2009 Kansas City Royals

65-97 • 0.401 Win% • 4th in AL C

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
97 Losses
0.401 Win %
4th Rank
686 R 842 RA
Diff -156

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

686 Runs Scored
842 Runs Allowed
-156 Run Diff
1,799K Attendance

📈 vs. 2009 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 3% below the 2009 league average (.266)
OBP .315 5% below the 2009 league average (.332)
SLG .336 8% below the 2009 league average (.365)
Team ERA 4.83 8% worse than the 2009 league average (4.45)
Runs Scored 686 12% below the 2009 league average (781 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,799,686
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Avg per Game 22,218

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Billy Butler 0.301 2 Alberto Callaspo 0.300 3 David DeJesus 0.281 4 Brayan Peña 0.273 5 Mark Teahen 0.271

Home Runs

1 Miguel Olivo 23 2 Billy Butler 21 3 Mike Jacobs 19 4 David DeJesus 13 5 Mark Teahen 12

RBI

1 Billy Butler 93 2 Alberto Callaspo 73 3 David DeJesus 71 4 Miguel Olivo 65 5 Mike Jacobs 61
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Billy Butler 159 608 78 183 0 0 21 93 58 103 1 0.301
Alberto Callaspo 155 576 79 173 0 0 11 73 52 51 2 0.300
David DeJesus 144 558 74 157 0 0 13 71 51 87 4 0.281
Mark Teahen 144 524 69 142 0 0 12 50 37 123 8 0.271
Willie Bloomquist 125 434 52 115 0 0 4 29 27 73 25 0.265
Mike Jacobs 128 434 46 99 0 0 19 61 41 132 0 0.228
Miguel Olivo 114 390 51 97 0 0 23 65 19 126 5 0.249
Mitch Maier 127 341 42 83 0 0 3 31 43 76 9 0.243
Jose Guillen 81 281 30 68 0 0 9 40 22 50 1 0.242
Yuniesky Betancourt 71 246 25 59 0 0 4 27 11 26 0 0.240
John Buck 59 186 16 46 0 0 8 36 13 55 1 0.247
Coco Crisp 49 180 30 41 0 0 3 14 29 23 13 0.228
Brayan Peña 64 165 17 45 0 0 6 18 12 18 0 0.273
Alex Gordon 49 164 28 38 0 0 6 22 21 43 5 0.232
Mike Aviles 36 120 10 22 0 0 1 8 4 26 1 0.183
Josh Anderson 44 118 20 28 0 0 1 8 5 21 12 0.237
Luis Hernandez 37 73 4 15 0 0 0 4 4 18 1 0.205
Tony Peña 40 51 3 5 0 0 0 2 2 13 0 0.098
Ryan Freel 18 45 8 11 0 0 0 3 4 12 0 0.244
Tug Hulett 15 18 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.111
Zack Greinke 33 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Brian Bannister 26 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.200
Luke Hochevar 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Gil Meche 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bruce Chen 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Kyle Davies 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Bale 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roman Colon 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Cruz 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lenny DiNardo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Farnsworth 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dusty Hughes 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Anthony Lerew 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Mahay 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Victor Marte 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sidney Ponson 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Horacio Ramirez 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Rosa 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joakim Soria 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rob Tejeda 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Waechter 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamey Wright 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Yasuhiko Yabuta 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Zack Greinke 2.16 2 Joakim Soria 2.21 3 Rob Tejeda 3.54 4 Jamey Wright 4.33 5 Kyle Farnsworth 4.58

Wins

1 Zack Greinke 16 2 Kyle Davies 8 3 Brian Bannister 7 4 Luke Hochevar 7 5 Gil Meche 6

Strikeouts

1 Zack Greinke 242 2 Luke Hochevar 106 3 Brian Bannister 98 4 Gil Meche 95 5 Rob Tejeda 87
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Zack Greinke 16 8 2.16 33 33 0 229.1 51 242
Brian Bannister 7 12 4.73 26 26 0 154.0 50 98
Luke Hochevar 7 13 6.55 25 25 0 143.0 46 106
Gil Meche 6 10 5.09 23 23 0 129.0 58 95
Kyle Davies 8 9 5.27 22 22 0 123.0 66 86
Jamey Wright 3 5 4.33 65 0 0 79.0 44 60
Rob Tejeda 4 2 3.54 35 6 0 73.2 50 87
Bruce Chen 1 6 5.78 17 9 0 62.1 25 45
Sidney Ponson 1 7 7.36 14 9 0 58.2 25 32
Joakim Soria 3 2 2.21 47 0 30 53.0 16 69
Roman Colon 2 3 4.83 43 0 0 50.1 22 29
Juan Cruz 3 4 5.72 46 0 2 50.1 29 38
Ron Mahay 1 1 4.79 41 0 0 41.1 19 34
Kyle Farnsworth 1 5 4.58 41 0 0 37.1 14 42
John Bale 0 1 5.72 43 0 1 28.1 18 24
Horacio Ramirez 0 2 5.96 19 1 0 22.2 11 13
Lenny DiNardo 0 3 10.13 5 5 0 21.1 15 8
Dusty Hughes 0 2 5.14 8 1 0 14.0 8 15
Yasuhiko Yabuta 2 1 13.50 12 0 0 14.0 7 9
Anthony Lerew 0 1 4.05 3 2 0 13.1 8 7
Victor Marte 0 0 8.25 8 0 0 12.0 12 7
Carlos Rosa 0 0 3.38 7 0 1 10.2 3 4
Doug Waechter 0 0 8.44 5 0 0 5.1 3 3

👥 Roster (43)

Josh Anderson Mike Aviles John Bale Brian Bannister Yuniesky Betancourt Willie Bloomquist John Buck Billy Butler Alberto Callaspo Bruce Chen Roman Colon Coco Crisp +31 more

43 players

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