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2009 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008)
65-97, 4th place in AL Central
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Scored 686 runs, Allowed 842 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-96
Manager: Trey Hillman (65-97)
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103
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2008 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
Josh Anderson 26 L R 6' 2" 195 Aug 10, 1982 3 44 30 44 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 11 42 1 3 4
Mike Aviles 28 R R 5' 9" 195 Mar 13, 1981 2 36 34 36 35 0 0 0 0 2 34 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 $424,500.00
John Bale 35 L L 6' 4" 205 May 22, 1974 7 43 0 4 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,200,000.00
Brian Bannister 28 R R 6' 2" 202 Feb 28, 1981 4 26 26 2 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yuniesky Betancourt 27 R R 5' 10" 190 Jan 31, 1982 5 71 70 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Bloomquist 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 27, 1977 8 125 105 125 122 0 0 3 14 3 38 9 22 61 84 1 11 4 $1,400,000.00
John Buck 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 7, 1980 6 59 49 59 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 $2,900,000.00
Billy Butler 23 R R 6' 1" 240 Apr 18, 1986 3 159 154 159 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 0 $421,000.00
Alberto Callaspo 26 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 19, 1983 4 155 153 155 155 0 0 0 146 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $415,500.00
Bruce Chen 32 B L 6' 2" 210 Jun 19, 1977 16 17 9 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roman Colon 29 R R 6' 6" 225 Aug 13, 1979 5 43 0 3 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coco Crisp 29 B R 6' 0" 185 Nov 1, 1979 8 49 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 49 0 0 0 $6,083,333.00
Juan Cruz 30 R R 6' 2" 155 Oct 15, 1978 9 46 0 3 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,250,000.00
Kyle Davies 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 9, 1983 6 22 22 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,300,000.00
David DeJesus 29 L L 6' 0" 175 Dec 20, 1979 7 144 142 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 3 2 144 0 1 0 $3,600,000.00
Lenny DiNardo 29 L L 6' 4" 195 Sep 19, 1979 6 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Farnsworth 33 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 14, 1976 13 41 0 2 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,250,000.00
Ryan Freel 33 R R 5' 10" 185 Mar 8, 1976 8 18 11 18 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 12 16 0 1 4
Alex Gordon 25 L R 6' 1" 220 Feb 10, 1984 3 49 48 49 49 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $457,000.00
Zack Greinke 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 21, 1983 6 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,750,000.00 All-Star
Jose Guillen 33 R R 5' 11" 165 May 17, 1976 16 81 78 81 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 65 69 11 3 0 $12,000,000.00
Luis Hernandez 25 B R 5' 10" 180 Jun 26, 1984 3 37 19 37 35 0 0 0 8 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
Luke Hochevar 25 R R 6' 5" 205 Sep 15, 1983 3 25 25 2 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dusty Hughes 27 L L 5' 10" 187 Jun 29, 1982 1st 8 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tug Hulett 26 L R 5' 10" 185 Feb 28, 1983 2 15 2 15 8 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 6 4
Mike Jacobs 28 L R 6' 2" 180 Oct 30, 1980 5 128 115 128 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 13 0 $3,275,000.00
Anthony Lerew 26 L R 6' 3" 220 Oct 28, 1982 4 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Mahay 38 L L 6' 2" 185 Jun 28, 1971 16 41 0 1 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
Mitch Maier 27 L R 6' 2" 210 Jun 30, 1982 3 127 93 127 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 85 36 123 0 6 10
Victor Marte 28 R R 6' 2" 265 Nov 8, 1980 1st 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gil Meche 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 8, 1978 9 23 23 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $11,400,000.00
Miguel Olivo 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 15, 1978 10 114 105 114 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 $2,700,000.00
Brayan Pena 27 B R 5' 11" 220 Jan 7, 1982 5 64 38 64 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 0 $405,000.00
Tony Pena 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 23, 1981 4 40 15 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 $425,000.00
Sidney Ponson 32 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 2, 1976 15 14 9 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Horacio Ramirez 29 L L 6' 1" 170 Nov 24, 1979 8 19 1 2 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,800,000.00
Carlos Rosa 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 21, 1984 2 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joakim Soria 25 R R 6' 2" 170 May 18, 1984 3 47 0 4 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Mark Teahen 27 L R 6' 3" 210 Sep 6, 1981 5 144 139 144 143 0 0 11 3 107 0 0 0 32 32 0 2 2 $3,575,000.00
Robinson Tejeda 27 R R 6' 3" 188 Mar 24, 1982 6 35 6 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $437,000.00
Doug Waechter 28 R R 6' 4" 209 Jan 28, 1981 6 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $640,000.00
Jamey Wright 34 R R 6' 6" 205 Dec 24, 1974 15 65 0 3 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yasuhiko Yabuta 36 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 9, 1973 2 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.

2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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