2009 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

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Location: Kansas City,MO
Team Record: 65-97 .401
Result: 5th in American League - Central Division
Manager(s): Trey Hillman
General Manager: Dayton Moore
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Attendance: 1,797,887
Payroll: $70,519,333
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ron Mahay (38)
Youngest Player: Billy Butler (23)
Longest Tenure: David DeJesus (7)
Top Hitter: Billy Butler (30)
Top Pitcher: Zack Greinke (1)
Top Draft Pick: Aaron Crow (#12)

Roster Continuity: 68.59%
Top Prospect: Mike Moustakas

American League Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB
Minnesota	87	76	.534	--
Detroit	86	77	.528	1.0
Chi White Sox	79	83	.488	7.5
Cleveland	65	97	.401	21.5
KC Royals	65	97	.401	21.5

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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
16	Billy Butler	dh	30	23	2004-1-14	MLB	159	608	78	183	51	1	21	93	1	0	58	103	2	3	0	4	20	.301	.362	.492	853	299	672	449	114	6.8	.332
13	Alberto Callaspo	3b	41	26	UDFA: 2001	MLB	155	576	79	173	41	8	11	73	2	1	52	51	1	4	0	5	15	.300	.356	.457	813	263	634	424	106	6.7	.312
9	David DeJesus	rf	62	29	2000-4-104	MLB	144	558	74	157	28	9	13	71	4	9	51	87	8	0	5	5	10	.281	.347	.434	781	242	627	430	90	5.7	.311
24	Mark Teahen	1b	91	27	2002-1-39	MLB	144	524	69	142	34	1	12	50	8	1	37	123	6	4	2	2	11	.271	.325	.408	734	214	571	398	71	4.8	.332
17	Mike Jacobs	1b	82	28	1999-38-1156	MLB	128	434	46	99	16	1	19	61	0	0	41	132	2	2	0	1	9	.228	.297	.401	698	174	478	345	48	3.7	.282
8	Willie Bloomquist	ss	58	31	1999-3-95	MLB	125	434	52	115	11	8	4	29	25	6	27	73	1	1	4	2	7	.265	.308	.355	663	154	468	338	50	4.0	.309
21	Miguel Olivo	c	83	30	UDFA: 1996	MLB	114	390	51	97	15	5	23	65	5	2	19	126	5	0	1	1	10	.249	.292	.490	781	191	416	307	53	4.6	.306
35	Mitch Maier	rf-cf	95	27	2003-1-30	MLB	127	341	42	83	15	3	3	31	9	2	43	76	4	2	7	2	6	.243	.333	.331	665	113	397	275	40	3.9	.303
11	Jose Guillen	rf-lf	98	33	UDFA: 1992	MLB	81	281	30	68	8	0	9	40	1	0	22	50	8	1	0	1	13	.242	.314	.367	681	103	312	227	31	3.6	.265
3	Yuniesky Betancourt	2b	67	27	UDFA: 2005	MLB	71	246	25	59	10	5	4	27	0	2	11	26	0	0	3	3	8	.240	.269	.370	639	91	263	203	26	3.4	.251
14	John Buck	c	-	28	1998-7-212	MLB	59	186	16	46	12	4	8	36	1	1	13	55	1	0	1	1	2	.247	.299	.484	782	90	202	145	28	5.2	.306
2	Coco Crisp	cf	101	29	1999-7-222	MLB	49	180	30	41	8	5	3	14	13	2	29	23	1	1	4	1	4	.228	.336	.378	714	68	215	150	28	5.1	.245
27	Brayan Pena	c	-	27	UDFA: 2000	MLB	64	165	17	45	10	0	6	18	0	0	12	18	0	2	4	2	5	.273	.318	.442	761	73	183	131	25	5.2	.273
4	Alex Gordon	lf	-	25	2005-1-2	MLB	49	164	28	38	6	0	6	22	5	0	21	43	2	0	1	1	5	.232	.324	.378	703	62	189	133	20	4.1	.276
30	Mike Aviles	ss	-	28	2003-7-192	MLB	36	120	10	22	3	1	1	8	1	0	4	26	0	0	2	1	3	.183	.208	.250	458	30	127	104	3	0.9	.223
1	Josh Anderson	of	85	26	2003-4-119	MLB	44	118	20	28	3	0	1	8	12	3	5	21	0	0	0	0	3	.237	.268	.288	556	34	123	96	8	2.3	.281
46	Luis Hernandez	ss	-	25	UDFA: 2000	MLB	37	73	4	15	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	18	1	0	3	0	2	.205	.256	.219	476	16	81	63	2	0.9	.273
1	Tony Pena	p	-	28	UDFA: 1999	MLB	40	51	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0	0	0	1	.098	.132	.118	250	6	53	47	-3	-1.5	.132
26	Ryan Freel	cf-3b	-	33	1995-10-272	MLB	18	45	8	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.306	.289	595	13	49	34	4	3.0	.333
7	Tug Hulett	3b	-	26	2004-14-411	MLB	15	18	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.111	269	2	19	16	-1	-1.5	.167
23	Zack Greinke	p	-	25	2002-1-6	MLB	2	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	500	2	6	5	0	1.7	.250
19	Brian Bannister	p	-	28	2003-7-199	MLB	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	400	1	5	5	-	-	.333
44	Luke Hochevar	p	-	25	2006-1-1	MLB	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
55	Gil Meche	p	-	30	1996-1-22	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
28	Kyle Davies	p	-	25	2001-4-135	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
52	Bruce Chen	p	-	32	UDFA: 1993	MLB	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	2	0	1	--	1.000
Totals: (26 players)							162	5532	686	1432	276	51	144	657	88	29	457	1091	42	20	38	32	135	.259	.318	.405	723	2242	6101	4334	741	4.6	.298

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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
23	Zack Greinke	1	25	2002-1-6	MLB	16	8	2.16	33	33	6	3	0	0	229.1	195	64	55	11	51	242	5	0	1.07	7.65	0.43	2.00	9.50	0.21	.309	0.70
19	Brian Bannister	63	28	2003-7-199	MLB	7	12	4.73	26	26	0	0	0	0	154.0	161	94	81	15	50	98	12	2	1.37	9.41	0.88	2.92	5.73	0.51	.299	1.06
44	Luke Hochevar	40	25	2006-1-1	MLB	7	13	6.55	25	25	2	1	0	0	143.0	167	109	104	23	46	106	9	0	1.49	10.51	1.45	2.90	6.67	0.43	.323	0.91
55	Gil Meche	61	30	1996-1-22	MLB	6	10	5.09	23	23	1	1	0	0	129.0	144	81	73	17	58	95	7	0	1.57	10.05	1.19	4.05	6.63	0.61	.317	0.98
28	Kyle Davies	-	25	2001-4-135	MLB	8	9	5.27	22	22	1	0	0	0	123.0	122	76	72	18	66	86	10	0	1.53	8.93	1.32	4.83	6.29	0.77	.291	0.78
34	Jamey Wright	-	35	1993-1-28	MLB	3	5	4.33	65	0	0	0	14	0	79.0	73	51	38	8	44	60	7	0	1.48	8.32	0.91	5.01	6.84	0.73	.286	1.50
51	Robinson Tejeda	-	27	UDFA: 1998	MLB	4	2	3.54	35	6	0	0	5	0	73.2	43	30	29	4	50	87	6	1	1.26	5.25	0.49	6.11	10.63	0.57	.235	0.56
52	Bruce Chen	-	32	UDFA: 1993	MLB	1	6	5.78	17	9	0	0	4	0	62.1	74	42	40	12	25	45	4	0	1.59	10.68	1.73	3.61	6.50	0.56	.328	0.47
47	Sidney Ponson	-	32	UDFA: 1993	MLB	1	7	7.36	14	9	0	0	0	0	58.2	79	50	48	6	25	32	2	0	1.77	12.12	0.92	3.84	4.91	0.78	.365	1.06
48	Joakim Soria	44	25	UDFA: 2001	MLB	3	2	2.21	47	0	0	0	41	30	53.0	44	14	13	5	16	69	3	0	1.13	7.47	0.85	2.72	11.72	0.23	.307	0.65
56	Roman Colon	-	29	UDFA: 1995	MLB	2	3	4.83	43	0	0	0	13	0	50.1	50	27	27	7	22	29	1	2	1.43	8.94	1.25	3.93	5.19	0.76	.270	0.74
37	Juan Cruz	-	30	UDFA: 1997	MLB	3	4	5.72	46	0	0	0	18	2	50.1	46	34	32	6	29	38	6	0	1.49	8.23	1.07	5.19	6.79	0.76	.280	0.36
32	Ron Mahay	-	38	1991-18-487	MLB	1	1	4.79	41	0	0	0	11	0	41.1	55	26	22	9	19	34	4	0	1.79	11.98	1.96	4.14	7.40	0.56	.346	0.69
40	Kyle Farnsworth	-	33	1994-47-1290	MLB	1	5	4.58	41	0	0	0	18	0	37.1	43	22	19	3	14	42	2	1	1.53	10.37	0.72	3.38	10.13	0.33	.381	0.95
49	John Bale	-	35	1996-5-129	MLB	0	1	5.72	43	0	0	0	12	1	28.1	34	19	18	3	18	24	2	0	1.84	10.80	0.95	5.72	7.62	0.75	.352	0.98
52	Horacio Ramirez	-	29	1997-5-172	MLB	0	2	5.96	19	1	0	0	1	0	22.2	27	16	15	3	11	13	1	0	1.68	10.72	1.19	4.37	5.16	0.85	.316	0.78
41	Lenny DiNardo	-	29	2001-3-102	MLB	0	3	10.13	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.1	41	28	24	2	15	8	1	0	2.63	17.30	0.84	6.33	3.38	1.88	.438	1.45
57	Yasuhiko Yabuta	-	36	UDFA: 2008	MLB	2	1	13.50	12	0	0	0	3	0	14.0	29	21	21	3	7	9	4	0	2.57	18.64	1.93	4.50	5.79	0.78	.456	0.42
37	Dusty Hughes	-	27	2003-11-312	MLB	0	2	5.14	8	1	0	0	0	0	14.0	13	9	8	2	8	15	1	0	1.50	8.36	1.29	5.14	9.64	0.53	.306	0.90
54	Anthony Lerew	-	26	2001-11-345	MLB	0	1	4.05	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	14	8	6	4	8	7	0	0	1.65	9.45	2.70	5.40	4.73	1.14	.238	0.38
47	Victor Marte	-	28	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	0	8.25	8	0	0	0	4	0	12.0	13	12	11	2	12	7	1	0	2.08	9.75	1.50	9.00	5.25	1.71	.297	0.95
53	Carlos Rosa	-	24	UDFA: 2001	MLB	0	0	3.37	7	0	0	0	5	1	10.2	10	4	4	1	3	4	0	0	1.22	8.44	0.84	2.53	3.37	0.75	.265	1.00
45	Doug Waechter	-	28	1999-3-85	MLB	0	0	8.44	5	0	0	0	3	0	5.1	9	5	5	2	3	3	1	0	2.25	15.19	3.38	5.06	5.06	1.00	.368	0.83
Totals: (26 players)						65	97	4.83	162	162	10	5	152	34	1,426	1486	842	765	144	600	1153	89	6	1.32	9.38	1.05	3.79	7.28	0.52	.317

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Miguel Olivo	C	103	845	718	47	8	5	.990	8.15
John Buck	C	46	366	309	14	8	4	.976	7.94
Brayan Pena	C	30	213	168	7	0	2	1.000	7.39
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Butler	1B	145	1248	1141	92	10	123	.992	8.89
Mike Jacobs	1B	15	112	94	14	2	13	.982	8.68
Mark Teahen	1B	11	60	60	3	0	4	1.000	9.45
Willie Bloomquist	1B	3	6	3	0	0	1	1.000	4.50
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alberto Callaspo	2B	146	1240	233	379	17	96	.973	4.44
Willie Bloomquist	2B	14	107	24	35	2	10	.967	4.96
Luis Hernandez	2B	8	36	3	7	0	0	1.000	2.50
Tug Hulett	2B	5	18	2	7	0	1	1.000	4.50
Mark Teahen	2B	3	23	5	6	0	1	1.000	4.30
Ryan Freel	2B	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mark Teahen	3B	107	869	66	171	11	14	.956	2.45
Alex Gordon	3B	49	406	21	94	10	8	.920	2.55
Alberto Callaspo	3B	14	99	11	13	0	2	1.000	2.18
Luis Hernandez	3B	5	19	4	2	0	0	1.000	2.84
Willie Bloomquist	3B	3	21	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.00
Mike Aviles	3B	2	10	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Tug Hulett	3B	1	2	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Yuniesky Betancourt	SS	71	611	111	181	9	40	.970	4.30
Tony Pena	SS	40	166	29	44	5	9	.936	3.96
Willie Bloomquist	SS	38	237	51	80	6	22	.956	4.97
Mike Aviles	SS	34	269	51	92	4	29	.973	4.78
Luis Hernandez	SS	23	139	20	52	1	13	.986	4.66
Alberto Callaspo	SS	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Tug Hulett	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
David DeJesus	LF	139	1204	294	13	0	3	1.000	2.29
Mitch Maier	LF	17	108	23	0	0	0	1.000	1.91
Willie Bloomquist	LF	9	69	24	0	0	0	1.000	3.13
Jose Guillen	LF	4	33	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.55
Josh Anderson	LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ryan Freel	LF	1	9	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
Tug Hulett	LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mitch Maier	CF	85	593	181	10	0	4	1.000	2.90
Coco Crisp	CF	49	412	120	0	3	0	.976	2.62
Josh Anderson	CF	31	199	55	2	0	0	1.000	2.58
Willie Bloomquist	CF	22	164	34	0	0	0	1.000	1.86
Ryan Freel	CF	4	32	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.41
David DeJesus	CF	3	25	10	0	0	0	1.000	3.60
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Guillen	RF	65	504	96	4	4	0	.962	1.79
Willie Bloomquist	RF	61	329	76	3	2	1	.975	2.16
Mitch Maier	RF	36	178	46	1	0	1	1.000	2.38
Mark Teahen	RF	32	251	39	0	1	0	.975	1.40
Ryan Freel	RF	12	64	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.27
Josh Anderson	RF	11	87	38	0	1	0	.974	3.93
David DeJesus	RF	2	10	6	0	0	0	1.000	5.40
Tug Hulett	RF	2	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	6.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jamey Wright	P	65	79	1	16	2	2	.895	1.94
Joakim Soria	P	47	53	2	5	1	1	.875	1.19
Juan Cruz	P	46	50	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.08
John Bale	P	43	28	3	5	1	1	.889	2.56
Roman Colon	P	43	50	8	4	1	0	.923	2.16
Kyle Farnsworth	P	41	37	0	3	1	0	.750	0.73
Ron Mahay	P	41	41	5	4	0	0	1.000	1.97
Robinson Tejeda	P	35	73	3	5	0	1	1.000	0.98
Zack Greinke	P	33	229	11	35	1	4	.979	1.81
Brian Bannister	P	26	154	10	24	0	1	1.000	1.99
Luke Hochevar	P	25	143	10	20	0	1	1.000	1.89
Gil Meche	P	23	129	8	21	0	2	1.000	2.02
Kyle Davies	P	22	123	10	10	2	1	.909	1.46
Horacio Ramirez	P	19	22	4	2	0	0	1.000	2.43
Bruce Chen	P	17	62	3	9	1	0	.923	1.74
Sidney Ponson	P	14	58	4	16	1	1	.952	3.09
Yasuhiko Yabuta	P	12	14	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.64
Dusty Hughes	P	8	14	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.93
Victor Marte	P	8	12	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
Carlos Rosa	P	7	10	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Lenny DiNardo	P	5	21	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.43
Doug Waechter	P	5	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Anthony Lerew	P	3	13	2	2	0	1	1.000	2.75
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Jacobs	DH	102						.000	0.00
Brayan Pena	DH	14						.000	0.00
Billy Butler	DH	11						.000	0.00
Jose Guillen	DH	10						.000	0.00
John Buck	DH	8						.000	0.00
Miguel Olivo	DH	8						.000	0.00

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