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2008 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C John Buck 27 109 418 370 48 83 23 1 9 48 0 3 38 96 .224 .304 .365 .669 79 135 12 6 0 4 2
2 1B Ross Gload* 32 122 418 388 46 106 18 1 3 37 3 4 23 39 .273 .317 .348 .664 78 135 12 3 1 3 4
3 2B Mark Grudzielanek 38 86 360 331 36 99 24 0 3 24 2 1 19 41 .299 .345 .399 .743 99 132 8 5 3 2 1
4 SS Mike Aviles 27 102 441 419 68 136 27 4 10 51 8 3 18 58 .325 .354 .480 .833 121 201 12 2 0 2 4
5 3B Alex Gordon* 24 134 571 493 72 128 35 1 16 59 9 2 66 120 .260 .351 .432 .783 109 213 8 6 1 5 5
6 LF David DeJesus* 28 135 577 518 70 159 25 7 12 73 11 8 46 71 .307 .366 .452 .818 118 234 10 5 4 4 3
7 CF Joey Gathright* 27 105 315 279 41 71 3 1 0 22 21 4 20 40 .254 .311 .272 .584 59 76 3 4 10 2 0
8 RF Mark Teahen* 26 149 623 572 66 146 31 4 15 59 4 3 46 131 .255 .313 .402 .715 90 230 6 3 0 2 4
9 DH Billy Butler 22 124 478 443 44 122 22 0 11 55 0 1 33 57 .275 .324 .400 .724 93 177 23 0 0 2 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT Jose Guillen 32 153 633 598 66 158 42 1 20 97 2 1 23 106 .264 .300 .438 .738 95 262 23 9 0 3 3
11 UT Miguel Olivo 29 84 317 306 29 78 22 0 12 41 7 0 7 82 .255 .278 .444 .722 90 136 6 3 0 1 2
12 UT Esteban German 30 89 242 216 30 53 14 3 0 22 7 3 18 42 .245 .303 .338 .640 72 73 5 1 4 3 1
13 SS Tony Pena 27 95 235 225 22 38 4 1 1 14 3 1 6 49 .169 .189 .209 .398 7 47 4 0 2 2 2
14 2B Alberto Callaspo# 25 74 234 213 21 65 8 3 0 16 2 1 19 14 .305 .361 .371 .731 97 79 6 0 1 1 0
15 CF Mitch Maier* 26 34 97 91 9 26 1 1 0 9 0 2 2 18 .286 .316 .319 .634 71 29 3 2 2 0 0
16 1B Ryan Shealy 28 20 79 73 12 22 1 0 7 20 0 0 5 19 .301 .354 .603 .957 151 44 2 1 0 0 0
17 UT Jason Smith* 30 22 28 28 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 .214 .214 .286 .500 33 8 0 0 0 0 0
18 UT Kila Ka'aihue* 24 12 24 21 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .286 .375 .429 .804 115 9 0 0 0 0 0
19 C Matt Tupman* 28 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 440 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Zack Greinke 24 3 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 88 3 1 0 1 0 0
21 P Brian Bannister 27 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 1 0 0
22 P Gil Meche 29 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Luke Hochevar 24 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 P Brett Tomko 35 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Kyle Davies 24 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 P Kip Wells 31 0 0 0 0
27 P Jeff Fulchino 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Ramon Ramirez 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Joakim Soria 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Carlos Rosa 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Robinson Tejeda 26 0 0 0 0
32 P Ron Mahay* 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Leo Nunez 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P John Bale* 34 0 0 0 0
35 P Hideo Nomo 39 0 0 0 0
36 P Joel Peralta 32 0 0 0 0
37 P Neal Musser* 27 0 0 0 0
38 P Brandon Duckworth# 32 0 0 0 0
39 P Devon Lowery* 25 0 0 0 0
40 P Yasuhiko Yabuta 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Jimmy Gobble* 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Josh Newman* 26 0 0 0 0
43 P Horacio Ramirez* 28 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.0 162 6118 5608 691 1507 303 28 120 650 79 38 392 1005 .269 .320 .397 .717 91 2226 144 50 32 36 31
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 12 6 5 8 13 11 5 14 9 6 12 12 12 11 9 13
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Gil Meche 29 14 11 .560 3.98 34 34 0 0 0 0 210.1 204 98 93 19 73 2 183 0 0 5 886 109 1.317 8.7 0.8 3.1 7.8 2.51
2 SP Zack Greinke 24 13 10 .565 3.47 32 32 0 1 0 0 202.1 202 87 78 21 56 1 183 4 1 8 851 126 1.275 9.0 0.9 2.5 8.1 3.27
3 SP Brian Bannister 27 9 16 .360 5.76 32 32 0 1 0 0 182.2 215 127 117 29 58 1 113 7 1 7 811 76 1.495 10.6 1.4 2.9 5.6 1.95
4 SP Luke Hochevar 24 6 12 .333 5.51 22 22 0 0 0 0 129.0 143 84 79 12 47 1 72 5 0 7 566 79 1.473 10.0 0.8 3.3 5.0 1.53
5 SP Kyle Davies 24 9 7 .563 4.06 21 21 0 0 0 0 113.0 121 57 51 10 43 0 71 2 1 8 487 107 1.451 9.6 0.8 3.4 5.7 1.65
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Joakim Soria 24 2 3 .400 1.60 63 0 57 0 0 42 67.1 39 13 12 5 19 1 66 6 1 1 260 272 0.861 5.2 0.7 2.5 8.8 3.47
7 RP Ramon Ramirez 26 3 2 .600 2.64 71 0 15 0 0 1 71.2 57 23 21 2 31 6 70 0 1 6 295 165 1.228 7.2 0.3 3.9 8.8 2.26
8 RP Ron Mahay* 37 5 0 1.000 3.48 57 0 3 0 0 0 64.2 61 27 25 6 29 0 49 1 0 1 278 125 1.392 8.5 0.8 4.0 6.8 1.69
9 RP Joel Peralta 32 1 2 .333 5.98 40 0 12 0 0 0 52.2 56 37 35 15 14 0 38 2 0 1 224 73 1.329 9.6 2.6 2.4 6.5 2.71
10 RP Leo Nunez 24 4 1 .800 2.98 45 0 12 0 0 0 48.1 45 19 16 2 15 2 26 4 0 3 205 146 1.241 8.4 0.4 2.8 4.8 1.73
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Brett Tomko 35 2 7 .222 6.97 16 10 1 0 0 0 60.2 80 49 47 11 13 0 40 0 0 4 271 62 1.533 11.9 1.6 1.9 5.9 3.08
12 Robinson Tejeda 26 2 2 .500 3.20 25 1 14 0 0 0 39.1 22 17 14 3 19 0 41 1 0 5 157 136 1.042 5.0 0.7 4.3 9.4 2.16
13 Brandon Duckworth 32 3 3 .500 4.50 7 7 0 0 0 0 38.0 38 20 19 2 19 0 20 3 0 0 167 97 1.500 9.0 0.5 4.5 4.7 1.05
14 Yasuhiko Yabuta 35 1 3 .250 4.78 31 0 12 0 0 0 37.2 41 21 20 6 17 0 25 0 0 1 168 91 1.540 9.8 1.4 4.1 6.0 1.47
15 Jimmy Gobble* 26 0 2 .000 8.81 39 0 10 0 0 1 31.2 39 31 31 5 23 1 27 2 0 6 159 49 1.958 11.1 1.4 6.5 7.7 1.17
16 John Bale* 34 0 3 .000 4.39 13 3 1 0 0 0 26.2 29 13 13 1 6 0 14 0 0 1 110 99 1.313 9.8 0.3 2.0 4.7 2.33
17 Horacio Ramirez* 28 1 1 .500 2.59 15 0 4 0 0 0 24.1 21 9 7 1 1 0 11 2 0 1 96 168 0.904 7.8 0.4 0.4 4.1 11.00
18 Jeff Fulchino 28 0 1 .000 9.00 12 0 7 0 0 0 14.0 21 15 14 2 8 0 12 1 0 1 72 48 2.071 13.5 1.3 5.1 7.7 1.50
19 Kip Wells 31 0 1 .000 8.71 10 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 10 10 10 1 11 0 9 1 0 1 50 50 2.032 8.7 0.9 9.6 7.8 0.82
20 Josh Newman* 26 0 0 7.71 4 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 10 9 6 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 35 56 2.286 12.9 1.3 7.7 2.6 0.33
21 Hideo Nomo 39 0 0 18.69 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 10 9 9 3 4 0 3 0 0 1 27 23 3.231 20.8 6.2 8.3 6.2 0.75
22 Devon Lowery 25 0 0 10.38 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 6 5 5 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 21 42 1.846 12.5 4.2 4.2 12.5 3.00
23 Carlos Rosa 23 0 0 2.70 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 161 0.900 8.1 0.0 0.0 8.1
24 Neal Musser* 27 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
25 Tony Pena 27 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 27.5 75 87 .463 4.50 162 162 160 2 0 44 1445.2 1473 781 723 159 515 15 1085 41 5 68 6214 97 1.375 9.2 1.0 3.2 6.8 2.11
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 4 10 12 9 4 7 7 10 10 6 7 14926
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Mike Aviles 27 126 101 891.2 454 170 274 10 70 .978 5.3 7.1 3.3 1.6 1.7 2 4.48 3.52 SS-2B-3B
John Bale 34 13 3 26.2 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 3.04 0.69 P
Brian Bannister 27 32 32 182.2 42 12 28 2 3 .952 1.97 1.25 P
John Buck 27 107 106 950.1 783 751 24 8 6 .990 -6.0 -7.6 -6 7.34 7.24 4 42 59 12 17% C
Billy Butler 22 116 33 260.0 244 233 9 2 27 .992 -4.7 -21.7 -4.7 -1.8 -2.9 0 8.38 2.09 1B-DH
Alberto Callaspo 25 68 53 471.2 249 93 154 2 45 .992 1.7 4.3 0.7 1.9 -1.2 0 1 4.71 3.63 2B-SS-LF-3B
Kyle Davies 24 21 21 113.0 15 4 10 1 0 .933 1.12 0.67 P
David DeJesus 28 164 130 1112.2 314 310 3 1 1 .997 12.6 13.6 18.6 10.0 8.6 -6 2.53 1.91 CF-LF-RF-DH
Brandon Duckworth 32 7 7 38.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.66 1.00 P
Jeff Fulchino 28 12 0 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Joey Gathright 27 103 74 729.0 205 199 5 1 0 .995 -4.8 -7.9 -3.8 0.7 -4.5 -1 2.52 1.98 CF-LF
Esteban German 30 83 56 514.0 191 99 86 6 21 .969 -1.7 -4.0 -1.7 -2.5 0.8 0 0 3.24 2.23 LF-2B-3B-SS
Ross Gload 32 122 104 955.1 905 858 43 4 86 .996 -9.7 -12.2 -8.7 -7.2 -1.5 -1 0 8.49 7.39 1B-LF-RF
Jimmy Gobble 26 39 0 31.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.57 0.05 P
Alex Gordon 24 134 133 1180.0 358 112 230 16 21 .955 1.2 1.2 2.2 -1.3 3.5 -1 2.61 2.55 3B-DH
Zack Greinke 24 32 32 202.1 36 11 24 1 1 .972 1.56 1.09 P
Mark Grudzielanek 38 85 85 710.2 396 135 257 4 58 .990 0.6 1.0 0.6 -3.6 4.2 0 4.96 4.61 2B
Jose Guillen 32 155 108 912.1 218 204 10 4 2 .982 1.0 1.3 2.0 -2.6 4.6 -1 2.11 1.38 RF-LF-DH
Luke Hochevar 24 22 22 129.0 18 6 11 1 2 .944 1.19 0.77 P
Kila Ka'aihue 24 8 1 15.0 13 12 1 0 2 1.000 -1.8 -144.0 -1.8 0.0 -1.8 0 7.80 1.63 1B-DH
Devon Lowery 25 5 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Ron Mahay 37 57 0 64.2 9 0 8 1 1 .889 1.11 0.14 P
Mitch Maier 26 37 24 231.2 72 71 0 1 0 .986 2.5 12.9 3.5 0.9 2.6 -1 2.76 1.92 CF-RF
Gil Meche 29 34 34 210.1 38 6 28 4 1 .895 1.45 1.00 P
Neal Musser 27 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Josh Newman 26 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.25 P
Hideo Nomo 39 3 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Leo Nunez 24 45 0 48.1 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.93 0.11 P
Miguel Olivo 29 79 56 494.1 415 378 32 5 6 .988 2.0 4.9 2 7.46 5.19 4 26 19 14 42% C-DH
Tony Pena 27 95 61 593.0 264 74 181 9 35 .966 -1.3 -2.6 -1.3 -3.3 2.0 0 3.87 2.68 SS-P
Joel Peralta 32 40 0 52.2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.85 0.13 P
Horacio Ramirez 28 15 0 24.1 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.70 0.67 P
Ramon Ramirez 26 71 0 71.2 11 2 8 1 1 .909 1.26 0.14 P
Carlos Rosa 23 2 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Ryan Shealy 28 20 20 169.0 169 155 12 2 18 .988 -0.7 -5.0 -0.7 -1.5 0.8 0 8.89 8.35 1B
Jason Smith 30 16 4 63.0 29 12 17 0 2 1.000 2.2 41.9 2.2 1.1 1.1 0 4.14 1.81 2B-3B-1B-LF
Joakim Soria 24 63 0 67.1 12 6 6 0 1 1.000 1.60 0.19 P
Mark Teahen 26 158 147 1311.2 455 408 41 6 19 .987 -10.2 -9.3 -4.2 -0.9 -3.3 -6 0 3.08 2.84 RF-LF-3B-1B-CF-DH
Robinson Tejeda 26 25 1 39.1 5 1 2 2 0 .600 0.69 0.12 P
Brett Tomko 35 16 10 60.2 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.81 P
Matt Tupman 28 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 C
Kip Wells 31 10 0 10.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.10 P
Yasuhiko Yabuta 35 31 0 37.2 7 4 2 1 0 .857 1.43 0.19 P
Team Totals 28.0 162 1458 13011.0 5981 4337 1548 96 431 .984 -11.8 -1.1 6.2 -8.5 14.7 -16 2 -4 4.07 2.58 8 68 78 26 25%
Rank in 14 AL teams 8 7 7
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

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