1996 Kansas City Royals season
1996 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Record | 75–86 (.466) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | David Glass | |
General managers | Herk Robinson | |
Managers | Bob Boone | |
Television | KSMO-TV (Paul Splittorff, Steve Busby) | |
Radio | WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff) | |
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The 1996 Kansas City Royals season was the 28th season for the franchise, and their 24th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 75 wins and 86 losses and missed the postseason for the 11th consecutive season.
Offseason
[edit]- October 22, 1995: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[1]
- December 19, 1995: Brent Mayne was traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Al Shirley (minors).[2]
- December 21, 1995: Wally Joyner and Aaron Dorlarque (minors) were traded by the Royals to the San Diego Padres for Bip Roberts and Bryan Wolff (minors).[3]
- January 31, 1996: Tim Belcher was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[4]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 99 | 62 | .615 | — | 51–29 | 48–33 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 14½ | 44–37 | 41–40 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 19½ | 38–43 | 42–39 |
Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21½ | 39–43 | 39–41 |
Kansas City Royals | 75 | 86 | .466 | 24 | 37–43 | 38–43 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 3–10–1 | 8–5 |
Boston | 6–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 12–1 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–8 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
Cleveland | 7–5 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 8–5 | — | 12–0 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 |
Detroit | 2–11 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 0–12 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–7 |
Kansas City | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 4–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
Milwaukee | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
Minnesota | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 |
New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Oakland | 4–9 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
Seattle | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
Texas | 10–3–1 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–10 | — | 10–2 |
Toronto | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 2–10 | — |
Game log
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April: 9–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–8)
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May: 15–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–6)
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June: 10–17 (Home: 6–10; Away: 4–7)
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July: 14–13 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–8)
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August: 14–15 (Home: 8–9; Away: 6–6)
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September: 13–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–8)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Game Postponed Bold = Royals team member |
Detailed records
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Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
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| Manager Coaches
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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 | Mike MacFarlane | 112 | 379 | 104 | .274 | 19 | 54 |
1B | José Offerman | 151 | 561 | 170 | .303 | 5 | 47 |
2B | Keith Lockhart | 138 | 433 | 118 | .273 | 7 | 55 |
SS | David Howard | 143 | 420 | 92 | .219 | 4 | 48 |
3B | Joe Randa | 110 | 337 | 102 | .303 | 6 | 47 |
LF | Tom Goodwin | 143 | 524 | 148 | .282 | 1 | 35 |
CF | Johnny Damon | 145 | 517 | 140 | .271 | 6 | 50 |
RF | Michael Tucker | 108 | 339 | 88 | .260 | 12 | 53 |
DH | Joe Vitiello | 85 | 257 | 62 | .241 | 8 | 40 |
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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Craig Paquette | 118 | 429 | 111 | .259 | 22 | 67 |
Bip Roberts | 90 | 339 | 96 | .283 | 0 | 52 |
Bob Hamelin | 89 | 239 | 61 | .255 | 9 | 40 |
Mike Sweeney | 50 | 165 | 46 | .279 | 4 | 24 |
Sal Fasano | 51 | 143 | 29 | .203 | 6 | 19 |
Kevin Young | 55 | 132 | 32 | .242 | 8 | 23 |
Chris Stynes | 36 | 92 | 27 | .243 | 0 | 6 |
Jon Nunnally | 35 | 90 | 19 | .211 | 5 | 17 |
Rod Myers | 22 | 63 | 18 | .286 | 1 | 11 |
Les Norman | 54 | 49 | 6 | .122 | 0 | 0 |
Patrick Lennon | 14 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 0 | 1 |
Henry Mercedes | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
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Tim Belcher | 35 | 238.2 | 15 | 11 | 3.92 | 113 |
Chris Haney | 35 | 228.0 | 10 | 14 | 4.70 | 115 |
Kevin Appier | 32 | 211.1 | 14 | 11 | 3.62 | 207 |
Mark Gubicza | 19 | 119.1 | 4 | 12 | 5.13 | 55 |
José Rosado | 16 | 106.2 | 8 | 6 | 3.21 | 64 |
Doug Linton | 21 | 104.0 | 7 | 9 | 5.02 | 87 |
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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Brian Bevil | 3 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.73 | 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 | 48 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 4.26 | 45 |
Hipólito Pichardo | 57 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5.43 | 43 |
Jason Jacome | 49 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.72 | 32 |
Mike Magnante | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.67 | 32 |
Julio Valera | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6.46 | 31 |
Rick Huisman | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.60 | 23 |
Tim Pugh | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.45 | 27 |
Jaime Bluma | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.60 | 14 |
Jeff Granger | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.61 | 11 |
Terry Clark | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.79 | 12 |
Bob Scanlan | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 3 |
Kenny Robinson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Doug Linton page at Baseball Reference\
- ^ Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
- ^ Wally Joyner at Baseball Reference
- ^ Tim Belcher at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
- 1996 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
- 1996 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac