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1998 Kansas City Royals | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 72-89 .45.... 3rd in AL Central Division
Manager(s): Tony Muser
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,494,875
Payroll: $32,912,500 Top Draft Pick: Jeff Austin (#4)

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)

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 Sweeney	24	92	282	32	73	18	0	8	35	2	3	24	38	2	1	2	1	7	.259	.320	.408	728	48%
1B	Jeff King	33	131	486	83	128	17	1	24	93	10	2	42	73	2	1	0	10	10	.263	.319	.451	770	38%
2B	Jose Offerman	29	158	607	102	191	28	13	7	66	45	12	89	96	5	1	2	6	7	.315	.403	.438	841	46%
3B	Dean Palmer	29	152	572	84	159	27	2	34	119	8	2	48	134	6	3	0	13	18	.278	.333	.510	843	41%
SS	Mendy Lopez	23	74	206	18	50	10	2	1	15	5	2	12	40	1	0	5	1	6	.243	.286	.325	611	45%
OF	Johnny Damon	24	161	642	104	178	30	10	18	66	26	12	58	84	4	4	3	3	4	.277	.339	.439	778	42%
OF	Jermaine Dye	24	60	214	24	50	5	1	5	23	2	2	11	46	1	2	0	4	8	.234	.270	.336	606	48%
OF	Jeff Conine	32	93	309	30	79	26	0	8	43	3	0	26	68	2	1	0	6	8	.256	.312	.417	729	37%
DH	Terry Pendleton	37	79	237	17	61	10	0	3	29	1	0	15	49	0	1	0	2	2	.257	.299	.338	637	52%

1B-LF	Hal Morris	33	127	472	50	146	27	2	1	40	1	0	32	52	1	6	4	7	15	.309	.350	.381	731	59%
RF-LF	Larry Sutton	28	111	310	29	76	14	2	5	42	3	3	29	46	3	3	4	5	5	.245	.311	.352	663	47%
C	Sal Fasano	26	74	216	21	49	10	0	8	31	1	0	10	56	16	1	3	2	4	.227	.307	.384	691	47%
LF-DH	Shane Mack	34	66	207	30	58	15	1	6	29	8	2	15	36	6	0	0	1	6	.280	.345	.449	794	52%
SS	Shane Halter	28	86	204	17	45	12	0	2	13	2	5	12	38	1	0	7	2	3	.221	.265	.309	574	45%
SS	Luis Rivera	34	42	89	14	22	4	0	0	7	1	1	7	17	0	0	2	0	1	.247	.302	.292	594	42%
SS	Felix Martinez	24	34	85	7	11	1	1	0	5	3	1	5	21	1	0	4	0	1	.129	.187	.165	352	58%
CF	Jermaine Allensworth	26	30	73	15	15	5	0	0	3	7	0	9	17	4	0	5	0	0	.205	.326	.274	600	47%
CF	Carlos Beltran	21	14	58	12	16	5	3	0	7	3	0	3	12	1	0	0	1	2	.276	.317	.466	783	36%
LF-DH	Jeremy Giambi	23	18	58	6	13	4	0	2	8	0	1	11	9	0	0	0	1	3	.224	.343	.397	740	31%
RF-CF	Ernie Young	28	25	53	2	10	3	0	1	3	2	1	2	9	1	0	0	0	3	.189	.232	.302	534	58%
3B	Scott Leius	32	17	46	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	2	.174	.191	.174	365	68%
2B	Carlos Febles	22	11	25	5	10	1	2	0	2	2	1	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.483	.600	1083	62%
C	Tim Spehr	31	11	25	5	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	8	3	2	0	1	0	1	.240	.457	.440	897	55%
LF	Chris Hatcher	29	8	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	192	40%
C	Mike Macfarlane	34	3	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182	48%
C	Chris Turner	29	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.100	.000	100	0%
DH	Joe Vitiello	28	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	393	12%
P	Tim Belcher	36	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	50%
C-1B	Hector Ortiz	28	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
DH-RF	Dee Brown	20	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2B	Jed Hansen	25	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
P	Glendon Rusch	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
P	Hipolito Pichardo	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
P	Jim Pittsley	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	67%
P	Pat Rapp	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	67%
P	Jose Rosado	23	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1000	50%
P	Ricky Bones	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
P	Scott Service	31	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%

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	Tim Belcher	log	36	14	14	4.27	34	34	2	0	0	0	234.0	247	127	111	37	73	130	6	1	9.50	1.42	2.81	5.00	1.37	41%
ST	Pat Rapp	log	30	12	13	5.30	32	32	1	1	0	0	188.1	208	117	111	24	107	132	14	0	9.94	1.15	5.11	6.31	1.67	43%
ST	Jose Rosado	log	23	8	11	4.69	38	25	2	1	1	1	174.2	180	106	91	25	57	135	6	1	9.27	1.29	2.94	6.96	1.36	42%
ST	Glendon Rusch	log	23	6	15	5.88	29	24	1	1	2	1	154.2	191	104	101	22	50	94	1	0	11.11	1.28	2.91	5.47	1.56	39%
ST	Hipolito Pichardo	log	28	7	8	5.13	27	18	0	0	2	1	112.1	126	73	64	11	43	55	2	0	10.09	0.88	3.45	4.41	1.50	54%

CL	Jeff Montgomery	log	36	2	5	4.98	56	0	0	0	54	36	56.0	58	35	31	8	22	54	0	1	9.32	1.29	3.54	8.68	1.43	50%
RP	Scott Service	log	31	6	4	3.48	73	0	0	0	26	4	82.2	70	35	32	7	34	95	10	1	7.62	0.76	3.70	10.34	1.26	42%
RP	Matt Whisenant	log	27	2	1	4.90	70	0	0	0	23	2	60.2	61	37	33	3	33	45	9	0	9.05	0.45	4.90	6.68	1.55	48%
RP	Jim Pittsley	log	24	1	1	6.59	39	2	0	0	11	0	68.1	88	56	50	13	37	44	6	0	11.59	1.71	4.87	5.80	1.83	38%
RP	Brian Bevil	log	26	3	1	6.30	39	0	0	0	10	0	40.0	47	29	28	4	22	47	6	0	10.58	0.90	4.95	10.58	1.73	30%
RP	Chris Haney	log	29	6	6	7.03	33	12	0	0	2	0	97.1	125	78	76	18	36	51	4	1	11.56	1.66	3.33	4.72	1.65	35%
RP	Ricky Bones	log	29	2	2	3.04	32	0	0	0	12	1	53.1	49	18	18	4	24	38	2	0	8.27	0.68	4.05	6.41	1.37	54%

	Bart Evans	log	27	0	0	2.00	8	0	0	0	3	0	9.0	7	3	2	1	0	7	0	0	7.00	1.00	0.00	7.00	0.78	59%
	Brian Barber	log	25	2	4	6.00	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.0	45	28	28	5	13	24	4	0	9.64	1.07	2.79	5.14	1.38	27%
	Allen McDill	log	26	0	0	10.50	7	0	0	0	1	0	6.0	9	7	7	3	2	3	0	0	13.50	4.50	3.00	4.50	1.83	29%
	Jamie Walker	log	26	0	1	9.87	6	2	0	0	2	0	17.1	30	20	19	5	3	15	0	0	15.58	2.60	1.56	7.79	1.90	36%
	Danny Rios	log	25	0	1	6.14	5	0	0	0	1	0	7.1	9	8	5	1	6	6	1	0	11.05	1.23	7.36	7.36	2.05	50%
	Jeff Suppan	log	23	0	0	0.71	4	1	0	0	2	0	12.2	9	1	1	1	1	12	0	0	6.39	0.71	0.71	8.53	0.79	59%
	Tim Byrdak	log	24	0	0	5.40	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	27.00	5.40	0.00	5.40	3.00	0%
	Kevin Appier	log	30	1	2	7.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	21	13	13	3	5	9	1	0	12.60	1.80	3.00	5.40	1.73	42%
	Jose Santiago	log	23	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	18.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	2.00	--
	Shane Halter	log	28	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	--

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Scott Service	31	P	73		82.2	4	15	1	20	0	-	-	-	.950	2.07
Matt Whisenant	27	P	70		60.2	3	10	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.93
Jeff Montgomery	36	P	56		56	5	4	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.45
Brian Bevil	26	P	39		40	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.45
Jim Pittsley	24	P	39		68.1	5	11	2	18	1	-	-	-	.889	2.11
Jose Rosado	23	P	38		174.2	8	28	2	38	1	-	-	-	.947	1.85
Tim Belcher	36	P	34		234	18	17	2	37	3	-	-	-	.946	1.35
Chris Haney	29	P	33		97.1	3	21	0	24	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.22
Pat Rapp	30	P	32		188.1	20	23	1	44	0	-	-	-	.977	2.05
Ricky Bones	29	P	32		53.1	8	15	1	24	1	-	-	-	.958	3.88
Glendon Rusch	23	P	29		154.2	9	22	1	32	4	-	-	-	.969	1.80
Hipolito Pichardo	28	P	27		112.1	11	18	0	29	5	-	-	-	1.000	2.32
Bart Evans	27	P	8		9	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.00
Brian Barber	25	P	8		42	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	.64
Allen McDill	26	P	7		6	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50
Jamie Walker	26	P	6		17.1	2	4	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.12
Danny Rios	25	P	5		7.1	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.23
Jeff Suppan	23	P	4		12.2	1	3	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.84
Tim Byrdak	24	P	3		1.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Kevin Appier	30	P	3		15	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.60
Jose Santiago	23	P	2		2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.50
Shane Halter	28	P	1		1	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	9.00

Mike Sweeney	24	C	91			517	33	9	559	6	9	50	21	.984	--
Sal Fasano	26	C	70			421	25	2	448	5	2	23	18	.996	--
Tim Spehr	31	C	11			62	2	0	64	0	0	5	2	1.000	--
Chris Turner	29	C	4			16	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	1.000	--
Mike Macfarlane	34	C	3			13	3	0	16	1	0	1	2	1.000	--
Hector Ortiz	28	C	3			4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1.000	--

Jeff King	33	1B	112			932	85	5	1022	103	-	-	-	.995	--
Hal Morris	33	1B	46			349	34	4	387	35	-	-	-	.990	--
Jeff Conine	32	1B	12			101	3	0	104	15	-	-	-	1.000	--
Larry Sutton	28	1B	6			32	3	0	35	5	-	-	-	1.000	--
Sal Fasano	26	1B	5			16	0	0	16	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Hector Ortiz	28	1B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Shane Halter	28	1B	1			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jose Offerman	29	2B	152			277	440	19	736	113	-	-	-	.974	--
Carlos Febles	22	2B	11			16	18	0	34	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Luis Rivera	34	2B	6			5	6	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Shane Halter	28	2B	6			2	8	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	--
Felix Martinez	24	2B	2			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Jed Hansen	25	2B	2			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Dean Palmer	29	3B	129			69	187	22	278	16	-	-	-	.921	--
Terry Pendleton	37	3B	23			12	33	2	47	2	-	-	-	.957	--
Scott Leius	32	3B	15			8	18	4	30	2	-	-	-	.867	--
Shane Halter	28	3B	8			1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Luis Rivera	34	3B	6			1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jeff King	33	3B	4			3	6	0	9	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Mendy Lopez	23	3B	2			1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Sal Fasano	26	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Mendy Lopez	23	SS	72			101	221	15	337	53	-	-	-	.955	--
Shane Halter	28	SS	66			73	166	9	248	29	-	-	-	.964	--
Felix Martinez	24	SS	32			49	80	6	135	23	-	-	-	.956	--
Luis Rivera	34	SS	30			42	81	5	128	20	-	-	-	.961	--
Scott Leius	32	SS	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jeff Conine	32	LF	50			88	4	0	92	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Hal Morris	33	LF	39			47	1	0	48	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Larry Sutton	28	LF	39			56	2	0	58	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Shane Mack	34	LF	30			52	1	1	54	0	-	-	-	.981	--
Johnny Damon	24	LF	14			13	0	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jeremy Giambi	23	LF	9			14	1	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Shane Halter	28	LF	6			9	0	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Chris Hatcher	29	LF	5			7	0	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Ernie Young	28	LF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Jermaine Allensworth	26	LF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Johnny Damon	24	CF	130			315	9	2	326	1	-	-	-	.994	--
Jermaine Allensworth	26	CF	24			53	0	1	54	0	-	-	-	.981	--
Carlos Beltran	21	CF	14			44	0	1	45	0	-	-	-	.978	--
Ernie Young	28	CF	5			9	1	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jermaine Dye	24	RF	59			153	4	2	159	3	-	-	-	.987	--
Larry Sutton	28	RF	47			91	2	2	95	1	-	-	-	.979	--
Jeff Conine