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2007 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2006 / 2008)
69-93, Finished 5th in AL Central
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Scored 706 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Manager: Buddy Bell (69-93)
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,616,867 (13th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
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2006 / 2008 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
John Bale 33 L L 6' 4" 205 May 22, 1974 5 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,800,000.00
Brian Bannister 26 R R 6' 2" 202 Feb 28, 1981 2 27 2 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angel Berroa 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 27, 1978 7 9 2 9 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Ryan Braun 26 R R 6' 1" 215 Jul 29, 1980 2 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $380,000.00
Craig Brazell 27 L R 6' 3" 211 May 10, 1980 2 5 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Emil Brown 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 29, 1974 8 113 90 113 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 21 96 7 8 7 $3,450,000.00
John Buck 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 7, 1980 4 113 104 113 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $440,000.00
Billy Buckner 23 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 27, 1983 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Butler 21 R R 6' 1" 240 Apr 18, 1986 1st 92 85 92 18 0 0 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 69 7 0
Fernando Cortez 25 L R 6' 1" 175 Aug 10, 1981 2 8 3 8 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Shane Costa 25 L R 6' 0" 220 Dec 12, 1981 3 55 21 55 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 13 27 3 25 3
Kyle Davies 23 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 9, 1983 3 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jorge de la Rosa 26 L L 6' 1" 190 Apr 5, 1981 4 26 2 3 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $417,000.00
David DeJesus 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Dec 20, 1979 5 157 153 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156 0 1 0 $2,000,000.00
Octavio Dotel 33 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 25, 1973 9 24 0 3 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000.00
Brandon Duckworth 31 B R 6' 2" 185 Jan 23, 1976 7 26 0 2 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
Scott Elarton 31 R R 6' 7" 240 Feb 23, 1976 9 9 1 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
Joey Gathright 26 L R 5' 10" 170 Apr 27, 1981 4 74 64 74 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 10 0 72 0 5 1
Esteban German 29 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 26, 1978 6 121 85 121 105 0 0 0 56 46 4 8 0 0 8 2 26 3 $423,000.00
Ross Gload 31 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 5, 1976 6 102 83 102 95 0 0 89 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 2 9 1 $625,000.00
Jimmy Gobble 25 L L 6' 3" 190 Jul 19, 1981 5 74 0 4 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $712,500.00
Alex Gordon 23 L R 6' 1" 220 Feb 10, 1984 1st 151 145 151 149 0 0 32 0 137 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $380,000.00
Zack Greinke 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 21, 1983 4 52 0 3 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $407,000.00
Mark Grudzielanek 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 30, 1970 13 116 110 116 116 0 0 0 116 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $4,000,000.00
Luke Hochevar 23 R R 6' 5" 205 Sep 15, 1983 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Huber 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 1, 1982 3 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 3
Luke Hudson 30 R R 6' 3" 195 May 2, 1977 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $422,000.00
Jason LaRue 33 R R 5' 11" 200 Mar 19, 1974 9 66 55 66 66 0 65 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,200,000.00
Gil Meche 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 8, 1978 7 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,400,000.00 All-Star
Neal Musser 26 L L 6' 1" 235 Aug 25, 1980 1st 17 0 3 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leo Nunez 23 R R 6' 1" 160 Aug 14, 1983 3 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $382,000.00
Tony Pena 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 23, 1981 2 152 145 152 150 0 0 0 1 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $380,000.00
Joel Peralta 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 23, 1976 3 62 0 5 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,500.00
Odalis Perez 30 L L 6' 0" 150 Jun 7, 1977 9 26 2 2 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,750,000.00
Paul Phillips 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Apr 15, 1977 4 8 3 8 8 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
David Riske 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 23, 1976 8 65 0 5 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000,000.00
Reggie Sanders 39 R R 6' 1" 186 Dec 1, 1967 17 24 20 24 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 17 5 2 2 $5,000,000.00
Ryan Shealy 27 R R 6' 5" 240 Aug 29, 1979 3 52 49 52 52 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $392,500.00
Jason Smith 29 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 24, 1977 7 40 20 40 32 0 0 3 7 4 20 0 0 0 0 0 10 3
Joakim Soria 23 R R 6' 2" 170 May 18, 1984 1st 62 0 6 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $380,000.00
Jason Standridge 28 R R 6' 4" 205 Nov 9, 1978 7 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Sweeney 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 22, 1973 13 74 70 74 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 4 0 $11,000,000.00
Mark Teahen 25 L R 6' 3" 210 Sep 6, 1981 3 144 139 144 141 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 5 137 138 0 4 0 $416,000.00
John Thomson 33 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 1, 1973 10 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Wellemeyer 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 30, 1978 5 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $635,000.00
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.

2006 / 2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played