2007 Kansas City Royals season

The 2007 Kansas City Royals season was the 39th season for the franchise, and their 35th at Kauffman Stadium. The season began with the team attempting to win the American League Central - a task not achieved since the division was formed in 1994.

2007 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	69–93 (.426)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	David Glass
General managers	Dayton Moore
Managers	Buddy Bell
Television	KMCI RSTN
Radio	WHB 810AM KCXM 97.3FM
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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).^[1][2]

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.^[3] The team went 15–12 in June, their first winning month since July 2003.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] The Royals went 13–12 in July, giving the team its first consecutive winning months since June and July 2003.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] Before the game, a moment of silence was held for the victims of the collapse.^[9] 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 to 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

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	96	66	.593	—	51‍–‍29	45‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	88	74	.543	8	45‍–‍36	43‍–‍38
Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	17	41‍–‍40	38‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox	72	90	.444	24	38‍–‍43	34‍–‍47
Kansas City Royals	69	93	.426	27	35‍–‍46	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2007 v t e
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	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

2007 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 Red Sox 7 – 1 Meche (1-0) Schilling (0-1) 41,257 1-0 2 April 4 Red Sox 7 – 1 Beckett (1-0) Pérez (0-1) 22,348 1-1 3 April 5 Red Sox 4 – 1 Matsuzaka (1-0) Greinke (0-1) Papelbon (1) 23,170 1-2 4 April 6 Tigers 3 – 1 de la Rosa (1-0) Mesa (0-1) Riske (1) 13,330 2-2 5 April 7 Tigers 6 – 5 Maroth (1-0) Meche (1-1) Jones (2) 13,899 2-3 6 April 8 Tigers 3 – 2 Rodney (1-1) Riske (0-1) Jones (3) 13,109 2-4 7 April 9 @ Blue Jays 9 – 1 Burnett (1-1) Pérez (0-2) 50,125 2-5 8 April 10 @ Blue Jays 5 – 3 Greinke (1-1) Towers (0-1) Soria (1) 22,106 3-5 9 April 11 @ Blue Jays 7 – 4 Chacín (1-0) de la Rosa (1-1) Ryan (3) 15,218 3-6 10 April 12 @ Orioles 2 – 1 (10) Ray (1-1) Standridge (0-1) 13,229 3-7 11 April 13 @ Orioles 8 – 1 Bédard (2-1) Duckworth (0-1) 20,922 3-8 12 April 14 @ Orioles 6 – 4 Williamson (1-0) Peralta (0-1) Ray (3) 15,244 3-9 -- April 15 @ Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 24 3-9 13 April 16 @ Tigers 12 – 5 Verlander (1-0) Greinke (1-2) 21,832 3-10 14 April 17 @ Tigers 7 – 6 Ledezma (3-0) Riske (0-2) Jones (7) 21,263 3-11 15 April 18 @ Tigers 4 – 3 (10) Soria (1-0) Rodney (1-3) 27,945 4-11 16 April 20 Twins 11 – 7 Pérez (1-2) Ponson (1-2) Riske (2) 31,813 5-11 17 April 21 Twins 7 – 5 Neshek (2-0) Peralta (0-2) Nathan (6) 20,566 5-12 18 April 22 Twins 3 – 1 de la Rosa (2-1) Ortiz (3-1) Soria (2) 14,801 6-12 19 April 23 White Sox 7 – 4 Buehrle (2-0) Gobble (0-1) Jenks (7) 12,265 6-13 20 April 24 White Sox 9 – 7 Logan (1-0) Soria (1-1) Jenks (8) 14,907 6-14 21 April 25 @ Twins 4 – 3 Pérez (2-2) Ponson (1-3) Soria (3) 21,496 7-14 22 April 26 @ Twins 1 – 0 (11) Rincón (1-0) Wellemeyer (0-1) 18,520 7-15 23 April 27 @ Mariners 7 – 4 Ramírez (2-1) de la Rosa (2-2) Putz (3) 37,281 7-16 24 April 28 @ Mariners 8 – 3 Meche (2-1) Weaver (0-4) Duckworth (1) 32,441 8-16 25 April 29 @ Mariners 5 – 1 Morrow (2-0) Bannister (0-1) 26,019 8-17 26 April 30 Angels 3 – 1 Lackey (4-2) Pérez (2-3) Rodríguez (9) 10,866 8-18
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 Angels 7 – 5 Colón (3-0) Greinke (1-3) Rodríguez (10) 11,225 8-19 28 May 2 Angels 3 – 1 de la Rosa (3-2) Santana (2-4) Soria (4) 9,697 9-19 29 May 3 Angels 5 – 2 Meche (3-1) Weaver (1-3) Soria (5) 12,683 10-19 30 May 4 Tigers 6 – 3 Verlander (2-1) Bannister (0-2) Jones (11) 17,614 10-20 31 May 5 Tigers 7 – 5 Mesa (1-1) Duckworth (0-2) Jones (12) 26,070 10-21 32 May 6 Tigers 13 – 4 Durbin (2-1) Greinke (1-4) 17,034 10-22 33 May 8 Athletics 6 – 1 Gaudin (2-1) de la Rosa (3-3) 10,989 10-23 34 May 9 Athletics 3 – 2 Gobble (1-1) Duchscherer (3-2) Soria (6) 10,974 11-23 35 May 10 Athletics 17 – 3 Kennedy (1-2) Hudson (0-1) 31,006 11-24 36 May 11 @ White Sox 2 – 1 Garland (2-2) Pérez (2-4) Jenks (12) 34,522 11-25 37 May 12 @ White Sox 5 – 4 (10) MacDougal (1-0) Duckworth (0-3) 36,702 11-26 38 May 13 @ White Sox 11 – 1 de la Rosa (4-3) Vázquez (2-2) 34,468 12-26 39 May 14 @ Athletics 2 – 1 Gobble (2-1) Duchscherer (3-3) Soria (7) 12,477 13-26 40 May 15 @ Athletics 5 – 4 (11) DiNardo (1-1) Soria (1-2) 14,966 13-27 41 May 16 @ Athletics 4 – 3 Gobble (3-1) Calero (0-3) Riske (3) 16,242 14-27 42 May 17 @ Athletics 7 – 4 Elarton (1-0) Braden (1-3) Soria (8) 21,037 15-27 43 May 18 @ Rockies 5 – 2 Duckworth (1-3) Corpas (0-2) Soria (9) 22,399 16-27 44 May 19 @ Rockies 6 – 4 Buchholz (2-2) Meche (3-2) Fuentes (11) 24,017 16-28 45 May 20 @ Rockies 10 – 5 (12) Peralta (1-2) Ramírez (1-1) 25,829 17-28 46 May 22 Indians 4 – 3 Greinke (2-4) Mastny (3-2) Soria (10) 19,776 18-28 47 May 23 Indians 11 – 7 Duckworth (2-3) Lee (2-1) 11,506 19-28 48 May 24 Indians 10 – 3 Sowers (1-4) de la Rosa (4-4) 11,681 19-29 49 May 25 Mariners 10 – 2 Hernández (3-2) Meche (3-3) 28,651 19-30 50 May 26 Mariners 9 – 1 Baek (2-2) Bannister (0-3) 21,138 19-31 51 May 27 Mariners 7 – 4 Washburn (5-4) Pérez (2-5) Putz (12) 16,091 19-32 52 May 28 Orioles 9 – 1 Trachsel (4-3) Elarton (1-1) 14,758 19-33 53 May 29 Orioles 6 – 2 Guthrie (3-1) de la Rosa (4-5) 13,556 19-34 54 May 30 Orioles 3 – 0 Bédard (4-3) Meche (3-4) Ray (12) 10,513 19-35
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 @ Devil Rays 4 – 1 Bannister (1-3) Kazmir (3-3) Dotel (1) 12,032 20-35 56 June 2 @ Devil Rays 9 – 4 Pérez (3-5) Jackson (0-7) 14,403 21-35 57 June 3 @ Devil Rays 5 – 1 Howell (1-0) Elarton (1-2) 12,220 21-36 58 June 4 @ Devil Rays 4 – 2 Shields (5-0) Meche (3-5) Reyes (14) 9,435 21-37 59 June 5 @ Indians 1 – 0 Sabathia (9-1) de la Rosa (4-6) 14,036 21-38 60 June 6 @ Indians 4 – 3 Bannister (2-3) Byrd (6-2) Dotel (2) 17,632 22-38 61 June 7 @ Indians 8 – 3 Carmona (7-1) Pérez (3-6) 19,315 22-39 62 June 8 Phillies 8 – 4 Elarton (2-2) García (1-5) Dotel (3) 19,121 23-39 63 June 9 Phillies 4 – 0 Lieber (3-4) Meche (3-6) 23,734 23-40 64 June 10 Phillies 17 – 5 Greinke (3-4) Moyer (5-5) 16,034 24-40 65 June 12 Cardinals 8 – 1 Bannister (3-3) Thompson (4-2) 29,354 25-40 66 June 13 Cardinals 7 – 3 Wainwright (5-5) Pérez (3-7) 25,555 25-41 67 June 14 Cardinals 17 – 8 Greinke (4-4) Wells (2-11) 28,837 26-41 68 June 15 Marlins 6 – 2 Meche (4-6) Mitre (2-3) Dotel (4) 28,015 27-41 69 June 16 Marlins 9 – 8 VandenHurk (2-2) de la Rosa (4-7) Gregg (11) 24,323 27-42 70 June 17 Marlins 5 – 4 Bannister (4-3) Olsen (5-6) Dotel (5) 19,433 28-42 71 June 18 @ Cardinals 5 – 3 Pérez (4-7) Wainwright (5-6) Dotel (6) 43,524 29-42 72 June 19 @ Cardinals 5 – 1 Thompson (5-2) Elarton (2-3) 42,712 29-43 73 June 20 @ Cardinals 7 – 6 (14) Wells (3-11) de la Rosa (4-8) 42,623 29-44 74 June 22 @ Brewers 11 – 6 Suppan (8-7) de la Rosa (4-9) 36,328 29-45 75 June 23 @ Brewers 7 – 1 Bush (5-6) Bannister (4-4) 41,721 29-46 76 June 24 @ Brewers 4 – 3 (11) Riske (1-2) Capellán (0-2) Gobble (1) 44,064 30-46 77 June 25 @ Angels 5 – 3 Thomson (1-0) Lackey (10-5) Dotel (7) 43,895 31-46 78 June 26 @ Angels 12 – 4 Meche (5-6) Santana (5-8) 44,002 32-46 79 June 27 @ Angels 1 – 0 de la Rosa (5-9) Weaver (6-4) Dotel (8) 41,269 33-46 80 June 29 White Sox 8 – 1 Bannister (5-4) Contreras (5-9) Greinke (1) 20,525 34-46 81 June 30 White Sox 3 – 1 (10) Bukvich (1-0) Dotel (0-1) Jenks (21) 25,119 34-47
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 White Sox 3 – 1 Garland (6-5) Thomson (1-1) Jenks (22) 23,004 34-48 83 July 2 Mariners 3 – 2 (11) Dotel (1-1) Morrow (3-2) 13,257 35-48 84 July 3 Mariners 17 – 3 de la Rosa (6-9) Feierabend (1-3) 28,140 36-48 85 July 4 Mariners 4 – 0 Washburn (8-6) Bannister (5-5) Putz (24) 27,797 36-49 86 July 6 Devil Rays 6 – 5 Shields (7-4) Pérez (4-8) Glover (1) 18,753 36-50 87 July 7 Devil Rays 8 – 7 Dotel (2-1) Shawn Camp (0-3) 20,458 37-50 88 July 8 Devil Rays 12 – 4 de la Rosa (7-9) Kazmir (5-6) 14,726 38-50 89 July 13 @ Indians 5 – 4 Borowski (2-3) Greinke (4-5) 32,624 38-51 90 July 14 @ Indians 6 – 5 Meche (6-6) Sabathia (12-4) Dotel (9) 31,599 39-51 91 July 15 @ Indians 5 – 3 Carmona (11-4) de la Rosa (7-10) Borowski (26) 29,657 39-52 92 July 16 @ Red Sox 4 – 0 Gabbard (3-0) Bannister (5-6) 37,099 39-53 93 July 17 @ Red Sox 9 – 3 Gobble (4-1) Wakefield (10-9) 37,001 40-53 94 July 18 @ Red Sox 6 – 5 Pérez (5-8) Tavárez (5-8) Dotel (10) 36,681 41-53 95 July 20 @ Tigers 10 – 2 Meche (7-6) Rogers (3-2) 43,200 42-53 96 July 21 @ Tigers 10 – 8 (10) Durbin (7-3) Soria (1-3) 43,408 42-54 97 July 22 @ Tigers 5 – 2 Bannister (6-6) Robertson (6-7) 42,201 43-54 98 July 23 Yankees 9 – 2 Clemens (3-4) Pérez (5-9) 30,746 43-55 99 July 24 Yankees 9 – 4 Wang (11-5) Elarton (2-4) 38,212 43-56 100 July 25 Yankees 7 – 1 Mussina (5-7) Meche (7-7) 28,460 43-57 101 July 26 Yankees 7 – 0 de la Rosa (8-10) Igawa (2-3) 37,036 44-57 102 July 27 Rangers 6 – 1 Bannister (7-6) Wright (3-3) 21,730 45-57 103 July 28 Rangers 6 – 5 Pérez (6-9) Millwood (7-9) Dotel (11) 27,700 46-57 104 July 29 Rangers 10 – 0 Núñez (1-0) Loe (5-9) Peralta (1) 15,638 47-57 105 July 30 @ Twins 3 – 1 Baker (5-4) Meche (7-8) Nathan (23) 23,628 47-58 106 July 31 @ Twins 5 – 3 Silva (9-11) de la Rosa (8-11) Nathan (24) 22,890 47-59
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 @ Twins 5 – 3 (10) Greinke (5-5) Rincón (3-2) Soria (11) 24,880 48-59 --- August 2 @ Twins Postponed (I-35W bridge collapse) Rescheduled for August 31 48-59 108 August 3 @ Yankees 7 – 1 Wang (13-5) Pérez (6-10) 54,246 48-60 109 August 4 @ Yankees 16 – 8 Myers (1-0) Bale (0-1) 54,056 48-61 110 August 5 @ Yankees 8 – 5 Mussina (7-7) Meche (7-9) Rivera (17) 54,525 48-62 111 August 7 Twins 5 – 1 Bannister (8-6) Bonser (5-8) 15,648 49-62 112 August 8 Twins 11 – 4 Santana (12-9) Pérez (6-11) 21,503 49-63 113 August 9 Twins 1 – 0 Davies (5-8) Garza (1-3) Soria (12) 14,569 50-63 114 August 10 Blue Jays 2 – 1 Marcum (9-4) Meche (7-10) Accardo (21) 21,276 50-64 115 August 11 Blue Jays 4 – 1 Núñez (2-0) McGowan (8-6) Soria (13) 25,934 51-64 116 August 12 Blue Jays 4 – 1 Burnett (6-6) Bannister (8-7) Accardo (22) 18,381 51-65 117 August 13 Blue Jays 6 – 2 Pérez (7-11) Litsch (4-5) 14,845 52-65 118 August 14 @ Rangers 5 – 3 Millwood (8-9) Davies (5-9) Wilson (5) 23,906 52-66 119 August 15 @ Rangers 4 – 3 Wood (3-1) Meche (7-11) Wilson (6) 24,529 52-67 120 August 16 @ Rangers 6 – 2 Braun (1-0) Eyre (4-6) 22,674 53-67 121 August 17 @ Athletics 9 – 2 Bannister (9-7) Meyer (0-1) 18,185 54-67 122 August 18 @ Athletics 7 – 3 Pérez (8-11) Gaudin (9-9) 24,638 55-67 123 August 19 @ Athletics 6 – 1 DiNardo (8-6) Davies (5-10) 26,445 55-68 124 August 20 @ White Sox 4 – 3 Thornton (4-4) Riske (1-3) Jenks (34) 35,391 55-69 125 August 21 @ White Sox 5 – 2 Vázquez (11-6) Núñez (2-1) Jenks (35) 35,309 55-70 126 August 22 @ White Sox 7 – 6 Bannister (10-7) Contreras (6-16) 31,739 56-70 127 August 24 Indians 2 – 1 Bale (1-1) Sabathia (14-7) Soria (14) 25,640 57-70 128 August 25 Indians 9 – 4 Laffey (2-1) Davies (5-11) 23,167 57-71 129 August 26 Indians 5 – 3 (11) Betancourt (3-0) Peralta (1-3) Borowski (37) 18,268 57-72 130 August 28 Tigers 6 – 3 Bannister (11-7) Robertson (7-11) 16,193 58-72 131 August 29 Tigers 5 – 0 Braun (2-0) Miller (5-5) Riske (4) 11,628 59-72 132 August 30 Tigers 6 – 1 Bonderman (11-7) Núñez (2-2) 11,196 59-73 133 August 31 @ Twins 9 – 4 Davies (6-11) Garza (3-5) 15,736 60-73 134 August 31 @ Twins 5 – 0 Baker (8-6) Meche (7-12) 24,986 60-74
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 @ Twins 6 – 4 Silva (11-13) Duckworth (2-4) Nathan (29) 21,738 60-75 136 September 2 @ Twins 8 – 1 Bannister (12-7) Bonser (6-12) 26,454 61-75 137 September 3 @ Rangers 8 – 1 Greinke (6-5) Loe (6-11) 19,214 62-75 138 September 4 @ Rangers 9 – 8 Rheinecker (2-1) Núñez (2-3) Wilson (11) 18,892 62-76 139 September 5 @ Rangers 3 – 2 Padilla (5-9) Davies (6-12) Benoit (3) 17,232 62-77 140 September 7 Yankees 3 – 2 Farnsworth (2-1) Musser (0-1) Rivera (24) 27,462 62-78 141 September 8 Yankees 11 – 5 Pettitte (13-8) Bannister (12-8) 35,518 62-79 142 September 9 Yankees 6 – 3 Wang (18-6) Duckworth (2-5) Rivera (25) 24,910 62-80 143 September 10 Twins 4 – 2 Bonser (7-12) Buckner (0-1) Nathan (31) 10,525 62-81 144 September 11 Twins 6 – 3 Baker (9-7) Davies (6-13) Nathan (32) 12,891 62-82 145 September 12 Twins 6 – 3 Meche (8-12) Silva (11-14) 10,102 63-82 146 September 14 @ Indians 5 – 4 Borowski (4-5) Riske (1-4) 35,230 63-83 147 September 15 @ Indians 6 – 0 Carmona (17-8) Greinke (6-6) 32,113 63-84 148 September 16 @ Indians 4 – 3 Buckner (1-1) Laffey (3-2) Soria (15) 30,112 64-84 149 September 17 White Sox 11 – 3 Vázquez (13-8) Davies (6-14) 14,421 64-85 150 September 18 White Sox 3 – 2 Meche (9-12) Floyd (1-4) Soria (16) 15,015 65-85 151 September 19 White Sox 7 – 0 Contreras (10-16) Bannister (12-9) 11,857 65-86 152 September 20 White Sox 3 – 0 Greinke (7-6) Garland (9-13) Soria (17) 10,264 66-86 153 September 21 @ Tigers 5 – 4 Byrdak (2-0) Núñez (2-4) Jones (38) 40,117 66-87 154 September 22 @ Tigers 7 – 4 Davies (7-14) Rogers (3-3) 41,792 67-87 155 September 23 @ Tigers 7 – 2 Verlander (18-6) de la Rosa (8-12) 40,068 67-88 156 September 24 @ Orioles 3 – 2 Walker (3-2) Meche (9-13) Bradford (2) 15,769 67-89 157 September 25 @ White Sox 9 – 5 Duckworth (3-5) Wassermann (0-1) 31,607 68-89 158 September 26 @ White Sox 3 – 0 Garland (10-13) Greinke (7-7) 32,091 68-90 159 September 27 @ White Sox 10 – 0 Broadway (1-1) Buckner (1-2) 34,477 68-91 160 September 28 Indians 5 – 3 Sabathia (19-7) Davies (7-15) Borowski (44) 29,846 68-92 161 September 29 Indians 4 – 3 Soria (2-3) Pérez (1-2) 24,274 69-92 162 September 30 Indians 4 – 2 Laffey (4-2) Hochevar (0-1) Borowski (45) 19,104 69-93

Statistical team leaders

Batting

Stat	Player	Total
Avg.	Mark Teahen	.285
HR	John Buck	18
RBI	Emil Brown	62
R	David DeJesus	101
H	David DeJesus	157
SB	Alex Gordon	14

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total
W	Brian Bannister	12
L	Gil Meche	13
ERA	Gil Meche	3.67
SO	Gil Meche	156
SV	Joakim Soria	17
IP	Gil Meche	216

Stats as of September 30, 2007

Royals among league leaders

Batting

Stat	Player	Total	AL Rank	MLB Rank
R	David DeJesus	101	13	26
3B	David DeJesus	9	2 (tie)	5 (tie)
G	David DeJesus	157	16 (tie)	30 (tie)

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total	AL Rank	MLB Rank
ERA	Gil Meche	3.67	14	24
IP	Gil Meche	216	8	13
G	Jimmy Gobble	74	5	25

Stats as of September 30, 2007

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
David DeJesus	157	605	101	157	29	9	7	58	10	64	.260	.372
Mark Teahen	144	544	78	155	31	8	7	60	13	55	.285	.410
Alex Gordon	151	543	60	134	36	4	15	60	14	41	.247	.411
Tony Peña Jr.	152	509	58	136	25	7	2	47	5	10	.267	.356
Mark Grudzielanek	116	453	70	137	32	3	6	51	1	23	.302	.426
Emil Brown	113	366	44	94	13	1	6	62	12	24	.257	.347
Esteban Germán	121	348	49	92	15	6	4	37	11	43	.264	.376
John Buck	113	347	41	77	18	0	18	48	0	36	.222	.429
Billy Butler	92	329	38	96	23	2	8	52	0	27	.292	.447
Ross Gload	102	320	37	92	22	3	7	51	2	16	.288	.441
Mike Sweeney	74	265	26	69	15	1	7	38	0	17	.260	.404
Joey Gathright	74	228	28	70	8	0	0	19	9	20	.307	.342
Ryan Shealy	52	172	18	38	6	0	3	21	0	13	.221	.308
Jason LaRue	66	169	14	25	9	0	4	13	1	17	.148	.272
Shane Costa	55	103	13	23	6	1	0	12	0	5	.223	.301
Jason Smith	40	85	9	16	2	1	6	14	0	3	.188	.447
Reggie Sanders	24	73	12	23	7	0	2	11	0	11	.315	.493
Fernando Cortez	8	14	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	.286	.357
Paul Phillips	8	14	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	.143	.214
Ángel Berroa	9	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091
Justin Huber	8	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100
Craig Brazell	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250
Pitcher Totals	162	22	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	.182	.227
Team Totals	162	5534	706	1447	300	46	102	660	78	428	.261	.388

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Gil Meche	9	13	3.67	34	34	0	216.0	218	98	88	62	156
Brian Bannister	12	9	3.87	27	27	0	165.0	156	76	71	44	77
Odalis Pérez	8	11	5.57	26	26	0	137.1	178	90	85	50	64
Jorge De La Rosa	8	12	5.82	26	23	0	130.0	160	88	84	53	82
Zack Greinke	7	7	3.69	52	14	1	122.0	122	52	50	36	106
Joel Peralta	1	3	3.80	62	0	1	87.2	93	39	37	19	66
David Riske	1	4	2.45	65	0	4	69.2	61	19	19	27	52
Joakim Soria	2	3	2.48	62	0	17	69.0	46	20	19	19	75
Jimmy Gobble	4	1	3.02	74	0	1	53.2	56	23	18	23	50
Kyle Davies	3	7	6.66	11	11	0	50.0	63	41	37	26	40
Brandon Duckworth	3	5	4.63	26	3	1	46.2	51	30	24	23	21
Juan Carlos Oviedo	2	4	3.92	13	6	0	43.2	44	21	19	10	37
John Bale	1	1	4.05	26	0	0	40.0	45	18	18	17	42
Ryan Braun	2	0	6.64	26	0	0	39.1	46	32	29	22	24
Scott Elarton	2	4	10.46	9	9	0	37.0	53	44	43	21	13
Billy Buckner	1	2	5.29	7	5	0	34.0	37	20	20	16	17
Neal Musser	0	1	4.38	17	0	0	24.2	32	13	12	14	19
Octavio Dotel	2	1	3.91	24	0	11	23.0	24	11	10	11	29
Todd Wellemeyer	0	1	10.34	12	0	0	15.2	25	19	18	11	9
Luke Hochevar	0	1	2.13	4	1	0	12.2	11	4	3	4	5
John Thomson	1	1	3.38	2	2	0	10.2	13	5	4	3	3
Jason Standridge	0	1	8.22	4	0	0	7.2	11	10	7	5	6
Luke Hudson	0	1	18.00	1	1	0	2.0	2	5	4	4	0
Team Totals	69	93	4.48	162	162	36	1437.1	1547	778	716	520	993

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Awards and honors

• Mike Sweeney, Hutch Award^[10]

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