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2014 Kansas City Royals  (2013)  (2015) 90-72, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 739 runs, Allowed 692 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .682 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 88-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-73 Manager(s): Thomas Treece

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS #Ben Zobrist          33  160  573   86  175  53   2  10   75  17   3   68   90  .305  .377  .457  104   6.8  3e12       86  
 OF *Alex Gordon          30  159  565   99  154  31   0  27   83  12   1   66  132  .273  .362  .471   99   6.2  1(-4)e2    50  
 OF #Melky Cabrera        29  142  563   70  170  31   4  16   67   6   0   44   53  .302  .353  .456   89   5.8  4(-2)e2     1  
 OF  Lorenzo Cain         28  144  458   77  149  23  10   4   44  30   6   27   98  .325  .367  .445   76   6.3  1(-2)e3    62  
 C   Salvador Perez       24  140  445   52  131  17   2  26   82   0   1   19   66  .294  .322  .517   67   5.5  1(-4)e1   147  
 1B *Eric Hosmer          24  150  518   57  143  33   1   7   51   2   2   22  103  .276  .304  .384   55   3.8  1e13      -28  
 3B *Mike Moustakas       25  143  442   47  101  19   1  21   72   0   0   41   68  .229  .298  .419   54   4.1  2e24       85  
 OF *Matt Joyce           29  128  427   57  101  25   1  12   57   1   2   54  112  .237  .322  .384   51   4.0  3(0)e6    -26  
 2B  Omar Infante         32  147  503   43  132  13   0   1   36  11   1   28   70  .262  .304  .294   45   3.2  3e14      -34  
 OF *Jarrod Dyson         29  104  241   35   72  12   4   0   21  44   9   19   42  .299  .349  .382   35   4.9  1(-1)e8    80  
 1B  Billy Butler         28   74  220   25   57  12   0   4   19   0   0   15   43  .259  .318  .368   22   3.5  4e9       -16  
 C  #Carlos Corporan      30   61  151   25   35   7   0   6   21   0   0   20   35  .232  .328  .397   21   4.7  3(0)e7     47  
 UT  Gregorio Petit       29   32   95   15   30   9   0   5   11   0   0    3   19  .316  .356  .568   19   8.1            202  
 UT  Christian Colon      25   17   47    9   18  10   1   0    4   0   0    3    5  .383  .420  .638   11  10.0            194  
 OF  Ryan Raburn          33   58  128   12   32   5   1   1   20   0   1    9   36  .250  .295  .328   11   2.8  3(-2)e10   76  
 1B #Kendrys Morales      31   26   62    6   16   7   0   2   11   0   0    6    8  .258  .319  .468    8   4.6  4e7       174  
 3B #Chone Figgins        36   50   62    8   12   3   0   0   11   9   0   12   14  .194  .351  .242    8   4.5  4e21      -47  
 3B  Joaquin Arias        29   17   37    3   14   5   0   0    5   0   1    2    3  .378  .400  .514    7   7.5  2e8       332  
 C  *George Kottaras      31   14   36    4    7   1   0   2    6   0   0    5   18  .194  .293  .389    4   4.0  4(+2)e9  -203  
 2B  Johnny Giavotella    26   13   32    4    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    2    9  .188  .257  .188    1   1.3  4e16     -148  
 2B #Maicer Izturis       33    9   27    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    4  .185  .241  .185    0    .8  3e18     -212  
 UT #Nick Franklin        23   11   18    3    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    2   13  .056  .190  .111    0    .8           -168  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           799                   39

     * - 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  Yordano Ventura      23  18  11  .621  30  30   3   0   0   0   2  180.2  173   80   74  12   63  169  3.69   77   3.8  -29  
  P  James Shields        32  15  12  .556  36  36   3   0   0   0   2  224.1  228  101   93  25   49  170  3.73  106   4.3  -35  
  P  Jeremy Guthrie       35  11  12  .478  32  32   1   0   0   0   0  191.1  240  104   98  30   47   96  4.61  115   5.5   17  
  P *Danny Duffy          25   8   9  .471  26  25   1   1   0   0   1  143.1  141   76   66  15   54  103  4.14   68   4.2   71  
  P *Tyler Skaggs         22   7   5  .583  16  16   0   0   0   0   0   95.1  116   60   54   9   20   80  5.10   57   5.4   72  
  P  Edinson Volquez      31   6   4  .600  12  12   1   0   0   0   0   75.0   84   33   32  10   27   48  3.84   46   5.5   75  
  P *Nick Hagadone        28   4   0 1.000  26   0   0   4   1   2   0   26.0   13    6    4   2    2   28  1.38    3   1.3 -198  
  P *Joe Beimel           37   4   1  .800  34   0   0   7   2   0   0   45.1   43   18   17   1   13   33  3.38   17   3.5  -28  
  P  Kelvin Herrera       24   4   4  .500  59   0   0  22   4   2   0   72.0   55   32   30   3   44   61  3.75   32   4.1   64  
  P *J.P. Howell          31   3   0 1.000  54   0   0   8   3   2   0   49.0   37   24   23   4   31   43  4.22   20   3.8  103  
  P  Wade Davis           28   3   1  .750  69   0   0   9   1   1   0   71.1   47   12   12   3   23  118  1.51   16   2.1   67  
  P  Yoervis Medina       25   2   2  .500  50   0   0  18   3   1   0   57.1   55   26   25   5   26   61  3.92   28   4.6   26  
  P  Greg Holland         28   1   1  .500  60   0   0  54  37   3   0   53.2   36   16   13   6   16   92  2.18   15   2.6   67  
  P  Carter Capps         23   1   1  .500  11   0   0   5   0   1   0   19.2   16    5    4   0    7   23  1.83    7   3.2  -65  
  P  Kyle Kendrick        29   1   2  .333   5   4   1   1   0   0   0   28.1   35   24   24   4   11   12  7.62   21   6.9   74  
  P  Aaron Crow           27   1   3  .250  43   0   0  13   2   2   0   45.0   41   19   19   4   16   29  3.80   18   3.9  -96  
  P *Jason Vargas         31   1   4  .200   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   40.2   59   33   31  10   11   32  6.86   37   8.3  194  
  P *Tim Collins          24   0   0  .000  16   0   0   4   1   0   0   19.2   20   10   10   1   11   15  4.58   11   5.0   32  
  P  Louis Coleman        28   0   0  .000  15   0   0   4   0   0   0   17.1   20    9    6   2    6   16  3.12   10   5.1 -105  
  P *Eric O'Flaherty      29   0   0  .000   4   0   0   2   1   0   0    3.0    5    4    4   2    0    3 12.00    4  12.9  564  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      719         22

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Salvador Perez 989 104 138 924 30 4 3 .996 19 10 Carlos Corporan 374 47 56 312 15 1 1 .997 9 11 George Kottaras 95 11 14 93 5 0 1 1.000 8 4 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eric Hosmer 1165 129 145 1077 90 11 98 .991 9.01 Billy Butler 174 21 24 153 13 1 18 .994 8.57 Kendrys Morales 117 12 19 127 12 1 20 .993 10.72 Ryan Raburn 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Omar Infante 1193 132 147 223 387 11 85 .982 4.60 Maicer Izturis 57 6 9 14 19 0 8 1.000 5.21 Christian Colon 54 6 7 10 20 1 7 .968 4.97 Ben Zobrist 41 6 6 7 7 0 2 1.000 3.07 Gregorio Petit 35 4 5 5 9 1 3 .933 3.60 Joaquin Arias 23 3 4 7 11 0 3 1.000 7.04 Chone Figgins 21 2 6 6 9 0 0 1.000 6.43 Nick Franklin 18 2 3 3 3 1 1 .857 3.00 Johnny Giavotella 16 1 3 0 3 1 0 .750 1.69 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Moustakas 1150 128 142 88 215 19 27 .941 2.37 Chone Figgins 119 14 28 7 20 3 1 .900 2.04 Gregorio Petit 110 13 18 11 19 2 2 .938 2.45 Joaquin Arias 73 7 14 4 16 0 2 1.000 2.47 Nick Franklin 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Christian Colon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ryan Raburn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ben Zobrist 1303 149 157 242 444 8 86 .988 4.74 Gregorio Petit 60 5 12 9 25 1 2 .971 5.10 Christian Colon 48 6 8 8 15 0 1 1.000 4.31 Chone Figgins 29 2 8 6 9 0 4 1.000 4.66 Nick Franklin 16 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Ryan Raburn 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex Gordon 1277 146 155 331 10 4 0 .988 2.40 Matt Joyce 138 13 21 34 1 0 2 1.000 2.28 Melky Cabrera 29 3 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.72 Ben Zobrist 10 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Ryan Raburn 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Lorenzo Cain 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jarrod Dyson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lorenzo Cain 991 117 126 260 10 1 1 .996 2.45 Jarrod Dyson 451 44 78 104 4 0 1 1.000 2.16 Melky Cabrera 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Alex Gordon 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Ben Zobrist 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Matt Joyce 823 102 114 116 3 4 0 .967 1.30 Ryan Raburn 321 32 51 48 2 1 1 .980 1.40 Lorenzo Cain 121 7 32 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.04 Jarrod Dyson 91 10 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 1.29 Melky Cabrera 88 10 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Alex Gordon 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Ben Zobrist 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2014 Draft

Round 2 (#38):	Matt Joyce
Round 4 (#85):	Tyler Skaggs
Round 5 (#105):	J.P. Howell
Round 6 (#122):	Joe Beimel
Round 7 (#135):	Chone Figgins

Transactions

• 2014 preseason: released rookies Francisley Bueno, Michael Mariot
• 2014-01: acquired Carlos Corporan as a free agent
• 2014-02: acquired Gregorio Petit as a free agent
• 2014-03: acquired George Kottaras as a free agent
• 2014-09: released George Kottaras
• 2014-09: acquired Maicer Izturis as a free agent
• 2014-13: released Maicer Izturis
• 2014-13: acquired Carter Capps as a free agent
• 2014-16: traded Jason Vargas, KCA#2 to ATN for Edinson Volquez
• 2014-19: released Carter Capps
• 2014-19: acquired Nick Franklin as a free agent
• 2014-20: traded Billy Butler to OAA for Joaquin Arias
• 2014-24: released Kyle Kendrick
• 2014-24: acquired Eric O'Flaherty as a free agent
• 2014-26: traded Jarrod Dyson to CIN for Erick Aybar

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