1997 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

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Location: Kansas City,MO
Team Record: 67-94 .416
Result: 5th in American League - Central Division
Manager(s): Tony Muser, Bob Boone
General Manager: Herk Robinson
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Attendance: 1,517,638
Payroll: $31,225,000
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Chili Davis (37)
Youngest Player: Jose Rosado (22)
Longest Tenure: Jeff Montgomery (10)
Top Hitter: Jeff King (26)
Top Pitcher: Kevin Appier (7)
Top Draft Pick: Dan Reichert (#7)

Roster Continuity: 63.64%
Top Prospect: Glendon Rusch

American League Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB
Cleveland	86	75	.534	--
Chi White Sox	80	81	.497	6.0
Milwaukee	78	83	.484	8.0
Minnesota	68	94	.420	18.5
KC Royals	67	94	.416	19.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
28	Jay Bell	ss-2b	82	31	1984-1-8	MLB	153	573	89	167	28	3	21	92	10	6	71	101	4	2	3	9	13	.291	.368	.461	829	264	660	437	104	6.4	.317
7	Jeff King	3b-1b	26	32	1986-1-1	MLB	155	543	84	129	30	1	28	112	16	5	89	96	2	4	1	12	9	.238	.341	.451	792	245	647	441	96	5.9	.234
44	Chili Davis	of-lf	29	37	1977-11-270	MLB	140	477	71	133	20	0	30	90	6	3	85	96	1	16	0	4	15	.279	.386	.509	896	243	567	366	97	7.1	.290
18	Johnny Damon	lf	39	23	1992-1-35	MLB	146	472	70	130	12	8	8	48	16	10	42	70	3	2	6	1	3	.275	.338	.386	723	182	524	362	67	5.0	.309
30	Jose Offerman	ss-2b	93	28	UDFA: 1986	MLB	106	424	59	126	23	6	2	39	9	10	41	64	0	3	6	0	5	.297	.359	.394	753	167	471	319	64	5.4	.346
42	Tom Goodwin	cf-lf	30	28	1989-1-22	MLB	97	367	51	100	13	4	2	22	34	10	19	51	2	0	11	1	5	.272	.311	.346	657	127	400	294	43	4.0	.311
1	Bip Roberts	2b-lf	98	33	1982-1-13	MLB	97	346	44	107	17	2	1	36	15	3	21	53	1	2	1	3	6	.309	.348	.379	726	131	372	252	49	5.3	.359
24	Jermaine Dye	rf	-	23	1993-17-488	MLB	75	263	26	62	14	0	7	22	2	1	17	51	1	0	1	1	6	.236	.284	.369	653	97	283	210	27	3.5	.267
15	Mike MacFarlane	c	-	33	1985-4-97	MLB	82	257	34	61	14	2	8	35	0	2	24	47	6	3	3	1	4	.237	.316	.401	717	103	291	206	35	4.6	.261
12	Craig Paquette	3b-lf	-	28	1989-8-216	MLB	77	252	26	58	15	1	8	33	2	2	10	57	2	0	1	2	13	.230	.263	.393	656	99	267	212	22	2.9	.265
29	Mike Sweeney	1b-c	-	23	1991-10-263	MLB	84	240	30	58	8	0	7	31	3	2	17	33	6	0	1	2	8	.242	.306	.362	668	87	266	195	27	3.8	.252
39	Yamil Benitez	lf-rf	-	25	UDFA: 1989	MLB	53	191	22	51	7	1	8	21	2	2	10	49	1	0	2	0	2	.267	.307	.440	747	84	204	146	25	4.6	.321
16	Dean Palmer	3b	53	28	1986-3-59	MLB	49	187	23	52	10	1	9	31	1	2	15	50	2	0	0	2	3	.278	.335	.487	822	91	206	142	30	5.8	.331
6	David Howard	ss-2b	-	30	1989-24-624	MLB	80	162	24	39	8	1	1	13	2	2	10	31	1	1	3	1	1	.241	.287	.321	608	52	177	130	15	3.1	.290
14,16	Scott Cooper	3b-1b	-	29	1986-3-69	MLB	75	159	12	32	6	1	3	15	1	1	17	32	2	0	2	2	4	.201	.283	.308	592	49	182	136	13	2.7	.230
31	Joe Vitiello	1b-lf	-	27	1991-1-7	MLB	51	130	11	31	6	0	5	18	0	0	14	37	2	1	0	0	2	.238	.322	.400	722	52	146	101	16	4.4	.295
43	Shane Halter	ss-3b	-	27	1991-5-133	MLB	74	123	16	34	5	1	2	10	4	3	10	28	2	0	4	0	1	.276	.341	.382	723	47	139	97	16	4.5	.344
31	Rod Myers	cf-lf	-	24	1991-13-341	MLB	31	101	14	26	7	0	2	9	4	0	17	22	1	0	2	0	2	.257	.370	.386	756	39	121	79	17	5.6	.312
2	Jed Hansen	2b	-	24	1994-2-50	MLB	34	94	11	29	6	1	1	14	3	2	13	29	1	0	2	1	2	.309	.394	.426	820	40	111	72	16	5.9	.431
22	Larry Sutton	1b-rf	-	27	1992-21-582	MLB	27	69	9	20	2	0	2	8	0	0	5	12	0	0	1	0	0	.290	.338	.406	744	28	75	50	10	5.4	.327
26	Sal Fasano	c	-	25	1993-37-1029	MLB	13	38	4	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	1	.211	.231	.342	573	13	39	31	2	1.9	.280
2	Tim Spehr	c	-	30	1988-5-127	MLB	17	35	3	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	12	1	0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.257	494	9	38	29	1	1.0	.227
36	Felix Martinez	ss	-	23	1993-29-825	MLB	16	31	3	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	6	8	0	0	1	0	1	.226	.351	.323	674	10	38	26	4	3.8	.304
22	Jon Nunnally	rf-cf	-	25	1992-3-70	MLB	13	29	8	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.353	.414	767	12	34	22	5	5.7	.286
36	Ryan Long	rf-lf	-	24	1991-2-69	MLB	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	2	10	7	0	1.6	.333
63	Andy Stewart	c	-	26	UDFA: 1989	MLB	5	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.375	625	3	8	7	1	2.5	.250
17	Kevin Appier	p	-	29	1987-1-9	MLB	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
41	Tim Belcher	p	-	35	1984-1-1	MLB	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	7	-1	-4.0	.000
53	Glendon Rusch	p	-	22	1993-17-469	MLB	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
50	Jose Rosado	p	-	22	1994-12-331	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
34	Jim Pittsley	p	-	23	1992-1-17	MLB	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	2	2	1	1	24.6	1.000
Totals: (31 players)							161	5599	747	1478	256	35	158	711	130	66	561	1061	42	34	51	42	108	.264	.333	.407	740	2278	6295	4388	799	4.9	.299

PITCHING STATISTICS

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Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
17	Kevin Appier	7	29	1987-1-9	MLB	9	13	3.40	34	34	4	1	0	0	235.2	215	96	89	24	74	196	14	1	1.23	8.21	0.92	2.83	7.49	0.38	.287	0.67
41	Tim Belcher	27	35	1984-1-1	MLB	13	12	5.02	32	32	3	1	0	0	213.1	242	128	119	31	70	113	7	1	1.46	10.21	1.31	2.95	4.77	0.62	.303	0.80
50	Jose Rosado	54	22	1994-12-331	MLB	9	12	4.69	33	33	2	0	0	0	203.1	208	117	106	26	73	129	4	2	1.38	9.21	1.15	3.23	5.71	0.57	.288	0.70
53	Glendon Rusch	45	22	1993-17-469	MLB	6	9	5.50	30	27	1	0	0	0	170.1	206	111	104	28	52	116	0	1	1.51	10.88	1.48	2.75	6.13	0.45	.330	0.73
34	Jim Pittsley	-	23	1992-1-17	MLB	5	8	5.46	21	21	0	0	0	0	112.0	120	72	68	15	54	52	3	0	1.55	9.64	1.21	4.34	4.18	1.04	.287	0.77
27	Ricky Bones	-	28	UDFA: 1986	MLB	4	7	5.97	21	11	1	0	2	0	78.1	102	59	52	10	25	36	1	0	1.62	11.72	1.15	2.87	4.14	0.69	.343	0.92
21	Jeff Montgomery	60	35	1983-9-212	MLB	1	4	3.49	55	0	0	0	37	14	59.1	53	24	23	9	18	48	5	0	1.20	8.04	1.37	2.73	7.28	0.38	.268	1.11
35	Hipolito Pichardo	72	27	UDFA: 1987	MLB	3	5	4.22	47	0	0	0	26	11	49.0	51	24	23	7	24	34	2	1	1.53	9.37	1.29	4.41	6.24	0.71	.301	1.21
57	Jamie Walker	-	25	1992-10-265	MLB	3	3	5.44	50	0	0	0	15	0	43.0	46	28	26	6	20	24	2	0	1.53	9.63	1.26	4.19	5.02	0.83	.286	0.68
48	Gregg Olson	-	30	1988-1-4	MLB	4	3	3.02	34	0	0	0	13	1	41.2	39	18	14	3	17	28	1	0	1.34	8.42	0.65	3.67	6.05	0.61	.303	1.34
51	Randy Veres	-	31	1985-1-2	MLB	4	0	3.31	24	0	0	0	7	1	35.1	36	17	13	4	7	28	4	0	1.22	9.17	1.02	1.78	7.13	0.25	.320	0.75
58	Hector Carrasco	-	28	UDFA: 1988	MLB	1	6	5.45	28	0	0	0	11	0	34.2	29	21	21	4	16	30	8	0	1.30	7.53	1.04	4.15	7.79	0.53	--	1.15
45	Larry Casian	-	31	1987-6-139	MLB	0	2	5.06	32	0	0	0	6	0	26.2	32	15	15	5	6	16	1	0	1.42	10.80	1.69	2.02	5.40	0.38	--	0.82
33	Chris Haney	-	28	1990-2-64	MLB	1	2	4.38	8	3	0	0	1	0	24.2	29	16	12	1	5	16	1	0	1.38	10.58	0.36	1.82	5.84	0.31	.337	0.71
52	Mike Perez	-	32	1998-41-1241	MLB	2	0	3.54	16	0	0	0	4	0	20.1	15	8	8	2	8	17	1	0	1.13	6.64	0.89	3.54	7.52	0.47	.255	1.08
56	Matt Whisenant	-	26	1989-18-454	MLB	1	0	2.84	24	0	0	0	3	0	19.0	15	7	6	0	12	16	3	0	1.42	7.11	0.00	5.68	7.58	0.75	.273	1.50
46	Scott Service	-	30	UDFA: 1985	MLB	0	3	4.76	12	0	0	0	1	0	17.0	17	9	9	1	5	19	0	0	1.29	9.00	0.53	2.65	10.06	0.26	.381	0.88
57	Brian Bevil	-	25	1990-30-800	MLB	1	2	6.61	18	0	0	0	11	1	16.1	16	13	12	1	9	13	2	0	1.53	8.82	0.55	4.96	7.16	0.69	.326	0.58
46	Mike Williams	-	28	1990-14-362	MLB	0	2	6.43	10	0	0	0	4	1	14.0	20	11	10	1	8	10	0	0	2.00	12.86	0.64	5.14	6.43	0.80	.388	0.57
49	Mitch Williams	-	32	1982-8-187	MLB	0	1	10.80	7	0	0	0	4	0	6.2	11	8	8	2	7	10	2	0	2.70	14.85	2.70	9.45	13.50	0.70	.500	0.91
45	Jason Jacome	-	26	1991-12-330	MLB	0	0	9.45	7	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	13	7	7	2	5	3	0	0	2.70	17.55	2.70	6.75	4.05	1.67	--	1.00
38	Jim Converse	-	25	1990-16-417	MLB	0	0	3.60	3	0	0	0	1	0	5.0	4	2	2	2	5	3	0	0	1.80	7.20	3.60	9.00	5.40	1.67	.154	0.88
49	Jose Santiago	-	22	1994-70-1627	MLB	0	0	1.93	4	0	0	0	3	0	4.2	7	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.93	13.50	0.00	3.86	1.93	2.00	.350	0.82
56	Allen McDill	-	25	1992-20-553	MLB	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	3	6	6	1	8	2	0	0	2.75	6.75	2.25	18.00	4.50	4.00	.182	0.86
52	Roland De La Maza	-	25	1993-15-419	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.00	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	1.00	.000	0.00
Totals: (31 players)						67	94	4.71	161	161	11	2	150	29	1,443	1530	820	755	158	531	961	62	6	1.41	9.54	1.16	3.31	5.99	0.55	.327

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike MacFarlane	C	81		439	20	4	3	.991	0.00
Mike Sweeney	C	76		425	31	3	13	.993	0.00
Tim Spehr	C	17		78	7	0	1	1.000	0.00
Sal Fasano	C	12		53	3	1	2	.982	0.00
Andy Stewart	C	4		10	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff King	1B	150		1217	147	5	135	.996	0.00
Larry Sutton	1B	12		92	8	0	11	1.000	0.00
Scott Cooper	1B	8		27	1	0	4	1.000	0.00
Joe Vitiello	1B	1		8	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Offerman	2B	101		201	254	9	64	.981	0.00
David Howard	2B	34		65	81	4	25	.973	0.00
Jed Hansen	2B	31		56	77	1	16	.993	0.00
Shane Halter	2B	18		16	22	0	5	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Craig Paquette	3B	72		45	129	12	15	.935	0.00
Dean Palmer	3B	48		27	82	9	8	.924	0.00
Scott Cooper	3B	39		21	54	0	4	1.000	0.00
Shane Halter	3B	12		1	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bip Roberts	3B	10		3	12	0	1	1.000	0.00
David Howard	3B	7		3	10	2	1	.867	0.00
Jay Bell	3B	4		2	7	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jay Bell	SS	149		227	443	10	102	.985	0.00
Felix Martinez	SS	12		17	22	1	7	.975	0.00
David Howard	SS	9		6	15	1	5	.955	0.00
Shane Halter	SS	5		9	13	1	3	.957	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bip Roberts	LF	82		142	3	3	0	.980	0.00
Johnny Damon	LF	48		69	0	1	0	.986	0.00
Yamil Benitez	LF	31		59	0	3	0	.952	0.00
Rod Myers	LF	12		20	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Vitiello	LF	12		17	0	1	0	.944	0.00
Shane Halter	LF	10		5	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
David Howard	LF	5		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Craig Paquette	LF	4		6	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jermaine Dye	LF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ryan Long	LF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jon Nunnally	LF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Larry Sutton	LF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Goodwin	CF	96		232	3	1	0	.996	0.00
Johnny Damon	CF	65		155	1	2	0	.987	0.00
Shane Halter	CF	9		17	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rod Myers	CF	9		19	0	1	0	.950	0.00
David Howard	CF	2		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bip Roberts	CF	2		4	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jermaine Dye	RF	75		164	7	6	3	.966	0.00
Johnny Damon	RF	47		99	4	1	3	.990	0.00
Yamil Benitez	RF	22		52	0	1	0	.981	0.00
Shane Halter	RF	17		15	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
David Howard	RF	17		14	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Vitiello	RF	16		31	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rod Myers	RF	10		15	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jon Nunnally	RF	8		11	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ryan Long	RF	4		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff Montgomery	P	55	59	10	5	0	0	1.000	2.28
Jamie Walker	P	50	43	5	6	0	1	1.000	2.30
Hipolito Pichardo	P	47	49	8	12	0	2	1.000	3.67
Kevin Appier	P	34	235	24	17	1	3	.976	1.57
Gregg Olson	P	34	41	4	4	1	0	.889	1.75
Jose Rosado	P	33	203	11	24	1	2	.972	1.55
Tim Belcher	P	32	213	23	22	0	1	1.000	1.90
Larry Casian	P	32	26	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.06
Glendon Rusch	P	30	170	8	13	0	1	1.000	1.11
Hector Carrasco	P	28	34	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.11
Randy Veres	P	24	35	0	6	1	0	.857	1.54
Matt Whisenant	P	24	19	0	3	1	1	.750	1.42
Ricky Bones	P	21	78	8	11	1	1	.950	2.19
Jim Pittsley	P	21	112	6	10	1	0	.941	1.29
Brian Bevil	P	18	16	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.56
Mike Perez	P	16	20	3	3	0	0	1.000	2.69
Scott Service	P	12	17	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.53
Mike Williams	P	10	14	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.29
Chris Haney	P	8	24	1	6	1	0	.875	2.60
Jason Jacome	P	7	6	1	5	0	1	1.000	8.71
Mitch Williams	P	7	6	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jose Santiago	P	4	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jim Converse	P	3	5	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
Allen McDill	P	3	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
Roland De La Maza	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chili Davis	DH	133						.000	0.00
Joe Vitiello	DH	12						.000	0.00
Scott Cooper	DH	5						.000	0.00
Johnny Damon	DH	5						.000	0.00
David Howard	DH	5						.000	0.00
Shane Halter	DH	4						.000	0.00
Larry Sutton	DH	3						.000	0.00
Mike Sweeney	DH	3						.000	0.00
Jeff King	DH	2						.000	0.00
Felix Martinez	DH	2						.000	0.00
Sal Fasano	DH	1						.000	0.00
Ryan Long	DH	1						.000	0.00
Jose Offerman	DH	1						.000	0.00
Dean Palmer	DH	1						.000	0.00
Andy Stewart	DH	1						.000	0.00

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