2008 Kansas City Royals Statistics

2007 Season 2009 Season

Record: 75-87-0, Finished 4th in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Trey Hillman (75-87)

General Manager: Dayton Moore

Scouting Director: Deric Ladnier

Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium

Attendance: 1,578,922 (14th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 72-90, 691 Runs, 781 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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1. Mar 31, KCR (1-0) beat DET, 5-4

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	John Buck	27	109	418	370	48	83	23	1	9	48	0	3	38	96	.224	.304	.365	.669	79	135	12	6	0	4	2
2	1B	Ross Gload*	32	122	418	388	46	106	18	1	3	37	3	4	23	39	.273	.317	.348	.664	78	135	12	3	1	3	4
3	2B	Mark Grudzielanek	38	86	360	331	36	99	24	0	3	24	2	1	19	41	.299	.345	.399	.743	99	132	8	5	3	2	1
4	SS	Mike Aviles	27	102	441	419	68	136	27	4	10	51	8	3	18	58	.325	.354	.480	.833	121	201	12	2	0	2	4
5	3B	Alex Gordon*	24	134	571	493	72	128	35	1	16	59	9	2	66	120	.260	.351	.432	.783	109	213	8	6	1	5	5
6	LF	David DeJesus*	28	135	577	518	70	159	25	7	12	73	11	8	46	71	.307	.366	.452	.818	118	234	10	5	4	4	3
7	CF	Joey Gathright*	27	105	315	279	41	71	3	1	0	22	21	4	20	40	.254	.311	.272	.584	59	76	3	4	10	2	0
8	RF	Mark Teahen*	26	149	623	572	66	146	31	4	15	59	4	3	46	131	.255	.313	.402	.715	90	230	6	3	0	2	4
9	DH	Billy Butler	22	124	478	443	44	122	22	0	11	55	0	1	33	57	.275	.324	.400	.724	93	177	23	0	0	2	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	OF	José Guillén	32	153	633	598	66	158	42	1	20	97	2	1	23	106	.264	.300	.438	.738	95	262	23	9	0	3	3
11	C	Miguel Olivo	29	84	317	306	29	78	22	0	12	41	7	0	7	82	.255	.278	.444	.722	90	136	6	3	0	1	2
12	UT	Esteban Germán	30	89	242	216	30	53	14	3	0	22	7	3	18	42	.245	.303	.338	.640	72	73	5	1	4	3	1
13	SS	Tony Peña	27	95	235	225	22	38	4	1	1	14	3	1	6	49	.169	.189	.209	.398	7	47	4	0	2	2	2
14	2B	Alberto Callaspo#	25	74	234	213	21	65	8	3	0	16	2	1	19	14	.305	.361	.371	.731	97	79	6	0	1	1	0
15	CF	Mitch Maier*	26	34	97	91	9	26	1	1	0	9	0	2	2	18	.286	.316	.319	.634	71	29	3	2	2	0	0
16	1B	Ryan Shealy	28	20	79	73	12	22	1	0	7	20	0	0	5	19	.301	.354	.603	.957	151	44	2	1	0	0	0
17	IF	Jason Smith*	30	22	28	28	6	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	12	.214	.214	.286	.500	33	8	0	0	0	0	0
18	DH	Kila Ka'aihue*	24	12	24	21	4	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	.286	.375	.429	.804	115	9	0	0	0	0	0
19	C	Matt Tupman*	28	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	440	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Zack Greinke	24	3	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	88	3	1	0	1	0	0
21	P	Brian Bannister	27	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	1	0	0
22	P	Gil Meche	29	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Luke Hochevar	24	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	P	Brett Tomko	35	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Kyle Davies	24	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Kip Wells	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Jeff Fulchino	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Ramón Ramírez	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Joakim Soria	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Carlos Rosa	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Rob Tejeda	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Ron Mahay*	37	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Juan Carlos Oviedo	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	John Bale*	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Hideo Nomo	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Joel Peralta	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Neal Musser*	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Brandon Duckworth	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Devon Lowery*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Yasuhiko Yabuta	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Jimmy Gobble*	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Josh Newman*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Horacio Ramírez*	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.1	162	6118	5608	691	1507	303	28	120	650	79	38	392	1005	.269	.320	.397	.717	91	2226	144	50	32	36	31
		Rank in 14 AL teams				5	12	6	5	8	13		11	10	14	6	6	12	12	12		11		9		13
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.1	162	6091	5585	690	1503	302	28	120	649	79	38	392	997	.269	.321	.398	.718	92	2221	143	50	28	36	31
		Pitcher Totals	24.4	162	27	23	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.174	.174	.217	.391	4	5	1	0	4	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Gil Meche	29	14	11	.560	3.98	34	34	0	0	0	0	210.1	204	98	93	19	73	2	183	0	0	5	886	109	3.61	1.317	8.7	0.8	3.1	7.8	2.51
2	SP	Zack Greinke	24	13	10	.565	3.47	32	32	0	1	0	0	202.1	202	87	78	21	56	1	183	4	1	8	851	125	3.56	1.275	9.0	0.9	2.5	8.1	3.27
3	SP	Brian Bannister	27	9	16	.360	5.76	32	32	0	1	0	0	182.2	215	127	117	29	58	1	113	7	1	7	811	75	5.03	1.495	10.6	1.4	2.9	5.6	1.95
4	SP	Luke Hochevar	24	6	12	.333	5.51	22	22	0	0	0	0	129.0	143	84	79	12	47	1	72	5	0	7	566	78	4.43	1.473	10.0	0.8	3.3	5.0	1.53
5	SP	Kyle Davies	24	9	7	.563	4.06	21	21	0	0	0	0	113.0	121	57	51	10	43	0	71	2	1	8	487	107	4.22	1.451	9.6	0.8	3.4	5.7	1.65
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Joakim Soria	24	2	3	.400	1.60	63	0	57	0	0	42	67.1	39	13	12	5	19	1	66	6	1	1	260	270	3.25	0.861	5.2	0.7	2.5	8.8	3.47
7	RP	Ramón Ramírez	26	3	2	.600	2.64	71	0	15	0	0	1	71.2	57	23	21	2	31	6	70	0	1	6	295	164	2.84	1.228	7.2	0.3	3.9	8.8	2.26
8	RP	Ron Mahay*	37	5	0	1.000	3.48	57	0	3	0	0	0	64.2	61	27	25	6	29	0	49	1	0	1	278	125	4.21	1.392	8.5	0.8	4.0	6.8	1.69
9	RP	Joel Peralta	32	1	2	.333	5.98	40	0	12	0	0	0	52.2	56	37	35	15	14	0	38	2	0	1	224	73	6.30	1.329	9.6	2.6	2.4	6.5	2.71
10	RP	Juan Carlos Oviedo	26	4	1	.800	2.98	45	0	12	0	0	0	48.1	45	19	16	2	15	2	26	4	0	3	205	146	3.77	1.241	8.4	0.4	2.8	4.8	1.73
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Brett Tomko	35	2	7	.222	6.97	16	10	1	0	0	0	60.2	80	49	47	11	13	0	40	0	0	4	271	62	4.81	1.533	11.9	1.6	1.9	5.9	3.08
12		Rob Tejeda	26	2	2	.500	3.20	25	1	14	0	0	0	39.1	22	17	14	3	19	0	41	1	0	5	157	136	3.56	1.042	5.0	0.7	4.3	9.4	2.16
13		Brandon Duckworth	32	3	3	.500	4.50	7	7	0	0	0	0	38.0	38	20	19	2	19	0	20	3	0	0	167	97	4.50	1.500	9.0	0.5	4.5	4.7	1.05
14		Yasuhiko Yabuta	35	1	3	.250	4.78	31	0	12	0	0	0	37.2	41	21	20	6	17	0	25	0	0	1	168	91	5.23	1.540	9.8	1.4	4.1	6.0	1.47
15		Jimmy Gobble*	26	0	2	.000	8.81	39	0	10	0	0	1	31.2	39	31	31	5	23	1	27	2	0	6	159	49	5.85	1.958	11.1	1.4	6.5	7.7	1.17
16		John Bale*	34	0	3	.000	4.39	13	3	1	0	0	0	26.2	29	13	13	1	6	0	14	0	0	1	110	100	3.24	1.313	9.8	0.3	2.0	4.7	2.33
17		Horacio Ramírez*	28	1	1	.500	2.59	15	0	4	0	0	0	24.1	21	9	7	1	1	0	11	2	0	1	96	169	3.13	0.904	7.8	0.4	0.4	4.1	11.00
18		Jeff Fulchino	28	0	1	.000	9.00	12	0	7	0	0	0	14.0	21	15	14	2	8	0	12	1	0	1	72	49	5.20	2.071	13.5	1.3	5.1	7.7	1.50
19		Kip Wells	31	0	1	.000	8.71	10	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	10	10	10	1	11	0	9	1	0	1	50	51	6.13	2.032	8.7	0.9	9.6	7.8	0.82
20		Josh Newman*	26	0	0		7.71	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	10	9	6	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	35	59	6.99	2.286	12.9	1.3	7.7	2.6	0.33
21		Hideo Nomo	39	0	0		18.69	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	10	9	9	3	4	0	3	0	0	1	27	25	13.52	3.231	20.8	6.2	8.3	6.2	0.75
22		Devon Lowery	25	0	0		10.38	5	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	21	45	7.75	1.846	12.5	4.2	4.2	12.5	3.00
23		Carlos Rosa	23	0	0		2.70	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	177	1.33	0.900	8.1	0.0	0.0	8.1
24		Neal Musser*	27	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3		6.13	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
25		Tony Peña	27	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3		1.13	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	27.6	75	87	.463	4.48	162	162	160	2	0	44	1445.2	1473	781	720	159	515	15	1085	41	5	68	6214	96	4.21	1.375	9.2	1.0	3.2	6.8	2.11
		Rank in 14 AL teams		10	4		10				12	9	4	7	7	10	10	6	7		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W