1997 Kansas City Royals season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Royals 1997 Kansas City Royals Insignia (1969–2001).svg American League Central Kauffman Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 67–94 (67 94) 5th David Glass Herk Robinson Bob Boone and Tony Muser KMBC-TVKCWBFox Sports Rocky Mountain(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis) WIBW (AM)(Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff) The 1997 Kansas City Royals season was the 29th season for the franchise, and their 25th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses and missed the postseason for the 12th consecutive season. Offseason October 28, 1996: Mike Bovee and Mark Gubicza were traded by the Royals to the Anaheim Angels for Chili Davis.Chili Davis at Baseball Reference December 13, 1996: Jeff Granger, Joe Randa, Jeff Wallace, and Jeff Martin (minors) were traded by the Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jay Bell and Jeff King.Jay Bell at Baseball Reference December 16, 1996: Scott Cooper was signed as a free agent by the Royals.Scott Cooper at Baseball Reference January 16, 1997: Ryan Thompson signed as a free agent by the Royals.Ryan Thompson at Baseball Reference January 28, 1997: Melvin Bunch was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Yamil Benítez.Yamil Benítez at Baseball Reference March 4, 1997: Doug Linton was released by the Royals.Doug Linton at Baseball Reference March 26, 1997: Ryan Thompson was released by the Royals. March 26, 1997: Bob Hamelin was released by the Royals.Bob Hamelin at Baseball Reference March 27, 1997: Michael Tucker and Keith Lockhart were traded to the Atlanta Braves for Jermaine Dye and Jamie Walker.Michael Tucker at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Kansas City Royals Record vs. opponents KC Notable transactions April 17, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was signed as a free agent by the Royals.Todd Van Poppel at Baseball Reference June 6, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was released by the Royals. July 15, 1997: Chris Stynes and Jon Nunnally were traded by the Royals to the Cincinnati Reds for Héctor Carrasco and Scott Service.Chris Stynes at Baseball Reference July 29, 1997: Matt Treanor was traded by the Royals to the Florida Marlins for Matt Whisenant.Matt Treanor at Baseball Reference Roster 1997 Kansas City Royals Roster Pitchers 17 Kevin Appier 41 Tim Belcher 47,57 Brian Bevil 27 Ricky Bones 58 Héctor Carrasco 45 Larry Casian 38 Jim Converse 52 Roland de la Maza 33 Chris Haney 45 Jason Jacome 56 Allen McDill 21 Jeff Montgomery 48 Gregg Olson 52 Mike Pérez 35 Hipólito Pichardo 34 Jim Pittsley 50 José Rosado 53 Glendon Rusch 49 José Santiago 46 Scott Service 51 Randy Veres 57 Jamie Walker 56 Matt Whisenant 46 Mike Williams 49 Mitch Williams Catchers 26 Sal Fasano 15 Mike Macfarlane  2 Tim Spehr 63 Andy Stewart 29 Mike Sweeney Infielders 28 Jay Bell 14,16 Scott Cooper  2 Jed Hansen  6 David Howard  7 Jeff King 36 Félix Martínez 30 José Offerman 16 Dean Palmer 12 Craig Paquette 22 Larry Sutton Outfielders 39 Yamil Benítez 18 Johnny Damon 24 Jermaine Dye 42 Tom Goodwin 43 Shane Halter 36 Ryan Long 31 Rod Myers 22 Jon Nunnally  1 Bip Roberts 32 Joe Vitiello Other batters 44 Chili Davis Manager  8 Bob Boone Coaches 56 Rich Dauer (third base) 55 Guy Hansen 54 Bruce Kison 19 Greg Luzinski 39 Mitchell Page  9 Jamie Quirk (bench) Player stats Batting Starters by position 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 C Mike Macfarlane 82 257 61 .237 8 35 1B Jeff King 155 543 129 .238 28 112 2B José Offerman 106 424 126 .297 2 39 SS Jay Bell 153 573 167 .291 21 92 3B Craig Paquette 77 252 58 .230 8 33 LF Bip Roberts 97 346 107 .309 1 36 CF Tom Goodwin 97 367 100 .272 2 22 RF Jermaine Dye 75 263 62 .236 7 22 DH Chili Davis 140 477 133 .279 30 90 Other batters 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 Johnny Damon 146 472 130 .275 8 48 Mike Sweeney 84 240 58 .242 7 31 Yamil Benítez 53 191 51 .267 8 21 Dean Palmer 49 187 52 .278 9 31 David Howard 80 162 39 .241 1 13 Scott Cooper 75 159 32 .201 3 15 Joe Vitiello 51 130 31 .238 5 18 Shane Halter 74 123 34 .276 2 10 Rod Myers 31 101 26 .257 2 9 Jed Hansen 34 94 29 .309 1 14 Larry Sutton 27 69 20 .290 2 8 Sal Fasano 13 38 8 .211 1 1 Tim Spehr 17 35 6 .171 1 2 Félix Martínez 16 31 7 .226 0 3 Jon Nunnally 13 29 7 .241 1 4 Ryan Long 6 9 2 .222 0 2 Andy Stewart 5 8 2 .250 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Kevin Appier 34 235.2 9 13 3.40 196 Tim Belcher 32 213.1 13 12 5.02 113 José Rosado 33 203.1 9 12 4.69 129 Glendon Rusch 30 170.1 6 9 5.50 116 Jim Pittsley 21 112.0 5 8 5.46 52 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Ricky Bones 21 78.1 4 7 5.97 36 Chris Haney 8 24.2 1 2 4.38 16 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Jeff Montgomery 55 1 4 14 3.49 48 Jamie Walker 50 3 3 0 5.44 24 Hipólito Pichardo 47 3 5 11 4.22 34 Gregg Olson 34 4 3 1 3.02 28 Larry Casian 32 0 2 0 5.06 16 Héctor Carrasco 28 1 6 0 5.45 30 Randy Veres 24 4 0 1 3.31 28 Matt Whisenant 24 1 0 0 2.84 16 Brian Bevil 18 1 2 1 6.61 13 Mike Pérez 16 2 0 0 3.54 17 Scott Service 12 0 3 0 4.76 19 Mike Williams 10 0 2 1 6.43 10 Jason Jacome 7 0 0 0 9.45 10 Mitch Williams 7 0 1 0 10.80 3 José Santiago 4 0 0 0 1.93 1 Jim Converse 3 0 0 0 3.60 3 Allen McDill 3 0 0 0 13.50 2 Roland de la Maza 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Omaha Royals American Association Mike Jirschele AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Ron Johnson A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League John Mizerock A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Bob Herold A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Jeff Garber Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Al PedriqueLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LansingJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 1997 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference 1997 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac Category:Kansas City Royals seasons Kansas City Royals season Kansas