2007 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record69–93 (.494)
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersDayton Moore
ManagersBuddy Bell
TelevisionKMCI
RSTN
RadioWHB 810AM
KCXM 97.3FM
Seasons

The 2007 Kansas City Royals season was the 39th season for the franchise, and their 37th at Kauffman Stadium. the season began with the team attempting to win the American League Central - a task not achieved since the division was formed in 1994.

In trying to improve on their 62–100 record in the 2006 season, the team avoided a fourth straight 100-loss season. Buddy Bell returned for his second and final full season as manager, while Dayton Moore began his first season as the team's general manager.

Anticipation surrounded the Royals' newfound approach to once again become a playoff contender with rebuilding the roster. Roster moves generated much interest in the Kansas City area, including the big-budget signing of starting pitcher Gil Meche, and the arrival of young, new talent—such as rookie third baseman Alex Gordon and designated hitter Billy Butler. The team's payroll for the 2007 season was increased to $67 million (22nd in the major leagues).[1][2]

Free agency and roster moves

The biggest free-agent pickups for the Royals in 2007 included RHP Gil Meche—who was signed to a 5-year, $55 million deal—and RHP Octavio Dotel, who quickly became trade bait to the Atlanta Braves.

Royals activity in free agency
  • (x) = club option for 2007
  • (m) = mutual option for 2007
  • (y) = player option for 2007

Color Code Key

ColorMeaning
GreenPlayer will return to team
Light GreenPlayer joins team
CrimsonPlayer will not return to team (released, option not exercised, signed with new team, or retired)
WhitePlayer's status undetermined
PlayerPosition2006 Team2007 TeamComments
Steve AndradeRPRoyalsDevil RaysSigned a minor league contract
Paul BakoCRoyalsOriolesSigned for 1 year
Adam BerneroSPRoyalsRed SoxSigned a minor league contract
Dewon BrazeltonSPPadresRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Jose DiazRPRoyalsNoneDid not return in 2007
Scott DohmannRHPRoyalsDevil RaysSigned one-year contract
Octavio DotelRHPYankeesRoyalsSigned for 1 year, $5 M
Brandon DuckworthRHPRoyalsRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Seth EthertonRPRoyalsNoneDid not return in 2007
Wayne FranklinRPBravesRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Alex S. Gonzalez3BPhilliesRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Runelvys HernándezRHPRoyalsRed SoxSigned a minor league contract
Ken HarveyIFRoyalsTwinsSigned a minor league contract
Jason LaRueCRedsRoyalsSigned by Reds to a two-year contract, then traded to Royals
Gil MecheRHPMarinersRoyalsSigned for 5 years, $55 M
Doug MientkiewiczIFRoyalsYankeesSigned one-year contract
Mark RedmanLHPRoyalsBravesSigned a minor league contract
David RiskeRHPWhite SoxRoyalsSigned one-year contract with club option
Kerry RobinsonOFRoyalsRed SoxSigned a minor league contract
Jason ShiellRHPBravesRoyalsSigned a minor league contract
Jason StandridgeRHPMetsRoyalsSigned a minor league contract

Regular season

Season summary

April

The Royals began the season with expectations of improvement from their fans, and the team never ceased to impress in their home opener against the Boston Red Sox. The Royals defeated the Red Sox 7–1 in front of the sold-out home crowd. The magic did not last, however—Kansas City was just 3–7 through the first ten games of the season, and 8–18 by the end of April.

May

The Royals hit minor spots of winning when the team won 8 of 10 games from May 13 to 23, but finished the month of May on a seven-game losing streak with series sweeps by the Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles. Kansas City went 11–17 in May and finished the month with an overall record of 19–35.

June

In the 2007 MLB draft held on June 7, the Royals selected shortstop Mike Moustakas at No. 2 overall.[3] The team went 15–12 in June, their first winning month since July 2003.[4] Pitcher Brian Bannister won the American League Rookie of the Month Award.

July

Gil Meche was the only Royal selected to represent the team at the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco.[5] At the All-Star break, the Royals had a record of 38–50 and the lowest team ERA in 13 years. On July 31, the Royals traded pitcher Octavio Dotel to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Kyle Davies.[6] The Royals went 13–12 in July, giving the team its first consecutive winning months since June and July 2003.[7] Billy Butler won the Rookie of the Month Award.

August

On August 1, manager Buddy Bell announced his intention to resign following the 2007 season before a game against the Minnesota Twins.[8] Also, about an hour before the first pitch, the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis collapsed with a death toll of at 13.[9] Before the game, a moment of silence was held for the victims of the collapse.[9] The team rescheduled their August 2 game against the Twins to the afternoon of August 31 for a double-header. Brian Bannister won his second Rookie of the Month Award for the season. The Royals went 13–15 in August, completing a three-month stretch in which the team compiled a record of 41–39.

September

On September 12, the Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 6–3 to win their 63rd game, guaranteeing that they would not lose 100 games in 2007. The victory ended the team's string of three consecutive seasons of 100 losses of more from 2004 to 2006. While the Royals struggled with a 9–19 record in September, their overall record of 69–93 was the team's best finish since 2003.

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9666 0.593 — 51–29 45–37
Detroit Tigers 8874 0.543 8 45–36 43–38
Minnesota Twins 7983 0.488 17 41–40 38–43
Chicago White Sox 7290 0.444 24 38–43 34–47
Kansas City Royals 6993 0.426 27 35–46 34–47

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Baltimore —6–125–33–41–57–03–70–79–94–42–711–74–68–106–12
Boston 12–6—7–15–23–43–36–44–38–104–44–513–56–49–912–6
Chicago 3–51–7—7–1111–712–65–49–94–64–51–76–12–43–44–14
Cleveland 4–32–511–7—12–611–75–514–40–66–44–38–26–34–29–9
Detroit 5–14–37–116–12—11–73–512–64–44–66–43–45–44–314–4
Kansas City 0–73–36–127–117–11—5–29–91–96–43–64–35–43–410–8
Los Angeles 7–34–64–55–55–32–5—6–36–39–1013–66–210–93–414–4
Minnesota 7–03–49–94–146–129–93–6—2–55–26–33–47–24–611–7
New York 9–910–86–46–04–49–13–65–2—2–45–510–85–110–810–8
Oakland 4–44–45–44–66–44–610–92–54–2—5–144–69–105–410–8
Seattle 7–25–47–13–44–66–36–133–65–514–5—4–311–84–59–9
Tampa Bay 7–115–131–62–84–33–42–64–38–106–43–4—5–49–97–11
Texas 6–44–64–23–64–54–59–102–71–510–98–114–5—5–511–7
Toronto 10–89–94–32–43–44–34–36–48–104–55–49–95–5—10–8

Roster

2007 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2007 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2Red Sox7 – 1Meche (1-0)Schilling (0-1)41,2571-0
2April 4Red Sox7 – 1Beckett (1-0)Pérez (0-1)22,3481-1
3April 5Red Sox4 – 1Matsuzaka (1-0)Greinke (0-1)Papelbon (1)23,1701-2
4April 6Tigers3 – 1de la Rosa (1-0)Mesa (0-1)Riske (1)13,3302-2
5April 7Tigers6 – 5Maroth (1-0)Meche (1-1)Jones (2)13,8992-3
6April 8Tigers3 – 2Rodney (1-1)Riske (0-1)Jones (3)13,1092-4
7April 9@ Blue Jays9 – 1Burnett (1-1)Pérez (0-2)50,1252-5
8April 10@ Blue Jays5 – 3Greinke (1-1)Towers (0-1)Soria (1)22,1063-5
9April 11@ Blue Jays7 – 4Chacín (1-0)de la Rosa (1-1)Ryan (3)15,2183-6
10April 12@ Orioles2 – 1 (10)Ray (1-1)Standridge (0-1)13,2293-7
11April 13@ Orioles8 – 1Bédard (2-1)Duckworth (0-1)20,9223-8
12April 14@ Orioles6 – 4Williamson (1-0)Peralta (0-1)Ray (3)15,2443-9
--April 15@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 243-9
13April 16@ Tigers12 – 5Verlander (1-0)Greinke (1-2)21,8323-10
14April 17@ Tigers7 – 6Ledezma (3-0)Riske (0-2)Jones (7)21,2633-11
15April 18@ Tigers4 – 3 (10)Soria (1-0)Rodney (1-3)27,9454-11
16April 20Twins11 – 7Pérez (1-2)Ponson (1-2)Riske (2)31,8135-11
17April 21Twins7 – 5Neshek (2-0)Peralta (0-2)Nathan (6)20,5665-12
18April 22Twins3 – 1de la Rosa (2-1)Ortiz (3-1)Soria (2)14,8016-12
19April 23White Sox7 – 4Buehrle (2-0)Gobble (0-1)Jenks (7)12,2656-13
20April 24White Sox9 – 7Logan (1-0)Soria (1-1)Jenks (8)14,9076-14
21April 25@ Twins4 – 3Pérez (2-2)Ponson (1-3)Soria (3)21,4967-14
22April 26@ Twins1 – 0 (11)Rincón (1-0)Wellemeyer (0-1)18,5207-15
23April 27@ Mariners7 – 4Ramírez (2-1)de la Rosa (2-2)Putz (3)37,2817-16
24April 28@ Mariners8 – 3Meche (2-1)Weaver (0-4)Duckworth (1)32,4418-16
25April 29@ Mariners5 – 1Morrow (2-0)Bannister (0-1)26,0198-17
26April 30Angels3 – 1Lackey (4-2)Pérez (2-3)Rodríguez (9)10,8668-18
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1Angels7 – 5Colón (3-0)Greinke (1-3)Rodríguez (10)11,2258-19
28May 2Angels3 – 1de la Rosa (3-2)Santana (2-4)Soria (4)9,6979-19
29May 3Angels5 – 2Meche (3-1)Weaver (1-3)Soria (5)12,68310-19
30May 4Tigers6 – 3Verlander (2-1)Bannister (0-2)Jones (11)17,61410-20
31May 5Tigers7 – 5Mesa (1-1)Duckworth (0-2)Jones (12)26,07010-21
32May 6Tigers13 – 4Durbin (2-1)Greinke (1-4)17,03410-22
33May 8Athletics6 – 1Gaudin (2-1)de la Rosa (3-3)10,98910-23
34May 9Athletics3 – 2Gobble (1-1)Duchscherer (3-2)Soria (6)10,97411-23
35May 10Athletics17 – 3Kennedy (1-2)Hudson (0-1)31,00611-24
36May 11@ White Sox2 – 1Garland (2-2)Pérez (2-4)Jenks (12)34,52211-25
37May 12@ White Sox5 – 4 (10)MacDougal (1-0)Duckworth (0-3)36,70211-26
38May 13@ White Sox11 – 1de la Rosa (4-3)Vázquez (2-2)34,46812-26
39May 14@ Athletics2 – 1Gobble (2-1)Duchscherer (3-3)Soria (7)12,47713-26
40May 15@ Athletics5 – 4 (11)DiNardo (1-1)Soria (1-2)14,96613-27
41May 16@ Athletics4 – 3Gobble (3-1)Calero (0-3)Riske (3)16,24214-27
42May 17@ Athletics7 – 4Elarton (1-0)Braden (1-3)Soria (8)21,03715-27
43May 18@ Rockies5 – 2Duckworth (1-3)Corpas (0-2)Soria (9)22,39916-27
44May 19@ Rockies6 – 4Buchholz (2-2)Meche (3-2)Fuentes (11)24,01716-28
45May 20@ Rockies10 – 5 (12)Peralta (1-2)Ramírez (1-1)25,82917-28
46May 22Indians4 – 3Greinke (2-4)Mastny (3-2)Soria (10)19,77618-28
47May 23Indians11 – 7Duckworth (2-3)Lee (2-1)11,50619-28
48May 24Indians10 – 3Sowers (1-4)de la Rosa (4-4)11,68119-29
49May 25Mariners10 – 2Hernández (3-2)Meche (3-3)28,65119-30
50May 26Mariners9 – 1Baek (2-2)Bannister (0-3)21,13819-31
51May 27Mariners7 – 4Washburn (5-4)Pérez (2-5)Putz (12)16,09119-32
52May 28Orioles9 – 1Trachsel (4-3)Elarton (1-1)14,75819-33
53May 29Orioles6 – 2Guthrie (3-1)de la Rosa (4-5)13,55619-34
54May 30Orioles3 – 0Bédard (4-3)Meche (3-4)Ray (12)10,51319-35
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Devil Rays4 – 1Bannister (1-3)Kazmir (3-3)Dotel (1)12,03220-35
56June 2@ Devil Rays9 – 4Pérez (3-5)Jackson (0-7)14,40321-35
57June 3@ Devil Rays5 – 1Howell (1-0)Elarton (1-2)12,22021-36
58June 4@ Devil Rays4 – 2Shields (5-0)Meche (3-5)Reyes (14)9,43521-37
59June 5@ Indians1 – 0Sabathia (9-1)de la Rosa (4-6)14,03621-38
60June 6@ Indians4 – 3Bannister (2-3)Byrd (6-2)Dotel (2)17,63222-38
61June 7@ Indians8 – 3Carmona (7-1)Pérez (3-6)19,31522-39
62June 8Phillies8 – 4Elarton (2-2)García (1-5)Dotel (3)19,12123-39
63June 9Phillies4 – 0Lieber (3-4)Meche (3-6)23,73423-40
64June 10Phillies17 – 5Greinke (3-4)Moyer (5-5)16,03424-40
65June 12Cardinals8 – 1Bannister (3-3)Thompson (4-2)29,35425-40
66June 13Cardinals7 – 3Wainwright (5-5)Pérez (3-7)25,55525-41
67June 14Cardinals17 – 8Greinke (4-4)Wells (2-11)28,83726-41
68June 15Marlins6 – 2Meche (4-6)Mitre (2-3)Dotel (4)28,01527-41
69June 16Marlins9 – 8VandenHurk (2-2)de la Rosa (4-7)Gregg (11)24,32327-42
70June 17Marlins5 – 4Bannister (4-3)Olsen (5-6)Dotel (5)19,43328-42
71June 18@ Cardinals5 – 3Pérez (4-7)Wainwright (5-6)Dotel (6)43,52429-42
72June 19@ Cardinals5 – 1Thompson (5-2)Elarton (2-3)42,71229-43
73June 20@ Cardinals7 – 6 (14)Wells (3-11)de la Rosa (4-8)42,62329-44
74June 22@ Brewers11 – 6Suppan (8-7)de la Rosa (4-9)36,32829-45
75June 23@ Brewers7 – 1Bush (5-6)Bannister (4-4)41,72129-46
76June 24@ Brewers4 – 3 (11)Riske (1-2)Capellán (0-2)Gobble (1)44,06430-46
77June 25@ Angels5 – 3Thomson (1-0)Lackey (10-5)Dotel (7)43,89531-46
78June 26@ Angels12 – 4Meche (5-6)Santana (5-8)44,00232-46
79June 27@ Angels1 – 0de la Rosa (5-9)Weaver (6-4)Dotel (8)41,26933-46
80June 29White Sox8 – 1Bannister (5-4)Contreras (5-9)Greinke (1)20,52534-46
81June 30White Sox3 – 1 (10)Bukvich (1-0)Dotel (0-1)Jenks (21)25,11934-47
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1White Sox3 – 1Garland (6-5)Thomson (1-1)Jenks (22)23,00434-48
83July 2Mariners3 – 2 (11)Dotel (1-1)Morrow (3-2)13,25735-48
84July 3Mariners17 – 3de la Rosa (6-9)Feierabend (1-3)28,14036-48
85July 4Mariners4 – 0Washburn (8-6)Bannister (5-5)Putz (24)27,79736-49
86July 6Devil Rays6 – 5Shields (7-4)Pérez (4-8)Glover (1)18,75336-50
87July 7Devil Rays8 – 7Dotel (2-1)Shawn Camp (0-3)20,45837-50
88July 8Devil Rays12 – 4de la Rosa (7-9)Kazmir (5-6)14,72638-50
89July 13@ Indians5 – 4Borowski (2-3)Greinke (4-5)32,62438-51
90July 14@ Indians6 – 5Meche (6-6)Sabathia (12-4)Dotel (9)31,59939-51
91July 15@ Indians5 – 3Carmona (11-4)de la Rosa (7-10)Borowski (26)29,65739-52
92July 16@ Red Sox4 – 0Gabbard (3-0)Bannister (5-6)37,09939-53
93July 17@ Red Sox9 – 3Gobble (4-1)Wakefield (10-9)37,00140-53
94July 18@ Red Sox6 – 5Pérez (5-8)Tavárez (5-8)Dotel (10)36,68141-53
95July 20@ Tigers10 – 2Meche (7-6)Rogers (3-2)43,20042-53
96July 21@ Tigers10 – 8 (10)Durbin (7-3)Soria (1-3)43,40842-54
97July 22@ Tigers5 – 2Bannister (6-6)Robertson (6-7)42,20143-54
98July 23Yankees9 – 2Clemens (3-4)Pérez (5-9)30,74643-55
99July 24Yankees9 – 4Wang (11-5)Elarton (2-4)38,21243-56
100July 25Yankees7 – 1Mussina (5-7)Meche (7-7)28,46043-57
101July 26Yankees7 – 0de la Rosa (8-10)Igawa (2-3)37,03644-57
102July 27Rangers6 – 1Bannister (7-6)Wright (3-3)21,73045-57
103July 28Rangers6 – 5Pérez (6-9)Millwood (7-9)Dotel (11)27,70046-57
104July 29Rangers10 – 0Núñez (1-0)Loe (5-9)Peralta (1)15,63847-57
105July 30@ Twins3 – 1Baker (5-4)Meche (7-8)Nathan (23)23,62847-58
106July 31@ Twins5 – 3Silva (9-11)de la Rosa (8-11)Nathan (24)22,89047-59
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Twins5 – 3 (10)Greinke (5-5)Rincón (3-2)Soria (11)24,88048-59
---August 2@ TwinsPostponed (I-35W bridge collapse) Rescheduled for August 3148-59
108August 3@ Yankees7 – 1Wang (13-5)Pérez (6-10)54,24648-60
109August 4@ Yankees16 – 8Myers (1-0)Bale (0-1)54,05648-61
110August 5@ Yankees8 – 5Mussina (7-7)Meche (7-9)Rivera (17)54,52548-62
111August 7Twins5 – 1Bannister (8-6)Bonser (5-8)15,64849-62
112August 8Twins11 – 4Santana (12-9)Pérez (6-11)21,50349-63
113August 9Twins1 – 0Davies (5-8)Garza (1-3)Soria (12)14,56950-63
114August 10Blue Jays2 – 1Marcum (9-4)Meche (7-10)Accardo (21)21,27650-64
115August 11Blue Jays4 – 1Núñez (2-0)McGowan (8-6)Soria (13)25,93451-64
116August 12Blue Jays4 – 1Burnett (6-6)Bannister (8-7)Accardo (22)18,38151-65
117August 13Blue Jays6 – 2Pérez (7-11)Litsch (4-5)14,84552-65
118August 14@ Rangers5 – 3Millwood (8-9)Davies (5-9)Wilson (5)23,90652-66
119August 15@ Rangers4 – 3Wood (3-1)Meche (7-11)Wilson (6)24,52952-67
120August 16@ Rangers6 – 2Braun (1-0)Eyre (4-6)22,67453-67
121August 17@ Athletics9 – 2Bannister (9-7)Meyer (0-1)18,18554-67
122August 18@ Athletics7 – 3Pérez (8-11)Gaudin (9-9)24,63855-67
123August 19@ Athletics6 – 1DiNardo (8-6)Davies (5-10)26,44555-68
124August 20@ White Sox4 – 3Thornton (4-4)Riske (1-3)Jenks (34)35,39155-69
125August 21@ White Sox5 – 2Vázquez (11-6)Núñez (2-1)Jenks (35)35,30955-70
126August 22@ White Sox7 – 6Bannister (10-7)Contreras (6-16)31,73956-70
127August 24Indians2 – 1Bale (1-1)Sabathia (14-7)Soria (14)25,64057-70
128August 25Indians9 – 4Laffey (2-1)Davies (5-11)23,16757-71
129August 26Indians5 – 3 (11)Betancourt (3-0)Peralta (1-3)Borowski (37)18,26857-72
130August 28Tigers6 – 3Bannister (11-7)Robertson (7-11)16,19358-72
131August 29Tigers5 – 0Braun (2-0)Miller (5-5)Riske (4)11,62859-72
132August 30Tigers6 – 1Bonderman (11-7)Núñez (2-2)11,19659-73
133August 31@ Twins9 – 4Davies (6-11)Garza (3-5)15,73660-73
134August 31@ Twins5 – 0Baker (8-6)Meche (7-12)24,98660-74
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Twins6 – 4Silva (11-13)Duckworth (2-4)Nathan (29)21,73860-75
136September 2@ Twins8 – 1Bannister (12-7)Bonser (6-12)26,45461-75
137September 3@ Rangers8 – 1Greinke (6-5)Loe (6-11)19,21462-75
138September 4@ Rangers9 – 8Rheinecker (2-1)Núñez (2-3)Wilson (11)18,89262-76
139September 5@ Rangers3 – 2Padilla (5-9)Davies (6-12)Benoit (3)17,23262-77
140September 7Yankees3 – 2Farnsworth (2-1)Musser (0-1)Rivera (24)27,46262-78
141September 8Yankees11 – 5Pettitte (13-8)Bannister (12-8)35,51862-79
142September 9Yankees6 – 3Wang (18-6)Duckworth (2-5)Rivera (25)24,91062-80
143September 10Twins4 – 2Bonser (7-12)Buckner (0-1)Nathan (31)10,52562-81
144September 11Twins6 – 3Baker (9-7)Davies (6-13)Nathan (32)12,89162-82
145September 12Twins6 – 3Meche (8-12)Silva (11-14)10,10263-82
146September 14@ Indians5 – 4Borowski (4-5)Riske (1-4)35,23063-83
147September 15@ Indians6 – 0Carmona (17-8)Greinke (6-6)32,11363-84
148September 16@ Indians4 – 3Buckner (1-1)Laffey (3-2)Soria (15)30,11264-84
149September 17White Sox11 – 3Vázquez (13-8)Davies (6-14)14,42164-85
150September 18White Sox3 – 2Meche (9-12)Floyd (1-4)Soria (16)15,01565-85
151September 19White Sox7 – 0Contreras (10-16)Bannister (12-9)11,85765-86
152September 20White Sox3 – 0Greinke (7-6)Garland (9-13)Soria (17)10,26466-86
153September 21@ Tigers5 – 4Byrdak (2-0)Núñez (2-4)Jones (38)40,11766-87
154September 22@ Tigers7 – 4Davies (7-14)Rogers (3-3)41,79267-87
155September 23@ Tigers7 – 2Verlander (18-6)de la Rosa (8-12)40,06867-88
156September 24@ Orioles3 – 2Walker (3-2)Meche (9-13)Bradford (2)15,76967-89
157September 25@ White Sox9 – 5Duckworth (3-5)Wassermann (0-1)31,60768-89
158September 26@ White Sox3 – 0Garland (10-13)Greinke (7-7)32,09168-90
159September 27@ White Sox10 – 0Broadway (1-1)Buckner (1-2)34,47768-91
160September 28Indians5 – 3Sabathia (19-7)Davies (7-15)Borowski (44)29,84668-92
161September 29Indians4 – 3Soria (2-3)Pérez (1-2)24,27469-92
162September 30Indians4 – 2Laffey (4-2)Hochevar (0-1)Borowski (45)19,10469-93

Statistical team leaders

Batting

Stat Player Total
Avg.Mark Teahen.285
HRJohn Buck18
RBIEmil Brown62
RDavid DeJesus101
HDavid DeJesus157
SBAlex Gordon14

Pitching

Stat Player Total
WBrian Bannister12
LGil Meche13
ERAGil Meche3.67
SOGil Meche156
SVJoakim Soria17
IPGil Meche216

Stats as of September 30, 2007

Royals among league leaders

Batting

Stat Player Total AL Rank MLB Rank
RDavid DeJesus1011326
3BDavid DeJesus92 (tie)5 (tie)
GDavid DeJesus15716 (tie)30 (tie)

Pitching

Stat Player Total AL Rank MLB Rank
ERAGil Meche3.671424
IPGil Meche216813
GJimmy Gobble74525

Stats as of September 30, 2007

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
David DeJesus1576051011572997581064.260.372
Mark Teahen144544781553187601355.285.410
Alex Gordon1515436013436415601441.247.411
Tony Peña Jr.15250958136257247510.267.356
Mark Grudzielanek11645370137323651123.302.426
Emil Brown11336644941316621224.257.347
Esteban Germán12134849921564371143.264.376
John Buck11334741771801848036.222.429
Billy Butler923293896232852027.292.447
Ross Gload1023203792223751216.288.441
Mike Sweeney742652669151738017.260.404
Joey Gathright74228287080019920.307.342
Ryan Shealy52172183860321013.221.308
Jason LaRue66169142590413117.148.272
Shane Costa5510313236101205.223.301
Jason Smith40859162161403.188.447
Reggie Sanders2473122370211011.315.493
Fernando Cortez81434100101.286.357
Paul Phillips81422100201.143.214
Ángel Berroa91101000100.091.091
Justin Huber81021000000.100.100
Craig Brazell5411000001.250.250
Pitcher Totals1622224100200.182.227
Team Totals162553470614473004610266078428.261.388

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Gil Meche9133.6734340216.0218988862156
Brian Bannister1293.8727270165.015676714477
Odalis Pérez8115.5726260137.117890855064
Jorge De La Rosa8125.8226230130.016088845382
Zack Greinke773.6952141122.0122525036106
Joel Peralta133.80620187.29339371966
David Riske142.45650469.26119192752
Joakim Soria232.486201769.04620191975
Jimmy Gobble413.02740153.25623182350
Kyle Davies376.661111050.06341372640
Brandon Duckworth354.63263146.25130242321
Juan Carlos Oviedo243.92136043.24421191037
John Bale114.05260040.04518181742
Ryan Braun206.64260039.14632292224
Scott Elarton2410.4699037.05344432113
Billy Buckner125.2975034.03720201617
Neal Musser014.38170024.23213121419
Octavio Dotel213.912401123.02411101129
Todd Wellemeyer0110.34120015.2251918119
Luke Hochevar012.1341012.2114345
John Thomson113.3822010.2135433
Jason Standridge018.224007.21110756
Luke Hudson0118.001102.025440
Team Totals69934.48162162361437.11547778716520993

Source:

Awards and honors

2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Gil Meche, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals Pacific Coast League Mike Jirschele
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Tony Tijerina
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League John Mizerock
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Jim Gabella
Rookie Burlington Royals Appalachian League Darryl Kennedy
Rookie AZL Royals Arizona League Lloyd Simmons
Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League Brian Rupp

References

  • Game Logs:
1st Half: Kansas City Royals Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Kansas City Royals Game Log on ESPN.com
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  2. ↑ "USA Today Salaries Database". USA Today. October 24, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Payday Loans | Online Cash Advances in Kansas | Snappy".
  4. ↑ The Kansas City Star
  5. ↑ The Kansas City Star
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  7. ↑ "How they scored". USA Today. April 18, 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Bell stepping down as Royals skipper". Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  9. 1 2 "Twins postpone Thursday's game after bridge collapses near Metrodome". ESPN. August 1, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2007.
  10. ↑ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
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