2007 Kansas City Royals season

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2007  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record69–93 (.494)
Owners David Glass
General managers Dayton Moore
Managers Buddy Bell
Television KMCI
RSTN
Radio WHB 810AM
KCXM 97.3FM
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The 2007 Kansas City Royals season was the 39th season for the franchise, and their 37th at Kauffman Stadium. the season began with the team attempting to win the American League Central - a task not achieved since the division was formed in 1994.

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In trying to improve on their 62–100 record in the 2006 season, the team avoided a fourth straight 100-loss season. Buddy Bell returned for his second and final full season as manager, while Dayton Moore began his first season as the team's general manager.

Anticipation surrounded the Royals' newfound approach to once again become a playoff contender with rebuilding the roster. Roster moves generated much interest in the Kansas City area, including the big-budget signing of starting pitcher Gil Meche, and the arrival of young, new talent—such as rookie third baseman Alex Gordon and designated hitter Billy Butler. The team's payroll for the 2007 season was increased to $67 million (22nd in the major leagues). [1] [2]

Free agency and roster moves

The biggest free-agent pickups for the Royals in 2007 included RHP Gil Meche—who was signed to a 5-year, $55 million deal—and RHP Octavio Dotel, who quickly became trade bait to the Atlanta Braves.

Royals activity in free agency
  • (x) = club option for 2007
  • (m) = mutual option for 2007
  • (y) = player option for 2007

Color Code Key

ColorMeaning
GreenPlayer will return to team
Light GreenPlayer joins team
CrimsonPlayer will not return to team (released, option not exercised, signed with new team, or retired)
WhitePlayer's status undetermined
PlayerPosition2006 Team2007 TeamComments
Steve Andrade RPRoyalsDevil RaysSigned a minor league contract
Paul Bako CRoyalsOriolesSigned for 1 year
Adam Bernero SPRoyalsRed SoxSigned a minor league contract
Dewon Brazelton SPPadresRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Jose Diaz RPRoyalsNoneDid not return in 2007
Scott Dohmann RHPRoyalsDevil RaysSigned one-year contract
Octavio Dotel RHPYankeesRoyalsSigned for 1 year, $5 M
Brandon Duckworth RHPRoyalsRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Seth Etherton RPRoyalsNoneDid not return in 2007
Wayne Franklin RPBravesRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Alex S. Gonzalez 3BPhilliesRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Runelvys Hernández RHPRoyalsRed SoxSigned a minor league contract
Ken Harvey IFRoyalsTwinsSigned a minor league contract
Jason LaRue CRedsRoyalsSigned by Reds to a two-year contract, then traded to Royals
Gil Meche RHPMarinersRoyalsSigned for 5 years, $55 M
Doug Mientkiewicz IFRoyalsYankeesSigned one-year contract
Mark Redman LHPRoyalsBravesSigned a minor league contract
David Riske RHPWhite SoxRoyalsSigned one-year contract with club option
Kerry Robinson OFRoyalsRed SoxSigned a minor league contract
Jason Shiell RHPBravesRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Jason Standridge RHPMetsRoyalsSigned a minor league contract

Regular season

Season summary

April

The Royals began the season with expectations of improvement from their fans, and the team never ceased to impress in their home opener against the Boston Red Sox. The Royals defeated the Red Sox 7–1 in front of the sold-out home crowd. The magic did not last, however—Kansas City was just 3–7 through the first ten games of the season, and 8–18 by the end of April.

May

The Royals hit minor spots of winning when the team won 8 of 10 games from May 13 to 23, but finished the month of May on a seven-game losing streak with series sweeps by the Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles. Kansas City went 11–17 in May and finished the month with an overall record of 19–35.

June

In the 2007 MLB draft held on June 7, the Royals selected shortstop Mike Moustakas at No. 2 overall. [3] The team went 15–12 in June, their first winning month since July 2003. [4] Pitcher Brian Bannister won the American League Rookie of the Month Award.

July

Gil Meche was the only Royal selected to represent the team at the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco. [5] At the All-Star break, the Royals had a record of 38–50 and the lowest team ERA in 13 years. On July 31, the Royals traded pitcher Octavio Dotel to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Kyle Davies. [6] The Royals went 13–12 in July, giving the team its first consecutive winning months since June and July 2003. [7] Billy Butler won the Rookie of the Month Award.

August

On August 1, manager Buddy Bell announced his intention to resign following the 2007 season before a game against the Minnesota Twins. [8] Also, about an hour before the first pitch, the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis collapsed with a death toll of at 13. [9] Before the game, a moment of silence was held for the victims of the collapse. [9] The team rescheduled their August 2 game against the Twins to the afternoon of August 31 for a double-header. Brian Bannister won his second Rookie of the Month Award for the season. The Royals went 13–15 in August, completing a three-month stretch in which the team compiled a record of 41–39.

September

On September 12, the Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 6–3 to win their 63rd game, guaranteeing that they would not lose 100 games in 2007. The victory ended the team's string of three consecutive seasons of 100 losses of more from 2004 to 2006. While the Royals struggled with a 9–19 record in September, their overall record of 69–93 was the team's best finish since 2003.

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9666.593—51‍–‍2945‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 8874.543845‍–‍3643‍–‍38
Minnesota Twins 7983.4881741‍–‍4038‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox 7290.4442438‍–‍4334‍–‍47
Kansas City Royals 6993.4262735‍–‍4634‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Baltimore —6–125–33–41–57–03–70–79–94–42–711–74–68–106–12
Boston 12–6—7–15–23–43–36–44–38–104–44–513–56–49–912–6
Chicago 3–51–7—7–1111–712–65–49–94–64–51–76–12–43–44–14
Cleveland 4–32–511–7—12–611–75–514–40–66–44–38–26–34–29–9
Detroit 5–14–37–116–12—11–73–512–64–44–66–43–45–44–314–4
Kansas City 0–73–36–127–117–11—5–29–91–96–43–64–35–43–410–8
Los Angeles 7–34–64–55–55–32–5—6–36–39–1013–66–210–93–414–4
Minnesota 7–03–49–94–146–129–93–6—2–55–26–33–47–24–611–7
New York 9–910–86–46–04–49–13–65–2—2–45–510–85–110–810–8
Oakland 4–44–45–44–66–44–610–92–54–2—5–144–69–105–410–8
Seattle 7–25–47–13–44–66–36–133–65–514–5—4–311–84–59–9
Tampa Bay 7–115–131–62–84–33–42–64–38–106–43–4—5–49–97–11
Texas 6–44–64–23–64–54–59–102–71–510–98–114–5—5–511–7
Toronto 10–89–94–32–43–44–34–36–48–104–55–49–95–5—10–8

Roster

2007 Kansas City Royals
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Infielders

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Coaches

Game log

2007 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2 Red Sox 7 – 1 Meche (1-0) Schilling (0-1)41,2571-0
2April 4 Red Sox 7 – 1 Beckett (1-0) Pérez (0-1)22,3481-1
3April 5 Red Sox 4 – 1 Matsuzaka (1-0) Greinke (0-1) Papelbon (1)23,1701-2
4April 6 Tigers 3 – 1 de la Rosa (1-0) Mesa (0-1) Riske (1)13,3302-2
5April 7 Tigers 6 – 5 Maroth (1-0) Meche (1-1) Jones (2)13,8992-3
6April 8 Tigers 3 – 2 Rodney (1-1) Riske (0-1) Jones (3)13,1092-4
7April 9@ Blue Jays 9 – 1 Burnett (1-1) Pérez (0-2)50,1252-5
8April 10@ Blue Jays 5 – 3 Greinke (1-1) Towers (0-1) Soria (1)22,1063-5
9April 11@ Blue Jays 7 – 4 Chacín (1-0) de la Rosa (1-1) Ryan (3)15,2183-6
10April 12@ Orioles 2 – 1 (10) Ray (1-1) Standridge (0-1)13,2293-7
11April 13@ Orioles 8 – 1 Bédard (2-1) Duckworth (0-1)20,9223-8
12April 14@ Orioles 6 – 4 Williamson (1-0) Peralta (0-1) Ray (3)15,2443-9
--April 15@ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 243-9
13April 16@ Tigers 12 – 5 Verlander (1-0) Greinke (1-2)21,8323-10
14April 17@ Tigers 7 – 6 Ledezma (3-0) Riske (0-2) Jones (7)21,2633-11
15April 18@ Tigers 4 – 3 (10) Soria (1-0) Rodney (1-3)27,9454-11
16April 20 Twins 11 – 7 Pérez (1-2) Ponson (1-2) Riske (2)31,8135-11
17April 21 Twins 7 – 5 Neshek (2-0) Peralta (0-2) Nathan (6)20,5665-12
18April 22 Twins 3 – 1 de la Rosa (2-1) Ortiz (3-1) Soria (2)14,8016-12
19April 23 White Sox 7 – 4 Buehrle (2-0) Gobble (0-1) Jenks (7)12,2656-13
20April 24 White Sox 9 – 7 Logan (1-0) Soria (1-1) Jenks (8)14,9076-14
21April 25@ Twins 4 – 3 Pérez (2-2) Ponson (1-3) Soria (3)21,4967-14
22April 26@ Twins 1 – 0 (11) Rincón (1-0) Wellemeyer (0-1)18,5207-15
23April 27@ Mariners 7 – 4 Ramírez (2-1) de la Rosa (2-2) Putz (3)37,2817-16
24April 28@ Mariners 8 – 3 Meche (2-1) Weaver (0-4) Duckworth (1)32,4418-16
25April 29@ Mariners 5 – 1 Morrow (2-0) Bannister (0-1)26,0198-17
26April 30 Angels 3 – 1 Lackey (4-2) Pérez (2-3) Rodríguez (9)10,8668-18
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1 Angels 7 – 5 Colón (3-0) Greinke (1-3) Rodríguez (10)11,2258-19
28May 2 Angels 3 – 1 de la Rosa (3-2) Santana (2-4) Soria (4)9,6979-19
29May 3 Angels 5 – 2 Meche (3-1) Weaver (1-3) Soria (5)12,68310-19
30May 4 Tigers 6 – 3 Verlander (2-1) Bannister (0-2) Jones (11)17,61410-20
31May 5 Tigers 7 – 5 Mesa (1-1) Duckworth (0-2) Jones (12)26,07010-21
32May 6 Tigers 13 – 4 Durbin (2-1) Greinke (1-4)17,03410-22
33May 8 Athletics 6 – 1 Gaudin (2-1) de la Rosa (3-3)10,98910-23
34May 9 Athletics 3 – 2 Gobble (1-1) Duchscherer (3-2) Soria (6)10,97411-23
35May 10 Athletics 17 – 3 Kennedy (1-2) Hudson (0-1)31,00611-24
36May 11@ White Sox 2 – 1 Garland (2-2) Pérez (2-4) Jenks (12)34,52211-25
37May 12@ White Sox 5 – 4 (10) MacDougal (1-0) Duckworth (0-3)36,70211-26
38May 13@ White Sox 11 – 1 de la Rosa (4-3) Vázquez (2-2)34,46812-26
39May 14@ Athletics 2 – 1 Gobble (2-1) Duchscherer (3-3) Soria (7)12,47713-26
40May 15@ Athletics 5 – 4 (11) DiNardo (1-1) Soria (1-2)14,96613-27
41May 16@ Athletics 4 – 3 Gobble (3-1) Calero (0-3) Riske (3)16,24214-27
42May 17@ Athletics 7 – 4 Elarton (1-0) Braden (1-3) Soria (8)21,03715-27
43May 18@ Rockies 5 – 2 Duckworth (1-3) Corpas (0-2) Soria (9)22,39916-27
44May 19@ Rockies 6 – 4 Buchholz (2-2) Meche (3-2) Fuentes (11)24,01716-28
45May 20@ Rockies 10 – 5 (12) Peralta (1-2) Ramírez (1-1)25,82917-28
46May 22 Indians 4 – 3 Greinke (2-4) Mastny (3-2) Soria (10)19,77618-28
47May 23 Indians 11 – 7 Duckworth (2-3) Lee (2-1)11,50619-28
48May 24 Indians 10 – 3 Sowers (1-4) de la Rosa (4-4)11,68119-29
49May 25 Mariners 10 – 2 Hernández (3-2) Meche (3-3)28,65119-30
50May 26 Mariners 9 – 1 Baek (2-2) Bannister (0-3)21,13819-31
51May 27 Mariners 7 – 4 Washburn (5-4) Pérez (2-5) Putz (12)16,09119-32
52May 28 Orioles 9 – 1 Trachsel (4-3) Elarton (1-1)14,75819-33
53May 29 Orioles 6 – 2 Guthrie (3-1) de la Rosa (4-5)13,55619-34
54May 30 Orioles 3 – 0 Bédard (4-3) Meche (3-4) Ray (12)10,51319-35
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Devil Rays 4 – 1 Bannister (1-3) Kazmir (3-3) Dotel (1)12,03220-35
56June 2@ Devil Rays 9 – 4 Pérez (3-5) Jackson (0-7)14,40321-35
57June 3@ Devil Rays 5 – 1 Howell (1-0) Elarton (1-2)12,22021-36
58June 4@ Devil Rays 4 – 2 Shields (5-0) Meche (3-5) Reyes (14)9,43521-37
59June 5@ Indians 1 – 0 Sabathia (9-1) de la Rosa (4-6)14,03621-38
60June 6@ Indians 4 – 3 Bannister (2-3) Byrd (6-2) Dotel (2)17,63222-38
61June 7@ Indians 8 – 3 Carmona (7-1) Pérez (3-6)19,31522-39
62June 8 Phillies 8 – 4 Elarton (2-2) García (1-5) Dotel (3)19,12123-39
63June 9 Phillies 4 – 0 Lieber (3-4) Meche (3-6)23,73423-40
64June 10 Phillies 17 – 5 Greinke (3-4) Moyer (5-5)16,03424-40
65June 12 Cardinals 8 – 1 Bannister (3-3) Thompson (4-2)29,35425-40
66June 13 Cardinals 7 – 3 Wainwright (5-5) Pérez (3-7)25,55525-41
67June 14 Cardinals 17 – 8 Greinke (4-4) Wells (2-11)28,83726-41
68June 15 Marlins 6 – 2 Meche (4-6) Mitre (2-3) Dotel (4)28,01527-41
69June 16 Marlins 9 – 8 VandenHurk (2-2) de la Rosa (4-7) Gregg (11)24,32327-42
70June 17 Marlins 5 – 4 Bannister (4-3) Olsen (5-6) Dotel (5)19,43328-42
71June 18@ Cardinals 5 – 3 Pérez (4-7) Wainwright (5-6) Dotel (6)43,52429-42
72June 19@ Cardinals 5 – 1 Thompson (5-2) Elarton (2-3)42,71229-43
73June 20@ Cardinals 7 – 6 (14) Wells (3-11) de la Rosa (4-8)42,62329-44
74June 22@ Brewers 11 – 6 Suppan (8-7) de la Rosa (4-9)36,32829-45
75June 23@ Brewers 7 – 1 Bush (5-6) Bannister (4-4)41,72129-46
76June 24@ Brewers 4 – 3 (11) Riske (1-2) Capellán (0-2) Gobble (1)44,06430-46
77June 25@ Angels 5 – 3 Thomson (1-0) Lackey (10-5) Dotel (7)43,89531-46
78June 26@ Angels 12 – 4 Meche (5-6) Santana (5-8)44,00232-46
79June 27@ Angels 1 – 0 de la Rosa (5-9) Weaver (6-4) Dotel (8)41,26933-46
80June 29 White Sox 8 – 1 Bannister (5-4) Contreras (5-9) Greinke (1)20,52534-46
81June 30 White Sox 3 – 1 (10) Bukvich (1-0) Dotel (0-1) Jenks (21)25,11934-47
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1 White Sox 3 – 1 Garland (6-5) Thomson (1-1) Jenks (22)23,00434-48
83July 2 Mariners 3 – 2 (11) Dotel (1-1) Morrow (3-2)13,25735-48
84July 3 Mariners 17 – 3 de la Rosa (6-9) Feierabend (1-3)28,14036-48
85July 4 Mariners 4 – 0 Washburn (8-6) Bannister (5-5) Putz (24)27,79736-49
86July 6 Devil Rays 6 – 5 Shields (7-4) Pérez (4-8) Glover (1)18,75336-50
87July 7 Devil Rays 8 – 7 Dotel (2-1) Shawn Camp (0-3)20,45837-50
88July 8 Devil Rays 12 – 4 de la Rosa (7-9) Kazmir (5-6)14,72638-50
89July 13@ Indians 5 – 4 Borowski (2-3) Greinke (4-5)32,62438-51
90July 14@ Indians 6 – 5 Meche (6-6) Sabathia (12-4) Dotel (9)31,59939-51
91July 15@ Indians 5 – 3 Carmona (11-4) de la Rosa (7-10) Borowski (26)29,65739-52
92July 16@ Red Sox 4 – 0 Gabbard (3-0) Bannister (5-6)37,09939-53
93July 17@ Red Sox 9 – 3 Gobble (4-1) Wakefield (10-9)37,00140-53
94July 18@ Red Sox 6 – 5 Pérez (5-8) Tavárez (5-8) Dotel (10)36,68141-53
95July 20@ Tigers 10 – 2 Meche (7-6) Rogers (3-2)43,20042-53
96July 21@ Tigers 10 – 8 (10) Durbin (7-3) Soria (1-3)43,40842-54
97July 22@ Tigers 5 – 2 Bannister (6-6) Robertson (6-7)42,20143-54
98July 23 Yankees 9 – 2 Clemens (3-4) Pérez (5-9)30,74643-55
99July 24 Yankees 9 – 4 Wang (11-5) Elarton (2-4)38,21243-56
100July 25 Yankees 7 – 1 Mussina (5-7) Meche (7-7)28,46043-57
101July 26 Yankees 7 – 0 de la Rosa (8-10) Igawa (2-3)37,03644-57
102July 27 Rangers 6 – 1 Bannister (7-6) Wright (3-3)21,73045-57
103July 28 Rangers 6 – 5 Pérez (6-9) Millwood (7-9) Dotel (11)27,70046-57
104July 29 Rangers 10 – 0 Núñez (1-0) Loe (5-9) Peralta (1)15,63847-57
105July 30@ Twins 3 – 1 Baker (5-4) Meche (7-8) Nathan (23)23,62847-58
106July 31@ Twins 5 – 3 Silva (9-11) de la Rosa (8-11) Nathan (24)22,89047-59
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Twins 5 – 3 (10) Greinke (5-5) Rincón (3-2) Soria (11)24,88048-59
---August 2@ Twins Postponed (I-35W bridge collapse) Rescheduled for August 3148-59
108August 3@ Yankees 7 – 1 Wang (13-5) Pérez (6-10)54,24648-60
109August 4@ Yankees 16 – 8 Myers (1-0) Bale (0-1)54,05648-61
110August 5@ Yankees 8 – 5 Mussina (7-7) Meche (7-9) Rivera (17)54,52548-62
111August 7 Twins 5 – 1 Bannister (8-6) Bonser (5-8)15,64849-62
112August 8 Twins 11 – 4 Santana (12-9) Pérez (6-11)21,50349-63
113August 9 Twins 1 – 0 Davies (5-8) Garza (1-3) Soria (12)14,56950-63
114August 10 Blue Jays 2 – 1 Marcum (9-4) Meche (7-10) Accardo (21)21,27650-64
115August 11 Blue Jays 4 – 1 Núñez (2-0) McGowan (8-6) Soria (13)25,93451-64
116August 12 Blue Jays 4 – 1 Burnett (6-6) Bannister (8-7) Accardo (22)18,38151-65
117August 13 Blue Jays 6 – 2 Pérez (7-11) Litsch (4-5)14,84552-65
118August 14@ Rangers 5 – 3 Millwood (8-9) Davies (5-9) Wilson (5)23,90652-66
119August 15@ Rangers 4 – 3 Wood (3-1) Meche (7-11) Wilson (6)24,52952-67
120August 16@ Rangers 6 – 2 Braun (1-0) Eyre (4-6)22,67453-67
121August 17@ Athletics 9 – 2 Bannister (9-7) Meyer (0-1)18,18554-67
122August 18@ Athletics 7 – 3 Pérez (8-11) Gaudin (9-9)24,63855-67
123August 19@ Athletics 6 – 1 DiNardo (8-6) Davies (5-10)26,44555-68
124August 20@ White Sox 4 – 3 Thornton (4-4) Riske (1-3) Jenks (34)35,39155-69
125August 21@ White Sox 5 – 2 Vázquez (11-6) Núñez (2-1) Jenks (35)35,30955-70
126August 22@ White Sox 7 – 6 Bannister (10-7) Contreras (6-16)31,73956-70
127August 24 Indians 2 – 1 Bale (1-1) Sabathia (14-7) Soria (14)25,64057-70
128August 25 Indians 9 – 4 Laffey (2-1) Davies (5-11)23,16757-71
129August 26 Indians 5 – 3 (11) Betancourt (3-0) Peralta (1-3) Borowski (37)18,26857-72
130August 28 Tigers 6 – 3 Bannister (11-7) Robertson (7-11)16,19358-72
131August 29 Tigers 5 – 0 Braun (2-0) Miller (5-5) Riske (4)11,62859-72
132August 30 Tigers 6 – 1 Bonderman (11-7) Núñez (2-2)11,19659-73
133August 31@ Twins 9 – 4 Davies (6-11) Garza (3-5)15,73660-73
134August 31@ Twins 5 – 0 Baker (8-6) Meche (7-12)24,98660-74
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Twins 6 – 4 Silva (11-13) Duckworth (2-4) Nathan (29)21,73860-75
136September 2@ Twins 8 – 1 Bannister (12-7) Bonser (6-12)26,45461-75
137September 3@ Rangers 8 – 1 Greinke (6-5) Loe (6-11)19,21462-75
138September 4@ Rangers 9 – 8 Rheinecker (2-1) Núñez (2-3) Wilson (11)18,89262-76
139September 5@ Rangers 3 – 2 Padilla (5-9) Davies (6-12) Benoit (3)17,23262-77
140September 7 Yankees 3 – 2 Farnsworth (2-1) Musser (0-1) Rivera (24)27,46262-78
141September 8 Yankees 11 – 5 Pettitte (13-8) Bannister (12-8)35,51862-79
142September 9 Yankees 6 – 3 Wang (18-6) Duckworth (2-5) Rivera (25)24,91062-80
143September 10 Twins 4 – 2 Bonser (7-12) Buckner (0-1) Nathan (31)10,52562-81
144September 11 Twins 6 – 3 Baker (9-7) Davies (6-13) Nathan (32)12,89162-82
145September 12 Twins 6 – 3 Meche (8-12) Silva (11-14)10,10263-82
146September 14@ Indians 5 – 4 Borowski (4-5) Riske (1-4)35,23063-83
147September 15@ Indians 6 – 0 Carmona (17-8) Greinke (6-6)32,11363-84
148September 16@ Indians 4 – 3 Buckner (1-1) Laffey (3-2) Soria (15)30,11264-84
149September 17 White Sox 11 – 3 Vázquez (13-8) Davies (6-14)14,42164-85
150September 18 White Sox 3 – 2 Meche (9-12) Floyd (1-4) Soria (16)15,01565-85
151September 19 White Sox 7 – 0 Contreras (10-16) Bannister (12-9)11,85765-86
152September 20 White Sox 3 – 0 Greinke (7-6) Garland (9-13) Soria (17)10,26466-86
153September 21@ Tigers 5 – 4 Byrdak (2-0) Núñez (2-4) Jones (38)40,11766-87
154September 22@ Tigers 7 – 4 Davies (7-14) Rogers (3-3)41,79267-87
155September 23@ Tigers 7 – 2 Verlander (18-6) de la Rosa (8-12)40,06867-88
156September 24@ Orioles 3 – 2 Walker (3-2) Meche (9-13) Bradford (2)15,76967-89
157September 25@ White Sox 9 – 5 Duckworth (3-5) Wassermann (0-1)31,60768-89
158September 26@ White Sox 3 – 0 Garland (10-13) Greinke (7-7)32,09168-90
159September 27@ White Sox 10 – 0 Broadway (1-1) Buckner (1-2)34,47768-91
160September 28 Indians 5 – 3 Sabathia (19-7) Davies (7-15) Borowski (44)29,84668-92
161September 29 Indians 4 – 3 Soria (2-3) Pérez (1-2)24,27469-92
162September 30 Indians 4 – 2 Laffey (4-2) Hochevar (0-1) Borowski (45)19,10469-93

Statistical team leaders

Batting

StatPlayerTotal
Avg. Mark Teahen .285
HR John Buck 18
RBI Emil Brown 62
R David DeJesus 101
H David DeJesus 157
SB Alex Gordon 14

Pitching

StatPlayerTotal
W Brian Bannister 12
L Gil Meche 13
ERA Gil Meche 3.67
SO Gil Meche 156
SV Joakim Soria 17
IP Gil Meche 216

Stats as of September 30, 2007

Royals among league leaders

Batting

StatPlayerTotalAL RankMLB Rank
R David DeJesus 1011326
3B David DeJesus 92 (tie)5 (tie)
G David DeJesus 15716 (tie)30 (tie)

Pitching

StatPlayerTotalAL RankMLB Rank
ERA Gil Meche 3.671424
IP Gil Meche 216813
G Jimmy Gobble 74525

Stats as of September 30, 2007

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
David DeJesus 1576051011572997581064.260.372
Mark Teahen 144544781553187601355.285.410
Alex Gordon 1515436013436415601441.247.411
Tony Peña Jr. 15250958136257247510.267.356
Mark Grudzielanek 11645370137323651123.302.426
Emil Brown 11336644941316621224.257.347
Esteban Germán 12134849921564371143.264.376
John Buck 11334741771801848036.222.429
Billy Butler 923293896232852027.292.447
Ross Gload 1023203792223751216.288.441
Mike Sweeney 742652669151738017.260.404
Joey Gathright 74228287080019920.307.342
Ryan Shealy 52172183860321013.221.308
Jason LaRue 66169142590413117.148.272
Shane Costa 5510313236101205.223.301
Jason Smith 40859162161403.188.447
Reggie Sanders 2473122370211011.315.493
Fernando Cortez 81434100101.286.357
Paul Phillips 81422100201.143.214
Ángel Berroa 91101000100.091.091
Justin Huber 81021000000.100.100
Craig Brazell 5411000001.250.250
Pitcher Totals1622224100200.182.227
Team Totals162553470614473004610266078428.261.388

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Gil Meche 9133.6734340216.0218988862156
Brian Bannister 1293.8727270165.015676714477
Odalis Pérez 8115.5726260137.117890855064
Jorge De La Rosa 8125.8226230130.016088845382
Zack Greinke 773.6952141122.0122525036106
Joel Peralta 133.80620187.29339371966
David Riske 142.45650469.26119192752
Joakim Soria 232.486201769.04620191975
Jimmy Gobble 413.02740153.25623182350
Kyle Davies 376.661111050.06341372640
Brandon Duckworth 354.63263146.25130242321
Juan Carlos Oviedo 243.92136043.24421191037
John Bale 114.05260040.04518181742
Ryan Braun 206.64260039.14632292224
Scott Elarton 2410.4699037.05344432113
Billy Buckner 125.2975034.03720201617
Neal Musser 014.38170024.23213121419
Octavio Dotel 213.912401123.02411101129
Todd Wellemeyer 0110.34120015.2251918119
Luke Hochevar 012.1341012.2114345
John Thomson 113.3822010.2135433
Jason Standridge 018.224007.21110756
Luke Hudson 0118.001102.025440
Team Totals69934.48162162361437.11547778716520993

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Awards and honors

2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals Pacific Coast League Mike Jirschele
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Tony Tijerina
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League John Mizerock
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Jim Gabella
Rookie Burlington Royals Appalachian League Darryl Kennedy
Rookie AZL Royals Arizona League Lloyd Simmons
Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League Brian Rupp

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