1998 Kansas City Royals Roster (40-man)

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 72-89-0, Finished 3rd in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Tony Muser (72-89)

General Manager: Herk Robinson

Scouting Director: Terry Wetzel

Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium

Attendance: 1,494,875 (10th of 14)

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

Pythagorean W-L: 64-97, 714 Runs, 899 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	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
Jermaine Allensworth	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	178	Jan 11, 1972	3	30	18	30	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	2	27	0	4	1	0.0
Kevin Appier	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Dec 6, 1967	10	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$4,800,000
Brian Barber	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Mar 4, 1973	3	8	8	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$175,000
Tim Belcher	36	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Oct 19, 1961	12	34	34	2	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	$2,300,000
Carlos Beltrán	21	pr PR	B	R	6' 1"	215	Apr 24, 1977	1st	14	13	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	14	0	0	0	0.3	$170,000
Brian Bevil	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 5, 1971	3	39	0	2	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$175,000
Ricky Bones	29	pr PR	R	R	5' 10"	200	Apr 7, 1969	8	32	0	2	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	$400,000
Dee Brown	20	us US	L	R	6' 0"	235	Mar 27, 1978	1st	5	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	-0.2
Tim Byrdak	24	us US	L	L	5' 11"	190	Oct 31, 1973	1st	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Jeff Conine	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	205	Jun 27, 1966	8	93	85	93	89	0	0	12	0	0	0	50	0	31	80	3	4	0	0.1	$2,240,000
Johnny Damon	24	us US	L	L	6' 2"	205	Nov 5, 1973	4	161	151	161	158	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	130	24	158	0	5	1	1.7	$460,000
Jermaine Dye	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Jan 28, 1974	3	60	56	60	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	59	0	2	0	-0.6	$230,000
Bart Evans	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Dec 30, 1970	1st	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$170,000
Sal Fasano	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Aug 10, 1971	3	74	68	74	74	0	70	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.5	$175,000
Carlos Febles	22	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	170	May 24, 1976	1st	11	6	11	11	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.5	$170,000
Jeremy Giambi	23	us US	L	L	6' 0"	185	Sep 30, 1974	1st	18	16	18	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	9	7	2	0	0.0	$170,000
Shane Halter	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	160	Nov 8, 1969	2	86	53	86	84	1	0	1	6	8	66	6	0	3	9	0	5	5	0.1	$200,000
Chris Haney	29	us US	L	L	6' 3"	185	Nov 16, 1968	8	33	12	2	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9	$1,800,000
Jed Hansen	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Aug 19, 1972	2	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-0.1	$172,500
Chris Hatcher	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	220	Jan 7, 1969	1st	8	4	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	3	0	-0.2
Jeff King	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Dec 26, 1964	10	131	128	131	115	0	0	112	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	3	0	1.9	$4,000,000
Scott Leius	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	180	Sep 24, 1965	8	17	11	17	15	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	-0.8	$180,000
Mendy López	24	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	200	Oct 15, 1973	1st	74	67	74	74	0	0	0	0	2	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$170,000
Mike Macfarlane	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Apr 12, 1964	12	3	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$725,000
Shane Mack	34	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Dec 7, 1963	9	66	51	66	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	3	32	21	14	1	0.4
Félix Martínez	24	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	170	May 18, 1974	2	34	28	34	34	0	0	0	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	-0.8	$170,000
Allen McDill	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	155	Aug 23, 1971	2	7	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$170,000
Jeff Montgomery	36	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Jan 7, 1962	12	56	0	3	56	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$2,800,000
Hal Morris	33	us US	L	L	6' 3"	200	Apr 9, 1965	11	127	116	127	79	0	0	46	0	0	0	39	0	0	39	39	10	0	0.4	$1,400,000
José Offerman	29	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	150	Nov 8, 1968	9	158	157	158	152	0	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	5.3	$2,000,000
Héctor Ortiz	28	pr PR	R	R	6' 0"	205	Oct 14, 1969	1st	4	1	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$170,000
Dean Palmer	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Dec 27, 1968	9	152	149	152	129	0	0	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	1.6	$5,825,000	All-Star
Terry Pendleton	37	us US	B	R	5' 9"	178	Jul 16, 1960	15	79	55	79	23	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	40	22	0	-0.7	$425,000
Hipólito Pichardo	28	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	160	Aug 22, 1969	7	27	18	2	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$2,150,000
Jim Pittsley	24	us US	R	R	6' 7"	215	Apr 3, 1974	3	39	2	2	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$215,000
Pat Rapp	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Jul 13, 1967	7	32	32	1	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	$800,000
Danny Rios	25	es ES	R	R	6' 2"	190	Nov 11, 1972	2	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Luis Rivera	34	pr PR	R	R	5' 9"	165	Jan 3, 1964	11	42	24	42	42	0	0	0	6	6	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.1	$245,000
José Rosado	23	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Nov 9, 1974	3	38	25	1	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	$242,500
Glendon Rusch	23	us US	L	L	6' 2"	170	Nov 7, 1974	2	29	24	1	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$220,000
José Santiago	23	pr PR	R	R	6' 3"	200	Nov 5, 1974	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$170,000
Scott Service	31	us US	R	R	6' 6"	230	Feb 26, 1967	8	73	0	4	73	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$230,000
Tim Spehr	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Jul 2, 1966	7	11	11	11	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Jeff Suppan	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	225	Jan 2, 1975	4	4	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Larry Sutton	28	us US	L	L	5' 11"	175	May 14, 1970	2	111	77	111	82	0	0	6	0	0	0	39	0	47	79	3	29	0	-0.7	$172,500
Mike Sweeney	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Jul 22, 1973	4	92	75	92	91	0	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0.0	$230,000
Chris Turner	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Mar 23, 1969	6	4	3	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$190,000
Joe Vitiello	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	Apr 11, 1970	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	$225,000
Jamie Walker	26	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Jul 1, 1971	2	6	2	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$205,000
Matt Whisenant	27	us US	R	L	6' 3"	215	Jun 8, 1971	2	70	0	4	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$185,000
Ernie Young	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jul 8, 1969	5	25	13	25	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	19	24	0	5	2	-0.1	$215,000
Name	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Tony Muser	50	us US	Aug 1, 1947	Manager	Mar 31	Sep 27
Jamie Quirk	43	us US	Oct 22, 1954	Bench	Mar 31	Sep 27
Bruce Kison	48	us US	Feb 18, 1950	Pitching	Mar 31	Sep 27
Tom Burgmeier	54	us US	Aug 2, 1943		Mar 31	Sep 27
Tom Poquette	46	us US	Oct 30, 1951		Mar 31	Sep 27
Rich Dauer	45	us US	Jul 27, 1952	Coach	Mar 31	Sep 27
Frank White	47	us US	Sep 4, 1950	Coach	Mar 31	Sep 27
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date