1998 Kansas City Royals

72-89 • 0.447 Win% • 3rd in AL C

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
89 Losses
0.447 Win %
3rd Rank
714 R 899 RA
Diff -185

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⚡ Quick Stats

714 Runs Scored
899 Runs Allowed
-185 Run Diff
1,494K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 AL Average

Batting Avg .263 3% below the 1998 league average (.271)
OBP .321 5% below the 1998 league average (.336)
SLG .335 9% below the 1998 league average (.366)
Team ERA 5.15 11% worse than the 1998 league average (4.65)
Runs Scored 714 12% below the 1998 league average (812 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,494,875
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Avg per Game 18,685

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jose Offerman 0.315 2 Hal Morris 0.309 3 Shane Mack 0.280 4 Dean Palmer 0.278 5 Johnny Damon 0.277

Home Runs

1 Dean Palmer 34 2 Jeff King 24 3 Johnny Damon 18 4 Jeff Conine 8 5 Sal Fasano 8

RBI

1 Dean Palmer 119 2 Jeff King 93 3 Johnny Damon 66 4 Jose Offerman 66 5 Jeff Conine 43
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Johnny Damon 161 642 104 178 0 0 18 66 58 84 26 0.277
Jose Offerman 158 607 102 191 0 0 7 66 89 96 45 0.315
Dean Palmer 152 572 84 159 0 0 34 119 48 134 8 0.278
Jeff King 131 486 83 128 0 0 24 93 42 73 10 0.263
Hal Morris 127 472 50 146 0 0 1 40 32 52 1 0.309
Larry Sutton 111 310 29 76 0 0 5 42 29 46 3 0.245
Jeff Conine 93 309 30 79 0 0 8 43 26 68 3 0.256
Mike Sweeney 92 282 32 73 0 0 8 35 24 38 2 0.259
Terry Pendleton 79 237 17 61 0 0 3 29 15 49 1 0.257
Sal Fasano 74 216 21 49 0 0 8 31 10 56 1 0.227
Jermaine Dye 60 214 24 50 0 0 5 23 11 46 2 0.234
Shane Mack 66 207 30 58 0 0 6 29 15 36 8 0.280
Mendy Lopez 74 206 18 50 0 0 1 15 12 40 5 0.243
Shane Halter 86 204 17 45 0 0 2 13 12 38 2 0.221
Luis Rivera 42 89 14 22 0 0 0 7 7 17 1 0.247
Felix Martinez 34 85 7 11 0 0 0 5 5 21 3 0.129
Jermaine Allensworth 30 73 15 15 0 0 0 3 9 17 7 0.205
Carlos Beltran 14 58 12 16 0 0 0 7 3 12 3 0.276
Jeremy Giambi 18 58 6 13 0 0 2 8 11 9 0 0.224
Ernie Young 25 53 2 10 0 0 1 3 2 9 2 0.189
Scott Leius 17 46 2 8 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 0.174
Carlos Febles 11 25 5 10 0 0 0 2 4 7 2 0.400
Tim Spehr 11 25 5 6 0 0 1 2 8 3 0 0.240
Chris Hatcher 8 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.067
Mike Macfarlane 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.091
Chris Turner 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Joe Vitiello 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.143
Tim Belcher 34 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Hector Ortiz 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dee Brown 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jed Hansen 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Glendon Rusch 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hipolito Pichardo 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Pittsley 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Pat Rapp 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jose Rosado 38 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Ricky Bones 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Service 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Kevin Appier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Barber 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Bevil 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Byrdak 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bart Evans 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Haney 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Allen McDill 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Montgomery 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Rios 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Santiago 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Suppan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamie Walker 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Whisenant 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ricky Bones 3.04 2 Scott Service 3.48 3 Tim Belcher 4.27 4 Jose Rosado 4.69 5 Matt Whisenant 4.90

Wins

1 Tim Belcher 14 2 Pat Rapp 12 3 Jose Rosado 8 4 Hipolito Pichardo 7 5 Chris Haney 6

Strikeouts

1 Jose Rosado 135 2 Pat Rapp 132 3 Tim Belcher 130 4 Scott Service 95 5 Glendon Rusch 94
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tim Belcher 14 14 4.27 34 34 0 234.0 73 130
Pat Rapp 12 13 5.30 32 32 0 188.1 107 132
Jose Rosado 8 11 4.69 38 25 1 174.2 57 135
Glendon Rusch 6 15 5.88 29 24 1 154.2 50 94
Hipolito Pichardo 7 8 5.13 27 18 1 112.1 43 55
Chris Haney 6 6 7.03 33 12 0 97.1 36 51
Scott Service 6 4 3.48 73 0 4 82.2 34 95
Jim Pittsley 1 1 6.59 39 2 0 68.1 37 44
Matt Whisenant 2 1 4.90 70 0 2 60.2 33 45
Jeff Montgomery 2 5 4.98 56 0 36 56.0 22 54
Ricky Bones 2 2 3.04 32 0 1 53.1 24 38
Brian Barber 2 4 6.00 8 8 0 42.0 13 24
Brian Bevil 3 1 6.30 39 0 0 40.0 22 47
Jamie Walker 0 1 9.87 6 2 0 17.1 3 15
Kevin Appier 1 2 7.80 3 3 0 15.0 5 9
Jeff Suppan 0 0 0.71 4 1 0 12.2 1 12
Bart Evans 0 0 2.00 8 0 0 9.0 0 7
Danny Rios 0 1 6.14 5 0 0 7.1 6 6
Allen McDill 0 0 10.50 7 0 0 6.0 2 3
Jose Santiago 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 2
Tim Byrdak 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 1.2 0 1
Shane Halter 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (51)

Jermaine Allensworth Kevin Appier Brian Barber Tim Belcher Carlos Beltran Brian Bevil Ricky Bones Dee Brown Tim Byrdak Jeff Conine Johnny Damon Jermaine Dye +39 more

51 players

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