2009 Kansas City Royals
Record: 81-80
Finish: 4th in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 946
Runs Allowed: 943
Exp W-L: 81-80
 
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium
Attendance: 2,358,856
Manager: Tony Pena

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 44-94, 14th in the AL
AA: 69-69, 9th in the AL
A: 90-48, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
1B *Bill Kolar 29 156 618 123 186 40 4 41 140 28 6 56 66 .301 .367 .578 .945 123.4 22.5 0.1
CF *Yoshitomo Tani 30 152 617 105 202 27 5 12 55 66 24 65 81 .327 .392 .446 .838 107.0 18.7 2.2
RF #Carlos Beltran 32 152 555 120 158 43 9 25 109 62 12 89 120 .285 .380 .530 .910 116.1 20.9 2.9
LF *Michael Tucker 38 149 574 92 162 39 5 24 124 39 15 48 100 .282 .339 .493 .832 95.0 14.3 2.6
SS  Alejandro Machado 27 149 549 84 176 20 2 4 62 38 22 57 29 .321 .387 .386 .773 79.8 11.2 4.0
3B  Corey Smith 27 151 539 87 155 22 3 18 89 26 6 58 108 .288 .361 .440 .801 89.2 13.7 2.7
1B  Ken Harvey 31 156 557 76 142 37 4 22 84 0 1 32 147 .255 .304 .454 .758 74.4 8.6 1.7
2B  Julius Matos 34 148 547 70 165 31 1 9 81 2 1 42 47 .302 .356 .411 .767 78.0 11.4 5.6
C #Javier Valentin 33 103 334 50 83 27 0 16 60 0 1 31 98 .249 .311 .473 .785 48.1 6.3 4.5
2B #Chris Delacruz 27 77 191 38 56 7 1 3 25 8 5 26 28 .293 .374 .387 .762 28.1 3.7 1.6
C *A.J. Pierzynski 32 64 195 27 70 14 2 5 24 0 1 6 33 .359 .402 .528 .930 35.8 7.2 2.0
3B *Rob Mackowiak 33 69 188 29 44 10 0 8 28 12 6 14 50 .234 .298 .415 .712 23.1 2.0 1.2
CF *Alexis Gomez 28 58 139 18 24 0 1 2 13 10 5 7 35 .173 .211 .230 .441 6.0 0.0 0.6
2B #Ruben Gotay 26 38 69 16 16 3 0 3 8 4 3 26 12 .232 .454 .406 .859 15.9 2.9 0.8
C  Bill Brosius 24 23 60 8 11 2 0 4 12 0 0 2 17 .183 .246 .417 .663 6.9 0.3 0.7
P  Ismael Valdes 35 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.1 0.0
P *Jeremy Affeldt 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Brown 26 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Brian Sanches 30 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Peterson 27 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Brandon Duckworth 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 1658 5756 946 1652 322 37 196 915 295 108 559 980 .287 .354 .458 .812 925.6 143.9 33.3
  Rank among 14 AL teams 2 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 10 4 6 1 2 2 2 2  
* - 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 26 13 9 .591 36 36 0 222.3 226 131 34 73 178 5.30 9.0
 Brian Sanches 30 11 12 .478 35 35 0 210.3 240 126 35 88 138 5.39 8.1
*Jeremy Affeldt 30 7 14 .333 31 31 0 200.3 223 103 25 79 111 4.63 9.9
 Ismael Valdes 35 16 10 .615 33 33 0 177.0 197 109 24 65 117 5.54 7.5
 Brandon Duckworth 33 8 8 .500 70 0 3 134.3 135 70 20 74 87 4.69 7.5
 Matt Peterson 27 4 10 .286 23 23 0 121.7 153 98 18 68 73 7.25 0.0
 Mike Macdougal 32 3 1 .750 55 0 0 89.7 96 49 10 34 93 4.92 4.5
 Jose Contreras 37 6 7 .462 74 0 3 83.3 136 70 16 53 44 7.56 0.0
 Jeremy Hill 31 3 1 .750 65 0 3 77.3 86 40 9 18 44 4.66 5.2
 Ryan Bukvich 31 7 5 .583 61 0 26 72.3 78 32 7 35 49 3.98 9.6
*Scott Sauerbeck 37 3 1 .750 52 0 4 49.7 51 25 5 16 39 4.53 4.4
 Runelvys Hernandez 31 0 2 .000 3 3 0 14.3 23 12 2 3 9 7.54 0.0
Team Totals 31.7 81 80 .503 538 161 39 1452.6 1644 865 205 606 982 5.36 65.7
Rank among 14 AL teams 8 8 11 7 7 14 11 13 12 7 14  
* - 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 33.5
J.Valentin 851.3 95 101 614 66 6 4 .991 35.4
A.Pierzynski 459.7 50 58 301 28 3 0 .991 35.7
B.Brosius 141.7 16 20 102 13 2 0 .983 33.3
Team Total 1452.7 161 179 1017 107 11 4 .990 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.50
K.Harvey 1314.3 148 148 1492 107 16 149 .990 10.95
B.Kolar 84.3 8 15 90 11 1 8 .990 10.78
C.Smith 49.0 5 7 62 8 1 7 .986 12.86
M.Tucker 3.0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
C.Delacruz 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.7 161 172 1650 127 18 164 .990 11.01
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.34
A.Machado 1174.3 133 139 272 462 20 115 .973 5.63
C.Delacruz 199.3 21 31 38 105 4 23 .973 6.46
R.Gotay 51.0 4 9 5 17 1 2 .957 3.88
R.Mackowiak 25.0 3 4 7 11 0 3 1.000 6.48
M.Tucker 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 161 184 322 595 25 143 .973 5.68
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.65
C.Smith 1216.7 138 140 72 273 21 27 .943 2.55
R.Mackowiak 179.0 18 31 14 48 5 2 .925 3.12
J.Matos 50.0 5 6 1 12 0 0 1.000 2.34
C.Delacruz 7.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1452.7 161 178 87 336 26 29 .942 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.80
J.Matos 1194.3 137 140 194 479 12 103 .982 5.07
C.Delacruz 132.0 13 22 21 58 3 9 .963 5.39
R.Gotay 114.7 11 20 26 48 0 12 1.000 5.81
A.Machado 8.3 0 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.24
R.Mackowiak 2.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
A.Gomez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 161 189 242 588 15 125 .982 5.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.94
M.Tucker 1299.7 145 147 274 11 0 5 1.000 1.97
R.Mackowiak 141.0 16 16 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.11
C.Smith 9.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
A.Gomez 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 161 165 307 12 0 5 1.000 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.53
C.Beltran 1274.3 142 145 311 13 13 2 .961 2.29
A.Gomez 136.3 14 18 39 2 3 0 .932 2.71
R.Mackowiak 42.0 5 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1452.7 161 168 358 16 16 2 .959 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.10
Y.Tani 1239.7 136 146 252 12 10 1 .964 1.92
A.Gomez 142.0 19 20 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.96
R.Mackowiak 54.0 6 9 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.83
C.Beltran 10.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Matos 7.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1452.7 161 181 301 14 10 1 .969 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.98
M.Brown 222.3 36 36 8 33 3 3 .932 1.66
B.Sanches 210.3 35 35 9 27 0 2 1.000 1.54
J.Affeldt 200.3 31 31 13 48 1 1 .984 2.74
I.Valdes 177.0 33 33 17 25 2 3 .955 2.14
B.Duckworth 134.3 0 70 12 29 1 2 .976 2.75
M.Peterson 121.7 23 23 8 12 0 0 1.000 1.48
M.Macdougal 89.7 0 55 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.61
J.Contreras 83.3 0 74 3 20 0 2 1.000 2.48
J.Hill 77.3 0 65 5 11 0 2 1.000 1.86
R.Bukvich 72.3 0 61 10 17 0 4 1.000 3.36
S.Sauerbeck 49.7 0 52 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.72
R.Hernandez 14.3 3 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.51
Team Total 1452.6 161 538 94 237 7 20 .979 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Tani .327
On-Base Pct Tani .392
Slugging Pct Kolar .578
OPS Kolar .945
XR Kolar 123.4
Games Harvey, Kolar 156
At-Bats Kolar 618
Runs Kolar 123
Hits Tani 202
Total Bases Kolar 357
Singles Tani 158
Doubles Beltran 43
Triples Beltran 9
Homeruns Kolar 41
RBIs Kolar 140
Stolen Bases Tani 66
Caught Stealing Tani 24
Walks Beltran 89
Strikeouts Harvey 147
ERA Affeldt 4.63
Wins Valdes 16
Losses Affeldt 14
Winning Pct Valdes .615
Saves Bukvich 26
Games Pitched Contreras 74
Games Started Brown 36
Complete Games Brown 3
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Brown 222.3
Hits Allowed Sanches 240
Homeruns Allowed Sanches 35
Strikeouts Brown 178
Walks Allowed Sanches 88
Walks per 9IP Brown 3.0
Hits per 9IP Brown 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Brown 7.2
WHiP Brown 1.34
OAVG Brown .261
OOBP Brown .316
OSLG Affeldt .434
OOPS Brown .772
Team All-Stars
Bill Kolar
Yoshitomo Tani
Player Salaries
Yoshitomo Tani $ 16,260,000
Carlos Beltran $ 6,840,000
Julius Matos $ 4,500,000
Matt Brown $ 4,007,143
Ken Harvey $ 3,850,000
Alejandro Machado $ 3,542,857
Michael Tucker $ 3,350,000
Bill Kolar $ 3,057,143
A.J. Pierzynski $ 2,950,000
Ismael Valdes $ 2,900,000
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
Carlos Febles $ 1,300,000
Scott Sauerbeck $ 1,200,000
Ryan Bukvich $ 1,095,000
Jose Contreras $ 960,000
Alexis Gomez $ 685,714
Brian Sanches $ 585,714
Jeremy Hill $ 497,143
Rob Mackowiak $ 480,000
Jimmy Gobble $ 350,000
D.J. Carrasco $ 350,000
Juan Brito $ 350,000
Ruben Gotay $ 300,000
Matt Peterson $ 300,000
Bill Brosius $ 300,000
Corey Smith $ 300,000
Chris Delacruz $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Signed     Carlos Febles