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2008 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
75-87, 4th place in AL Central Division
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Scored 691 runs, Allowed 781 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Managed by Trey Hillman

Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,578,922 (14th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008 Stats / Schedule / Lineups (2007) / Batting Orders / Minor League Teams / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Org. Stats & Depth: Bat / Pitch / Inning Scoring & Leads

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

Explanation

A # next to the game score indicates the opposing starter was a left hander. Holding your mouse (without clicking) over the game date will show you the name of the opposing starter in most browsers. Clicking on the date will take you to the box score. Clicking on the opposing team's name will take you to their batting order for this game.

Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1.Mon,3/31 at DET W (5-4) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen DeJesus Guillen Meche Butler
2.Wed,4/2 at DET W (4-0)# Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Bannister Butler
3.Thu,4/3 at DET W (4-1) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Greinke Butler
4.Fri,4/4 at MIN L (3-4) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Bale Butler
5.Sat,4/5 at MIN L (4-6) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Callaspo Teahen Gathright Guillen Meche Butler
6.Sun,4/6 at MIN W (3-1) Buck Gload Callaspo Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Tomko Butler
7.Tue,4/8 vs NYY W (5-2) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Bannister Butler
8.Wed,4/9 vs NYY W (4-0) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Greinke Butler
9.Thu,4/10 vs NYY L (1-6)# Buck Gload German Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Bale Butler
10.Fri,4/11 vs MIN L (0-5) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Callaspo Teahen Gathright Guillen Meche Butler
11.Sat,4/12 vs MIN L (0-2) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Callaspo Teahen Gathright Guillen Tomko Butler
12.Sun,4/13 vs MIN W (5-1)# Buck Butler German Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Bannister Olivo
13.Mon,4/14 at SEA W (5-1)# Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen DeJesus Guillen Greinke Olivo
14.Tue,4/15 at SEA L (6-11) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen DeJesus Guillen Bale Butler
15.Wed,4/16 at LAA W (3-2) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Meche Butler
16.Thu,4/17 at LAA L (3-5) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen DeJesus Guillen Tomko Butler
17.Fri,4/18 at OAK L (2-13) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen Gathright Guillen Bannister Butler
18.Sat,4/19 at OAK L (5-6)# Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen DeJesus Guillen Greinke Olivo
19.Sun,4/20 at OAK L (1-7)# Buck Butler German Gordon Callaspo Teahen Gathright Guillen Hochevar Olivo
20.Tue,4/22 vs CLE L (1-15)# Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Teahen DeJesus Guillen Meche Butler
21.Thu,4/24 vs CLE L (6-9) Olivo Gload Callaspo Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Teahen Tomko Butler
22.Thu,4/24 vs CLE L (0-2)# Buck Butler German Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Bannister Olivo
23.Fri,4/25 vs TOR W (8-4) Buck Gload Callaspo Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Greinke Butler
24.Sat,4/26 vs TOR W (2-1) Buck Gload Callaspo Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Hochevar Butler
25.Sun,4/27 vs TOR L (2-5) Olivo Gload Callaspo Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Meche Butler
26.Tue,4/29 at TEX W (9-5) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Tomko Butler
27.Wed,4/30 at TEX L (9-11) Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Teahen Bannister Guillen
28.Thu,5/1 at TEX L (1-2) Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Teahen Greinke Guillen
29.Sat,5/3 at CLE W (4-2)# Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Hochevar Olivo
30.Sun,5/4 at CLE W (2-0)# Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Meche Olivo
31.Mon,5/5 vs LAA L (0-4) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Tomko Butler
32.Tue,5/6 vs LAA L (3-5) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Callaspo DeJesus Gathright Teahen Bannister Butler
33.Wed,5/7 vs LAA W (9-4) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Greinke Butler
34.Thu,5/8 vs BAL L (1-4) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Callaspo DeJesus Teahen Hochevar Butler
35.Fri,5/9 vs BAL L (4-7) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Callaspo Guillen DeJesus Teahen Meche Olivo
36.Sat,5/10 vs BAL L (5-6)# Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena German Gathright DeJesus Tomko Guillen
37.Sun,5/11 vs BAL W (4-0)# Olivo Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Callaspo DeJesus Gathright Teahen Bannister Guillen
38.Tue,5/13 vs DET W (3-2)# Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Teahen Greinke Guillen
39.Wed,5/14 vs DET W (2-0) Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Teahen Hochevar Guillen
40.Thu,5/15 vs DET W (8-4)# Olivo Butler Callaspo German Pena Gload Gathright Teahen Meche Guillen
41.Fri,5/16 at FLA W (7-6)# Olivo Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen Gathright Teahen Tomko  
42.Sat,5/17 at FLA L (3-7)# Olivo Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen Gathright DeJesus Bannister  
43.Sun,5/18 at FLA W (9-3) Olivo Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Greinke  
44.Mon,5/19 at BOS L (0-7)# Olivo Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena German DeJesus Teahen Hochevar Guillen
45.Tue,5/20 at BOS L (1-2) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Meche Butler
46.Wed,5/21 at BOS L (3-6) Buck Teahen Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen Gathright DeJesus Tomko Butler
47.Thu,5/22 at BOS L (8-11) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Callaspo DeJesus Gathright Teahen Bannister Guillen
48.Fri,5/23 at TOR L (1-7) Olivo Teahen Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen Gathright DeJesus Greinke Butler
49.Sat,5/24 at TOR L (0-6) Buck Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Teahen Hochevar Guillen
50.Sun,5/25 at TOR L (1-3) Buck Butler German Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Gload Meche Guillen
51.Mon,5/26 at TOR L (2-7) Olivo Butler Grudzielanek Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Teahen Tomko Guillen
52.Tue,5/27 vs MIN L (3-4) Buck Teahen German Gordon Pena Guillen Gathright DeJesus Bannister Olivo
53.Wed,5/28 vs MIN L (8-9) Olivo Teahen Callaspo Gordon Pena Guillen Gathright DeJesus Greinke Butler
54.Thu,5/29 vs MIN L (1-5) Olivo Gload Callaspo Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Teahen Hochevar Guillen
55.Fri,5/30 vs CLE L (4-5)# Buck Teahen German Gordon Pena Guillen Gathright DeJesus Meche Olivo
56.Sat,5/31 vs CLE W (4-2)# Buck Teahen Grudzielanek Gordon German Guillen Gathright DeJesus Davies Olivo
57.Sun,6/1 vs CLE W (6-1) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Callaspo DeJesus Gathright Teahen Bannister Guillen
58.Tue,6/3 at CHW L (5-9) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Teahen Greinke Guillen
59.Wed,6/4 at CHW L (4-6)# Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon German Guillen DeJesus Teahen Hochevar Olivo
60.Thu,6/5 at CHW L (2-6) Olivo Teahen Grudzielanek Callaspo German Guillen Gathright DeJesus Meche Gordon
61.Fri,6/6 at NYY W (2-1) Buck Teahen Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Guillen Davies Olivo
62.Sat,6/7 at NYY L (11-12)# Buck Teahen Callaspo German Aviles DeJesus Gathright Guillen Bannister Olivo
63.Sun,6/8 at NYY L (3-6) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Teahen Greinke Guillen
64.Mon,6/9 at NYY W (3-2) Buck Teahen Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Guillen Hochevar Olivo
65.Tue,6/10 vs TEX L (5-6) Buck Teahen Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Guillen Meche Olivo
66.Wed,6/11 vs TEX L (5-11) Buck Teahen Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Guillen Davies Olivo
67.Thu,6/12 vs TEX W (6-5) Buck Gload Callaspo Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Teahen Bannister Guillen
68.Fri,6/13 at ARI L (0-1)# Olivo Teahen Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles German Gathright Guillen Greinke  
69.Sat,6/14 at ARI W (12-3)# Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Guillen Hochevar  
70.Sun,6/15 at ARI W (8-3) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles Guillen DeJesus Teahen Meche  
71.Tue,6/17 at STL W (2-1) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles Guillen DeJesus Teahen Davies  
72.Wed,6/18 at STL W (3-2) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles Guillen DeJesus Teahen Bannister  
73.Thu,6/19 at STL W (4-1) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles Guillen DeJesus Teahen Greinke  
74.Fri,6/20 vs SFG L (4-9) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Teahen Hochevar Guillen
75.Sat,6/21 vs SFG W (5-3) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Teahen Meche Guillen
76.Sun,6/22 vs SFG W (11-10) Buck Gload Aviles Gordon Pena DeJesus Gathright Teahen Davies Guillen
77.Mon,6/23 vs COL W (8-4)# Olivo Gload Aviles Gordon Pena German DeJesus Teahen Bannister Guillen
78.Tue,6/24 vs COL W (7-3)# Buck Gload Aviles Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Greinke Olivo
79.Wed,6/25 vs COL W (4-2) Buck Gload Callaspo Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Guillen Hochevar Teahen
80.Fri,6/27 vs STL W (7-2) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Teahen Meche Guillen
81.Sat,6/28 vs STL L (1-5) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Teahen Davies Guillen
82.Sun,6/29 vs STL L (6-9) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Teahen Bannister Guillen
83.Mon,6/30 at BAL W (6-5)# Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles Guillen Gathright Teahen Greinke Butler
84.Tue,7/1 at BAL L (5-7) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles Guillen Gathright Teahen Hochevar Butler
85.Wed,7/2 at BAL L (2-5) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Teahen Meche Guillen
86.Thu,7/3 at BAL W (10-7)# Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Pena Guillen DeJesus Teahen Davies Butler
87.Fri,7/4 at TBR L (2-11) Buck Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles Guillen DeJesus Teahen Bannister Butler
88.Sat,7/5 at TBR L (0-3) Olivo Gload Grudzielanek Gordon Aviles DeJesus Gathright Guillen Greinke Butler
89.Sun,7/6 at TBR L (2-9) Buck Gload