1997 Kansas City Royals Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 67-94-0, Finished 5th in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Bob Boone (36-46) and Tony Muser (31-48)

General Manager: Herk Robinson

Scouting Director: Art Stewart

Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium

Attendance: 1,517,638 (10th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 74-87, 747 Runs, 820 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	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
Kevin Appier	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Dec 6, 1967	9	34	34	3	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	$4,800,000
Tim Belcher	35	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Oct 19, 1961	11	32	32	2	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	$2,300,000
Jay Bell	31	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Dec 11, 1965	12	153	147	153	152	0	0	0	0	4	149	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	5.4	$5,000,000
Yamil Benítez	24	pr PR	R	R	6' 2"	195	Oct 5, 1972	3	53	52	53	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	22	52	0	1	0	0.4	$150,000
Brian Bevil	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 5, 1971	2	18	0	2	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$150,000
Ricky Bones	28	pr PR	R	R	5' 10"	200	Apr 7, 1969	7	22	11	3	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-0.9	$390,000
Héctor Carrasco	27	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	235	Oct 22, 1969	4	28	0	1	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$560,000
Larry Casian	31	us US	R	L	6' 0"	170	Oct 28, 1965	8	32	0	2	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Jim Converse	25	us US	L	R	5' 9"	180	Aug 17, 1971	4	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Scott Cooper	29	us US	L	R	6' 3"	200	Oct 13, 1967	7	75	33	75	45	0	0	8	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	5	35	0	-0.3	$375,000
Johnny Damon	23	us US	L	L	6' 2"	205	Nov 5, 1973	3	146	118	146	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	65	47	136	5	8	11	2.2	$240,000
Chili Davis	37	jm JM	B	R	6' 3"	195	Jan 17, 1960	17	140	131	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	133	9	0	2.4	$3,800,000
Roland de la Maza	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Nov 11, 1971	1st	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Jermaine Dye	23	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Jan 28, 1974	2	75	67	75	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	75	75	0	4	0	-0.5	$175,000
Sal Fasano	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Aug 10, 1971	2	13	10	13	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-0.1
Tom Goodwin	28	us US	L	R	6' 1"	165	Jul 27, 1968	7	97	93	97	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	0	96	0	0	4	0.7	$1,050,000
Shane Halter	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	160	Nov 8, 1969	1st	74	28	74	61	0	0	0	18	12	5	9	10	17	32	4	5	17	0.3	$150,000
Chris Haney	28	us US	L	L	6' 3"	185	Nov 16, 1968	7	8	3	1	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$1,700,000
Jed Hansen	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Aug 19, 1972	1st	34	26	34	31	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.7	$150,000
David Howard	30	us US	B	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 26, 1967	7	80	39	80	70	0	0	0	34	7	9	5	2	17	23	5	9	10	0.1	$762,500
Jason Jacome	26	us US	L	L	6' 1"	155	Nov 24, 1970	4	7	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$220,000
Jeff King	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Dec 26, 1964	9	155	149	155	150	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	3.7	$2,500,000
Ryan Long	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	Feb 3, 1973	1st	6	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	1	0	1	0.0
Mike Macfarlane	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Apr 12, 1964	11	82	75	82	81	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.3	$887,500
Félix Martínez	23	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	170	May 18, 1974	1st	16	10	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0.3
Allen McDill	25	us US	L	L	6' 0"	155	Aug 23, 1971	1st	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jeff Montgomery	35	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Jan 7, 1962	11	55	0	2	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$2,300,000
Rod Myers	24	us US	L	L	6' 0"	190	Jan 14, 1973	2	31	24	31	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	8	10	26	0	7	0	0.6	$155,000
Jon Nunnally	25	us US	L	R	5' 10"	190	Nov 9, 1971	3	13	8	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	9	0	4	1	0.1
José Offerman	28	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	150	Nov 8, 1968	8	106	101	106	101	0	0	0	101	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1.9	$1,600,000
Gregg Olson	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Oct 11, 1966	10	34	0	1	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$210,000
Dean Palmer	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Dec 27, 1968	8	49	48	49	48	0	0	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.7
Craig Paquette	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Mar 28, 1969	5	77	67	77	75	0	0	0	0	72	0	4	0	0	4	0	6	1	-0.1	$340,000
Mike Pérez	32	pr PR	R	R	6' 0"	185	Oct 19, 1964	8	16	0	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Hipólito Pichardo	27	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	160	Aug 22, 1969	6	47	0	3	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$780,000
Jim Pittsley	23	us US	R	R	6' 7"	215	Apr 3, 1974	2	21	21	1	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Bip Roberts	33	us US	B	R	5' 7"	150	Oct 27, 1963	11	97	82	97	87	0	0	0	0	10	0	82	2	0	84	0	11	2	1.7	$1,950,000
José Rosado	22	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Nov 9, 1974	2	34	33	2	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.1	$200,000	All-Star
Glendon Rusch	22	us US	L	L	6' 2"	170	Nov 7, 1974	1st	30	27	2	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$150,000
José Santiago	22	pr PR	R	R	6' 3"	200	Nov 5, 1974	1st	4	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Scott Service	30	us US	R	R	6' 6"	230	Feb 26, 1967	7	12	0	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Tim Spehr	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Jul 2, 1966	6	17	12	17	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$260,000
Andy Stewart	26	ca CA	R	R	5' 11"	205	Dec 5, 1970	1st	5	2	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.0
Larry Sutton	27	us US	L	L	5' 11"	175	May 14, 1970	1st	27	13	27	13	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	13	0	0.3	$150,000
Mike Sweeney	23	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Jul 22, 1973	3	84	65	84	76	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	2	1.0	$175,000
Randy Veres	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Nov 25, 1965	6	24	0	1	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$185,000
Joe Vitiello	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	Apr 11, 1970	3	51	38	51	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	16	28	12	12	0	-0.5	$210,000
Jamie Walker	25	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Jul 1, 1971	1st	50	0	2	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$150,000
Matt Whisenant	26	us US	R	L	6' 3"	215	Jun 8, 1971	1st	24	0	2	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$150,000
Mike Williams	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jul 29, 1968	6	10	0	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Mitch Williams	32	us US	L	L	6' 3"	180	Nov 17, 1964	11	7	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Name	Age	Birth	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Bob Boone	49	us US	Nov 19, 1947	Manager	Apr 2	Jul 6
Tony Muser	49	us US	Aug 1, 1947	Manager	Jul 10	Sep 28
Jamie Quirk	42	us US	Oct 22, 1954	Bench	Apr 2	Sep 28
Bruce Kison	47	us US	Feb 18, 1950	Pitching	Apr 2	Sep 28
Guy Hansen	49		Nov 12, 1947	Bullpen	Apr 2	Sep 28
Mitchell Page	45	us US	Oct 15, 1951	First base	Apr 2	Sep 28
Tom Poquette	45	us US	Oct 30, 1951		Apr 2	Sep 28
Rich Dauer	44	us US	Jul 27, 1952	Coach	Apr 2	Sep 28
Greg Luzinski	46	us US	Nov 22, 1950	Coach	Apr 2	Sep 28
Frank White	46	us US	Sep 4, 1950	Coach	Apr 2	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date