| W-L: 75-86 (0.466) | Finish: 5th in American League Central |
| Expected W-L (runs) | 77-85 (0.476) |
| SharkWAR Expected W-L | 82-80 (0.506) |
| <<1995 Kansas City Royals | 1997 Kansas City Royals>> |
| Player Name | Pos | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Offerman | 1B | 27 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 151 | 645 | 170 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 74 | 24 | 10 | 90.249 | 0.384 | 0.417 |
| Mike Macfarlane | C | 32 | -0.1 | 1.3 | 112 | 419 | 104 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 58.801 | 0.339 | 0.499 |
| Bob Hamelin | 1B | 28 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 89 | 299 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 44.882 | 0.391 | 0.435 |
| Michael Tucker | RF | 25 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 108 | 393 | 88 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 50.015 | 0.346 | 0.443 |
| Joe Randa | 3B | 26 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 110 | 370 | 102 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 46.787 | 0.350 | 0.433 |
| Joe Vitiello | 1B | 26 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 85 | 301 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 34.833 | 0.342 | 0.401 |
| Mike Sweeney | C | 22 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 50 | 190 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 23.934 | 0.358 | 0.412 |
| Rod Myers | CF | 23 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 22 | 70 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9.476 | 0.357 | 0.444 |
| Pat Lennon | LF | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.448 | 0.378 | 0.333 |
| Jon Nunnally | RF | 24 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35 | 104 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11.599 | 0.308 | 0.456 |
| Kevin Young | 1B | 27 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 55 | 143 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 16.176 | 0.301 | 0.470 |
| Henry Mercedes | C | 26 | -0.2 | -0.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.082 | 0.250 | 0.250 |
| Craig Paquette | 3B | 27 | -0.6 | -0.2 | 118 | 462 | 111 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 47.891 | 0.296 | 0.452 |
| Keith Lockhart | 2B | 31 | -0.0 | -0.2 | 138 | 471 | 118 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 49.189 | 0.319 | 0.411 |
| Chris Stynes | LF | 23 | -0.5 | -0.2 | 36 | 95 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7.908 | 0.308 | 0.359 |
| Tom Goodwin | CF | 27 | -0.5 | -0.4 | 143 | 587 | 148 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 66 | 22 | 51.452 | 0.334 | 0.330 |
| Johnny Damon | CF | 22 | -0.1 | -0.6 | 145 | 566 | 140 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 49.641 | 0.313 | 0.367 |
| Sal Fasano | C | 24 | -0.1 | -0.6 | 51 | 160 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 11.131 | 0.283 | 0.343 |
| Bip Roberts | 2B | 32 | 0.1 | -0.7 | 90 | 372 | 96 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 35.416 | 0.331 | 0.357 |
| Les Norman | RF | 27 | -0.5 | -0.7 | 54 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | -0.736 | 0.232 | 0.122 |
| David Howard | SS | 29 | 0.3 | -2.1 | 143 | 485 | 92 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 29.022 | 0.291 | 0.305 |
| Totals | 1.6 | 6229 | 1477 | 286 | 38 | 123 | 529 | 195 | 85 | 672.197 | 0.335 | 0.398 | ||||
| Player Name | Age | Shark WAR | Pitching WAR | G | GS | IP | W | L | CG | SV | R | BB | SO | Pitch Runs Saved | ERA | WHIP | SOper9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Appier | 28 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 32 | 32 | 211.33 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 75 | 207 | 76.18 | 3.62 | 1.26 | 8.82 |
| Tim Belcher | 34 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 35 | 35 | 238.67 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 68 | 113 | 64.05 | 3.92 | 1.38 | 4.26 |
| Jose Rosado | 21 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 16 | 16 | 106.67 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 26 | 64 | 44.40 | 3.21 | 1.19 | 5.40 |
| Chris Haney | 27 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 35 | 35 | 228.00 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 136 | 51 | 115 | 35.93 | 4.70 | 1.39 | 4.54 |
| Jeff Montgomery | 34 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 48 | 0 | 63.33 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 31 | 19 | 45 | 18.43 | 4.26 | 1.23 | 6.39 |
| Mark Gubicza | 33 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 19 | 19 | 119.33 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 34 | 55 | 15.60 | 5.13 | 1.39 | 4.15 |
| Doug Linton | 31 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 21 | 18 | 104.00 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 26 | 87 | 15.23 | 5.02 | 1.32 | 7.53 |
| Jason Jacome | 25 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 49 | 2 | 47.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 22 | 32 | 6.55 | 4.72 | 1.87 | 6.04 |
| Jaime Bluma | 24 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 17 | 0 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 6.28 | 3.60 | 1.10 | 6.30 |
| Hipolito Pichardo | 26 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 57 | 0 | 68.00 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 43 | 5.91 | 5.43 | 1.47 | 5.69 |
| Rick Huisman | 27 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 22 | 0 | 29.33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 4.96 | 4.60 | 1.47 | 7.06 |
| Bob Scanlan | 29 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 9 | 0 | 11.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.75 | 3.18 | 1.41 | 2.38 |
| Tim Pugh | 29 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 19 | 1 | 36.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 27 | 2.22 | 5.45 | 1.49 | 6.69 |
| Brian Bevil | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 11.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0.45 | 5.73 | 1.27 | 5.73 |
| Mike Magnante | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38 | 0 | 54.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 24 | 32 | 0.40 | 5.67 | 1.52 | 5.33 |
| Ken Robinson | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.11 | 6.00 | 2.00 | 7.50 |
| Jeff Granger | 24 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 15 | 0 | 16.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 11 | -1.69 | 6.61 | 1.90 | 6.06 |
| Julio Valera | 27 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 31 | 2 | 61.33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 27 | 31 | -3.15 | 6.46 | 1.66 | 4.55 |
| Terry Clark | 35 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 12 | 0 | 17.33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 12 | -3.24 | 7.79 | 2.02 | 6.23 |
| Totals | 28.3 | 1450.00 | 75 | 86 | 17 | 35 | 786 | 460 | 926 | 292.39 | 4.55 | 1.40 | 5.75 |
| Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | Player Name | |||||||||
| C | Mike Macfarlane | 32 | -1.4 | 99.0 | 819.3 | 511.0 | 35.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -12.582 |
| Sal Fasano | 24 | 0.6 | 51.0 | 391.7 | 291.0 | 14.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 4.995 | |
| Mike Sweeney | 22 | -0.1 | 26.0 | 229.0 | 158.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | -1.208 | |
| Henry Mercedes | 26 | -0.2 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1.724 | |
| 1B | Jose Offerman | 27 | 1.5 | 96.0 | 741.0 | 796.0 | 68.0 | 5.0 | 82.0 | 13.225 |
| Bob Hamelin | 28 | 0.3 | 33.0 | 242.0 | 232.0 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 2.265 | |
| Kevin Young | 27 | 0.4 | 27.0 | 185.3 | 182.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 3.533 | |
| Craig Paquette | 27 | 0.3 | 19.0 | 139.7 | 148.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 3.035 | |
| Michael Tucker | 25 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 55.0 | 52.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.357 | |
| Joe Vitiello | 26 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 55.0 | 40.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.148 | |
| Joe Randa | 26 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 28.0 | 21.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.764 | |
| David Howard | 29 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.060 | |
| 2B | Keith Lockhart | 31 | 0.2 | 84.0 | 589.0 | 110.0 | 206.0 | 8.0 | 54.0 | 2.230 |
| Bip Roberts | 32 | 0.8 | 63.0 | 489.0 | 101.0 | 189.0 | 4.0 | 42.0 | 7.093 | |
| Jose Offerman | 27 | 0.4 | 38.0 | 254.0 | 64.0 | 81.0 | 1.0 | 29.0 | 3.900 | |
| Joe Randa | 26 | 0.1 | 15.0 | 66.7 | 15.0 | 26.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.608 | |
| Chris Stynes | 23 | -0.1 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | -0.720 | |
| David Howard | 29 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 24.3 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.270 | |
| 3B | Joe Randa | 26 | -0.6 | 92.0 | 700.3 | 44.0 | 131.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | -5.292 |
| Keith Lockhart | 31 | -0.1 | 55.0 | 371.3 | 27.0 | 75.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | -0.517 | |
| Craig Paquette | 27 | -0.4 | 51.0 | 343.7 | 20.0 | 70.0 | 11.0 | 4.0 | -3.886 | |
| Kevin Young | 27 | -0.1 | 7.0 | 19.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.576 | |
| Chris Stynes | 23 | -0.1 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.933 | |
| SS | David Howard | 29 | 2.3 | 135.0 | 1108.0 | 197.0 | 401.0 | 11.0 | 109.0 | 20.782 |
| Jose Offerman | 27 | -0.1 | 36.0 | 269.0 | 54.0 | 85.0 | 10.0 | 30.0 | -0.981 | |
| Craig Paquette | 27 | -0.3 | 11.0 | 73.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -2.627 | |
| LF | Tom Goodwin | 27 | 0.1 | 75.0 | 549.7 | 128.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.530 |
| Craig Paquette | 27 | -0.0 | 47.0 | 344.7 | 79.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -0.351 | |
| Michael Tucker | 25 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 204.7 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.312 | |
| Chris Stynes | 23 | -0.1 | 19.0 | 132.0 | 30.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -0.802 | |
| Pat Lennon | 28 | -0.0 | 11.0 | 70.0 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.107 | |
| Bip Roberts | 32 | -0.1 | 8.0 | 60.3 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.613 | |
| Jon Nunnally | 24 | -0.1 | 7.0 | 36.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.994 | |
| Les Norman | 27 | -0.0 | 15.0 | 34.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.402 | |
| Rod Myers | 23 | -0.0 | 4.0 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.052 | |
| Kevin Young | 27 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.105 | |
| CF | Johnny Damon | 22 | 0.1 | 89.0 | 669.0 | 205.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.187 |
| Tom Goodwin | 27 | -0.2 | 81.0 | 613.3 | 172.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -1.779 | |
| Rod Myers | 23 | -0.1 | 15.0 | 122.7 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.753 | |
| Les Norman | 27 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 18.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.301 | |
| Bip Roberts | 32 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.084 | |
| Jose Offerman | 27 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.591 | |
| David Howard | 29 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.135 | |
| RF | Michael Tucker | 25 | 0.1 | 73.0 | 571.3 | 136.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.337 |
| Johnny Damon | 22 | 0.4 | 63.0 | 515.7 | 144.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.466 | |
| Jon Nunnally | 24 | 0.2 | 24.0 | 188.3 | 56.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.795 | |
| Les Norman | 27 | 0.2 | 20.0 | 83.7 | 32.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.146 | |
| Kevin Young | 27 | -0.1 | 15.0 | 82.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -1.063 | |
| Bip Roberts | 32 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.072 | |
| Rod Myers | 23 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.035 | |
| Joe Vitiello | 26 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.035 | |
| C | -1.2 | 1450.0 | 962.0 | 56.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | -10.519 | |||
| 1B | 2.7 | 1450.0 | 1475.0 | 128.0 | 9.0 | 168.0 | 24.268 | |||
| 2B | 1.6 | 1450.0 | 307.0 | 517.0 | 14.0 | 135.0 | 14.381 | |||
| 3B | -1.2 | 1450.0 | 94.0 | 280.0 | 26.0 | 20.0 | -11.203 | |||
| SS | 1.9 | 1450.0 | 265.0 | 502.0 | 22.0 | 144.0 | 17.174 | |||
| LF | -0.3 | 1450.0 | 327.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | -2.585 | |||
| CF | -0.1 | 1450.0 | 424.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | -0.673 | |||
| RF | 0.9 | 1450.0 | 384.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 7.683 | |||