1998 Kansas City Royals Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 72-89
Finished 3rd in the AL's Central Division
Attendance: 1,494,875, Avg. 18,922
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium
Manager: Tony Muser (72-89)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1998 Kansas City Royals Roster
1998 Kansas City Royals Results

The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 1998 season with a record of 72 wins and 89 losses, finishing third in the AL's Central Division.

The Royals scored 714 runs and gave up 899 runs. Dean Palmer walloped 34 home runs for Kansas City, while Jeff King and Johnny Damon swatted 20 or more also. Dean Palmer drove in 119 runs. Jose Offerman led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .315 clip. Tim Belcher topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 4.27 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Tony Muser coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Tim Belcher	14	14	.500	4.27	34	34	0	2	0	0	234.0	247	127	111	37	73	0	130	7	1	6	1003
Pat Rapp	12	13	.480	5.30	32	32	0	1	1	0	188.3	208	117	111	24	107	7	132	10	0	14	855
Jose Rosado	8	11	.421	4.69	38	25	1	2	1	1	174.7	180	106	91	25	57	2	135	5	1	6	757
Hipolito Pichardo	7	8	.467	5.13	27	18	2	0	0	1	112.3	126	73	64	11	43	2	55	4	0	2	503
Scott Service	6	4	.600	3.48	73	0	26	0	0	4	82.7	70	35	32	7	34	4	95	9	1	10	353
Chris Haney	6	6	.500	7.03	33	12	2	0	0	0	97.3	125	78	76	18	36	0	51	5	1	4	450
Glendon Rusch	6	15	.286	5.88	29	24	2	1	1	1	154.7	191	104	101	22	50	0	94	4	0	1	686
Brian Bevil	3	1	.750	6.30	39	0	10	0	0	0	40.0	47	29	28	4	22	1	47	3	0	6	194
Matt Whisenant	2	1	.667	4.90	70	0	23	0	0	2	60.7	61	37	33	3	33	2	45	3	0	9	267
Ricky Bones	2	2	.500	3.04	32	0	12	0	0	1	53.3	49	18	18	4	24	5	38	1	0	2	231
Brian Barber	2	4	.333	6.00	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.0	45	28	28	5	13	1	24	1	0	4	180
Jeff Montgomery	2	5	.286	4.98	56	0	54	0	0	36	56.0	58	35	31	8	22	2	54	2	1	0	247
Jim Pittsley	1	1	.500	6.59	39	2	11	0	0	0	68.3	88	56	50	13	37	1	44	2	0	6	320
Kevin Appier	1	2	.333	7.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	21	13	13	3	5	1	9	1	0	1	69
Shane Halter	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jeff Suppan	0	0		0.71	4	1	2	0	0	0	12.7	9	1	1	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	46
Bart Evans	0	0		2.00	8	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	7	3	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	34
Tim Byrdak	0	0		5.40	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9
Jose Santiago	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9
Allen McDill	0	0		10.50	7	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	7	7	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	29
Danny Rios	0	1	.000	6.14	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.3	9	9	5	1	6	0	6	1	0	1	38
Jamie Walker	0	1	.000	9.87	6	2	2	0	0	0	17.3	30	20	19	5	3	0	15	2	0	0	86
Totals	72	89	.447	5.16	549	161	155	6	3	46	1436.3	1590	899	824	196	568	28	999	60	5	72	6369

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jose Offerman	158	709	607	102	191	28	13	7	66	45	12	89	96	.315	.403	.438	.841	266	7	5	2	6	1
Johnny Damon	161	710	642	104	178	30	10	18	66	26	12	58	84	.277	.339	.439	.779	282	4	4	3	3	4
Dean Palmer	152	639	572	84	159	27	2	34	119	8	2	48	134	.278	.333	.510	.844	292	18	6	0	13	3
Hal Morris	127	516	472	50	146	27	2	1	40	1	0	32	52	.309	.350	.381	.731	180	15	1	4	7	6
Jeff King	131	540	486	83	128	17	1	24	93	10	2	42	73	.263	.319	.451	.769	219	10	2	0	10	1
Jeff Conine	93	343	309	30	79	26	0	8	43	3	0	26	68	.256	.312	.417	.729	129	8	2	0	6	1
Larry Sutton	111	351	310	29	76	14	2	5	42	3	3	29	46	.245	.311	.352	.663	109	5	3	4	5	3
Mike Sweeney	92	311	282	32	73	18	0	8	35	2	3	24	38	.259	.320	.408	.728	115	7	2	2	1	1
Terry Pendleton	79	254	237	17	61	10	0	3	29	1	0	15	49	.257	.299	.338	.637	80	2	0	0	2	1
Shane Mack	66	229	207	30	58	15	1	6	29	8	2	15	36	.280	.345	.449	.794	93	6	6	0	1	0
Mendy Lopez	74	225	206	18	50	10	2	1	15	5	2	12	40	.243	.286	.325	.612	67	6	1	5	1	0
Jermaine Dye	60	230	214	24	50	5	1	5	23	2	2	11	46	.234	.270	.336	.606	72	8	1	0	4	2
Sal Fasano	74	247	216	21	49	10	0	8	31	1	0	10	56	.227	.307	.384	.692	83	4	16	3	2	1
Shane Halter	86	226	204	17	45	12	0	2	13	2	5	12	38	.221	.265	.309	.574	63	3	1	7	2	0
Luis Rivera	42	98	89	14	22	4	0	0	7	1	1	7	17	.247	.302	.292	.594	26	1	0	2	0	0
Carlos Beltran	14	63	58	12	16	5	3	0	7	3	0	3	12	.276	.317	.466	.783	27	2	1	0	1	0
Jermaine Allensworth	30	91	73	15	15	5	0	0	3	7	0	9	17	.205	.326	.274	.600	20	0	4	5	0	0
Jeremy Giambi	18	70	58	6	13	4	0	2	8	0	1	11	9	.224	.343	.397	.739	23	3	0	0	1	0
Felix Martinez	34	95	85	7	11	1	1	0	5	3	1	5	21	.129	.187	.165	.352	14	1	1	4	0	0
Carlos Febles	11	29	25	5	10	1	2	0	2	2	1	4	7	.400	.483	.600	1.083	15	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Young	25	56	53	2	10	3	0	1	3	2	1	2	9	.189	.232	.302	.534	16	3	1	0	0	0
Scott Leius	17	47	46	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.174	.191	.174	.365	8	2	0	0	0	0
Tim Spehr	11	36	25	5	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	8	3	.240	.457	.440	.897	11	1	2	1	0	0
Jose Rosado	38	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tim Belcher	34	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Vitiello	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Macfarlane	3	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Hatcher	8	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jed Hansen	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glendon Rusch	29	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Bones	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Rapp	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Pittsley	39	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hipolito Pichardo	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hector Ortiz	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Brown	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Turner	4	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	1	1	0	0	0
Scott Service	73	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Appier	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Suppan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Walker	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Whisenant	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Santiago	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Barber	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Haney	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Bevil	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Byrdak	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Montgomery	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Allen McDill	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bart Evans	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Rios	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2245	6191	5546	714	1459	274	40	134	686	135	50	475	984	.263	.324	.399	.724	2215	118	60	45	65	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jeff King	1B	112	110	944.3	932	85	5	103	.995	9.693	9.080	0	0	0
Hal Morris	1B	46	40	357.7	349	34	4	35	.990	9.637	8.326	0	0	0
Jeff Conine	1B	12	9	85.3	101	3	0	15	1.000	1.969	8.667	0	0	0
Larry Sutton	1B	6	2	35.0	32	3	0	5	1.000	9.000	5.833	0	0	0
Sal Fasano	1B	5	0	12.0	16	0	0	2	1.000	12.000	3.200	0	0	0
Hector Ortiz	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Shane Halter	1B	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	18.000	2.000	0	0	0
Jose Offerman	2B	152	152	1325.3	277	440	19	113	.974	4.869	4.717	0	0	0
Carlos Febles	2B	11	6	64.0	16	18	0	2	1.000	4.781	3.091	0	0	0
Luis Rivera	2B	6	2	24.0	5	6	0	0	1.000	4.125	1.833	0	0	0
Shane Halter	2B	6	1	16.0	2	8	1	0	.909	5.625	1.667	0	0	0
Jed Hansen	2B	2	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	.500	0	0	0
Felix Martinez	2B	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Dean Palmer	3B	129	127	1102.3	69	187	22	16	.921	2.090	1.984	0	0	0
Terry Pendleton	3B	23	18	149.7	12	33	2	2	.957	2.706	1.957	0	0	0
Scott Leius	3B	15	11	94.3	8	18	4	2	.867	2.481	1.733	0	0	0
Jeff King	3B	4	3	34.0	3	6	0	2	1.000	2.382	2.250	0	0	0
Shane Halter	3B	8	1	28.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.286	.500	0	0	0
Luis Rivera	3B	6	0	17.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.118	.667	0	0	0
Mendy Lopez	3B	2	1	10.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	4.500	2.500	0	0	0
Sal Fasano	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Mike Sweeney	C	91	75	705.3	517	33	9	6	.984	7.018	6.044	9	50	21	29.6
Sal Fasano	C	70	68	579.3	421	25	2	5	.996	6.929	6.371	2	23	18	43.9
Tim Spehr	C	11	11	93.0	62	2	0	0	1.000	6.194	5.818	0	5	2	28.6
Mike Macfarlane	C	3	3	24.7	13	3	0	1	1.000	5.838	5.333	0	1	2	66.7
Chris Turner	C	4	3	22.0	16	0	0	0	1.000	6.545	4.000	0	1	0	0.0
Hector Ortiz	C	3	1	12.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.333	0	0	0
Johnny Damon	OF	158	151	1354.3	372	10	4	1	.990	2.539	2.418	0	0	0
Larry Sutton	OF	79	72	645.7	147	4	2	2	.987	2.105	1.911	0	0	0
Jeff Conine	OF	80	73	640.3	134	4	1	0	.993	1.940	1.725	0	0	0
Jermaine Dye	OF	59	56	513.3	152	4	2	3	.987	2.735	2.644	0	0	0
Hal Morris	OF	39	37	288.0	47	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.231	0	0	0
Shane Mack	OF	32	31	265.0	54	1	1	1	.982	1.868	1.719	0	0	0
Jermaine Allensworth	OF	27	18	174.0	54	0	1	0	.982	2.793	2.000	0	0	0
Ernie Young	OF	24	13	134.7	43	2	0	0	1.000	3.007	1.875	0	0	0
Carlos Beltran	OF	14	13	117.0	44	0	1	0	.978	3.385	3.143	0	0	0
Jeremy Giambi	OF	9	9	76.0	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.776	1.667	0	0	0
Shane Halter	OF	9	6	59.7	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.961	1.444	0	0	0
Chris Hatcher	OF	5	4	38.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.658	1.400	0	0	0
Dee Brown	OF	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	.500	0	0	0
Tim Belcher	P	34	34	234.0	18	17	2	3	.946	1.346	1.029	0	0	0
Pat Rapp	P	32	32	188.3	20	23	1	0	.977	2.055	1.344	0	0	0
Jose Rosado	P	38	25	174.7	8	28	2	1	.947	1.855	.947	0	0	0
Glendon Rusch	P	29	24	154.7	9	22	1	4	.969	1.804	1.069	0	0	0
Hipolito Pichardo	P	27	18	112.3	11	18	0	5	1.000	2.323	1.074	0	0	0
Chris Haney	P	33	12	97.3	3	21	0	3	1.000	2.219	.727	0	0	0
Scott Service	P	73	0	82.7	4	15	1	0	.950	2.069	.260	0	0	0
Jim Pittsley	P	39	2	68.3	5	11	2	1	.889	2.107	.410	0	0	0
Matt Whisenant	P	70	0	60.7	3	10	0	1	1.000	1.929	.186	0	0	0
Jeff Montgomery	P	56	0	56.0	5	4	0	1	1.000	1.446	.161	0	0	0
Ricky Bones	P	32	0	53.3	8	15	1	1	.958	3.881	.719	0	0	0
Brian Barber	P	8	8	42.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	.643	.375	0	0	0
Brian Bevil	P	39	0	40.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	.450	.051	0	0	0
Jamie Walker	P	6	2	17.3	2	4	0	1	1.000	3.115	1.000	0	0	0
Kevin Appier	P	3	3	15.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.600	.333	0	0	0
Jeff Suppan	P	4	1	12.7	1	3	0	1	1.000	2.842	1.000	0	0	0
Bart Evans	P	8	0	9.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	.250	0	0	0
Danny Rios	P	5	0	7.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.227	.200	0	0	0
Allen McDill	P	7	0	6.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	.143	0	0	0
Jose Santiago	P	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	.500	0	0	0
Tim Byrdak	P	3	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Shane Halter	P	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
Mendy Lopez	SS	72	66	562.7	101	221	15	53	.955	5.150	4.472	0	0	0
Shane Halter	SS	66	45	420.0	73	166	9	29	.964	5.121	3.621	0	0	0
Felix Martinez	SS	32	28	244.7	49	80	6	23	.956	4.745	4.031	0	0	0
Luis Rivera	SS	30	22	207.0	42	81	5	20	.961	5.348	4.100	0	0	0
Scott Leius	SS	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	.500	0	0	0
Totals		2020	1449	12927.0	4309	1689	125	463	.980	4.176	2.969	11	80	43	35.0

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