2002 Season Review -- Kansas City Royals
February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the 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 2002, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how efficiently each team performed in
2002, visit the following pages:
2002 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2002 Season (March
21, 2002)
Key terms and statistics
Team efficiency
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 725 737
Runs allowed 906 891
Run Margin -181 -154
Wins 64 62
Pythagorean wins 65 66
Placement 4th 4th
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .270 .279
Difference +.000 +.009
Position Players
Brent Mayne, c , bats left, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 478 132 23 1 1 39 60 3 43 10 68 1 2 .276 .334 .335 .669 52
Prorated KC 331 91 16 1 1 27 41 2 30 7 47 1 1 36
Actual KC 326 77 8 2 4 35 30 2 34 1 54 4 4 .236 .309 .310 .619 32
A.J. Hinch, c , bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 68 16 3 0 2 8 8 1 4 0 12 1 0 .235 .284 .368 .651 7
Prorated KC 199 47 9 0 6 23 23 3 12 0 35 3 0 21
Actual KC 197 49 7 1 7 25 27 3 18 0 35 3 3 .249 .321 .401 .722 26
Juan Brito, c , bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual KC 23 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .304 .304 .391 .696 2
Dusty Wathan, c , bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual KC 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .600 .667 .800 1.467 3
Mike Sweeney, 1b, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 587 179 41 0 27 97 108 8 62 9 64 8 2 .305 .374 .513 .887 114
Prorated KC 480 146 34 0 22 79 88 7 51 7 52 7 2 93
Actual KC 471 160 31 1 24 81 86 6 61 10 46 9 7 .340 .417 .563 .979 112
Raul Ibanez, 1b/lf/rf, bats left, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 407 106 16 5 16 57 67 1 38 2 75 1 1 .260 .324 .442 .767 58
Prorated KC 494 129 19 6 19 69 81 1 46 2 91 1 1 70
Actual KC 497 146 37 6 24 70 103 2 40 5 76 5 3 .294 .346 .537 .883 90
Dave McCarty, 1b, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 183 46 9 1 7 23 26 1 19 1 43 0 0 .251 .320 .426 .747 25
Prorated KC 30 8 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 4
Actual KC 32 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 10 0 0 .094 .147 .219 .366 1
Prorated Tam 36 9 2 0 1 4 5 0 4 0 8 0 0 5
Actual Tam 34 6 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 0 9 0 0 .176 .300 .265 .565 3
Prorated Tot 66 17 3 0 3 8 9 0 7 0 15 0 0 9
Actual Tot 66 9 1 0 2 5 4 2 6 0 19 0 0 .136 .230 .242 .472 4
Chan Perry, 1b, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual KC 11 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 0
Carlos Febles, 2b, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 512 126 21 5 9 83 44 9 44 0 91 18 7 .246 .316 .359 .675 59
Prorated KC 360 89 15 4 6 58 31 6 31 0 64 13 5 42
Actual KC 351 86 16 4 4 44 26 7 41 0 63 16 5 .245 .336 .348 .683 44
Luis Alicea, 2b/3b, bats switch, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 68 18 3 1 0 8 6 1 5 0 10 1 1 .265 .324 .338 .663 8
Prorated KC 248 66 11 4 0 29 22 4 18 0 36 4 4 28
Actual KC 237 54 8 2 1 28 23 1 32 1 34 2 3 .228 .322 .291 .613 23
Luis Ordaz, 2b/3b, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 68 16 3 0 0 7 5 1 3 0 10 1 1 .235 .274 .279 .553 5
Prorated KC 101 24 4 0 0 10 7 1 4 0 15 1 1 7
Actual KC 94 21 2 0 0 11 4 0 12 0 13 2 3 .223 .308 .245 .553 8
Mike Caruso, 2b/ss, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cin 69 18 2 1 0 9 5 1 3 0 4 1 1 .261 .301 .319 .620 7
Prorated KC 19 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Actual KC 20 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .100 .143 .100 .243 0
Joe Randa, 3b, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 565 150 30 3 12 62 79 6 36 2 73 3 2 .265 .313 .393 .706 68
Prorated KC 567 150 30 3 12 62 79 6 36 2 73 3 2 68
Actual KC 549 155 36 5 11 63 80 9 46 1 69 2 1 .282 .341 .426 .768 81
Kit Pellow, 3b/1b, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 68 17 2 0 3 10 10 2 4 0 14 1 0 .250 .307 .412 .718 9
Prorated KC 66 17 2 0 3 10 10 2 4 0 14 1 0 9
Actual KC 63 15 1 0 1 6 5 1 9 0 21 1 1 .238 .342 .302 .644 7
Neifi Perez, ss/2b, bats switch, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 638 167 29 10 3 79 54 1 22 2 68 7 5 .262 .284 .353 .637 63
Prorated KC 550 144 25 9 3 68 47 1 19 2 59 6 4 55
Actual KC 554 131 20 4 3 65 37 0 20 2 53 8 9 .236 .260 .303 .564 41
Angel Berroa, ss, bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 69 20 4 1 1 12 8 3 2 0 12 3 1 .290 .338 .420 .758 9
Prorated KC 76 22 4 1 1 13 9 3 2 0 13 3 1 10
Actual KC 75 17 7 1 0 8 5 1 7 1 10 3 0 .227 .301 .347 .648 8
Chuck Knoblauch, lf, bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 563 152 26 5 9 84 47 16 62 1 69 32 10 .270 .357 .382 .739 83
Prorated KC 292 79 13 3 5 44 24 8 32 1 36 17 5 43
Actual KC 300 63 9 0 6 41 22 4 28 1 32 19 3 .210 .284 .300 .584 28
Donnie Sadler, lf/3b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 127 24 4 1 1 18 6 2 11 0 24 4 1 .189 .262 .260 .522 10
Prorated KC 64 12 2 1 1 9 3 1 6 0 12 2 1 5
Actual KC 68 13 1 1 0 10 5 0 4 0 12 3 1 .191 .233 .235 .468 4
Prorated Tex 32 6 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 6 1 0 2
Actual Tex 30 3 1 0 0 6 2 2 3 0 7 2 2 .100 .229 .133 .362 1
Prorated Tot 95 18 3 1 1 14 5 2 8 0 18 3 1 7
Actual Tot 98 16 2 1 0 16 7 2 7 0 19 5 3 .163 .231 .204 .436 5
Dee Brown, lf, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 73 18 3 0 2 9 9 0 5 1 16 1 1 .247 .291 .370 .661 7
Prorated KC 51 13 2 0 1 6 6 0 3 1 11 1 1 5
Actual KC 51 12 3 1 1 5 7 0 4 0 20 0 0 .235 .291 .392 .683 6
Donzell McDonald, lf, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 65 15 2 1 1 10 5 1 8 0 14 4 1 .231 .324 .338 .663 8
Prorated KC 23 5 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 5 1 0 2
Actual KC 22 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 5 1 0 .182 .296 .273 .569 2
Carlos Beltran, cf, bats switch, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 596 172 28 10 20 96 90 4 48 2 114 25 3 .289 .343 .470 .813 100
Prorated KC 658 190 31 11 22 106 99 4 53 2 126 28 3 110
Actual KC 637 174 44 7 29 114 105 4 71 1 135 35 7 .273 .346 .501 .847 115
Michael Tucker, rf/lf/cf/1b, bats left, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 415 110 18 8 13 65 57 5 43 3 93 15 8 .265 .338 .441 .779 62
Prorated KC 475 126 21 9 15 74 65 6 49 3 107 17 9 72
Actual KC 475 118 27 6 12 65 56 3 56 1 105 23 9 .248 .330 .406 .737 67
Aaron Guiel, rf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 66 15 4 0 2 10 9 2 6 0 14 1 0 .227 .307 .379 .685 8
Prorated KC 237 54 14 0 7 36 32 7 22 0 50 4 0 29
Actual KC 240 56 13 0 4 30 38 4 19 1 61 1 5 .233 .296 .338 .633 24
Brandon Berger, 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 69 16 3 0 4 12 12 2 4 0 14 2 1 .232 .293 .449 .743 9
Prorated KC 133 31 6 0 8 23 23 4 8 0 27 4 2 18
Actual KC 134 27 5 1 6 16 17 2 8 2 32 1 0 .201 .255 .388 .643 13
Mark Quinn, rf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 241 66 16 1 9 30 33 3 8 0 39 3 2 .274 .304 .461 .765 31
Prorated KC 80 22 5 0 3 10 11 1 3 0 13 1 1 10
Actual KC 76 18 4 0 2 9 11 2 5 0 15 2 1 .237 .301 .368 .670 8
Alexis Gomez, rf, bats left, age 21
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual KC 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0
Pitchers
Paul Byrd, starter, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.02 32 32 8 14 0 192 218 29 51 96 .287 .804
Prorated KC 36 36 9 16 0 215 245 33 57 108
Actual KC 3.90 33 33 17 11 0 228 224 36 38 129 .256 .736
Jeff Suppan, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.39 32 32 10 13 0 211 216 27 65 118 .267 .763
Prorated KC 33 33 10 13 0 215 220 27 66 120
Actual KC 5.32 33 33 9 16 0 208 229 32 68 109 .279 .793
Darrell May, starter/reliever, throws left, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.25 27 27 9 9 0 155 153 24 45 148 .259 .754
Prorated KC 24 24 8 8 0 138 137 21 40 132
Actual KC 5.35 30 21 4 10 0 131 144 28 50 95 .277 .858
Miguel Asencio, starter/reliever, throws right, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.40 23 0 1 2 0 22 26 2 15 12 .299 .852
Prorated KC 123 0 5 11 0 116 139 11 80 64
Actual KC 5.11 31 21 4 7 0 123 136 17 64 58 .282 .828
Shawn Sedlacek, starter/reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual KC 6.72 16 14 3 5 0 84 99 16 36 52 .303 .889
Runelvys Hernandez, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual KC 4.36 12 12 4 4 0 74 79 8 22 45 .273 .739
Chris George, starter, throws left, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.32 4 4 1 2 0 22 23 3 9 11 .271 .796
Prorated KC 5 5 1 3 0 28 30 4 12 14
Actual KC 5.60 6 6 0 4 0 27 37 2 8 13 .325 .836
Chad Durbin, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.16 32 32 9 15 0 204 226 31 71 121 .282 .809
Prorated KC 2 2 0 1 0 10 11 1 3 6
Actual KC 11.88 2 2 0 1 0 8 13 3 4 5 .342 1.076
Wes Obermueller, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual KC 11.74 2 2 0 2 0 8 14 3 2 5 .378 1.167
Bryan Rekar, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.00 3 3 1 1 0 18 21 2 4 10 .296 .802
Prorated KC 1 1 0 0 0 9 10 1 2 5
Actual KC 15.43 2 2 0 2 0 7 12 1 6 2 .387 1.022
Jeremy Affeldt, reliever/starter, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 7.04 21 4 1 4 0 38 54 6 16 29 .335 .928
Prorated KC 41 8 2 8 0 75 105 12 31 57
Actual KC 4.64 34 7 3 4 0 78 85 8 37 67 .274 .772
Jason Grimsley, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 3.72 70 0 4 3 2 75 73 7 25 50 .258 .711
Prorated KC 69 0 4 3 2 74 72 7 25 49
Actual KC 3.91 70 0 4 7 1 71 64 4 37 59 .236 .670
Dan Reichert, reliever/starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.77 32 32 8 14 0 187 195 19 99 122 .274 .781
Prorated KC 11 11 3 5 0 65 68 7 35 43
Actual KC 5.32 30 6 3 5 0 66 77 10 25 36 .306 .861
Blake Stein, reliever/starter, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.33 34 4 4 4 0 81 71 13 43 67 .236 .738
Prorated KC 22 3 3 3 0 52 46 8 28 43
Actual KC 7.91 27 2 0 4 1 47 59 6 27 42 .306 .886
Cory Bailey, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 3.38 40 0 2 2 0 43 40 3 19 36 .252 .688
Prorated KC 47 0 2 2 0 50 47 4 22 42
Actual KC 4.11 37 0 3 4 1 46 53 5 31 24 .306 .853
Scott Mullen, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 6.75 25 0 1 1 0 16 21 3 8 10 .323 .954
Prorated KC 57 0 2 2 0 36 48 7 18 23
Actual KC 3.15 44 0 4 5 0 40 40 5 13 21 .267 .736
Brad Voyles, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.19 13 0 1 1 0 17 16 2 10 15 .246 .751
Prorated KC 22 0 2 2 0 29 27 3 17 25
Actual KC 6.51 22 0 0 2 1 28 31 5 18 26 .284 .918
Ryan Bukvich, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual KC 6.12 26 0 1 0 0 25 26 2 19 20 .277 .819
Mac Suzuki, reliever/starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.98 4 4 1 2 0 22 22 3 10 15 .265 .781
Prorated KC 4 4 1 2 0 23 23 3 10 16
Actual KC 9.00 7 1 0 2 0 21 24 2 17 15 .296 .871
Kris Wilson, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.58 17 4 2 4 0 50 58 10 13 28 .293 .856
Prorated KC 7 2 1 2 0 21 25 4 6 12
Actual KC 8.20 12 0 2 0 0 19 29 7 5 10 .354 1.140
Brian Shouse, reliever, throws left, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.92 70 0 3 4 1 68 91 7 25 52 .324 .858
Prorated KC 16 0 1 1 0 15 21 2 6 12
Actual KC 6.14 23 0 0 0 0 15 15 3 9 11 .259 .854
Jeff Austin, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 6.75 30 0 1 3 0 43 56 8 16 26 .320 .924
Prorated KC 8 0 0 1 0 11 15 2 4 7
Actual KC 4.91 10 0 0 0 0 11 14 0 6 6 .318 .771
Jeremy Hill, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual KC 3.86 10 0 0 1 0 9 8 1 8 7 .235 .784
Mike MacDougal, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.66 4 4 1 2 0 21 25 3 11 11 .305 .900
Prorated KC 2 2 0 1 0 8 10 1 4 4
Actual KC 5.00 6 0 0 1 0 9 5 0 7 10 .161 .477
Nate Field, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 5.19 19 0 1 1 0 17 20 2 6 13 .290 .806
Prorated KC 7 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 2 4
Actual KC 9.00 5 0 0 0 0 5 8 2 3 3 .364 1.167
Roberto Hernandez, closer, throws right, age 37
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected KC 4.01 70 0 3 7 25 74 76 7 24 56 .268 .716
Prorated KC 50 0 2 5 18 53 55 5 17 40
Actual KC 4.33 53 0 1 3 26 52 62 6 12 39 .300 .795
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