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2007 Kansas City Royals  (2006)  (2008) 95-67, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 816 runs, Allowed 682 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .690 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-77   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 69-93 Manager(s): Thomas Treece Defeated New York Yankees in Divisional Series, 3 games to 2. Lost to Boston Red Sox in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Mark Teahen          25  136  508   81  170  31   4  16   87  12   6   46  116  .335  .388  .506   97   7.3  3(-2)e7   132  
 UT #Chone Figgins        29  123  438   76  157  29   5   1   38  54  20   48   74  .358  .419  .454   87   7.5             48  
 OF *Raul Ibanez          35  133  459   75  137  22   5  18   70   0   0   57   73  .298  .380  .486   83   6.6  4(+1)e8    36  
 1B *Casey Kotchman       24  127  422   65  133  38   5   7   66   1   2   42   42  .315  .381  .479   73   6.3  1e4        20  
 OF #Shane Victorino      26  126  414   73  117  18   3  14   65  41  13   32   47  .283  .346  .442   62   5.1  1(-3)e5    18  
 OF *David DeJesus        27  133  463   69  116  23   6   3   43  16   2   43   64  .251  .328  .346   57   4.3  2(0)e4    -49  
 UT #Maicer Izturis       26  101  312   40   95  20   3   3   45   5   2   38   37  .304  .375  .417   51   6.0             38  
 1B  Billy Butler         21   81  287   36   95  17   0  10   54   1   0   21   48  .331  .374  .495   49   6.5  5e30       75  
 3B *Alex Gordon          23  122  381   53   88  23   2  13   60  15   3   27  102  .231  .306  .404   46   4.1  3e18      -15  
 C   John Buck            27  117  324   46   71  14   0  23   58   0   0   34   76  .219  .300  .475   44   4.5  3(-1)e5    37  
 2B  Mark Grudzielanek    37  112  373   44  109  25   3   1   37   2   3   16   57  .292  .329  .383   44   4.2  2e10      -59  
 SS  Julio Lugo           31  131  375   42   86  27   4   3   51  26   9   35   53  .229  .292  .347   38   3.2  3e22       -4  
 UT #D'Angelo Jimenez     29   37  102   19   30   7   1   5   17   2   0   21   21  .294  .416  .529   24   8.7            194  
 OF *Joey Gathright       26   76  184   32   55   3   0   0   15  21   5   13   34  .299  .353  .315   23   4.7  3(+1)e10  -44  
 C   Ramon Castro         31   51  141   18   38   9   0   5   20   0   0    6   39  .270  .297  .440   16   4.2  3(+2)e1  -150  
 1B  Mike Sweeney         33   35  116   10   24  10   1   3   16   0   0    3   16  .207  .236  .388   10   2.9  5e30      -95  
 SS *Freddie Bynum        27   23   69   13   16   5   3   1    8   9   1    6   20  .232  .312  .435    8   4.1  4e22        9  
 C   Toby Hall            31   42   75   11   23   3   0   0   10   0   0    1    7  .307  .312  .347    7   4.0  3(+2)e5   192  
 2B  Cody Ransom          31   13   33    5    6   1   0   1    6   0   0    9    9  .182  .372  .303    4   4.2  4e41     -109  
 1B  Ryan Shealy          27    4   11    0    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .455  .455  .455    2  10.2  3e5       315  
 SS #Alberto Callaspo     24   13   34    3    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .176  .243  .235    2   2.1  4e38      -57  
 OF *Shane Costa          25    5    7    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286  .375  .429    1   6.6  4(+2)e8   246  
 3B  Willie Bloomquist    29    9    7    2    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .429  .429  .429    1   5.4  3e6       207  
 C   J.R. House           27   14   39    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0   19  .026  .116  .051    0    .1  4(+1)e6  -601  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           840                   16

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Fausto Carmona       23  20  11  .645  32  32   3   0   0   0   1  214.2  206   85   83  19   58  124  3.48   92   3.8   -6  
  P  Gil Meche            28  19   8  .704  32  32   2   0   0   0   1  216.0  214   99   81  18   53  152  3.38   90   3.7  -62  
  P *C.C. Sabathia        26  15  13  .536  34  34  12   0   0   0   2  238.2  265  102  100  23   26  197  3.77  121   4.6   28  
  P  Zack Greinke         23   9   4  .692  23  14   0   6   0   1   0   95.0   99   39   39   8   26   82  3.69   47   4.6  -44  
  P  Steve Trachsel       36   8   6  .571  22  22   2   0   0   0   0  139.1  164  105   93  23   77   41  6.01  108   7.0   25  
  P *Rafael Perez         25   5   1  .833  41   0   0  11   6   4   0   59.0   46   20   19   8   16   56  2.90   21   3.3   86  
  P  Ervin Santana        24   5   5  .500  13  12   1   1   0   0   0   62.1   91   56   52  13   28   48  7.51   62   9.3   72  
  P  Kyle Kendrick        22   4   6  .400  15  15   0   0   0   0   0   97.0  125   60   59  12   20   38  5.47   72   6.8   58  
  P *Brian Shouse         38   2   1  .667  36   0   0   7   0   1   0   31.1   33   13   13   3    9   21  3.73   15   4.5   81  
  P  Joel Peralta         31   2   3  .400  35   0   0  17   2   1   0   53.1   60   21   21   4    7   39  3.54   29   5.0  -43  
  P  Robinson Tejeda      25   1   0 1.000   3   1   0   1   0   0   0    9.0    9    4    3   0    3    5  3.00    3   4.0 -261  
  P  Leo Nunez            23   1   1  .500  23   0   0  12   3   0   0   39.2   39   20   18   7   10   25  4.08   20   4.7  -46  
  P  Joakim Soria         23   1   1  .500  54   0   0  51  34   1   0   52.0   26    3    3   1   12   55  0.52    7   1.4 -135  
  P  Juan Cruz            28   1   1  .500  40   0   0  12   0   0   0   47.2   27   14   14   5   16   66  2.64   11   2.2 -180  
  P  David Riske          30   1   2  .333  27   0   0  12   3   1   0   39.0   40   17   13   6   19   32  3.00   23   5.2   49  
  P  Billy Buckner        23   1   2  .333  14   0   0   6   2   0   0   31.1   34   17   17   2   12   20  4.88   18   5.2 -100  
  P  Ambiorix Burgos      23   0   2  .000  22   0   0   6   0   1   0   21.0   17    7    7   2    7   25  3.00   10   4.3   -1  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      759         -8

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- John Buck 818 95 110 640 29 8 3 .988 21 6 Ramon Castro 332 37 50 244 12 1 0 .996 11 4 Toby Hall 198 19 42 146 12 1 0 .994 16 6 J.R. House 99 11 14 79 4 3 1 .965 7 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Casey Kotchman 947 102 126 946 106 3 120 .997 9.99 Mike Sweeney 164 21 21 164 9 3 18 .983 9.49 Billy Butler 163 20 22 160 15 4 22 .978 9.66 Alex Gordon 125 14 17 123 10 1 12 .993 9.58 Ryan Shealy 25 3 3 19 5 0 4 1.000 8.64 Mark Teahen 21 2 4 19 3 0 2 1.000 9.43 Willie Bloomquist 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Grudzielanek 817 87 110 178 284 5 75 .989 5.09 Maicer Izturis 418 50 56 82 145 1 28 .996 4.89 Cody Ransom 72 8 12 14 19 2 3 .943 4.12 D'Angelo Jimenez 66 9 10 14 18 1 4 .970 4.36 Chone Figgins 61 7 12 12 23 1 6 .972 5.16 Freddie Bynum 8 1 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 Alberto Callaspo 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Willie Bloomquist 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex Gordon 713 80 93 43 124 4 9 .977 2.11 Chone Figgins 372 41 51 25 66 10 5 .901 2.20 Maicer Izturis 288 32 42 25 45 1 9 .986 2.18 Mark Teahen 40 6 6 8 7 3 0 .833 3.38 Willie Bloomquist 17 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 D'Angelo Jimenez 12 1 5 0 3 1 1 .750 2.25 Alberto Callaspo 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Julio Lugo 1008 109 131 210 373 10 95 .983 5.21 Freddie Bynum 139 16 18 24 41 2 9 .970 4.21 D'Angelo Jimenez 133 18 18 32 50 6 14 .932 5.55 Alberto Callaspo 69 10 10 15 21 0 6 1.000 4.70 Alex Gordon 61 7 10 17 18 0 7 1.000 5.16 Maicer Izturis 23 1 8 3 10 0 2 1.000 5.01 Cody Ransom 10 1 2 3 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 Willie Bloomquist 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chone Figgins 433 51 57 70 3 2 1 .973 1.52 Mark Teahen 380 41 53 88 3 3 0 .968 2.15 Joey Gathright 325 34 54 77 1 1 0 .987 2.16 Raul Ibanez 238 29 30 52 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 Shane Victorino 53 5 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.04 Shane Costa 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Freddie Bynum 8 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- David DeJesus 1103 123 132 281 11 2 1 .993 2.38 Shane Victorino 287 34 37 88 2 1 0 .989 2.82 Joey Gathright 52 5 10 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.24 Alberto Callaspo 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Freddie Bynum 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Teahen 701 81 86 135 4 2 1 .986 1.78 Shane Victorino 663 72 84 142 5 2 0 .987 2.00 Chone Figgins 60 7 13 13 3 0 2 1.000 2.40 Joey Gathright 22 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2007 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	Kyle Kendrick
Round 2 (#32):	Rafael Perez
Round 4 (#80):	Steve Trachsel
Round 5 (#102):	Julio Lugo
Round 6 (#120):	Leo Nunez

Transactions

• 2007 preseason: released rookies Ryan Braun, Neal Musser
• 2007-01: acquired J.R. House as a free agent
• 2007-02: acquired Ambiorix Burgos as a free agent
• 2007-03: acquired D'Angelo Jimenez as a free agent
• 2007-07: released J.R. House
• 2007-07: acquired Cody Ransom as a free agent
• 2007-09: acquired Toby Hall as a free agent
• 2007-09: released Ambiorix Burgos
• 2007-15: released Cody Ransom
• 2007-15: acquired Freddie Bynum as a free agent
• 2007-24: released Toby Hall
• 2007-24: acquired Ryan Shealy as a free agent
• 2007 postseason: released Freddie Bynum, Joey Gathright, Julio Lugo, Joel Peralta

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