2008 Kansas City Royals roster: 75-87

Team stats and league rank

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

2008 Royals roster: batting

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2008 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.
JGJose Guillen	RF	153	598	66	158	20	97	2	.264	.300	.738
Mark Teahen	3B	149	572	66	146	15	59	4	.255	.313	.715
David DeJesus	LF	135	518	70	159	12	73	11	.307	.366	.818
Alex Gordon	LF	134	493	72	128	16	59	9	.260	.351	.783
Billy Butler	DH	124	443	44	122	11	55	0	.275	.324	.724
Mike Aviles	SS	102	419	68	136	10	51	8	.325	.354	.833
Ross Gload	1B	122	388	46	106	3	37	3	.273	.317	.664
John Buck	C	109	370	48	83	9	48	0	.224	.304	.669
MGMark Grudzielanek	2B	86	331	36	99	3	24	2	.299	.345	.743
Miguel Olivo	C	84	306	29	78	12	41	7	.255	.278	.722
JGJoey Gathright	CF	105	279	41	71	0	22	21	.254	.311	.584
Tony Pena	SS	95	225	22	38	1	14	3	.169	.189	.398
Esteban German	2B	89	216	30	53	0	22	7	.245	.303	.640
Alberto Callaspo	2B	74	213	21	65	0	16	2	.305	.361	.731
Mitch Maier	OF	34	91	9	26	0	9	0	.286	.316	.634
RSRyan Shealy	1B	20	73	12	22	7	20	0	.301	.354	.957
JSJason Smith	2B	22	28	6	6	0	1	0	.214	.214	.500
Kila Ka'aihue	1B	12	21	4	6	1	1	0	.286	.375	.804
MTMatt Tupman	C	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

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

2008 Royals roster: pitching

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2008 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.
GMGil Meche	SP	34	34	14	11	3.98	210.1	183	1.32	0
Zack Greinke	SP	32	32	13	10	3.47	202.1	183	1.28	0
Brian Bannister	SP	32	32	9	16	5.76	182.2	113	1.49	0
Luke Hochevar	RP	22	22	6	12	5.51	129.0	72	1.47	0
Kyle Davies	RP	21	21	9	7	4.06	113.0	71	1.45	0
Ramon Ramirez	RP	71	0	3	2	2.64	71.2	70	1.23	1
Joakim Soria	RP	63	0	2	3	1.60	67.1	66	0.86	42
Ron Mahay	RP	57	0	5	0	3.48	64.2	49	1.39	0
Joel Peralta	RP	40	0	1	2	5.98	52.2	38	1.33	0
Juan Carlos Oviedo	RP	45	0	4	1	2.98	48.1	26	1.24	0
Brandon Duckworth	SP	7	7	3	3	4.50	38.0	20	1.50	0
YYYasuhiko Yabuta	RP	31	0	1	3	4.78	37.2	25	1.54	0
JGJimmy Gobble	SP	39	0	0	2	8.81	31.2	27	1.96	1
John Bale	RP	13	3	0	3	4.39	26.2	14	1.31	0
Jeff Fulchino	RP	12	0	0	1	9.00	14.0	12	2.07	0
HNHideo Nomo	SP	3	0	0	0	18.69	4.1	3	3.23	0
DLDevon Lowery	RP	5	0	0	0	10.38	4.1	6	1.85	0
Carlos Rosa	RP	2	0	0	0	2.70	3.1	3	0.90	0
NMNeal Musser	RP	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	1.00	0

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

Results

1. Mar 31, 2008@ DETW 5-4
2. Apr 2, 2008@ DETW 4-0
3. Apr 3, 2008@ DETW 4-1
4. Apr 4, 2008@ MINL 3-4
5. Apr 5, 2008@ MINL 4-6
6. Apr 6, 2008@ MINW 3-1
7. Apr 8, 2008vs NYYW 5-2
8. Apr 9, 2008vs NYYW 4-0
9. Apr 10, 2008vs NYYL 1-6
10. Apr 11, 2008vs MINL 0-5
11. Apr 12, 2008vs MINL 0-2
12. Apr 13, 2008vs MINW 5-1
13. Apr 14, 2008@ SEAW 5-1
14. Apr 15, 2008@ SEAL 6-11
15. Apr 16, 2008@ LAAW 3-2
16. Apr 17, 2008@ LAAL 3-5
17. Apr 18, 2008@ ATHL 2-13
18. Apr 19, 2008@ ATHL 5-6
19. Apr 20, 2008@ ATHL 1-7
20. Apr 22, 2008vs CLEL 1-15
21. Apr 24, 2008vs CLEL 6-9
22. Apr 24, 2008vs CLEL 0-2
23. Apr 25, 2008vs TORW 8-4
24. Apr 26, 2008vs TORW 2-1
25. Apr 27, 2008vs TORL 2-5
26. Apr 29, 2008@ TEXW 9-5
27. Apr 30, 2008@ TEXL 9-11
28. May 1, 2008@ TEXL 1-2
29. May 3, 2008@ CLEW 4-2
30. May 4, 2008@ CLEW 2-0
31. May 5, 2008vs LAAL 0-4
32. May 6, 2008vs LAAL 3-5
33. May 7, 2008vs LAAW 9-4
34. May 8, 2008vs BALL 1-4
35. May 9, 2008vs BALL 4-7
36. May 10, 2008vs BALL 5-6
37. May 11, 2008vs BALW 4-0
38. May 13, 2008vs DETW 3-2
39. May 14, 2008vs DETW 2-0
40. May 15, 2008vs DETW 8-4
41. May 16, 2008@ MIAW 7-6
42. May 17, 2008@ MIAL 3-7
43. May 18, 2008@ MIAW 9-3
44. May 19, 2008@ BOSL 0-7
45. May 20, 2008@ BOSL 1-2
46. May 21, 2008@ BOSL 3-6
47. May 22, 2008@ BOSL 8-11
48. May 23, 2008@ TORL 1-7
49. May 24, 2008@ TORL 0-6
50. May 25, 2008@ TORL 1-3
51. May 26, 2008@ TORL 2-7
52. May 27, 2008vs MINL 3-4
53. May 28, 2008vs MINL 8-9
54. May 29, 2008vs MINL 1-5
55. May 30, 2008vs CLEL 4-5
56. May 31, 2008vs CLEW 4-2
57. Jun 1, 2008vs CLEW 6-1
58. Jun 3, 2008@ CHWL 5-9
59. Jun 4, 2008@ CHWL 4-6
60. Jun 5, 2008@ CHWL 2-6
61. Jun 6, 2008@ NYYW 2-1
62. Jun 7, 2008@ NYYL 11-12
63. Jun 8, 2008@ NYYL 3-6
64. Jun 9, 2008@ NYYW 3-2
65. Jun 10, 2008vs TEXL 5-6
66. Jun 11, 2008vs TEXL 5-11
67. Jun 12, 2008vs TEXW 6-5
68. Jun 13, 2008@ ARIL 0-1
69. Jun 14, 2008@ ARIW 12-3
70. Jun 15, 2008@ ARIW 8-3
71. Jun 17, 2008@ STLW 2-1
72. Jun 18, 2008@ STLW 3-2
73. Jun 19, 2008@ STLW 4-1
74. Jun 20, 2008vs SFL 4-9
75. Jun 21, 2008vs SFW 5-3
76. Jun 22, 2008vs SFW 11-10
77. Jun 23, 2008vs COLW 8-4
78. Jun 24, 2008vs COLW 7-3
79. Jun 25, 2008vs COLW 4-2
80. Jun 27, 2008vs STLW 7-2
81. Jun 28, 2008vs STLL 1-5
82. Jun 29, 2008vs STLL 6-9
83. Jun 30, 2008@ BALW 6-5
84. Jul 1, 2008@ BALL 5-7
85. Jul 2, 2008@ BALL 2-5
86. Jul 3, 2008@ BALW 10-7
87. Jul 4, 2008@ TBL 2-11
88. Jul 5, 2008@ TBL 0-3
89. Jul 6, 2008@ TBL 2-9
90. Jul 7, 2008@ TBW 7-4
91. Jul 8, 2008vs CHWL 7-8
92. Jul 9, 2008vs CHWL 6-7
93. Jul 10, 2008vs CHWW 4-1
94. Jul 11, 2008vs SEAW 3-1
95. Jul 12, 2008vs SEAW 5-4
96. Jul 13, 2008vs SEAL 3-4
97. Jul 18, 2008@ CHWL 5-9
98. Jul 19, 2008@ CHWW 9-1
99. Jul 20, 2008@ CHWW 8-7
100. Jul 21, 2008vs DETL 4-19
101. Jul 22, 2008vs DETL 1-7
102. Jul 23, 2008vs DETL 1-7
103. Jul 24, 2008vs TBW 4-2
104. Jul 25, 2008vs TBL 3-5
105. Jul 26, 2008vs TBL 3-5
106. Jul 27, 2008vs TBW 6-1
107. Jul 28, 2008@ ATHW 4-2
108. Jul 29, 2008@ ATHW 5-2
109. Jul 30, 2008@ ATHW 4-3
110. Aug 1, 2008vs CHWL 2-4
111. Aug 2, 2008vs CHWW 9-7
112. Aug 3, 2008vs CHWW 14-3
113. Aug 4, 2008vs BOSW 4-3
114. Aug 5, 2008vs BOSL 2-8
115. Aug 6, 2008vs BOSL 2-8
116. Aug 8, 2008vs MINL 1-4
117. Aug 9, 2008vs MINL 3-7
118. Aug 10, 2008vs MINW 5-4
119. Aug 12, 2008@ CHWL 0-9
120. Aug 13, 2008@ CHWL 0-4
121. Aug 14, 2008@ CHWL 2-9
122. Aug 15, 2008@ NYYW 4-3
123. Aug 16, 2008@ NYYL 2-3
124. Aug 17, 2008@ NYYL 6-15
125. Aug 19, 2008@ CLEL 4-9
126. Aug 20, 2008@ CLEL 5-8
127. Aug 21, 2008@ CLEL 3-10
128. Aug 22, 2008vs DETL 3-4
129. Aug 23, 2008vs DETL 0-4
130. Aug 24, 2008vs DETW 7-3
131. Aug 25, 2008vs TEXL 4-9
132. Aug 26, 2008vs TEXL 1-2
133. Aug 27, 2008vs TEXL 2-3
134. Aug 29, 2008@ DETL 3-6
135. Aug 30, 2008@ DETW 13-3
136. Aug 31, 2008@ DETL 2-4
137. Sep 2, 2008vs ATHW 5-2
138. Sep 4, 2008vs ATHW 5-4
139. Sep 4, 2008vs ATHW 9-6
140. Sep 5, 2008vs CLEL 3-9
141. Sep 6, 2008vs CLEW 3-1
142. Sep 7, 2008vs CLEL 1-3
143. Sep 9, 2008@ MINL 2-7
144. Sep 10, 2008@ MINL 1-7
145. Sep 11, 2008@ MINW 3-2
146. Sep 12, 2008@ CLEL 5-12
147. Sep 13, 2008@ CLEW 8-3
148. Sep 13, 2008@ CLEW 8-4
149. Sep 14, 2008@ CLEW 13-3
150. Sep 15, 2008vs SEAW 3-0
151. Sep 16, 2008vs SEAW 6-3
152. Sep 17, 2008vs SEAW 5-2
153. Sep 18, 2008vs SEAW 12-0
154. Sep 19, 2008vs CHWL 4-9
155. Sep 20, 2008vs CHWW 5-2
156. Sep 21, 2008vs CHWL 0-3
157. Sep 22, 2008@ DETW 6-2
158. Sep 23, 2008@ DETW 5-0
159. Sep 24, 2008@ DETW 10-4
160. Sep 26, 2008@ MINW 8-1
161. Sep 27, 2008@ MINW 4-2
162. Sep 28, 2008@ MINL 0-6