2009 Kansas City Royals Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 65-97
Finished 4th in the AL's Central Division
Attendance: 1,797,891, Avg. 22,496
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium
Manager: Trey Hillman (64-95)
Manager: John Gibbons (1-2)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

2009 Kansas City Royals Roster
2009 Kansas City Royals Results

The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 2009 season with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's Central Division.

The Royals plated 686 runs and allowed 842 runs. Miguel Olivo paced Kansas City with 23 home runs, while Billy Butler and Mike Jacobs walloped 20 or more as well. Billy Butler drove in 93 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .301 clip. Zack Greinke led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.16 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Trey Hillman and John Gibbons 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
Zack Greinke	16	8	.667	2.16	33	33	0	6	3	0	229.3	195	64	55	11	51	0	242	4	0	5	915
Kyle Davies	8	9	.471	5.27	22	22	0	1	0	0	123.0	122	76	72	18	66	1	86	4	0	10	538
Brian Bannister	7	12	.368	4.73	26	26	0	0	0	0	154.0	161	94	81	15	50	4	98	4	2	12	668
Luke Hochevar	7	13	.350	6.55	25	25	0	2	1	0	143.0	167	109	104	23	46	0	106	8	0	9	631
Gil Meche	6	10	.375	5.09	23	23	0	1	1	0	129.0	144	81	73	17	58	0	95	3	0	7	581
Rob Tejeda	4	2	.667	3.54	35	6	5	0	0	0	73.7	43	30	29	4	50	2	87	3	1	6	313
Joakim Soria	3	2	.600	2.21	47	0	41	0	0	30	53.0	44	14	13	5	16	1	69	2	0	3	222
Juan Cruz	3	4	.429	5.72	46	0	18	0	0	2	50.3	46	34	32	6	29	1	38	1	0	6	219
Jamey Wright	3	5	.375	4.33	65	0	14	0	0	0	79.0	73	51	38	8	44	5	60	7	0	7	350
Yasuhiko Yabuta	2	1	.667	13.50	12	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	29	21	21	3	7	0	9	0	0	4	77
Roman Colon	2	3	.400	4.83	43	0	13	0	0	0	50.3	50	27	27	7	22	1	29	2	2	1	220
Ron Mahay	1	1	.500	4.79	41	0	11	0	0	0	41.3	55	26	22	9	19	1	34	2	0	4	200
Kyle Farnsworth	1	5	.167	4.58	41	0	18	0	0	0	37.3	43	22	19	3	14	2	42	1	1	2	168
Bruce Chen	1	6	.143	5.78	17	9	4	0	0	0	62.3	74	42	40	12	25	3	45	4	0	4	279
Sidney Ponson	1	7	.125	7.36	14	9	0	0	0	0	58.7	79	50	48	6	25	1	32	2	0	2	273
Carlos Rosa	0	0		3.38	7	0	5	0	0	1	10.7	10	4	4	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	43
Victor Marte	0	0		8.25	8	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	13	12	11	2	12	1	7	0	0	1	58
Doug Waechter	0	0		8.44	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.3	9	5	5	2	3	0	3	0	0	1	28
Anthony Lerew	0	1	.000	4.05	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.3	14	8	6	4	8	0	7	0	0	0	62
John Bale	0	1	.000	5.72	43	0	12	0	0	1	28.3	34	19	18	3	18	2	24	1	0	2	136
Dusty Hughes	0	2	.000	5.14	8	1	0	0	0	0	14.0	13	9	8	2	8	0	15	2	0	1	63
Horacio Ramirez	0	2	.000	5.96	19	1	1	0	0	0	22.7	27	16	15	3	11	3	13	0	0	1	104
Lenny DiNardo	0	3	.000	10.13	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.3	41	28	24	2	15	0	8	1	0	1	117
Totals	65	97	.401	4.83	588	162	152	10	5	34	1426.0	1486	842	765	166	600	28	1153	51	6	89	6265

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
Billy Butler	159	672	608	78	183	51	1	21	93	1	0	58	103	.301	.362	.492	.853	299	20	2	0	4	3
Alberto Callaspo	155	634	576	79	173	41	8	11	73	2	1	52	51	.300	.356	.457	.813	263	15	1	0	5	4
David DeJesus	144	627	558	74	157	28	9	13	71	4	9	51	87	.281	.347	.434	.781	242	10	8	5	5	0
Mark Teahen	144	571	524	69	142	34	1	12	50	8	1	37	123	.271	.325	.408	.734	214	11	6	2	2	4
Willie Bloomquist	125	468	434	52	115	11	8	4	29	25	6	27	73	.265	.308	.355	.663	154	7	1	4	2	1
Mike Jacobs	128	478	434	46	99	16	1	19	61	0	0	41	132	.228	.297	.401	.698	174	9	2	0	1	2
Miguel Olivo	114	416	390	51	97	15	5	23	65	5	2	19	126	.249	.292	.490	.781	191	10	5	1	1	0
Mitch Maier	127	397	341	42	83	15	3	3	31	9	2	43	76	.243	.333	.331	.665	113	6	4	7	2	2
Jose Guillen	81	312	281	30	68	8	0	9	40	1	0	22	50	.242	.314	.367	.681	103	13	8	0	1	1
Yuniesky Betancourt	71	263	246	25	59	10	5	4	27	0	2	11	26	.240	.269	.370	.639	91	8	0	3	3	0
John Buck	59	202	186	16	46	12	4	8	36	1	1	13	55	.247	.299	.484	.782	90	2	1	1	1	0
Brayan Pena	64	183	165	17	45	10	0	6	18	0	0	12	18	.273	.318	.442	.761	73	5	0	4	2	2
Coco Crisp	49	215	180	30	41	8	5	3	14	13	2	29	23	.228	.336	.378	.714	68	4	1	4	1	1
Alex Gordon	49	189	164	28	38	6	0	6	22	5	0	21	43	.232	.324	.378	.703	62	5	2	1	1	0
Josh Anderson	44	123	118	20	28	3	0	1	8	12	3	5	21	.237	.268	.288	.556	34	3	0	0	0	0
Mike Aviles	36	127	120	10	22	3	1	1	8	1	0	4	26	.183	.208	.250	.458	30	3	0	2	1	0
Luis Hernandez	37	81	73	4	15	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	18	.205	.256	.219	.476	16	2	1	3	0	0
Ryan Freel	18	49	45	8	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	12	.244	.306	.289	.595	13	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Pena	40	53	51	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.098	.132	.118	.250	6	1	0	0	0	0
Tug Hulett	15	19	18	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.111	.158	.111	.269	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Chen	17	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Bannister	26	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	0	0	0	0
Zack Greinke	33	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Hochevar	25	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Davies	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gil Meche	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuhiko Yabuta	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Sidney Ponson	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Horacio Ramirez	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Rosa	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamey Wright	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Joakim Soria	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Waechter	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Tejeda	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Victor Marte	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Mahay	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Lerew	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dusty Hughes	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Farnsworth	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Lenny DiNardo	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Juan Cruz	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Colon	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
John Bale	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2247	6101	5532	686	1432	276	51	144	657	88	29	457	1091	.259	.318	.405	.724	2242	135	42	38	32	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Billy Butler	1B	145	143	1248.0	1141	92	10	123	.992	8.892	8.503	0	0	0
Mike Jacobs	1B	15	13	112.0	94	14	2	13	.982	8.679	7.200	0	0	0
Mark Teahen	1B	11	6	60.0	60	3	0	4	1.000	9.450	5.727	0	0	0
Willie Bloomquist	1B	3	0	6.0	3	0	0	1	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Alberto Callaspo	2B	146	142	1240.0	233	379	17	96	.973	4.442	4.192	0	0	0
Willie Bloomquist	2B	14	12	107.0	24	35	2	10	.967	4.963	4.214	0	0	0
Luis Hernandez	2B	8	3	36.0	3	7	0	0	1.000	2.500	1.250	0	0	0
Mark Teahen	2B	3	3	23.0	5	6	0	1	1.000	4.304	3.667	0	0	0
Tug Hulett	2B	5	2	18.0	2	7	0	1	1.000	4.500	1.800	0	0	0
Ryan Freel	2B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Mark Teahen	3B	107	99	869.0	66	171	11	14	.956	2.455	2.215	0	0	0
Alex Gordon	3B	49	48	406.0	21	94	10	8	.920	2.549	2.347	0	0	0
Alberto Callaspo	3B	14	11	99.0	11	13	0	2	1.000	2.182	1.714	0	0	0
Willie Bloomquist	3B	3	2	21.0	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.000	2.333	0	0	0
Luis Hernandez	3B	5	1	19.0	4	2	0	0	1.000	2.842	1.200	0	0	0
Mike Aviles	3B	2	1	10.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Tug Hulett	3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Miguel Olivo	C	103	97	845.7	718	47	8	5	.990	8.142	7.427	10	56	22	28.2
John Buck	C	46	41	366.7	309	14	8	4	.976	7.928	7.022	2	41	8	16.3
Brayan Pena	C	30	24	213.7	168	7	0	2	1.000	7.371	5.833	2	17	9	34.6
David DeJesus	OF	144	142	1239.3	310	13	0	3	1.000	2.346	2.243	0	0	0
Mitch Maier	OF	123	93	879.7	250	11	0	5	1.000	2.670	2.122	0	0	0
Willie Bloomquist	OF	84	62	562.3	134	3	2	1	.986	2.193	1.631	0	0	0
Jose Guillen	OF	69	68	537.0	98	4	4	0	.962	1.709	1.478	0	0	0
Coco Crisp	OF	49	49	412.0	120	0	3	0	.976	2.621	2.449	0	0	0
Josh Anderson	OF	42	30	287.7	93	2	1	0	.990	2.972	2.262	0	0	0
Mark Teahen	OF	32	31	251.0	39	0	1	0	.975	1.398	1.219	0	0	0
Ryan Freel	OF	16	11	105.0	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.457	1.063	0	0	0
Tug Hulett	OF	3	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	.667	0	0	0
Zack Greinke	P	33	33	229.3	11	35	1	4	.979	1.805	1.394	0	0	0
Brian Bannister	P	26	26	154.0	10	24	0	1	1.000	1.987	1.308	0	0	0
Luke Hochevar	P	25	25	143.0	10	20	0	1	1.000	1.888	1.200	0	0	0
Gil Meche	P	23	23	129.0	8	21	0	2	1.000	2.023	1.261	0	0	0
Kyle Davies	P	22	22	123.0	10	10	2	1	.909	1.463	.909	0	0	0
Jamey Wright	P	65	0	79.0	1	16	2	2	.895	1.937	.262	0	0	0
Rob Tejeda	P	35	6	73.7	3	5	0	1	1.000	.977	.229	0	0	0
Bruce Chen	P	17	9	62.3	3	9	1	0	.923	1.733	.706	0	0	0
Sidney Ponson	P	14	9	58.7	4	16	1	1	.952	3.068	1.429	0	0	0
Joakim Soria	P	47	0	53.0	2	5	1	1	.875	1.189	.149	0	0	0
Juan Cruz	P	46	0	50.3	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.073	.130	0	0	0
Roman Colon	P	43	0	50.3	8	4	1	0	.923	2.146	.279	0	0	0
Ron Mahay	P	41	0	41.3	5	4	0	0	1.000	1.960	.220	0	0	0
Kyle Farnsworth	P	41	0	37.3	0	3	1	0	.750	.723	.073	0	0	0
John Bale	P	43	0	28.3	3	5	1	1	.889	2.541	.186	0	0	0
Horacio Ramirez	P	19	1	22.7	4	2	0	0	1.000	2.382	.316	0	0	0
Lenny DiNardo	P	5	5	21.3	0	1	1	0	.500	.422	.200	0	0	0
Yasuhiko Yabuta	P	12	0	14.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.643	.083	0	0	0
Dusty Hughes	P	8	1	14.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.929	.375	0	0	0
Anthony Lerew	P	3	2	13.3	2	2	0	1	1.000	2.700	1.333	0	0	0
Victor Marte	P	8	0	12.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	.375	0	0	0
Carlos Rosa	P	7	0	10.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Doug Waechter	P	5	0	5.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Yuniesky Betancourt	SS	71	70	611.0	111	181	9	40	.970	4.301	4.113	0	0	0
Mike Aviles	SS	34	33	269.3	51	92	4	29	.973	4.778	4.206	0	0	0
Willie Bloomquist	SS	38	29	237.7	51	80	6	22	.956	4.961	3.447	0	0	0
Tony Pena	SS	40	15	166.0	29	44	5	9	.936	3.958	1.825	0	0	0
Luis Hernandez	SS	23	15	139.0	20	52	1	13	.986	4.662	3.130	0	0	0
Alberto Callaspo	SS	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Tug Hulett	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals		2069	1458	12834.0	4278	1569	117	423	.980	4.100	2.826	14	114	39	25.5

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