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            Kansas City Royals
           
               
KC 1969-79
   
Pos Str All Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP Star Rk GG SS Bats Age Gms AB H 2B HR R RBI BB SB BA OBA SA OPS WS WSQ
C 1979   1   1 Darrell Porter 9 A       L 27   141 483 137 21 18 87 98 108 3 .284 .413 .472 .885 27.6 36.29
1B 1975   1   1 John Mayberry 2   L 26   131 461 139 34 27 81 81 94 2 .302 .421 .555 .976 30.4 40.14
2B 1971   3   3 Cookie Rojas T14 a   R 32   111 407 124 22 6 56 59 37 8 .305 .360 .413 .773 18.0 21.47
3B 1979   1   1 George Brett 3 A   L 26   149 619 201 40 22 112 102 48 16 .325 .371 .561 .932 31.7 44.77
SS 1971   1   1 Freddie Patek 6   R 26   147 590 158 21 6 86 36 44 49 .268 .323 .371 .694 23.4 29.63
LF 1972   4   4 Lou Piniella T32 a   R 28   150 573 179 33 11 65 72 34 7 .312 .357 .442 .799 20.8 23.35
CF 1978   1   1 Amos Otis 4   R 31   136 481 145 30 22 75 95 62 28 .301 .379 .530 .909 29.6 38.20
RF 1977   3   3 Al Cowens 2 G   R 25   142 506 161 30 19 88 89 38 11 .318 .371 .538 .909 24.4 26.82
DH 1976   2   2 Hal McRae 4 a(OF)       R 30   117 416 136 29 7 70 61 50 15 .327 .404 .471 .875 20.5 26.02
Pos Str All   Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP CY Star Rk Thrw Age   GS CG SHO W L IP H BB SO SO/WH ERA WS WSQ
SP 1977   2   Dennis Leonard T29 4     R 26   37 21 5 20 12 289.67 245 76 240 .748   3.04 22.8 27.02
Pos Str All   Bl Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP CY Star Rk Thrw Age   RA W L Svs Svs IP H BB SO SO/WH ERA WS WSQ
CL 1976   1   Mark Littell T24       R 23   59 8 3 16 5 102.00 61 58 89 .748   1.50 15.8 17.98
MR 1971   6   Jim York       R R 23   53 5 5 3 2 93.33 70 44 103 .904   2.89 7.7 8.08
KC 1980-89
   
Pos Str All Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP Star Rk GG SS Bats Age Gms AB H 2B HR R RBI BB SB BA OBA SA OPS WS WSQ
C 1989   1   1 Bob Boone       G   R 41   129 404 111 13 1 38 43 48 3 .275 .351 .324 .675 19.7 23.42
1B 1988   4   4 George Brett 12 a(3B) S L 35   124 466 139 33 20 72 83 60 13 .298 .376 .506 .882 20.5 23.46
2B 1986   3   3 Frank White a G S R 35   151 559 153 37 22 76 84 42 4 .274 .323 .469 .792 19.7 21.83
3B 1980   1   1 George Brett 1 a-inj S L 27   112 442 174 33 23 86 114 57 15 .394 .458 .665 1.123 36.0 56.47
SS 1982   2   2 U.L. Washington B 28   117 435 125 19 10 64 60 38 23 .287 .340 .414 .754 17.6 20.60
LF 1982   1   1 Willie Wilson 15 a S B 26   119 506 177 18 3 76 40 21 30 .350 .380 .451 .831 23.0 29.69
CF 1984   3   3 Willie Wilson 10 B 28   128 541 163 24 2 81 44 39 47 .301 .350 .390 .740 22.9 27.44
RF 1987   1   1 Danny Tartabull 17 R 24   149 556 172 24 32 91 94 75 8 .309 .390 .536 .926 23.7 28.47
DH 1982   1   1 Hal McRae 4 a(OF)     S R 36   158 609 189 46 27 92 133 55 4 .310 .371 .545 .916 26.1 32.45
Pos Str All   Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP CY Star Rk Thrw Age   GS CG SHO W L IP H BB SO SO/WH ERA WS WSQ
SP 1989   1   Bret Saberhagen 8 1     R 25   35 12 4 23 5 260.00 206 41 191 .773   2.08 28.3 39.36
Pos Str All   Bl Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP CY Star Rk Thrw Age   RA W L Svs Svs IP H BB SO SO/WH ERA WS WSQ
CL 1983   1   Dan Quisenberry 6 2 a   R 30   69 5 3 45 8 139.00 118 11 48 .372   1.94 27.8 37.37
MR 1986   1   Steve Farr         R 29   56 8 4 8 1 109.33 90 39 83 .643   3.13 12.5 17.00
KC 1990-99
   
Pos Str All Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP Star Rk GG SS Bats Age Gms AB H 2B HR R RBI BB SB BA OBA SA OPS WS WSQ
C 1993   3   3 Mike MacFarlane           R 29   114 376 101 25 20 57 64 38 2 .269 .356 .495 .851 17.3 19.72
1B 1990   5   5 George Brett 7 L 37   102 393 134 31 10 59 68 43 6 .341 .404 .522 .926 19.3 22.08
2B 1998   1   1 Jose Offerman B 29   152 587 184 28 6 102 59 86 44 .313 .403 .436 .839 28.7 36.41
3B 1990   3   3 Kevin Seitzer R 28   152 594 165 31 6 88 37 61 6 .278 .346 .377 .723 19.3 20.81
SS 1997   3   3 Jay Bell R 31   149 555 161 24 21 86 91 70 10 .290 .368 .458 .826 21.2 25.17
LF 1999   3   3 Johnny Damon L 25   132 528 159 32 13 91 71 60 31 .301 .373 .470 .843 16.8 20.20
CF 1993   5   5 Brian McRae B 25   153 624 177 28 12 78 69 37 22 .284 .326 .415 .741 18.1 17.80
RF 1991   1   1 Danny Tartabull 12 A R 28   124 458 149 35 31 82 100 62 5 .325 .405 .618 1.023 28.0 37.16
DH 1997   2   2 Chili Davis           B 37   133 471 132 20 30 70 89 83 6 .280 .387 .514 .901 14.9 14.55
Pos Str All   Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP CY Star Rk Thrw Age   GS CG SHO W L IP H BB SO SO/WH ERA WS WSQ
SP 1994   1   David Cone 9 1 a   R 31   23 4 3 16 5 171.67 130 54 132 .717   2.94 19.8 26.87
Pos Str All   Bl Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP CY Star Rk Thrw Age   RA W L Svs Svs IP H BB SO SO/WH ERA WS WSQ
CL 1993   1   Jeff Montgomery T13   a   R 31   69 7 5 45 6 87.33 65 23 66 .750   2.27 22.3 29.78
MR 1992   2   Rusty Meacham       R R 24   64 10 4 2 4 101.67 88 21 64 .587   2.74 10.8 12.66
KC 2000-09
   
Pos Str All Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP Star Rk GG SS Bats Age Gms AB H 2B HR R RBI BB SB BA OBA SA OPS WS WSQ
C 2003   6   6 Brent Mayne           L 35   112 370 91 17 6 40 36 32 0 .246 .309 .346 .655 10.1 9.23
1B 2000   3   3 Mike Sweeney 11 a R 26   114 435 151 19 20 68 103 53 5 .347 .419 .529 .948 20.2 21.90
2B 2009   8   8 Alberto Callaspo B 26   146 527 160 36 11 71 70 50 2 .304 .362 .461 .823 16.7 15.77
3B 2006   3   3 Mark Teahen L 24   109 392 114 21 18 69 69 39 10 .291 .356 .518 .874 17.3 20.19
SS 2008   6   6 Mike Aviles R R 27   91 359 112 22 8 57 41 17 7 .312 .343 .457 .800 13.7 16.32
LF 2009   4   4 David DeJesus L 29   139 543 153 27 12 71 69 48 3 .282 .345 .431 .776 15.8 17.10
CF 2003   1   1 Carlos Beltran 9 B 26   130 486 148 14 24 96 96 67 41 .305 .386 .523 .909 28.6 37.54
RF 2000   4   4 Jermaine Dye A G R 26   146 560 179 39 31 103 110 64 0 .320 .389 .563 .952 19.9 21.25
DH 2005   3   3 Mike Sweeney   a(1B)       R 31   73 275 84 21 13 40 47 22 1 .305 .359 .524 .883 10.1 10.41
Pos Str All   Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP CY Star Rk Thrw Age   GS CG SHO W L IP H BB SO SO/WH ERA WS WSQ
SP 2009   2   Zack Greinke T17 1 a   R 25   33 6 3 16 8 229.33 195 51 242 .984   2.16 24.8 33.59
Pos Str All   Bl Total Adj
Pos Year Rank Rank Name MVP CY Star Rk Thrw Age   RA W L Svs Svs IP H BB SO SO/WH ERA WS WSQ
CL 2008   2   Joakim Soria     a   R 24   63 2 3 42 3 67.33 39 19 66 1.138   1.60 16.7 19.38
MR 2007   5   David Riske         R 30   65 1 4 4 4 69.67 61 27 52 .591   2.45 7.8 8.50
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