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2008 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007) 55-69, 5th place in AL Central Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 510 runs, Allowed 619 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-73 Managed by Trey Hillman Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,271,937 (14th of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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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   88  305   39   67  20  0   8   39  27   76  .220  .291  .364   0   3   9   5   0   3   0   71
1B *Ross Gload          32  104  331   41   90  14  1   3   33  21   31  .272  .318  .347   3   4  10   3   1   3   4   76
2B  Mark Grudzielanek   38   86  331   36   99  24  0   3   24  19   41  .299  .345  .399   2   1   8   5   3   2   1   95
3B *Alex Gordon         24  120  444   63  113  30  1  14   51  61  109  .255  .349  .421   7   2   8   6   1   5   5  102
SS  Tony Pena           27   79  198   19   32   4  1   1   10   5   43  .162  .181  .207   3   1   2   0   2   1   2    2
LF *David DeJesus       28  100  386   53  113  19  4  10   56  32   50  .293  .351  .440  10   7   5   4   3   2   2  107
CF *Joey Gathright      27   82  247   36   62   2  1   0   17  16   36  .251  .302  .267  21   4   2   3   7   2   0   52
RF *Mark Teahen         26  113  433   51  108  21  4  10   40  41   98  .249  .317  .386   3   3   4   2   0   1   4   84
DH  Billy Butler        22   94  334   28   89  16  0   7   41  28   47  .266  .321  .377   0   1  14   0   0   2   0   83
    Jose Guillen        32  116  451   51  114  32  1  16   76  17   85  .253  .288  .435   2   1  14   6   0   2   2   87
    Mike Aviles         27   64  262   39   83  21  2   7   32  10   41  .317  .343  .492   4   1   8   1   0   1   2  117
    Miguel Olivo        29   65  230   22   60  17  0  11   34   7   59  .261  .290  .478   3   0   4   3   0   1   2   98
    Esteban German      30   65  146   18   33   9  2   0   16  11   30  .226  .281  .315   6   2   2   1   3   2   0   57
   #Alberto Callaspo    25   42  100    8   29   2  1   0    4   9    9  .290  .349  .330   1   1   4   0   0   0   0   80
   *Mitch Maier         26   18   55    5   19   0  0   0    4   2    9  .345  .368  .345   0   1   2   0   2   0   0   90
   *Jason Smith         30    6   12    0    2   2  0   0    0   0    7  .167  .167  .333   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   28
   *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  430

    Zack Greinke        24    3    7    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    1  .286  .286  .429   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   85
    Brian Bannister     27    2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   32
    Gil Meche           29    1    4    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   32
    Luke Hochevar       24    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Brett Tomko         35    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Kyle Davies         24    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2  124 4289  510 1118 234 18  90  478 306  779  .261  .314  .387  65  33  97  39  26  27  24   84
    Rank among 14 AL teams         6   13    9   6  8  12       14    8    10    14    13   8   3       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.

    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  26   4.13  10   9  0  26   0   0   0  159.0  153   75   73  14   60  129  675   3   0  0   2 108
SP  Brian Bannister     27  25   5.96   7  12  0  25   0   1   0  140.3  166   99   93  22   47   91  626   5   6  1   1  75
SP  Zack Greinke        24  25   3.92   9   8  0  25   0   1   0  158.3  166   73   69  19   47  142  672   5   4  1   1 114
SP  Luke Hochevar       24  21   5.44   6  11  0  21   0   0   0  124.0  136   80   75  10   46   68  543   7   5  0   1  82
SP  Kyle Davies         24  14   4.71   5   4  0  14   0   0   0   70.7   87   39   37   8   31   41  319   6   1  0   0  95
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  64

CL  Joakim Soria        24  50   1.48   1   2 33   0  45   0   0   54.7   32   10    9   4   12   58  209   1   5  0   1 301
RP  Ramon Ramirez       26  56   2.81   2   1  0   0  13   0   0   57.7   46   19   18   1   25   61  238   6   0  1   4 159
RP *Ron Mahay           37  51   2.91   5   0  0   0   2   0   0   58.7   52   21   19   5   24   44  247   1   1  0   0 153
RP  Joel Peralta        32  32   5.40   1   2  0   0   9   0   0   46.7   46   30   28  13   13   34  195   0   2  0   0  82
RP *Jimmy Gobble        26  31  11.31   0   2  1   0   9   0   0   24.7   34   31   31   5   22   20  132   5   2  0   1  39

    Leo Nunez           24  31   2.73   4   1  0   0   9   0   0   33.0   31   13   10   1   12   17  144   3   4  0   2 163
    Yasuhiko Yabuta     35  26   5.46   1   3  0   0   9   0   0   31.3   38   20   19   5   17   20  147   1   0  0   0  82
    Robinson Tejeda     26  16   2.42   1   2  0   0  10   0   0   26.0   11   10    7   2   11   31  100   2   1  0   0 184
   *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   0 172
   *John Bale           34   3   7.63   0   3  0   3   0   0   0   15.3   25   13   13   1    3    8   70   1   0  0   0  58
    Jeff Fulchino       28   7  10.24   0   1  0   0   4   0   0    9.7   15   12   11   1    5    8   50   1   1  0   0  43
   *Josh Newman         26   3   4.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.0    8    6    3   0    4    1   28   0   0  0   0  99
    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  24
    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   0 165
   *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 - 27.5 124   4.69  55  69 34 124 122   2   5 1110.7 1160  619  579 126  398  831 4807  53  34  3  13  95
    Rank among 14 AL teams         12  13   2  5          12  10      8    9   10       10    8    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        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

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JBuck 775 86 87 618 17 6 3 .991 3 35 45 8 MOlivo 334 38 40 250 19 3 5 .989 3 18 17 10 MTupman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1110 124 124 868 36 9 8 .990 6 53 62 18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGload 770 83 96 741 35 3 74 .996 9.07 BButler 219 28 28 197 8 1 25 .995 8.42 MTeahen 121 13 14 130 10 1 13 .993 10.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1110 124 124 1068 53 5 112 .996 9.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MGrudzielan 710 85 85 135 257 4 58 .990 4.96 EGerman 188 20 32 37 69 3 18 .972 5.07 ACallaspo 107 11 15 22 41 0 9 1.000 5.26 MAviles 80 6 21 20 19 0 4 1.000 4.37 JSmith 24 2 4 4 9 0 2 1.000 4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1110 124 124 218 395 7 91 .989 4.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AGordon 1066 119 119 108 210 14 20 .958 2.68 EGerman 35 4 5 2 2 0 2 1.000 1.03 ACallaspo 8 1 1 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.75 MAviles 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1110 124 124 111 218 14 23 .959 2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPena 519 55 78 60 156 8 31 .964 3.75 MAviles 485 57 59 92 154 6 39 .976 4.56 ACallaspo 84 9 18 18 30 2 8 .960 5.14 EGerman 22 3 3 2 4 1 0 .857 2.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1110 124 124 172 344 17 78 .968 4.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DDeJesus 374 41 54 95 1 0 0 1.000 2.31 JGuillen 361 42 43 81 3 1 1 .988 2.09 MTeahen 206 24 24 55 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 EGerman 107 10 20 24 0 1 0 .960 2.02 RGload 47 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 ACallaspo 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JSmith 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1110 124 124 267 5 2 1 .993 2.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGathright 618 66 80 170 5 1 0 .994 2.55 DDeJesus 358 45 46 113 2 0 1 1.000 2.89 MMaier 133 13 18 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.83 MTeahen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1110 124 124 325 7 1 1 .997 2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MTeahen 673 75 79 163 3 2 1 .988 2.22 JGuillen 336 39 41 75 5 3 1 .964 2.14 DDeJesus 91 9 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 RGload 10 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1110 124 124 255 8 5 2 .981 2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *1.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMeche 159 26 26 4 26 3 0 .909 1.70 ZGreinke 158 25 25 8 17 1 1 .962 1.42 BBannister 140 25 25 9 21 1 3 .968 1.92 LHochevar 124 21 21 6 10 1 2 .941 1.16 KDavies 70 14 14 2 5 1 0 .875 0.89 BTomko 60 10 16 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.93 RMahay 58 0 51 0 6 1 0 .857 0.92 RRamirez 57 0 56 1 6 1 1 .875 1.09 JSoria 54 0 50 5 5 0 1 1.000 1.65 JPeralta 46 0 32 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.96 LNunez 33 0 31 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.82 YYabuta 31 0 26 3 2 1 0 .833 1.44 RTejeda 26 0 16 1 1 2 0 .500 0.69 JGobble 24 0 31 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.36 HRamirez 24 0 15 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.70 JBale 15 3 3 0 6 0 1 1.000 3.53 JFulchino 9 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JNewman 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 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 1110 124 124 48 130 12 9 .937 1.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- BButler 59 JGuillen 33 MOlivo 20 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 .293 On-base % DeJesus .351 Slugging % DeJesus .440 OPS DeJesus .791 Games Gordon 120 At Bats Guillen 451 Plate Appearances (approx.) Gordon 517 Runs Gordon 63 Hits Guillen 114 Total Bases Guillen 196 Doubles Guillen 32 Triples DeJesus and Teahen 4 Home Runs Guillen 16 RBI Guillen 76 Bases on Balls Gordon 61 Strikeouts Gordon 109 Stolen Bases Gathright 21 Singles DeJesus 80 Adjusted OPS+ DeJesus 107 Runs Created Gordon 69 Adjusted Batting Runs Aviles 5 Batting Wins Aviles 0.5 Extra-Base Hits Guillen 49 Times on Base Gordon 180 Offensive Win% DeJesus .552 Hit By Pitch Gordon and Guillen 6 Sac. Hits Gathright 7 Sac. Flies Gordon 5 Intentional Walks Gordon 5 Grounded into Double Plays Butler and Guillen 14 Caught Stealing DeJesus 7 Power/Speed Number DeJesus 10.0 At Bats per Strikeout DeJesus 7.7 At Bats per Home Run Guillen 28.2 Outs Guillen 354

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Greinke 3.92 Wins Meche 10 Won-Loss % Greinke .529 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Meche 1.340 Hits Allowed/9IP Meche 8.66 Bases on Balls/9IP Greinke 2.67 Strikeouts/9IP Greinke 8.07 Games Ramirez 56 Saves Soria 33 Innings Meche 159.0 Strikeouts Greinke 142 Games Started Meche 26 Comp. Games Bannister and Greinke 1 Home Runs Allow. Bannister 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Meche 60 Hits Allowed Bannister and Greinke 166 SO to Walk Greinke 3.02 Losses Bannister 12 Earned Runs Allow. Bannister 93 Wild Pitches Hochevar 7 Hit Batsmen Bannister 6 Batters Faced Meche 675 Games Finished Soria 45 Adjusted ERA+ Greinke 114

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