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1997 Kansas City Royals Batting
Name
Age
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
IBB
SO
SB
CS
SH
SF
HB
GIDP
BA
OBA
SLG
OPS
Jay Bell
31
153
573
89
167
28
3
21
92
71
2
101
10
6
3
9
4
13
.291
.368
.461
.829
Jeff King
32
155
543
84
129
30
1
28
112
89
4
96
16
5
1
12
2
9
.238
.341
.451
.792
Chili Davis
37
140
477
71
133
20
0
30
90
85
16
96
6
3
0
4
1
15
.279
.386
.509
.896
Johnny Damon
23
146
472
70
130
12
8
8
48
42
2
70
16
10
6
1
3
3
.275
.338
.386
.723
Jose Offerman
28
106
424
59
126
23
6
2
39
41
3
64
9
10
6
0
0
5
.297
.359
.394
.753
Tom Goodwin
28
97
367
51
100
13
4
2
22
19
0
51
34
10
11
1
2
5
.272
.311
.346
.657
Bip Roberts
33
97
346
44
107
17
2
1
36
21
2
53
15
3
1
3
1
6
.309
.348
.379
.726
Jermaine Dye
23
75
263
26
62
14
0
7
22
17
0
51
2
1
1
1
1
6
.236
.284
.369
.653
Mike Macfarlane
33
82
257
34
61
14
2
8
35
24
3
47
0
2
3
1
6
4
.237
.316
.401
.717
Craig Paquette
28
77
252
26
58
15
1
8
33
10
0
57
2
2
1
2
2
13
.230
.263
.393
.656
Mike Sweeney
23
83
240
30
58
8
0
7
31
17
0
33
3
2
1
2
6
8
.242
.306
.363
.668
Yamil Benitez
24
53
191
22
51
7
1
8
21
10
0
49
2
2
2
0
1
2
.267
.307
.440
.747
Dean Palmer
28
49
187
23
52
10
1
9
31
15
0
50
1
2
0
2
2
3
.278
.335
.487
.822
David Howard
30
80
162
24
39
8
1
1
13
10
1
31
2
2
3
1
1
1
.241
.287
.321
.608
Scott Cooper
29
74
159
12
32
6
1
3
15
17
0
32
1
1
2
2
2
4
.201
.283
.308
.592
Joe Vitiello
27
51
130
11
31
6
0
5
18
14
1
37
0
0
0
0
2
2
.238
.322
.400
.722
Shane Halter
27
74
123
16
34
5
1
2
10
10
0
28
4
3
4
0
2
1
.276
.341
.382
.723
Rod Myers
24
31
101
14
26
7
0
2
9
17
0
22
4
0
2
0
1
2
.257
.370
.386
.756
Jed Hansen
24
34
94
11
29
6
1
1
14
13
0
29
3
2
2
1
1
2
.309
.394
.426
.820
Larry Sutton
27
26
69
9
20
2
0
2
8
5
0
12
0
0
1
0
0
0
.290
.338
.406
.744
Sal Fasano
25
13
38
4
8
2
0
1
1
1
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
1
.211
.231
.342
.573
Tim Spehr
30
17
35
3
6
0
0
1
2
2
0
12
0
0
0
0
1
0
.171
.237
.257
.494
Felix Martinez
23
16
31
3
7
1
1
0
3
6
0
8
0
0
1
0
0
1
.226
.351
.323
.674
Jon Nunnally
25
13
29
8
7
0
1
1
4
5
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
.241
.353
.414
.767
Ryan Long
24
6
9
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
.222
.300
.222
.522
Andy Stewart
26
5
8
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
.250
.250
.375
.625
Tim Belcher
35
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
.000
.000
.000
.000
Kevin Appier
29
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
Glendon Rusch
22
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
Jose Rosado
22
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
Jim Pittsley
23
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.500
.500
1.000
1.500
Ricky Bones
28
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
---
---
---
---
Totals
161
5599
747
1478
256
35
158
711
561
34
1061
130
66
51
42
42
108
.264
.333
.407
.740
1997 Kansas City Royals Pitching
Name
Age
W
L
Win%
SV
G
GS
GF
CG
ShO
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
IBB
SO
HB
GIDP
ERA
WHIP
Kevin Appier
29
9
13
.409
0
34
34
0
4
1
235.2
215
96
89
24
74
2
196
4
19
3.40
1.23
Tim Belcher
35
13
12
.520
0
32
32
0
3
1
213.1
242
128
119
31
70
2
113
5
19
5.02
1.46
Jose Rosado
22
9
12
.429
0
33
33
0
2
0
203.1
208
117
106
26
73
3
129
4
18
4.69
1.38
Glendon Rusch
22
6
9
.400
0
30
27
0
1
0
170.1
206
111
104
28
52
0
116
7
17
5.50
1.51
Jim Pittsley
23
5
8
.385
0
21
21
0
0
0
112.0
120
72
68
15
54
1
52
6
13
5.46
1.55
Ricky Bones
28
4
7
.364
0
21
11
2
1
0
78.1
102
59
52
10
25
2
36
5
11
5.97
1.62
Jeff Montgomery
35
1
4
.200
14
55
0
37
0
0
59.1
53
24
23
9
19
5
48
0
1
3.49
1.21
Hipolito Pichardo
27
3
5
.375
11
47
0
26
0
0
49.0
51
24
23
7
24
8
34
1
8
4.22
1.53
Jamie Walker
25
3
3
.500
0
50
0
15
0
0
43.0
46
28
26
6
20
3
24
3
3
5.44
1.53
Gregg Olson
30
4
3
.571
1
34
0
13
0
0
41.2
39
18
14
3
17
3
28
1
8
3.02
1.34
Randy Veres
31
4
0
1.000
1
24
0
7
0
0
35.1
36
17
13
4
7
1
28
3
1
3.31
1.22
Hector Carrasco
27
1
6
.143
0
28
0
11
0
0
34.2
29
21
21
4
16
3
30
4
2
5.45
1.30
Larry Casian
31
0
2
.000
0
32
0
6
0
0
26.2
32
15
15
5
6
1
16
0
2
5.06
1.42
Chris Haney
28
1
2
.333
0
8
3
1
0
0
24.2
29
16
12
1
5
2
16
2
1
4.38
1.38
Mike Perez
32
2
0
1.000
0
16
0
4
0
0
20.1
15
8
8
2
8
0
17
1
1
3.54
1.13
Matt Whisenant
26
1
0
1.000
0
24
0
3
0
0
19.0
15
7
6
0
12
0
16
3
2
2.84
1.42
Scott Service
30
0
3
.000
0
12
0
1
0
0
17.0
17
9
9
1
5
0
19
0
3
4.76
1.29
Brian Bevil
25
1
2
.333
1
18
0
11
0
0
16.1
16
13
12
1
9
2
13
1
2
6.61
1.53
Mike Williams
27
0
2
.000
1
10
0
4
0
0
14.0
20
11
10
1
8
1
10
1
1
6.43
2.00
Jason Jacome
26
0
0
---
0
7
0
0
0
0
6.2
13
7
7
2
5
1
3
1
2
9.45
2.70
Mitch Williams
32
0
1
.000
0
7
0
4
0
0
6.2
11
8
8
2
7
1
10
0
0
10.80
2.70
Jim Converse
25
0
0
---
0
3
0
1
0
0
5.0
4
2
2
2
5
0
3
0
1
3.60
1.80
Jose Santiago
22
0
0
---
0
4
0
3
0
0
4.2
7
2
1
0
2
1
1
1
2
1.93
1.93
Allen McDill
25
0
0
---
0
3
0
1
0
0
4.0
3
6
6
1
7
0
2
1
1
13.50
2.50
Roland de la Maza
25
0
0
---
0
1
0
0
0
0
2.0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
4.50
1.00
Totals
67
94
.416
29
161
161
150
11
2
1443.0
1530
820
755
186
531
42
961
54
138
4.71
1.43
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