1999 Kansas City Royals season

The 1999 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 4th in the American League Central with a record of 64 wins and 97 losses.

1999 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)David Glass
General manager(s)Herk Robinson
Manager(s)Tony Muser
Local televisionKMBC-TV
KCWE
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Local radioKMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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Offseason
  • October 30, 1998: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[1]

Regular season

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9765 0.599 — 47–34 50–31
Chicago White Sox 7586 0.466 21½ 38–42 37–44
Detroit Tigers 6992 0.429 27½ 38–43 31–49
Kansas City Royals 6497 0.398 32½ 33–47 31–50
Minnesota Twins 6397 0.394 33 31–50 32–47

Record vs. opponents
1999 American League Records

Sources:
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

Roster
1999 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 26 Félix Martínez
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 28 Mark Wiley (pitching)

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

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

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
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  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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