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2009 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008 / 2010

65-97, Finished 4th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Trey Hillman (65-97)
Scored 686 runs, Allowed 842 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-96

Ballparks: Kauffman Stadium · Attendance: 1,797,891 (12th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103

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2008 / 2010 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
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 43 1 3 4 -0.2 $
Mike Aviles 28 R R 5' 10" 205 Mar 13, 1981 2 36 34 36 35 0 0 0 0 2 34 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 -0.6 $424,500
John Bale 35 L L 6' 4" 210 May 22, 1974 7 43 0 4 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $1,200,000
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 1.0 $
Yuniesky Betancourt 27 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 31, 1982 5 71 70 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Willie Bloomquist 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 27, 1977 8 125 105 125 122 0 0 3 14 3 38 9 22 61 92 1 11 4 0.3 $1,400,000
John Buck 28 R R 6' 3" 230 Jul 7, 1980 6 59 49 59 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 0 0.2 $2,900,000
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 1.1 $421,000
Alberto Callaspo 26 B R 5' 9" 195 Apr 19, 1983 4 155 153 155 155 0 0 0 146 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.9 $415,500
Bruce Chen 32 L L 6' 2" 215 Jun 19, 1977 11 17 9 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Roman Colon 29 R R 6' 5" 245 Aug 13, 1979 4 43 0 3 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Coco Crisp 29 B R 5' 10" 185 Nov 1, 1979 8 49 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 49 0 0 0 0.9 $6,083,333
Juan Cruz 30 R R 6' 2" 165 Oct 15, 1978 9 46 0 3 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $2,250,000
Kyle Davies 25 R R 6' 1" 210 Sep 9, 1983 5 22 22 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $1,300,000
David DeJesus 29 L L 5' 11" 190 Dec 20, 1979 7 144 142 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 3 2 144 0 1 0 3.0 $3,600,000
Lenny DiNardo 29 L L 6' 2" 220 Sep 19, 1979 6 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Kyle Farnsworth 33 R R 6' 4" 230 Apr 14, 1976 11 41 0 2 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $4,250,000
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 17 0 1 4 0.2 $
Alex Gordon 25 L R 6' 2" 220 Feb 10, 1984 3 49 48 49 49 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $457,000
Zack Greinke 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 21, 1983 6 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 $3,750,000 All-Star
Jose Guillen 33 R R 5' 11" 165 May 17, 1976 13 81 78 81 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 65 69 12 3 0 -1.6 $12,000,000
Luis Hernandez 25 B R 5' 10" 190 Jun 26, 1984 3 37 19 37 35 0 0 0 8 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 -0.2 $
Luke Hochevar 25 R R 6' 5" 220 Sep 15, 1983 3 25 25 2 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Dusty Hughes 27 L L 5' 10" 185 Jun 29, 1982 1st 8 1 0 8 8 0 0 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 -0.2 $
Mike Jacobs 28 L R 6' 3" 215 Oct 30, 1980 5 128 115 128 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 13 0 -0.9 $3,275,000
Anthony Lerew 26 L R 6' 4" 225 Oct 28, 1982 4 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ron Mahay 38 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 28, 1971 14 41 0 1 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $4,000,000
Mitch Maier 27 L R 6' 2" 210 Jun 30, 1982 3 127 93 127 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 85 36 138 1 6 10 1.2 $
Victor Marte 28 R R 6' 2" 255 Nov 8, 1980 1st 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Gil Meche 30 R R 6' 3" 180 Sep 8, 1978 9 23 23 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $11,400,000
Miguel Olivo 30 R R 6' 0" 225 Jul 15, 1978 8 114 105 114 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 0 1.3 $2,700,000
Brayan Pena 27 B R 5' 11" 235 Jan 7, 1982 5 64 38 64 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 0 0.4 $405,000
Tony Pena 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 23, 1981 4 40 15 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1.2 $425,000
Sidney Ponson 32 R R 6' 1" 220 Nov 2, 1976 12 14 9 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Horacio Ramirez 29 L L 6' 1" 220 Nov 24, 1979 7 19 1 2 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $1,800,000
Carlos Rosa 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 21, 1984 2 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Joakim Soria 25 R R 6' 3" 200 May 18, 1984 3 47 0 4 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $1,000,000
Mark Teahen 27 L R 6' 3" 230 Sep 6, 1981 5 144 139 144 143 0 0 11 3 107 0 0 0 32 32 0 2 2 -0.3 $3,575,000
Rob Tejeda 27 R R 6' 2" 245 Mar 24, 1982 5 35 6 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $437,000
Doug Waechter 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 28, 1981 6 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $640,000
Jamey Wright 34 R R 6' 6" 230 Dec 24, 1974 14 65 0 3 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Yasuhiko Yabuta 36 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 19, 1973 2 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
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

Josh Anderson
Tony Pena
Coco Crisp
Yuniesky Betancourt
Brayan Pena
Alex Gordon
Tug Hulett
Willie Bloomquist
David DeJesus
Jose Guillen

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

Ryan Freel
Brayan Pena
Yasuhiko Yabuta
Kyle Davies
Mike Aviles
Dusty Hughes
Ron Mahay
Jamey Wright
Mitch Maier

Juan Cruz
Kyle Farnsworth
Lenny DiNardo
Anthony Lerew
Luke Hochevar
Doug Waechter
Luis Hernandez
Sidney Ponson
Joakim Soria

John Bale
Rob Tejeda
Bruce Chen
Horacio Ramirez
Carlos Rosa
Gil Meche
Roman Colon
Yasuhiko Yabuta

2008 / 2010 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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