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1998 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

72-89, Finished 3rd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony Muser (72-89)
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 899 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-97

Ballparks: Kauffman Stadium · 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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1997 / 1999 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
Jermaine Allensworth 26 R R 6' 0" 178 Jan 11, 1972 3 30 18 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 2 27 0 4 1 -0.2 $
Kevin Appier 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 6, 1967 10 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $4,800,000
Brian Barber 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 4, 1973 3 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $175,000
Tim Belcher 36 R R 6' 3" 210 Oct 19, 1961 12 34 34 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $2,300,000
Carlos Beltran 21 B R 6' 1" 215 Apr 24, 1977 1st 14 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 0 0 0 0.2 $170,000
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 -0.4 $175,000
Ricky Bones 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 7, 1969 8 32 0 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $400,000
Dee Brown 20 L R 6' 0" 235 Mar 27, 1978 1st 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 2 -0.2 $
Tim Byrdak 24 L L 5' 11" 190 Oct 31, 1973 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jeff Conine 32 R R 6' 1" 205 Jun 27, 1966 8 93 85 93 89 0 0 12 0 0 0 50 0 31 81 3 4 0 0.3 $2,240,000
Johnny Damon 24 L L 6' 2" 205 Nov 5, 1973 4 161 151 161 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 130 24 168 0 5 1 1.4 $460,000
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 -0.6 $230,000
Bart Evans 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Dec 30, 1970 1st 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $170,000
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 0.5 $175,000
Carlos Febles 22 R R 5' 11" 170 May 24, 1976 1st 11 6 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.4 $170,000
Jeremy Giambi 23 L L 6' 0" 185 Sep 30, 1974 1st 18 16 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 7 2 0 0.1 $170,000
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 -0.1 $200,000
Chris Haney 29 L L 6' 3" 185 Nov 16, 1968 8 33 12 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $1,800,000
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 -0.1 $172,500
Chris Hatcher 29 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 7, 1969 1st 8 4 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Jeff King 33 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 26, 1964 10 131 128 131 115 0 0 112 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 0 1.9 $4,000,000
Scott Leius 32 R R 6' 3" 180 Sep 24, 1965 8 17 11 17 15 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 -0.8 $180,000
Mendy Lopez 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 15, 1973 1st 74 67 74 74 0 0 0 0 2 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $170,000
Mike Macfarlane 34 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 12, 1964 12 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $725,000
Shane Mack 34 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 7, 1963 9 66 51 66 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 3 33 21 14 1 0.2 $
Felix Martinez 24 B R 6' 0" 170 May 18, 1974 2 34 28 34 34 0 0 0 2 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.8 $170,000
Allen McDill 26 L L 6' 0" 155 Aug 23, 1971 2 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $170,000
Jeff Montgomery 36 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 7, 1962 12 56 0 3 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $2,800,000
Hal Morris 33 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 9, 1965 11 127 116 127 79 0 0 46 0 0 0 39 0 0 39 39 10 0 0.1 $1,400,000
Jose Offerman 29 B R 6' 0" 150 Nov 8, 1968 9 158 157 158 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 4.7 $2,000,000
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 -0.2 $170,000
Dean Palmer 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1968 9 152 149 152 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0 1.6 $5,825,000 All-Star
Terry Pendleton 37 B R 5' 9" 178 Jul 16, 1960 15 79 55 79 23 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 40 22 0 -0.8 $425,000
Hipolito Pichardo 28 R R 6' 1" 160 Aug 22, 1969 7 27 18 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $2,150,000
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 -0.8 $215,000
Pat Rapp 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 13, 1967 7 32 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $800,000
Danny Rios 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 11, 1972 2 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Luis Rivera 34 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 3, 1964 11 42 24 42 42 0 0 0 6 6 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.2 $245,000
Jose Rosado 23 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 9, 1974 3 38 25 1 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $242,500
Glendon Rusch 23 L L 6' 2" 170 Nov 7, 1974 2 29 24 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $220,000
Jose Santiago 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 5, 1974 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $170,000
Scott Service 31 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 26, 1967 8 73 0 4 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $230,000
Tim Spehr 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 2, 1966 7 11 11 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jeff Suppan 23 R R 6' 2" 230 Jan 2, 1975 4 4 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
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 86 3 29 0 -0.7 $172,500
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 -0.1 $230,000
Chris Turner 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 23, 1969 6 4 3 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $190,000
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 -0.1 $225,000
Jamie Walker 26 L L 6' 2" 190 Jul 1, 1971 2 6 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $205,000
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 0.0 $185,000
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 25 0 5 2 -0.1 $215,000
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

Luis Rivera
Jed Hansen
Luis Rivera
Shane Halter
Terry Pendleton
Jeff King
Scott Leius
Tim Spehr
Ernie Young

Felix Martinez
Jeremy Giambi
Mike Macfarlane
Chris Turner
Dean Palmer
Kevin Appier
Johnny Damon
Jeff Conine
Jeff Montgomery
Larry Sutton

Hal Morris
Jermaine Dye
Sal Fasano
Dee Brown
Joe Vitiello
Pat Rapp
Mike Sweeney
Jose Offerman
Shane Mack

Mendy Lopez
Joe Vitiello
Chris Haney
Jim Pittsley
Hipolito Pichardo
Carlos Beltran
Jeff Suppan
Tim Belcher
Carlos Febles

Brian Barber
Bart Evans
Jermaine Allensworth
Jose Santiago
Brian Bevil
Scott Service
Ricky Bones
Jose Rosado
Chris Hatcher
Danny Rios

Hector Ortiz
Glendon Rusch
Tim Byrdak
Allen McDill
Matt Whisenant
Jamie Walker

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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