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Record: 75-87   .463.... 4th in American League Central
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,578,922
Payroll: $58,245,500
Top Draft Pick: Eric Hosmer (#3)   A+
Manager - Trey Hillman

Kansas City Royals affiliate.

Affiliates - MLB Kansas City Royals AAA Omaha Royals AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals A+ Wilmington Blue Rocks A Burlington Bees Rk Arizona Royals Rk Idaho Falls Chukars Rk Burlington Royals

Team Leaders

HR: Guillen [20]
RBI: Guillen [97]
2B: Guillen [42]
SB: Gathright [21]
W: Meche [14]
SV: Soria [42]
SO: Meche, Greinke [183]

Oldest Player: Hideo Nomo [39]
Youngest Player: Billy Butler [22]
Longest Tenure: David DeJesus [6]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mike Aviles (May 29) Kila Ka'aihue (Sep 4) Matt Tupman (May 18)
Pitchers: Devon Lowery (Sep 5) Carlos Rosa (Jun 14) Yasuhiko Yabuta (Apr 5)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Cory Aldridge	RF-LF	29	Northwest Arkansas	AA
J.D. Alfaro	SS	20	Idaho Falls	Rk
Julio Aparicio	OF	18	Burlington	Rk
Mike Aviles	2B-SS	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	2B-SS		Omaha	AAA
Todd Balduf	C	24	Omaha	AAA
	C		Wilmington	A+
	C		Burlington	A
Brian Bannister	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Deivy Batista	IF	20	Arizona Royals	Rk
Geulin Beltre	SS	17	Arizona Royals	Rk
Angel Berroa	SS	28	Omaha	AAA
Jeff Bianchi	SS	21	Wilmington	A+
Brett Bigler	OF	23	Omaha	AAA
	OF		Wilmington	A+
Joe Billick	C	23	Burlington	A
	C		Idaho Falls	Rk
Ariel Bonilla	P	20	Arizona Royals	Rk
Jose Bonilla	C	20	Arizona Royals	Rk
Brian Buchanan	RF-1B	35	Omaha	AAA
John Buck	C	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Billy Butler	1B-DH	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B-DH		Omaha	AAA
Keven Caldwell	LF	20	Burlington	Rk
Alberto Callaspo	2B	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	2B		Omaha	AAA
Cody Clark	C	27	Omaha	AAA
	C		Northwest Arkansas	AA
Brad Correll	3B	27	Wilmington	A+
Shane Costa	OF	26	Omaha	AAA
Diego Cruz	1B-DH	20	Burlington	Rk
Fernando Cruz	SS	18	Burlington	Rk
Malcolm Culver	P	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
Kyle Davies	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Gookie Dawkins	SS	29	Omaha	AAA
David DeJesus	CF	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Joe Dickerson	OF	21	Wilmington	A+
Adam Donachie	C	24	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Nicholas Doscher	C	21	Burlington	A
Jose Duarte	OF	23	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Jarrod Dyson	CF	24	Wilmington	A+
Ryan Eigsti	C	23	Burlington	A
Yowill Espinal	IF	17	Arizona Royals	Rk
Damaso Espino	3B	25	Omaha	AAA
Alberto Espinosa	1B	22	Idaho Falls	Rk
Zach Evangelho	IF	23	Burlington	A
Irving Falu	2B	25	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Brandon Fowler	C	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Nick Francis	OF	22	Burlington	A
	OF		Idaho Falls	Rk
Angel Franco	IF	18	Burlington	Rk
Fernando Garcia	2B	20	Idaho Falls	Rk
Joey Gathright	CF-LF	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	CF-LF		Omaha	AAA
Esteban German	2B-3B	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Johnny Giavotella	IF-OF	21	Burlington	A
Ross Gload	1B-LF	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Alex Gordon	3B	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Juan Graterol	C	19	Idaho Falls	Rk
Zack Greinke	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Shawn Griffin	OF	22	Idaho Falls	Rk
Mark Grudzielanek	2B-SS	38	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jose Guillen	RF-LF	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jorge Gutierrez	SS	23	Omaha	AAA
	SS		Burlington	Rk
Shawn Hayes	SS	23	Burlington	A
Edwin Henriquez	IF	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Luke Hochevar	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Damon Hollins	LF-RF	34	Omaha	AAA
Eric Hosmer	1B	18	Idaho Falls	Rk
Jeff Howell	C	25	Wilmington	A+
Ken Huckaby	C	37	Omaha	AAA
Astin Jacobo	OF	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Nestor Jacobs	C	20	Arizona Royals	Rk
Antonio Jimenez	IF	21	Burlington	A
	IF		Idaho Falls	Rk
Josh Johnson	SS	22	Wilmington	A+
Travis Jones	C	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Lifete Jose	IF	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
	IF		Burlington	Rk
Kila Ka'aihue	1B	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B		Omaha	AAA
	1B		Northwest Arkansas	AA
Jacob Kuebler	P	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Josh Labandeira	SS-2B	29	Omaha	AAA
Mario Lisson	1B-C	24	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Alex Llanos	SS	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
David Lough	OF	22	Burlington	A
Chris Lubanski	OF	23	Omaha	AAA
Ed Lucas	SS	26	Omaha	AAA
	SS		Northwest Arkansas	AA
Marc Maddox	2B	25	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Mitch Maier	C	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Miguel Mariano	OF	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Alexis Marte	OF	23	Arizona Royals	Rk
Kyle Martin	IF	23	Burlington	A
Mauricio Matos	C	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
Dave Matranga	2B	31	Omaha	AAA
Sean McCauley	C	19	Idaho Falls	Rk
Chris McConnell	SS	22	Wilmington	A+
Warren Mcfadden	OF	22	Arizona Royals	Rk
	OF		Burlington	Rk
Brian McFall	1B	24	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Gil Meche	P	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Kurt Mertins	2B	22	Wilmington	A+
Miguel Moctezuma	C	21	Burlington	Rk
Yeldrys Molina	SS	19	Idaho Falls	Rk
	SS		Burlington	Rk
Jason Morales	3B	22	Burlington	Rk
Matt Morizio	C	24	Wilmington	A+
Mike Moustakas	SS-3B	20	Burlington	A
Jamie Nilsen	2B	23	Arizona Royals	Rk
Patrick Norris	OF	22	Idaho Falls	Rk
Miguel Olivo	C	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Matt Olson	OF	23	Burlington	Rk
Paulo Orlando	OF	22	Wilmington	A+
Adrian Ortiz	OF	21	Wilmington	A+
	OF		Burlington	A
Brayan Pena	C	26	Omaha	AAA
Tony Pena	SS	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Alwin Perez	IF	21	Burlington	A
	IF		Idaho Falls	Rk
Salvador Perez	C	18	Burlington	Rk
	C		Idaho Falls	Rk
Wilver Perez	2B	25	Wilmington	A+
Yenssi Reyes	C	20	Burlington	Rk
Brett Richardson	P	20	Arizona Royals	Rk
Hilton Richardson	OF	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
	OF		Burlington	Rk
Juan Richardson	3B	27	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Juan Rivera	SS	21	Burlington	A
Clint Robinson	IF	23	Burlington	A
Derrick Robinson	OF	21	Wilmington	A+
Derek Rodriguez	OF	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Luis Rosario	OF	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
Angel Sanchez	2B	25	Omaha	AAA
	2B		Northwest Arkansas	AA
Anthony Seratelli	SS-3B	25	Wilmington	A+
Neder Severino	OF	20	Idaho Falls	Rk
Ryan Shealy	1B	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B		Omaha	AAA
Jason Smith	2B-SS	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	2B-SS		Omaha	AAA
Chad Spann	3B	24	Omaha	AAA
Mike Stodolka	P	27	Omaha	AAA
Cody Strait	OF	25	Wilmington	A+
Ovandy Suero	2B	26	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Jason Taylor	SS-3B	20	Burlington	A
Mark Teahen	3B	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Carlo Testa	OF	21	Idaho Falls	Rk
	OF		Burlington	Rk
Kiel Thibault	C	24	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Brett Tomko	P	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Will Tucker	OF	23	Burlington	A
Matt Tupman	C	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Geraldo Valentin	SS	26	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Devery Van de Keere	3B	23	Idaho Falls	Rk
Nick Van Stratten	OF	23	Burlington	A
Miguel Vega	3B	23	Wilmington	A+
Josh Vittek	1B		Burlington	Rk
Jamar Walton	OF	22	Burlington	A
David Wood	IF	23	Wilmington	A+
	IF		Burlington	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Juan Abreu	23	Burlington	A
Henry Arias	23	Burlington	A
Greg Atencio	27	Omaha	AAA
	27	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Joe Augustine	23	Burlington	A
Manauris Baez	23	Burlington	Rk
Burke Baldwin	23	Burlington	A
John Bale	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	34	Omaha	AAA
	34	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Brian Bannister	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Henry Barrera	22	Wilmington	A+
Colby Beach	23	Idaho Falls	Rk
Gregory Billo	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
Ariel Bonilla	20	Arizona Royals	Rk
Barry Bowden	23	Burlington	A
	23	Burlington	Rk
Anthony Bradley	23	Omaha	AAA
	23	Wilmington	A+
	23	Burlington	A
Carson Bryant	22	Burlington	Rk
Brian Buchanan	35	Omaha	AAA
Alex Caldera	22	Burlington	A
Jose Capellan	27	Omaha	AAA
Jesse Carver	23	Idaho Falls	Rk
Bryan Casey	22	Idaho Falls	Rk
Edward Cegarra	19	Wilmington	A+
	19	Burlington	A
Tyler Chambliss	23	Wilmington	A+
Chris Chavez	24	Wilmington	A+
	24	Burlington	A
Roman Colon	29	Omaha	AAA
	29	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Roque Colon	20	Burlington	Rk
Dan Cortes	21	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Luis Cota	23	Burlington	A
	23	Idaho Falls	Rk
Kyle Crist	25	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Gary Cuevas	20	Arizona Royals	Rk
Malcolm Culver	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
Kyle Davies	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
Deybi De La Cruz	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
Giancarlos De La Cruz	19	Burlington	Rk
Julio De la cruz	27	Northwest Arkansas	AA
	27	Arizona Royals	Rk
Jorge De La Rosa	27	Omaha	AAA
Gilbert De La Vara	23	Northwest Arkansas	AA
	23	Wilmington	A+
Brandon Duckworth	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	32	Omaha	AAA
Danny Duffy	19	Burlington	A
Zach Evangelho	23	Burlington	A
Williams Farinas	21	Burlington	Rk
Casey Feickert	20	Arizona Royals	Rk
Brent Fisher	21	Burlington	A
	21	Burlington	Rk
	21	Arizona Royals	Rk
John Flanagan	20	Burlington	Rk
Carlos Fortuna	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
John Foster	30	Omaha	AAA
	30	Idaho Falls	Rk
Jeff Fulchino	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	28	Omaha	AAA
	28	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Justin Garcia	23	Idaho Falls	Rk
Santiago Garrido	18	Burlington	Rk
	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
Steve Gilgenbach	22	Idaho Falls	Rk
Roberto Giron	32	Omaha	AAA
Jimmy Gobble	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	27	Omaha	AAA
Jason Godin	24	Wilmington	A+
O.D. Gonzalez	24	Burlington	Rk
Patrick Green	26	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Zack Greinke	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Danny Gutierrez	21	Burlington	A
Pernell Halliman	21	Burlington	Rk
Russell Haltiwanger	24	Wilmington	A+
Tim Hamulack	31	Northwest Arkansas	AA
	31	Arizona Royals	Rk
Blaine Hardy	21	Idaho Falls	Rk
Rowdy Hardy	25	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Aaron Hartsock	24	Northwest Arkansas	AA
	24	Wilmington	A+
Chris Hayes	25	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Chase Hentges	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
Kelvin Herrera	18	Burlington	A
	18	Burlington	Rk
Luke Hochevar	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
Peter Hodge	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Ivor Hodgson	22	Idaho Falls	Rk
Greg Holland	22	Wilmington	A+
Timothy Huber	22	Burlington	A
	22	Idaho Falls	Rk
	22	Burlington	Rk
Jaeson Hudnall	21	Burlington	Rk
Dusty Hughes	26	Omaha	AAA
	26	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Blake Johnson	23	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Victor Jorge	21	Burlington	Rk
Matt Kniginyzky	25	Wilmington	A+
Mike Lehmann	19	Burlington	Rk
Ray Liotta	25	Wilmington	A+
	25	Burlington	A
	25	Arizona Royals	Rk
Yensi Lopez	22	Burlington	A
Devon Lowery	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
	25	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Tyler Lumsden	25	Omaha	AAA
Ron Mahay	37	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Sugar Ray Marimon	20	Burlington	Rk
Mike Maroth	31	Omaha	AAA
Angel Martinez	23	Arizona Royals	Rk
Gil Meche	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Edwin Mieles	21	Burlington	Rk
Paul Mildren	24	Omaha	AAA
	24	Northwest Arkansas	AA
	24	Wilmington	A+
Steven Miller	22	Idaho Falls	Rk
Matt Mitchell	19	Burlington	A
Mike Montgomery	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Ryan Morgan	21	Idaho Falls	Rk
Matt Morizio	24	Wilmington	A+
Neal Musser	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	28	Omaha	AAA
	28	Arizona Royals	Rk
Josh Newman	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	26	Omaha	AAA
Chris Nicoll	24	Northwest Arkansas	AA
	24	Wilmington	A+
Hideo Nomo	40	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Gary Novakowski		Idaho Falls	Rk
Leo Nunez	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
	25	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Eduardo Paulino	23	Burlington	A
Tony Pena	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Joel Peralta	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	32	Omaha	AAA
Leondy Perez	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
Wilver Perez	25	Wilmington	A+
Matt Peterson	26	Northwest Arkansas	AA
	26	Burlington	A
	26	Idaho Falls	Rk
	26	Arizona Royals	Rk
Zach Peterson	23	Burlington	A
Julio Pimentel	22	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Jarod Plummer	24	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Orlando Rada	22	Idaho Falls	Rk
Paul Raglione	21	Burlington	A
	21	Idaho Falls	Rk
Horacio Ramirez	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	28	Omaha	AAA
Ramon Ramirez	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Brett Richardson	20	Omaha	AAA
	20	Arizona Royals	Rk
Jacob Rodriguez	20	Burlington	A
	20	Burlington	Rk
Carlos Rosa	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	24	Omaha	AAA
	24	Northwest Arkansas	AA
Josh Ruhlman	22	Arizona Royals	Rk
Sam Runion	19	Burlington	A
	19	Burlington	Rk
Derrick Saito	20	Idaho Falls	Rk
Brad Salmon	28	Omaha	AAA
Tyler Sample	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Mario Santiago	23	Wilmington	A+
Onassis Sirrett	19	Arizona Royals	Rk
Brandon Sisk	23	Burlington	A
	23	Idaho Falls	Rk
Jace Smith	22	Arizona Royals	Rk
Joakim Soria	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Ben Swaggerty	26	Wilmington	A+
	26	Burlington	A
Everett Teaford	24	Wilmington	A+
Robinson Tejeda	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jacob Theis	18	Arizona Royals	Rk
James Thompson	21	Idaho Falls	Rk
Brett Tomko	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Aneidy Toribio	20	Idaho Falls	Rk
Chin-Hui Tsao	27	Omaha	AAA
Kip Wells	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Blake Wood	23	Northwest Arkansas	AA
	23	Wilmington	A+
Matt Wright	26	Omaha	AAA
Yasuhiko Yabuta	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	35	Omaha	AAA