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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 References  













1997 Kansas City Royals season






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1997 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
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 Seasons 1998 →

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.

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 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

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    1997 American League record
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  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
    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

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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
    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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 Bones 21 78.1 4 7 5.97 36
    Chris Haney 8 24.2 1 2 4.38 16

    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 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

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    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 DavisatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Jay BellatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Scott CooperatBaseball Reference
  • ^ a b Ryan ThompsonatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Yamil BenítezatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Doug LintonatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Bob HamelinatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Michael TuckeratBaseball Reference
  • ^ a b Todd Van PoppelatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Chris StynesatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Matt TreanoratBaseball Reference
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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