1999 Kansas City Royals season

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1999  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners David Glass
General managers Herk Robinson
Managers Tony Muser
Television KMBC-TV
KCWE
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Radio KMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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The 1999 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing fourth in the American League Central with a record of 64 wins and 97 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 97650.599—47–3450–31
Chicago White Sox 75860.46621½38–4237–44
Detroit Tigers 69920.42927½38–4331–49
Kansas City Royals 64970.39832½33–4731–50
Minnesota Twins 63970.3943331–5032–47

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions

Roster

1999 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 Chad Kreuter 10732473.225535
1B Jeremy Giambi 9028882.285334
2B Carlos Febles 123453116.2561053
SS Rey Sánchez 134479141.294256
3B Joe Randa 156628197.3141684
LF Johnny Damon 145583179.3071477
CF Carlos Beltrán 156663194.29322108
RF Jermaine Dye 158608179.29427119
DH Mike Sweeney 150575185.32222102

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Tim Spehr 6015532.206926
Scott Pose 8613739.285012
Larry Sutton 4310223.225215
Ray Holbert 3410028.28005
Jed Hansen 497916.20335
Scott Leius 377415.203110
Jeff King 217217.236311
Steve Scarsone 466814.20606
Sal Fasano 236014.233516
Mark Quinn 176020.333618
Joe Vitiello 13416.14614
Dee Brown 12252.08000
Mendy López 7208.40003
Félix Martínez 671.14300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jeff Suppan 32208.210124.53103
José Rosado 33208.010143.85141
Jay Witasick 32158.19125.57102
Kevin Appier 22140.1994.8778
Blake Stein 1270.1124.0943
Dan Reichert 836.2229.0820
Jim Pittsley 523.1126.947

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mac Suzuki 2268.0235.1636
Chris Fussell 1756.0057.3937
Brian Barber 818.2139.647

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Montgomery 4914126.8427
Scott Service 685586.0968
Alvin Morman 492414.0531
Matt Whisenant 484416.3527
José Santiago 343423.4215
Tim Byrdak 330317.6017
Terry Mathews 242114.3819
Brad Rigby 201207.1710
Ken Ray 131008.740
Don Wengert 110109.2510
Derek Wallace 80103.245
Marc Pisciotta 80208.643
Orber Moreno 70005.637
Lance Carter 60105.063
Dan Murray 40006.488
Glendon Rusch 301015.754
Chad Durbin 10000.003

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Golden Spikes Pacific Coast League Ron Johnson
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League John Mizerock
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Tom Poquette
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Kevin Long
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Andre David

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wichita, Spokane; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Wilmington [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Rico Rossy at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Sports Illustrated, Oct 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16
  3. ↑ Jeff D'Amico at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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