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1998 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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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1997 / 1999 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 Sweeney 24 92 311 282 32 73 18 0 8 35 2 3 24 38 .259 .320 .408 .728 88 115 7 2 2 1 1
2 1B Jeff King 33 131 540 486 83 128 17 1 24 93 10 2 42 73 .263 .319 .451 .769 97 219 10 2 0 10 1
3 2B Jose Offerman# 29 158 709 607 102 191 28 13 7 66 45 12 89 96 .315 .403 .438 .841 119 266 7 5 2 6 1
4 SS Mendy Lopez 24 74 225 206 18 50 10 2 1 15 5 2 12 40 .243 .286 .325 .612 59 67 6 1 5 1 0
5 3B Dean Palmer 29 152 639 572 84 159 27 2 34 119 8 2 48 134 .278 .333 .510 .844 115 292 18 6 0 13 3
6 LF Jeff Conine 32 93 343 309 30 79 26 0 8 43 3 0 26 68 .256 .312 .417 .729 87 129 8 2 0 6 1
7 CF Johnny Damon* 24 161 710 642 104 178 30 10 18 66 26 12 58 84 .277 .339 .439 .779 100 282 4 4 3 3 4
8 RF Jermaine Dye 24 60 230 214 24 50 5 1 5 23 2 2 11 46 .234 .270 .336 .606 56 72 8 1 0 4 2
9 DH Terry Pendleton# 37 79 254 237 17 61 10 0 3 29 1 0 15 49 .257 .299 .338 .637 65 80 2 0 0 2 1
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 UT Hal Morris* 33 127 516 472 50 146 27 2 1 40 1 0 32 52 .309 .350 .381 .731 90 180 15 1 4 7 6
11 OF Larry Sutton* 28 111 351 310 29 76 14 2 5 42 3 3 29 46 .245 .311 .352 .663 72 109 5 3 4 5 3
12 C Sal Fasano 26 74 247 216 21 49 10 0 8 31 1 0 10 56 .227 .307 .384 .692 78 83 4 16 3 2 1
13 UT Shane Mack 34 66 229 207 30 58 15 1 6 29 8 2 15 36 .280 .345 .449 .794 104 93 6 6 0 1 0
14 SS Shane Halter 28 86 226 204 17 45 12 0 2 13 2 5 12 38 .221 .265 .309 .574 49 63 3 1 7 2 0
15 SS Luis Rivera 34 42 98 89 14 22 4 0 0 7 1 1 7 17 .247 .302 .292 .594 56 26 1 0 2 0 0
16 SS Felix Martinez# 24 34 95 85 7 11 1 1 0 5 3 1 5 21 .129 .187 .165 .352 -7 14 1 1 4 0 0
17 CF Jermaine Allensworth 26 30 91 73 15 15 5 0 0 3 7 0 9 17 .205 .326 .274 .600 58 20 0 4 5 0 0
18 UT Jeremy Giambi* 23 18 70 58 6 13 4 0 2 8 0 1 11 9 .224 .343 .397 .739 92 23 3 0 0 1 0
19 CF Carlos Beltran# 21 14 63 58 12 16 5 3 0 7 3 0 3 12 .276 .317 .466 .783 100 27 2 1 0 1 0
20 OF Ernie Young 28 25 56 53 2 10 3 0 1 3 2 1 2 9 .189 .232 .302 .534 37 16 3 1 0 0 0
21 UT Scott Leius 32 17 47 46 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .174 .191 .174 .365 -4 8 2 0 0 0 0
22 C Tim Spehr 31 11 36 25 5 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 8 3 .240 .457 .440 .897 135 11 1 2 1 0 0
23 2B Carlos Febles 22 11 29 25 5 10 1 2 0 2 2 1 4 7 .400 .483 .600 1.083 179 15 0 0 0 0 0
24 LF Chris Hatcher 29 8 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .067 .125 .067 .192 -48 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 C Mike Macfarlane 34 3 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -52 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 C Chris Turner 29 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 1 1 0 0 0
27 DH Joe Vitiello 28 3 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 UT Hector Ortiz 28 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 2B Jed Hansen 25 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 UT Dee Brown* 20 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 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
31 P Tim Belcher 36 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 5 1 0 0 1 0 0
32 P Pat Rapp 30 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 P Glendon Rusch* 23 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Jim Pittsley 24 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 P Hipolito Pichardo 28 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Jose Rosado* 23 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 161 1 1 0 0 0 0
37 P Scott Service 31 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Ricky Bones 29 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Danny Rios 25 0 0 0 0
40 P Allen McDill* 26 0 0 0 0
41 P Jamie Walker* 26 0 0 0 0
42 P Bart Evans 27 0 0 0 0
43 P Kevin Appier 30 0 0 0 0
44 P Brian Barber 25 0 0 0 0
45 P Matt Whisenant 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 P Brian Bevil 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 P Jeff Suppan 23 0 0 0 0
48 P Tim Byrdak* 24 0 0 0 0
49 P Jose Santiago 23 0 0 0 0
50 P Chris Haney* 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 P Jeff Montgomery 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.8 161 6191 5546 714 1459 274 40 134 686 135 50 475 984 .263 .324 .399 .724 87 2215 118 60 45 65 24
Rank in 14 AL teams 13 13 12 13 2 12 4 7 12 11 12 12 11 12 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 Tim Belcher 36 14 14 .500 4.27 34 34 0 2 0 0 234.0 247 127 111 37 73 0 130 7 1 6 1003 111 1.368 9.5 1.4 2.8 5.0 1.78
2 SP Pat Rapp 30 12 13 .480 5.30 32 32 0 1 1 0 188.1 208 117 111 24 107 7 132 10 0 14 855 90 1.673 9.9 1.1 5.1 6.3 1.23
3 SP Jose Rosado* 23 8 11 .421 4.69 38 25 1 2 1 1 174.2 180 106 91 25 57 2 135 5 1 6 757 101 1.357 9.3 1.3 2.9 7.0 2.37
4 SP Glendon Rusch* 23 6 15 .286 5.88 29 24 2 1 1 1 154.2 191 104 101 22 50 0 94 4 0 1 686 81 1.558 11.1 1.3 2.9 5.5 1.88
5 SP Hipolito Pichardo 28 7 8 .467 5.13 27 18 2 0 0 1 112.1 126 73 64 11 43 2 55 4 0 2 503 93 1.504 10.1 0.9 3.4 4.4 1.28
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
6 CL Jeff Montgomery 36 2 5 .286 4.98 56 0 54 0 0 36 56.0 58 35 31 8 22 2 54 2 1 0 247 95 1.429 9.3 1.3 3.5 8.7 2.45
7 RP Scott Service 31 6 4 .600 3.48 73 0 26 0 0 4 82.2 70 35 32 7 34 4 95 9 1 10 353 136 1.258 7.6 0.8 3.7 10.3 2.79
8 RP Jim Pittsley 24 1 1 .500 6.59 39 2 11 0 0 0 68.1 88 56 50 13 37 1 44 2 0 6 320 72 1.829 11.6 1.7 4.9 5.8 1.19
9 RP Matt Whisenant* 27 2 1 .667 4.90 70 0 23 0 0 2 60.2 61 37 33 3 33 2 45 3 0 9 267 97 1.549 9.0 0.4 4.9 6.7 1.36
10 RP Brian Bevil 26 3 1 .750 6.30 39 0 10 0 0 0 40.0 47 29 28 4 22 1 47 3 0 6 194 75 1.725 10.6 0.9 5.0 10.6 2.14
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
11 Chris Haney* 29 6 6 .500 7.03 33 12 2 0 0 0 97.1 125 78 76 18 36 0 51 5 1 4 450 68 1.654 11.6 1.7 3.3 4.7 1.42
12 Ricky Bones 29 2 2 .500 3.04 32 0 12 0 0 1 53.1 49 18 18 4 24 5 38 1 0 2 231 156 1.369 8.3 0.7 4.1 6.4 1.58
13 Brian Barber 25 2 4 .333 6.00 8 8 0 0 0 0 42.0 45 28 28 5 13 1 24 1 0 4 180 79 1.381 9.6 1.1 2.8 5.1 1.85
14 Jamie Walker* 26 0 1 .000 9.87 6 2 2 0 0 0 17.1 30 20 19 5 3 0 15 2 0 0 86 48 1.904 15.6 2.6 1.6 7.8 5.00
15 Kevin Appier 30 1 2 .333 7.80 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 21 13 13 3 5 1 9 1 0 1 69 61 1.733 12.6 1.8 3.0 5.4 1.80
16 Jeff Suppan 23 0 0 0.71 4 1 2 0 0 0 12.2 9 1 1 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 46 668 0.789 6.4 0.7 0.7 8.5 12.00
17 Bart Evans 27 0 0 2.00 8 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 34 237 0.778 7.0 1.0 0.0 7.0
18 Danny Rios 25 0 1 .000 6.14 5 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 9 8 5 1 6 0 6 1 0 1 38 77 2.045 11.0 1.2 7.4 7.4 1.00
19 Allen McDill* 26 0 0 10.50 7 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 29 45 1.833 13.5 4.5 3.0 4.5 1.50
20 Jose Santiago 23 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 53 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
21 Tim Byrdak* 24 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 88 3.000 27.0 5.4 0.0 5.4
22 Shane Halter 28 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 28.5 72 89 .447 5.16 161 161 155 6 3 46 1436.1 1590 898 824 196 568 28 999 60 5 72 6369 92 1.502 10.0 1.2 3.6 6.3 1.76
Rank in 14 AL teams 11 4 13 12 8 6 9 12 13 13 12 9 14342
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
Jermaine Allensworth 26 27 18 174.0 55 54 0 1 0 .982 -1.5 -10.3 -0.5 -1.9 1.4 -1 2.79 2.00 CF-RF-LF
Kevin Appier 30 3 3 15.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 0.33 P
Brian Barber 25 8 8 42.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.64 0.38 P
Tim Belcher 36 34 34 234.0 37 18 17 2 3 .946 1.35 1.03 P
Carlos Beltran 21 14 13 117.0 45 44 0 1 0 .978 -0.7 -7.2 0.3 0.9 -0.6 -1 3.38 3.14 CF
Brian Bevil 26 39 0 40.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.45 0.05 P
Ricky Bones 29 32 0 53.1 24 8 15 1 1 .958 3.88 0.72 P
Dee Brown 20 5 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -280.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 3.00 0.20 RF-DH
Tim Byrdak 24 3 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Jeff Conine 32 96 82 725.2 243 235 7 1 15 .996 1.3 2.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 2 0 3.00 2.52 LF-RF-1B-DH
Johnny Damon 24 168 151 1354.1 385 371 10 4 1 .990 -13.5 -12.0 -7.5 0.9 -8.4 -6 2.53 2.27 CF-RF-LF
Jermaine Dye 24 59 56 513.1 159 153 4 2 3 .987 5.9 13.8 6.9 5.2 1.7 -1 2.75 2.66 RF
Bart Evans 27 8 0 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0.25 P
Sal Fasano 26 76 68 592.1 464 437 25 2 7 .996 1.2 2.4 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 2 7.02 6.08 2 29 23 18 44% C-1B-3B
Carlos Febles 22 11 6 64.0 34 16 18 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -7.5 0.6 0.1 0.5 -1 4.78 3.09 2B
Jeremy Giambi 23 16 9 76.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -3.2 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 0 1.78 0.94 LF-DH
Shane Halter 28 91 53 525.2 279 92 177 10 29 .964 6.5 14.8 6.5 1.9 4.6 0 0 4.61 2.96 SS-LF-3B-2B-RF-P-1B
Chris Haney 29 33 12 97.1 24 3 21 0 3 1.000 2.22 0.73 P
Jed Hansen 25 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 2B
Chris Hatcher 29 5 4 38.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 37.9 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 1.66 1.40 LF
Jeff King 33 132 113 978.1 1031 935 91 5 105 .995 6.8 8.3 6.8 5.7 1.1 0 9.44 7.77 1B-3B-DH
Scott Leius 32 18 11 96.1 31 8 19 4 2 .871 -1.9 -23.7 -1.9 -0.9 -1.0 0 2.52 1.50 3B-SS-DH
Mendy Lopez 24 74 67 572.2 342 102 225 15 53 .956 6.0 12.6 4.0 -1.8 5.8 2 5.14 4.42 SS-3B
Mike Macfarlane 34 3 3 24.2 16 13 3 0 1 1.000 2.0 97.3 2 5.84 5.33 0 0 1 2 67% C
Shane Mack 34 54 31 265.0 56 54 1 1 0 .982 -4.2 -19.0 -3.2 2.6 -5.8 -1 1.87 1.02 LF-RF-DH
Felix Martinez 24 34 28 246.2 135 49 80 6 23 .956 -0.7 -3.4 -0.7 1.0 -1.7 0 4.71 3.79 SS-2B
Allen McDill 26 7 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.14 P
Jeff Montgomery 36 56 0 56.0 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.16 P
Hal Morris 33 124 77 645.2 435 396 35 4 35 .991 1.2 2.2 2.2 -0.7 2.9 -1 0 6.01 3.48 1B-LF-DH
Jose Offerman 29 158 152 1325.1 736 277 440 19 113 .974 -2.4 -2.2 -3.4 -5.0 1.6 1 4.87 4.54 2B-DH
Hector Ortiz 28 4 1 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -92.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1 2.77 1.00 0 3 0 0 C-1B
Dean Palmer 29 151 127 1102.1 278 69 187 22 16 .921 -11.4 -12.4 -10.4 -4.5 -5.9 -1 2.09 1.70 3B-DH
Terry Pendleton 37 63 18 149.2 47 12 33 2 2 .957 -0.3 -2.4 -0.3 -1.3 1.0 0 2.71 0.71 3B-DH
Hipolito Pichardo 28 27 18 112.1 29 11 18 0 5 1.000 2.32 1.07 P
Jim Pittsley 24 39 2 68.1 18 5 11 2 1 .889 2.11 0.41 P
Pat Rapp 30 32 32 188.1 44 20 23 1 0 .977 2.05 1.34 P
Danny Rios 25 5 0 7.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.20 P
Luis Rivera 34 42 24 248.0 143 48 90 5 20 .965 1.3 6.3 1.3 -1.1 2.4 0 5.01 3.29 SS-2B-3B
Jose Rosado 23 38 25 174.2 38 8 28 2 1 .947 1.85 0.95 P
Glendon Rusch 23 29 24 154.2 32 9 22 1 4 .969 1.80 1.07 P
Jose Santiago 23 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.50 P
Scott Service 31 73 0 82.2 20 4 15 1 0 .950 2.07 0.26 P
Tim Spehr 31 11 11 93.0 64 62 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 12.9 1 6.19 5.82 0 2 5 2 29% C
Jeff Suppan 23 4 1 12.2 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.84 1.00 P
Larry Sutton 28 95 74 680.2 188 179 7 2 6 .989 -1.7 -3.0 0.3 -0.5 0.8 -2 0 2.46 1.96 RF-LF-1B-DH
Mike Sweeney 24 91 75 705.1 559 517 33 9 6 .984 -6.0 -10.2 -6 7.02 6.04 9 38 50 21 30% C
Chris Turner 29 4 3 22.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.55 4.00 0 0 1 0 0% C
Joe Vitiello 28 2 0.00 DH
Jamie Walker 26 6 2 17.1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.12 1.00 P
Matt Whisenant 27 70 0 60.2 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.93 0.19 P
Ernie Young 28 25 13 134.2 45 43 2 0 0 1.000 2.7 24.1 2.7 2.1 0.6 0 3.01 1.80 RF-CF-LF
Team Totals 28.6 161 1449 12927.0 6123 4309 1689 125 461 .980 -9.9 -0.9 2.1 1.9 0.2 -11 1 -2 4.18 2.72 11 72 80 43 35%
Rank in 14 AL teams 3 2 9
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

1997 / 1999 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics