2007 Kansas City Royals season

2007 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Results
Record	69–93 (.494)
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Dayton Moore
Manager(s)	Buddy Bell
Local television	KMCI RSTN
Local radio	WHB 810AM KCXM 97.3FM
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The 2007 Kansas City Royals season was the 39th season for the franchise, and their 37th at Kauffman Stadium. the season began with the team attempting to win the Central Division of the American League - a task not achieved since the division was formed in 1994.

In trying to improve on their 62–100 record in the 2006 season, the team avoided a fourth straight 100-loss season. Buddy Bell returned for his second and final full season as manager, while Dayton Moore began his first season as the team's general manager.

Anticipation surrounded the Royals' newfound approach to once again become a playoff contender with rebuilding the roster. Roster moves generated much interest in the Kansas City area, including the big-budget signing of starting pitcher Gil Meche, and the arrival of young, new talent—such as rookie third baseman Alex Gordon and designated hitter Billy Butler. The team's payroll for the 2007 season was increased to $67 million (22nd in the major leagues).

Free agency and roster moves

The biggest free-agent pickups for the Royals in 2007 included RHP Gil Meche—who was signed to a 5-year, $55 million deal—and RHP Octavio Dotel, who quickly became trade bait to the Atlanta Braves.

Royals activity in free agency

• (x) = club option for 2007
• (m) = mutual option for 2007
• (y) = player option for 2007

Color Code Key

Color	Meaning
Green	Player will return to team
Light Green	Player joins team
Crimson	Player will not return to team (released, option not exercised, signed with new team, or retired)
White	Player's status undetermined

Player	Position	2006 Team	2007 Team	Comments
Steve Andrade	RP	Royals	Devil Rays	Signed a minor league contract
Paul Bako	C	Royals	Orioles	Signed for 1 year
Adam Bernero	SP	Royals	Red Sox	Signed a minor league contract
Dewon Brazelton	SP	Padres	Royals	Signed a minor league contract
Jose Diaz	RP	Royals	None	Did not return in 2007
Scott Dohmann	RHP	Royals	Devil Rays	Signed one-year contract
Octavio Dotel	RHP	Yankees	Royals	Signed for 1 year, $5 M
Brandon Duckworth	RHP	Royals	Royals	Signed a minor league contract
Seth Etherton	RP	Royals	None	Did not return in 2007
Wayne Franklin	RP	Braves	Royals	Signed a minor league contract
Alex S. Gonzalez	3B	Phillies	Royals	Signed a minor league contract
Runelvys Hernández	RHP	Royals	Red Sox	Signed a minor league contract
Ken Harvey	IF	Royals	Twins	Signed a minor league contract
Jason LaRue	C	Reds	Royals	Signed by Reds to a two-year contract, then traded to Royals
Gil Meche	RHP	Mariners	Royals	Signed for 5 years, $55 M
Doug Mientkiewicz	IF	Royals	Yankees	Signed one-year contract
Mark Redman	LHP	Royals	Braves	Signed a minor league contract
David Riske	RHP	White Sox	Royals	Signed one-year contract with club option
Kerry Robinson	OF	Royals	Red Sox	Signed a minor league contract
Jason Shiell	RHP	Braves	Royals	Signed a minor league contract
Jason Standridge	RHP	Mets	Royals	Signed a minor league contract

Regular season

Season summary

April

The Royals began the season with expectations of improvement from their fans, and the team never ceased to impress in their home opener against the Boston Red Sox. The Royals defeated the Red Sox 7–1 in front of the sold-out home crowd. The magic did not last, however—Kansas City was just 3–7 through the first ten games of the season, and 8–18 by the end of April.

May

The Royals hit minor spots of winning when the team won 8 of 10 games from May 13 to 23, but finished the month of May on a seven-game losing streak with series sweeps by the Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles. Kansas City went 11–17 in May and finished the month with an overall record of 19–35.

June

In the 2007 MLB draft held on June 7, the Royals selected shortstop Mike Moustakas at No. 2 overall. The team went 15–12 in June, their first winning month since July 2003. Pitcher Brian Bannister won the American League Rookie of the Month Award.

July

Gil Meche was the only Royal selected to represent the team at the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco. At the All-Star break, the Royals had a record of 38–50 and the lowest team ERA in 13 years. On July 31, the Royals traded pitcher Octavio Dotel to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Kyle Davies. The Royals went 13–12 in July, giving the team its first consecutive winning months since June and July 2003. Billy Butler won the Rookie of the Month Award.

August

On August 1, manager Buddy Bell announced his intention to resign following the 2007 season before a game against the Minnesota Twins. Also, about an hour before the first pitch, the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis collapsed with a death toll of at 13. Before the game, a moment of silence was held for the victims of the collapse. The team rescheduled their August 2 game against the Twins to the afternoon of August 31 for a double-header. Brian Bannister won his second Rookie of the Month Award for the season. The Royals went 13–15 in August, completing a three-month stretch in which the team compiled a record of 41–39.

September

On September 12, the Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 6–3 to win their 63rd game, guaranteeing that they would not lose 100 games in 2007. The victory ended the team's string of three consecutive seasons of 100 losses of more from 2004–2006. While the Royals struggled with a 9–19 record in September, their overall record of 69–93 was the team's best finish since 2003.

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	96	66	0.593	—	51–29	45–37
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543	8	45–36	43–38
Minnesota Twins	79	83	0.488	17	41–40	38–43
Chicago White Sox	72	90	0.444	24	38–43	34–47
Kansas City Royals	69	93	0.426	27	35–46	34–47

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League Records Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	6–12	5–3	3–4	1–5	7–0	3–7	0–7	9–9	4–4	2–7	11–7	4–6	8–10	6–12
Boston	12–6	—	7–1	5–2	3–4	3–3	6–4	4–3	8–10	4–4	4–5	13–5	6–4	9–9	12–6
Chicago	3–5	1–7	—	7–11	11–7	12–6	5–4	9–9	4–6	4–5	1–7	6–1	2–4	3–4	4–14
Cleveland	4–3	2–5	11–7	—	12–6	11–7	5–5	14–4	0–6	6–4	4–3	8–2	6–3	4–2	9–9
Detroit	5–1	4–3	7–11	6–12	—	11–7	3–5	12–6	4–4	4–6	6–4	3–4	5–4	4–3	14–4
Kansas City	0–7	3–3	6–12	7–11	7–11	—	5–2	9–9	1–9	6–4	3–6	4–3	5–4	3–4	10–8
Los Angeles of Anaheim	7–3	4–6	4–5	5–5	5–3	2–5	—	6–3	6–3	9–10	13–6	6–2	10–9	3–4	14–4
Minnesota	7–0	3–4	9–9	4–14	6–12	9–9	3–6	—	2–5	5–2	6–3	3–4	7–2	4–6	11–7
New York	9–9	10–8	6–4	6–0	4–4	9–1	3–6	5–2	—	2–4	5–5	10–8	5–1	10–8	10–8
Oakland	4–4	4–4	5–4	4–6	6–4	4–6	10–9	2–5	4–2	—	5–14	4–6	9–10	5–4	10–8
Seattle	7–2	5–4	7–1	3–4	4–6	6–3	6–13	3–6	5–5	14–5	—	4–3	11–8	4–5	9–9
Tampa Bay	7–11	5–13	1–6	2–8	4–3	3–4	2–6	4–3	8–10	6–4	3–4	—	5–4	9–9	7–11
Texas	6–4	4–6	4–2	3–6	4–5	4–5	9–10	2–7	1–5	10–9	8–11	4–5	—	5–5	11–7
Toronto	10–8	9–9	4–3	2–4	3–4	4–3	4–3	6–4	8–10	4–5	5–4	9–9	5–5	—	10–8

Roster

2007 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 49 John Bale 40 Brian Bannister 47 Ryan Z. Braun 38 Billy Buckner 28 Kyle Davies 36 Jorge de la Rosa 28 Octavio Dotel 31 Brandon Duckworth 37 Scott Elarton 41 Jimmy Gobble 23 Zack Greinke 44 Luke Hochevar 34 Luke Hudson 55 Gil Meche 58 Neal Musser 43 Leo Núñez 57 Joel Peralta 45 Odalis Pérez 54 David Riske 48 Joakim Soria 30 Jason Standridge 52,66 John Thomson 56 Todd Wellemeyer		Catchers 14 John Buck  6 Jason LaRue 12 Paul Phillips Infielders  4 Ángel Berroa 39 Craig Brazell 21 Billy Butler 30 Fernando Cortez  3 Esteban Germán 11 Ross Gload  7 Alex Gordon 15 Mark Grudzielanek  1 Tony Peña, Jr. 43 Ryan Shealy 26 Jason Smith 29 Mike Sweeney		Outfielders 35,42 Emil Brown 32 Shane Costa  9 David DeJesus  2 Joey Gathright 30 Justin Huber 16,42 Reggie Sanders 24 Mark Teahen		Manager 25 Buddy Bell Coaches  8 Mike Barnett (hitting) 19 Bill Doran (bench) 18 Fred Kendall (bullpen) 33 Bob McClure (pitching) 49 Brian Poldberg (first base) 17 Luis Silverio (third base)

Game log

Template:MLB game log Template:MLB game log section |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 1 || April 2 || Red Sox || 7 – 1 || Meche (1-0)|| Schilling (0-1) || || 41,257 || 1-0 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 4 || Red Sox || 7 – 1 || Beckett (1-0) || Pérez (0-1) || || 22,348 || 1-1 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 5 || Red Sox || 4 – 1 || Matsuzaka (1-0) || Greinke (0-1) || Papelbon (1) || 23,170 || 1-2 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 4 || April 6 || Tigers || 3 – 1 || de la Rosa (1-0) || Mesa (0-1) || Riske (1) || 13,330 || 2-2 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 5 || April 7 || Tigers || 6 – 5 || Maroth (1-0) ||Meche (1-1) || Jones (2) || 13,899 || 2-3 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 6 || April 8 || Tigers || 3 – 2 || Rodney (1-1) || Riske (0-1) || Jones (3) || 13,109 || 2-4 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 7 || April 9 || @ Blue Jays || 9 – 1 || Burnett (1-1) || Pérez (0-2) || || 50,125 || 2-5 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 8 || April 10 || @ Blue Jays || 5 – 3 || Greinke (1-1) || Towers (0-1) || Soria (1) || 22,106 || 3-5 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 11 || @ Blue Jays || 7 – 4 || Chacín (1-0) || de la Rosa (1-1) || Ryan (3) || 15,218 || 3-6 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 12 || @ Orioles || 2 – 1 (10) || Ray (1-1) || Standridge (0-1) || || 13,229 || 3-7 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 11 || April 13 || @ Orioles || 8 – 1 || Bédard (2-1) || Duckworth (0-1) || || 20,922 || 3-8 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 14 || @ Orioles || 6 – 4 || Williamson (1-0) || Peralta (0-1) || Ray (3) || 15,244 || 3-9 |- style="background-color:#bbbbbb" | -- || April 15 || @ Orioles || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 24 || 3-9 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 16 || @ Tigers || 12 – 5 || Verlander (1-0) || Greinke (1-2) || || 21,832 || 3-10 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 17 || @ Tigers || 7 – 6 || Ledezma (3-0) || Riske (0-2) || Jones (7) || 21,263 || 3-11 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 15 || April 18 || @ Tigers || 4 – 3 (10) || Soria (1-0) || Rodney (1-3) || || 27,945 || 4-11 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 16 || April 20 || Twins || 11 – 7 || Pérez (1-2) || Ponson (1-2) || Riske (2) || 31,813 || 5-11 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 21 || Twins ||7 – 5 ||Neshek (2-0) ||Peralta (0-2) ||Nathan (6) || 20,566|| 5-12 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 18 || April 22 || Twins || 3 – 1 || de la Rosa (2-1) || Ortiz (3-1) || Soria (2) || 14,801 || 6-12 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 19 || April 23 || White Sox || 7 – 4 || Buehrle (2-0) || Gobble (0-1) || Jenks (7) || 12,265 || 6-13 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 20 || April 24 || White Sox || 9 – 7 || Logan (1-0) || Soria (1-1) || Jenks (8) || 14,907 || 6-14 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 21 || April 25 || @ Twins || 4 – 3 || Pérez (2-2) || Ponson (1-3) || Soria (3) || 21,496 || 7-14 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 26 || @ Twins || 1 – 0 (11) || Rincón (1-0) || Wellemeyer (0-1) || || 18,520 || 7-15 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 23 || April 27 || @ Mariners || 7 – 4 || Ramírez (2-1) || de la Rosa (2-2) || Putz (3) || 37,281 || 7-16 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 24 || April 28 || @ Mariners || 8 – 3 || Meche (2-1) || Weaver (0-4) || Duckworth (1) || 32,441 || 8-16 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 25 || April 29 || @ Mariners || 5 – 1 || Morrow (2-0) || Bannister (0-1) || || 26,019 || 8-17 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 26 || April 30 || Angels || 3 – 1 || Lackey (4-2) || Pérez (2-3) || Rodríguez (9) || 10,866 || 8-18

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Template:MLB game log section |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 27 || May 1 || Angels || 7 – 5 || Colón (3-0) || Greinke (1-3) || Rodríguez (10) || 11,225 || 8-19 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 28 || May 2 || Angels || 3 – 1 || de la Rosa (3-2) || Santana (2-4) || Soria (4) || 9,697 || 9-19 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 29 || May 3 || Angels || 5 – 2 || Meche (3-1) || Weaver (1-3) || Soria (5) || 12,683 || 10-19 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 30 || May 4 || Tigers || 6 – 3 || Verlander (2-1) || Bannister (0-2) || Jones (11) || 17,614 || 10-20 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 31 || May 5 || Tigers || 7 – 5 || Mesa (1-1) || Duckworth (0-2) || Jones (12) || 26,070 || 10-21 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 32 || May 6 || Tigers || 13 – 4 || Durbin (2-1) || Greinke (1-4) || || 17,034 || 10-22 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 8 || Athletics || 6 – 1 || Gaudin (2-1) || de la Rosa (3-3) || || 10,989 || 10-23 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 34 || May 9 || Athletics || 3 – 2 || Gobble (1-1) || Duchscherer (3-2) || Soria (6) || 10,974 || 11-23 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 35 || May 10 || Athletics || 17 – 3 || Kennedy (1-2) || Hudson (0-1) || || 31,006 || 11-24 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 36 || May 11 || @ White Sox || 2 – 1 || Garland (2-2) || Pérez (2-4) || Jenks (12) || 34,522 || 11-25 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 12 || @ White Sox || 5 – 4 (10) || MacDougal (1-0) || Duckworth (0-3) || || 36,702 || 11-26 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 38 || May 13 || @ White Sox || 11 – 1 || de la Rosa (4-3) || Vázquez (2-2) || || 34,468 || 12-26 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 39 || May 14 || @ Athletics || 2 – 1 || Gobble (2-1) || Duchscherer (3-3) || Soria (7) || 12,477 || 13-26 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 15 || @ Athletics || 5 – 4 (11) || DiNardo (1-1) || Soria (1-2) || || 14,966 || 13-27 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 41 || May 16 || @ Athletics || 4 – 3 || Gobble (3-1) || Calero (0-3) || Riske (3) || 16,242 || 14-27 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 42 || May 17 || @ Athletics || 7 – 4 || Elarton (1-0) || Braden (1-3) || Soria (8) || 21,037 || 15-27 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 43 || May 18 || @ Rockies || 5 – 2 || Duckworth (1-3) || Corpas (0-2) || Soria (9) || 22,399 || 16-27 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 19 || @ Rockies || 6 – 4 || Buchholz (2-2) || Meche (3-2) || Fuentes (11) || 24,017 || 16-28 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 45 || May 20 || @ Rockies || 10 – 5 (12) || Peralta (1-2) || Ramírez (1-1) || || 25,829 || 17-28 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 46 || May 22 || Indians || 4 – 3 || Greinke (2-4) || Mastny (3-2) || Soria (10) || 19,776 || 18-28 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 47 || May 23 || Indians || 11 – 7 || Duckworth (2-3) || Lee (2-1) || || 11,506 || 19-28 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 48 || May 24 || Indians || 10 – 3 || Sowers (1-4) || de la Rosa (4-4) || || 11,681 || 19-29 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 49 || May 25 || Mariners || 10 – 2 || Hernández (3-2) || Meche (3-3) || || 28,651 || 19-30 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 50 || May 26 || Mariners || 9 – 1 || Baek (2-2) || Bannister (0-3) || || 21,138 || 19-31 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 51 || May 27 || Mariners || 7 – 4 || Washburn (5-4) || Pérez (2-5) || Putz (12) || 16,091 || 19-32 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 52 || May 28 || Orioles || 9 – 1 || Trachsel (4-3) || Elarton (1-1) || || 14,758 || 19-33 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 53 || May 29 || Orioles || 6 – 2 || Guthrie (3-1) || de la Rosa (4-5) || || 13,556 || 19-34 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 54 || May 30 || Orioles || 3 – 0 || Bédard (4-3) || Meche (3-4) || Ray (12) || 10,513 || 19-35

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Template:MLB game log section |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 55 || June 1 || @ Devil Rays || 4 – 1 || Bannister (1-3) || Kazmir (3-3) || Dotel (1) || 12,032 || 20-35 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 56 || June 2 || @ Devil Rays || 9 – 4 || Pérez (3-5) || Jackson (0-7) || || 14,403 || 21-35 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 57 || June 3 || @ Devil Rays || 5 – 1 || Howell (1-0) || Elarton (1-2) || || 12,220 || 21-36 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 58 || June 4 || @ Devil Rays || 4 – 2 || Shields (5-0) || Meche (3-5) || Reyes (14) || 9,435 || 21-37 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 59 || June 5 || @ Indians || 1 – 0 || Sabathia (9-1) || de la Rosa (4-6) || || 14,036 || 21-38 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 60 || June 6 || @ Indians || 4 – 3 || Bannister (2-3) || Byrd (6-2) || Dotel (2) || 17,632 || 22-38 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 61 || June 7 || @ Indians || 8 – 3 || Carmona (7-1) || Pérez (3-6) || || 19,315 || 22-39 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 62 || June 8 || Phillies || 8 – 4 || Elarton (2-2) || García (1-5) || Dotel (3) || 19,121 || 23-39 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 63 || June 9 || Phillies || 4 – 0 || Lieber (3-4) || Meche (3-6) || || 23,734 || 23-40 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 64 || June 10 || Phillies || 17 – 5 || Greinke (3-4) || Moyer (5-5) || || 16,034 || 24-40 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 65 || June 12 || Cardinals || 8 – 1 || Bannister (3-3) || Thompson (4-2) || || 29,354 || 25-40 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 66 || June 13 || Cardinals || 7 – 3 || Wainwright (5-5) || Pérez (3-7) || || 25,555 || 25-41 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 67 || June 14 || Cardinals || 17 – 8 || Greinke (4-4) || Wells (2-11) || || 28,837 || 26-41 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 68 || June 15 || Marlins || 6 – 2 || Meche (4-6) || Mitre (2-3) || Dotel (4) || 28,015 || 27-41 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 69 || June 16 || Marlins || 9 – 8 || VandenHurk (2-2) || de la Rosa (4-7) || Gregg (11) || 24,323 || 27-42 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 70 || June 17 || Marlins || 5 – 4 || Bannister (4-3) || Olsen (5-6) || Dotel (5) || 19,433 || 28-42 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 71 || June 18 || @ Cardinals || 5 – 3 || Pérez (4-7) || Wainwright (5-6) || Dotel (6) || 43,524 || 29-42 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 72 || June 19 || @ Cardinals || 5 – 1 || Thompson (5-2) || Elarton (2-3) || || 42,712 || 29-43 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 73 || June 20 || @ Cardinals || 7 – 6 (14) || Wells (3-11) || de la Rosa (4-8) || || 42,623 || 29-44 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 74 || June 22 || @ Brewers || 11 – 6 || Suppan (8-7) || de la Rosa (4-9) || || 36,328 || 29-45 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 75 || June 23 || @ Brewers || 7 – 1 || Bush (5-6) || Bannister (4-4) || || 41,721 || 29-46 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 76 || June 24 || @ Brewers || 4 – 3 (11) || Riske (1-2) || Capellán (0-2) || Gobble (1) || 44,064 || 30-46 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 77 || June 25 || @ Angels || 5 – 3 || Thomson (1-0) || Lackey (10-5) || Dotel (7) || 43,895 || 31-46 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 78 || June 26 || @ Angels || 12 – 4 || Meche (5-6) || Santana (5-8) || || 44,002 || 32-46 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 79 || June 27 || @ Angels || 1 – 0 || de la Rosa (5-9) || Weaver (6-4) || Dotel (8) || 41,269 || 33-46 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 80 || June 29 || White Sox || 8 – 1 || Bannister (5-4) || Contreras (5-9) || Greinke (1) || 20,525 || 34-46 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 81 || June 30 || White Sox || 3 – 1 (10) || Bukvich (1-0) || Dotel (0-1) || Jenks (21) || 25,119 || 34-47

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Team leaders

Batting

Stat	Player	Total
Avg.	Mark Teahen	.286
HR	John Buck	18
RBI	Emil Brown	61
R	David DeJesus	100
H	David DeJesus	156
SB	Alex Gordon	14

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total
W	Brian Bannister	12
L	Jorge de la Rosa Gil Meche	12
ERA	Gil Meche	3.69
SO	Gil Meche	149
SV	Joakim Soria	17
IP	Gil Meche	210

Stats as of September 26

Royals among league leaders

Batting

Stat	Player	Total	AL Rank	MLB Rank
R	David DeJesus	100	13	26
3B	David DeJesus	9	2 (tie)	5 (tie)
G	David DeJesus	153	16 (tie)	30 (tie)

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total	AL Rank	MLB Rank
ERA	Gil Meche	3.69	14	24
IP	Gil Meche	210	9	13
G	Jimmy Gobble	72	6	25

Stats as of September 26

Awards and honors

• Mike Sweeney, Hutch Award

2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Gil Meche, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	Pacific Coast League	Mike Jirschele
AA	Wichita Wranglers	Texas League	Tony Tijerina
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	John Mizerock
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Jim Gabella
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League	Darryl Kennedy
Rookie	AZL Royals	Arizona League	Lloyd Simmons
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Brian Rupp

References

• Game Logs:

1st Half: Kansas City Royals Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Kansas City Royals Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Kansas City Royals Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
• Kansas City Royals: Official web site