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1998 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
72-89, Finished 3rd in AL Central
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Scored 714 runs, Allowed 899 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-97
Manager: Tony Muser (72-89)
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,494,875 (10th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104
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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
Jermaine Allensworth 26 R R 6' 0" 189 Jan 11, 1972 3 30 18 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 2 27 0 4 1
Kevin Appier 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 6, 1967 10 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,800,000.00
Brian Barber 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 4, 1973 3 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Tim Belcher 36 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 19, 1961 12 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,300,000.00
Carlos Beltran 21 B R 6' 1" 190 Apr 24, 1977 1st 14 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 0 0 0
Brian Bevil 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 5, 1971 3 39 0 2 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Ricky Bones 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 7, 1969 8 32 0 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Dee Brown 20 L R 6' 0" 215 Mar 27, 1978 1st 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2
Tim Byrdak 24 L L 5' 11" 190 Oct 31, 1973 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Conine 32 R R 6' 1" 220 Jun 27, 1966 8 93 85 93 89 0 0 12 0 0 0 50 0 31 80 3 4 0 $2,240,000.00
Johnny Damon 24 L L 6' 2" 175 Nov 5, 1973 4 161 151 161 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 130 24 158 0 5 1 $460,000.00
Jermaine Dye 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 28, 1974 3 60 56 60 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 59 0 2 0 $230,000.00
Bart Evans 27 R R Dec 30, 1970 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Sal Fasano 26 R R 6' 2" 220 Aug 10, 1971 3 74 68 74 74 0 70 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $175,000.00
Carlos Febles 22 R R 5' 11" 185 May 24, 1976 1st 11 6 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jeremy Giambi 23 L L 6' 0" 200 Sep 30, 1974 1st 18 16 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 7 2 0
Shane Halter 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 8, 1969 2 86 53 86 84 1 0 1 6 8 66 6 0 3 9 0 5 5 $200,000.00
Chris Haney 29 L L 6' 3" 195 Nov 16, 1968 8 33 0 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,800,000.00
Jed Hansen 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 19, 1972 2 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $172,500.00
Chris Hatcher 29 R R Jan 7, 1969 1st 8 4 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 3 0
Jeff King 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 26, 1964 10 131 128 131 115 0 0 112 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 $4,000,000.00
Scott Leius 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 24, 1965 8 17 11 17 15 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $180,000.00
Mendy Lopez 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 15, 1973 1st 74 67 74 74 0 0 0 0 2 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Mike Macfarlane 34 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 12, 1964 12 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $725,000.00
Shane Mack 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 7, 1963 9 66 51 66 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 3 32 20 14 1
Felix Martinez 24 B R 6' 0" 168 May 18, 1974 2 34 28 34 34 0 0 0 2 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 $170,000.00
Allen McDill 26 L L 6' 0" 155 Aug 23, 1971 2 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Jeff Montgomery 36 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 7, 1962 12 56 0 3 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,800,000.00
Hal Morris 33 L L 6' 4" 215 Apr 9, 1965 11 127 116 127 79 0 0 46 0 0 0 39 0 0 39 39 10 0 $1,400,000.00
Jose Offerman 29 B R 6' 0" 165 Nov 8, 1968 9 158 157 158 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 $2,000,000.00
Hector Ortiz 28 R R 6' 0" 205 Oct 14, 1969 1st 4 1 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Dean Palmer 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 27, 1968 9 152 149 152 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0 $5,825,000.00 All-Star
Terry Pendleton 37 B R 5' 9" 180 Jul 16, 1960 15 79 55 79 23 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 37 22 0 $425,000.00
Hipolito Pichardo 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 22, 1969 7 27 1 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,150,000.00
Jim Pittsley 24 R R 6' 7" 215 Apr 3, 1974 3 39 2 2 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $215,000.00
Pat Rapp 30 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 13, 1967 7 32 1 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
Danny Rios 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 11, 1972 2 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Rivera 34 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 3, 1964 11 42 24 42 42 0 0 0 6 6 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 $245,000.00
Jose Rosado 23 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 9, 1974 3 38 1 1 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $242,500.00
Glendon Rusch 23 L L 6' 2" 170 Nov 7, 1974 2 29 1 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $220,000.00
Jose Santiago 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 5, 1974 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Service 31 R R 6' 6" 226 Feb 26, 1967 8 73 0 4 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $230,000.00
Tim Spehr 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 2, 1966 7 11 11 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Suppan 23 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 2, 1975 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Sutton 28 L L 5' 11" 175 May 14, 1970 2 111 77 111 82 0 0 6 0 0 0 39 0 47 79 3 29 0 $172,500.00
Mike Sweeney 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 22, 1973 4 92 75 92 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 $230,000.00
Chris Turner 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 23, 1969 6 4 3 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Vitiello 28 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 11, 1970 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 $225,000.00
Jamie Walker 26 L L 6' 2" 190 Jul 1, 1971 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $205,000.00
Matt Whisenant 27 R L 6' 3" 215 Jun 8, 1971 2 70 0 4 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
Ernie Young 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 8, 1969 5 25 13 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 19 24 0 5 2 $215,000.00
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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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