Kansas City Royals (1969-Present)
Owner David Glass
GM Dayton Moore
Manager Ned Yost
World Series
1985 KC 4, Stl 3 Bret Saberhagen
Retired Numbers
5 George Brett
10 Dick Howser Manager
20 Frank White
42 Jackie Robinson
George Brett
3b/dh (H)
1973-93 Kc
129 75 76 151
Dick Howser Manager
Frank White
1973-90 (18) Kc
129 51 49
Season
By Season
Joe Gordon
1969
69-93 Piniella
Bunker
Charlie
Metro
1970
19-33Bob Lemon
1970 46-64 Otis
Johnson
1971
85-76 Schaal
Hedlund 1972 76-78 Mayberry
Nelson
Jack
McKeon
1973 88-74 Mayberry
Splittorff 1974 77-85 McRae
Fitzmorris
1975 50-46
Whitey Herzog
1975 41-25 Mayberry
Busby 1976 90-72
L-NYY
McRae Fitzmorris 1977
102-60 L-NYY
Brett
Leonard 1978 92-70
L-NYY
Otis Gura 1979
85-77 Brett Leonard
Jim Frey 1980
97-65 W-NYY L-Phi
Brett
Gura
1981 30-40
Dick Howser 1981
20-13 L-Oak
Brett Gura
1982 90-72 McRae
Blue
1983
79-83 Brett
Gura 1984 84-78
L-Det
Motley Black 1985
91-71 W-Tor W-StL
Brett Leibrandt
1986 40-48
Mike
Ferraro
1986 36-38 Brett
Jackson
Billy
Gardner
1987
62-64John Wathan
1987 21-15
Tartabull Saberhagen
1988 84-77 Brett
Gubicza
1989
92-70 Tartabull
Saberhagen 1990 75-86 Brett
Appier
1991 15-22
Bob Schaefer 1991
1-0
Hal McRae
1991 66-58 Tartabull
Saberhagen
1992
72-90 Jefferies
Appier
1993
84-78 Joyner
Appier 1994 64-51 Hamelin
Cone
Bob Boone
1995
70-74 Gaetti
Gubicza 1996 75-86 Offerman
Appier
1997 36-46
Tony Muser
1997 31-48
Davis Appier
1998 72-89 Palmer
Belcher
1999
64-97 Sweeney
Rosado
2000
77-85 Dye
Suzuki 2001 65-97 Sweeney
Suppan
2002 8-15
John Mizerock
2002 5-8
Tony
Pena
2002
49-77 Sweeney
Byrd
2003
83-79 Beltran
May 2004 58-104 Randa
May
2005 8-25
Bob Schaefer
2005
1-0
Buddy Bell
2005 43-69
Sweeney Greinke
2006
62-100 Brown
Redman 2007 69-93 Teahen
Meche
2008 75-87
2009
65-97
2010 67 - 95
Trey Hillman
(12-23)
Ned Yost (55-72)
| Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Salary | G | AB | H | BA | BB | SO | HR | RBI | R | Pwr |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 6' 1" | 240 | $470,000 | 158 | 595 | 189 | 0.318 | 69 | 78 | 15 | 78 | 77 | 155 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 5' 11" | 210 | $3,300,000 | 151 | 556 | 144 | 0.259 | 23 | 64 | 16 | 78 | 60 | 138 |
| Jose Guillen | DH | 5' 11" | 165 | $12,000,000 | 106 | 396 | 101 | 0.255 | 27 | 84 | 16 | 62 | 46 | 108 |
| Mike Aviles | 2B | 5' 10" | 205 | $429,000 | 110 | 424 | 129 | 0.304 | 20 | 49 | 8 | 32 | 63 | 95 |
| Scott Podsednik | LF | 6' 0" | 185 | $1,650,000 | 95 | 390 | 121 | 0.31 | 29 | 57 | 5 | 44 | 46 | 90 |
| Alberto Callaspo | 3B | 5' 9" | 195 | $460,000 | 88 | 349 | 96 | 0.275 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 40 | 83 |
| David DeJesus | RF | 5' 11" | 190 | $4,700,000 | 91 | 352 | 112 | 0.318 | 34 | 47 | 5 | 37 | 46 | 83 |
| Mitch Maier | CF | 6'
2" | 210 | $ | 117 | 373 | 98 | 0.263 | 41 | 68 | 5 | 39 | 41 | 80 |
| Wilson Betemit | 3B | 6' 2" | 220 | $ | 84 | 276 | 82 | 0.297 | 36 | 74 | 13 | 43 | 36 | 79 |
| Jason Kendall | C | 6'
0" | 181 | $2,250,000 | 118 | 434 | 111 | 0.256 | 37 | 45 | 0 | 37 | 39 | 76 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 6' 2" | 220 | $1,150,000 | 74 | 242 | 52 | 0.215 | 34 | 62 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 54 |
| Willie Bloomquist | UT | 5' 11" | 185 | $1,700,000 | 72 | 170 | 45 | 0.265 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 31 | 48 |
| Kila Ka'aihue | UT | 6' 4" | 235 | $ | 52 | 180 | 39 | 0.217 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 47 |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 6' 0" | 185 | $414,500 | 72 | 224 | 53 | 0.237 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| Gregor Blanco | CF | 5' 11" | 170 | $ | 49 | 179 | 49 | 0.274 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 5' 11" | 235 | $428,000 | 60 | 158 | 40 | 0.253 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 30 |
| Rick Ankiel | CF | 6' 2" | 225 | $2,750,000 | 27 | 92 | 24 | 0.261 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 5' 9" | 160 | $ | 18 | 57 | 12 | 0.211 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Josh Fields | 3B | 6' 1" | 235 | $422,000 | 13 | 49 | 15 | 0.306 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Jai Miller | RF | 6' 3" | 205 | $ | 20 | 55 | 13 | 0.236 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Luke May | UT | 5' 11" | 195 | $ | 12 | 37 | 7 | 0.189 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Pitcher | Pos | Ht | Wt | Salary | W | L | ERA | G | IP | H | R | HR | BB | SO | Aip | Rpi |
| Joakim Soria | CL | 6' 3" | 200 | $3,000,000 | 1 | 2 | 1.78 | 66 | 65.2 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 71 | 0.99 | .198 | All-Star |
| Kyle Farnsworth | RP | 6' 4" | 230 | $4,500,000
| 3 | 0 | 2.42 | 37 | 44.2 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 36 | 1.21 | .291 |
| John Parrish | p | 5' 11" | 180 | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0.67 | .333 |
| Juan Cruz | p | 6'
2" | 165 | $3,250,000 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 | 5.1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1.07 | .375 |
| Rob Tejeda | RP | 6' 2" | 245 | $950,000 | 3 | 5 | 3.54 | 54 | 61 | 55 | 28 | 5 | 26 | 56 | 1.13 | .459 |
| Philip Humber | p | 6'
3" | 210 | $ | 2 | 1 | 4.15 | 8 | 21.2 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 2.71 | .462 |
| Bruce Chen | SP | 6' 2" | 215 | $ | 12 | 7 | 4.17 | 33 | 140.1 | 136 | 68 | 17 | 57 | 98 | 4.25 | .485 |
| Dusty Hughes | RP | 5' 10" | 185 | $400,500 | 1 | 3 | 3.83 | 57 | 56.1 | 59 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 34 | 0.99 | .497 |
| Zack Greinke | SP | 6' 2" | 190 | $7,250,000 | 10 | 14 | 4.17 | 33 | 220 | 219 | 114 | 18 | 55 | 181 | 6.67 | .518 |
| Kanekoa Texeira | p | 6'
2" | 190 | $ | 1 | 0 | 4.64 | 27 | 42.2 | 51 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 1.58 | .563 |
| Blake Wood | RP | 6' 5" | 240 | $ | 1 | 3 | 5.07 | 51 | 49.2 | 54 | 29 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 0.97 | .584 |
| Luke Hochevar | SP | 6' 5" | 220 | $1,760,000 | 6 | 6 | 4.81 | 18 | 103 | 110 | 61 | 9 | 37 | 76 | 5.72 | .592 |
| Kyle Davies | SP | 6' 1" | 210 | $1,800,000 | 8 | 12 | 5.34 | 32 | 183.2 | 206 | 114 | 20 | 80 | 126 | 5.74 | .621 |
| Josh Rupe | p | 6'
3" | 210 | $ | 1 | 1 | 5.59 | 11 | 9.2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.88 | .621 |
| Bryan Bullington | p | 6' 4" | 220 | $ | 1 | 4 | 6.12 | 13 | 42.2 | 51 | 29 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 3.28 | .680 |
| Gil Meche | p | 6'
3" | 180 | $12,400,000 | 0 | 5 | 5.69 | 20 | 61.2 | 65 | 42 | 9 | 38 | 41 | 3.08 | .681 |
| Sean O'Sullivan | SP | 6' 2" | 230 | $ | 3 | 6 | 6.11 | 14 | 70.2 | 83 | 50 | 14 | 27 | 37 | 5.05 | .708 |
| Brian Bannister | SP | 6' 2" | 202 | $2,300,000 | 7 | 12 | 6.34 | 24 | 127.2 | 158 | 92 | 23 | 50 | 77 | 5.32 | .721 |
| Jesse Chavez | p | 6'
2" | 170 | $ | 2 | 3 | 5.88 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1.13 | .769 |
| Greg Holland | p | 5' 10" | 200 | $ | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 15 | 18.2 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 1.24 | .804 |
| Brad Thompson | p | 6'
1" | 190 | $ | 0 | 4 | 6.41 | 16 | 19.2 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1.23 | .814 |
| Anthony Lerew | p | 6' 3" | 220 | $ | 1 | 4 | 8.54 | 6 | 26.1 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4.39 | .949 |
| Victor Marte | p | 6'
2" | 255 | $ | 3 | 0 | 9.76 | 22 | 27.2 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 1.26 | 1.085 |
| Roman Colon | p | 6' 5" | 245 | $665,000 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.40 | 2.000 |
| Luis Mendoza | p | 6'
3" | 235 | $406,210 | 0 | 1 | 22.5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1.00 | 2.500 |
