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1998 Kansas City Royals  (1997)  (1999) 66-96, 3rd in AL Western Division Scored 722 runs, Allowed 869 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-96 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .683 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 64-98   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 72-89 Manager(s): Dennis Schimmel

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Johnny Damon         24  162  640   78  177  25  12  18   82  22   9   48   80  .277  .326  .438   93   5.2  2(+2)e4   -15  
 1B  Jeff King            33  124  464   71  135  22   0  26   84   4   0   30   54  .291  .339  .506   75   5.9  2e8        77  
 SS  Gary Disarcina       30  161  553   74  166  38   4   3   59   5   5   19   54  .300  .336  .400   73   4.6  2e14       30  
 OF *Hal Morris           33  115  461   57  154  26   0   2   52   2   0   30   48  .334  .372  .403   68   5.7  4(+1)e6    44  
 3B  Joe Randa            28  128  452   51  113  27   5   7   47   4   1   39   59  .250  .323  .378   55   4.2  3e11       11  
 DH *Harold Baines        39   75  286   38   91  23   0   5   39   0   0   31   36  .318  .389  .451   49   6.6             21  
 UT *Bill Spiers          32  100  385   53  101  16  13   3   33   7   4   35   70  .262  .334  .395   49   4.5            -22  
 2B  Rey Sanchez          30   92  319   42  100  16   2   6   33   0   0   13   56  .313  .354  .433   47   5.4  2e8       100  
 C   Mike Sweeney         24   79  249   32   64  13   0   6   34   0   0   29   23  .257  .327  .382   30   4.1  4(+1)e4   -19  
 OF *Larry Sutton         28   74  213   31   53  12   0   1   15   4   0   22   28  .249  .331  .319   24   4.0  3(+1)e4   -13  
 OF *Jon Nunnally         26   53  168   24   36   5   1   8   24   1   3   31   45  .214  .337  .399   21   4.1  3(0)e19    21  
 1B  Kevin Jordan         28   60  243   19   63  15   0   2   19   0   0    7   22  .259  .282  .346   20   2.9  3e10      -27  
 C   Bobby Hughes         27   61  201   25   46   7   4   8   36   0   3   11   42  .229  .270  .423   20   3.3  3(0)e1      5  
 OF  Jermaine Dye         24   53  177   22   49   3   3   6   19   3   1    8   43  .277  .306  .429   19   3.8  4(-2)e6   130  
 OF  Manny Martinez       27   53  170   23   42   6   4   4   24   0   0    8   37  .247  .284  .400   17   3.5  2(+1)e4   -39  
 OF  Chris Stynes         25   29  101   14   29   3   2   2   11   1   1    8   10  .287  .368  .416   14   5.2  3(0)e3    121  
 OF *Orlando Merced       31   39  128    7   31   5   1   3   12   0   2    6   24  .242  .281  .367   12   3.3  3(+1)e5  -100  
 2B  Jeff Manto           33   18   66    7   18   3   0   5   11   1   0    4   15  .273  .342  .545   11   6.1  4e32      169  
 C  #Chad Kreuter         33   41  112    5   21   2   0   1    6   0   0   19   20  .188  .303  .232    8   2.5  3(0)e5   -129  
 OF *Rich Butler          25   16   36    6   10   0   1   3    8   0   1    6    3  .278  .381  .583    8   8.1  3(0)e3    322  
 OF  Derrick Gibson       23    8   24    9   12   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .500  .556  .500    6  13.5  4(0)e25   101  
 UT  Mendy Lopez          24   12   34    4    9   2   1   0    1   0   0    7    6  .265  .390  .382    5   5.5            161  
 OF #Carlos Beltran       21   21   51    5   15   6   0   0    8   0   1    2    8  .294  .315  .412    5   3.5  3(0)e12   -56  
 DH #Brian Banks          27    4   14    4    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    6  .357  .400  .714    4  12.3            221  
 OF  Jay Payton           25    6   15    2    6   3   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400  .438  .600    4  12.2  4(+2)e16  326  
 C   Sal Fasano           26   14   45    4    9   3   0   2    9   0   0    0   12  .200  .234  .400    3   2.9  2(-2)e1   -58  
 OF  Edgard Clemente      22    5   10    5    4   0   1   0    3   0   0    3    2  .400  .538  .600    3  15.8  4(-1)e25  247  
 OF *Jeremy Giambi        23   22   51    7    6   5   0   0    4   0   0   11   12  .118  .270  .216    3   1.9  4(+2)e16 -254  
 DH  Shane Halter         28   12   35    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    8  .114  .139  .143    0    .4           -292  
 PH #Felix Martinez       24    4    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -352  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           762                   17

     * - 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 *Jose Rosado          23  12  12  .500  31  29   0   1   0   0   0  176.1  185  107  105  29   71  126  5.36  110   5.6   13  
  P  Tim Belcher          36  11  16  .407  33  33   3   0   0   0   2  224.1  246  136  126  42   88  120  5.05  142   5.7   -8  
  P  Jaret Wright         22   9  14  .391  33  32   0   1   0   0   0  188.1  223  132  127  26   78  153  6.07  135   6.5   16  
  P  Ismael Valdes        24   5   7  .417  21  20   1   1   0   0   1  124.2  112   51   47   7   44   72  3.39   51   3.7  -79  
  P  Jim Pittsley         24   4   1  .800  32   0   0  15   1   0   0   44.1   47   30   24  11   26   24  4.87   32   6.4 -100  
  P *Glendon Rusch        23   4   8  .333  31  18   1   9   2   0   0  120.0  159   91   87  28   43   76  6.52   99   7.4   54  
  P  Anthony Telford      32   3   1  .750  20   0   0   7   2   1   0   33.1   35   17   16   7   18   22  4.32   22   6.3   82  
  P *Mike Magnante        33   3   1  .750  55   0   0  12   1   1   0   46.0   51   27   22   2   21   21  4.30   25   5.1  -47  
  P  Scott Elarton        22   3   3  .500  38   0   0  16   4   3   0   54.0   37   20   19   7   18   57  3.17   19   3.3    2  
  P  Kevin Brown          33   3   4  .429   8   8   1   0   0   0   1   60.0   68   31   28   4   18   51  4.20   33   5.0  126  
  P  Paul Byrd            27   2   2  .500  41   0   0  14   1   1   0   52.1   48   25   24  12   16   33  4.13   29   5.1   91  
  P  Jeff Suppan          23   2   3  .400  22   3   0  11   0   0   0   51.1   53   17   17   3   15   23  2.98   24   4.4 -199  
  P  Ken Hill             32   2  11  .154  19  19   0   0   0   0   0  100.1  147   93   89  15   53   60  7.98   98   8.7  108  
  P  Jeff Montgomery      36   1   3  .250  49   0   0  10   2   3   0   53.2   61   31   28   8   24   69  4.70   36   6.1   29  
  P *Billy Wagner         26   1   4  .200  65   0   0  43  25   2   0   59.0   55   29   26   7   35   77  3.97   31   4.8   83  
  P  Brian Boehringer     29   1   5  .167  22   0   0  11   0   1   0   35.2   36   18   18   5   23   35  4.54   23   6.1    0  
  P  Julian Tavarez       25   0   1  .000  13   0   0   5   1   0   0   23.1   30   14   13   4    8   16  5.01   16   6.5    3  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      934         12

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mike Sweeney 549 64 67 388 25 9 1 .979 37 13 Bobby Hughes 487 52 61 403 29 1 2 .998 29 14 Chad Kreuter 309 34 41 248 9 2 1 .992 15 2 Sal Fasano 102 12 12 86 9 1 1 .990 6 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jeff King 855 95 103 862 87 6 87 .994 9.99 Kevin Jordan 346 41 41 349 31 1 45 .997 9.88 Hal Morris 196 21 25 179 21 2 24 .990 9.17 Bill Spiers 26 3 3 20 4 0 3 1.000 8.42 Larry Sutton 18 2 3 19 4 0 3 1.000 11.50 Harold Baines 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.82 Sal Fasano 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rey Sanchez 690 72 92 164 241 3 58 .993 5.28 Bill Spiers 433 50 54 102 134 5 38 .979 4.91 Joe Randa 173 21 23 44 52 0 20 1.000 5.00 Jeff Manto 85 11 11 26 25 5 9 .911 5.40 Mendy Lopez 29 4 4 3 10 1 3 .929 4.03 Chris Stynes 20 2 3 4 5 0 2 1.000 4.05 Kevin Jordan 17 2 2 5 5 1 2 .909 5.19 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Randa 919 105 108 69 186 9 18 .966 2.50 Bill Spiers 345 37 40 22 58 3 8 .964 2.09 Jeff King 163 18 19 12 24 2 1 .947 1.98 Mendy Lopez 12 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 1.50 Kevin Jordan 8 1 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Disarcina 1410 157 161 246 546 12 121 .985 5.06 Mendy Lopez 20 2 4 6 6 0 0 1.000 5.40 Rey Sanchez 17 3 3 7 7 1 3 .933 7.41 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hal Morris 407 45 48 74 4 0 0 1.000 1.72 Manny Martinez 260 30 37 52 1 0 1 1.000 1.83 Chris Stynes 209 22 25 40 1 0 1 1.000 1.77 Orlando Merced 192 23 24 37 2 1 0 .975 1.83 Larry Sutton 148 16 21 30 0 1 0 .968 1.82 Rich Butler 58 7 7 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.64 Derrick Gibson 51 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 Johnny Damon 38 4 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.08 Jeremy Giambi 30 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Carlos Beltran 19 2 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.89 Jon Nunnally 14 1 3 1 0 1 0 .500 0.64 Jay Payton 9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jermaine Dye 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Edgard Clemente 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Shane Halter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jeff King 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Damon 1366 154 156 399 10 5 1 .988 2.69 Carlos Beltran 72 7 14 18 0 1 0 .947 2.25 Rich Butler 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Manny Martinez 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jon Nunnally 400 45 47 64 1 3 0 .956 1.46 Larry Sutton 352 38 47 74 2 2 0 .974 1.94 Jermaine Dye 347 42 43 62 9 0 2 1.000 1.84 Orlando Merced 111 11 18 25 1 1 0 .963 2.11 Manny Martinez 94 10 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 Hal Morris 56 8 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 Johnny Damon 31 3 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16 Carlos Beltran 25 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72 Rich Butler 23 1 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19 Shane Halter 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Bobby Hughes 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1998 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	Kevin Brown
Round 2 (#33):	Joe Randa
Round 2 (#44):	Rey Sanchez
Round 3 (#58):	Scott Elarton
Round 3 (#67):	Paul Byrd
Round 4 (#79):	Jeff Suppan

Transactions

• 1998 preseason: released rookie Brian Bevil
• 1998-01: traded Matt Whisenant to MLA for Bobby Hughes
• 1998-01: acquired Manny Martinez as a free agent
• 1998-02: acquired Ken Hill as a free agent
• 1998-03: acquired Jon Nunnally as a free agent
• 1998-07: traded Kevin Brown, Shane Halter, Sal Fasano, Julian Tavarez to LAN for Ismael Valdes, Chad Kreuter, Orlando Merced, LAN#2
• 1998-07: acquired Edgard Clemente as a free agent
• 1998-11: released Ed Clements
• 1998-11: acquired Derrick Gibson as a free agent
• 1998-14: acquired Brian Banks as a free agent
• 1998-14: released Derrick Gibson
• 1998-15: released Brian Banks
• 1998-15: acquired Jeff Manto as a free agent
• 1998-19: acquired Brian Boehringer as a free agent
• 1998-19: released Jeff Manto
• 1998-19: traded Orlando Merced, Manny Martinez to MON for Chris Stynes, Anthony Telford
• 1998-20: released Jon Nunnally
• 1998-20: acquired Jay Payton as a free agent
• 1998-23: released Jay Payton
• 1998-23: acquired Rich Butler as a free agent
• 1998 postseason: released Gary Disarcina, Ken Hill, Anthony Telford, Jaret Wright

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