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1997 American League Central Team Record GB Cleveland Indians 86 - 75 — Chicago White Sox 80 - 81 6.0 Milwaukee Brewers 78 - 83 8.0 Minnesota Twins 68 - 94 18.5 Kansas City Royals 67 - 94 19.0	5th (AL Central) Runs Scored: 747 Runs Allowed: 820 Attendance: 1,517,638
1997 Kansas City Royals Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Mike Macfarlane C 33 82 257 34 61 14 2 8 35 24 3 47 0 2 3 6 4 .237 .316 .401 .717 Jeff King 1B 32 155 543 84 129 30 1 28 112 89 4 96 16 5 1 2 9 .238 .341 .451 .792 Jose Offerman 2B 28 106 424 59 126 23 6 2 39 41 3 64 9 10 6 0 5 .297 .359 .394 .753 Craig Paquette 3B 28 77 252 26 58 15 1 8 33 10 0 57 2 2 1 2 13 .230 .263 .393 .656 Jay Bell SS 31 153 573 89 167 28 3 21 92 71 2 101 10 6 3 4 13 .291 .368 .461 .829 Bip Roberts LF 33 97 346 44 107 17 2 1 36 21 2 53 15 3 1 1 6 .309 .348 .379 .727 Tom Goodwin CF 28 97 367 51 100 13 4 2 22 19 0 51 34 10 11 2 5 .272 .311 .346 .657 Jermaine Dye RF 23 75 263 26 62 14 0 7 22 17 0 51 2 1 1 1 6 .236 .284 .369 .653 Chili Davis DH 37 140 477 71 133 20 0 30 90 85 16 96 6 3 0 1 15 .279 .386 .509 .895
1997 Kansas City Royals Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Johnny Damon 23 146 472 70 130 12 8 8 48 42 2 70 16 10 6 3 3 .275 .338 .386 .724 Mike Sweeney 23 84 240 30 58 8 0 7 31 17 0 33 3 2 1 6 8 .242 .306 .363 .669 David Howard 30 80 162 24 39 8 1 1 13 10 1 31 2 2 3 1 1 .241 .287 .321 .608 Scott Cooper 29 75 159 12 32 6 1 3 15 17 0 32 1 1 2 2 4 .201 .283 .308 .591 Shane Halter 27 74 123 16 34 5 1 2 10 10 0 28 4 3 4 2 1 .276 .341 .382 .723 Yamil Benitez 24 53 191 22 51 7 1 8 21 10 0 49 2 2 2 1 2 .267 .307 .440 .747 Joe Vitiello 27 51 130 11 31 6 0 5 18 14 1 37 0 0 0 2 2 .238 .322 .400 .722 Dean Palmer 28 49 187 23 52 10 1 9 31 15 0 50 1 2 0 2 3 .278 .335 .487 .822 Jed Hansen 24 34 94 11 29 6 1 1 14 13 0 29 3 2 2 1 2 .309 .394 .426 .820 Rod Myers 24 31 101 14 26 7 0 2 9 17 0 22 4 0 2 1 2 .257 .370 .386 .756 Larry Sutton 27 27 69 9 20 2 0 2 8 5 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 .290 .338 .406 .744 Tim Spehr 30 17 35 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 .171 .237 .257 .494 Felix Martinez 23 16 31 3 7 1 1 0 3 6 0 8 0 0 1 0 1 .226 .351 .323 .674 Sal Fasano 25 13 38 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 .211 .231 .342 .573 Jon Nunnally 25 13 29 8 7 0 1 1 4 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .353 .414 .767 Ryan Long 24 6 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522 Andy Stewart 26 5 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625
1997 Kansas City Royals Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Kevin Appier P 29 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Tim Belcher P 35 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Glendon Rusch P 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jim Pittsley P 23 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 Jose Rosado P 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Kevin Appier 29 34 34 9 13 .409 3.40 235.2 96 89 215 24 74 196 .240 4 14 4 1 0 3.65 Jose Rosado 22 33 33 9 12 .429 4.69 203.1 117 106 208 26 73 129 .259 4 4 2 0 0 4.53 Tim Belcher 35 32 32 13 12 .520 5.02 213.1 128 119 242 31 70 113 .284 5 7 3 1 0 4.88 Glendon Rusch 22 30 27 6 9 .400 5.50 170.1 111 104 206 28 52 116 .295 7 0 1 0 0 4.81 Jim Pittsley 23 21 21 5 8 .385 5.46 112.0 72 68 120 15 54 52 .272 6 3 0 0 0 5.42 Ricky Bones 28 21 11 4 7 .364 5.97 78.1 59 52 102 10 25 36 .317 5 1 1 0 0 4.89
1997 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Jeff Montgomery 35 55 0 1 4 .200 3.49 59.1 24 23 53 9 18 48 .233 0 5 0 0 14 4.26 Hipolito Pichardo 27 47 0 3 5 .375 4.22 49.0 24 23 51 7 24 34 .268 1 2 0 0 11 5.00 Gregg Olson 30 34 0 4 3 .571 3.02 41.2 18 14 39 3 17 28 .255 1 1 0 0 1 3.89 Larry Casian 31 32 0 0 2 .000 5.06 26.2 15 15 32 5 6 16 .294 0 1 0 0 0 4.91 Hector Carrasco 27 28 0 1 6 .143 5.45 34.2 21 21 29 4 16 30 .221 4 8 0 0 0 4.50 Randy Veres 31 24 0 4 0 1.000 3.31 35.1 17 13 36 4 7 28 .254 3 4 0 0 1 3.74 Matt Whisenant 26 24 0 1 0 1.000 2.84 19.0 7 6 15 0 12 16 .211 3 3 0 0 0 3.68 Brian Bevil 25 18 0 1 2 .333 6.61 16.1 13 12 16 1 9 13 .258 1 2 0 0 1 4.04 Mike Perez 32 16 0 2 0 1.000 3.54 20.1 8 8 15 2 8 17 .211 1 1 0 0 0 3.93 Scott Service 30 12 0 0 3 .000 4.76 17.0 9 9 17 1 5 19 .266 0 0 0 0 0 2.41 Mike Williams 27 10 0 0 2 .000 6.43 14.0 11 10 20 1 8 10 .328 1 0 0 0 1 4.43 Chris Haney 28 8 3 1 2 .333 4.38 24.2 16 12 29 1 5 16 .282 2 1 0 0 0 3.08 Jason Jacome 26 7 0 0 0 .000 9.45 6.2 7 7 13 2 5 3 .448 1 0 0 0 0 8.70 Mitch Williams 32 7 0 0 1 .000 10.80 6.2 8 8 11 2 7 10 .355 0 2 0 0 0 7.05 Jose Santiago 22 4 0 0 0 .000 1.93 4.2 2 1 7 0 2 1 .333 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 Jim Converse 25 3 0 0 0 .000 3.60 5.0 2 2 4 2 5 3 .222 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 Allen McDill 25 3 0 0 0 .000 13.50 4.0 6 6 3 1 8 2 .200 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 Roland de la Maza 25 1 0 0 0 .000 4.50 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 .125 0 1 0 0 0 10.00