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2008 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
75-87, 4th place in AL Central Division
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Scored 691 runs, Allowed 781 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Managed by Trey Hillman

Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,578,922 (14th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
  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           27  109  370   48   83  23  1   9   48  38   96  .224  .304  .365   0   3  12   6   0   4   2   79
1B *Ross Gload          32  122  388   46  106  18  1   3   37  23   39  .273  .317  .348   3   4  12   3   1   3   4   79
2B  Mark Grudzielanek   38   86  331   36   99  24  0   3   24  19   41  .299  .345  .399   2   1   8   5   3   2   1  100
3B *Alex Gordon         24  134  493   72  128  35  1  16   59  66  120  .260  .351  .432   9   2   8   6   1   5   5  110
SS  Mike Aviles         27  102  419   68  136  27  4  10   51  18   58  .325  .354  .480   8   3  12   2   0   2   4  122
LF *David DeJesus       28  135  518   70  159  25  7  12   73  46   71  .307  .366  .452  11   8  10   5   4   4   3  119
CF *Joey Gathright      27  105  279   41   71   3  1   0   22  20   40  .254  .311  .272  21   4   3   4  10   2   0   59
RF *Mark Teahen         26  149  572   66  146  31  4  15   59  46  131  .255  .313  .402   4   3   6   3   0   2   4   91
DH  Billy Butler        22  124  443   44  122  22  0  11   55  33   57  .275  .324  .400   0   1  23   0   0   2   0   94
    Jose Guillen        32  153  598   66  158  42  1  20   97  23  106  .264  .300  .438   2   1  23   9   0   3   3   96
    Miguel Olivo        29   84  306   29   78  22  0  12   41   7   82  .255  .278  .444   7   0   6   3   0   1   2   91
    Tony Pena           27   95  225   22   38   4  1   1   14   6   49  .169  .189  .209   3   1   4   0   2   2   2    7
    Esteban German      30   89  216   30   53  14  3   0   22  18   42  .245  .303  .338   7   3   5   1   4   3   1   72
   #Alberto Callaspo    25   74  213   21   65   8  3   0   16  19   14  .305  .361  .371   2   1   6   0   1   1   0   98
   *Mitch Maier         26   34   91    9   26   1  1   0    9   2   18  .286  .316  .319   0   2   3   2   2   0   0   72
    Ryan Shealy         28   20   73   12   22   1  0   7   20   5   19  .301  .354  .603   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  152
   *Jason Smith         30   22   28    6    6   2  0   0    1   0   12  .214  .214  .286   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   33
   *Kila Ka'aihue       24   12   21    4    6   0  0   1    1   3    2  .286  .375  .429   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  116
   *Matt Tupman         28    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  442

    Zack Greinke        24   32    7    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    1  .286  .286  .429   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   89
    Brian Bannister     27   32    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   35
    Gil Meche           29   34    4    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   35
    Luke Hochevar       24   22    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Brett Tomko         35   16    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Kyle Davies         24   21    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  162 5608  691 1507 303 28 120  640 392 1005  .269  .320  .397  79  38 134  40  22  26  21   92
    Rank among 14 AL teams         5   12    6   5  8  13       14    9     6    12    12  11   5       9            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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           29  34   3.98  14  11  0  34   0   0   0  210.3  204   98   93  19   73  183  886   5   0  0   2 107
SP  Brian Bannister     27  32   5.76   9  16  0  32   0   1   0  182.7  215  127  117  29   58  113  811   7   7  1   1  74
SP  Zack Greinke        24  32   3.47  13  10  0  32   0   1   0  202.3  202   87   78  21   56  183  851   8   4  1   1 123
SP  Luke Hochevar       24  22   5.51   6  12  0  22   0   0   0  129.0  143   84   79  12   47   72  566   7   5  0   1  77
SP  Kyle Davies         24  21   4.06   9   7  0  21   0   0   0  113.0  121   57   51  10   43   71  487   8   2  1   0 105
SP  Brett Tomko         35  16   6.97   2   7  0  10   1   0   0   60.7   80   49   47  11   13   40  271   4   0  0   0  61
SP  Brandon Duckworth   32   7   4.50   3   3  0   7   0   0   0   38.0   38   20   19   2   19   20  167   0   3  0   0  95

CL  Joakim Soria        24  63   1.60   2   3 42   0  57   0   0   67.3   39   13   12   5   19   66  260   1   6  1   1 266
RP  Ramon Ramirez       26  71   2.64   3   2  1   0  15   0   0   71.7   57   23   21   2   31   70  295   6   0  1   6 162
RP *Ron Mahay           37  57   3.48   5   0  0   0   3   0   0   64.7   61   27   25   6   29   49  278   1   1  0   0 123
RP  Leo Nunez           24  45   2.98   4   1  0   0  12   0   0   48.3   45   19   16   2   15   26  205   3   4  0   2 143
RP  Joel Peralta        32  40   5.98   1   2  0   0  12   0   0   52.7   56   37   35  15   14   38  224   1   2  0   0  71

    Robinson Tejeda     26  25   3.20   2   2  0   1  14   0   0   39.3   22   17   14   3   19   41  157   5   1  0   0 133
    Yasuhiko Yabuta     35  31   4.78   1   3  0   0  12   0   0   37.7   41   21   20   6   17   25  168   1   0  0   0  89
   *Jimmy Gobble        26  39   8.81   0   2  1   0  10   0   0   31.7   39   31   31   5   23   27  159   6   2  0   1  48
   *John Bale           34  13   4.39   0   3  0   3   1   0   0   26.7   29   13   13   1    6   14  110   1   0  0   0  97
   *Horacio Ramirez     28  15   2.59   1   1  0   0   4   0   0   24.3   21    9    7   1    1   11   96   1   2  0   0 165
    Jeff Fulchino       28  12   9.00   0   1  0   0   7   0   0   14.0   21   15   14   2    8   12   72   1   1  0   0  47
    Kip Wells           31  10   8.71   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   10.3   10   10   10   1   11    9   50   1   1  0   0  49
   *Josh Newman         26   4   7.71   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    7.0   10    9    6   1    6    2   35   0   0  0   0  55
    Hideo Nomo          39   3  18.69   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.3   10    9    9   3    4    3   27   1   0  0   0  23
    Devon Lowery        25   5  10.38   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.3    6    5    5   2    2    6   21   0   0  0   0  41
    Carlos Rosa         23   2   2.70   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.3    3    1    1   0    0    3   12   0   0  0   0 158
   *Neal Musser         27   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    3   0   0  0   0    
    Tony Pena           27   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    1    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 162   4.50  75  87 44 162 160   2   0 1445.7 1473  781  723 159  515 1085 6214  68  41  5  15  95
    Rank among 14 AL teams         10  10   4  4          12  10      7    7   10        6    7    7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        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 950 106 107 751 24 8 6 .990 4 59 12 MOlivo 494 56 58 378 32 5 6 .988 4 19 14 MTupman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1445 162 162 1129 56 13 12 .989 8 0 78 26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGload 878 95 111 837 43 4 86 .995 9.02 BButler 260 33 34 233 9 2 27 .992 8.38 RShealy 169 20 20 155 12 2 18 .988 8.89 MTeahen 121 13 14 130 10 1 13 .993 10.39 KKa'aihue 15 1 4 12 1 0 2 1.000 7.80 JSmith 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 1369 75 9 146 .994 8.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MGrudzielan 710 85 85 135 257 4 58 .990 4.96 ACallaspo 365 42 46 74 119 0 36 1.000 4.75 EGerman 214 23 35 41 77 3 19 .975 4.96 MAviles 114 9 28 26 33 0 5 1.000 4.65 JSmith 41 3 9 5 16 0 2 1.000 4.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 281 502 7 120 .991 4.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AGordon 1180 133 133 112 230 16 21 .955 2.61 MTeahen 166 19 19 18 24 3 3 .933 2.28 EGerman 43 5 6 2 5 0 2 1.000 1.47 MAviles 29 3 7 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.82 JSmith 19 1 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 ACallaspo 8 1 1 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 141 268 19 27 .956 2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MAviles 747 89 91 141 238 10 65 .974 4.56 TPena 592 61 94 74 180 9 35 .966 3.86 ACallaspo 84 9 18 18 30 2 8 .960 5.14 EGerman 22 3 3 2 4 1 0 .857 2.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 235 452 22 108 .969 4.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DDeJesus 482 54 71 136 1 0 0 1.000 2.55 JGuillen 373 43 45 83 3 1 1 .989 2.08 MTeahen 267 31 31 75 3 0 1 1.000 2.63 EGerman 235 25 39 54 0 2 0 .964 2.07 RGload 64 8 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 ACallaspo 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JGathright 9 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 JSmith 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 368 7 3 2 .992 2.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGathright 720 75 100 197 5 1 0 .995 2.52 DDeJesus 507 64 68 151 2 1 1 .994 2.72 MMaier 217 23 33 69 0 1 0 .986 2.85 MTeahen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 417 7 3 1 .993 2.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MTeahen 756 84 92 185 4 2 2 .990 2.25 JGuillen 539 65 67 121 7 3 1 .977 2.14 DDeJesus 123 12 24 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.68 MMaier 14 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 RGload 13 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 334 11 5 3 .986 2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMeche 210 34 34 6 28 4 1 .895 1.46 ZGreinke 202 32 32 11 24 1 1 .972 1.56 BBannister 182 32 32 12 28 2 3 .952 1.97 LHochevar 129 22 22 6 11 1 2 .944 1.19 KDavies 113 21 21 4 10 1 0 .933 1.12 RRamirez 71 0 71 2 8 1 1 .909 1.26 JSoria 67 0 63 6 6 0 1 1.000 1.60 RMahay 64 0 57 0 8 1 1 .889 1.11 BTomko 60 10 16 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.93 JPeralta 52 0 40 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.85 LNunez 48 0 45 1 4 1 0 .833 0.93 RTejeda 39 1 25 1 2 2 0 .600 0.69 BDuckworth 38 7 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.66 YYabuta 37 0 31 4 2 1 0 .857 1.43 JGobble 31 0 39 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.57 JBale 26 3 13 0 9 0 1 1.000 3.03 HRamirez 24 0 15 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.70 JFulchino 14 0 12 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KWells 10 0 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87 JNewman 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 DLowery 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HNomo 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CRosa 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 NMusser 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TPena 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 63 170 15 12 .940 1.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- BButler 82 JGuillen 43 MOlivo 21 KKa'aihue 4 DDeJesus 1 AGordon 1 MTeahen 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 Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average DeJesus .307

On-base % DeJesus .366

Slugging % DeJesus .452

OPS DeJesus .818

Games Guillen 153

At Bats Guillen 598

Plate Appearances (approx.) Guillen 633

Runs Gordon 72

Hits DeJesus 159

Total Bases Guillen 262

Doubles Guillen 42

Triples DeJesus 7

Home Runs Guillen 20

RBI Guillen 97

Bases on Balls Gordon 66

Strikeouts Teahen 131

Stolen Bases Gathright 21

Singles DeJesus 115

Adjusted OPS+ DeJesus 119

Runs Created DeJesus 85

Adjusted Batting Runs DeJesus 14

Batting Wins DeJesus 1.3

Extra-Base Hits Guillen 63

Times on Base DeJesus 210

Offensive Win% DeJesus .579

Hit By Pitch Guillen 9

Sac. Hits Gathright 10

Sac. Flies Gordon 5

Intentional Walks Gordon 5

Grounded into Double Plays Butler and Guillen 23

Caught Stealing DeJesus 8

Power/Speed Number Gordon and DeJesus 11.5

At Bats per Strikeout DeJesus 7.3

At Bats per Home Run Guillen 29.9

Outs Guillen 467

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Greinke 3.47

Wins Meche 14

Won-Loss % Greinke .565

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Greinke 1.275

Hits Allowed/9IP Meche 8.73

Bases on Balls/9IP Greinke 2.49

Strikeouts/9IP Greinke 8.14

Games Ramirez 71

Saves Soria 42

Innings Meche 210.3

Strikeouts Greinke and Meche 183

Games Started Meche 34

Comp. Games Bannister and Greinke 1

Home Runs Allow. Bannister 29

Bases On Balls Allow. Meche 73

Hits Allowed Bannister 215

SO to Walk Greinke 3.27

Losses Bannister 16

Earned Runs Allow. Bannister 117

Wild Pitches Davies and Greinke 8

Hit Batsmen Bannister 7

Batters Faced Meche 886

Games Finished Soria 57

Adjusted ERA+ Greinke 123

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Jose Guillen $ 12,000,000

Gil Meche $ 11,400,000

Mark Grudzielanek $ 4,500,000

Ron Mahay $ 4,000,000

Brett Tomko $ 3,000,000

David DeJesus $ 2,500,000

Yasuhiko Yabuta $ 2,500,000

Mark Teahen $ 2,337,500

John Bale $ 2,200,000

John Buck $ 2,200,000

Miguel Olivo $ 2,050,000

Zack Greinke $ 1,400,000

Jimmy Gobble $ 1,312,500

Ross Gload $ 1,300,000

Esteban German $ 1,000,000

Joey Gathright $ 427,000

Joakim Soria $ 426,500

Brian Bannister $ 421,000

Alex Gordon $ 406,000

Leo Nunez $ 405,000

Tony Pena $ 405,000

Billy Butler $ 399,000

Ramon Ramirez $ 397,000

Alberto Callaspo $ 394,000

Matt Tupman $ 390,000

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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