1999 Kansas City Royals season
1999 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Owners | David Glass | |
General managers | Herk Robinson | |
Managers | Tony Muser | |
Television | KMBC-TV KCWE Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis) | |
Radio | KMBZ (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre) | |
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The 1999 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing fourth in the American League Central with a record of 64 wins and 97 losses.
Offseason
[edit]- October 30, 1998: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[1]
Regular season
[edit]- Mark Quinn hit two home runs in his major league debut.[2]
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 47–34 | 50–31 |
Chicago White Sox | 75 | 86 | .466 | 21½ | 38–42 | 37–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 27½ | 38–43 | 31–49 |
Kansas City Royals | 64 | 97 | .398 | 32½ | 33–47 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 63 | 97 | .394 | 33 | 31–50 | 32–47 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 3–9 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 |
Baltimore | 9–3 | — | 5–7 | 7–3 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 11–7 |
Boston | 9–1 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–12 |
Chicago | 5–5 | 3–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–3–1 | 5–7 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
Cleveland | 9–1 | 9–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
Detroit | 5–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 2–10 | 8–10 |
Kansas City | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 |
Minnesota | 4–6 | 1–8 | 4–6 | 3–8–1 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 0–12 | 4–6 | 10–7 |
New York | 4–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–9 |
Oakland | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 2–10 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | — | 6–6 | 9–1 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 12–6 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 1–9 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 7–11 |
Tampa Bay | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 1–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–14 |
Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–0 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 6–4 | 10–8 |
Toronto | 9–3 | 11–1 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8–5 | 4–6 | — | 9–9 |
Notable transactions
[edit]- July 31, 1999: Kevin Appier was traded by the Royals to the Oakland Athletics for Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein.[3]
Roster
[edit]Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Chad Kreuter | 107 | 324 | 73 | .225 | 5 | 35 |
1B | Jeremy Giambi | 90 | 288 | 82 | .285 | 3 | 34 |
2B | Carlos Febles | 123 | 453 | 116 | .256 | 10 | 53 |
SS | Rey Sánchez | 134 | 479 | 141 | .294 | 2 | 56 |
3B | Joe Randa | 156 | 628 | 197 | .314 | 16 | 84 |
LF | Johnny Damon | 145 | 583 | 179 | .307 | 14 | 77 |
CF | Carlos Beltrán | 156 | 663 | 194 | .293 | 22 | 108 |
RF | Jermaine Dye | 158 | 608 | 179 | .294 | 27 | 119 |
DH | Mike Sweeney | 150 | 575 | 185 | .322 | 22 | 102 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Tim Spehr | 60 | 155 | 32 | .206 | 9 | 26 |
Scott Pose | 86 | 137 | 39 | .285 | 0 | 12 |
Larry Sutton | 43 | 102 | 23 | .225 | 2 | 15 |
Ray Holbert | 34 | 100 | 28 | .280 | 0 | 5 |
Jed Hansen | 49 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 3 | 5 |
Scott Leius | 37 | 74 | 15 | .203 | 1 | 10 |
Jeff King | 21 | 72 | 17 | .236 | 3 | 11 |
Steve Scarsone | 46 | 68 | 14 | .206 | 0 | 6 |
Sal Fasano | 23 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 5 | 16 |
Mark Quinn | 17 | 60 | 20 | .333 | 6 | 18 |
Joe Vitiello | 13 | 41 | 6 | .146 | 1 | 4 |
Dee Brown | 12 | 25 | 2 | .080 | 0 | 0 |
Mendy López | 7 | 20 | 8 | .400 | 0 | 3 |
Félix Martínez | 6 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeff Suppan | 32 | 208.2 | 10 | 12 | 4.53 | 103 |
José Rosado | 33 | 208.0 | 10 | 14 | 3.85 | 141 |
Jay Witasick | 32 | 158.1 | 9 | 12 | 5.57 | 102 |
Kevin Appier | 22 | 140.1 | 9 | 9 | 4.87 | 78 |
Blake Stein | 12 | 70.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.09 | 43 |
Dan Reichert | 8 | 36.2 | 2 | 2 | 9.08 | 20 |
Jim Pittsley | 5 | 23.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.94 | 7 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mac Suzuki | 22 | 68.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.16 | 36 |
Chris Fussell | 17 | 56.0 | 0 | 5 | 7.39 | 37 |
Brian Barber | 8 | 18.2 | 1 | 3 | 9.64 | 7 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jeff Montgomery | 49 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6.84 | 27 |
Scott Service | 68 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6.09 | 68 |
Alvin Morman | 49 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.05 | 31 |
Matt Whisenant | 48 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.35 | 27 |
José Santiago | 34 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.42 | 15 |
Tim Byrdak | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7.60 | 17 |
Terry Mathews | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.38 | 19 |
Brad Rigby | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.17 | 10 |
Ken Ray | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.74 | 0 |
Don Wengert | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.25 | 10 |
Derek Wallace | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.24 | 5 |
Marc Pisciotta | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.64 | 3 |
Orber Moreno | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 7 |
Lance Carter | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.06 | 3 |
Dan Murray | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 8 |
Glendon Rusch | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.75 | 4 |
Chad Durbin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wichita, Spokane; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Wilmington[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Rico Rossy at Baseball Reference
- ^ Sports Illustrated, Oct 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16
- ^ Jeff D'Amico at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- 1999 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
- 1999 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac