1997 Kansas City Royals season
1997 Kansas City Royals | ||
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Division | Central Division | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Owners | David Glass | |
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 5th in the American League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses.
Offseason
- October 28, 1996: Mike Bovee and Mark Gubicza were traded by the Royals to the Anaheim Angels for Chili Davis.[1]
- December 13, 1996: Jeff Granger, Joe Randa, Jeff Wallace, and Jeff Martin (minors) were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jay Bell and Jeff King.[2]
- December 16, 1996: Scott Cooper was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[3]
- January 16, 1997: Ryan Thompson signed as a free agent by the Royals.[4]
- January 28, 1997: Melvin Bunch was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Yamil Benítez.[5]
- March 4, 1997: Doug Linton was released by the Royals.[6]
- March 26, 1997: Ryan Thompson was released by the Royals.[4]
- March 26, 1997: Bob Hamelin was released by the Royals.[7]
- March 27, 1997: Michael Tucker and Keith Lockhart were traded to the Atlanta Braves for Jermaine Dye and Jamie Walker.[8]
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 86 | 75 | .534 | — | 44–37 | 42–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 80 | 81 | .497 | 6 | 45–36 | 35–45 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 78 | 83 | .484 | 8 | 47–33 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 68 | 94 | .420 | 18½ | 35–46 | 33–48 |
Kansas City Royals | 67 | 94 | .416 | 19 | 33–47 | 34–47 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 4–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 11–1 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 4–12 |
Baltimore | 7–4 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 8–4 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 10–1 | 6–6 | 8–7 |
Boston | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 3–8 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 6–9 |
Chicago | 5–6 | 6–5 | 8–3 | — | 5–7 | 4–7 | 11–1 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 8–7 |
Cleveland | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 8–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 9–6 |
Detroit | 6–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | — | 6–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 2–10 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 8–7 |
Kansas City | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 1–11 | 3–8 | 5–6 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–8 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 6–9 |
Milwaukee | 4–7 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 8–7 |
Minnesota | 7–4 | 1–10 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 3–8 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 3–8 | 7–8 |
New York | 7–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–2 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 8–3 | — | 6–5 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 5–10 |
Oakland | 1–11 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 5–6 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 7–9 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 8–3 | 7–9 |
Texas | 4–8 | 1–10 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | — | 4–7 | 10–6 |
Toronto | 5–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 5–7 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 7–4 | — | 4–11 |
Notable transactions
- April 17, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[9]
- June 6, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was released by the Royals.[9]
- July 15, 1997: Chris Stynes and Jon Nunnally were traded by the Royals to the Cincinnati Reds for Héctor Carrasco and Scott Service.[10]
- July 29, 1997: Matt Treanor was traded by the Royals to the Florida Marlins for Matt Whisenant.[11]
Roster
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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Mike Macfarlane | 82 | 257 | 61 | .237 | 8 | 35 |
1B | Jeff King | 155 | 543 | 129 | .238 | 28 | 112 |
2B | José Offerman | 106 | 424 | 126 | .297 | 2 | 39 |
SS | Jay Bell | 153 | 573 | 167 | .291 | 21 | 92 |
3B | Craig Paquette | 77 | 252 | 58 | .230 | 8 | 33 |
LF | Bip Roberts | 97 | 346 | 107 | .309 | 1 | 36 |
CF | Tom Goodwin | 97 | 367 | 100 | .272 | 2 | 22 |
RF | Jermaine Dye | 75 | 263 | 62 | .236 | 7 | 22 |
DH | Chili Davis | 140 | 477 | 133 | .279 | 30 | 90 |
Other batters
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 |
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Johnny Damon | 146 | 472 | 130 | .275 | 8 | 48 |
Mike Sweeney | 84 | 240 | 58 | .242 | 7 | 31 |
Yamil Benítez | 53 | 191 | 51 | .267 | 8 | 21 |
Dean Palmer | 49 | 187 | 52 | .278 | 9 | 31 |
David Howard | 80 | 162 | 39 | .241 | 1 | 13 |
Scott Cooper | 75 | 159 | 32 | .201 | 3 | 15 |
Joe Vitiello | 51 | 130 | 31 | .238 | 5 | 18 |
Shane Halter | 74 | 123 | 34 | .276 | 2 | 10 |
Rod Myers | 31 | 101 | 26 | .257 | 2 | 9 |
Jed Hansen | 34 | 94 | 29 | .309 | 1 | 14 |
Larry Sutton | 27 | 69 | 20 | .290 | 2 | 8 |
Sal Fasano | 13 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 1 | 1 |
Tim Spehr | 17 | 35 | 6 | .171 | 1 | 2 |
Félix Martínez | 16 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 0 | 3 |
Jon Nunnally | 13 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 1 | 4 |
Ryan Long | 6 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Andy Stewart | 5 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kevin Appier | 34 | 235.2 | 9 | 13 | 3.40 | 196 |
Tim Belcher | 32 | 213.1 | 13 | 12 | 5.02 | 113 |
José Rosado | 33 | 203.1 | 9 | 12 | 4.69 | 129 |
Glendon Rusch | 30 | 170.1 | 6 | 9 | 5.50 | 116 |
Jim Pittsley | 21 | 112.0 | 5 | 8 | 5.46 | 52 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ricky Bones | 21 | 78.1 | 4 | 7 | 5.97 | 36 |
Chris Haney | 8 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.38 | 16 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jeff Montgomery | 55 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3.49 | 48 |
Jamie Walker | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.44 | 24 |
Hipólito Pichardo | 47 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4.22 | 34 |
Gregg Olson | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.02 | 28 |
Larry Casian | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.06 | 16 |
Héctor Carrasco | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5.45 | 30 |
Randy Veres | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3.31 | 28 |
Matt Whisenant | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 16 |
Brian Bevil | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6.61 | 13 |
Mike Pérez | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 | 17 |
Scott Service | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.76 | 19 |
Mike Williams | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.43 | 10 |
Jason Jacome | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.45 | 10 |
Mitch Williams | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 |
José Santiago | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 1 |
Jim Converse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 |
Allen McDill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
Roland de la Maza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lansing[12]
References
- ^ Chili Davis at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jay Bell at Baseball Reference
- ^ Scott Cooper at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Ryan Thompson at Baseball Reference
- ^ Yamil Benítez at Baseball Reference
- ^ Doug Linton at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Hamelin at Baseball Reference
- ^ Michael Tucker at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Todd Van Poppel at Baseball Reference
- ^ Chris Stynes at Baseball Reference
- ^ Matt Treanor at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- 1997 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
- 1997 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac