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1999 Kansas City Royals season

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1999 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record64–97 (.398)
Divisional place5th
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersHerk Robinson
ManagersTony Muser
TelevisionKMBC-TV
KCWE
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
RadioKMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
← 1998
2000 →

The 1999 Kansas City Royals season was the 31st season for the franchise, and their 27th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fourth in the American League Central with a record of 64 wins and 97 losses and missed the postseason for the 14th consecutive season.

Offseason

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  • October 30, 1998: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9765 .599 — 47‍–‍34 50‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox 7586 .466 21Âœ 38‍–‍42 37‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 6992 .429 27Âœ 38‍–‍43 31‍–‍49
Kansas City Royals 6497 .398 32Âœ 33‍–‍47 31‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 6397 .394 33 31‍–‍50 32‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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1999 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1999
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1999 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CChad Kreuter10732473.225535
1BJeremy Giambi9028882.285334
2BCarlos Febles123453116.2561053
SSRey SĂĄnchez134479141.294256
3BJoe Randa156628197.3141684
LFJohnny Damon145583179.3071477
CFCarlos BeltrĂĄn156663194.29322108
RFJermaine Dye158608179.29427119
DHMike Sweeney150575185.32222102

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tim Spehr6015532.206926
Scott Pose8613739.285012
Larry Sutton4310223.225215
Ray Holbert3410028.28005
Jed Hansen497916.20335
Scott Leius377415.203110
Jeff King217217.236311
Steve Scarsone466814.20606
Sal Fasano236014.233516
Mark Quinn176020.333618
Joe Vitiello13416.14614
Dee Brown12252.08000
Mendy LĂłpez7208.40003
FĂ©lix MartĂ­nez671.14300

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jeff Suppan32208.210124.53103
José Rosado33208.010143.85141
Jay Witasick32158.19125.57102
Kevin Appier22140.1994.8778
Blake Stein1270.1124.0943
Dan Reichert836.2229.0820
Jim Pittsley523.1126.947

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mac Suzuki2268.0235.1636
Chris Fussell1756.0057.3937
Brian Barber818.2139.647

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Montgomery4914126.8427
Scott Service685586.0968
Alvin Morman492414.0531
Matt Whisenant484416.3527
José Santiago343423.4215
Tim Byrdak330317.6017
Terry Mathews242114.3819
Brad Rigby201207.1710
Ken Ray131008.740
Don Wengert110109.2510
Derek Wallace80103.245
Marc Pisciotta80208.643
Orber Moreno70005.637
Lance Carter60105.063
Dan Murray40006.488
Glendon Rusch301015.754
Chad Durbin10000.003

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Golden Spikes Pacific Coast League Ron Johnson
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League John Mizerock
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Tom Poquette
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Kevin Long
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Andre David

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wichita, Spokane; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Wilmington[4]

References

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  1. ↑ Rico Rossy at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Sports Illustrated, Oct 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16
  3. ↑ Jeff D'Amico at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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