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1997 Kansas City Royals season

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1997 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record67–94 (.416)
Divisional place5th
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersHerk Robinson
ManagersBob Boone and Tony Muser
TelevisionKMBC-TV
KCWB
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
RadioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff)
← 1996 Seasons 1998 →

The 1997 Kansas City Royals season was the 29th season for the franchise, and their 25th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses and missed the postseason for the 12th consecutive season.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 86 75 .534 — 44‍–‍37 42‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 80 81 .497 6 45‍–‍36 35‍–‍45
Milwaukee Brewers 78 83 .484 8 47‍–‍33 31‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 68 94 .420 18½ 35‍–‍46 33‍–‍48
Kansas City Royals 67 94 .416 19 33‍–‍47 34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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1997 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 4–7 6–5 6–5 7–4 5–6 6–5 7–4 4–7 4–7 11–1 6–6 8–4 6–5 4–12
Baltimore 7–4 — 5–7 5–6 6–5 6–6 7–4 5–6 10–1 8–4 8–3 7–4 10–1 6–6 8–7
Boston 5–6 7–5 — 3–8 6–5 5–7 3–8 8–3 8–3 4–8 7–4 7–4 3–8 6–6 6–9
Chicago 5–6 6–5 8–3 — 5–7 4–7 11–1 4–7 6–6 2–9 8–3 5–6 3–8 5–6 8–7
Cleveland 4–7 5–6 5–6 7–5 — 6–5 8–3 8–4 8–4 5–6 7–4 3–8 5–6 6–5 9–6
Detroit 6–5 6–6 7–5 7–4 5–6 — 6–5 4–7 4–7 2–10 7–4 4–7 7–4 6–6 8–7
Kansas City 5–6 4–7 8–3 1–11 3–8 5–6 — 6–6 7–5 3–8 3–8 5–6 6–5 5–6 6–9
Milwaukee 4–7 6–5 3–8 7–4 4–8 7–4 6–6 — 5–7 4–7 5–6 5–6 7–4 7–4 8–7
Minnesota 7–4 1–10 3–8 6–6 4–8 7–4 5–7 7–5 — 3–8 7–4 5–6 3–8 3–8 7–8
New York 7–4 4–8 8–4 9–2 6–5 10–2 8–3 7–4 8–3 — 6–5 4–7 7–4 7–5 5–10
Oakland 1–11 3–8 4–7 3–8 4–7 4–7 8–3 6–5 4–7 5–6 — 5–7 5–7 6–5 7–9
Seattle 6–6 4–7 4–7 6–5 8–3 7–4 6–5 6–5 6–5 7–4 7–5 — 8–4 8–3 7–9
Texas 4–8 1–10 8–3 8–3 6–5 4–7 5–6 4–7 8–3 4–7 7–5 4–8 — 4–7 10–6
Toronto 5–6 6–6 6–6 6–5 5–6 6–6 6–5 4–7 8–3 5–7 5–6 3–8 7–4 — 4–11


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1997 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Mike Macfarlane 82 257 61 .237 8 35
1B Jeff King 155 543 129 .238 28 112
2B José Offerman 106 424 126 .297 2 39
SS Jay Bell 153 573 167 .291 21 92
3B Craig Paquette 77 252 58 .230 8 33
LF Bip Roberts 97 346 107 .309 1 36
CF Tom Goodwin 97 367 100 .272 2 22
RF Jermaine Dye 75 263 62 .236 7 22
DH Chili Davis 140 477 133 .279 30 90

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Johnny Damon 146 472 130 .275 8 48
Mike Sweeney 84 240 58 .242 7 31
Yamil Benítez 53 191 51 .267 8 21
Dean Palmer 49 187 52 .278 9 31
David Howard 80 162 39 .241 1 13
Scott Cooper 75 159 32 .201 3 15
Joe Vitiello 51 130 31 .238 5 18
Shane Halter 74 123 34 .276 2 10
Rod Myers 31 101 26 .257 2 9
Jed Hansen 34 94 29 .309 1 14
Larry Sutton 27 69 20 .290 2 8
Sal Fasano 13 38 8 .211 1 1
Tim Spehr 17 35 6 .171 1 2
Félix Martínez 16 31 7 .226 0 3
Jon Nunnally 13 29 7 .241 1 4
Ryan Long 6 9 2 .222 0 2
Andy Stewart 5 8 2 .250 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Appier 34 235.2 9 13 3.40 196
Tim Belcher 32 213.1 13 12 5.02 113
José Rosado 33 203.1 9 12 4.69 129
Glendon Rusch 30 170.1 6 9 5.50 116
Jim Pittsley 21 112.0 5 8 5.46 52

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ricky Bones 21 78.1 4 7 5.97 36
Chris Haney 8 24.2 1 2 4.38 16

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Montgomery 55 1 4 14 3.49 48
Jamie Walker 50 3 3 0 5.44 24
Hipólito Pichardo 47 3 5 11 4.22 34
Gregg Olson 34 4 3 1 3.02 28
Larry Casian 32 0 2 0 5.06 16
Héctor Carrasco 28 1 6 0 5.45 30
Randy Veres 24 4 0 1 3.31 28
Matt Whisenant 24 1 0 0 2.84 16
Brian Bevil 18 1 2 1 6.61 13
Mike Pérez 16 2 0 0 3.54 17
Scott Service 12 0 3 0 4.76 19
Mike Williams 10 0 2 1 6.43 10
Jason Jacome 7 0 0 0 9.45 10
Mitch Williams 7 0 1 0 10.80 3
José Santiago 4 0 0 0 1.93 1
Jim Converse 3 0 0 0 3.60 3
Allen McDill 3 0 0 0 13.50 2
Roland de la Maza 1 0 0 0 4.50 1

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Mike Jirschele
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Ron Johnson
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League John Mizerock
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Bob Herold
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Jeff Garber
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Al Pedrique

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lansing[12]

References

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  1. ^ Chili Davis at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Jay Bell at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Scott Cooper at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Ryan Thompson at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Yamil Benítez at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Doug Linton at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Bob Hamelin at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Michael Tucker at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ a b Todd Van Poppel at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Chris Stynes at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Matt Treanor at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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