54 6 62 6277 99 1.428 9.5 1.2 3.3 6.0 1.81
Rank in 14 AL teams 13 2 8 3 9 14 8 10 8 10 10 3 14437
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Kevin Appier 29 34 34 235.2 42 24 17 1 3 .976 1.57 1.21 P
Tim Belcher 35 32 32 213.1 45 23 22 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.41 P
Jay Bell 31 153 147 1298.0 689 229 450 10 105 .985 11.3 10.4 10.3 0.7 9.6 1 4.71 4.44 SS-3B
Yamil Benitez 24 53 52 438.0 115 111 0 4 0 .965 -1.4 -3.8 1.6 4.3 -2.7 -3 2.28 2.09 LF-RF
Brian Bevil 25 18 0 16.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.55 0.06 P
Ricky Bones 28 21 11 78.1 20 8 11 1 1 .950 2.18 0.90 P
Hector Carrasco 27 28 0 34.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.29 P
Larry Casian 31 32 0 26.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.19 P
Jim Converse 25 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.33 P
Scott Cooper 29 52 30 296.2 103 48 55 0 8 1.000 2.3 9.3 2.3 0.0 2.3 0 3.12 1.98 3B-1B-DH
Johnny Damon 23 165 118 1095.0 332 323 5 4 3 .988 9.4 10.3 14.4 6.4 8.0 -5 2.70 1.99 CF-LF-RF-DH
Chili Davis 37 133 0.00 DH
Roland de la Maza 25 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Jermaine Dye 23 76 67 605.1 177 164 7 6 3 .966 0.4 0.8 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 1 2.54 2.25 RF-LF
Sal Fasano 25 13 10 90.0 57 53 3 1 2 .982 0.0 0.0 0 5.60 4.31 2 4 1 3 75% C-DH
Tom Goodwin 28 96 93 814.0 236 232 3 1 0 .996 0.3 0.4 4.3 1.8 2.5 -4 2.60 2.45 CF
Shane Halter 27 75 28 309.2 104 63 40 1 8 .990 1.4 5.4 1.4 -0.2 1.6 1 -1 2.99 1.37 2B-CF-RF-3B-SS-LF-DH
Chris Haney 28 8 3 24.2 8 1 6 1 0 .875 2.55 0.88 P
Jed Hansen 24 31 26 245.2 134 56 77 1 16 .993 0.6 2.9 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 4.87 4.29 2B
David Howard 30 79 39 413.1 212 96 109 7 31 .967 5.2 15.1 2.2 0.2 2.0 1 2 4.46 2.59 2B-RF-SS-3B-LF-CF-DH
Jason Jacome 26 7 0 6.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 8.10 0.86 P
Jeff King 32 152 147 1291.0 1369 1217 147 5 135 .996 16.9 15.7 14.9 4.3 10.6 2 9.51 8.97 1B-DH
Ryan Long 24 6 2 21.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 40.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 3.00 1.17 RF-LF-DH
Mike Macfarlane 33 81 75 664.2 463 439 20 4 3 .991 -4.0 -7.2 -4 6.22 5.67 9 35 26 11 30% C
Felix Martinez 23 14 10 91.0 40 17 22 1 7 .975 2.4 31.6 2.4 0.9 1.5 0 3.86 2.79 SS-DH
Allen McDill 25 3 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.33 P
Jeff Montgomery 35 55 0 59.1 15 10 5 0 0 1.000 2.28 0.27 P
Rod Myers 24 31 24 229.2 56 54 1 1 0 .982 2.2 11.5 3.2 1.2 2.0 -1 2.16 1.77 LF-RF-CF
Jon Nunnally 25 9 8 67.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -5.4 0.7 1.1 -0.4 -1 1.61 1.33 RF-LF
Jose Offerman 28 102 100 870.0 464 201 254 9 64 .981 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 2.8 -2.9 0 4.71 4.46 2B-DH
Gregg Olson 30 34 0 41.2 9 4 4 1 0 .889 1.73 0.24 P
Dean Palmer 28 49 48 427.2 118 27 82 9 8 .924 -0.8 -2.2 -0.8 -2.7 1.9 0 2.29 2.22 3B-DH
Craig Paquette 28 76 67 595.2 193 51 130 12 16 .938 -1.3 -2.6 -3.3 -5.2 1.9 1 1 2.73 2.38 3B-LF
Mike Perez 32 16 0 20.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.66 0.38 P
Hipolito Pichardo 27 47 0 49.0 20 8 12 0 2 1.000 3.67 0.43 P
Jim Pittsley 23 21 21 112.0 17 6 10 1 0 .941 1.29 0.76 P
Bip Roberts 33 94 82 693.1 169 149 17 3 1 .982 7.6 13.2 10.6 4.6 6.0 -3 0 2.15 1.77 LF-3B-CF
Jose Rosado 22 33 33 203.1 36 11 24 1 2 .972 1.55 1.06 P
Glendon Rusch 22 30 27 170.1 21 8 13 0 1 1.000 1.11 0.70 P
Jose Santiago 22 4 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Scott Service 30 12 0 17.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.53 0.08 P
Tim Spehr 30 17 12 94.0 85 78 7 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.14 5.00 0 3 12 4 25% C
Andy Stewart 26 5 1 14.2 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 2.20 0 0 1 1 50% C-DH
Larry Sutton 27 16 11 111.0 100 92 8 0 11 1.000 0.8 8.6 0.8 2.2 -1.4 0 0 8.11 6.25 1B-LF-DH
Mike Sweeney 23 79 63 579.2 459 425 31 3 13 .993 4.0 8.3 4 7.08 5.77 3 20 32 23 42% C-DH
Randy Veres 31 24 0 35.1 7 0 6 1 0 .857 1.53 0.25 P
Joe Vitiello 27 41 28 188.0 57 56 0 1 1 .982 -5.1 -32.6 -4.1 -2.2 -1.9 -1 2.68 1.37 RF-LF-1B-DH
Jamie Walker 25 50 0 43.0 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.30 0.22 P
Matt Whisenant 26 24 0 19.0 4 0 3 1 1 .750 1.42 0.13 P
Mitch Williams 32 7 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Mike Williams 27 10 0 14.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.20 P
Team Totals 28.5 161 1449 12987.0 6049 4328 1630 91 449 .985 52.5 4.9 61.5 21.1 40.4 -14 5 0 4.13 2.65 14 62 72 42 37%
Rank in 14 AL teams 14 5 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1996 / 1998 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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