2008 Kansas City Royals

75-87 • 0.463 Win% • 4th in AL C

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
87 Losses
0.463 Win %
4th Rank
691 R 781 RA
Diff -90

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⚡ Quick Stats

691 Runs Scored
781 Runs Allowed
-90 Run Diff
1,578K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 AL Average

Batting Avg .268 equal to the 2008 league average (.267)
OBP .316 5% below the 2008 league average (.331)
SLG .332 6% below the 2008 league average (.354)
Team ERA 4.48 3% worse than the 2008 league average (4.35)
Runs Scored 691 11% below the 2008 league average (775 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,578,922
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Avg per Game 19,492

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Mike Aviles 0.325 2 David DeJesus 0.307 3 Alberto Callaspo 0.305 4 Ryan Shealy 0.301 5 Mark Grudzielanek 0.299

Home Runs

1 Jose Guillen 20 2 Alex Gordon 16 3 Mark Teahen 15 4 David DeJesus 12 5 Miguel Olivo 12

RBI

1 Jose Guillen 97 2 David DeJesus 73 3 Alex Gordon 59 4 Mark Teahen 59 5 Billy Butler 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jose Guillen 153 598 66 158 0 0 20 97 23 106 2 0.264
Mark Teahen 149 572 66 146 0 0 15 59 46 131 4 0.255
David DeJesus 135 518 70 159 0 0 12 73 46 71 11 0.307
Alex Gordon 134 493 72 128 0 0 16 59 66 120 9 0.260
Billy Butler 124 443 44 122 0 0 11 55 33 57 0 0.275
Mike Aviles 102 419 68 136 0 0 10 51 18 58 8 0.325
Ross Gload 122 388 46 106 0 0 3 37 23 39 3 0.273
John Buck 109 370 48 83 0 0 9 48 38 96 0 0.224
Mark Grudzielanek 86 331 36 99 0 0 3 24 19 41 2 0.299
Miguel Olivo 84 306 29 78 0 0 12 41 7 82 7 0.255
Joey Gathright 105 279 41 71 0 0 0 22 20 40 21 0.254
Tony Peña 95 225 22 38 0 0 1 14 6 49 3 0.169
Esteban German 89 216 30 53 0 0 0 22 18 42 7 0.245
Alberto Callaspo 74 213 21 65 0 0 0 16 19 14 2 0.305
Mitch Maier 34 91 9 26 0 0 0 9 2 18 0 0.286
Ryan Shealy 20 73 12 22 0 0 7 20 5 19 0 0.301
Jason Smith 22 28 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.214
Kila Ka'aihue 12 21 4 6 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0.286
Zack Greinke 32 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.286
Brian Bannister 32 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Gil Meche 34 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Luke Hochevar 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Brett Tomko 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Kyle Davies 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Matt Tupman 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
John Bale 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brandon Duckworth 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Fulchino 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jimmy Gobble 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Devon Lowery 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Mahay 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Neal Musser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Josh Newman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hideo Nomo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Carlos Oviedo 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joel Peralta 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Horacio Ramirez 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ramon Ramirez 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Rosa 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joakim Soria 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rob Tejeda 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kip Wells 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Yasuhiko Yabuta 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Joakim Soria 1.60 2 Ramon Ramirez 2.64 3 Juan Carlos Oviedo 2.98 4 Rob Tejeda 3.20 5 Zack Greinke 3.47

Wins

1 Gil Meche 14 2 Zack Greinke 13 3 Brian Bannister 9 4 Kyle Davies 9 5 Luke Hochevar 6

Strikeouts

1 Zack Greinke 183 2 Gil Meche 183 3 Brian Bannister 113 4 Luke Hochevar 72 5 Kyle Davies 71
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Gil Meche 14 11 3.98 34 34 0 210.1 73 183
Zack Greinke 13 10 3.47 32 32 0 202.1 56 183
Brian Bannister 9 16 5.76 32 32 0 182.2 58 113
Luke Hochevar 6 12 5.51 22 22 0 129.0 47 72
Kyle Davies 9 7 4.06 21 21 0 113.0 43 71
Ramon Ramirez 3 2 2.64 71 0 1 71.2 31 70
Joakim Soria 2 3 1.60 63 0 42 67.1 19 66
Ron Mahay 5 0 3.48 57 0 0 64.2 29 49
Brett Tomko 2 7 6.97 16 10 0 60.2 13 40
Joel Peralta 1 2 5.98 40 0 0 52.2 14 38
Juan Carlos Oviedo 4 1 2.98 45 0 0 48.1 15 26
Rob Tejeda 2 2 3.20 25 1 0 39.1 19 41
Brandon Duckworth 3 3 4.50 7 7 0 38.0 19 20
Yasuhiko Yabuta 1 3 4.78 31 0 0 37.2 17 25
Jimmy Gobble 0 2 8.81 39 0 1 31.2 23 27
John Bale 0 3 4.39 13 3 0 26.2 6 14
Horacio Ramirez 1 1 2.59 15 0 0 24.1 1 11
Jeff Fulchino 0 1 9.00 12 0 0 14.0 8 12
Kip Wells 0 1 8.71 10 0 0 10.1 11 9
Josh Newman 0 0 7.71 4 0 0 7.0 6 2
Devon Lowery 0 0 10.38 5 0 0 4.1 2 6
Hideo Nomo 0 0 18.69 3 0 0 4.1 4 3
Carlos Rosa 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 3.1 0 3
Neal Musser 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0
Tony Peña 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 1

👥 Roster (43)

Mike Aviles John Bale Brian Bannister John Buck Billy Butler Alberto Callaspo Kyle Davies David DeJesus Brandon Duckworth Jeff Fulchino Joey Gathright Esteban German +31 more

43 players

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