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2007 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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69-93, Finished 5th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Buddy Bell (69-93)
Scored 706 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88

Ballparks: Kauffman Stadium · 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 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
John Bale 33 L L 6' 4" 210 May 22, 1974 5 26 0 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $1,800,000
Brian Bannister 26 R R 6' 2" 202 Feb 28, 1981 2 27 27 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $
Angel Berroa 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 27, 1980 7 9 2 9 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 -0.1 $
Ryan Braun 26 R R 6' 1" 220 Jul 29, 1980 2 26 0 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $380,000
Craig Brazell 27 L R 6' 3" 210 May 10, 1980 2 5 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $
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 99 13 8 7 0.9 $3,450,000
John Buck 26 R R 6' 3" 230 Jul 7, 1980 4 113 104 113 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.4 $440,000
Billy Buckner 23 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 27, 1983 1st 7 5 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
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 70 7 0 0.2 $
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 0.1 $
Shane Costa 25 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 12, 1981 3 55 21 55 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 13 28 8 25 3 -0.1 $
Kyle Davies 23 R R 6' 1" 210 Sep 9, 1983 3 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Jorge De La Rosa 26 L L 6' 1" 215 Apr 5, 1981 4 26 23 3 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $417,000
David DeJesus 27 L L 5' 11" 190 Dec 20, 1979 5 157 153 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156 0 1 0 3.3 $2,000,000
Octavio Dotel 33 R R 6' 0" 220 Nov 25, 1973 9 24 0 3 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $5,000,000
Brandon Duckworth 31 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 23, 1976 7 26 3 2 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $550,000
Scott Elarton 31 R R 6' 7" 240 Feb 23, 1976 9 9 9 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.8 $4,000,000
Joey Gathright 26 L R 5' 10" 175 Apr 27, 1981 4 74 64 74 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 10 0 74 1 5 1 0.6 $
Esteban German 29 R R 5' 9" 195 Jan 26, 1978 6 121 85 121 105 0 0 0 56 46 4 8 0 0 8 3 26 3 0.5 $423,000
Ross Gload 31 L L 6' 1" 190 Apr 5, 1976 6 102 83 102 95 0 0 89 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 2 9 1 0.2 $625,000
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 0.9 $712,500
Alex Gordon 23 L R 6' 2" 220 Feb 10, 1984 1st 151 145 151 149 0 0 32 0 137 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.8 $380,000
Zack Greinke 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 21, 1983 4 52 14 3 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $407,000
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 2.5 $4,000,000
Luke Hochevar 23 R R 6' 5" 220 Sep 15, 1983 1st 4 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
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 2 1 3 -0.2 $
Luke Hudson 30 R R 6' 3" 195 May 2, 1977 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $422,000
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 -0.5 $5,200,000
Gil Meche 28 R R 6' 3" 180 Sep 8, 1978 7 34 34 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 $7,400,000 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 0.1 $
Juan Oviedo 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 15, 1982 3 13 6 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $382,000
Tony Pena 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 23, 1981 2 152 145 152 150 0 0 0 1 0 150 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.6 $380,000
Joel Peralta 31 R R 5' 11" 195 Mar 23, 1976 3 62 0 5 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $400,500
Odalis Perez 29 L L 6' 0" 225 Jun 11, 1978 9 26 26 2 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $7,750,000
Paul Phillips 30 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 15, 1977 4 8 3 8 8 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
David Riske 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 23, 1976 8 65 0 5 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $2,000,000
Reggie Sanders 39 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 1, 1967 17 24 20 24 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 18 7 2 2 0.6 $5,000,000
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 -0.6 $392,500
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 2 10 3 -0.4 $
Joakim Soria 23 R R 6' 3" 200 May 18, 1984 1st 62 0 6 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $380,000
Jason Standridge 28 R R 6' 3" 245 Nov 9, 1978 7 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
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 65 4 0 -0.2 $11,000,000
Mark Teahen 25 L R 6' 3" 230 Sep 6, 1981 3 144 139 144 141 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 5 137 142 0 4 0 -0.1 $416,000
John Thomson 33 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 1, 1973 10 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Todd Wellemeyer 28 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 30, 1978 5 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $635,000
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.

Tony Pena

Joey Gathright

Esteban German

Angel Berroa

Jason LaRue

Alex Gordon

David DeJesus

Ross Gload

Paul Phillips

John Buck

Mark Grudzielanek

Reggie Sanders

Billy Butler

Zack Greinke

Mark Teahen

Justin Huber
Jason Smith

Kyle Davies
Octavio Dotel

Mike Sweeney

Fernando Cortez
Justin Huber
Jason Standridge

Brandon Duckworth

Shane Costa

Luke Hudson

Emil Brown

Jorge De La Rosa

Scott Elarton

Billy Buckner

Craig Brazell

Brian Bannister

Jimmy Gobble

Ryan Shealy

Luke Hochevar

Odalis Perez

Juan Oviedo

Ryan Braun

Joakim Soria

John Bale

John Thomson

David Riske

Gil Meche

John Thomson
Todd Wellemeyer

Joel Peralta

Neal Musser

Billy Buckner

2006 / 2008 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers