1996 Kansas City Royals

75-86 • .466 Win% • 5th in AL C

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
86 Losses
.466 Win %
5th Rank
746 R 786 RA
Diff -40

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746 Runs Scored
786 Runs Allowed
-40 Run Diff
1,436K Attendance

📈 vs. 1996 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 4% below the 1996 league average (.277)
OBP .332 5% below the 1996 league average (.350)
SLG .398 10% below the 1996 league average (.444)
Team ERA 4.55 9% better than the 1996 league average (4.99)
Runs Scored 746 14% below the 1996 league average (872 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,436,006
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Avg per Game 17,950

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1996

Batting Avg

1 Jose Offerman 0.303 2 Joe Randa 0.303 3 Chris Stynes 0.293 4 Rod Myers 0.286 5 Bip Roberts 0.283

Home Runs

1 Craig Paquette 22 2 Mike Macfarlane 19 3 Michael Tucker 12 4 Bob Hamelin 9 5 Joe Vitiello 8

RBI

1 Craig Paquette 67 2 Keith Lockhart 55 3 Mike Macfarlane 54 4 Michael Tucker 53 5 Bip Roberts 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jose Offerman 151 561 85 170 33 8 5 47 74 98 24 0.303
Tom Goodwin 143 524 80 148 14 4 1 35 39 79 66 0.282
Johnny Damon 145 517 61 140 22 5 6 50 31 64 25 0.271
Keith Lockhart 138 433 49 118 33 3 7 55 30 40 11 0.273
Craig Paquette 118 429 61 111 15 1 22 67 23 101 5 0.259
David Howard 143 420 51 92 14 5 4 48 40 74 5 0.219
Mike Macfarlane 112 379 58 104 24 2 19 54 31 57 3 0.274
Bip Roberts 90 339 39 96 21 2 0 52 25 38 12 0.283
Michael Tucker 108 339 55 88 18 4 12 53 40 69 10 0.260
Joe Randa 110 337 36 102 24 1 6 47 26 47 13 0.303
Joe Vitiello 85 257 29 62 15 1 8 40 38 69 2 0.241
Bob Hamelin 89 239 31 61 14 1 9 40 54 58 5 0.255
Mike Sweeney 50 165 23 46 10 0 4 24 18 21 1 0.279
Sal Fasano 51 143 20 29 2 0 6 19 14 25 1 0.203
Kevin Young 55 132 20 32 6 0 8 23 11 32 3 0.242
Chris Stynes 36 92 8 27 6 0 0 6 2 5 5 0.293
Jon Nunnally 35 90 16 19 5 1 5 17 13 25 0 0.211
Rod Myers 22 63 9 18 7 0 1 11 7 16 3 0.286
Les Norman 54 49 9 6 0 0 0 0 6 14 1 0.122
Pat Lennon 14 30 5 7 3 0 0 1 7 10 0 0.233
Henry Mercedes 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Kevin Appier 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Belcher 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Bevil 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jaime Bluma 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Terry Clark 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Granger 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Gubicza 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Haney 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Huisman 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Jacome 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Linton 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Magnante 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Montgomery 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hipolito Pichardo 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Pugh 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Robinson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Rosado 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Scanlan 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Julio Valera 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1996

ERA

1 Jose Rosado 3.21 2 Kevin Appier 3.62 3 Tim Belcher 3.92 4 Jeff Montgomery 4.26 5 Chris Haney 4.70

Wins

1 Tim Belcher 15 2 Kevin Appier 14 3 Chris Haney 10 4 Jose Rosado 8 5 Doug Linton 7

Strikeouts

1 Kevin Appier 207 2 Chris Haney 115 3 Tim Belcher 113 4 Doug Linton 87 5 Jose Rosado 64
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tim Belcher 15 11 3.92 35 35 0 238.2 262 104 68 113
Chris Haney 10 14 4.70 35 35 0 228.0 267 119 51 115
Kevin Appier 14 11 3.62 32 32 0 211.1 192 85 75 207
Mark Gubicza 4 12 5.13 19 19 0 119.1 132 68 34 55
Jose Rosado 8 6 3.21 16 16 0 106.2 101 38 26 64
Doug Linton 7 9 5.02 21 18 0 104.0 111 58 26 87
Hipolito Pichardo 3 5 5.43 57 0 3 68.0 74 41 26 43
Jeff Montgomery 4 6 4.26 48 0 24 63.1 59 30 19 45
Julio Valera 3 2 6.46 31 2 1 61.1 75 44 27 31
Mike Magnante 2 2 5.67 38 0 0 54.0 58 34 24 32
Jason Jacome 0 4 4.72 49 2 1 47.2 67 25 22 32
Tim Pugh 0 1 5.45 19 1 0 36.1 42 22 12 27
Rick Huisman 2 1 4.60 22 0 1 29.1 25 15 18 23
Jaime Bluma 0 0 3.60 17 0 5 20.0 18 8 4 14
Terry Clark 1 1 7.79 12 0 0 17.1 28 15 7 12
Jeff Granger 0 0 6.61 15 0 0 16.1 21 12 10 11
Bob Scanlan 0 1 3.18 9 0 0 11.1 13 4 3 3
Brian Bevil 1 0 5.73 3 1 0 11.0 9 7 5 7
Ken Robinson 1 0 6.00 5 0 0 6.0 9 4 3 5

👥 Roster (40)

Kevin Appier Tim Belcher Brian Bevil Jaime Bluma Terry Clark Johnny Damon Sal Fasano Tom Goodwin Jeff Granger Mark Gubicza Bob Hamelin Chris Haney +28 more

40 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1996 Kansas City Royals

What was the 1996 Kansas City Royals record?
The 1996 Kansas City Royals finished 75-86 (.466 win pct).
Who led the 1996 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Craig Paquette led the 1996 Kansas City Royals with 22 home runs.
What was the 1996 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 1996 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 4.55.
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