1996 Kansas City Royals season

1996 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Herk Robinson
Manager(s)	Bob Boone
Local television	KSMO-TV (Paul Splittorff, Steve Busby)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff)
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The 1996 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 5th in the American League Central with a record of 75 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason

• October 22, 1995: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[1]
• December 19, 1995: Brent Mayne was traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Al Shirley (minors).^[2]
• December 21, 1995: Wally Joyner and Aaron Dorlarque (minors) were traded by the Royals to the San Diego Padres for Bip Roberts and Bryan Wolff (minors).^[3]
• January 31, 1996: Tim Belcher was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	99	62	0.615	—	51–29	48–33
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	14½	44–37	41–40
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	0.494	19½	38–43	42–39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	0.481	21½	39–43	39–41
Kansas City Royals	75	86	0.466	24	37–43	38–43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Roster

1996 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 17 Kevin Appier 41 Tim Belcher 47 Brian Bevil 46 Jaime Bluma 24 Terry Clark 27 Jeff Granger 23 Mark Gubicza 33 Chris Haney 37 Rick Huisman 45 Jason Jacome 49 Doug Linton 57 Mike Magnante 21 Jeff Montgomery 35 Hipólito Pichardo 46 Tim Pugh 50 Kenny Robinson 50 José Rosado 24 Bob Scanlan 51 Julio Valera		Catchers 26 Sal Fasano 15 Mike Macfarlane 36 Henry Mercedes 29 Mike Sweeney Infielders  3 Bob Hamelin  6 David Howard  4 Keith Lockhart (baseball) 30 José Offerman 12 Craig Paquette 16 Joe Randa  1 Bip Roberts 44 Joe Vitiello 32 Kevin Young		Outfielders 18 Johnny Damon 42 Tom Goodwin 46 Patrick Lennon 58 Rod Myers 25 Les Norman 22 Jon Nunnally 14 Chris Stynes 31 Michael Tucker		Manager  8 Bob Boone Coaches 56 Tim Foli 55 Guy Hansen 54 Bruce Kison 19 Greg Luzinski 39 Mitchell Page  9 Jamie Quirk (bench)

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Myers, RodRod Myers	22	63	18	.286	1	11

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Mike Jirschele
AA	Wichita Wranglers	Texas League	Ron Johnson
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	John Mizerock
A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League	Brian Poldberg
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Bob Herold
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Al Pedrique

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington^[5]

References

1. Doug Linton page at Baseball Reference\
2. Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
3. Wally Joyner at Baseball Reference
4. Tim Belcher at Baseball Reference
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

• 1996 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
• 1996 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac