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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+

General Manager - Dayton Moore
Manager - Trey Hillman

Bench Coach - Dave Owen  Hitting Coach - Michael Barnett  Pitching Coach - Bob McClure  First Base Coach - Rusty Kuntz  Third Base Coach - Luis Silverio  Bullpen Coach - John Mizerock  Extended Spring Training Coordinator - Jim Gabella  Scout - Steve Gossage  Special Asst, Player Development - Jack Maloof  Minor League Field Coordinator - Doug Sisson  Scout - Mike Toomey

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)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
RF-LF	Jose Guillen	32	153	598	66	158	42	1	20	97	2	1	23	106	9	3	0	3	23	.264	.300	.438	738
RF-LF	Mark Teahen	26	149	572	66	146	31	4	15	59	4	3	46	131	3	4	0	2	6	.255	.313	.402	715
LF-CF	David DeJesus	28	135	518	70	159	25	7	12	73	11	8	46	71	5	3	4	4	10	.307	.366	.452	818
3B	Alex Gordon	24	134	493	72	128	35	1	16	59	9	2	66	120	6	5	1	5	8	.260	.351	.432	783
DH-1B	Billy Butler	22	124	443	44	122	22	0	11	55	0	1	33	57	0	0	0	2	23	.275	.324	.400	724
SS-2B	Mike Aviles	27	102	419	68	136	27	4	10	51	8	3	18	58	2	4	0	2	12	.325	.354	.480	834
1B	Ross Gload	32	122	388	46	106	18	1	3	37	3	4	23	39	3	4	1	3	12	.273	.317	.348	665
C	John Buck	27	109	370	48	83	23	1	9	48	0	3	38	96	6	2	0	4	12	.224	.304	.365	669
2B	Mark Grudzielanek	38	86	331	36	99	24	0	3	24	2	1	19	41	5	1	3	2	8	.299	.345	.399	744
C-DH	Miguel Olivo	29	84	306	29	78	22	0	12	41	7	0	7	82	3	2	0	1	6	.255	.278	.444	722
CF	Joey Gathright	26	105	279	41	71	3	1	0	22	21	4	20	40	4	0	10	2	3	.254	.311	.272	583
SS	Tony Pena	27	95	225	22	38	4	1	1	14	3	1	6	49	0	2	2	2	4	.169	.189	.209	398
LF-2B	Esteban German	29	89	216	30	53	14	3	0	22	7	3	18	42	1	1	4	3	5	.245	.303	.338	641
2B-SS	Alberto Callaspo	25	74	213	21	65	8	3	0	16	2	1	19	14	0	0	1	1	6	.305	.361	.371	732
CF	Mitch Maier	26	34	91	9	26	1	1	0	9	0	2	2	18	2	0	2	0	3	.286	.316	.319	635
1B	Ryan Shealy	28	20	73	12	22	1	0	7	20	0	0	5	19	1	0	0	0	2	.301	.354	.603	957
2B-3B	Jason Smith	30	22	28	6	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	500
DH-1B	Kila Ka'aihue	24	12	21	4	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	804
P	Zack Greinke	24	3	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.286	.286	.429	715
P	Brian Bannister	27	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500
P	Gil Meche	29	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500
P	Luke Hochevar	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Brett Tomko	35	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Kyle Davies	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
C	Matt Tupman	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000
Batting Totals			162	5608	691	1507	303	28	120	650	79	38	392	1005	50	31	32	36	144	.269	.320	.397	717