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2008 Kansas City Royals  (2007)  (2009)
93-69, 1st in AL Western Division
Scored 810 runs, Allowed 684 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .679
Park Factor: Batting - 104 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 87-75   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 75-87
Manager(s): Thomas Treece

Defeated Boston Red Sox in Divisional Series, 3 games to 2.
Defeated Milwaukee Brewers in Championship Series, 3 games to 1.
Defeated Colorado Rockies in World Series, 4 games to 2.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
Click on the Games to see a player's splits for this season.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Raul Ibanez          36  162  605   86  185  44   2  28  116   3   8   60   98  .306  .369  .524  115   6.9  4(0)e5     56  
 OF #Shane Victorino      27  150  556   78  163  30  11   5   76  45  13   40   60  .293  .345  .414   81   5.2  1(-3)e2   -41  
 OF *David DeJesus        28  146  468   73  144  16  10   9   55  11   5   45   63  .308  .366  .442   75   5.9  3(0)e1    -10  
 SS  Mike Aviles          27  116  410   64  138  30   2  14   71   9   1   15   61  .337  .360  .522   72   6.7  3e19       48  
 1B  Billy Butler         22  103  338   46  104  16   0  19   56   0   0   21   43  .308  .347  .524   59   6.7  5e11      147  
 2B #Chone Figgins        30  135  435   73  115  16   1   2   30  43  12   62  104  .264  .355  .320   58   4.6  4e17      -10  
 3B *Alex Gordon          24  124  401   62   96  25   0  20   78   3   2   38   98  .239  .313  .451   58   4.8  3e20      -19  
 2B  Mark Grudzielanek    38  109  321   51  107  37   0   3   33   5   0   17   29  .333  .375  .477   56   6.6  2e8       108  
 OF *Jody Gerut           30   96  294   44   85  12   1  20   63   0   3   32   56  .289  .351  .541   56   6.8  3(0)e4     47  
 1B *Doug Mientkiewicz    34   91  273   43   77  17   4   2   27   0   0   43   20  .282  .382  .396   41   5.3  2e4        25  
 UT *Mark Teahen          26  119  344   47   75  20   5   5   41   3   1   29   81  .218  .284  .349   36   3.6            -82  
 C   Ramon Castro         32   67  141   23   46  10   0   4   27   0   0   13   22  .326  .384  .482   26   7.1  3(0)e2    113  
 SS #Maicer Izturis       27  108  276   28   63  11   2   2   22   9   1   34   32  .228  .311  .304   25   3.0  2e7       -76  
 C   John Buck            28  100  268   21   54  10   2   4   27   0   0   29   73  .201  .280  .299   21   2.5  3(+1)e3   -90  
 1B  Ryan Shealy          28   26   71   11   22   3   0   5   11   0   0    7   25  .310  .372  .563   15   8.5  3e17      -22  
 OF  Kevin Mench          30   47  112   15   30   6   4   0    8   3   0    8   17  .268  .317  .393   15   5.0  3(+1)e5    32  
 C  #Raul Casanova        35   21   56   12   25   6   0   1   10   0   0    5    6  .446  .492  .607   14  11.5  4(+1)e1   391  
 UT #Alberto Callaspo     25   53  141   22   35   5   1   0   13   0   0   13   14  .248  .310  .298   13   3.3           -124  
 OF *Mitch Maier          26   26   63    5   16   4   1   0    5   0   0    2   17  .254  .304  .349    6   3.5  3(0)e6     19  
 C   Robby Hammock        31   18   39    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    8    7  .179  .347  .179    3   2.8  3(+1)e5    20  
 C   Dave Ross            31   16   28    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .214  .290  .250    2   2.4  3(-1)e7  -181  
 UT  Willie Bloomquist    30    7    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?           -662  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           855                   10

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

Team Pitching   Glossary
Click on the Games to see a pitcher's splits for this season.

     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  Gil Meche            29  20   8  .714  33  33   4   0   0   0   1  204.2  234   96   88  23   62  184  3.87  116   5.1   28  
  P  Ervin Santana        25  14   9  .609  32  32   8   0   0   0   4  217.2  210   96   93  21   48  208  3.85   96   4.0  -23  
  P  Zack Greinke         24  14  10  .583  32  32   2   0   0   0   0  185.0  207   88   83  25   48  178  4.04  105   5.1   29  
  P  Fausto Carmona       24  10  10  .500  24  24   1   0   0   0   1  135.1  151   86   78  15   89   59  5.19   92   6.2   -2  
  P *Erik Bedard          29   7   4  .636  15  15   0   0   0   0   0   80.2   69   29   27  10   45   76  3.01   41   4.7  -11  
  P  Luke Hochevar        24   5   5  .500  13  11   2   1   0   0   1   69.0   75   38   37   8   27   35  4.83   41   5.5  -28  
  P *Rafael Perez         26   4   4  .500  51   0   0   7   2   7   0   68.2   88   37   37  11   25   83  4.85   52   6.9  180  
  P  Joakim Soria         24   3   2  .600  55   0   0  50  34   2   0   59.0   45   15   11   6   18   58  1.68   18   2.9   61  
  P  Kyle Kendrick        23   3   5  .375   9   8   0   1   0   0   0   51.1   65   33   30   8   17   27  5.26   39   7.0  -44  
  P *Sean Burnett         25   2   0 1.000  25   0   0   4   0   1   0   32.0   27   14   14   5   15   23  3.94   15   4.2  -90  
  P  Robinson Tejeda      26   2   0 1.000  28   1   0   7   0   0   0   43.2   29    4    4   0   21   48  0.82   14   3.0  -20  
  P  Juan Cruz            29   2   1  .667  52   0   0  10   2   1   0   47.2   29   18   18   8   26   74  3.40   18   3.7  -35  
  P  Shawn Camp           32   2   1  .667  29   0   0  13   1   0   0   30.1   26   14   13   2   10   24  3.86   10   3.2 -101  
  P  Brandon Lyon         28   2   2  .500  43   0   0  15   4   0   0   56.1   66   32   32   7   16   28  5.11   31   5.0  -51  
  P  Leo Nunez            24   1   0 1.000  42   0   0  12   2   2   0   40.1   40   19   18   1   17   27  4.02   21   4.8   48  
  P  Logan Kensing        26   1   0 1.000  11   0   0   3   0   0   0   18.1   10    9    8   0   13   12  3.93    5   2.7 -229  
  P *Brian Shouse         39   1   2  .333  53   0   0   6   0   0   0   39.1   40   18   18   3   14   24  4.12   20   4.7   41  
  P  Jon Lieber           38   0   1  .000  15   0   0   7   0   0   0   18.1   19   13   11   2    1   10  5.40    6   3.2 -275  
  P  Anthony Reyes        26   0   5  .000  16   6   0   9   2   0   0   48.0   48   25   22   6   10   20  4.12   22   4.2  -14  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      772          0

     * - 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             720  85  96  600   32   2   8  .997  43   9
 Ramon Castro          366  36  65  330    9   2   0  .994  14   4
 Raul Casanova         146  17  21  136    6   2   0  .986   9   3
 Robby Hammock         125  13  18  125    3   2   1  .985   4   1
 Dave Ross              83  11  15   91    2   1   0  .989   2   1
 Ryan Shealy             3   0   1    3    0   0   0 1.000   0   0
 Alberto Callaspo        2   0   1    3    0   0   0 1.000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doug Mientkiewicz 654 71 88 622 53 1 73 .999 9.29 Mark Teahen 354 39 53 361 31 7 38 .982 9.98 Billy Butler 292 34 46 308 35 3 40 .991 10.57 Ryan Shealy 146 18 25 153 11 2 19 .988 10.11 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Grudzielanek 695 75 106 167 245 5 68 .988 5.34 Chone Figgins 677 81 92 144 218 4 56 .989 4.81 Alberto Callaspo 59 5 16 10 21 0 5 1.000 4.76 Maicer Izturis 13 1 4 4 3 0 2 1.000 4.85 Willie Bloomquist 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex Gordon 957 108 116 49 158 14 14 .937 1.95 Chone Figgins 195 21 37 12 36 2 4 .960 2.22 Mark Teahen 146 18 22 6 25 7 2 .816 1.91 Alberto Callaspo 109 12 18 5 17 0 2 1.000 1.82 Maicer Izturis 35 3 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.77 Mike Aviles 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Willie Bloomquist 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Aviles 768 93 104 124 308 11 75 .975 5.06 Maicer Izturis 621 63 96 84 253 1 51 .997 4.88 Alberto Callaspo 44 5 14 6 18 0 5 1.000 4.91 Mark Grudzielanek 8 1 1 1 6 2 2 .778 7.88 Willie Bloomquist 4 0 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Raul Ibanez           545  64  67  117    3   1   0  .992  1.98
 David DeJesus         382  42  54   84   10   0   1 1.000  2.21
 Jody Gerut            227  24  31   42    0   0   0 1.000  1.66
 Kevin Mench           202  22  40   43    3   2   0  .958  2.05
 Alberto Callaspo       54   7   8   11    0   0   0 1.000  1.83
 Mark Teahen            27   2   9    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.01
 Mitch Maier             9   1   3    4    0   0   0 1.000  4.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shane Victorino 674 77 83 162 6 0 0 1.000 2.24 David DeJesus 610 66 83 173 11 0 2 1.000 2.71 Jody Gerut 148 17 22 36 1 0 1 1.000 2.26 Mitch Maier 14 2 3 8 0 1 0 .889 5.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shane Victorino 590 65 70 91 1 0 0 1.000 1.40 Jody Gerut 318 36 44 60 3 3 1 .955 1.78 Mark Teahen 238 25 37 31 1 1 0 .970 1.21 David DeJesus 132 16 21 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.77 Mitch Maier 124 15 17 23 1 1 0 .960 1.74 Kevin Mench 33 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.36 Raul Ibanez 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 Willie Bloomquist 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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