1996 Kansas City Royals season

1996 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Herk Robinson
Manager(s)	Bob Boone
Local television	KSMO-TV (Paul Splittorff, Steve Busby)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff)
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The 1996 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 5th in the American League Central with a record of 75 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason

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

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	99	62	0.615	—	51–29	48–33
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	14½	44–37	41–40
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	0.494	19½	38–43	42–39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	0.481	21½	39–43	39–41
Kansas City Royals	75	86	0.466	24	37–43	38–43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records Sources:
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

1996 Game Log: 75–86 (Home: 37–43; Away: 38–43)

April: 9–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 2	@ Orioles	2–4	Mussina	Appier (0–1)	Myers	46,818	0–1
2	April 3	@ Orioles	1–7	Wells	Gubicza (0–1)	—	40,068	0–2
3	April 4	@ Orioles	3–5	Rhodes	Pichardo (0–1)	Myers	38,753	0–3
4	April 5	Red Sox	5–4 (12)	Clark (1–0)	Pennington	—	39,526	1–3
5	April 6	Red Sox	7–3	Pichardo (1–1)	Belinda	—	17,339	2–3
6	April 7	Red Sox	1–3	Moyer	Gubicza (0–2)	Slocumb	13,183	2–4
7	April 9	@ Yankees	3–7	Pettitte	Haney (0–1)	—	56,329	2–5
8	April 11	@ Yankees	3–5	Key	Belcher (0–1)	Howe	17,519	2–6
9	April 12	@ Brewers	4–1	Appier (1–1)	Bones	Montgomery (1)	7,113	3–6
10	April 13	@ Brewers	3–2	Gubicza (1–2)	Sparks	Montgomery (2)	9,224	4–6
11	April 14	@ Brewers	2–5	McDonald	Haney (0–2)	Miranda	19,131	4–7
12	April 15	White Sox	10–11	Karchner	Pichardo (1–2)	Hernandez	12,653	4–8
13	April 16	White Sox	6–5	Belcher (1–1)	Bere	Montgomery (3)	12,399	5–8
14	April 17	White Sox	1–3	Fernandez	Appier (1–2)	Hernandez	13,350	5–9
15	April 18	Brewers	2–8	Sparks	Gubicza (1–3)	—	13,153	5–10
16	April 19	Brewers	2–8	McDonald	Haney (0–3)	—	15,321	5–11
17	April 20	Brewers	4–12	Miranda	Jacome (0–1)	—	17,220	5–12
18	April 21	Brewers	4–5	Wickander	Pichardo (1–3)	Fetters	14,666	5–13
19	April 22	Yankees	2–6	Cone	Appier (1–3)	—	14,763	5–14
20	April 23	Yankees	5–2	Gubicza (2–3)	Key	Montgomery (4)	12,536	6–14
21	April 24	Orioles	8–11	Mercker	Haney (0–4)	—	13,962	6–15
22	April 25	Orioles	2–3	Rhodes	Valera (0–1)	Myers	16,090	6–16
23	April 26	@ Red Sox	4–3	Belcher (2–1)	Clemens	Montgomery (5)	22,385	7–16
24	April 27	@ Red Sox	10–0	Appier (2–3)	Sele	—	29,459	8–16
25	April 28	@ Red Sox	9–7	Robinson (1–0)	Slocumb	Montgomery (6)	32,491	9–16
26	April 29	@ Twins	6–11	Hansell	Clark (1–1)	Bennett	10,237	9–17
27	April 30	@ Twins	7–16	Naulty	Magnante (0–1)	—	10,503	9–18

May: 15–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
28	May 1	@ Twins	5–6 (10)	Stevens	Montgomery (0–1)	—	11,975	9–19
29	May 3	Athletics	3–1	Appier (3–3)	Reyes	Montgomery (7)	14,452	10–19
30	May 4	Athletics	2–5	Wojciechowski	Gubicza (2–4)	Groom	15,987	10–20
31	May 5	Athletics	2–0	Haney (1–4)	Prieto	—	16,589	11–20
32	May 6	@ Angels	9–4	Belcher (3–1)	Leftwich	Pichardo (1)	14,447	12–20
33	May 7	@ Angels	5–3	Valera (1–1)	Abbott	Montgomery (8)	14,657	13–20
34	May 8	@ Angels	3–1 (14)	Pichardo (2–3)	Eichhorn	—	16,210	14–20
35	May 9	@ Angels	8–2	Gubicza (3–4)	Grimsley	—	15,302	15–20
36	May 10	@ Mariners	14–10	Valera (2–1)	Davis	—	24,231	16–20
37	May 11	@ Mariners	1–11	Wolcott	Belcher (3–2)	Carmona	43,297	16–21
38	May 12	@ Mariners	5–8	Johnson	Linton (0–1)	Charlton	27,470	16–22
39	May 13	@ Rangers	6–7	Cook	Montgomery (0–2)	Henneman	22,981	16–23
40	May 14	@ Rangers	0–10	Hill	Gubicza (3–5)	—	28,999	16–24
41	May 15	@ Rangers	3–1	Haney (2–4)	Pavlik	Montgomery (9)	26,881	17–24
42	May 17	Blue Jays	4–2	Belcher (4–2)	Guzman	Montgomery (10)	20,079	18–24
43	May 18	Blue Jays	2–6	Viola	Appier (3–4)	—	18,116	18–25
44	May 19	Blue Jays	2–3	Hanson	Gubicza (3–6)	Timlin	15,039	18–26
45	May 20	Blue Jays	5–4	Haney (3–4)	Hentgen	Montgomery (11)	14,303	19–26
46	May 21	@ Tigers	7–1	Linton (1–1)	Williams	Valera (1)	24,372	20–26
47	May 22	@ Tigers	6–4	Belcher (5–2)	Farrell	Montgomery (12)	12,890	21–26
48	May 23	Rangers	4–2	Appier (4–4)	Oliver	Montgomery (13)	15,612	22–26
49	May 24	Rangers	8–0	Gubicza (4–6)	Witt	—	13,696	23–26
50	May 25	Rangers	1–2	Helling	Haney (3–5)	Henneman	23,668	23–27
51	May 26	Rangers	4–6	Hill	Linton (1–2)	Henneman	22,665	23–28
52	May 27	Tigers	5–4 (13)	Montgomery (1–2)	Veres	—	19,776	24–28
53	May 29	Tigers	4–5	Gohr	Appier (4–5)	Walker	13,712	24–29
54	May 31	@ Blue Jays	2–4	Hentgen	Gubicza (4–7)	Timlin	33,194	24–30

June: 10–17 (Home: 6–10; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
55	June 1	@ Blue Jays	3–5 (10)	Crabtree	Montgomery (1–3)	—	31,107	24–31
56	June 2	@ Blue Jays	7–5	Belcher (6–2)	Janzen	Montgomery (14)	32,253	25–31
57	June 3	@ Athletics	1–2	Wasdin	Appier (4–6)	Taylor	6,465	25–32
58	June 4	@ Athletics	3–8	Wengert	Gubicza (4–8)	—	11,524	25–33
59	June 5	@ Athletics	5–2	Haney (4–5)	Johns	Montgomery (15)	8,113	26–33
60	June 7	Mariners	9–5	Valera (3–1)	Wolcott	—	20,891	27–33
61	June 8	Mariners	12–8	Appier (5–6)	Milacki	Montgomery (16)	30,022	28–33
62	June 9	Mariners	2–3	Hitchcock	Gubicza (4–9)	Charlton	20,489	28–34
63	June 10	Angels	5–7 (10)	McElroy	Pugh (0–1)	Percival	15,691	28–35
64	June 11	Angels	9–11	McElroy	Valera (3–2)	Percival	16,687	28–36
65	June 12	Angels	3–4 (10)	McElroy	Montgomery (1–4)	Percival	15,428	28–37
66	June 13	Orioles	10–2	Linton (2–2)	Mercker	—	20,108	29–37
67	June 14	Orioles	1–6	Mussina	Gubicza (4–10)	—	28,502	29–38
68	June 15	Orioles	7–6 (16)	Magnante (1–1)	Krivda	—	24,784	30–38
69	June 16	Orioles	5–13	Coppinger	Jacome (0–2)	Mills	19,437	30–39
70	June 17	@ Brewers	4–9	Burrows	Appier (5–7)	—	9,315	30–40
71	June 18	@ Brewers	1–9	Karl	Linton (2–3)	Potts	9,116	30–41
72	June 19	@ Brewers	8–4 (10)	Pichardo (3–3)	Mercedes	—	13,431	31–41
73	June 21	@ Orioles	3–9	Rhodes	Haney (4–6)	—	47,644	31–42
74	June 22	@ Orioles	3–5	Erickson	Montgomery (1–5)	—	47,534	31–43
75	June 23	@ Orioles	4–0	Appier (6–7)	Krivda	—	47,608	32–43
76	June 25	Brewers	3–5	Bones	Gubicza (4–11)	Fetters	14,448	32–44
77	June 26	Brewers	7–3	Haney (5–6)	Givens	—	14,560	33–44
78	June 27	Brewers	2–6	McDonald	Belcher (6–3)	—	17,670	33–45
79	June 28	Twins	6–2	Appier (7–7)	Radke	—	21,515	34–45
80	June 29	Twins	7–12	Trombley	Linton (2–4)	—	23,232	34–46
81	June 30	Twins	2–5	Rodriguez	Gubicza (4–12)	Stevens	28,246	34–47

July: 14–13 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
82	July 1	@ Indians	4–2	Haney (6–6)	Nagy	—	40,814	35–47
83	July 2	@ Indians	2–3	Poole	Belcher (6–4)	—	42,283	35–48
84	July 3	@ Indians	4–6	Tavarez	Magnante (1–2)	Shuey	42,470	35–49
85	July 4	@ Twins	5–3	Linton (3–4)	Robertson	Montgomery (17)	37,295	36–49
86	July 5	@ Twins	8–9	Guardado	Montgomery (1–6)	—	18,465	36–50
87	July 6	@ Twins	8–5	Haney (7–6)	Aguilera	Montgomery (18)	18,699	37–50
88	July 7	@ Twins	8–2	Belcher (7–4)	Aldred	—	14,251	38–50
89	July 11	White Sox	3–2	Haney (8–6)	Alvarez	—	22,928	39–50
90	July 12	White Sox	6–7	Tapani	Belcher (7–5)	Hernandez	18,458	39–51
91	July 13	White Sox	1–3	Fernandez	Rosado (0–1)	—	25,363	39–52
92	July 14	White Sox	2–3	Baldwin	Linton (3–5)	Hernandez	17,024	39–53
93	July 15	Indians	6–3	Magnante (2–2)	Tavarez	Montgomery (19)	22,294	40–53
94	July 16	Indians	4–10	McDowell	Haney (8–7)	—	16,871	40–54
95	July 17	Indians	3–2	Belcher (8–5)	Hershiser	Montgomery (20)	19,532	41–54
96	July 18	@ White Sox	7–1	Appier (8–7)	Fernandez	Pichardo (2)	17,657	42–54
97	July 19	@ White Sox	7–4 (10)	Montgomery (2–6)	Hernandez	—	19,604	43–54
98	July 20	@ White Sox	7–5	Linton (4–5)	Keyser	Montgomery (21)	32,282	44–54
99	July 21	@ White Sox	3–6	Alvarez	Haney (8–8)	Hernandez	21,253	44–55
100	July 22	@ Red Sox	5–2	Belcher (9–5)	Gordon	—	28,109	45–55
101	July 23	@ Red Sox	7–5	Appier (9–7)	Sele	—	23,711	46–55
102	July 24	@ Red Sox	2–12	Moyer	Linton (4–6)	—	33,381	46–56
103	July 25	@ Yankees	7–0	Rosado (1–1)	Hutton	—	23,475	47–56
104	July 26	@ Yankees	1–15	Key	Haney (8–9)	—	23,782	47–57
105	July 27	@ Yankees	4–5	Rogers	Belcher (9–6)	Wetteland	42,044	47–58
106	July 28	@ Yankees	2–3	Wetteland	Jacome (0–3)	—	35,658	47–59
107	July 30	Red Sox	7–0	Rosado (2–1)	Eshelman	—	17,166	48–59
108	July 31	Red Sox	3–5	Wakefield	Haney (8–10)	Slocumb	17,527	48–60

August: 14–15 (Home: 8–9; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
109	August 1	Red Sox	9–4	Belcher (10–6)	Clemens	—	18,934	49–60
110	August 2	Yankees	4–3 (10)	Montgomery (3–6)	Rivera	—	28,618	50–60
111	August 3	Yankees	11–4	Linton (5–6)	Weathers	—	29,355	51–60
112	August 4	Yankees	3–5	Pettitte	Rosado (2–2)	—	24,624	51–61
113	August 5	Yankees	2–5	Key	Pichardo (3–4)	Wetteland	22,865	51–62
114	August 6	Athletics	9–2	Belcher (11–6)	Wasdin	—	14,028	52–62
115	August 7	Athletics	7–0	Appier (10–7)	Prieto	—	15,517	53–62
116	August 8	Athletics	1–2	Wengert	Linton (5–7)	Taylor	19,197	53–63
117	August 9	@ Angels	5–3	Rosado (3–2)	Langston	Montgomery (22)	35,977	54–63
118	August 10	@ Angels	18–3	Haney (9–10)	Abbott	—	21,657	55–63
119	August 11	@ Angels	5–6	Springer	Belcher (11–7)	—	18,591	55–64
120	August 12	@ Mariners	10–4	Appier (11–7)	Moyer	Huisman (1)	43,476	56–64
121	August 13	@ Mariners	5–9	Mulholland	Linton (5–8)	Johnson	21,961	56–65
122	August 14	@ Mariners	3–1	Rosado (4–2)	Wolcott	Montgomery (23)	23,709	57–65
123	August 16	@ Rangers	3–5	Burkett	Haney (9–11)	Henneman	32,053	57–66
124	August 17	@ Rangers	4–1	Belcher (12–7)	Hill	—	41,855	58–66
125	August 18	@ Rangers	3–10	Gross	Appier (11–8)	—	30,480	58–67
126	August 19	Blue Jays	1–2	Spoljaric	Rosado (4–3)	Timlin	16,862	58–68
127	August 20	Blue Jays	5–6 (14)	Timlin	Huisman (0–1)	—	14,568	58–69
128	August 21	Blue Jays	2–6	Guzman	Haney (9–12)	—	12,238	58–70
129	August 22	Tigers	3–10	Thompson	Belcher (12–8)	—	14,699	58–71
130	August 23	Tigers	2–3	Sager	Appier (11–9)	Olson	15,603	58–72
131	August 24	Tigers	9–2	Rosado (5–3)	Olivares	—	28,011	59–72
132	August 25	Tigers	4–7	Van Poppel	Linton (5–9)	Myers	15,123	59–73
133	August 27	Rangers	4–3 (10)	Montgomery (4–6)	Russell	—	12,907	60–73
134	August 28	Rangers	4–3 (12)	Huisman (1–1)	Gross	—	12,695	61–73
135	August 29	@ Tigers	1–4	Eischen	Appier (11–10)	Lima	7,882	61–74
136	August 30	@ Tigers	0–4	Van Poppel	Rosado (5–4)	—	16,498	61–75
137	August 31	@ Tigers	3–1	Linton (6–9)	Lira	Montgomery (24)	16,270	62–75

September: 13–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
138	September 1	@ Tigers	3–2 (13)	Huisman (2–1)	Myers	Jacome (1)	17,647	63–75
139	September 2	@ Blue Jays	2–0	Belcher (13–8)	Hanson	—	28,177	64–75
140	September 3	@ Blue Jays	5–2	Appier (12–10)	Hentgen	—	25,729	65–75
141	September 4	@ Blue Jays	0–6	Williams	Rosado (5–5)	—	25,827	65–76
142	September 6	@ Athletics	1–7	Adams	Haney (9–13)	—	14,404	65–77
143	September 7	@ Athletics	6–13	Prieto	Belcher (13–9)	—	13,175	65–78
144	September 8	@ Athletics	7–8 (10)	Corsi	Pichardo (3–5)	—	17,208	65–79
145	September 10	Mariners	4–2	Rosado (6–5)	Torres	Bluma (1)	12,499	66–79
146	September 11	Mariners	4–2	Linton (7–9)	Moyer	Bluma (2)	13,078	67–79
147	September 12	Mariners	5–8	Mulholland	Haney (9–14)	Charlton	15,045	67–80
148	September 13	Angels	8–2	Belcher (14–9)	Abbott	—	13,083	68–80
149	September 14	Angels	8–5	Appier (13–10)	Dickson	—	17,174	69–80
150	September 16	Twins	6–5	Rosado (7–5)	Radke	Bluma (3)	16,843	70–80
151	September 17	Twins	4–2	Haney (10–14)	Aldred	Bluma (4)	11,809	71–80
152	September 18	Twins	4–7	Miller	Belcher (14–10)	—	11,588	71–81
153	September 19	@ Indians	1–9	Ogea	Appier (13–11)	—	42,297	71–82
154	September 20	@ Indians	6–4	Bevil (1–0)	Nagy	Bluma (5)	42,358	72–82
155	September 21	@ Indians	4–13	Hershiser	Rosado (7–6)	—	42,339	72–83
156	September 22	@ Indians	5–6	McDowell	Jacome (0–4)	Mesa	42,291	72–84
157	September 24	@ White Sox	2–3	Castillo	Belcher (14–11)	—	14,348	72–85
158	September 25	@ White Sox	8–2	Appier (14–11)	Tapani	—	15,911	73–85
159	September 27	Indians	11–6	Rosado (8–6)	Hershiser	—	15,939	74–85
160	September 28	Indians	4–5	Mercker	Scanlan (0–1)	Mesa	19,820	74–86
161	September 29	Indians	4–1	Belcher (15–11)	Ogea	Pichardo (3)	14,556	75–86

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Royals team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	3	9	0.250	49	71
Boston Red Sox	9	3	0.750	69	48
Detroit Tigers	6	6	0.500	47	47
New York Yankees	4	8	0.333	47	60
Toronto Blue Jays	5	8	0.385	40	51
Total	27	34	0.443	252	277
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	6	7	0.462	63	55
Cleveland Indians	6	7	0.462	58	70
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Brewers	4	9	0.308	46	77
Minnesota Twins	6	7	0.462	76	85
Total	22	30	0.423	243	287
AL West
California Angels	8	4	0.667	86	51
Oakland Athletics	5	7	0.417	47	50
Seattle Mariners	7	5	0.583	74	71
Texas Rangers	6	6	0.500	44	50
Total	26	22	0.542	251	222
Season Total	75	86	0.466	746	786

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	27	9	18	0.333	116	157
May	27	15	12	0.556	120	112
June	27	10	17	0.370	132	156
July	27	14	13	0.519	126	123
August	29	14	15	0.483	140	118
September	24	13	11	0.542	112	120
Total	161	75	86	0.466	746	786

Total	161	75	86	0.466	746	786
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	80	37	43	0.463	372	369
Away	81	38	43	0.469	374	417

Roster

1996 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

17 Kevin Appier

41 Tim Belcher

47 Brian Bevil

46 Jaime Bluma

24 Terry Clark

27 Jeff Granger

23 Mark Gubicza

33 Chris Haney

37 Rick Huisman

45 Jason Jacome

49 Doug Linton

57 Mike Magnante

21 Jeff Montgomery

35 Hipólito Pichardo

46 Tim Pugh

50 Kenny Robinson

50 José Rosado

24 Bob Scanlan

51 Julio Valera

Catchers

26 Sal Fasano

15 Mike Macfarlane

36 Henry Mercedes

29 Mike Sweeney

Infielders

3 Bob Hamelin

6 David Howard

4 Keith Lockhart (baseball)

30 José Offerman

12 Craig Paquette

16 Joe Randa

1 Bip Roberts

44 Joe Vitiello

32 Kevin Young

Outfielders

18 Johnny Damon

42 Tom Goodwin

46 Patrick Lennon

58 Rod Myers

25 Les Norman

22 Jon Nunnally

14 Chris Stynes

31 Michael Tucker

Manager

8 Bob Boone

Coaches

56 Tim Foli

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Myers, RodRod Myers	22	63	18	.286	1	11

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

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

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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	Brian Poldberg
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Bob Herold
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Al Pedrique

References

↑ 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

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Kansas City Royals

Based in Kansas City, Missouri

Franchise

Ballparks

Municipal Stadium; Kauffman Stadium
Spring training: Terry Park; Baseball City Stadium; Surprise Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

St. Louis Cardinals

Team Hall of Fame

Minors

AAA: Omaha Storm Chasers
AA: Northwest Arkansas Naturals
A Adv.: Wilmington Blue Rocks
A: Lexington Legends
Rookie Adv.: Idaho Falls Chukars; Burlington Royals
Rookie: AZL Royals; DSL Royals

Key personnel

Owner: David Glass
General Manager: Dayton Moore
Manager: Ned Yost

World Series
championships (2)

1985
2015

American League
pennants (4)

Division titles

West: 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981 (second half); 1984; 1985
Central: 2015
Wild Card: 2014

Seasons (49)

1960s	1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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