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Record: 92-70   .568.... 1st in American League West
Stadium: Royals Stadium
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Yankees)
Attendance: 2,255,493

Top Draft Pick: Buddy Biancalana (#25)   MLB

General Manager - Joe Burke
Manager - Whitey Herzog

Hitting Coach - Charlie Lau  Pitching Coach - Galen Cisco  Third Base Coach - Chuck Hiller

Affiliates - AAA Omaha Royals AAA Denver Bears AA Jacksonville Suns A+ Fort Myers Royals Rk Gulf Coast Royals

Team Leaders

HR: Otis [22]
RBI: Otis [96]
2B: Brett [45]
SB: Wilson [46]
W: Leonard [21]
SV: Hrabosky [20]
SO: Leonard [183]

Oldest Player: Marty Pattin [35]
Youngest Player: Clint Hurdle [20]
Longest Tenure: Amos Otis, Paul Splittorff [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Dave Cripe (Sep 10) Jim Gaudet (Sep 10) Luis Silverio (Sep 9)
Pitchers: Rich Gale (Apr 30) Bill Paschall (Sep 20)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Mark Ballinger	P	29	Omaha	AAA
German Barranca	2B	21	Omaha	AAA
	2B		Jacksonville	AA
Randy Bass	1B	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B		Omaha	AAA
Tony Bernazard	2B	22	Denver	AAA
Buddy Biancalana	SS-2B	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Doug Bird	P	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Ossie Blanco	1B	33	Denver	AAA
Steve Braun	OF-3B	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Raymond Bresnahan			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
George Brett	3B-1B	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Steve Busby	P	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Leonel Carrion			Denver	AAA
Jim Colborn	P	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Onix Concepcion	SS-2B	20	Fort Myers	A+
Al Cowens	OF	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jim Cox	2B	28	Denver	AAA
Edwin Creech			Denver	AAA
Dave Cripe	3B	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	3B		Omaha	AAA
Mark Cunningham	IF		Jacksonville	AA
James Davidson	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mike Denevi	SS		Omaha	AAA
Bob Detherage	OF	24	Omaha	AAA
Paul Djakanow	3B		Jacksonville	AA
George Enright	C	24	Jacksonville	AA
Jim Eschen	IF		Jacksonville	AA
Larry Foster			Omaha	AAA
			Jacksonville	AA
Steve Foucault	P	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jerry Fry	C	22	Denver	AAA
Jim Fuller	OF	27	Omaha	AAA
Rich Gale	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Danny Garcia	OF-1B	24	Fort Myers	A+
Jim Gaudet	C	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Kevin Gillen	OF		Jacksonville	AA
Robert Glass	3B		Jacksonville	AA
Larry Gura	P	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Haley	OF		Jacksonville	AA
	OF		Fort Myers	A+
	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Daryl Harper	IF		Fort Myers	A+
Mike Hart	OF	26	Denver	AAA
Kevin Harvey			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Andy Hassler	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Kelly Heath	2B	21	Jacksonville	AA
David Hogg	C		Fort Myers	A+
John Hoscheidt	OF		Fort Myers	A+
Al Hrabosky	P	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Clint Hurdle	OF	21	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Leo Ice			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ulises Infante	2B	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Tim Ireland	2B-1B	25	Omaha	AAA
	2B-1B		Jacksonville	AA
Andre Jackson			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Patrick Jackson			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ron Johnson	1B	22	Fort Myers	A+
	1B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Thomas Johnson			Fort Myers	A+
Sammie Lee Jones			Jacksonville	AA
Rudolph Kinard	2B		Omaha	AAA
John Krattli	3B		Fort Myers	A+
Art Kusnyer	C	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Pete LaCock	1B-OF	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Joe Lahoud	OF	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dennis Leonard	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Tod Lewis			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jesse Lucious	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Pete Mackanin	2B-SS	27	Denver	AAA
Frank McCann	IF		Fort Myers	A+
Randy McGilberry	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Hal McRae	OF	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Steve Mingori	P	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Darryl Motley	OF	18	Fort Myers	A+
	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Brian Murphy			Omaha	AAA
Brian Nakamoto			Omaha	AAA
Geoffrey Nash	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Douglas Nelson			Jacksonville	AA
Jim Nettles	OF	31	Omaha	AAA
Mike Ondina	OF		Jacksonville	AA
Frank Ortenzio	1B	27	Denver	AAA
Amos Otis	OF	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Darrell Parker	OF		Omaha	AAA
Bill Paschall	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Bob Pate	OF	24	Denver	AAA
Freddie Patek	SS	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Marty Pattin	P	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Craig Perkins	C		Omaha	AAA
Ken Phelps	1B	24	Jacksonville	AA
Tom Poquette	OF	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Darrell Porter	C	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Steven Porter	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jamie Quirk	C-3B	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Bobby Ramos	C	22	Denver	AAA
Steve Ratzer	P	25	Denver	AAA
Bob Reece	C	27	Denver	AAA
Rick Renick	3B-OF	34	Denver	AAA
Angel Rosa			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mark Ryal	OF-RF	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Pat Scanlon	3B-2B	26	Denver	AAA
Luis Silverio	OF	21	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	OF		Omaha	AAA
Paul Splittorff	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jerry Terrell	SS-3B	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Harold Thomasson	3B-SS		Jacksonville	AA
George Throop	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Raul Tovar	OF	19	Fort Myers	A+
	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ira Turner	1B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Keith Vranesh	3B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Anthony Washington	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
U.L. Washington	SS	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
John Wathan	C-1B	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Dennis Webb	OF		Fort Myers	A+
Phil Westendorf	1B		Fort Myers	A+
Frank White	2B	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jerry White	OF	26	Denver	AAA
Daniel Wieser	SS		Fort Myers	A+
Willie Wilson	OF-CF	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Marvin Wooten	1B		Fort Myers	A+
William Yarbrough	IF		Jacksonville	AA
Joe Zdeb	OF	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	OF		Omaha	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Gerald Ako		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
Mark Ballinger	29	Omaha	AAA
Roger Begue		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Doug Bird	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mitch Bobinger		Omaha	AAA
		Jacksonville	AA
Steve Busby	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	29	Omaha	AAA
	29	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
James Canfield		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
William Casbolt		Fort Myers	A+
Gary Christenson	25	Omaha	AAA
	25	Jacksonville	AA
Jim Colborn	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jeff Cornell	21	Jacksonville	AA
	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jerry Cram	30	Omaha	AAA
Kent Cvejdlik		Jacksonville	AA
Chris Czarka		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mark Daly		Omaha	AAA
		Jacksonville	AA
Art DeFilippis		Jacksonville	AA
Mike Denevi		Omaha	AAA
Chris DiLorenzo		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Rich Dubee	20	Jacksonville	AA
Craig Eaton	24	Omaha	AAA
	24	Jacksonville	AA
Robert Engelmeyer		Fort Myers	A+
Steve Foucault	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Rich Gale	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	24	Omaha	AAA
Robert Ganger		Fort Myers	A+
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ben Grzybek		Jacksonville	AA
Larry Gura	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Steve Hamrick		Omaha	AAA
Jeff Hanslovan		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Elwaine Hardtke		Fort Myers	A+
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
David Hasbach		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Andy Hassler	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Erik Hendricks		Fort Myers	A+
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Al Hrabosky	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Jones	19	Fort Myers	A+
James Lackey		Fort Myers	A+
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Gary Lance	30	Omaha	AAA
Bill Laskey	20	Jacksonville	AA
	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
James Laughton		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Dennis Leonard	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Melville Lowman		Fort Myers	A+
David Mangrum		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Renie Martin	23	Omaha	AAA
	23	Fort Myers	A+
Jim McCoy		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Randy McGilberry	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	24	Omaha	AAA
John Melody	23	Fort Myers	A+
William Miller		Fort Myers	A+
Steve Mingori	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Michael Morley		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
Douglas Nelson		Jacksonville	AA
Larry Onesi		Fort Myers	A+
Bill Paschall	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	24	Omaha	AAA
Marty Pattin	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Craig Perkins		Omaha	AAA
Craig Pippin		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Raymond Prince		Fort Myers	A+
Dan Quisenberry	25	Jacksonville	AA
Mickey Reichenbach		Jacksonville	AA
		Fort Myers	A+
Jim Sadowski	27	Omaha	AAA
	27	Jacksonville	AA
Paul Splittorff	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
George Throop	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	27	Omaha	AAA
Antonio Vila		Fort Myers	A+
		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Grady Warren		Fort Myers	A+