1996 Kansas City Royals roster: 75-86

The Kansas City Royals went 75-86 in the 1996 MLB regular season, 5th of 5 in the American League Central.

Team stats and league rank

1996 Kansas City Royals team stats
Home Runs12327th of 28
RBI68925th of 28
Hits1,47717th of 28
Runs74623rd of 28
Stolen Bases1952nd of 28
Doubles28614th of 28
Triples385th of 28
Walks52919th of 28
Strikeouts (Batting)9435th of 28
Batting Average.26715th of 28
On-Base %.33216th of 28
Slugging %.39823rd of 28
OPS.73123rd of 28
ERA4.5514th of 28
WHIP1.4010th of 28
Strikeouts (Pitching)92626th of 28
Saves3519th of 28
Wins7521st of 28
Runs Allowed78611th of 28
Errors2147th of 28

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 28 clubs that season.

1996 Royals roster: batting

1996 Kansas City Royals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Jose Offerman1B1515618517054724.303.384.801
Tom GoodwinLF1435248014813566.282.334.664
Johnny DamonLF1455176114065025.271.313.680
Keith Lockhart2B1384334911875511.273.319.730
Craig Paquette1B1184296111122675.259.296.749
David HowardSS14342051924485.219.291.595
Mike MacfarlaneC1123795810419543.274.339.838
Michael TuckerRF1083395588125310.260.346.789
Joe Randa3B1103373610264713.303.351.784
Joe VitielloLF8525729628402.241.342.743
Bob Hamelin1B8923931619405.255.391.826
Mike Sweeney1B5016523464241.279.358.770
Sal FasanoC5114320296191.203.283.626
Kevin Young1B5513220328233.242.301.770
Chris Stynes3B3692827065.293.309.667
Jon NunnallyLF359016195170.211.308.763
Rod D. MyersLF22639181113.286.357.802
Les NormanRF544996001.122.232.355
Henry MercedesC4411000.250.250.500

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1996 Royals roster: pitching

1996 Kansas City Royals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Tim BelcherSP353515113.92238.21131.380
Chris HaneyRP353510144.70228.01151.390
Kevin AppierSP323214113.62211.12071.260
Mark GubiczaSP19194125.13119.1551.390
José RosadoP1616863.21106.2641.190
Doug LintonRP2118795.02104.0871.320
Hipolito PichardoRP570355.4368.0431.473
Jeff MontgomeryRP480464.2663.1451.2324
Julio ValeraRP312326.4661.1311.661
Mike MagnanteRP380225.6754.0321.520
Jason JacomeSP492044.7247.2321.871
Rick HuismanP220214.6029.1231.471
Jaime BlumaP170003.6020.0141.105
Jeff GrangerRP150006.6116.1111.900
Brian BevilRP31105.7311.071.270
Ken RobinsonRP50106.006.052.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

  1. Apr 2, 1996@ BALL 2-4
  2. Apr 3, 1996@ BALL 1-7
  3. Apr 4, 1996@ BALL 3-5
  4. Apr 5, 1996vs BOSW 5-4
  5. Apr 6, 1996vs BOSW 7-3
  6. Apr 7, 1996vs BOSL 1-3
  7. Apr 9, 1996@ NYYL 3-7
  8. Apr 11, 1996@ NYYL 3-5
  9. Apr 12, 1996@ MILW 4-1
  10. Apr 13, 1996@ MILW 3-2
  11. Apr 14, 1996@ MILL 2-5
  12. Apr 15, 1996vs CHWL 10-11
  13. Apr 16, 1996vs CHWW 6-5
  14. Apr 17, 1996vs CHWL 1-3
  15. Apr 18, 1996vs MILL 2-8
  16. Apr 19, 1996vs MILL 2-8
  17. Apr 20, 1996vs MILL 4-12
  18. Apr 21, 1996vs MILL 4-5
  19. Apr 22, 1996vs NYYL 2-6
  20. Apr 23, 1996vs NYYW 5-2
  21. Apr 24, 1996vs BALL 8-11
  22. Apr 25, 1996vs BALL 2-3
  23. Apr 26, 1996@ BOSW 4-3
  24. Apr 27, 1996@ BOSW 10-0
  25. Apr 27, 1996@ BOSW 10-0
  26. Apr 28, 1996@ BOSW 9-7
  27. Apr 29, 1996@ MINL 6-11
  28. Apr 30, 1996@ MINL 7-16
  29. May 1, 1996@ MINL 5-6
  30. May 3, 1996vs ATHW 3-1
  31. May 4, 1996vs ATHL 2-5
  32. May 5, 1996vs ATHW 2-0
  33. May 6, 1996@ LAAW 9-4
  34. May 7, 1996@ LAAW 5-3
  35. May 8, 1996@ LAAW 3-1
  36. May 9, 1996@ LAAW 8-2
  37. May 10, 1996@ SEAW 14-10
  38. May 11, 1996@ SEAL 1-11
  39. May 12, 1996@ SEAL 5-8
  40. May 13, 1996@ TEXL 6-7
  41. May 14, 1996@ TEXL 0-10
  42. May 15, 1996@ TEXW 3-1
  43. May 17, 1996vs TORW 4-2
  44. May 18, 1996vs TORL 2-6
  45. May 19, 1996vs TORL 2-3
  46. May 20, 1996vs TORW 5-4
  47. May 21, 1996@ DETW 7-1
  48. May 22, 1996@ DETW 6-4
  49. May 23, 1996vs TEXW 4-2
  50. May 24, 1996vs TEXW 8-0
  51. May 25, 1996vs TEXL 1-2
  52. May 26, 1996vs TEXL 4-6
  53. May 27, 1996vs DETW 5-4
  54. May 29, 1996vs DETL 4-5
  55. May 31, 1996@ TORL 2-4
  56. Jun 1, 1996@ TORL 3-5
  57. Jun 2, 1996@ TORW 7-5
  58. Jun 3, 1996@ ATHL 1-2
  59. Jun 4, 1996@ ATHL 3-8
  60. Jun 5, 1996@ ATHW 5-2
  61. Jun 7, 1996vs SEAW 9-5
  62. Jun 8, 1996vs SEAW 12-8
  63. Jun 9, 1996vs SEAL 2-3
  64. Jun 10, 1996vs LAAL 5-7
  65. Jun 11, 1996vs LAAL 9-11
  66. Jun 12, 1996vs LAAL 3-4
  67. Jun 13, 1996vs BALW 10-2
  68. Jun 14, 1996vs BALL 1-6
  69. Jun 15, 1996vs BALW 7-6
  70. Jun 16, 1996vs BALL 5-13
  71. Jun 17, 1996@ MILL 4-9
  72. Jun 18, 1996@ MILL 1-9
  73. Jun 19, 1996@ MILW 8-4
  74. Jun 21, 1996@ BALL 3-9
  75. Jun 22, 1996@ BALL 3-5
  76. Jun 23, 1996@ BALW 4-0
  77. Jun 25, 1996vs MILL 3-5
  78. Jun 26, 1996vs MILW 7-3
  79. Jun 27, 1996vs MILL 2-6
  80. Jun 28, 1996vs MINW 6-2
  81. Jun 29, 1996vs MINL 7-12
  82. Jun 30, 1996vs MINL 2-5
  83. Jul 1, 1996@ CLEW 4-2
  84. Jul 2, 1996@ CLEL 2-3
  85. Jul 3, 1996@ CLEL 4-6
  86. Jul 4, 1996@ MINW 5-3
  87. Jul 5, 1996@ MINL 8-9
  88. Jul 6, 1996@ MINW 8-5
  89. Jul 7, 1996@ MINW 8-2
  90. Jul 11, 1996vs CHWW 3-2
  91. Jul 12, 1996vs CHWL 6-7
  92. Jul 13, 1996vs CHWL 1-3
  93. Jul 14, 1996vs CHWL 2-3
  94. Jul 15, 1996vs CLEW 6-3
  95. Jul 16, 1996vs CLEL 4-10
  96. Jul 17, 1996vs CLEW 3-2
  97. Jul 18, 1996@ CHWW 7-1
  98. Jul 19, 1996@ CHWW 7-4
  99. Jul 20, 1996@ CHWW 7-5
  100. Jul 21, 1996@ CHWL 3-6
  101. Jul 22, 1996@ BOSW 5-2
  102. Jul 23, 1996@ BOSW 7-5
  103. Jul 24, 1996@ BOSL 2-12
  104. Jul 25, 1996@ NYYW 7-0
  105. Jul 26, 1996@ NYYL 1-15
  106. Jul 27, 1996@ NYYL 4-5
  107. Jul 28, 1996@ NYYL 2-3
  108. Jul 30, 1996vs BOSW 7-0
  109. Jul 31, 1996vs BOSL 3-5
  110. Aug 1, 1996vs BOSW 9-4
  111. Aug 2, 1996vs NYYW 4-3
  112. Aug 3, 1996vs NYYW 11-4
  113. Aug 4, 1996vs NYYL 3-5
  114. Aug 5, 1996vs NYYL 2-5
  115. Aug 6, 1996vs ATHW 9-2
  116. Aug 7, 1996vs ATHW 7-0
  117. Aug 8, 1996vs ATHL 1-2
  118. Aug 9, 1996@ LAAW 5-3
  119. Aug 10, 1996@ LAAW 18-3
  120. Aug 11, 1996@ LAAL 5-6
  121. Aug 12, 1996@ SEAW 10-4
  122. Aug 13, 1996@ SEAL 5-9
  123. Aug 14, 1996@ SEAW 3-1
  124. Aug 16, 1996@ TEXL 3-5
  125. Aug 17, 1996@ TEXW 4-1
  126. Aug 18, 1996@ TEXL 3-10
  127. Aug 19, 1996vs TORL 1-2
  128. Aug 20, 1996vs TORL 5-6
  129. Aug 21, 1996vs TORL 2-6
  130. Aug 22, 1996vs DETL 3-10
  131. Aug 23, 1996vs DETL 2-3
  132. Aug 24, 1996vs DETW 9-2
  133. Aug 25, 1996vs DETL 4-7
  134. Aug 27, 1996vs TEXW 4-3
  135. Aug 28, 1996vs TEXW 4-3
  136. Aug 28, 1996vs TEXW 4-3
  137. Aug 29, 1996@ DETL 1-4
  138. Aug 30, 1996@ DETL 0-4
  139. Aug 31, 1996@ DETW 3-1
  140. Sep 1, 1996@ DETW 3-2
  141. Sep 2, 1996@ TORW 2-0
  142. Sep 3, 1996@ TORW 5-2
  143. Sep 4, 1996@ TORL 0-6
  144. Sep 6, 1996@ ATHL 1-7
  145. Sep 7, 1996@ ATHL 6-13
  146. Sep 8, 1996@ ATHL 7-8
  147. Sep 10, 1996vs SEAW 4-2
  148. Sep 11, 1996vs SEAW 4-2
  149. Sep 12, 1996vs SEAL 5-8
  150. Sep 13, 1996vs LAAW 8-2
  151. Sep 14, 1996vs LAAW 8-5
  152. Sep 16, 1996vs MINW 6-5
  153. Sep 17, 1996vs MINW 4-2
  154. Sep 18, 1996vs MINL 4-7
  155. Sep 19, 1996@ CLEL 1-9
  156. Sep 20, 1996@ CLEW 6-4
  157. Sep 21, 1996@ CLEL 4-13
  158. Sep 22, 1996@ CLEL 5-6
  159. Sep 24, 1996@ CHWL 2-3
  160. Sep 25, 1996@ CHWW 8-2
  161. Sep 27, 1996vs CLEW 11-6
  162. Sep 28, 1996vs CLEL 4-5
  163. Sep 29, 1996vs CLEW 4-1

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season.