1996 Kansas City Royals season

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1996  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners David Glass
General managers Herk Robinson
Managers Bob Boone
Television KSMO-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Steve Busby)
Radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff)
  1995 Seasons 1997  

The 1996 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing fifth in the American League Central with a record of 75 wins and 86 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9962.61551294833
Chicago White Sox 8577.52514½44374140
Milwaukee Brewers 8082.49419½38434239
Minnesota Twins 7884.48121½39433941
Kansas City Royals 7586.4662437433843

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–78–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–86–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–65–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–512–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–126–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–64–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–49–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–95–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–59–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–98–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–810–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–1010–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10

Game log

1996 Game Log: 75–86 (Home: 37–43; Away: 38–43)
April: 9–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Orioles 2–4MussinaAppier (0–1)Myers46,8180–1
2April 3@ Orioles 1–7WellsGubicza (0–1)40,0680–2
3April 4@ Orioles 3–5RhodesPichardo (0–1)Myers38,7530–3
4April 5 Red Sox 5–4 (12)Clark (1–0)Pennington39,5261–3
5April 6 Red Sox 7–3Pichardo (1–1)Belinda17,3392–3
6April 7 Red Sox 1–3MoyerGubicza (0–2)Slocumb13,1832–4
7April 9@ Yankees 3–7PettitteHaney (0–1)56,3292–5
8April 11@ Yankees 3–5KeyBelcher (0–1)Howe17,5192–6
9April 12@ Brewers 4–1Appier (1–1)BonesMontgomery (1)7,1133–6
10April 13@ Brewers 3–2Gubicza (1–2)SparksMontgomery (2)9,2244–6
11April 14@ Brewers 2–5McDonaldHaney (0–2)Miranda19,1314–7
12April 15 White Sox 10–11KarchnerPichardo (1–2)Hernandez12,6534–8
13April 16 White Sox 6–5Belcher (1–1)BereMontgomery (3)12,3995–8
14April 17 White Sox 1–3FernandezAppier (1–2)Hernandez13,3505–9
15April 18 Brewers 2–8SparksGubicza (1–3)13,1535–10
16April 19 Brewers 2–8McDonaldHaney (0–3)15,3215–11
17April 20 Brewers 4–12MirandaJacome (0–1)17,2205–12
18April 21 Brewers 4–5WickanderPichardo (1–3)Fetters14,6665–13
19April 22 Yankees 2–6ConeAppier (1–3)14,7635–14
20April 23 Yankees 5–2Gubicza (2–3)KeyMontgomery (4)12,5366–14
21April 24 Orioles 8–11MerckerHaney (0–4)13,9626–15
22April 25 Orioles 2–3RhodesValera (0–1)Myers16,0906–16
23April 26@ Red Sox 4–3Belcher (2–1)ClemensMontgomery (5)22,3857–16
24April 27@ Red Sox 10–0Appier (2–3)Sele29,4598–16
25April 28@ Red Sox 9–7Robinson (1–0)SlocumbMontgomery (6)32,4919–16
26April 29@ Twins 6–11HansellClark (1–1)Bennett10,2379–17
27April 30@ Twins 7–16NaultyMagnante (0–1)10,5039–18
May: 15–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Twins 5–6 (10)StevensMontgomery (0–1)11,9759–19
29May 3 Athletics 3–1Appier (3–3)ReyesMontgomery (7)14,45210–19
30May 4 Athletics 2–5WojciechowskiGubicza (2–4)Groom15,98710–20
31May 5 Athletics 2–0Haney (1–4)Prieto16,58911–20
32May 6@ Angels 9–4Belcher (3–1)LeftwichPichardo (1)14,44712–20
33May 7@ Angels 5–3Valera (1–1)AbbottMontgomery (8)14,65713–20
34May 8@ Angels 3–1 (14)Pichardo (2–3)Eichhorn16,21014–20
35May 9@ Angels 8–2Gubicza (3–4)Grimsley15,30215–20
36May 10@ Mariners 14–10Valera (2–1)Davis24,23116–20
37May 11@ Mariners 1–11WolcottBelcher (3–2)Carmona43,29716–21
38May 12@ Mariners 5–8JohnsonLinton (0–1)Charlton27,47016–22
39May 13@ Rangers 6–7CookMontgomery (0–2)Henneman22,98116–23
40May 14@ Rangers 0–10HillGubicza (3–5)28,99916–24
41May 15@ Rangers 3–1Haney (2–4)PavlikMontgomery (9)26,88117–24
42May 17 Blue Jays 4–2Belcher (4–2)GuzmanMontgomery (10)20,07918–24
43May 18 Blue Jays 2–6ViolaAppier (3–4)18,11618–25
44May 19 Blue Jays 2–3HansonGubicza (3–6)Timlin15,03918–26
45May 20 Blue Jays 5–4Haney (3–4)HentgenMontgomery (11)14,30319–26
46May 21@ Tigers 7–1Linton (1–1)WilliamsValera (1)24,37220–26
47May 22@ Tigers 6–4Belcher (5–2)FarrellMontgomery (12)12,89021–26
48May 23 Rangers 4–2Appier (4–4)OliverMontgomery (13)15,61222–26
49May 24 Rangers 8–0Gubicza (4–6)Witt13,69623–26
50May 25 Rangers 1–2HellingHaney (3–5)Henneman23,66823–27
51May 26 Rangers 4–6HillLinton (1–2)Henneman22,66523–28
52May 27 Tigers 5–4 (13)Montgomery (1–2)Veres19,77624–28
53May 29 Tigers 4–5GohrAppier (4–5)Walker13,71224–29
54May 31@ Blue Jays 2–4HentgenGubicza (4–7)Timlin33,19424–30
June: 10–17 (Home: 6–10; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Blue Jays 3–5 (10)CrabtreeMontgomery (1–3)31,10724–31
56June 2@ Blue Jays 7–5Belcher (6–2)JanzenMontgomery (14)32,25325–31
57June 3@ Athletics 1–2WasdinAppier (4–6)Taylor6,46525–32
58June 4@ Athletics 3–8WengertGubicza (4–8)11,52425–33
59June 5@ Athletics 5–2Haney (4–5)JohnsMontgomery (15)8,11326–33
60June 7 Mariners 9–5Valera (3–1)Wolcott20,89127–33
61June 8 Mariners 12–8Appier (5–6)MilackiMontgomery (16)30,02228–33
62June 9 Mariners 2–3HitchcockGubicza (4–9)Charlton20,48928–34
63June 10 Angels 5–7 (10)McElroyPugh (0–1)Percival15,69128–35
64June 11 Angels 9–11McElroyValera (3–2)Percival16,68728–36
65June 12 Angels 3–4 (10)McElroyMontgomery (1–4)Percival15,42828–37
66June 13 Orioles 10–2Linton (2–2)Mercker20,10829–37
67June 14 Orioles 1–6MussinaGubicza (4–10)28,50229–38
68June 15 Orioles 7–6 (16)Magnante (1–1)Krivda24,78430–38
69June 16 Orioles 5–13CoppingerJacome (0–2)Mills19,43730–39
70June 17@ Brewers 4–9BurrowsAppier (5–7)9,31530–40
71June 18@ Brewers 1–9KarlLinton (2–3)Potts9,11630–41
72June 19@ Brewers 8–4 (10)Pichardo (3–3)Mercedes13,43131–41
73June 21@ Orioles 3–9RhodesHaney (4–6)47,64431–42
74June 22@ Orioles 3–5EricksonMontgomery (1–5)47,53431–43
75June 23@ Orioles 4–0Appier (6–7)Krivda47,60832–43
76June 25 Brewers 3–5BonesGubicza (4–11)Fetters14,44832–44
77June 26 Brewers 7–3Haney (5–6)Givens14,56033–44
78June 27 Brewers 2–6McDonaldBelcher (6–3)17,67033–45
79June 28 Twins 6–2Appier (7–7)Radke21,51534–45
80June 29 Twins 7–12TrombleyLinton (2–4)23,23234–46
81June 30 Twins 2–5RodriguezGubicza (4–12)Stevens28,24634–47
July: 14–13 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1@ Indians 4–2Haney (6–6)Nagy40,81435–47
83July 2@ Indians 2–3PooleBelcher (6–4)42,28335–48
84July 3@ Indians 4–6TavarezMagnante (1–2)Shuey42,47035–49
85July 4@ Twins 5–3Linton (3–4)RobertsonMontgomery (17)37,29536–49
86July 5@ Twins 8–9GuardadoMontgomery (1–6)18,46536–50
87July 6@ Twins 8–5Haney (7–6)AguileraMontgomery (18)18,69937–50
88July 7@ Twins 8–2Belcher (7–4)Aldred14,25138–50
89July 11 White Sox 3–2Haney (8–6)Alvarez22,92839–50
90July 12 White Sox 6–7TapaniBelcher (7–5)Hernandez18,45839–51
91July 13 White Sox 1–3FernandezRosado (0–1)25,36339–52
92July 14 White Sox 2–3BaldwinLinton (3–5)Hernandez17,02439–53
93July 15 Indians 6–3Magnante (2–2)TavarezMontgomery (19)22,29440–53
94July 16 Indians 4–10McDowellHaney (8–7)16,87140–54
95July 17 Indians 3–2Belcher (8–5)HershiserMontgomery (20)19,53241–54
96July 18@ White Sox 7–1Appier (8–7)FernandezPichardo (2)17,65742–54
97July 19@ White Sox 7–4 (10)Montgomery (2–6)Hernandez19,60443–54
98July 20@ White Sox 7–5Linton (4–5)KeyserMontgomery (21)32,28244–54
99July 21@ White Sox 3–6AlvarezHaney (8–8)Hernandez21,25344–55
100July 22@ Red Sox 5–2Belcher (9–5)Gordon28,10945–55
101July 23@ Red Sox 7–5Appier (9–7)Sele23,71146–55
102July 24@ Red Sox 2–12MoyerLinton (4–6)33,38146–56
103July 25@ Yankees 7–0Rosado (1–1)Hutton23,47547–56
104July 26@ Yankees 1–15KeyHaney (8–9)23,78247–57
105July 27@ Yankees 4–5RogersBelcher (9–6)Wetteland42,04447–58
106July 28@ Yankees 2–3WettelandJacome (0–3)35,65847–59
107July 30 Red Sox 7–0Rosado (2–1)Eshelman17,16648–59
108July 31 Red Sox 3–5WakefieldHaney (8–10)Slocumb17,52748–60
August: 14–15 (Home: 8–9; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1 Red Sox 9–4Belcher (10–6)Clemens18,93449–60
110August 2 Yankees 4–3 (10)Montgomery (3–6)Rivera28,61850–60
111August 3 Yankees 11–4Linton (5–6)Weathers29,35551–60
112August 4 Yankees 3–5PettitteRosado (2–2)24,62451–61
113August 5 Yankees 2–5KeyPichardo (3–4)Wetteland22,86551–62
114August 6 Athletics 9–2Belcher (11–6)Wasdin14,02852–62
115August 7 Athletics 7–0Appier (10–7)Prieto15,51753–62
116August 8 Athletics 1–2WengertLinton (5–7)Taylor19,19753–63
117August 9@ Angels 5–3Rosado (3–2)LangstonMontgomery (22)35,97754–63
118August 10@ Angels 18–3Haney (9–10)Abbott21,65755–63
119August 11@ Angels 5–6SpringerBelcher (11–7)18,59155–64
120August 12@ Mariners 10–4Appier (11–7)MoyerHuisman (1)43,47656–64
121August 13@ Mariners 5–9MulhollandLinton (5–8)Johnson21,96156–65
122August 14@ Mariners 3–1Rosado (4–2)WolcottMontgomery (23)23,70957–65
123August 16@ Rangers 3–5BurkettHaney (9–11)Henneman32,05357–66
124August 17@ Rangers 4–1Belcher (12–7)Hill41,85558–66
125August 18@ Rangers 3–10GrossAppier (11–8)30,48058–67
126August 19 Blue Jays 1–2SpoljaricRosado (4–3)Timlin16,86258–68
127August 20 Blue Jays 5–6 (14)TimlinHuisman (0–1)14,56858–69
128August 21 Blue Jays 2–6GuzmanHaney (9–12)12,23858–70
129August 22 Tigers 3–10ThompsonBelcher (12–8)14,69958–71
130August 23 Tigers 2–3SagerAppier (11–9)Olson15,60358–72
131August 24 Tigers 9–2Rosado (5–3)Olivares28,01159–72
132August 25 Tigers 4–7Van PoppelLinton (5–9)Myers15,12359–73
133August 27 Rangers 4–3 (10)Montgomery (4–6)Russell12,90760–73
134August 28 Rangers 4–3 (12)Huisman (1–1)Gross12,69561–73
135August 29@ Tigers 1–4EischenAppier (11–10)Lima7,88261–74
136August 30@ Tigers 0–4Van PoppelRosado (5–4)16,49861–75
137August 31@ Tigers 3–1Linton (6–9)LiraMontgomery (24)16,27062–75
September: 13–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Tigers 3–2 (13)Huisman (2–1)MyersJacome (1)17,64763–75
139September 2@ Blue Jays 2–0Belcher (13–8)Hanson28,17764–75
140September 3@ Blue Jays 5–2Appier (12–10)Hentgen25,72965–75
141September 4@ Blue Jays 0–6WilliamsRosado (5–5)25,82765–76
142September 6@ Athletics 1–7AdamsHaney (9–13)14,40465–77
143September 7@ Athletics 6–13PrietoBelcher (13–9)13,17565–78
144September 8@ Athletics 7–8 (10)CorsiPichardo (3–5)17,20865–79
145September 10 Mariners 4–2Rosado (6–5)TorresBluma (1)12,49966–79
146September 11 Mariners 4–2Linton (7–9)MoyerBluma (2)13,07867–79
147September 12 Mariners 5–8MulhollandHaney (9–14)Charlton15,04567–80
148September 13 Angels 8–2Belcher (14–9)Abbott13,08368–80
149September 14 Angels 8–5Appier (13–10)Dickson17,17469–80
September 15 Angels Cancelled (rain)69–80
150September 16 Twins 6–5Rosado (7–5)RadkeBluma (3)16,84370–80
151September 17 Twins 4–2Haney (10–14)AldredBluma (4)11,80971–80
152September 18 Twins 4–7MillerBelcher (14–10)11,58871–81
153September 19@ Indians 1–9OgeaAppier (13–11)42,29771–82
154September 20@ Indians 6–4Bevil (1–0)NagyBluma (5)42,35872–82
155September 21@ Indians 4–13HershiserRosado (7–6)42,33972–83
156September 22@ Indians 5–6McDowellJacome (0–4)Mesa42,29172–84
157September 24@ White Sox 2–3CastilloBelcher (14–11)14,34872–85
158September 25@ White Sox 8–2Appier (14–11)Tapani15,91173–85
159September 27 Indians 11–6Rosado (8–6)Hershiser15,93974–85
160September 28 Indians 4–5MerckerScanlan (0–1)Mesa19,82074–86
161September 29 Indians 4–1Belcher (15–11)OgeaPichardo (3)14,55675–86
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Game Postponed
Bold = Royals team member

Detailed records

Roster

1996 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Mike MacFarlane 112379104.2741954
1B José Offerman 151561170.303547
2B Keith Lockhart 138433118.273755
SS David Howard 14342092.219448
3B Joe Randa 110337102.303647
LF Tom Goodwin 143524148.282135
CF Johnny Damon 145517140.271650
RF Michael Tucker 10833988.2601253
DH Joe Vitiello 8525762.241840

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Craig Paquette 118429111.2592267
Bip Roberts 9033996.283052
Bob Hamelin 8923961.255940
Mike Sweeney 5016546.279424
Sal Fasano 5114329.203619
Kevin Young 5513232.242823
Chris Stynes 369227.24306
Jon Nunnally 359019.211517
Rod Myers 226318.286111
Les Norman 54496.12200
Patrick Lennon 14307.23301
Henry Mercedes 441.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tim Belcher 35238.215113.92113
Chris Haney 35228.010144.70115
Kevin Appier 32211.114113.62207
Mark Gubicza 19119.14125.1355
José Rosado 16106.2863.2164
Doug Linton 21104.0795.0287

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Brian Bevil 311.0105.737

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Montgomery 4846244.2645
Hipólito Pichardo 573535.4343
Jason Jacome 490414.7232
Mike Magnante 382205.6732
Julio Valera 313216.4631
Rick Huisman 222114.6023
Tim Pugh 190105.4527
Jaime Bluma 170053.6014
Jeff Granger 150006.6111
Terry Clark 121107.7912
Bob Scanlan 90103.183
Kenny Robinson 51006.005

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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 Brian Poldberg
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Bob Herold
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Al Pedrique

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington [5]

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