2007 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster

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2007 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2006/2008)
69-93, Finished 5th in AL Central Division
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Scored 706 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Managed by Buddy Bell

Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,616,867 (13th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   John Buck           26  113  347   41   77  18  0  18   48  36   92  .222  .308  .429   0   1  11  10   0   6   0   90
1B *Ross Gload          31  102  320   37   92  22  3   7   51  16   39  .288  .318  .441   2   2  13   2   0   8   2   95
2B  Mark Grudzielanek   37  116  453   70  137  32  3   6   51  23   60  .302  .346  .426   1   2  14   8   0   2   2  100
3B *Alex Gordon         23  151  543   60  134  36  4  15   60  41  137  .247  .314  .411  14   4  12  13   1   2   4   87
SS  Tony Pena           26  152  509   58  136  25  7   2   47  10   78  .267  .284  .356   5   6  13   4   8   5   0   66
LF  Emil Brown          32  113  366   44   94  13  1   6   62  24   71  .257  .300  .347  12   2   7   1   0   6   2   68
CF *David DeJesus       27  157  605  101  157  29  9   7   58  64   83  .260  .351  .372  10   4  10  23   7   4   7   89
RF *Mark Teahen         25  144  544   78  155  31  8   7   60  55  127  .285  .353  .410  13   5  23   3   4   2   8   98
DH  Billy Butler        21   92  329   38   96  23  2   8   52  27   55  .292  .347  .447   0   0   8   2   0   2   5  105
    Esteban German      29  121  348   49   92  15  6   4   37  43   60  .264  .351  .376  11   7  11   5   6   3   0   90
    Mike Sweeney        33   74  265   26   69  15  1   7   38  17   29  .260  .315  .404   0   0   9   5   0   2   4   86
   *Joey Gathright      26   74  228   28   70   8  0   0   19  20   36  .307  .371  .342   9   8   2   3  10   0   0   88
    Ryan Shealy         27   52  172   18   38   6  0   3   21  13   53  .221  .286  .308   0   0   4   3   0   1   0   55
    Jason LaRue         33   66  169   14   25   9  0   4   13  17   66  .148  .240  .272   1   0   6   4   3   2   0   33
   *Shane Costa         25   55  103   13   23   6  1   0   12   5   23  .223  .257  .301   0   1   2   0   0   1   0   45
   *Jason Smith         29   40   85    9   16   2  1   6   14   3   29  .188  .213  .447   0   0   2   0   0   1   0   66
    Reggie Sanders      39   24   73   12   23   7  0   2   11  11   15  .315  .412  .493   0   1   2   1   0   0   0  135
   *Fernando Cortez     25    8   14    3    4   1  0   0    1   1    0  .286  .333  .357   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   81
    Paul Phillips       30    8   14    2    2   1  0   0    2   1    1  .143  .200  .214   0   0   1   0   0   0   0    8
    Angel Berroa        29    9   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    4  .091  .167  .091   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  -30
    Justin Huber        24    8   10    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -48
   *Craig Brazell       27    5    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   75

   *Odalis Perez        30   26    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5
   *Jorge de la Rosa    26   26    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Gil Meche           28   34    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Brian Bannister     26   27    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .500  .333   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  124
   #Brandon Duckworth   31   26    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  425
    Scott Elarton       31    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Zack Greinke        23   52    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Neal Musser         26   17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Joel Peralta        31   62    1    1    1   1  0   0    2   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  659
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9  162 5534  706 1447 300 46 102  651 428 1069  .261  .322  .388  78  44 142  80  32  38  25   85
    Rank among 14 AL teams        12   13   11   8  2  14       13    6    11    13    14  10   4       1            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Gil Meche           28  34   3.67   9  13  0  34   0   1   0  216.0  218   98   88  22   62  156  906   3   3  0   2 128
SP  Brian Bannister     26  27   3.87  12   9  0  27   0   1   0  165.0  156   76   71  15   44   77  683   4   6  0   1 121
SP *Odalis Perez        30  26   5.57   8  11  0  26   0   0   0  137.3  178   90   85  14   50   64  626   3   4  0   5  84
SP *Jorge de la Rosa    26  26   5.82   8  12  0  23   1   0   0  130.0  160   88   84  20   53   82  589   4   3  1   6  81
SP  Kyle Davies         23  11   6.66   3   7  0  11   0   0   0   50.0   63   41   37  10   26   40  239   7   3  0   1  71
SP  Scott Elarton       31   9  10.46   2   4  0   9   0   0   0   37.0   53   44   43  12   21   13  185   2   3  0   0  45
SP  Billy Buckner       23   7   5.29   1   2  0   5   1   0   0   34.0   37   20   20   5   16   17  143   0   0  0   0  89

CL  Joakim Soria        23  62   2.48   2   3 17   0  37   0   0   69.0   46   20   19   3   19   75  270   2   1  0   3 189
RP *Jimmy Gobble        25  74   3.02   4   1  1   0  12   0   0   53.7   56   23   18   6   23   50  233   6   2  1   6 156
RP  David Riske         30  65   2.45   1   4  4   0  27   0   0   69.7   61   19   19   8   27   52  289   0   1  0   4 191
RP  Joel Peralta        31  62   3.80   1   3  1   0  18   0   0   87.7   93   39   37   9   19   66  366   2   2  0   5 124
RP  Zack Greinke        23  52   3.69   7   7  1  14   7   0   0  122.0  122   52   50  12   36  106  507   3   3  1   5 127

    Brandon Duckworth   31  26   4.63   3   5  1   3   6   0   0   46.7   51   30   24   3   23   21  211   7   1  0   2 101
    Leo Nunez           23  13   3.92   2   4  0   6   2   0   0   43.7   44   21   19   8   10   37  182   1   0  0   0 120
   *John Bale           33  26   4.05   1   1  0   0   5   0   0   40.0   45   18   18   1   17   42  179   2   1  0   2 116
    Ryan Braun          26  26   6.64   2   0  0   0  10   0   0   39.3   46   32   29   4   22   24  183   3   0  0   1  71
   *Neal Musser         26  17   4.38   0   1  0   0   3   0   0   24.7   32   13   12   5   14   19  116   2   0  0   3 107
    Octavio Dotel       33  24   3.91   2   1 11   0  22   0   0   23.0   24   11   10   3   11   29  108   2   4  0   4 120
    Todd Wellemeyer     28  12  10.34   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   15.7   25   19   18   4   11    9   84   2   1  0   2  45
    Luke Hochevar       23   4   2.13   0   1  0   1   1   0   0   12.7   11    4    3   1    4    5   54   1   3  0   0 220
    John Thomson        33   2   3.38   1   1  0   2   0   0   0   10.7   13    5    4   0    3    3   46   0   0  1   0 139
    Jason Standridge    28   4   8.22   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    7.7   11   10    7   2    5    6   41   0   0  0   2  57
    Luke Hudson         30   1  18.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    2.0    2    5    4   1    4    0   13   0   0  0   0  26
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1 162   4.48  69  93 36 162 160   2   0 1437.3 1547  778  716 168  520  993 6253  56  41  4  54 104
    Rank among 14 AL teams          7  12   2 10          10  12      9   11    8       10    7   13
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JBuck 924 104 112 697 29 8 6 .989 3 31 44 12 JLaRue 474 55 65 311 24 5 3 .985 2 22 26 14 PPhillips 38 3 7 29 1 0 0 1.000 0 3 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1437 162 162 1037 54 13 9 .988 5 56 70 26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 *9.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGload 675 74 89 623 45 3 78 .996 8.90 RShealy 421 49 52 402 29 0 37 1.000 9.21 AGordon 154 16 32 132 8 1 16 .993 8.18 BButler 83 11 13 79 8 2 6 .978 9.43 MTeahen 49 5 9 45 0 0 4 1.000 8.27 MSweeney 39 6 6 40 2 1 5 .977 9.62 JSmith 11 1 3 12 0 0 1 1.000 9.56 CBrazell 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 1.000 21.00 PPhillips 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 1342 92 7 149 .995 8.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MGrudzielan 947 110 116 184 300 6 68 .988 4.60 EGerman 406 45 56 83 105 3 27 .984 4.17 JSmith 41 4 7 9 9 1 5 .947 3.95 FCortez 33 3 6 12 11 1 4 .958 6.27 TPena 6 0 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 7.50 ABerroa 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 290 428 11 105 .985 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AGordon 1135 129 137 99 247 14 22 .961 2.74 EGerman 281 32 46 16 49 5 5 .929 2.08 JSmith 14 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.89 JLaRue 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 ABerroa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 116 299 20 27 .954 2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *4.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPena 1273 145 150 208 438 23 98 .966 4.56 JSmith 120 14 20 22 39 3 6 .953 4.58 ABerroa 21 2 4 4 11 0 6 1.000 6.22 EGerman 12 1 4 0 1 1 1 .500 0.75 AGordon 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 MGrudzielan 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 237 492 27 111 .964 4.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBrown 606 66 78 155 7 6 2 .964 2.40 JGathright 519 59 64 154 3 3 0 .981 2.72 SCosta 98 11 15 31 0 1 0 .969 2.85 RSanders 57 7 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 RGload 53 7 8 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 BButler 43 5 6 4 0 1 0 .800 0.84 EGerman 42 5 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 1.71 JHuber 18 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 373 13 11 2 .972 2.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DDeJesus 1351 153 156 401 5 4 0 .990 2.70 JGathright 56 5 10 16 0 1 0 .941 2.57 MTeahen 30 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 425 5 5 0 .989 2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MTeahen 1150 130 137 318 17 6 7 .982 2.62 EBrown 150 17 21 42 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 SCosta 73 7 13 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 RSanders 63 8 9 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 410 18 6 7 .986 2.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.30 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DDeJesus 1351 153 156 401 5 4 0 .990 2.70 MTeahen 1180 134 138 326 17 6 7 .983 2.61 EBrown 757 83 96 197 8 6 2 .972 2.44 JGathright 575 64 72 170 3 4 0 .977 2.71 SCosta 171 18 27 54 0 1 0 .982 2.84 RSanders 120 15 17 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.85 RGload 53 7 8 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 BButler 43 5 6 4 0 1 0 .800 0.84 EGerman 42 5 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 1.71 JHuber 18 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1437 162 162 1208 36 22 9 .983 2.60 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMeche 216 34 34 15 22 3 5 .925 1.54 BBannister 165 27 27 12 21 0 1 1.000 1.80 OPerez 137 26 26 7 17 0 0 1.000 1.57 Jde la Rosa 130 23 26 3 13 1 1 .941 1.11 ZGreinke 122 14 52 11 7 0 0 1.000 1.33 JPeralta 87 0 62 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.13 DRiske 69 0 65 5 11 0 2 1.000 2.07 JSoria 69 0 62 4 9 1 0 .929 1.70 JGobble 53 0 74 2 9 1 2 .917 1.84 KDavies 50 11 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.54 BDuckworth 46 3 26 7 6 0 1 1.000 2.51 LNunez 43 6 13 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.41 JBale 40 0 26 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.02 RBraun 39 0 26 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.83 SElarton 37 9 9 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.73 BBuckner 34 5 7 1 3 0 2 1.000 1.06 NMusser 24 0 17 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 ODotel 23 0 24 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.78 TWellemeyer 15 0 12 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.72 LHochevar 12 1 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.54 JThomson 10 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.68 JStandridge 7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 LHudson 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 82 152 6 18 .975 1.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- BButler 69 MSweeney 64 EBrown 7 RSanders 5 SCosta 3 EGerman 2 RGload 2 JHuber 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Teahen .285

On-base % Teahen .353

Slugging % Gordon .411

OPS Teahen .763

Games DeJesus 157

At Bats DeJesus 605

Plate Appearances (approx.) DeJesus 703

Runs DeJesus 101

Hits DeJesus 157

Total Bases DeJesus 225

Doubles Gordon 36

Triples DeJesus 9

Home Runs Buck 18

RBI Brown 62

Bases on Balls DeJesus 64

Strikeouts Gordon 137

Stolen Bases Gordon 14

Singles DeJesus 112

Adjusted OPS+ Teahen 98

Runs Created DeJesus 84

Adjusted Batting Runs Sanders 4

Batting Wins Sanders 0.4

Extra-Base Hits Gordon 55

Times on Base DeJesus 244

Offensive Win% DeJesus .471

Hit By Pitch DeJesus 23

Sac. Hits Gathright 10

Sac. Flies Gload 8

Intentional Walks Teahen 8

Grounded into Double Plays Teahen 23

Caught Stealing Gathright 8

Power/Speed Number Gordon 14.5

At Bats per Strikeout DeJesus 7.3

At Bats per Home Run Gordon 36.2

Outs DeJesus 473

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ERA Meche 3.67

Wins Bannister 12

Won-Loss % Bannister .571

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Bannister 1.212

Hits Allowed/9IP Bannister 8.51

Bases on Balls/9IP Bannister 2.40

Strikeouts/9IP Meche 6.50

Games Gobble 74

Saves Soria 17

Innings Meche 216.0

Strikeouts Meche 156

Games Started Meche 34

Comp. Games Bannister and Meche 1

Home Runs Allow. Meche 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Meche 62

Hits Allowed Meche 218

SO to Walk Meche 2.52

Losses Meche 13

Earned Runs Allow. Meche 88

Wild Pitches Davies and Duckworth 7

Hit Batsmen Bannister 6

Batters Faced Meche 906

Games Finished Soria 37

Adjusted ERA+ Meche 128

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Mike Sweeney $ 11,000,000

Odalis Perez $ 7,750,000

Gil Meche $ 7,400,000

Jason LaRue $ 5,200,000

Octavio Dotel $ 5,000,000

Reggie Sanders $ 5,000,000

Scott Elarton $ 4,000,000

Mark Grudzielanek $ 4,000,000

Emil Brown $ 3,450,000

David DeJesus $ 2,000,000

David Riske $ 2,000,000

John Bale $ 1,800,000

Jimmy Gobble $ 712,500

Todd Wellemeyer $ 635,000

Ross Gload $ 625,000

Brandon Duckworth $ 550,000

Jason Smith $ 500,000

John Thomson $ 500,000

John Buck $ 440,000

Esteban German $ 423,000

Luke Hudson $ 422,000

Jorge de la Rosa $ 417,000

Mark Teahen $ 416,000

Zack Greinke $ 407,000

Joel Peralta $ 400,500

Ryan Shealy $ 392,500

Leo Nunez $ 382,000

Ryan Braun $ 380,000

Alex Gordon $ 380,000

Tony Pena $ 380,000

Joakim Soria $ 380,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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