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2008 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
75-87, Finished 4th in AL Central
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Scored 691 runs, Allowed 781 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Manager: Trey Hillman (75-87)
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,578,922 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
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2007 / 2009 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
Mike Aviles 27 R R 5' 9" 195 Mar 13, 1981 1st 102 101 102 102 0 0 0 28 7 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Bale 34 L L 6' 4" 205 May 22, 1974 6 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,200,000.00
Brian Bannister 27 R R 6' 2" 202 Feb 28, 1981 3 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $421,000.00
John Buck 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 7, 1980 5 109 106 109 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $2,200,000.00
Billy Butler 22 R R 6' 1" 240 Apr 18, 1986 2 124 115 124 34 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 7 0 $399,000.00
Alberto Callaspo 25 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 19, 1983 3 74 53 74 67 0 0 0 46 1 18 3 0 0 3 0 17 0 $394,000.00
Kyle Davies 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 9, 1983 4 21 1 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David DeJesus 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Dec 20, 1979 6 135 131 135 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 68 24 134 1 0 0 $2,500,000.00
Brandon Duckworth 32 B R 6' 2" 185 Jan 23, 1976 8 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Fulchino 28 R R 6' 5" 252 Nov 26, 1979 2 12 0 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Gathright 27 L R 5' 10" 170 Apr 27, 1981 5 105 74 105 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100 0 103 0 4 8 $427,000.00
Esteban German 30 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 26, 1978 7 89 56 89 77 0 0 0 35 6 3 39 0 0 39 0 11 10 $1,000,000.00
Ross Gload 32 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 5, 1976 7 122 104 122 119 0 0 111 0 0 0 8 0 3 11 0 4 5 $1,300,000.00
Jimmy Gobble 26 L L 6' 3" 190 Jul 19, 1981 6 39 0 2 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,312,500.00
Alex Gordon 24 L R 6' 1" 220 Feb 10, 1984 2 134 134 134 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $406,000.00
Zack Greinke 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 21, 1983 5 32 3 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,400,000.00
Mark Grudzielanek 38 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 30, 1970 14 86 85 86 85 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $4,500,000.00
Jose Guillen 32 R R 5' 11" 165 May 17, 1976 12 153 151 153 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 67 109 43 2 0 $12,000,000.00
Luke Hochevar 24 R R 6' 5" 205 Sep 15, 1983 2 22 1 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kila Ka'aihue 24 L R 6' 3" 233 Mar 29, 1984 1st 12 5 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1
Devon Lowery 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Mar 24, 1983 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Mahay 37 L L 6' 2" 185 Jun 28, 1971 13 57 0 5 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
Mitch Maier 26 L R 6' 2" 210 Jun 30, 1982 2 34 24 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 4 34 0 1 2
Gil Meche 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 8, 1978 8 34 1 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $11,400,000.00
Neal Musser 27 L L 6' 1" 235 Aug 25, 1980 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Newman 26 L L 6' 1" 200 Jun 11, 1982 2 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hideo Nomo 39 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 31, 1968 12 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leo Nunez 24 R R 6' 1" 160 Aug 14, 1983 4 45 0 1 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $405,000.00
Miguel Olivo 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 15, 1978 7 84 77 84 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 6 0 $2,050,000.00
Tony Pena 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 23, 1981 3 95 61 95 94 1 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 $405,000.00
Joel Peralta 32 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 23, 1976 4 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Horacio Ramirez 28 L L 6' 1" 170 Nov 24, 1979 6 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ramon Ramirez 26 R R 5' 11" 190 Aug 31, 1981 3 71 0 5 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $397,000.00
Carlos Rosa 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 21, 1984 1st 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Shealy 28 R R 6' 5" 240 Aug 29, 1979 4 20 20 20 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Smith 30 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 24, 1977 8 22 4 22 16 0 0 1 9 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 11
Joakim Soria 24 R R 6' 2" 170 May 18, 1984 2 63 0 4 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $426,500.00 All-Star
Mark Teahen 26 L R 6' 3" 210 Sep 6, 1981 4 149 148 149 148 0 0 14 0 19 0 31 1 92 119 1 0 1 $2,337,500.00
Robinson Tejeda 26 R R 6' 3" 188 Mar 24, 1982 4 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brett Tomko 35 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 7, 1973 12 16 1 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,000,000.00
Matt Tupman 28 L R 5' 11" 185 Nov 25, 1979 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $390,000.00
Kip Wells 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 21, 1977 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yasuhiko Yabuta 35 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 9, 1973 1st 31 0 3 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,500,000.00
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.

2007 / 2009 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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