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

[edit] Offseason

November 18, 1997: Yamil Benitez was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Kansas City Royals as the 19th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.^[1]
January 20, 1998: Terry Pendleton was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[2]
January 20, 1998: Lee Smith signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[3]
March 17, 1998: Ernie Young was purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the Oakland Athletics.^[4]

[edit] Regular season

Before the 1998 regular season began, two new teams—the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays—were added by Major League Baseball. This resulted in the American League and National League having fifteen teams. However, in order for MLB officials to continue primarily intraleague play, both leagues would need to carry a number of teams that was divisible by two, so the decision was made to move one club from the AL Central to the NL Central.

This realignment was widely considered to have great financial benefit to the club moving. However, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, Commissioner (then club owner) Bud Selig decided another team should have the first chance to switch leagues. The choice was offered to the Kansas City Royals, who ultimately decided to stay in the American League.^[5] The choice then fell to the Brewers, who, on November 6, 1997 elected to move to the National League. Had the Brewers elected not to move to the National League, the Minnesota Twins would have been offered the opportunity to switch leagues.^[6]

[edit] Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Indians	89	73	.549	--
Chicago White Sox	80	82	.494	9.0
Kansas City Royals	72	89	.447	16.5
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	19.0
Detroit Tigers	65	97	.401	24.0

[edit] Roster

1998 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

27 Joe Vitiello

Manager

40 Tony Muser

Coaches

[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] Farm system

[edit] References

^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benitya01.shtml
^ Terry Pendleton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Lee Smith Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
^ "Brewers switch leagues, join Reds in NL Central". The Kentucky Post (Associated Press) (E. W. Scripps Company). 1997-11-06. Archived from the original on 2005-05-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20050505095313/http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1997/brew110697.html.
^ Pappas, Doug, "News Briefs: Fall 1997", Outside the Lines, Fall 1997.
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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[0] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benitya01.shtml

[1] Terry Pendleton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[2] Lee Smith Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[3] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml

[4] "Brewers switch leagues, join Reds in NL Central". The Kentucky Post (Associated Press) (E. W. Scripps Company). 1997-11-06. Archived from the original on 2005-05-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20050505095313/http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1997/brew110697.html.

[5] Pappas, Doug, "News Briefs: Fall 1997", Outside the Lines, Fall 1997.

[6] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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