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2008 Kansas City Royals
Record: 77-84
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 889
Runs Allowed: 891
Exp W-L: 80-81
 
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium
Attendance: 2,570,102
Manager: Tony Pena

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 53-85, 14th in the AL
AA: 67-71, 10th in the AL
A: 72-66, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF #Carlos Beltran 31 153 625 113 186 38 10 27 83 64 24 71 142 .298 .373 .520 .893 118.0 20.0 3.7
1B *Bill Kolar 28 154 591 106 174 34 3 27 123 26 7 57 68 .294 .369 .499 .869 102.6 16.2 0.1
SS  Alejandro Machado 26 150 553 87 174 32 4 10 83 47 27 90 53 .315 .415 .441 .856 100.3 16.4 7.3
CF *Yoshitomo Tani 29 153 566 102 165 24 5 18 80 53 12 75 86 .292 .373 .447 .820 96.8 14.7 4.4
2B  Julius Matos 33 153 541 66 147 35 2 13 81 2 3 44 54 .272 .334 .416 .750 70.4 7.9 3.4
LF  Rontrez Johnson 31 149 548 86 142 35 4 10 53 52 17 20 81 .259 .296 .392 .688 65.2 6.0 4.2
LF *Michael Tucker 37 145 494 85 133 28 6 18 86 39 18 64 40 .269 .354 .460 .813 78.7 10.4 3.2
1B  Ken Harvey 30 140 483 60 128 29 0 14 74 2 1 26 113 .265 .317 .412 .729 62.0 6.7 1.7
C *A.J. Pierzynski 31 135 433 63 144 46 2 3 72 1 1 25 71 .333 .386 .469 .855 72.1 12.6 3.1
2B #Ruben Gotay 25 64 181 27 46 12 3 4 26 3 3 21 40 .254 .349 .420 .769 26.9 3.5 1.7
3B  Corey Smith 26 70 173 22 42 4 1 8 20 3 2 20 50 .243 .323 .416 .739 24.1 2.5 0.9
C #Javier Valentin 32 53 157 23 35 9 0 6 24 1 0 15 37 .223 .287 .395 .682 18.9 1.3 1.0
3B *Rob Mackowiak 32 44 119 13 29 4 1 4 17 6 4 8 36 .244 .289 .395 .684 14.2 1.2 0.9
CF *Alexis Gomez 27 48 100 26 33 5 2 6 18 16 7 3 15 .330 .350 .600 .950 19.5 3.4 0.5
C  Bill Brosius 23 13 44 5 16 3 0 1 8 0 0 1 6 .364 .378 .500 .878 6.6 1.1 0.3
2B #Chris Delacruz 26 17 34 5 9 1 0 0 4 2 1 3 5 .265 .342 .294 .636 3.5 0.1 0.6
P  Brian Sanches 29 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Ismael Valdes 34 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Brown 25 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Runelvys Hernandez 30 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Brandon Duckworth 32 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Mike Macdougal 31 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Contreras 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Damian Moss 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jeremy Hill 30 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1668 5662 889 1607 339 43 169 852 317 127 543 900 .284 .353 .448 .802 880.4 124.4 36.8
  Rank among 14 AL teams 5 5 4 2 4 8 5 2 12 8 3 3 5 4 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Matt Brown 25 11 12 .478 34 34 0 211.0 179 84 32 67 191 3.58 14.8
 Runelvys Hernandez 30 14 10 .583 36 36 0 202.3 194 104 18 62 134 4.63 10.9
 Ismael Valdes 34 10 10 .500 34 34 0 201.7 207 93 30 61 136 4.15 11.7
 Brian Sanches 29 10 17 .370 33 33 0 199.0 232 117 35 70 120 5.29 6.7
*Damian Moss 31 7 11 .389 24 24 0 132.7 170 89 20 47 81 6.04 1.5
 Brandon Duckworth 32 4 4 .500 58 0 2 111.0 107 66 20 71 76 5.35 3.6
 Jose Contreras 36 4 3 .571 41 0 1 82.7 110 60 11 53 38 6.53 1.4
*Jeremy Affeldt 29 4 4 .500 66 0 5 74.7 96 39 11 30 42 4.70 4.4
 Jeremy Hill 30 1 2 .333 52 0 2 63.0 56 32 11 23 43 4.57 3.9
 Mike Macdougal 31 3 1 .750 42 0 11 53.3 47 20 5 30 57 3.38 6.4
 Ryan Bukvich 30 6 4 .600 45 0 10 49.7 57 23 7 26 30 4.17 4.2
*Scott Sauerbeck 36 3 6 .333 59 0 0 49.3 56 36 10 50 29 6.57 0.2
Team Totals 31.1 77 84 .478 524 161 31 1430.3 1511 763 210 590 977 4.80 69.8
Rank among 14 AL teams 7 9 12 8 9 9 14 10 12 10 11  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 34.5
A.Pierzynski 949.0 103 121 679 56 7 3 .991 30.9
J.Valentin 385.3 46 49 272 21 9 2 .970 27.0
B.Brosius 96.0 12 13 72 5 1 0 .987 41.7
Team Total 1430.3 161 183 1023 82 17 5 .985 30.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.43
K.Harvey 1118.0 130 131 1311 90 8 128 .994 11.28
C.Smith 168.3 18 25 174 25 3 19 .985 10.64
B.Kolar 84.3 9 15 102 11 1 6 .991 12.06
M.Tucker 42.0 3 9 50 4 0 3 1.000 11.57
Y.Tani 9.3 1 1 7 1 0 2 1.000 7.72
J.Matos 8.3 0 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 8.64
Team Total 1430.3 161 183 1651 132 12 158 .993 11.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.37
M.Tucker 909.0 101 107 198 337 29 79 .949 5.30
R.Mackowiak 213.0 25 27 46 82 4 19 .970 5.41
R.Gotay 92.0 10 14 20 39 2 10 .967 5.77
A.Machado 91.0 11 11 21 34 4 8 .932 5.44
J.Matos 82.0 10 11 14 29 1 4 .977 4.72
C.Delacruz 43.3 4 10 14 20 0 3 1.000 7.06
Team Total 1430.3 161 180 313 541 40 123 .955 5.37
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.69
J.Matos 1178.7 136 137 83 293 23 19 .942 2.87
C.Smith 184.7 16 31 15 41 3 6 .949 2.73
R.Mackowiak 67.0 9 10 9 12 0 0 1.000 2.82
Team Total 1430.3 161 178 107 346 26 25 .946 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.75
A.Machado 1167.0 133 138 190 468 17 96 .975 5.07
R.Gotay 226.0 25 30 26 93 2 19 .983 4.74
C.Delacruz 29.3 3 4 5 19 2 5 .923 7.36
J.Matos 6.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Gomez 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1430.3 161 175 221 584 21 120 .975 5.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.91
R.Johnson 1261.3 146 148 259 15 3 3 .989 1.96
C.Smith 75.0 8 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.68
M.Tucker 67.0 6 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
A.Gomez 15.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
R.Mackowiak 12.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
Team Total 1430.3 161 178 290 15 3 3 .990 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.54
C.Beltran 760.0 85 88 171 6 4 2 .978 2.10
Y.Tani 552.3 62 66 138 3 1 0 .993 2.30
A.Gomez 84.0 10 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
M.Tucker 25.0 3 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.80
R.Mackowiak 9.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1430.3 161 171 333 10 5 3 .986 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.09
Y.Tani 686.7 76 80 146 5 3 0 .981 1.98
C.Beltran 553.3 62 63 89 4 8 1 .921 1.51
A.Gomez 104.0 13 13 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.38
M.Tucker 86.3 10 10 16 1 1 0 .944 1.77
Team Total 1430.3 161 166 266 11 12 2 .958 1.74
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 1.91
M.Brown 211.0 34 34 10 20 1 0 .968 1.28
R.Hernandez 202.3 36 36 14 38 2 3 .963 2.31
I.Valdes 201.7 34 34 14 43 3 6 .950 2.54
B.Sanches 199.0 33 33 12 28 2 1 .952 1.81
D.Moss 132.7 24 24 12 33 0 2 1.000 3.05
B.Duckworth 111.0 0 58 8 19 1 2 .964 2.19
J.Contreras 82.7 0 41 8 18 1 5 .963 2.83
J.Affeldt 74.7 0 66 1 17 1 0 .947 2.17
J.Hill 63.0 0 52 5 7 0 1 1.000 1.71
M.Macdougal 53.3 0 42 5 14 0 1 1.000 3.21
R.Bukvich 49.7 0 45 5 12 1 1 .944 3.08
S.Sauerbeck 49.3 0 59 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.82
Team Total 1430.3 161 524 98 255 12 22 .967 2.22
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pierzynski .315
On-Base Pct Machado .415
Slugging Pct Beltran .520
OPS Beltran .893
XR Beltran 118.0
Games Kolar 154
At-Bats Beltran 625
Runs Beltran 113
Hits Beltran 186
Total Bases Beltran 325
Singles Machado 128
Doubles Pierzynski 46
Triples Beltran 10
Homeruns Beltran, Kolar 27
RBIs Kolar 123
Stolen Bases Beltran 64
Caught Stealing Machado 27
Walks Machado 90
Strikeouts Beltran 142
ERA Brown 3.58
Wins Hernandez 14
Losses Sanches 17
Winning Pct Hernandez .583
Saves Macdougal 11
Games Pitched Affeldt 66
Games Started Hernandez 36
Complete Games Sanches 2
Shutouts Sanches 1
Innings Pitched Brown 211.0
Hits Allowed Sanches 232
Homeruns Allowed Sanches 35
Strikeouts Brown 191
Walks Allowed Duckworth 71
Walks per 9IP Valdes 2.7
Hits per 9IP Brown 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Brown 8.1
WHiP Brown 1.17
OAVG Brown .224
OOBP Brown .283
OSLG Hernandez .404
OOPS Brown .689
Team All-Stars
Yoshitomo Tani
Player Salaries
Yoshitomo Tani $ 16,260,000
Michael Tucker $ 7,000,000
Carlos Beltran $ 6,650,001
Rontrez Johnson $ 5,100,000
Julius Matos $ 4,500,000
Ken Harvey $ 3,850,000
A.J. Pierzynski $ 2,950,000
Ismael Valdes $ 2,900,000
Alejandro Machado $ 2,435,714
Runelvys Hernandez $ 2,350,000
Jeremy Affeldt $ 2,330,000
Brandon Duckworth $ 2,320,000
Javier Valentin $ 2,150,000
Mike Macdougal $ 1,790,000
Scott Sauerbeck $ 1,200,000
Rob Mackowiak $ 1,000,000
Jose Contreras $ 960,000
Damian Moss $ 890,000
Ryan Bukvich $ 880,000
Alexis Gomez $ 685,714
Brian Sanches $ 585,714
Jarrod Patterson $ 385,714
Jeremy Hill $ 350,000
D.J. Carrasco $ 350,000
Juan Brito $ 350,000
Jimmy Gobble $ 350,000
Ruben Gotay $ 300,000
Chris Delacruz $ 300,000
Bill Kolar $ 300,000
Matt Brown $ 300,000
Bill Brosius $ 300,000
Corey Smith $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Damian Moss
2/8 Signed     Scott Sauerbeck
2/19 Signed     Javier Valentin
 
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