1998 Kansas City Royals
[edit] Summary
The 1998 Kansas City Royals finished with a record of 72-89. They scored 714 runs and belted 134 home runs to go along with a .263 batting average. The offense was powered by Dean Palmer, who led the team with 34 home runs and 119 RBI. Jose Offerman led the team with 191 hits for a .315 average. Jose Offerman had a great year on the basepaths with 45 stolen bases.
The team allowed 899 runs and had a team ERA of 5.16. Tim Belcher led the team with 14 wins. Jose Rosado racked up 135 strkeouts to lead the team. Jeff Montgomery was the team's best fireman, with 36 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Carlos Febles | 2B | 11 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .483 | .600 | 1.083 | .400 |
| Shane Halter | SS | 86 | 204 | 17 | 45 | 2 | 13 | 2 | .265 | .309 | .574 | .221 |
| Jed Hansen | 2B | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Jeff King | 1B | 131 | 486 | 83 | 128 | 24 | 93 | 10 | .319 | .451 | .770 | .263 |
| Scott Leius | 3B | 17 | 46 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .191 | .174 | .365 | .174 |
| Mendy Lopez | SS | 74 | 206 | 18 | 50 | 1 | 15 | 5 | .286 | .325 | .611 | .243 |
| Felix Martinez | SS | 34 | 85 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .187 | .165 | .352 | .129 |
| Hal Morris | 1B | 127 | 472 | 50 | 146 | 1 | 40 | 1 | .350 | .381 | .731 | .309 |
| Jose Offerman | 2B | 158 | 607 | 102 | 191 | 7 | 66 | 45 | .403 | .438 | .841 | .315 |
| Dean Palmer | 3B | 152 | 572 | 84 | 159 | 34 | 119 | 8 | .333 | .510 | .843 | .278 |
| Luis Rivera | SS | 42 | 89 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .302 | .292 | .594 | .247 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Jermaine Allensworth | OF | 30 | 73 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .326 | .274 | .600 | .205 |
| Carlos Beltran | OF | 14 | 58 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .317 | .466 | .783 | .276 |
| Jeff Conine | OF | 93 | 309 | 30 | 79 | 8 | 43 | 3 | .312 | .417 | .729 | .256 |
| Johnny Damon | OF | 161 | 642 | 104 | 178 | 18 | 66 | 26 | .339 | .439 | .778 | .277 |
| Jermaine Dye | OF | 60 | 214 | 24 | 50 | 5 | 23 | 2 | .270 | .336 | .606 | .234 |
| Jeremy Giambi | OF | 18 | 58 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .343 | .397 | .740 | .224 |
| Chris Hatcher | OF | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .067 | .192 | .067 |
| Shane Mack | OF | 66 | 207 | 30 | 58 | 6 | 29 | 8 | .345 | .449 | .794 | .280 |
| Larry Sutton | OF | 111 | 310 | 29 | 76 | 5 | 42 | 3 | .311 | .352 | .663 | .245 |
| Ernie Young | OF | 25 | 53 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .232 | .302 | .534 | .189 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Sal Fasano | C | 74 | 216 | 21 | 49 | 8 | 31 | 1 | .307 | .384 | .691 | .227 |
| Mike Macfarlane | C | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .182 | .091 |
| Hector Ortiz | C | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Tim Spehr | C | 11 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .457 | .440 | .897 | .240 |
| Mike Sweeney | C | 92 | 282 | 32 | 73 | 8 | 35 | 2 | .320 | .408 | .728 | .259 |
| Chris Turner | C | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .000 | .100 | .000 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Dee Brown | DH | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Terry Pendleton | DH | 79 | 237 | 17 | 61 | 3 | 29 | 1 | .299 | .338 | .637 | .257 |
| Joe Vitiello | DH | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .143 | .393 | .143 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5546 | 714 | 1459 | 134 | 686 | 135 | .322 | .399 | .721 | .263 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Appier | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7.80 | 1.733 | |||
| Brian Barber | 8 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 6.00 | 1.381 | |||
| Tim Belcher | 34 | 34 | 234 | 14 | 14 | .500 | 0 | 130 | 73 | 4.27 | 1.368 | |||
| Brian Bevil | 39 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0 | 47 | 22 | 6.30 | 1.725 | |||
| Ricky Bones | 32 | 0 | 53.3 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 38 | 24 | 3.04 | 1.370 | |||
| Tim Byrdak | 3 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 2.941 | |||
| Bart Evans | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.778 | |||
| Shane Halter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 1.000 | |||
| Chris Haney | 33 | 12 | 97.3 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 51 | 36 | 7.03 | 1.655 | |||
| Allen McDill | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 1.833 | |||
| Jeff Montgomery | 56 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 36 | 54 | 22 | 4.98 | 1.429 | |||
| Hipolito Pichardo | 27 | 18 | 112.3 | 7 | 8 | .467 | 1 | 55 | 43 | 5.13 | 1.505 | |||
| Jim Pittsley | 39 | 2 | 68.3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 44 | 37 | 6.59 | 1.830 | |||
| Pat Rapp | 32 | 32 | 188.3 | 12 | 13 | .480 | 0 | 132 | 107 | 5.30 | 1.673 | |||
| Danny Rios | 5 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.14 | 2.055 | |||
| Jose Rosado | 38 | 25 | 174.7 | 8 | 11 | .421 | 1 | 135 | 57 | 4.69 | 1.357 | |||
| Glendon Rusch | 29 | 24 | 154.7 | 6 | 15 | .286 | 1 | 94 | 50 | 5.88 | 1.558 | |||
| Jose Santiago | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.000 | |||
| Scott Service | 73 | 0 | 82.7 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4 | 95 | 34 | 3.48 | 1.258 | |||
| Jeff Suppan | 4 | 1 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 12 | 1 | .71 | 0.787 | |||
| Jamie Walker | 6 | 2 | 17.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9.87 | 1.908 | |||
| Matt Whisenant | 70 | 0 | 60.7 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2 | 45 | 33 | 4.90 | 1.549 | |||
| Team Totals | 549 | 161 | 1436.3 | 72 | 89 | .447 | 46 | 999 | 568 | 5.16 | 1.502 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Johnny Damon | 161 |
| At Bats | Johnny Damon | 642 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Johnny Damon | 710 |
| Batting Average | Jose Offerman | .315 |
| On-Base % | Jose Offerman | .403 |
| Slugging % | Dean Palmer | .510 |
| OPS | Dean Palmer | .843 |
| Runs | Johnny Damon | 104 |
| Hits | Jose Offerman | 191 |
| Total Bases | Dean Palmer | 292 |
| Doubles | Johnny Damon | 30 |
| Triples | Jose Offerman | 13 |
| Home Runs | Dean Palmer | 34 |
| RBI | Dean Palmer | 119 |
| Walks | Jose Offerman | 89 |
| Strikeouts | Dean Palmer | 134 |
| Stolen Bases | Jose Offerman | 45 |
| Caught Stealing | Johnny Damon and Jose Offerman | 12 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Shane Halter | 7 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Dean Palmer | 13 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Dean Palmer | 18 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Tim Belcher | 14 |
| Losses | Glendon Rusch | 15 |
| Saves | Jeff Montgomery | 36 |
| Won-Loss % | Tim Belcher | .500 |
| ERA | Tim Belcher | 4.27 |
| WHIP | Jose Rosado | 1.357 |
| Innings Pitched | Tim Belcher | 234 |
| Games | Scott Service | 73 |
| Games Started | Tim Belcher | 34 |
| Strikeouts | Jose Rosado | 135 |
| Complete Games | Tim Belcher and Jose Rosado | 2 |
| Shutouts | Pat Rapp, Jose Rosado, and Glendon Rusch | 1 |
| Batters Faced | Tim Belcher | 1003 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Tim Belcher and Pat Rapp | 111 |
| Hits Allowed | Tim Belcher | 247 |
| Walks Allowed | Pat Rapp | 107 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Tim Belcher | 37 |
| Doubles Allowed | Tim Belcher | 40 |
| Triples Allowed | Tim Belcher | 5 |
| Wild Pitches | Pat Rapp | 14 |
| Hit Batsmen | Pat Rapp | 10 |
| Double Plays Induced | Pat Rapp | 27 |
