1997 Kansas City Royals

67-94 • .416 Win% • 5th in AL C

The 1997 Kansas City Royals went 67-94 (.416) finishing 5th in the AL C division. The club scored 747 runs, allowed 820, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Chili Davis (30 HR, 90 RBI) and Tim Belcher (13-12, 5.02 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

67 Wins
94 Losses
.416 Win %
5th Rank
747 R 820 RA
Diff -73

📁 Franchise Info

Kansas City Royals Active
→

⚡ Quick Stats

747 Runs Scored
820 Runs Allowed
-73 Run Diff
1,526K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .263 2% below the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .333 2% below the 1997 league average (.340)
SLG .406 5% below the 1997 league average (.428)
Team ERA 4.70 3% worse than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 747 6% below the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

🏟️
StadiumKauffman Stadium
📅
Home Games 80
👥
Total Attendance 1,526,638
📊
Avg per Game 19,082

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1997

Batting Avg

1 Bip Roberts 0.309 2 Jed Hansen 0.309 3 Jose Offerman 0.297 4 Jay Bell 0.291 5 Larry Sutton 0.290

Home Runs

1 Chili Davis 30 2 Jeff King 28 3 Jay Bell 21 4 Dean Palmer 9 5 Yamil Benitez 8

RBI

1 Jeff King 112 2 Jay Bell 92 3 Chili Davis 90 4 Johnny Damon 48 5 Jose Offerman 39
1997 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jay Bell 153 573 89 167 28 3 21 92 71 101 10 0.291
Jeff King 155 543 84 129 30 1 28 112 89 96 16 0.238
Chili Davis 140 477 71 133 20 0 30 90 85 96 6 0.279
Johnny Damon 146 472 70 130 12 8 8 48 42 70 16 0.275
Jose Offerman 106 424 59 126 23 6 2 39 41 64 9 0.297
Tom Goodwin 97 367 51 100 13 4 2 22 19 51 34 0.272
Bip Roberts 97 346 44 107 17 2 1 36 21 53 15 0.309
Jermaine Dye 75 263 26 62 14 0 7 22 17 51 2 0.236
Mike Macfarlane 82 257 34 61 14 2 8 35 24 47 0 0.237
Craig Paquette 77 252 26 58 15 1 8 33 10 57 2 0.230
Mike Sweeney 84 240 30 58 8 0 7 31 17 33 3 0.242
Yamil Benitez 53 191 22 51 7 1 8 21 10 49 2 0.267
Dean Palmer 49 187 23 52 10 1 9 31 15 50 1 0.278
David Howard 80 162 24 39 8 1 1 13 10 31 2 0.241
Scott Cooper 75 159 12 32 6 1 3 15 17 32 1 0.201
Joe Vitiello 51 130 11 31 6 0 5 18 14 37 0 0.238
Shane Halter 74 123 16 34 5 1 2 10 10 28 4 0.276
Rod Myers 31 101 14 26 7 0 2 9 17 22 4 0.257
Jed Hansen 34 94 11 29 6 1 1 14 13 29 3 0.309
Larry Sutton 27 69 9 20 2 0 2 8 5 12 0 0.290
Sal Fasano 13 38 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 12 0 0.211
Tim Spehr 17 35 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 12 0 0.171
Felix Martinez 16 31 3 7 1 1 0 3 6 8 0 0.226
Jon Nunnally 13 29 8 7 0 1 1 4 5 7 0 0.241
Ryan Long 6 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.222
Andy Stewart 5 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Kevin Appier 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Tim Belcher 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Glendon Rusch 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Pittsley 21 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Jose Rosado 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brian Bevil 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ricky Bones 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hector Carrasco 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Casian 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Converse 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roland de la Maza 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Haney 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Jacome 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Allen McDill 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Montgomery 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gregg Olson 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Perez 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hipolito Pichardo 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Santiago 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Service 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Veres 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamie Walker 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Whisenant 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mitch Williams 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Williams 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1997

ERA

1 Gregg Olson 3.02 2 Randy Veres 3.31 3 Kevin Appier 3.40 4 Jeff Montgomery 3.49 5 Hipolito Pichardo 4.22

Wins

1 Tim Belcher 13 2 Kevin Appier 9 3 Jose Rosado 9 4 Glendon Rusch 6 5 Jim Pittsley 5

Strikeouts

1 Kevin Appier 196 2 Jose Rosado 129 3 Glendon Rusch 116 4 Tim Belcher 113 5 Jim Pittsley 52
1997 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kevin Appier 9 13 3.40 34 34 0 235.2 215 89 74 196
Tim Belcher 13 12 5.02 32 32 0 213.1 242 119 70 113
Jose Rosado 9 12 4.69 33 33 0 203.1 208 106 73 129
Glendon Rusch 6 9 5.50 30 27 0 170.1 206 104 52 116
Jim Pittsley 5 8 5.46 21 21 0 112.0 120 68 54 52
Ricky Bones 4 7 5.97 21 11 0 78.1 102 52 25 36
Jeff Montgomery 1 4 3.49 55 0 14 59.1 53 23 18 48
Hipolito Pichardo 3 5 4.22 47 0 11 49.0 51 23 24 34
Jamie Walker 3 3 5.44 50 0 0 43.0 46 26 20 24
Gregg Olson 4 3 3.02 34 0 1 41.2 39 14 17 28
Randy Veres 4 0 3.31 24 0 1 35.1 36 13 7 28
Hector Carrasco 1 6 5.45 28 0 0 34.2 29 21 16 30
Larry Casian 0 2 5.06 32 0 0 26.2 32 15 6 16
Chris Haney 1 2 4.38 8 3 0 24.2 29 12 5 16
Mike Perez 2 0 3.54 16 0 0 20.1 15 8 8 17
Matt Whisenant 1 0 2.84 24 0 0 19.0 15 6 12 16
Scott Service 0 3 4.76 12 0 0 17.0 17 9 5 19
Brian Bevil 1 2 6.61 18 0 1 16.1 16 12 9 13
Mike Williams 0 2 6.43 10 0 1 14.0 20 10 8 10
Jason Jacome 0 0 9.45 7 0 0 6.2 13 7 5 3
Mitch Williams 0 1 10.80 7 0 0 6.2 11 8 7 10
Jim Converse 0 0 3.60 3 0 0 5.0 4 2 5 3
Jose Santiago 0 0 1.93 4 0 0 4.2 7 1 2 1
Allen McDill 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 4.0 3 6 8 2
Roland de la Maza 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1

👥 Roster (51)

Kevin Appier Tim Belcher Jay Bell Yamil Benitez Brian Bevil Ricky Bones Hector Carrasco Larry Casian Jim Converse Scott Cooper Johnny Damon Chili Davis +39 more

51 players

📂 Quick Links

📅 1997 Season 🏠 All KCA Seasons

⏳ Browse Seasons

The 1997 Kansas City Royals in brief

In 1997 the Kansas City Royals posted a 67-94 mark (.416) and finished 5th in the AL Central. With 747 runs scored and 820 given up, the 1997 differential was -73. Against a league average of .270, the 1997 Kansas City Royals batted .263. The Kansas City Royals staff finished with a 4.70 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.57. The 747 runs scored compare with a league average of 797 per club, 6% fewer.

Attendance at Kauffman Stadium totaled 1,526,638 for the year. Chili Davis led the club in home runs with 30. Jeff King led in RBI with 112. The pitching staff's wins leader was Tim Belcher (13). Kevin Appier struck out 196, the most on the club. Jeff Montgomery saved 14 games.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1997 Kansas City Royals

What was the 1997 Kansas City Royals record?
The 1997 Kansas City Royals finished 67-94 (.416 win pct).
Who led the 1997 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Chili Davis led the 1997 Kansas City Royals with 30 home runs.
What was the 1997 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 1997 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 4.70.
Did the 1997 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 1997 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1997 Kansas City Royals play?
The 1997 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 1997 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Chili Davis (30 HR, 90 RBI) and Tim Belcher (13-12, 5.02 ERA).
All Seasons