1998 Kansas City Royals

72-89 • .447 Win% • 3rd in AL C

The 1998 Kansas City Royals went 72-89 (.447) finishing 3rd in the AL C division. The club scored 714 runs, allowed 899, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Dean Palmer (34 HR, 119 RBI) and Tim Belcher (14-14, 4.27 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

72 Wins
89 Losses
.447 Win %
3rd Rank
714 R 899 RA
Diff -185

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714 Runs Scored
899 Runs Allowed
-185 Run Diff
1,494K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 AL Average

Batting Avg .263 3% below the 1998 league average (.271)
OBP .324 5% below the 1998 league average (.339)
SLG .399 7% below the 1998 league average (.431)
Team ERA 5.15 11% worse than the 1998 league average (4.65)
Runs Scored 714 12% below the 1998 league average (812 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,494,875
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Avg per Game 18,685

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1998

Batting Avg

1 Jose Offerman 0.315 2 Hal Morris 0.309 3 Shane Mack 0.280 4 Dean Palmer 0.278 5 Johnny Damon 0.277

Home Runs

1 Dean Palmer 34 2 Jeff King 24 3 Johnny Damon 18 4 Jeff Conine 8 5 Sal Fasano 8

RBI

1 Dean Palmer 119 2 Jeff King 93 3 Johnny Damon 66 4 Jose Offerman 66 5 Jeff Conine 43
1998 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Johnny Damon 161 642 104 178 30 10 18 66 58 84 26 0.277
Jose Offerman 158 607 102 191 28 13 7 66 89 96 45 0.315
Dean Palmer 152 572 84 159 27 2 34 119 48 134 8 0.278
Jeff King 131 486 83 128 17 1 24 93 42 73 10 0.263
Hal Morris 127 472 50 146 27 2 1 40 32 52 1 0.309
Larry Sutton 111 310 29 76 14 2 5 42 29 46 3 0.245
Jeff Conine 93 309 30 79 26 0 8 43 26 68 3 0.256
Mike Sweeney 92 282 32 73 18 0 8 35 24 38 2 0.259
Terry Pendleton 79 237 17 61 10 0 3 29 15 49 1 0.257
Sal Fasano 74 216 21 49 10 0 8 31 10 56 1 0.227
Jermaine Dye 60 214 24 50 5 1 5 23 11 46 2 0.234
Shane Mack 66 207 30 58 15 1 6 29 15 36 8 0.280
Mendy Lopez 74 206 18 50 10 2 1 15 12 40 5 0.243
Shane Halter 86 204 17 45 12 0 2 13 12 38 2 0.221
Luis Rivera 42 89 14 22 4 0 0 7 7 17 1 0.247
Felix Martinez 34 85 7 11 1 1 0 5 5 21 3 0.129
Jermaine Allensworth 30 73 15 15 5 0 0 3 9 17 7 0.205
Carlos Beltran 14 58 12 16 5 3 0 7 3 12 3 0.276
Jeremy Giambi 18 58 6 13 4 0 2 8 11 9 0 0.224
Ernie Young 25 53 2 10 3 0 1 3 2 9 2 0.189
Scott Leius 17 46 2 8 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 0.174
Carlos Febles 11 25 5 10 1 2 0 2 4 7 2 0.400
Tim Spehr 11 25 5 6 2 0 1 2 8 3 0 0.240
Chris Hatcher 8 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.067
Mike Macfarlane 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.091
Chris Turner 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Joe Vitiello 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.143
Tim Belcher 34 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Hector Ortiz 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dee Brown 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jed Hansen 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Glendon Rusch 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hipolito Pichardo 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Pittsley 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Pat Rapp 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jose Rosado 38 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Ricky Bones 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Service 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Kevin Appier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Barber 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Bevil 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Byrdak 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bart Evans 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Haney 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Allen McDill 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Montgomery 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Rios 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Santiago 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Suppan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamie Walker 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Whisenant 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1998

ERA

1 Ricky Bones 3.04 2 Scott Service 3.48 3 Tim Belcher 4.27 4 Jose Rosado 4.69 5 Matt Whisenant 4.90

Wins

1 Tim Belcher 14 2 Pat Rapp 12 3 Jose Rosado 8 4 Hipolito Pichardo 7 5 Chris Haney 6

Strikeouts

1 Jose Rosado 135 2 Pat Rapp 132 3 Tim Belcher 130 4 Scott Service 95 5 Glendon Rusch 94
1998 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tim Belcher 14 14 4.27 34 34 0 234.0 247 111 73 130
Pat Rapp 12 13 5.30 32 32 0 188.1 208 111 107 132
Jose Rosado 8 11 4.69 38 25 1 174.2 180 91 57 135
Glendon Rusch 6 15 5.88 29 24 1 154.2 191 101 50 94
Hipolito Pichardo 7 8 5.13 27 18 1 112.1 126 64 43 55
Chris Haney 6 6 7.03 33 12 0 97.1 125 76 36 51
Scott Service 6 4 3.48 73 0 4 82.2 70 32 34 95
Jim Pittsley 1 1 6.59 39 2 0 68.1 88 50 37 44
Matt Whisenant 2 1 4.90 70 0 2 60.2 61 33 33 45
Jeff Montgomery 2 5 4.98 56 0 36 56.0 58 31 22 54
Ricky Bones 2 2 3.04 32 0 1 53.1 49 18 24 38
Brian Barber 2 4 6.00 8 8 0 42.0 45 28 13 24
Brian Bevil 3 1 6.30 39 0 0 40.0 47 28 22 47
Jamie Walker 0 1 9.87 6 2 0 17.1 30 19 3 15
Kevin Appier 1 2 7.80 3 3 0 15.0 21 13 5 9
Jeff Suppan 0 0 0.71 4 1 0 12.2 9 1 1 12
Bart Evans 0 0 2.00 8 0 0 9.0 7 2 0 7
Danny Rios 0 1 6.14 5 0 0 7.1 9 5 6 6
Allen McDill 0 0 10.50 7 0 0 6.0 9 7 2 3
Jose Santiago 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 4 2 0 2
Tim Byrdak 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 1.2 5 1 0 1
Shane Halter 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (51)

Jermaine Allensworth Kevin Appier Brian Barber Tim Belcher Carlos Beltran Brian Bevil Ricky Bones Dee Brown Tim Byrdak Jeff Conine Johnny Damon Jermaine Dye +39 more

51 players

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The 1998 Kansas City Royals in brief

A 72-89 record (.447) put the 1998 Kansas City Royals 3rd in the AL Central. The run column shows 714 for and 899 against. Against a league average of .271, the 1998 Kansas City Royals batted .263. Pitchers allowed 5.15 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.65. The 1998 Kansas City Royals scored 12% fewer runs than the average club (714 against 812).

Home games were played at Kauffman Stadium, where 1,494,875 fans came through the gates. For power, Dean Palmer led the way with 34 homers. The hits leader was Jose Offerman with 191. On the mound, Tim Belcher won 14 games to lead the staff. Jose Rosado struck out 135, the most on the club. Jeff Montgomery closed out 36 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1998 Kansas City Royals

What was the 1998 Kansas City Royals record?
The 1998 Kansas City Royals finished 72-89 (.447 win pct).
Who led the 1998 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Dean Palmer led the 1998 Kansas City Royals with 34 home runs.
What was the 1998 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 1998 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 5.15.
Did the 1998 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 1998 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1998 Kansas City Royals play?
The 1998 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 1998 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Dean Palmer (34 HR, 119 RBI) and Tim Belcher (14-14, 4.27 ERA).
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