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2008 American League Central Team Record GB Chicago White Sox 89 - 74 — Minnesota Twins 88 - 75 1.0 Cleveland Indians 81 - 81 7.5 Kansas City Royals 75 - 87 13.5 Detroit Tigers 74 - 88 14.5	4th (AL Central) Runs Scored: 691 Runs Allowed: 781 Attendance: 1,578,922
2008 Kansas City Royals Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS John Buck C 27 109 370 48 83 23 1 9 48 38 2 96 0 3 0 6 12 .224 .304 .365 .669 Ross Gload 1B 32 122 388 46 106 18 1 3 37 23 4 39 3 4 1 3 12 .273 .317 .348 .665 Mark Grudzielanek 2B 38 86 331 36 99 24 0 3 24 19 1 41 2 1 3 5 8 .299 .345 .399 .744 Alex Gordon 3B 24 134 493 72 128 35 1 16 59 66 5 120 9 2 1 6 8 .260 .351 .432 .783 Tony Pena SS 27 95 225 22 38 4 1 1 14 6 2 49 3 1 2 0 4 .169 .189 .209 .398 David DeJesus LF 28 135 518 70 159 25 7 12 73 46 3 71 11 8 4 5 10 .307 .366 .452 .818 Joey Gathright CF 27 105 279 41 71 3 1 0 22 20 0 40 21 4 10 4 3 .254 .311 .272 .583 Mark Teahen RF 26 149 572 66 146 31 4 15 59 46 4 131 4 3 0 3 6 .255 .313 .402 .715 Billy Butler DH 22 124 443 44 122 22 0 11 55 33 0 57 0 1 0 0 23 .275 .324 .400 .724
2008 Kansas City Royals Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Jose Guillen 32 153 598 66 158 42 1 20 97 23 3 106 2 1 0 9 23 .264 .300 .438 .738 Mike Aviles 27 102 419 68 136 27 4 10 51 18 4 58 8 3 0 2 12 .325 .354 .480 .834 Esteban German 30 89 216 30 53 14 3 0 22 18 1 42 7 3 4 1 5 .245 .303 .338 .641 Miguel Olivo 29 84 306 29 78 22 0 12 41 7 2 82 7 0 0 3 6 .255 .278 .444 .722 Alberto Callaspo 25 74 213 21 65 8 3 0 16 19 0 14 2 1 1 0 6 .305 .361 .371 .732 Mitch Maier 26 34 91 9 26 1 1 0 9 2 0 18 0 2 2 2 3 .286 .316 .319 .635 Jason Smith 30 22 28 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 .214 .214 .286 .500 Ryan Shealy 28 20 73 12 22 1 0 7 20 5 0 19 0 0 0 1 2 .301 .354 .603 .957 Kila Ka'aihue 24 12 21 4 6 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .429 .804 Matt Tupman 28 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
2008 Kansas City Royals Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Zack Greinke P 24 3 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .715 Brian Bannister P 27 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Gil Meche P 29 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Luke Hochevar P 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Brett Tomko P 35 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Kyle Davies P 24 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Gil Meche 29 34 34 14 11 .560 3.98 210.1 98 93 204 19 73 183 .251 0 5 0 0 0 3.48 Zack Greinke 24 32 32 13 10 .565 3.47 202.1 87 78 202 21 56 183 .255 4 8 1 0 0 3.43 Brian Bannister 27 32 32 9 16 .360 5.76 182.2 127 117 215 29 58 113 .288 7 7 1 0 0 4.89 Luke Hochevar 24 22 22 6 12 .333 5.51 129.0 84 79 143 12 47 72 .278 5 7 0 0 0 4.30 Kyle Davies 24 21 21 9 7 .563 4.06 113.0 57 51 121 10 43 71 .274 2 8 0 0 0 4.09 Brett Tomko 35 16 10 2 7 .222 6.97 60.2 49 47 80 11 13 40 .310 0 4 0 0 0 4.68 Brandon Duckworth 32 7 7 3 3 .500 4.50 38.0 20 19 38 2 19 20 .262 3 0 0 0 0 4.37
2008 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Ramon Ramirez 26 71 0 3 2 .600 2.64 71.2 23 21 57 2 31 70 .216 0 6 0 0 1 2.71 Joakim Soria 24 63 0 2 3 .400 1.60 67.1 13 12 39 5 19 66 .166 6 1 0 0 42 3.12 Ron Mahay 37 57 0 5 0 1.000 3.48 64.2 27 25 61 6 29 49 .246 1 1 0 0 0 4.08 Leo Nunez 24 45 0 4 1 .800 2.98 48.1 19 16 45 2 15 26 .242 4 3 0 0 0 3.64 Joel Peralta 32 40 0 1 2 .333 5.98 52.2 37 35 56 15 14 38 .269 2 1 0 0 0 6.17 Jimmy Gobble 26 39 0 0 2 .000 8.81 31.2 31 31 39 5 23 27 .291 2 6 0 0 1 5.72 Yasuhiko Yabuta 35 31 0 1 3 .250 4.78 37.2 21 20 41 6 17 25 .272 0 1 0 0 0 5.10 Robinson Tejeda 26 25 1 2 2 .500 3.20 39.1 17 14 22 3 19 41 .161 1 5 0 0 0 3.43 Horacio Ramirez 28 15 0 1 1 .500 2.59 24.1 9 7 21 1 1 11 .226 2 1 0 0 0 3.00 John Bale 34 13 3 0 3 .000 4.39 26.2 13 13 29 1 6 14 .279 0 1 0 0 0 3.11 Jeff Fulchino 28 12 0 0 1 .000 9.00 14.0 15 14 21 2 8 12 .333 1 1 0 0 0 5.07 Kip Wells 31 10 0 0 1 .000 8.71 10.1 10 10 10 1 11 9 .263 1 1 0 0 0 6.00 Devon Lowery 25 5 0 0 0 .000 10.38 4.1 5 5 6 2 2 6 .316 0 0 0 0 0 7.62 Josh Newman 26 4 0 0 0 .000 7.71 7.0 9 6 10 1 6 2 .345 0 0 0 0 0 6.86 Hideo Nomo 39 3 0 0 0 .000 18.69 4.1 9 9 10 3 4 3 .435 0 1 0 0 0 13.38 Carlos Rosa 23 2 0 0 0 .000 2.70 3.1 1 1 3 0 0 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1.20 Neal Musser 27 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 Tony Pena 27 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1.00