1998 Kansas City Royals roster: 72-89

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 30 clubs that season.

1998 Royals roster: batting

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1998 Kansas City Royals batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Johnny Damon	LF	161	642	104	178	18	66	26	.277	.339	.779
JOJose Offerman	1B	158	607	102	191	7	66	45	.315	.403	.841
DPDean Palmer	DH	152	572	84	159	34	119	8	.278	.333	.844
JKJeff King	1B	131	486	83	128	24	93	10	.263	.319	.769
HMHal Morris	1B	127	472	50	146	1	40	1	.309	.350	.731
LSLarry Sutton	1B	111	310	29	76	5	42	3	.245	.311	.663
JCJeff Conine	1B	93	309	30	79	8	43	3	.256	.312	.729
MSMike Sweeney	1B	92	282	32	73	8	35	2	.259	.320	.728
TPTerry Pendleton	DH	79	237	17	61	3	29	1	.257	.299	.637
SFSal Fasano	C	74	216	21	49	8	31	1	.227	.307	.692
JDJermaine Dye	RF	60	214	24	50	5	23	2	.234	.270	.606
MLMendy Lopez	1B	74	206	18	50	1	15	5	.243	.286	.612
SHShane Halter	3B	86	204	17	45	2	13	2	.221	.265	.574
FMFelix Martinez	SS	34	85	7	11	0	5	3	.129	.187	.352
Carlos Ivan Beltran	OF	14	58	12	16	0	7	3	.276	.317	.783
JGJeremy Giambi	DH	18	58	6	13	2	8	0	.224	.343	.739
EYErnie Young	CF	25	53	2	10	1	3	2	.189	.232	.534
SLScott Leius	1B	17	46	2	8	0	4	0	.174	.191	.365
CFCarlos Febles	2B	11	25	5	10	0	2	2	.400	.483	1.083
CHChris Hatcher	LF	8	15	0	1	0	1	0	.067	.125	.192
CTChris Turner	C	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.100
JVJoe Vitiello	LF	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.250	.393
Hector Ortiz	C	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
JHJed Hansen	2B	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
DBDee Brown	RF	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

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

1998 Royals roster: pitching

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1998 Kansas City Royals pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
TBTim Belcher	SP	34	34	14	14	4.27	234.0	130	1.37	0
PRPat Rapp	SP	32	32	12	13	5.30	188.1	132	1.67	0
JRJosé Rosado	P	38	25	8	11	4.69	174.2	135	1.36	1
GRGlendon Rusch	RP	29	24	6	15	5.88	154.2	94	1.56	1
HPHipolito Pichardo	RP	27	18	7	8	5.13	112.1	55	1.50	1
SSScott Service	RP	73	0	6	4	3.48	82.2	95	1.26	4
JPJim Pittsley	RP	39	2	1	1	6.59	68.1	44	1.83	0
MWMatt Whisenant	RP	70	0	2	1	4.90	60.2	45	1.55	2
JMJeff Montgomery	RP	56	0	2	5	4.98	56.0	54	1.43	36
Ricky Bones	RP	32	0	2	2	3.04	53.1	38	1.37	1
BBBrian Barber	RP	8	8	2	4	6.00	42.0	24	1.38	0
BBBrian Bevil	RP	39	0	3	1	6.30	40.0	47	1.73	0
JWJamie Walker	RP	6	2	0	1	9.87	17.1	15	1.90	0
KAKevin Appier	SP	3	3	1	2	7.80	15.0	9	1.73	0
BEBart Evans	RP	8	0	0	0	2.00	9.0	7	0.78	0
DRDanny Rios	RP	5	0	0	1	6.14	7.1	6	2.05	0
AMAllen McDill	RP	7	0	0	0	10.50	6.0	3	1.83	0
JSJose Santiago	RP	2	0	0	0	9.00	2.0	2	2.00	0
Tim Byrdak	RP	3	0	0	0	5.40	1.2	1	3.00	0

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

Results

1. Mar 31, 1998@ BALW 4-1
2. Apr 1, 1998@ BALL 1-10
3. Apr 2, 1998@ BALL 3-4
4. Apr 3, 1998@ MINW 9-5
5. Apr 4, 1998@ MINW 3-2
6. Apr 5, 1998@ MINL 1-10
7. Apr 7, 1998vs BALL 7-11
8. Apr 9, 1998vs BALL 1-2
9. Apr 10, 1998vs MINW 5-4
10. Apr 11, 1998vs MINL 3-8
11. Apr 12, 1998vs MINL 2-7
12. Apr 13, 1998vs TORW 11-1
13. Apr 14, 1998vs TORL 1-5
14. Apr 15, 1998vs TORW 7-3
15. Apr 16, 1998@ ATHL 7-12
16. Apr 17, 1998@ ATHW 4-1
17. Apr 18, 1998@ ATHL 2-3
18. Apr 19, 1998@ ATHW 7-3
19. Apr 20, 1998@ SEAL 7-8
20. Apr 21, 1998@ SEAW 5-3
21. Apr 22, 1998@ SEAL 5-11
22. Apr 24, 1998vs TEXW 11-4
23. Apr 25, 1998vs TEXL 8-11
24. Apr 26, 1998vs TEXL 4-11
25. Apr 28, 1998vs SEAL 1-5
26. Apr 28, 1998vs SEAL 1-5
27. Apr 29, 1998@ TORW 7-2
28. Apr 30, 1998@ TORW 7-4
29. May 1, 1998vs NYYL 1-2
30. May 2, 1998vs NYYL 6-12
31. May 3, 1998vs NYYL 1-10
32. May 5, 1998vs TBW 4-2
33. May 6, 1998vs TBL 0-5
34. May 7, 1998vs BOSW 5-3
35. May 8, 1998vs BOSL 3-14
36. May 9, 1998vs BOSL 1-3
37. May 10, 1998vs BOSL 1-3
38. May 12, 1998@ NYYL 2-3
39. May 13, 1998@ TBW 4-0
40. May 14, 1998@ TBW 10-2
41. May 15, 1998@ BOSL 2-5
42. May 16, 1998@ BOSL 0-5
43. May 17, 1998@ BOSL 3-5
44. May 19, 1998vs CLEL 3-16
45. May 20, 1998vs CLEL 5-14
46. May 21, 1998vs CLEL 2-6
47. May 22, 1998@ TEXL 10-13
48. May 23, 1998@ TEXL 3-7
49. May 24, 1998@ TEXW 8-3
50. May 25, 1998@ LAAW 6-4
51. May 27, 1998@ LAAW 4-0
52. May 27, 1998@ LAAW 4-0
53. May 29, 1998vs ATHW 5-3
54. May 30, 1998vs ATHL 4-10
55. May 31, 1998vs ATHW 10-4
56. Jun 1, 1998vs LAAL 3-6
57. Jun 2, 1998vs LAAL 5-7
58. Jun 3, 1998vs CHWL 5-10
59. Jun 4, 1998vs CHWL 1-7
60. Jun 5, 1998@ HOUW 3-0
61. Jun 6, 1998@ HOUL 0-6
62. Jun 7, 1998@ HOUL 1-7
63. Jun 8, 1998vs MILW 8-7
64. Jun 9, 1998vs MILL 3-6
65. Jun 9, 1998vs MILL 3-6
66. Jun 10, 1998vs MILL 6-9
67. Jun 12, 1998vs DETW 7-3
68. Jun 13, 1998vs DETL 1-7
69. Jun 14, 1998vs DETW 2-0
70. Jun 15, 1998@ CLEW 7-6
71. Jun 16, 1998@ CLEL 1-9
72. Jun 17, 1998@ CLEW 4-3
73. Jun 18, 1998@ DETW 5-3
74. Jun 19, 1998@ DETW 8-4
75. Jun 20, 1998@ DETL 3-4
76. Jun 21, 1998@ DETW 6-5
77. Jun 22, 1998@ CINW 3-0
78. Jun 23, 1998@ CINW 6-4
79. Jun 24, 1998vs PITL 3-10
80. Jun 25, 1998vs PITW 6-1
81. Jun 26, 1998vs CHCW 6-3
82. Jun 27, 1998vs CHCW 4-3
83. Jun 28, 1998vs CHCL 3-6
84. Jun 30, 1998@ STLW 6-1
85. Jul 1, 1998@ STLW 6-4
86. Jul 2, 1998@ STLL 0-3
87. Jul 3, 1998vs CLEL 1-2
88. Jul 4, 1998vs CLEW 5-3
89. Jul 5, 1998vs CLEL 3-12
90. Jul 9, 1998@ CHWW 6-4
91. Jul 10, 1998@ CHWL 3-10
92. Jul 11, 1998@ CHWL 3-4
93. Jul 12, 1998@ CHWW 4-3
94. Jul 13, 1998@ DETW 6-4
95. Jul 14, 1998@ DETL 3-8
96. Jul 15, 1998@ ATHW 5-1
97. Jul 16, 1998@ ATHL 3-5
98. Jul 17, 1998@ SEAL 5-18
99. Jul 18, 1998@ SEAL 5-8
100. Jul 19, 1998@ SEAW 4-1
101. Jul 21, 1998vs TEXL 5-15
102. Jul 22, 1998vs TEXW 7-4
103. Jul 23, 1998vs TEXL 4-8
104. Jul 24, 1998vs LAAW 4-3
105. Jul 25, 1998vs LAAL 5-6
106. Jul 26, 1998vs LAAW 9-4
107. Jul 27, 1998vs LAAL 1-6
108. Jul 28, 1998vs MINL 0-3
109. Jul 29, 1998vs MINL 3-5
110. Jul 30, 1998vs MINW 7-3
111. Jul 31, 1998vs BALW 9-6
112. Aug 1, 1998vs BALW 9-5
113. Aug 2, 1998vs BALL 2-9
114. Aug 4, 1998@ MINW 12-4
115. Aug 5, 1998@ MINW 4-3
116. Aug 6, 1998@ MINW 8-7
117. Aug 7, 1998@ NYYL 2-8
118. Aug 7, 1998@ NYYL 2-14
119. Aug 8, 1998@ NYYL 1-14
120. Aug 9, 1998@ NYYL 4-5
121. Aug 11, 1998@ BOSL 4-7
122. Aug 12, 1998@ BOSW 8-4
123. Aug 13, 1998vs TBW 6-4
124. Aug 14, 1998vs TBW 11-9
125. Aug 15, 1998vs TBL 6-8
126. Aug 16, 1998vs TBL 3-8
127. Aug 17, 1998vs NYYL 1-7
128. Aug 18, 1998vs NYYL 2-3
129. Aug 19, 1998vs BOSL 1-11
130. Aug 20, 1998vs BOSW 8-2
131. Aug 21, 1998@ TBW 6-5
132. Aug 22, 1998@ TBW 3-2
133. Aug 23, 1998@ TBW 11-5
134. Aug 24, 1998@ TORW 7-3
135. Aug 25, 1998@ TORL 0-3
136. Aug 26, 1998@ TORW 7-2
137. Aug 27, 1998@ TORL 1-11
138. Aug 28, 1998@ BALW 6-5
139. Aug 29, 1998@ BALW 2-1
140. Aug 30, 1998@ BALW 3-2
141. Sep 1, 1998vs TORL 1-2
142. Sep 2, 1998vs TORL 0-5
143. Sep 4, 1998@ LAAW 5-3
144. Sep 5, 1998@ LAAL 1-2
145. Sep 6, 1998@ LAAL 0-3
146. Sep 8, 1998@ TEXL 6-7
147. Sep 9, 1998@ TEXL 0-8
148. Sep 11, 1998vs SEAL 3-6
149. Sep 11, 1998vs SEAW 8-5
150. Sep 12, 1998vs SEAW 5-2
151. Sep 14, 1998vs ATHW 16-6
152. Sep 15, 1998vs ATHW 6-3
153. Sep 16, 1998@ CHWL 4-9
154. Sep 17, 1998@ CHWW 13-4
155. Sep 18, 1998@ CLEL 1-4
156. Sep 19, 1998@ CLEW 7-6
157. Sep 20, 1998@ CLEL 3-5
158. Sep 20, 1998@ CLEL 3-5
159. Sep 21, 1998vs DETL 5-7
160. Sep 22, 1998vs DETL 4-14
161. Sep 23, 1998vs DETL 1-5
162. Sep 24, 1998vs CHWW 6-4
163. Sep 25, 1998vs CHWL 0-3
164. Sep 26, 1998vs CHWL 5-13
165. Sep 27, 1998vs CHWL 6-7