1997 Kansas City Royals season

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1997  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 and Tony Muser
Television KMBC-TV
KCWB
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff)
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The 1997 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 67 wins and 94 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 86750.534—44–3742–38
Chicago White Sox 80810.497645–3635–45
Milwaukee Brewers 78830.484847–3331–50
Minnesota Twins 68940.42018½35–4633–48
Kansas City Royals 67940.4161933–4734–47

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTORNL 
Anaheim —4–76–56–57–45–66–57–44–74–711–16–68–46–54–12
Baltimore 7–4—5–75–66–56–67–45–610–18–48–37–410–16–68–7
Boston 5–67–5—3–86–55–73–88–38–34–87–47–43–86–66–9
Chicago 5–66–58–3—5–74–711–14–76–62–98–35–63–85–68–7
Cleveland 4–75–65–67–5—6–58–38–48–45–67–43–85–66–59–6
Detroit 6–56–67–57–45–6—6–54–74–72–107–44–77–46–68–7
Kansas City 5–64–78–31–113–85–6—6–67–53–83–85–66–55–66–9
Milwaukee 4–76–53–87–44–87–46–6—5–74–75–65–67–47–48–7
Minnesota 7–41–103–86–64–87–45–77–5—3–87–45–63–83–87–8
New York 7–44–88–49–26–510–28–37–48–3—6–54–77–47–55–10
Oakland 1–113–84–73–84–74–78–36–54–75–6—5–75–76–57–9
Seattle 6–64–74–76–58–37–46–56–56–57–47–5—8–48–37–9
Texas 4–81–108–38–36–54–75–64–78–34–77–54–8—4–710–6
Toronto 5–66–66–66–55–66–66–54–78–35–75–63–87–4—4–11

Notable transactions

Roster

1997 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 8225761.237835
1B Jeff King 155543129.23828112
2B José Offerman 106424126.297239
SS Jay Bell 153573167.2912192
3B Craig Paquette 7725258.230833
LF Bip Roberts 97346107.309136
CF Tom Goodwin 97367100.272222
RF Jermaine Dye 7526362.236722
DH Chili Davis 140477133.2793090

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Johnny Damon 146472130.275848
Mike Sweeney 8424058.242731
Yamil Benítez 5319151.267821
Dean Palmer 4918752.278931
David Howard 8016239.241113
Scott Cooper 7515932.201315
Joe Vitiello 5113031.238518
Shane Halter 7412334.276210
Rod Myers 3110126.25729
Jed Hansen 349429.309114
Larry Sutton 276920.29028
Sal Fasano 13388.21111
Tim Spehr 17356.17112
Félix Martínez 16317.22603
Jon Nunnally 13297.24114
Ryan Long 692.22202
Andy Stewart 582.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kevin Appier 34235.29133.40196
Tim Belcher 32213.113125.02113
José Rosado 33203.19124.69129
Glendon Rusch 30170.1695.50116
Jim Pittsley 21112.0585.4652

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ricky Bones 2178.1475.9736
Chris Haney 824.2124.3816

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Montgomery 5514143.4948
Jamie Walker 503305.4424
Hipólito Pichardo 4735114.2234
Gregg Olson 344313.0228
Larry Casian 320205.0616
Héctor Carrasco 281605.4530
Randy Veres 244013.3128
Matt Whisenant 241002.8416
Brian Bevil 181216.6113
Mike Pérez 162003.5417
Scott Service 120304.7619
Mike Williams 100216.4310
Jason Jacome 70009.4510
Mitch Williams 701010.803
José Santiago 40001.931
Jim Converse 30003.603
Allen McDill 300013.502
Roland de la Maza 10004.501

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 Bob Herold
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Jeff Garber
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Al Pedrique

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lansing [12]

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