1998 Kansas City Royals season

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1998 Kansas City Royals
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1969) Central Division (Since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (Since 1973) Kansas City, Missouri (Since 1969)
1998 Information
Owner(s)	David Glass
Manager(s)	Tony Muser
Local television	KMBC-TV KCWB Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Local radio	WKBZ (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1998 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 3rd in the American League Central with a record of 72 wins and 89 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 References

[edit] Offseason

January 20, 1998: Lee Smith signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals. ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

AL Central Final Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
Cleveland Indians2	89	73	.549	--	46-35	43-38
Chicago White Sox	80	82	.494	9.0	44-37	36-45
Kansas City Royals	72	89	.447	16.5	29-51	43-38
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	19.0	35-46	35-46
Detroit Tigers	65	97	.401	24.0	32-49	33-48

Number indicates playoff seeding

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

1. ^ Lee Smith Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

• 1998 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 1998 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1998 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • New York • Tampa Bay • Toronto AL Central Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota AL West Anaheim • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Atlanta • Florida • Montreal • New York • Philadelphia NL Central Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Milwaukee • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Arizona • Colorado • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1998 All-Star Game • 1998 World Series

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