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1997 Kansas City Royals season

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1997 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record67–94 (.416)
Divisional place5th
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersHerk Robinson
ManagersBob Boone and Tony Muser
TelevisionKMBC-TV
KCWB
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
RadioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff)
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 Kansas City Royals season was the 29th season for the franchise, and their 25th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses and missed the postseason for the 12th consecutive season.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 8675 .534 — 44‍–‍37 42‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 8081 .497 6 45‍–‍36 35‍–‍45
Milwaukee Brewers 7883 .484 8 47‍–‍33 31‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 6894 .420 18½ 35‍–‍46 33‍–‍48
Kansas City Royals 6794 .416 19 33‍–‍47 34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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1997 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1997
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR NL
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

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Roster

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1997 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CMike Macfarlane8225761.237835
1BJeff King155543129.23828112
2BJosé Offerman106424126.297239
SSJay Bell153573167.2912192
3BCraig Paquette7725258.230833
LFBip Roberts97346107.309136
CFTom Goodwin97367100.272222
RFJermaine Dye7526362.236722
DHChili Davis140477133.2793090

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Johnny Damon146472130.275848
Mike Sweeney8424058.242731
Yamil Benítez5319151.267821
Dean Palmer4918752.278931
David Howard8016239.241113
Scott Cooper7515932.201315
Joe Vitiello5113031.238518
Shane Halter7412334.276210
Rod Myers3110126.25729
Jed Hansen349429.309114
Larry Sutton276920.29028
Sal Fasano13388.21111
Tim Spehr17356.17112
Félix Martínez16317.22603
Jon Nunnally13297.24114
Ryan Long692.22202
Andy Stewart582.25000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Appier34235.29133.40196
Tim Belcher32213.113125.02113
José Rosado33203.19124.69129
Glendon Rusch30170.1695.50116
Jim Pittsley21112.0585.4652

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ricky Bones2178.1475.9736
Chris Haney824.2124.3816

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Montgomery5514143.4948
Jamie Walker503305.4424
Hipólito Pichardo4735114.2234
Gregg Olson344313.0228
Larry Casian320205.0616
Héctor Carrasco281605.4530
Randy Veres244013.3128
Matt Whisenant241002.8416
Brian Bevil181216.6113
Mike Pérez162003.5417
Scott Service120304.7619
Mike Williams100216.4310
Jason Jacome70009.4510
Mitch Williams701010.803
José Santiago40001.931
Jim Converse30003.603
Allen McDill300013.502
Roland de la Maza10004.501

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
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]

References

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  1. ↑ Chili Davis at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Jay Bell at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Scott Cooper at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Ryan Thompson at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Yamil Benítez at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Doug Linton at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Bob Hamelin at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Michael Tucker at Baseball Reference
  9. 1 2 Todd Van Poppel at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Chris Stynes at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Matt Treanor at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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