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1997 Kansas City Royals | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 67-94 .42.... 5th in AL Central Division
Manager(s): Tony Muser, Bob Boone
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,517,638
Payroll: $31,225,000 Top Draft Pick: Dan Reichert (#7)

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)

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	GB%
C	Mike Macfarlane	33	82	257	34	61	14	2	8	35	0	2	24	47	6	3	3	1	4	.237	.316	.401	717	--
1B	Jeff King	32	155	543	84	129	30	1	28	112	16	5	89	96	2	4	1	12	9	.238	.341	.451	792	--
2B	Jose Offerman	28	106	424	59	126	23	6	2	39	9	10	41	64	0	3	6	0	5	.297	.359	.394	753	--
3B	Craig Paquette	28	77	252	26	58	15	1	8	33	2	2	10	57	2	0	1	2	13	.230	.263	.393	656	--
SS	Jay Bell	31	153	573	89	167	28	3	21	92	10	6	71	101	4	2	3	9	13	.291	.368	.461	829	--
OF	Tom Goodwin	28	97	367	51	100	13	4	2	22	34	10	19	51	2	0	11	1	5	.272	.311	.346	657	--
OF	Bip Roberts	33	97	346	44	107	17	2	1	36	15	3	21	53	1	2	1	3	6	.309	.348	.379	727	--
OF	Jermaine Dye	23	75	263	26	62	14	0	7	22	2	1	17	51	1	0	1	1	6	.236	.284	.369	653	--
DH	Chili Davis	37	140	477	71	133	20	0	30	90	6	3	85	96	1	16	0	4	15	.279	.386	.509	895	--

CF-LF	Johnny Damon	23	146	472	70	130	12	8	8	48	16	10	42	70	3	2	6	1	3	.275	.338	.386	724	--
C	Mike Sweeney	23	84	240	30	58	8	0	7	31	3	2	17	33	6	0	1	2	8	.242	.306	.363	669	--
LF-RF	Yamil Benitez	25	53	191	22	51	7	1	8	21	2	2	10	49	1	0	2	0	2	.267	.307	.440	747	--
3B	Dean Palmer	28	49	187	23	52	10	1	9	31	1	2	15	50	2	0	0	2	3	.278	.335	.487	822	--
2B-RF	David Howard	30	80	162	24	39	8	1	1	13	2	2	10	31	1	1	3	1	1	.241	.287	.321	608	--
3B-1B	Scott Cooper	29	75	159	12	32	6	1	3	15	1	1	17	32	2	0	2	2	4	.201	.283	.308	591	--
RF-LF	Joe Vitiello	27	51	130	11	31	6	0	5	18	0	0	14	37	2	1	0	0	2	.238	.322	.400	722	--
2B-RF	Shane Halter	27	74	123	16	34	5	1	2	10	4	3	10	28	2	0	4	0	1	.276	.341	.382	723	--
LF-RF	Rod Myers	24	31	101	14	26	7	0	2	9	4	0	17	22	1	0	2	0	2	.257	.370	.386	756	--
2B	Jed Hansen	24	34	94	11	29	6	1	1	14	3	2	13	29	1	0	2	1	2	.309	.394	.426	820	--
1B-DH	Larry Sutton	27	27	69	9	20	2	0	2	8	0	0	5	12	0	0	1	0	0	.290	.338	.406	744	--
C	Sal Fasano	25	13	38	4	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	1	.211	.231	.342	573	--
C	Tim Spehr	30	17	35	3	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	12	1	0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.257	494	--
SS	Felix Martinez	23	16	31	3	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	6	8	0	0	1	0	1	.226	.351	.323	674	--
RF	Jon Nunnally	25	13	29	8	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.353	.414	767	--
RF-LF	Ryan Long	24	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	--
C-DH	Andy Stewart	26	5	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.375	625	--
P	Kevin Appier	29	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Tim Belcher	35	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Glendon Rusch	22	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Jim Pittsley	23	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	--
P	Jose Rosado	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name		Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Kevin Appier	log	29	9	13	3.40	34	34	4	1	0	0	235.2	215	96	89	24	74	196	14	1	8.21	0.92	2.83	7.49	1.23	--
ST	Jose Rosado	log	22	9	12	4.69	33	33	2	0	0	0	203.1	208	117	106	26	73	129	4	2	9.21	1.15	3.23	5.71	1.38	--
ST	Tim Belcher	log	35	13	12	5.02	32	32	3	1	0	0	213.1	242	128	119	31	70	113	7	1	10.21	1.31	2.95	4.77	1.46	--
ST	Glendon Rusch	log	22	6	9	5.50	30	27	1	0	0	0	170.1	206	111	104	28	52	116	0	1	10.88	1.48	2.75	6.13	1.51	--
ST	Jim Pittsley	log	23	5	8	5.46	21	21	0	0	0	0	112.0	120	72	68	15	54	52	3	0	9.64	1.21	4.34	4.18	1.55	--

CL	Jeff Montgomery	log	35	1	4	3.49	55	0	0	0	37	14	59.1	53	24	23	9	18	48	5	0	8.04	1.37	2.73	7.28	1.20	--
RP	Jamie Walker	log	25	3	3	5.44	50	0	0	0	15	0	43.0	46	28	26	6	20	24	2	0	9.63	1.26	4.19	5.02	1.53	--
RP	Hipolito Pichardo	log	27	3	5	4.22	47	0	0	0	26	11	49.0	51	24	23	7	24	34	2	1	9.37	1.29	4.41	6.24	1.53	--
RP	Gregg Olson	log	30	4	3	3.02	34	0	0	0	13	1	41.2	39	18	14	3	17	28	1	0	8.42	0.65	3.67	6.05	1.34	--
RP	Larry Casian	log	31	0	2	5.06	32	0	0	0	6	0	26.2	32	15	15	5	6	16	1	0	10.80	1.69	2.03	5.40	1.43	--
RP	Hector Carrasco	log	28	1	6	5.45	28	0	0	0	11	0	34.2	29	21	21	4	16	30	8	0	7.53	1.04	4.15	7.79	1.30	--

	Matt Whisenant	log	26	1	0	2.84	24	0	0	0	3	0	19.0	15	7	6	0	12	16	3	0	7.11	0.00	5.68	7.58	1.42	--
	Randy Veres	log	31	4	0	3.31	24	0	0	0	7	1	35.1	36	17	13	4	7	28	4	0	9.17	1.02	1.78	7.13	1.22	--
	Ricky Bones	log	28	4	7	5.97	21	11	1	0	2	0	78.1	102	59	52	10	25	36	1	0	11.72	1.15	2.87	4.14	1.62	--
	Brian Bevil	log	25	1	2	6.61	18	0	0	0	11	1	16.1	16	13	12	1	9	13	2	0	8.82	0.55	4.96	7.16	1.53	--
	Mike Perez	log	32	2	0	3.54	16	0	0	0	4	0	20.1	15	8	8	2	8	17	1	0	6.64	0.89	3.54	7.52	1.13	--
	Scott Service	log	30	0	3	4.76	12	0	0	0	1	0	17.0	17	9	9	1	5	19	0	0	9.00	0.53	2.65	10.06	1.29	--
	Mike Williams	log	28	0	2	6.43	10	0	0	0	4	1	14.0	20	11	10	1	8	10	0	0	12.86	0.64	5.14	6.43	2.00	--
	Chris Haney	log	28	1	2	4.38	8	3	0	0	1	0	24.2	29	16	12	1	5	16	1	0	10.58	0.36	1.82	5.84	1.38	--
	Mitch Williams	log	32	0	1	10.80	7	0	0	0	4	0	6.2	11	8	8	2	7	10	2	0	14.85	2.70	9.45	13.50	2.70	--
	Jason Jacome	log	26	0	0	9.45	7	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	13	7	7	2	5	3	0	0	17.55	2.70	6.75	4.05	2.70	--
	Jose Santiago	log	22	0	0	1.93	4	0	0	0	3	0	4.2	7	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	13.50	0.00	3.86	1.93	1.93	--
	Allen McDill	log	25	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	3	6	6	1	8	2	0	0	6.75	2.25	18.00	4.50	2.75	--
	Jim Converse	log	25	0	0	3.60	3	0	0	0	1	0	5.0	4	2	2	2	5	3	0	0	7.20	3.60	9.00	5.40	1.80	--
	Roland De La Maza	log	25	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	1.00	--

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Jeff Montgomery	35	P	55		59.1	10	5	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.28
Jamie Walker	25	P	50		43	5	6	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.30
Hipolito Pichardo	27	P	47		49	8	12	0	20	2	-	-	-	1.000	3.67
Gregg Olson	30	P	34		41.2	4	4	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	1.73
Kevin Appier	29	P	34		235.2	24	17	1	42	3	-	-	-	.976	1.57
Jose Rosado	22	P	33		203.1	11	24	1	36	2	-	-	-	.972	1.55
Tim Belcher	35	P	32		213.1	23	22	0	45	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.90
Larry Casian	31	P	32		26.2	1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.02
Glendon Rusch	22	P	30		170.1	8	13	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.11
Hector Carrasco	28	P	28		34.2	2	6	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.08
Matt Whisenant	26	P	24		19	0	3	1	4	1	-	-	-	.750	1.42
Randy Veres	31	P	24		35.1	0	6	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	1.53
Jim Pittsley	23	P	21		112	6	10	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	1.29
Ricky Bones	28	P	21		78.1	8	11	1	20	1	-	-	-	.950	2.18
Brian Bevil	25	P	18		16.1	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.55
Mike Perez	32	P	16		20.1	3	3	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.66
Scott Service	30	P	12		17	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.53
Mike Williams	28	P	10		14	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.29
Chris Haney	28	P	8		24.2	1	6	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	2.55
Jason Jacome	26	P	7		6.2	1	5	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	8.10
Mitch Williams	32	P	7		6.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Jose Santiago	22	P	4		4.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Allen McDill	25	P	3		4	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.25
Jim Converse	25	P	3		5	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80
Roland De La Maza	25	P	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Mike Macfarlane	33	C	81			439	20	4	463	3	9	26	11	.991	--
Mike Sweeney	23	C	76			425	31	3	459	13	3	32	23	.993	--
Tim Spehr	30	C	17			78	7	0	85	1	0	12	4	1.000	--
Sal Fasano	25	C	12			53	3	1	57	2	2	1	3	.982	--
Andy Stewart	26	C	4			10	1	0	11	0	0	1	1	1.000	--

Jeff King	32	1B	150			1217	147	5	1369	135	-	-	-	.996	--
Larry Sutton	27	1B	12			92	8	0	100	11	-	-	-	1.000	--
Scott Cooper	29	1B	8			27	1	0	28	4	-	-	-	1.000	--
Joe Vitiello	27	1B	1			8	0	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jose Offerman	28	2B	101			201	254	9	464	64	-	-	-	.981	--
David Howard	30	2B	34			65	81	4	150	25	-	-	-	.973	--
Jed Hansen	24	2B	31			56	77	1	134	16	-	-	-	.993	--
Shane Halter	27	2B	18			16	22	0	38	5	-	-	-	1.000	--

Craig Paquette	28	3B	72			45	129	12	186	15	-	-	-	.935	--
Dean Palmer	28	3B	48			27	82	9	118	8	-	-	-	.924	--
Scott Cooper	29	3B	39			21	54	0	75	4	-	-	-	1.000	--
Shane Halter	27	3B	12			1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Bip Roberts	33	3B	10			3	12	0	15	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
David Howard	30	3B	7			3	10	2	15	1	-	-	-	.867	--
Jay Bell	31	3B	4			2	7	0	9	3	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jay Bell	31	SS	149			227	443	10	680	102	-	-	-	.985	--
Felix Martinez	23	SS	12			17	22	1	40	7	-	-	-	.975	--
David Howard	30	SS	9			6	15	1	22	5	-	-	-	.955	--
Shane Halter	27	SS	5			9	13	1	23	3	-	-	-	.957	--

Bip Roberts	33	LF	82			142	3	3	148	0	-	-	-	.980	--
Johnny Damon	23	LF	48			69	0	1	70	0	-	-	-	.986	--
Yamil Benitez	25	LF	31			59	0	3	62	0	-	-	-	.952	--
Joe Vitiello	27	LF	12			17	0	1	18	0	-	-	-	.944	--
Rod Myers	24	LF	12			20	0	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Shane Halter	27	LF	10			5	1	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
David Howard	30	LF	5			4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Craig Paquette	28	LF	4			6	1	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Larry Sutton	27	LF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Jon Nunnally	25	LF	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jermaine Dye	23	LF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Ryan Long	24	LF	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Tom Goodwin	28	CF	96			232	3	1	236	0	-	-	-	.996	--
Johnny Damon	23	CF	65			155	1	2	158	0	-	-	-	.987	--
Rod Myers	24	CF	9			19	0	1	20	0	-	-	-	.950	--
Shane Halter	27	CF	9			17	0	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
David Howard	30	CF	2			4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Bip Roberts	33	CF	2			4	2	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jermaine Dye	23	RF	75			164	7	6	177	3	-	-	-	.966	--
Johnny Damon	23	RF	47			99	4	1	104	3	-	-	-	.990	--
Yamil Benitez	25	RF	22			52	0	1	53	0	-	-	-	.981	--
Shane Halter	27	RF	17			15	0	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
David Howard	30	RF	17			14	3	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Joe Vitiello	27	RF	16			31	0	0