1997 Kansas City Royals

67-94 • 0.416 Win% • 5th in AL C

📊 Season Record

67 Wins
94 Losses
0.416 Win %
5th Rank
747 R 820 RA
Diff -73

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⚡ Quick Stats

747 Runs Scored
820 Runs Allowed
-73 Run Diff
1,526K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .263 2% below the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .331 2% below the 1997 league average (.337)
SLG .348 5% below the 1997 league average (.365)
Team ERA 4.70 3% worse than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 747 6% below the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,526,638
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Avg per Game 19,082

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bip Roberts 0.309 2 Jed Hansen 0.309 3 Jose Offerman 0.297 4 Jay Bell 0.291 5 Larry Sutton 0.290

Home Runs

1 Chili Davis 30 2 Jeff King 28 3 Jay Bell 21 4 Dean Palmer 9 5 Yamil Benitez 8

RBI

1 Jeff King 112 2 Jay Bell 92 3 Chili Davis 90 4 Johnny Damon 48 5 Jose Offerman 39
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jay Bell 153 573 89 167 0 0 21 92 71 101 10 0.291
Jeff King 155 543 84 129 0 0 28 112 89 96 16 0.238
Chili Davis 140 477 71 133 0 0 30 90 85 96 6 0.279
Johnny Damon 146 472 70 130 0 0 8 48 42 70 16 0.275
Jose Offerman 106 424 59 126 0 0 2 39 41 64 9 0.297
Tom Goodwin 97 367 51 100 0 0 2 22 19 51 34 0.272
Bip Roberts 97 346 44 107 0 0 1 36 21 53 15 0.309
Jermaine Dye 75 263 26 62 0 0 7 22 17 51 2 0.236
Mike Macfarlane 82 257 34 61 0 0 8 35 24 47 0 0.237
Craig Paquette 77 252 26 58 0 0 8 33 10 57 2 0.230
Mike Sweeney 84 240 30 58 0 0 7 31 17 33 3 0.242
Yamil Benitez 53 191 22 51 0 0 8 21 10 49 2 0.267
Dean Palmer 49 187 23 52 0 0 9 31 15 50 1 0.278
David Howard 80 162 24 39 0 0 1 13 10 31 2 0.241
Scott Cooper 75 159 12 32 0 0 3 15 17 32 1 0.201
Joe Vitiello 51 130 11 31 0 0 5 18 14 37 0 0.238
Shane Halter 74 123 16 34 0 0 2 10 10 28 4 0.276
Rod Myers 31 101 14 26 0 0 2 9 17 22 4 0.257
Jed Hansen 34 94 11 29 0 0 1 14 13 29 3 0.309
Larry Sutton 27 69 9 20 0 0 2 8 5 12 0 0.290
Sal Fasano 13 38 4 8 0 0 1 1 1 12 0 0.211
Tim Spehr 17 35 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 12 0 0.171
Felix Martinez 16 31 3 7 0 0 0 3 6 8 0 0.226
Jon Nunnally 13 29 8 7 0 0 1 4 5 7 0 0.241
Ryan Long 6 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.222
Andy Stewart 5 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Kevin Appier 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Tim Belcher 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Glendon Rusch 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Pittsley 21 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Jose Rosado 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brian Bevil 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ricky Bones 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hector Carrasco 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Casian 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Converse 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roland de la Maza 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Haney 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Jacome 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Allen McDill 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Montgomery 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gregg Olson 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Perez 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hipolito Pichardo 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Santiago 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Service 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Veres 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamie Walker 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Whisenant 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mitch Williams 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Williams 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gregg Olson 3.02 2 Randy Veres 3.31 3 Kevin Appier 3.40 4 Jeff Montgomery 3.49 5 Hipolito Pichardo 4.22

Wins

1 Tim Belcher 13 2 Kevin Appier 9 3 Jose Rosado 9 4 Glendon Rusch 6 5 Jim Pittsley 5

Strikeouts

1 Kevin Appier 196 2 Jose Rosado 129 3 Glendon Rusch 116 4 Tim Belcher 113 5 Jim Pittsley 52
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kevin Appier 9 13 3.40 34 34 0 235.2 74 196
Tim Belcher 13 12 5.02 32 32 0 213.1 70 113
Jose Rosado 9 12 4.69 33 33 0 203.1 73 129
Glendon Rusch 6 9 5.50 30 27 0 170.1 52 116
Jim Pittsley 5 8 5.46 21 21 0 112.0 54 52
Ricky Bones 4 7 5.97 21 11 0 78.1 25 36
Jeff Montgomery 1 4 3.49 55 0 14 59.1 18 48
Hipolito Pichardo 3 5 4.22 47 0 11 49.0 24 34
Jamie Walker 3 3 5.44 50 0 0 43.0 20 24
Gregg Olson 4 3 3.02 34 0 1 41.2 17 28
Randy Veres 4 0 3.31 24 0 1 35.1 7 28
Hector Carrasco 1 6 5.45 28 0 0 34.2 16 30
Larry Casian 0 2 5.06 32 0 0 26.2 6 16
Chris Haney 1 2 4.38 8 3 0 24.2 5 16
Mike Perez 2 0 3.54 16 0 0 20.1 8 17
Matt Whisenant 1 0 2.84 24 0 0 19.0 12 16
Scott Service 0 3 4.76 12 0 0 17.0 5 19
Brian Bevil 1 2 6.61 18 0 1 16.1 9 13
Mike Williams 0 2 6.43 10 0 1 14.0 8 10
Jason Jacome 0 0 9.45 7 0 0 6.2 5 3
Mitch Williams 0 1 10.80 7 0 0 6.2 7 10
Jim Converse 0 0 3.60 3 0 0 5.0 5 3
Jose Santiago 0 0 1.93 4 0 0 4.2 2 1
Allen McDill 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 4.0 8 2
Roland de la Maza 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 1 1

👥 Roster (51)

Kevin Appier Tim Belcher Jay Bell Yamil Benitez Brian Bevil Ricky Bones Hector Carrasco Larry Casian Jim Converse Scott Cooper Johnny Damon Chili Davis +39 more

51 players

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