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Record: 67-94   .416.... 5th in American League Central
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,517,638
Payroll: $31,225,000
Top Draft Pick: Dan Reichert (#7)   MLB
Manager - Bob Boone, Tony Muser

Affiliates - AAA Omaha Royals AA Wichita Wranglers A+ Wilmington Blue Rocks A Lansing Lugnuts A- Spokane Indians Rk Gulf Coast Royals

Team Leaders

HR: Davis [30]
RBI: King [112]
2B: King [30]
SB: Goodwin [34]
W: Belcher [13]
SV: Montgomery [14]
SO: Appier [196]

Oldest Player: Chili Davis [37]
Youngest Player: Jose Rosado [22]
Longest Tenure: Jeff Montgomery [10]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Shane Halter (Apr 6) Jed Hansen (Jul 29) Ryan Long (Jul 16) Felix Martinez (Sep 3) Andy Stewart (Sep 6) Larry Sutton (Aug 17)
Pitchers: Roland De La Maza (Sep 26) Allen McDill (May 15) Glendon Rusch (Apr 6) Jose Santiago (Jun 7) Jamie Walker (Apr 2) Matt Whisenant (Jul 4)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jose Amado	3B	22	Lansing	A
Kevin Appier	P	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Francisco Bautista	P	21	Spokane	A-
Tim Belcher	P	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jay Bell	SS-2B	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Carlos Beltran	CF	20	Wilmington	A+
Richard Benes	2B	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Yamil Benitez	LF-RF	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	LF-RF		Omaha	AAA
Brandon Berger	RF-LF	22	Lansing	A
Brian Bevil	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Doug Blosser	1B	20	Lansing	A
	1B		Spokane	A-
Ricky Bones	P	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Brambilla	C	21	Spokane	A-
Alen Brito			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Juan Brito	C	17	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ben Bronson			Wilmington	A+
Ramy Brooks	C	27	Omaha	AAA
	C		Wichita	AA
Bobby Brown	OF	23	Spokane	A-
Dee Brown	LF	19	Spokane	A-
Jimmie Byington	OF	24	Wichita	AA
Henry Calderon	3B	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeremy Carr	OF	26	Omaha	AAA
	OF		Wichita	AA
Hector Carrasco	P	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Joe Caruso	3B	22	Spokane	A-
Larry Casian	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jose Cepeda	2B-SS	23	Wilmington	A+
	2B-SS		Lansing	A
Gary Coffee	1B	22	Wilmington	A+
Jim Converse	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Scott Cooper	3B-1B	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Johnny Damon	CF-LF	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Melvin Dasher	OF	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Chili Davis	OF-LF	37	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Roland De La Maza	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Joe DeBerry	OF	27	Wichita	AA
Donnie Delaney	OF	23	Wilmington	A+
Christian Diaz			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Lino Diaz	3B		Wichita	AA
Joe Dillon	3B	22	Spokane	A-
David Doezie	OF	24	Lansing	A
Jermaine Dye	RF	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	RF		Omaha	AAA
Roman Escamilla	OF	23	Wilmington	A+
Emiliano Escandon	IF	22	Wilmington	A+
Michael Evans	C-OF	25	Wilmington	A+
Sal Fasano	C	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
	C		Wichita	AA
Carlos Febles	2B	21	Wilmington	A+
Rafael Garcia	P	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeremy Giambi	RF-LF	23	Wichita	AA
	RF-LF		Lansing	A
Erick Gomez	1B	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Raul Gonzalez	LF-RF	23	Wichita	AA
Tom Goodwin	CF-LF	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Tarik Graham	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Cade Griffis			Lansing	A
			Spokane	A-
Pat Hallmark	OF	23	Wilmington	A+
	OF		Lansing	A
Shane Halter	SS-3B	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	SS-3B		Omaha	AAA
Chris Haney	P	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jed Hansen	2B	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	2B		Omaha	AAA
Chris Hatcher	LF	28	Omaha	AAA
	LF		Wichita	AA
Pedro Herrera	C	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeremy Hill	P	20	Spokane	A-
David Howard	SS-2B	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jason Jacome	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jeff King	3B-1B	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jason Layne	1B	24	Lansing	A
Juan LeBron	OF	20	Lansing	A
	OF		Spokane	A-
Merrell Ligons	2B	20	Spokane	A-
Ryan Long	RF-LF	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	RF-LF		Omaha	AAA
Tony Longueira	2B	23	Wilmington	A+
Mendy Lopez	SS-2B	22	Omaha	AAA
	SS-2B		Wichita	AA
Mike Macfarlane	C	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Felix Martinez	SS	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	SS		Omaha	AAA
Allen McDill	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Ryan Mcdonald			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Sean Mcnally	3B	24	Wichita	AA
	3B		Wilmington	A+
Anthony Medrano	SS	22	Omaha	AAA
	SS		Wichita	AA
Steve Medrano	SS	19	Lansing	A
Carlos Mendez	1B	23	Wichita	AA
Mark Merchant	OF	28	Omaha	AAA
	OF		Wichita	AA
Rod Metzler	2B	22	Spokane	A-
Tony Miranda	OF	24	Lansing	A
Ricardo Montas	IF	20	Lansing	A
	IF		Spokane	A-
Jeff Montgomery	P	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Kenderick Moore	OF	24	Lansing	A
Rod Myers	CF-LF	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	CF-LF		Omaha	AAA
	CF-LF		Wichita	AA
Jose Nunez			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Sergio Nunez	2B	22	Wichita	AA
	2B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jon Nunnally	RF-CF	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	RF-CF		Omaha	AAA
Jose Offerman	SS-2B	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Gregg Olson	P	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Hector Ortiz	C	27	Omaha	AAA
	C		Wichita	AA
Carlos Pagan	C	21	Spokane	A-
Dean Palmer	3B	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Craig Paquette	3B-LF	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	3B-LF		Omaha	AAA
Kit Pellow	RF-3B	24	Wichita	AA
	RF-3B		Lansing	A
Mike Perez	P	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Rich Petru			Spokane	A-
			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Hipolito Pichardo	P	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Rick Pitts	OF	21	Wilmington	A+
	OF		Lansing	A
Jim Pittsley	P	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Kinnis Pledger	OF	29	Wichita	AA
Pork Chop Pough	3B	27	Omaha	AAA
Alex Prieto	2B-3B	21	Wilmington	A+
Mark Quinn	LF-RF	23	Wichita	AA
	LF-RF		Wilmington	A+
Vic Radcliff	SS	21	Lansing	A
Juan Ramirez			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Bip Roberts	2B-LF	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Juan Robles	C	25	Lansing	A
Juan Rocha	OF	24	Wilmington	A+
Jose Rosado	P	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Willy Ruiz	1B	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Glendon Rusch	P	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jose Santiago	P	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Bret Schafer	OF		Lansing	A
Brad Seitzer	SS-3B	27	Omaha	AAA
Scott Service	P	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Al Shirley	OF	23	Wichita	AA
Steve Sisco	LF-2B	27	Omaha	AAA
	LF-2B		Wichita	AA
Matt Smith	P	21	Wichita	AA
	P		Lansing	A
Tim Spehr	C	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Andy Stewart	C	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Chris Stynes	3B-2B	24	Omaha	AAA
Larry Sutton	1B-RF	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B-RF		Omaha	AAA
Mike Sweeney	1B-C	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B-C		Omaha	AAA
Brett Taft	SS	23	Lansing	A
Jose Taveras	OF	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Kirk Taylor			Spokane	A-
Cameron Tillis	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Goef Tomlinson	OF	21	Spokane	A-
Rafael Torres			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Matt Treanor	C	21	Wilmington	A+
Dave Ullery	C	22	Lansing	A
	C		Spokane	A-
Randy Veres	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Joe Vitiello	1B-LF	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B-LF		Omaha	AAA
Jamie Walker	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Matt Whisenant	P	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Micah Williams	OF	22	Lansing	A
Mike Williams	P	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mitch Williams	P	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
David Willis	1B	23	Spokane	A-
James Woods	C		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Jeremy Affeldt	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jordy Alexander	20	Spokane	A-
Eric Anderson	22	Wilmington	A+
Kevin Appier	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Brandon Baird	24	Lansing	A
Tim Belcher	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Manuel Bernal	21	Wilmington	A+
Brian Bevil	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	26	Omaha	AAA
	26	Wichita	AA
Ricky Bones	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Richard Boring	22	Lansing	A
	22	Spokane	A-
Ryan Brewer	23	Wilmington	A+
Jamie Brewington	26	Omaha	AAA
	26	Wichita	AA
Dustin Brixey	23	Wichita	AA
	23	Wilmington	A+
Pavel Budsky	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jaime Burton	22	Spokane	A-
Jimmie Byington	24	Wichita	AA
Tim Byrdak	23	Wilmington	A+
Kiko Calero	22	Wichita	AA
Hector Carrasco	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Aaron Carter	22	Spokane	A-
Larry Casian	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jake Chapman	23	Wilmington	A+
Jim Converse	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	26	Omaha	AAA
Rickey Crutchley	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Roland De La Maza	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Ryan Douglass	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Chad Durbin	19	Lansing	A
Bart Evans	26	Wichita	AA
	26	Wilmington	A+
Ken Fitzpatrick	23	Spokane	A-
Pat Flury	24	Omaha	AAA
	24	Wichita	AA
Javier Gamboa	23	Wichita	AA
	23	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jason Gilfillan	21	Spokane	A-
Edwin Gonzalez	20	Lansing	A
	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jason Gooding	23	Lansing	A
	23	Spokane	A-
Tim Grieve	26	Wichita	AA
	26	Wilmington	A+
Jason Grimsley	30	Omaha	AAA
Phil Grundy	25	Wichita	AA
Chris Haney	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	28	Omaha	AAA
	28	Wichita	AA
Brian Harrison	28	Omaha	AAA
Kevin Hodges	24	Wilmington	A+
Steve Hueston	24	Lansing	A
Rick Huisman	28	Omaha	AAA
Jason Jacome	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Doug Johns	29	Omaha	AAA
Scott Key	20	Spokane	A-
Cory Kyzar	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Justin Lamber	21	Spokane	A-
Aaron Lineweaver	24	Lansing	A
Tony Mancha	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Carlos Martinez		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Allen McDill	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	26	Omaha	AAA
	26	Wichita	AA
Todd Meady	21	Lansing	A
	21	Spokane	A-
Juan Medrano	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeff Montgomery	35	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	35	Omaha	AAA
Orber Moreno	20	Lansing	A
Joe Morvay	26	Wichita	AA
Blaine Mull	21	Wichita	AA
	21	Wilmington	A+
Scott Mullen	22	Wilmington	A+
	22	Lansing	A
Taylor Myers	19	Lansing	A
	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Steve Olsen	27	Omaha	AAA
	27	Wichita	AA
Gregg Olson	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	30	Omaha	AAA
Carlos Paredes	21	Wilmington	A+
	21	Lansing	A
Ken Patterson	33	Omaha	AAA
Justin Pederson	23	Spokane	A-
Brad Pennington	28	Omaha	AAA
	28	Wichita	AA
Tony Penny	21	Lansing	A
Mike Perez	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	32	Omaha	AAA
Marc Phillips	25	Wilmington	A+
Hipolito Pichardo	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	28	Omaha	AAA
Jim Pittsley	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	23	Omaha	AAA
Stephen Prihoda	24	Wichita	AA
Donald Quigley	22	Spokane	A-
Juan Ramirez		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Kevin Rawitzer	26	Wichita	AA
Ken Ray	23	Omaha	AAA
Dan Reichert	21	Spokane	A-
Mike Robbins	23	Wilmington	A+
Chad Rodriguez	23	Lansing	A
Jason Roeder	23	Spokane	A-
Jose Rosado	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Glendon Rusch	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	22	Omaha	AAA
Matt Saier	24	Wichita	AA
	24	Wilmington	A+
Allen Sanders	22	Lansing	A
Jose Santiago	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	22	Wichita	AA
	22	Wilmington	A+
	22	Lansing	A
Rudy Seanez	28	Omaha	AAA
Scott Service	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	30	Omaha	AAA
Jason Simontacchi	23	Lansing	A
Toby Smith	25	Omaha	AAA
	25	Wichita	AA
Francisco Solano	15	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ethan Stein	22	Lansing	A
Jim Telgheder	26	Wichita	AA
Todd Thorn	20	Wilmington	A+
Corey Thurman	18	Spokane	A-
	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Mike Torres	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Robert Toth	25	Omaha	AAA
	25	Wichita	AA
Todd Van Poppel	25	Omaha	AAA
Francisco Vanderhorst	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Randy Veres	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	31	Omaha	AAA
Jamie Walker	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	26	Wichita	AA
Steven Walsh	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Scott Watkins	27	Omaha	AAA
Matt Whisenant	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Williams	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Williams	19	Omaha	AAA
	19	Omaha	AAA
Mitch Williams	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jeremy Williamson	23	Lansing	A
Kris Wilson	21	Spokane	A-
Bryan Wolff	25	Wichita	AA
Eric Yanz	22	Spokane	A-
Mike Zimmerman	28	Omaha	AAA
	28	Wichita	AA