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Record: 72-89   .447.... 3rd in American League Central
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,494,875
Payroll: $32,912,500
Top Draft Pick: Jeff Austin (#4)   MLB
Manager - 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: Palmer [34]
RBI: Palmer [119]
2B: Damon [30]
SB: Offerman [45]
W: Belcher [14]
SV: Montgomery [36]
SO: Rosado [135]

Oldest Player: Terry Pendleton [37]
Youngest Player: Dee Brown [20]
Longest Tenure: Jeff Montgomery [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Carlos Beltran (Sep 14) Dee Brown (Sep 14) Carlos Febles (Sep 14) Jeremy Giambi (Sep 1) Chris Hatcher (Sep 6) Mendy Lopez (Jun 3) Hector Ortiz (Sep 14)
Pitchers: Tim Byrdak (Aug 7) Bart Evans (Jun 16)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jermaine Allensworth	CF	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Felipe Alou	OF	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jose Amado	3B	23	Wilmington	A+
Kevin Appier	P	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Yancy Ayres	C	22	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Brian Barber	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Tim Belcher	P	36	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Carlos Beltran	CF	21	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	CF		Wichita	AA
	CF		Wilmington	A+
Brandon Berger	RF-LF	23	Wilmington	A+
Brian Bevil	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Ricky Bones	P	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Terry Bradshaw	OF	29	Omaha	AAA
Juan Brito	C	18	Lansing	A
Dee Brown	LF	20	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	LF		Wilmington	A+
Ray Brown	IF	26	Wichita	AA
Sean Bryan	3B		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jimmie Byington	OF	25	Wichita	AA
	OF		Wilmington	A+
Tim Byrdak	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	P		Omaha	AAA
Henry Calderon	3B	21	Spokane	A-
Jeremy Carr	OF	27	Omaha	AAA
Ricardo Carrasco	1B	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Joe Caruso	3B	23	Lansing	A
Jose Cepeda	2B-SS	24	Wilmington	A+
Gary Coffee	1B	23	Wilmington	A+
	1B		Lansing	A
Jeff Conine	1B-LF	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B-LF		Omaha	AAA
Mike Curry	OF	21	Spokane	A-
Johnny Damon	CF-LF	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Roland De La Maza	P	26	Omaha	AAA
Joe Dillon	3B	23	Lansing	A
Dan DiPace	OF	23	Wilmington	A+
	OF		Lansing	A
	OF		Spokane	A-
Jeremy Dodson	P	21	Spokane	A-
Jermaine Dye	RF	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	RF		Omaha	AAA
Roman Escamilla	OF	24	Omaha	AAA
	OF		Wichita	AA
Emiliano Escandon	IF	23	Wilmington	A+
Bart Evans	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Michael Evans	C-OF	26	Wichita	AA
Sal Fasano	C	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Carlos Febles	2B	22	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	2B		Wichita	AA
Hersy Felix	C	20	Wilmington	A+
	C		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeremy Freitas	1B	23	Spokane	A-
Ryan Fry	3B	18	Spokane	A-
Rafael Garcia	P	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Byron Gettis	LF-RF	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jeremy Giambi	RF-LF	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	RF-LF		Omaha	AAA
Erick Gomez	1B	22	Spokane	A-
Raul Gonzalez	LF-RF	24	Wichita	AA
David Goodwin	1B	23	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Tarik Graham	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Phil Grundy	P	26	Omaha	AAA
Pat Hallmark	OF	24	Wilmington	A+
Shane Halter	SS-3B	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	SS-3B		Omaha	AAA
Chris Haney	P	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Greg Hansell	P	27	Omaha	AAA
Jed Hansen	2B	26	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	2B		Omaha	AAA
Corey Hart	3B	23	Spokane	A-
Chris Hatcher	LF	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	LF		Omaha	AAA
Pedro Herrera	C	19	Spokane	A-
Jeremy Hill	P	21	Lansing	A
Norris Hopper	OF	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Steve Hosey	RF	29	Omaha	AAA
Jeff King	3B-1B	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Joe Kmak	C	35	Omaha	AAA
Jason Layne	1B	25	Wilmington	A+
Juan LeBron	OF	21	Lansing	A
Scott Leius	3B	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	3B		Omaha	AAA
Anthony Lewis	OF	27	Wichita	AA
Merrell Ligons	2B	21	Spokane	A-
Ryan Long	RF-LF	25	Omaha	AAA
	RF-LF		Wichita	AA
Tony Longueira	2B	24	Wilmington	A+
	2B		Lansing	A
Mendy Lopez	SS-2B	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	SS-2B		Omaha	AAA
Steve Maas		25	Lansing	A
Mike Macfarlane	C	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Shane Mack	LF-CF	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Felix Martinez	SS	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	SS		Omaha	AAA
Allen McDill	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Sean Mcnally	3B	25	Wichita	AA
Anthony Medrano	SS	23	Wichita	AA
Steve Medrano	SS	20	Lansing	A
Carlos Mendez	1B	24	Omaha	AAA
	1B		Wichita	AA
Rod Metzler	2B	23	Lansing	A
Orlando Miller	SS	29	Omaha	AAA
Tony Miranda	OF	25	Wichita	AA
	OF		Wilmington	A+
Ricardo Montas	IF	21	Lansing	A
	IF		Spokane	A-
Jeff Montgomery	P	36	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Griffin Moore	P	22	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Kenderick Moore	OF	25	Wilmington	A+
Hal Morris	1B	33	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Rod Myers	CF-LF	25	Omaha	AAA
	CF-LF		Wichita	AA
Jose Nunez			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jose Offerman	SS-2B	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Hector Ortiz	C	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
	C		Wichita	AA
Luis Ortiz	3B	28	Omaha	AAA
Carlos Pagan	C	22	Wilmington	A+
Dean Palmer	3B	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Kit Pellow	RF-3B	25	Omaha	AAA
	RF-3B		Wichita	AA
Terry Pendleton	3B	38	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	3B		Omaha	AAA
Carlos Perea	SS	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Paul Phillips	C	21	Wilmington	A+
	C		Spokane	A-
Hipolito Pichardo	P	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Rick Pitts	OF	22	Lansing	A
Jim Pittsley	P	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
David Player			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Alex Prieto	2B-3B	22	Wichita	AA
Stephen Prihoda	P	25	Wichita	AA
Mark Quinn	LF-RF	24	Wichita	AA
Vic Radcliff	SS	22	Wilmington	A+
	SS		Lansing	A
Charlie Ramirez	OF	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Pat Rapp	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Danny Rios	P	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Juan Rivera	C	21	Spokane	A-
Luis Rivera	SS	34	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Juan Rocha	OF	25	Wilmington	A+
Jose Rosado	P	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Willy Ruiz	1B	21	Spokane	A-
Glendon Rusch	P	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Emmanuel Santana	C	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jose Santiago	P	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Scott Service	P	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Brian Shackelford	1B	22	Spokane	A-
James Shanks	OF	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Al Shirley	OF	24	Wichita	AA
Steve Sisco	LF-2B	28	Omaha	AAA
Ben Slemmer	3B	23	Spokane	A-
Tim Spehr	C	32	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Andy Stewart	C	27	Omaha	AAA
	C		Wichita	AA
Jeff Suppan	P	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Larry Sutton	1B-RF	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Mike Sweeney	1B-C	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Brett Taft	SS	24	Wilmington	A+
Jose Taveras	OF	21	Lansing	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Scott Taylor	P	31	Wichita	AA
Cameron Tillis	OF		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Goef Tomlinson	OF	22	Wilmington	A+
	OF		Lansing	A
Rafael Torres			Lansing	A
Chris Turner	C	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	C		Omaha	AAA
Matt Turner	P	31	Omaha	AAA
Dave Ullery	C	23	Wilmington	A+
Eric Vann			Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Joe Vitiello	1B-LF	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	1B-LF		Omaha	AAA
Jamie Walker	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Matt Whisenant	P	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Micah Williams	OF	23	Lansing	A
David Willis	1B	24	Lansing	A
Ernie Young	CF-RF	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	CF-RF		Omaha	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Jeremy Affeldt	19	Lansing	A
	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jordy Alexander	21	Lansing	A
Cary Ammons	21	Spokane	A-
Kevin Appier	30	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	30	Omaha	AAA
	30	Wichita	AA
	30	Lansing	A
	30	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Brandon Baird	25	Wilmington	A+
Brian Barber	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
Francisco Bautista	22	Spokane	A-
Tim Belcher	36	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Brandon Berger	23	Wilmington	A+
Brian Bevil	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	27	Omaha	AAA
	27	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jaime Bluma	26	Omaha	AAA
	26	Wichita	AA
Ricky Bones	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	29	Omaha	AAA
Ryan Brewer	24	Omaha	AAA
	24	Wichita	AA
	24	Wilmington	A+
Matt Burch	21	Spokane	A-
Jimmie Byington	25	Wichita	AA
Tim Byrdak	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	24	Omaha	AAA
	24	Wichita	AA
Kiko Calero	23	Wichita	AA
	23	Wilmington	A+
	23	Lansing	A
Aaron Carter	23	Lansing	A
Lance Carter	23	Wilmington	A+
	23	Lansing	A
Joe Caruso	23	Lansing	A
Michael Casper	24	Spokane	A-
Jake Chapman	24	Wilmington	A+
Scott Chiasson	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Roland De La Maza	26	Omaha	AAA
Donnie Delaney	24	Lansing	A
Ryan Douglass	19	Lansing	A
	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Chad Durbin	20	Wilmington	A+
Bart Evans	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	27	Omaha	AAA
Michael Evans	26	Wichita	AA
Pat Flury	25	Wichita	AA
Eric French	22	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Chris George	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jason Gilfillan	22	Spokane	A-
	22	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Edwin Gonzalez	21	Wilmington	A+
	21	Lansing	A
Jason Gooding	24	Wichita	AA
Phil Grundy	26	Omaha	AAA
	26	Wichita	AA
Junior Guerrero	21	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Shane Halter	28	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Chuck Hamilton	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Chris Haney	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	29	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Greg Hansell	27	Omaha	AAA
Brian Harrison	29	Omaha	AAA
Chris Hatcher	29	Omaha	AAA
Ryan Hill	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Jimmy Hooper	23	Spokane	A-
Jeremy Jackson	22	Spokane	A-
Scott Key	21	Lansing	A
Daron Kirkreit	26	Wichita	AA
Justin Lamber	22	Wilmington	A+
Wayne Lee	21	Spokane	A-
Aaron Lineweaver	25	Wilmington	A+
Steve Maas	25	Lansing	A
Tony Mancha	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Denny McDaniel	22	Spokane	A-
Allen McDill	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	27	Omaha	AAA
Sean Mcnally	25	Wichita	AA
Tomas Medina	23	Lansing	A
Juan Medrano	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Eric Miller	27	Wichita	AA
Doug Mlicki	27	Omaha	AAA
Ricardo Montas	21	Lansing	A
Jeff Montgomery	36	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Griffin Moore	22	Lansing	A
Orber Moreno	21	Wichita	AA
	21	Wilmington	A+
Robbie Morrison	21	Spokane	A-
Scott Mullen	23	Wichita	AA
	23	Wilmington	A+
Taylor Myers	20	Lansing	A
	20	Spokane	A-
Brett Newell	25	Wilmington	A+
Javier Pamus	23	Lansing	A
	23	Spokane	A-
Carlos Paredes	22	Wilmington	A+
Justin Pederson	24	Lansing	A
Tony Penny	22	Spokane	A-
Carlos Pichardo	20	Lansing	A
	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Hipolito Pichardo	29	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jim Pittsley	24	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Stephen Prihoda	25	Wichita	AA
Kris Ralston	27	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Matt Ramagli	23	Lansing	A
Pat Rapp	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Kevin Rawitzer	27	Omaha	AAA
	27	Wichita	AA
Ken Ray	24	Wichita	AA
Dan Reichert	22	Omaha	AAA
	22	Wichita	AA
	22	Wilmington	A+
	22	Lansing	A
Danny Rios	25	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	25	Omaha	AAA
Jose Rosado	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Glendon Rusch	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	23	Omaha	AAA
Mike Russo		Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Matt Saier	25	Omaha	AAA
	25	Wichita	AA
Jose Santiago	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	23	Omaha	AAA
	23	Wichita	AA
Shawn Sedlacek	21	Spokane	A-
Scott Service	31	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Matt Smith	22	Lansing	A
Willie Smith	31	Wichita	AA
Francisco Solano	16	Lansing	A
	16	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Shawn Sonnier	22	Spokane	A-
Josh Sopkin	18	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Ethan Stein	23	Wilmington	A+
Rod Steph	29	Omaha	AAA
	29	Wichita	AA
Jeff Suppan	23	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Scott Taylor	31	Wichita	AA
Todd Thorn	21	Wilmington	A+
Corey Thurman	19	Lansing	A
	19	Spokane	A-
Robert Toth	26	Wichita	AA
Kyle Turner	19	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Matt Turner	31	Omaha	AAA
	31	Wichita	AA
Jamie Walker	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
	27	Omaha	AAA
Steven Walsh	20	Gulf Coast Royals	Rk
Monty Ward	21	Lansing	A
	21	Spokane	A-
Matt Whisenant	27	Kansas City Royals	MLB
Jeremy Williamson	24	Lansing	A
Kris Wilson	22	Wilmington	A+
	22	Lansing	A
Eric Yanz	23	Lansing	A