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2008 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

75-87, Finished 4th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Trey Hillman (75-87)
Scored 691 runs, Allowed 781 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90

Ballparks: Kauffman Stadium · 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 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
Mike Aviles 27 R R 5' 10" 205 Mar 13, 1981 1st 102 101 102 102 0 0 0 28 7 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
John Bale 34 L L 6' 4" 210 May 22, 1974 6 13 3 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $2,200,000
Brian Bannister 27 R R 6' 2" 202 Feb 28, 1981 3 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $421,000
John Buck 27 R R 6' 3" 230 Jul 7, 1980 5 109 106 109 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.2 $2,200,000
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 9 0 -0.9 $399,000
Alberto Callaspo 25 B R 5' 9" 195 Apr 19, 1983 3 74 53 74 67 0 0 0 46 1 18 3 0 0 3 0 17 0 1.1 $394,000
Kyle Davies 24 R R 6' 1" 210 Sep 9, 1983 4 21 21 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
David DeJesus 28 L L 5' 11" 190 Dec 20, 1979 6 135 131 135 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 68 24 163 1 0 0 3.7 $2,500,000
Brandon Duckworth 32 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 23, 1976 8 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jeff Fulchino 28 R R 6' 5" 285 Nov 26, 1979 2 12 0 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Joey Gathright 27 L R 5' 10" 175 Apr 27, 1981 5 105 74 105 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100 0 103 0 4 8 -0.4 $427,000
Esteban German 30 R R 5' 9" 195 Jan 26, 1978 7 89 56 89 77 0 0 0 35 6 3 39 0 0 39 5 11 10 -0.4 $1,000,000
Ross Gload 32 L L 6' 1" 190 Apr 5, 1976 7 122 104 122 119 0 0 111 0 0 0 8 0 3 11 0 4 5 -1.6 $1,300,000
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 -0.9 $1,312,500
Alex Gordon 24 L R 6' 2" 220 Feb 10, 1984 2 134 134 134 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.1 $406,000
Zack Greinke 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 21, 1983 5 32 32 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $1,400,000
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 1.7 $4,500,000
Jose Guillen 32 R R 5' 11" 165 May 17, 1976 12 153 151 153 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 67 112 43 2 0 0.1 $12,000,000
Luke Hochevar 24 R R 6' 5" 220 Sep 15, 1983 2 22 22 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Kila Ka'aihue 24 L R 6' 4" 235 Mar 29, 1984 1st 12 5 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 -0.1 $
Devon Lowery 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Mar 24, 1983 1st 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ron Mahay 37 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 28, 1971 13 57 0 5 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $4,000,000
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 38 0 1 2 0.0 $
Gil Meche 29 R R 6' 3" 180 Sep 8, 1978 8 34 34 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $11,400,000
Neal Musser 27 L L 6' 1" 235 Aug 25, 1980 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 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 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Hideo Nomo 39 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 31, 1968 12 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Miguel Olivo 29 R R 6' 0" 225 Jul 15, 1978 7 84 77 84 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 6 0 0.9 $2,050,000
Juan Oviedo 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 15, 1982 4 45 0 1 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $405,000
Tony Pena 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 23, 1981 3 95 61 95 94 1 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 -1.9 $405,000
Joel Peralta 32 R R 5' 11" 195 Mar 23, 1976 4 40 0 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Horacio Ramirez 28 L L 6' 1" 220 Nov 24, 1979 6 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ramon Ramirez 26 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 31, 1981 3 71 0 5 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $397,000
Carlos Rosa 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 21, 1984 1st 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
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 0.5 $
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 6 5 11 0.0 $
Joakim Soria 24 R R 6' 3" 200 May 18, 1984 2 63 0 4 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $426,500 All-Star
Mark Teahen 26 L R 6' 3" 230 Sep 6, 1981 4 149 148 149 148 0 0 14 0 19 0 31 1 92 124 1 0 1 -0.7 $2,337,500
Rob Tejeda 26 R R 6' 2" 245 Mar 24, 1982 4 25 1 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Brett Tomko 35 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 7, 1973 12 16 10 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $3,000,000
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 0.1 $390,000
Kip Wells 31 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 21, 1977 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Yasuhiko Yabuta 35 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 19, 1973 1st 31 0 3 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $2,500,000
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Tony Pena
Joey Gathright
Esteban German
Alex Gordon
Ross Gload
David DeJesus
Jose Guillen
Matt Tupman

Alberto Callaspo
John Buck
Mark Grudzielanek
Billy Butler
Brian Bannister
Miguel Olivo
Zack Greinke
Mark Teahen

Kila Ka'aihue
Brett Tomko
Jason Smith
Yasuhiko Yabuta
Kyle Davies
Mike Aviles
Brandon Duckworth
Ron Mahay
Mitch Maier

Kip Wells
Jimmy Gobble
Ryan Shealy
Luke Hochevar
Juan Oviedo
Joakim Soria
John Bale
Rob Tejeda

Devon Lowery
Horacio Ramirez
Carlos Rosa
Jeff Fulchino
Gil Meche
Ramon Ramirez
Joel Peralta
Neal Musser
Josh Newman

Hideo Nomo

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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