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2002 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2001 / 2003)
62-100, Finished 4th in AL Central
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Scored 737 runs, Allowed 891 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95
Manager: Tony Muser (8-15), John Mizerock (5-8) and Tony Pena (49-77)
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,323,036 (13th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 110, Pitching - 111;   one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 113
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2001 / 2003 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Jeremy Affeldt 23 L L 6' 4" 215 Jun 6, 1979 1st 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Luis Alicea 36 B R 5' 9" 177 Jul 29, 1965 13 94 57 94 65 0 0 2 32 32 1 1 0 1 1 14 25 0 $800,000.00
Miguel Asencio 21 R R 6' 2" 160 Sep 29, 1980 1st 31 1 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Jeff Austin 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 19, 1976 2 10 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $205,000.00
Cory Bailey 31 R R 6' 1" 202 Jan 24, 1971 8 37 0 5 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $320,000.00
Carlos Beltran 25 B R 6' 1" 190 Apr 24, 1977 5 162 161 162 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 12 1 0 $3,500,000.00
Brandon Berger 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Feb 21, 1975 2 51 36 51 37 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 4 21 36 9 7 1 $202,000.00
Angel Berroa 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 27, 1978 2 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Brito 22 R R 5' 11" 205 Nov 7, 1979 1st 9 8 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dee Brown 24 L R 6' 0" 215 Mar 27, 1978 5 16 13 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 5 3 0
Ryan Bukvich 24 R R 6' 2" 250 May 13, 1978 1st 26 0 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Byrd 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 3, 1970 8 33 1 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $850,000.00
Mike Caruso 25 L R 6' 1" 172 May 27, 1977 3 12 4 12 11 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Chad Durbin 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 3, 1977 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $275,000.00
Carlos Febles 26 R R 5' 11" 185 May 24, 1976 5 119 103 119 117 0 0 0 116 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 $775,000.00
Nate Field 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 11, 1975 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris George 22 L L 6' 1" 165 Sep 16, 1979 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alexis Gomez 23 L L 6' 2" 180 Aug 6, 1978 1st 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1
Jason Grimsley 34 R R 6' 3" 180 Aug 7, 1967 11 70 0 1 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,900,000.00
Aaron Guiel 29 L R 5' 10" 200 Oct 5, 1972 1st 70 55 70 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 61 61 2 10 0
Roberto Hernandez 37 R R 6' 4" 235 Nov 11, 1964 12 53 0 3 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,000,000.00
Runelvys Hernandez 24 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 27, 1978 1st 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Hill 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 8, 1977 1st 10 0 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A.J. Hinch 28 R R 6' 1" 207 May 15, 1974 5 72 60 72 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $260,000.00
Raul Ibanez 30 L R 6' 2" 210 Jun 2, 1972 7 137 128 137 100 0 0 49 0 0 0 42 0 16 55 36 7 0 $800,000.00
Chuck Knoblauch 33 R R 5' 9" 181 Jul 7, 1968 12 80 75 80 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 74 2 2 3 $2,000,000.00
Mike MacDougal 25 R R 6' 4" 195 Mar 5, 1977 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell May 30 L L 6' 2" 170 Jun 13, 1972 4 30 2 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $375,000.00
Brent Mayne 34 L R 6' 1" 190 Apr 19, 1968 13 101 93 101 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $2,500,000.00
David McCarty 32 R L 6' 5" 215 Nov 23, 1969 8 13 8 13 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 $850,000.00
Donzell McDonald 27 B R 5' 11" 180 Feb 20, 1975 2 10 6 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 3 1
Scott Mullen 27 R L 6' 2" 190 Jan 17, 1975 3 44 0 6 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Obermueller 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 22, 1976 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Ordaz 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 12, 1975 6 33 28 33 33 0 0 0 28 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kit Pellow 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 28, 1973 1st 29 17 29 21 0 0 10 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1
Neifi Perez 29 B R 6' 0" 175 Jun 2, 1973 7 145 142 145 144 0 0 0 5 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $4,100,000.00
Chan Perry 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 13, 1972 2 5 3 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Quinn 28 R R 6' 1" 195 May 21, 1974 4 23 22 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 7 1 0 $375,000.00
Joe Randa 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 18, 1969 8 151 145 151 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 0 $4,000,000.00
Dan Reichert 25 R R 6' 3" 175 Jul 12, 1976 4 30 0 4 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $310,000.00
Bryan Rekar 30 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 3, 1972 8 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donnie Sadler 27 R R 5' 6" 175 Jun 17, 1975 5 35 16 35 31 0 0 0 4 11 4 11 0 4 15 0 5 12 $255,000.00
Shawn Sedlacek 25 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 29, 1977 1st 16 2 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Shouse 33 L L 5' 11" 180 Sep 26, 1968 3 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $215,000.00
Blake Stein 28 R R 6' 7" 240 Aug 3, 1973 5 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,350,000.00
Jeff Suppan 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 2, 1975 8 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,150,000.00
Mac Suzuki 27 R R 6' 3" 195 May 31, 1975 6 7 1 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Sweeney 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 22, 1973 8 126 125 126 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 0 $8,000,000.00 All-Star
Michael Tucker 31 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 25, 1971 8 144 121 144 113 0 0 5 2 0 0 33 14 67 108 21 15 4 $2,250,000.00
Brad Voyles 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 30, 1976 2 22 0 3 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dusty Wathan 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 22, 1973 1st 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kris Wilson 25 R R 6' 4" 225 Aug 6, 1976 3 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $240,000.00
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.

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