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1999 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1998 / 2000

64-97, Finished 4th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony Muser (64-97)
Scored 856 runs, Allowed 921 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-86

Ballparks: Kauffman Stadium · Attendance: 1,506,068 (11th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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1998 / 2000 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 31 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 6, 1967 11 22 22 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $4,800,000
Brian Barber 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 4, 1973 4 8 3 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $210,000
Carlos Beltran 22 B R 6' 1" 215 Apr 24, 1977 2 156 155 156 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 2 0 1 4.4 $200,000
Dee Brown 21 L R 6' 0" 235 Mar 27, 1978 2 12 5 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 7 0 -0.2 $
Tim Byrdak 25 L L 5' 11" 190 Oct 31, 1973 2 33 0 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $200,000
Lance Carter 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 18, 1974 1st 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Johnny Damon 25 L L 6' 2" 205 Nov 5, 1973 5 145 144 145 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 8 3 143 4 0 1 4.9 $2,100,000
Chad Durbin 21 R R 6' 2" 225 Dec 3, 1977 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jermaine Dye 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 28, 1974 4 158 156 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 157 1 0 0 4.3 $260,000
Sal Fasano 27 R R 6' 2" 220 Aug 10, 1971 4 23 20 23 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $235,000
Carlos Febles 23 R R 5' 11" 170 May 24, 1976 2 123 122 123 122 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.5 $200,000
Chris Fussell 23 R R 6' 2" 185 May 19, 1976 2 17 8 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $200,000
Jeremy Giambi 24 L L 6' 0" 185 Sep 30, 1974 2 90 77 90 31 0 0 26 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 48 11 0 -0.1 $200,000
Jed Hansen 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 19, 1972 3 49 22 49 38 0 0 1 21 4 10 0 2 0 2 3 3 10 -1.2 $204,000
Ray Holbert 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 25, 1970 4 34 28 34 33 0 0 0 11 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.3 $215,000
Jeff King 34 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 26, 1964 11 21 21 21 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.4 $4,000,000
Chad Kreuter 34 B R 6' 2" 190 Aug 26, 1964 12 107 86 107 101 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 -0.6 $875,000
Scott Leius 33 R R 6' 3" 180 Sep 24, 1965 9 37 17 37 26 0 0 13 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 6 12 1 -1.0 $200,000
Mendy Lopez 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 15, 1973 2 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Felix Martinez 25 B R 6' 0" 170 May 18, 1974 3 6 1 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.1 $
Terry Mathews 34 L R 6' 2" 200 Oct 5, 1964 8 24 1 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jeff Montgomery 37 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 7, 1962 13 49 0 2 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $2,500,000
Orber Moreno 22 R R 6' 3" 225 Apr 27, 1977 1st 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $200,000
Alvin Morman 30 L L 6' 3" 210 Jan 6, 1969 4 49 0 3 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $365,000
Dan Murray 25 R R 6' 1" 193 Nov 21, 1973 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Marc Pisciotta 28 R R 6' 5" 240 Aug 7, 1970 3 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jim Pittsley 25 R R 6' 7" 215 Apr 3, 1974 4 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $255,000
Scott Pose 32 L R 5' 11" 165 Feb 11, 1967 3 86 24 86 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 6 25 18 50 6 0.0 $225,000
Mark Quinn 25 R R 6' 1" 175 May 21, 1974 1st 17 16 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 16 1 1 0 0.7 $200,000
Joe Randa 29 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 18, 1969 5 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $910,000
Ken Ray 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 27, 1974 1st 13 0 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Dan Reichert 22 R R 6' 3" 175 Jul 12, 1976 1st 8 8 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $200,000
Brad Rigby 26 R R 6' 6" 203 May 14, 1973 2 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $201,500
Jose Rosado 24 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 9, 1974 4 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $300,000 All-Star
Glendon Rusch 24 L L 6' 2" 170 Nov 7, 1974 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Rey Sanchez 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Oct 5, 1967 9 134 131 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $1,200,000
Jose Santiago 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 5, 1974 3 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $201,000
Steve Scarsone 33 R R 6' 2" 170 Apr 11, 1966 7 46 17 46 40 0 0 12 9 3 16 0 0 0 0 2 7 4 -0.1 $200,000
Scott Service 32 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 26, 1967 9 68 0 5 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $745,000
Tim Spehr 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 2, 1966 8 60 53 60 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $330,000
Blake Stein 25 R R 6' 7" 210 Aug 3, 1973 2 12 11 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $207,500
Jeff Suppan 24 R R 6' 2" 230 Jan 2, 1975 5 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $235,000
Larry Sutton 29 L L 5' 11" 175 May 14, 1970 3 43 27 43 31 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 11 0 -0.6 $240,000
Mac Suzuki 24 R R 6' 3" 195 May 31, 1975 3 22 9 4 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mike Sweeney 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 22, 1973 5 150 145 150 77 0 4 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 4 0 2.5 $265,000
Joe Vitiello 29 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 11, 1970 5 13 11 13 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.4 $
Derek Wallace 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1971 2 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $216,000
Don Wengert 29 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 6, 1969 5 11 1 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $260,000
Matt Whisenant 28 R L 6' 3" 215 Jun 8, 1971 3 48 0 4 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $270,000
Jay Witasick 26 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 28, 1972 4 32 28 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $210,000
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.

Rey Sanchez

Jed Hansen

Carlos Febles

Steve Scarsone

Jeff King

Scott Leius

Tim Spehr

Sal Fasano

Mendy Lopez

Jeremy Giambi

Joe Randa

Kevin Appier

Johnny Damon

Chad Kreuter

Jeff Montgomery

Larry Sutton

Jermaine Dye

Felix Martinez

Dee Brown

Mike Sweeney

Brad Rigby

Joe Vitiello

Ray Holbert

Chad Durbin

Marc Pisciotta
Jim Pittsley
Derek Wallace

Carlos Beltran

Jeff Suppan

Scott Pose

Terry Mathews

Blake Stein
Don Wengert

Brian Barber

Orber Moreno

Jose Santiago

Jay Witasick

Scott Service

Chris Fussell

Jose Rosado

Alvin Morman

Mark Quinn

Lance Carter
Glendon Rusch

Dan Reichert

Mac Suzuki

Matt Whisenant

Dan Murray
Ken Ray

Tim Byrdak

1998 / 2000 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers