1998 Kansas City Royals Statistics

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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Recent Game Results

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1. Mar 31, KCR (1-0) beat BAL, 4-1

Top 12 Players

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Mike Sweeney	24	C	0.0	92	311	282	32	73	18	0	8	35	2	3	24	38	.259	.320	.408	.728	88	.320	82	115	7	2	2	1	1	2/H
2	Jeff King	33	1B	1.9	131	540	486	83	128	17	1	24	93	10	2	42	73	.263	.319	.451	.769	97	.349	98	219	10	2	0	10	1	*3D/5H
3	José Offerman#	29	2B	5.3	158	709	607	102	191	28	13	7	66	45	12	89	96	.315	.403	.438	.841	119	.390	124	266	7	5	2	6	1	*4/DH
4	Mendy López	24	SS	0.3	74	225	206	18	50	10	2	1	15	5	2	12	40	.243	.286	.325	.612	59	.279	50	67	6	1	5	1	0	6/5
5	Dean Palmer	29	3B	1.6	152	639	572	84	159	27	2	34	119	8	2	48	134	.278	.333	.510	.844	115	.363	108	292	18	6	0	13	3	*5D/H	AS,SS
6	Jeff Conine	32	LF	0.1	93	343	309	30	79	26	0	8	43	3	0	26	68	.256	.312	.417	.729	87	.329	85	129	8	2	0	6	1	793/HD
7	Johnny Damon*	24	CF	1.7	161	710	642	104	178	30	10	18	66	26	12	58	84	.277	.339	.439	.779	100	.348	99	282	4	4	3	3	4	*897/H
8	Jermaine Dye	24	RF	-0.6	60	230	214	24	50	5	1	5	23	2	2	11	46	.234	.270	.336	.606	56	.265	43	72	8	1	0	4	2	9/H
9	Terry Pendleton#	37	DH	-0.7	79	254	237	17	61	10	0	3	29	1	0	15	49	.257	.299	.338	.637	65	.288	57	80	2	0	0	2	1	D5H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
10	Hal Morris*	33	UT	0.4	127	516	472	50	146	27	2	1	40	1	0	32	52	.309	.350	.381	.731	90	.335	90	180	15	1	4	7	6	37DH
11	Larry Sutton*	28	OF	-0.7	111	351	310	29	76	14	2	5	42	3	3	29	46	.245	.311	.352	.663	72	.299	66	109	5	3	4	5	3	97H/3D
12	Sal Fasano	26	C	0.5	74	247	216	21	49	10	0	8	31	1	0	10	56	.227	.307	.384	.692	78	.320	78	83	4	16	3	2	1	2/35H
13	Shane Mack	34	LF	0.4	66	229	207	30	58	15	1	6	29	8	2	15	36	.280	.345	.449	.794	104	.360	105	93	6	6	0	1	0	7DH/9
14	Shane Halter	28	SS	0.1	86	226	204	17	45	12	0	2	13	2	5	12	38	.221	.265	.309	.574	49	.260	43	63	3	1	7	2	0	6H/547913
15	Luis Rivera	34	SS	0.1	42	98	89	14	22	4	0	0	7	1	1	7	17	.247	.302	.292	.594	56	.280	53	26	1	0	2	0	0	6/45H
16	Félix Martínez#	24	SS	-0.8	34	95	85	7	11	1	1	0	5	3	1	5	21	.129	.187	.165	.352	-7	.180	-24	14	1	1	4	0	0	6/H4
17	Jermaine Allensworth	26	CF	0.0	30	91	73	15	15	5	0	0	3	7	0	9	17	.205	.326	.274	.600	58	.307	55	20	0	4	5	0	0	8/H97
18	Jeremy Giambi*	23	LF	0.0	18	70	58	6	13	4	0	2	8	0	1	11	9	.224	.343	.397	.739	92	.337	96	23	3	0	0	1	0	/7DH
19	Carlos Beltrán#	21	CF	0.3	14	63	58	12	16	5	3	0	7	3	0	3	12	.276	.317	.466	.783	100	.360	99	27	2	1	0	1	0	8
20	Ernie Young	28	OF	-0.1	25	56	53	2	10	3	0	1	3	2	1	2	9	.189	.232	.302	.534	37	.253	34	16	3	1	0	0	0	9/H87
21	Scott Leius	32	3B	-0.8	17	47	46	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.174	.191	.174	.365	-4	.169	-25	8	2	0	0	0	0	5/H6D
22	Tim Spehr	31	C	0.3	11	36	25	5	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	8	3	.240	.457	.440	.897	135	.413	145	11	1	2	1	0	0	2
23	Carlos Febles	22	2B	0.5	11	29	25	5	10	1	2	0	2	2	1	4	7	.400	.483	.600	1.083	179	.498	204	15	0	0	0	0	0	4/H
24	Chris Hatcher	29	LF	-0.2	8	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192	-48	.102	-72	1	0	0	0	0	0	/7H
25	Mike Macfarlane	34	C	0.0	3	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	.082	-86	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
26	Chris Turner	29	C	-0.2	4	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	-71	.075	-90	0	1	1	0	0	0	/2
27	Joe Vitiello	28	DH	-0.1	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	6	.203	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	/DH
28	Héctor Ortiz	28	UT	-0.2	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-144	0	0	0	0	0	0	/23
29	Dee Brown*	20	DH	-0.2	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-139	0	0	0	0	0	0	/HD9
30	Jed Hansen	25	2B	-0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-139	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
31	Tim Belcher	36	P	0.0	2	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	.180	-40	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
32	Jim Pittsley	24	P	-0.1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-264	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
33	Pat Rapp	30	P	-0.1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-264	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
34	Glendon Rusch*	23	P	-0.1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-139	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	Hipólito Pichardo	28	P	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-144	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
36	José Rosado*	23	P	0.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	.451	172	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
37	Scott Service	31	P	0.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-131	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
38	Ricky Bones	29	P	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-131	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
39	Chris Haney*	29	P	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
40	Brian Bevil	26	P	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
41	Matt Whisenant	27	P	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
42	Jeff Montgomery	36	P	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			8.7	161	6191	5546	714	1459	274	40	134	686	135	50	475	984	.263	.324	.399	.724	87	.328	84	2215	118	60	45	65	24
	Non-Pitcher Totals			8.9		6170	5528	713	1457	274	40	134	686	135	50	475	976	.264	.325	.400	.725	87	.329	85	2213	117	60	42	65	24
	Pitcher Totals			-0.2		21	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.111	.111	.111	.222	-42	.100	-104	2	1	0	3	0	0