2001 Season Review -- 2001 Kansas City Royals
February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Kansas City Royals performed
relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the
other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections
for 2001, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike
zone affected the stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 710 729
Runs allowed 783 858
Run Margin -73 -129
Wins 74 65
Pythagorean wins 74 68
Placement 4th 5th
Position Players
Brent Mayne, c , bats left, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 248 75 18 0 4 30 40 2 33 6 37 1 1 .302 .383 .423 .807 40
Prorated Col 154 46 11 0 2 19 25 1 20 4 23 1 1 23
Actual Col 160 53 7 0 0 15 20 0 16 3 24 0 0 .331 .385 .375 .760 24
Prorated KC 154 47 11 0 2 19 25 1 21 4 23 1 1 25
Actual KC 166 40 4 1 2 13 20 1 10 2 17 1 2 .241 .283 .313 .597 13
Prorated Tot 308 93 22 0 5 37 50 2 41 7 46 1 1 49
Actual Tot 326 93 11 1 2 28 40 1 26 5 41 1 2 .285 .334 .344 .678 36
Hector Ortiz, c , bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 148 43 7 0 2 16 11 1 10 1 14 1 1 .291 .338 .378 .716 18
Prorated KC 152 44 7 0 2 16 11 1 10 1 14 1 1 19
Actual KC 154 38 6 1 0 12 11 1 9 0 24 1 3 .247 .293 .299 .591 12
Gregg Zaun, c , bats switch, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 357 88 16 1 8 48 45 3 57 4 47 8 3 .246 .352 .364 .717 49
Prorated KC 117 29 5 0 3 16 15 1 19 1 15 3 1 16
Actual KC 125 40 9 0 6 15 18 0 12 0 16 1 2 .320 .377 .536 .913 25
A.J. Hinch, c , bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 67 16 3 0 1 9 7 1 5 0 11 1 1 .239 .297 .328 .626 7
Prorated KC 120 29 5 0 2 16 13 2 9 0 20 2 2 12
Actual KC 121 19 3 0 6 10 15 3 8 1 26 1 1 .157 .226 .331 .556 8
Sal Fasano, c , bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 80 18 4 0 4 13 12 5 9 0 23 0 0 .225 .337 .425 .762 12
Prorated Oak 19 4 1 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 0 3
Actual Oak 21 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 12 0 0 .048 .130 .048 .178 0
Prorated Col 61 14 3 0 3 10 9 4 7 0 17 0 0 9
Actual Col 63 16 5 0 3 10 9 3 4 0 19 0 0 .254 .329 .476 .805 10
Prorated KC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual KC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Prorated Tot 81 18 4 0 4 13 12 5 9 0 23 0 0 12
Actual Tot 85 17 5 0 3 12 9 4 5 0 31 0 0 .200 .277 .365 .641 8
Mike Sweeney, 1b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 590 187 34 0 26 98 120 11 64 3 61 7 2 .317 .389 .507 .896 118
Prorated KC 553 175 32 0 24 92 113 10 60 3 57 7 2 109
Actual KC 559 170 46 0 29 97 99 2 64 13 64 10 3 .304 .374 .542 .916 113
Dave McCarty, 1b/lf, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 250 65 12 1 11 35 39 1 28 2 56 1 1 .260 .335 .448 .783 37
Prorated KC 205 53 10 1 9 29 32 1 23 2 46 1 1 31
Actual KC 200 50 10 0 7 26 26 1 24 1 45 0 0 .250 .328 .405 .733 26
Ken Harvey, 1b, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual KC 12 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 .250 .250 .333 .583 0
Luis Alicea, 2b/3b, bats switch, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 74 20 3 1 1 12 8 1 8 0 11 0 0 .270 .345 .378 .724 10
Prorated KC 364 98 15 5 5 59 39 5 39 0 54 0 0 49
Actual KC 387 106 16 4 4 44 32 4 23 0 56 8 6 .274 .320 .367 .687 45
Carlos Febles, 2b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 556 140 24 6 8 95 56 14 64 1 97 31 9 .252 .342 .360 .702 72
Prorated KC 270 68 12 3 4 46 27 7 31 0 47 15 4 36
Actual KC 292 69 9 2 8 45 25 1 22 0 58 5 2 .236 .291 .363 .654 30
Luis Ordaz, 2b/ss, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 69 16 3 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 6 1 1 .232 .270 .275 .546 5
Prorated KC 58 13 3 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 5 1 1 4
Actual KC 56 14 3 0 0 8 4 1 3 0 8 0 0 .250 .295 .304 .599 5
Joe Randa, 3b, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 549 163 27 4 14 75 80 4 39 3 67 5 3 .297 .344 .437 .781 81
Prorated KC 582 173 29 4 15 80 85 4 41 3 71 5 3 85
Actual KC 581 147 34 2 13 59 83 6 42 2 80 3 2 .253 .307 .386 .693 67
Donnie Sadler, 3b/2b/rf/ss/lf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cin 119 26 4 2 2 18 10 1 13 0 22 4 1 .218 .299 .336 .635 13
Prorated Cin 82 18 3 1 1 12 7 1 9 0 15 3 1 9
Actual Cin 84 17 3 0 1 9 3 0 9 0 20 3 3 .202 .280 .274 .553 6
Prorated KC 100 22 3 2 2 15 8 1 11 0 18 3 1 11
Actual KC 101 13 3 0 0 19 2 2 9 0 17 4 1 .129 .212 .158 .371 5
Prorated Tot 182 40 6 3 3 28 15 2 20 0 34 6 2 20
Actual Tot 185 30 6 0 1 28 5 2 18 0 37 7 4 .162 .243 .211 .454 10
Rey Sanchez, ss, bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 498 138 18 3 2 66 44 4 27 1 55 6 4 .277 .318 .337 .655 51
Prorated KC 382 106 14 2 2 51 34 3 21 1 42 5 3 40
Actual KC 390 118 14 5 0 46 28 2 11 0 34 9 1 .303 .322 .364 .686 45
Prorated Atl 150 42 5 1 1 20 13 1 8 0 17 2 1 16
Actual Atl 154 35 4 1 0 10 9 0 4 1 15 2 0 .227 .245 .266 .512 8
Prorated Tot 532 147 19 3 2 71 47 4 29 1 59 6 4 54
Actual Tot 544 153 18 6 0 56 37 2 15 1 49 11 1 .281 .300 .336 .637 52
Neifi Perez, ss, bats switch, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 533 148 26 8 9 78 56 1 27 3 47 5 5 .278 .310 .407 .718 67
Prorated Col 374 104 18 6 6 55 39 1 19 2 33 4 4 47
Actual Col 382 114 19 8 7 65 47 0 16 1 49 6 2 .298 .326 .445 .771 53
Prorated KC 204 57 10 3 3 30 21 0 10 1 18 2 2 25
Actual KC 199 48 7 1 1 18 12 1 10 0 19 3 4 .241 .277 .302 .579 17
Prorated Tot 577 160 28 9 10 85 61 1 29 3 51 5 5 73
Actual Tot 581 162 26 9 8 83 59 1 26 1 68 9 6 .279 .309 .396 .705 69
Angel Berroa, ss, bats right, age 21
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual KC 53 16 2 0 0 8 4 0 3 0 10 2 0 .302 .339 .340 .679 6
Wilson Delgado, ss, bats switch, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 69 17 2 0 0 10 7 0 6 0 10 1 0 .246 .307 .275 .582 6
Prorated KC 26 6 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 2
Actual KC 25 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 10 0 0 .120 .214 .120 .334 1
Dee Brown, lf, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 389 98 18 4 15 62 56 2 29 3 86 13 4 .252 .306 .434 .740 51
Prorated KC 374 94 17 4 14 60 54 2 28 3 83 13 4 48
Actual KC 380 93 19 0 7 39 40 1 22 4 81 5 3 .245 .286 .350 .636 35
Endy Chavez, lf/cf, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual KC 77 16 2 0 0 4 5 0 3 0 8 0 2 .208 .237 .234 .471 3
Brandon Berger, lf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual KC 16 5 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .313 .389 .875 1.264 6
Carlos Beltran, cf, bats switch, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 642 175 27 7 21 103 94 2 55 2 116 24 5 .273 .328 .435 .763 92
Prorated KC 617 168 26 7 20 99 90 2 53 2 111 23 5 89
Actual KC 617 189 32 12 24 106 101 5 52 2 120 31 1 .306 .362 .514 .876 123
Trenidad Hubbard, cf, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 66 17 3 1 1 11 7 0 7 0 14 4 2 .258 .324 .379 .703 8
Prorated KC 11 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1
Actual KC 12 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .417 .667 1
Mark Quinn, rf/lf, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 565 169 34 1 25 84 96 6 37 2 94 7 4 .299 .346 .496 .842 94
Prorated KC 435 130 26 1 19 65 74 5 29 2 72 5 3 73
Actual KC 453 122 31 2 17 57 60 7 12 1 69 9 5 .269 .298 .459 .757 55
Jermaine Dye, rf, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 565 170 36 3 29 94 108 2 60 5 102 1 2 .301 .367 .529 .896 108
Prorated KC 366 110 23 2 19 61 70 1 39 3 66 1 1 70
Actual KC 367 100 14 0 13 50 47 6 30 3 68 7 1 .272 .333 .417 .749 55
Prorated Oak 237 71 15 1 12 39 45 1 25 2 43 0 1 45
Actual Oak 232 69 17 1 13 41 59 1 27 3 44 2 0 .297 .366 .547 .913 47
Prorated Tot 602 181 38 3 31 100 115 2 64 5 109 1 2 115
Actual Tot 599 169 31 1 26 91 106 7 57 6 112 9 1 .282 .346 .467 .813 102
Raul Ibanez, dh/rf/lf/1b, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 115 29 5 0 3 15 14 0 10 1 18 1 0 .252 .310 .374 .683 14
Prorated KC 285 72 12 0 7 37 35 0 25 2 45 2 0 33
Actual KC 279 78 11 5 13 44 54 0 32 2 51 0 2 .280 .353 .495 .847 48
Pitchers
Jeff Suppan, starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.95 32 32 12 12 0 207 225 33 71 118 .278 .809
Prorated KC 34 34 13 13 0 219 238 35 75 125
Actual KC 4.37 34 34 10 14 0 218 227 26 74 120 .267 .757
Chad Durbin, starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 6.63 4 4 1 1 0 19 24 4 9 11 .312 .938
Prorated KC 35 35 9 9 0 168 212 35 79 97
Actual KC 4.93 29 29 9 16 0 179 201 26 58 95 .288 .810
Dan Reichert, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.77 32 32 10 10 0 198 205 21 123 136 .273 .787
Prorated KC 20 20 6 6 0 122 127 13 76 84
Actual KC 5.63 27 19 8 8 0 123 131 14 67 77 .278 .798
Kris Wilson, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 6.07 30 0 2 4 0 59 78 12 20 31 .320 .922
Prorated KC 54 0 4 7 0 107 141 22 36 56
Actual KC 5.19 29 15 6 5 1 109 132 26 32 67 .297 .901
Paul Byrd, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Phi 5.13 27 27 6 11 0 149 152 27 54 87 .265 .821
Prorated Phi 2 2 0 1 0 10 11 2 4 6
Actual Phi 8.10 3 1 0 1 0 10 10 1 4 3 .278 .738
Prorated KC 17 17 4 7 0 92 94 17 33 54
Actual KC 4.05 16 15 6 6 0 93 110 11 22 49 .298 .778
Prorated Tot 19 19 4 8 0 102 104 19 37 60
Actual Tot 4.44 19 16 6 7 0 103 120 12 26 52 .296 .774
Chris George, starter, throws left, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 7.31 13 0 1 1 0 16 21 3 10 10 .323 .969
Prorated KC 52 0 4 4 0 64 84 12 40 40
Actual KC 5.59 13 13 4 8 0 74 83 14 18 32 .288 .854
Mac Suzuki, starter/reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.18 32 32 10 13 0 200 211 30 104 136 .273 .813
Prorated KC 9 9 3 4 0 56 59 8 29 38
Actual KC 5.30 15 9 2 5 0 56 61 12 25 37 .277 .850
Prorated Col 1 1 0 1 0 9 9 1 5 6
Actual Col 15.63 3 1 0 2 0 6 9 3 11 5 .333 1.242
Prorated Mil 9 9 3 4 0 56 59 8 29 38
Actual Mil 5.30 15 9 3 5 0 56 52 5 37 47 .251 .771
Prorated Tot 19 19 6 8 0 121 128 18 63 82
Actual Tot 5.86 33 19 5 12 0 118 122 20 73 89 .269 .840
Brian Meadows, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 6.28 5 5 1 2 0 29 38 5 9 10 .322 .906
Prorated KC 9 9 2 3 0 49 65 9 16 17
Actual KC 6.97 10 10 1 6 0 50 73 12 12 21 .351 .972
Mike MacDougal, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual KC 4.70 3 3 1 1 0 15 18 2 4 7 .290 .876
Blake Stein, reliever/starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.03 32 32 12 12 0 200 196 35 111 157 .257 .798
Prorated KC 20 20 8 8 0 127 124 22 70 100
Actual KC 4.74 36 15 7 8 1 131 112 20 79 113 .233 .737
Doug Henry, reliever, throws right, age 37
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.87 70 0 5 5 2 92 89 17 59 68 .254 .822
Prorated KC 57 0 4 4 2 75 72 14 48 55
Actual KC 6.07 53 0 2 2 0 76 75 14 45 57 .262 .861
Jason Grimsley, reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.72 44 4 4 4 0 88 93 10 41 49 .276 .795
Prorated KC 37 3 3 3 0 74 78 8 35 41
Actual KC 3.02 73 0 1 5 0 80 71 8 28 61 .241 .668
Cory Bailey, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.40 25 0 1 1 0 17 21 2 7 13 .313 .866
Prorated KC 94 0 4 4 0 63 79 8 26 49
Actual KC 3.48 53 0 1 1 0 67 57 3 33 61 .234 .625
Jose Santiago, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 3.88 70 0 6 4 1 100 102 12 32 50 .269 .748
Prorated KC 23 0 2 1 0 32 33 4 10 16
Actual KC 6.75 20 0 2 2 0 29 40 2 9 15 .333 .826
Prorated Phi 44 0 4 2 1 62 63 7 20 31
Actual Phi 3.61 53 0 2 4 0 62 66 3 13 28 .272 .682
Prorated Tot 66 0 6 4 1 94 96 11 30 47
Actual Tot 4.61 73 0 4 6 0 92 106 5 22 43 .292 .730
Tony Cogan, reliever, throws left, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.20 53 0 4 4 0 71 82 3 27 46 .286 .672
Prorated KC 20 0 1 1 0 26 31 1 10 17
Actual KC 5.84 39 0 0 4 0 25 32 7 13 17 .320 1.020
Jeff Austin, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 7.02 13 0 1 1 0 17 24 3 5 7 .343 .961
Prorated KC 20 0 2 2 0 25 36 5 8 11
Actual KC 5.54 21 0 0 0 0 26 27 4 14 27 .273 .796
Scott Mullen, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 6.61 19 0 1 1 0 16 21 3 9 11 .318 .940
Prorated KC 13 0 1 1 0 11 14 2 6 8
Actual KC 4.50 17 0 0 0 0 10 13 0 9 3 .310 .852
Brad Voyles, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual KC 3.86 7 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 8 6 .161 .705
Roberto Hernandez, closer, throws right, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 3.75 70 0 4 6 27 72 74 6 31 60 .268 .729
Prorated KC 64 0 4 5 25 66 67 5 28 55
Actual KC 4.12 63 0 5 6 28 68 69 7 26 46 .266 .726
Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond
Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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