1996 Kansas City Royals season

The 1996 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing fifth in the American League Central with a record of 75 wins and 86 losses.

1996 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	David Glass
General managers	Herk Robinson
Managers	Bob Boone
Television	KSMO-TV (Paul Splittorff, Steve Busby)
Radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff)
Seasons

Offseason

• October 22, 1995: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
• December 19, 1995: Brent Mayne was traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Al Shirley (minors).
• December 21, 1995: Wally Joyner and Aaron Dorlarque (minors) were traded by the Royals to the San Diego Padres for Bip Roberts and Bryan Wolff (minors).
• January 31, 1996: Tim Belcher was signed as a free agent by the Royals.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	99	62	.615	—	51‍–‍29	48‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	14½	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	19½	38‍–‍43	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	21½	39‍–‍43	39‍–‍41
Kansas City Royals	75	86	.466	24	37‍–‍43	38‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 75–86 (Home: 37–43; Away: 38–43)
April: 9–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 @ Orioles 2–4 Mussina Appier (0–1) Myers 46,818 0–1 2 April 3 @ Orioles 1–7 Wells Gubicza (0–1) — 40,068 0–2 3 April 4 @ Orioles 3–5 Rhodes Pichardo (0–1) Myers 38,753 0–3 4 April 5 Red Sox 5–4 (12) Clark (1–0) Pennington — 39,526 1–3 5 April 6 Red Sox 7–3 Pichardo (1–1) Belinda — 17,339 2–3 6 April 7 Red Sox 1–3 Moyer Gubicza (0–2) Slocumb 13,183 2–4 7 April 9 @ Yankees 3–7 Pettitte Haney (0–1) — 56,329 2–5 8 April 11 @ Yankees 3–5 Key Belcher (0–1) Howe 17,519 2–6 9 April 12 @ Brewers 4–1 Appier (1–1) Bones Montgomery (1) 7,113 3–6 10 April 13 @ Brewers 3–2 Gubicza (1–2) Sparks Montgomery (2) 9,224 4–6 11 April 14 @ Brewers 2–5 McDonald Haney (0–2) Miranda 19,131 4–7 12 April 15 White Sox 10–11 Karchner Pichardo (1–2) Hernandez 12,653 4–8 13 April 16 White Sox 6–5 Belcher (1–1) Bere Montgomery (3) 12,399 5–8 14 April 17 White Sox 1–3 Fernandez Appier (1–2) Hernandez 13,350 5–9 15 April 18 Brewers 2–8 Sparks Gubicza (1–3) — 13,153 5–10 16 April 19 Brewers 2–8 McDonald Haney (0–3) — 15,321 5–11 17 April 20 Brewers 4–12 Miranda Jacome (0–1) — 17,220 5–12 18 April 21 Brewers 4–5 Wickander Pichardo (1–3) Fetters 14,666 5–13 19 April 22 Yankees 2–6 Cone Appier (1–3) — 14,763 5–14 20 April 23 Yankees 5–2 Gubicza (2–3) Key Montgomery (4) 12,536 6–14 21 April 24 Orioles 8–11 Mercker Haney (0–4) — 13,962 6–15 22 April 25 Orioles 2–3 Rhodes Valera (0–1) Myers 16,090 6–16 23 April 26 @ Red Sox 4–3 Belcher (2–1) Clemens Montgomery (5) 22,385 7–16 24 April 27 @ Red Sox 10–0 Appier (2–3) Sele — 29,459 8–16 25 April 28 @ Red Sox 9–7 Robinson (1–0) Slocumb Montgomery (6) 32,491 9–16 26 April 29 @ Twins 6–11 Hansell Clark (1–1) Bennett 10,237 9–17 27 April 30 @ Twins 7–16 Naulty Magnante (0–1) — 10,503 9–18
May: 15–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 @ Twins 5–6 (10) Stevens Montgomery (0–1) — 11,975 9–19 29 May 3 Athletics 3–1 Appier (3–3) Reyes Montgomery (7) 14,452 10–19 30 May 4 Athletics 2–5 Wojciechowski Gubicza (2–4) Groom 15,987 10–20 31 May 5 Athletics 2–0 Haney (1–4) Prieto — 16,589 11–20 32 May 6 @ Angels 9–4 Belcher (3–1) Leftwich Pichardo (1) 14,447 12–20 33 May 7 @ Angels 5–3 Valera (1–1) Abbott Montgomery (8) 14,657 13–20 34 May 8 @ Angels 3–1 (14) Pichardo (2–3) Eichhorn — 16,210 14–20 35 May 9 @ Angels 8–2 Gubicza (3–4) Grimsley — 15,302 15–20 36 May 10 @ Mariners 14–10 Valera (2–1) Davis — 24,231 16–20 37 May 11 @ Mariners 1–11 Wolcott Belcher (3–2) Carmona 43,297 16–21 38 May 12 @ Mariners 5–8 Johnson Linton (0–1) Charlton 27,470 16–22 39 May 13 @ Rangers 6–7 Cook Montgomery (0–2) Henneman 22,981 16–23 40 May 14 @ Rangers 0–10 Hill Gubicza (3–5) — 28,999 16–24 41 May 15 @ Rangers 3–1 Haney (2–4) Pavlik Montgomery (9) 26,881 17–24 42 May 17 Blue Jays 4–2 Belcher (4–2) Guzman Montgomery (10) 20,079 18–24 43 May 18 Blue Jays 2–6 Viola Appier (3–4) — 18,116 18–25 44 May 19 Blue Jays 2–3 Hanson Gubicza (3–6) Timlin 15,039 18–26 45 May 20 Blue Jays 5–4 Haney (3–4) Hentgen Montgomery (11) 14,303 19–26 46 May 21 @ Tigers 7–1 Linton (1–1) Williams Valera (1) 24,372 20–26 47 May 22 @ Tigers 6–4 Belcher (5–2) Farrell Montgomery (12) 12,890 21–26 48 May 23 Rangers 4–2 Appier (4–4) Oliver Montgomery (13) 15,612 22–26 49 May 24 Rangers 8–0 Gubicza (4–6) Witt — 13,696 23–26 50 May 25 Rangers 1–2 Helling Haney (3–5) Henneman 23,668 23–27 51 May 26 Rangers 4–6 Hill Linton (1–2) Henneman 22,665 23–28 52 May 27 Tigers 5–4 (13) Montgomery (1–2) Veres — 19,776 24–28 53 May 29 Tigers 4–5 Gohr Appier (4–5) Walker 13,712 24–29 54 May 31 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Hentgen Gubicza (4–7) Timlin 33,194 24–30
June: 10–17 (Home: 6–10; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 @ Blue Jays 3–5 (10) Crabtree Montgomery (1–3) — 31,107 24–31 56 June 2 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Belcher (6–2) Janzen Montgomery (14) 32,253 25–31 57 June 3 @ Athletics 1–2 Wasdin Appier (4–6) Taylor 6,465 25–32 58 June 4 @ Athletics 3–8 Wengert Gubicza (4–8) — 11,524 25–33 59 June 5 @ Athletics 5–2 Haney (4–5) Johns Montgomery (15) 8,113 26–33 60 June 7 Mariners 9–5 Valera (3–1) Wolcott — 20,891 27–33 61 June 8 Mariners 12–8 Appier (5–6) Milacki Montgomery (16) 30,022 28–33 62 June 9 Mariners 2–3 Hitchcock Gubicza (4–9) Charlton 20,489 28–34 63 June 10 Angels 5–7 (10) McElroy Pugh (0–1) Percival 15,691 28–35 64 June 11 Angels 9–11 McElroy Valera (3–2) Percival 16,687 28–36 65 June 12 Angels 3–4 (10) McElroy Montgomery (1–4) Percival 15,428 28–37 66 June 13 Orioles 10–2 Linton (2–2) Mercker — 20,108 29–37 67 June 14 Orioles 1–6 Mussina Gubicza (4–10) — 28,502 29–38 68 June 15 Orioles 7–6 (16) Magnante (1–1) Krivda — 24,784 30–38 69 June 16 Orioles 5–13 Coppinger Jacome (0–2) Mills 19,437 30–39 70 June 17 @ Brewers 4–9 Burrows Appier (5–7) — 9,315 30–40 71 June 18 @ Brewers 1–9 Karl Linton (2–3) Potts 9,116 30–41 72 June 19 @ Brewers 8–4 (10) Pichardo (3–3) Mercedes — 13,431 31–41 73 June 21 @ Orioles 3–9 Rhodes Haney (4–6) — 47,644 31–42 74 June 22 @ Orioles 3–5 Erickson Montgomery (1–5) — 47,534 31–43 75 June 23 @ Orioles 4–0 Appier (6–7) Krivda — 47,608 32–43 76 June 25 Brewers 3–5 Bones Gubicza (4–11) Fetters 14,448 32–44 77 June 26 Brewers 7–3 Haney (5–6) Givens — 14,560 33–44 78 June 27 Brewers 2–6 McDonald Belcher (6–3) — 17,670 33–45 79 June 28 Twins 6–2 Appier (7–7) Radke — 21,515 34–45 80 June 29 Twins 7–12 Trombley Linton (2–4) — 23,232 34–46 81 June 30 Twins 2–5 Rodriguez Gubicza (4–12) Stevens 28,246 34–47
July: 14–13 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 @ Indians 4–2 Haney (6–6) Nagy — 40,814 35–47 83 July 2 @ Indians 2–3 Poole Belcher (6–4) — 42,283 35–48 84 July 3 @ Indians 4–6 Tavarez Magnante (1–2) Shuey 42,470 35–49 85 July 4 @ Twins 5–3 Linton (3–4) Robertson Montgomery (17) 37,295 36–49 86 July 5 @ Twins 8–9 Guardado Montgomery (1–6) — 18,465 36–50 87 July 6 @ Twins 8–5 Haney (7–6) Aguilera Montgomery (18) 18,699 37–50 88 July 7 @ Twins 8–2 Belcher (7–4) Aldred — 14,251 38–50 89 July 11 White Sox 3–2 Haney (8–6) Alvarez — 22,928 39–50 90 July 12 White Sox 6–7 Tapani Belcher (7–5) Hernandez 18,458 39–51 91 July 13 White Sox 1–3 Fernandez Rosado (0–1) — 25,363 39–52 92 July 14 White Sox 2–3 Baldwin Linton (3–5) Hernandez 17,024 39–53 93 July 15 Indians 6–3 Magnante (2–2) Tavarez Montgomery (19) 22,294 40–53 94 July 16 Indians 4–10 McDowell Haney (8–7) — 16,871 40–54 95 July 17 Indians 3–2 Belcher (8–5) Hershiser Montgomery (20) 19,532 41–54 96 July 18 @ White Sox 7–1 Appier (8–7) Fernandez Pichardo (2) 17,657 42–54 97 July 19 @ White Sox 7–4 (10) Montgomery (2–6) Hernandez — 19,604 43–54 98 July 20 @ White Sox 7–5 Linton (4–5) Keyser Montgomery (21) 32,282 44–54 99 July 21 @ White Sox 3–6 Alvarez Haney (8–8) Hernandez 21,253 44–55 100 July 22 @ Red Sox 5–2 Belcher (9–5) Gordon — 28,109 45–55 101 July 23 @ Red Sox 7–5 Appier (9–7) Sele — 23,711 46–55 102 July 24 @ Red Sox 2–12 Moyer Linton (4–6) — 33,381 46–56 103 July 25 @ Yankees 7–0 Rosado (1–1) Hutton — 23,475 47–56 104 July 26 @ Yankees 1–15 Key Haney (8–9) — 23,782 47–57 105 July 27 @ Yankees 4–5 Rogers Belcher (9–6) Wetteland 42,044 47–58 106 July 28 @ Yankees 2–3 Wetteland Jacome (0–3) — 35,658 47–59 107 July 30 Red Sox 7–0 Rosado (2–1) Eshelman — 17,166 48–59 108 July 31 Red Sox 3–5 Wakefield Haney (8–10) Slocumb 17,527 48–60
August: 14–15 (Home: 8–9; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 1 Red Sox 9–4 Belcher (10–6) Clemens — 18,934 49–60 110 August 2 Yankees 4–3 (10) Montgomery (3–6) Rivera — 28,618 50–60 111 August 3 Yankees 11–4 Linton (5–6) Weathers — 29,355 51–60 112 August 4 Yankees 3–5 Pettitte Rosado (2–2) — 24,624 51–61 113 August 5 Yankees 2–5 Key Pichardo (3–4) Wetteland 22,865 51–62 114 August 6 Athletics 9–2 Belcher (11–6) Wasdin — 14,028 52–62 115 August 7 Athletics 7–0 Appier (10–7) Prieto — 15,517 53–62 116 August 8 Athletics 1–2 Wengert Linton (5–7) Taylor 19,197 53–63 117 August 9 @ Angels 5–3 Rosado (3–2) Langston Montgomery (22) 35,977 54–63 118 August 10 @ Angels 18–3 Haney (9–10) Abbott — 21,657 55–63 119 August 11 @ Angels 5–6 Springer Belcher (11–7) — 18,591 55–64 120 August 12 @ Mariners 10–4 Appier (11–7) Moyer Huisman (1) 43,476 56–64 121 August 13 @ Mariners 5–9 Mulholland Linton (5–8) Johnson 21,961 56–65 122 August 14 @ Mariners 3–1 Rosado (4–2) Wolcott Montgomery (23) 23,709 57–65 123 August 16 @ Rangers 3–5 Burkett Haney (9–11) Henneman 32,053 57–66 124 August 17 @ Rangers 4–1 Belcher (12–7) Hill — 41,855 58–66 125 August 18 @ Rangers 3–10 Gross Appier (11–8) — 30,480 58–67 126 August 19 Blue Jays 1–2 Spoljaric Rosado (4–3) Timlin 16,862 58–68 127 August 20 Blue Jays 5–6 (14) Timlin Huisman (0–1) — 14,568 58–69 128 August 21 Blue Jays 2–6 Guzman Haney (9–12) — 12,238 58–70 129 August 22 Tigers 3–10 Thompson Belcher (12–8) — 14,699 58–71 130 August 23 Tigers 2–3 Sager Appier (11–9) Olson 15,603 58–72 131 August 24 Tigers 9–2 Rosado (5–3) Olivares — 28,011 59–72 132 August 25 Tigers 4–7 Van Poppel Linton (5–9) Myers 15,123 59–73 133 August 27 Rangers 4–3 (10) Montgomery (4–6) Russell — 12,907 60–73 134 August 28 Rangers 4–3 (12) Huisman (1–1) Gross — 12,695 61–73 135 August 29 @ Tigers 1–4 Eischen Appier (11–10) Lima 7,882 61–74 136 August 30 @ Tigers 0–4 Van Poppel Rosado (5–4) — 16,498 61–75 137 August 31 @ Tigers 3–1 Linton (6–9) Lira Montgomery (24) 16,270 62–75
September: 13–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 138 September 1 @ Tigers 3–2 (13) Huisman (2–1) Myers Jacome (1) 17,647 63–75 139 September 2 @ Blue Jays 2–0 Belcher (13–8) Hanson — 28,177 64–75 140 September 3 @ Blue Jays 5–2 Appier (12–10) Hentgen — 25,729 65–75 141 September 4 @ Blue Jays 0–6 Williams Rosado (5–5) — 25,827 65–76 142 September 6 @ Athletics 1–7 Adams Haney (9–13) — 14,404 65–77 143 September 7 @ Athletics 6–13 Prieto Belcher (13–9) — 13,175 65–78 144 September 8 @ Athletics 7–8 (10) Corsi Pichardo (3–5) — 17,208 65–79 145 September 10 Mariners 4–2 Rosado (6–5) Torres Bluma (1) 12,499 66–79 146 September 11 Mariners 4–2 Linton (7–9) Moyer Bluma (2) 13,078 67–79 147 September 12 Mariners 5–8 Mulholland Haney (9–14) Charlton 15,045 67–80 148 September 13 Angels 8–2 Belcher (14–9) Abbott — 13,083 68–80 149 September 14 Angels 8–5 Appier (13–10) Dickson — 17,174 69–80 September 15 Angels Cancelled (rain) 69–80 150 September 16 Twins 6–5 Rosado (7–5) Radke Bluma (3) 16,843 70–80 151 September 17 Twins 4–2 Haney (10–14) Aldred Bluma (4) 11,809 71–80 152 September 18 Twins 4–7 Miller Belcher (14–10) — 11,588 71–81 153 September 19 @ Indians 1–9 Ogea Appier (13–11) — 42,297 71–82 154 September 20 @ Indians 6–4 Bevil (1–0) Nagy Bluma (5) 42,358 72–82 155 September 21 @ Indians 4–13 Hershiser Rosado (7–6) — 42,339 72–83 156 September 22 @ Indians 5–6 McDowell Jacome (0–4) Mesa 42,291 72–84 157 September 24 @ White Sox 2–3 Castillo Belcher (14–11) — 14,348 72–85 158 September 25 @ White Sox 8–2 Appier (14–11) Tapani — 15,911 73–85 159 September 27 Indians 11–6 Rosado (8–6) Hershiser — 15,939 74–85 160 September 28 Indians 4–5 Mercker Scanlan (0–1) Mesa 19,820 74–86 161 September 29 Indians 4–1 Belcher (15–11) Ogea Pichardo (3) 14,556 75–86
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Game Postponed Bold = Royals team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	3	9	0.250	49	71
Boston Red Sox	9	3	0.750	69	48
Detroit Tigers	6	6	0.500	47	47
New York Yankees	4	8	0.333	47	60
Toronto Blue Jays	5	8	0.385	40	51
Total	27	34	0.443	252	277
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	6	7	0.462	63	55
Cleveland Indians	6	7	0.462	58	70
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Brewers	4	9	0.308	46	77
Minnesota Twins	6	7	0.462	76	85
Total	22	30	0.423	243	287
AL West
California Angels	8	4	0.667	86	51
Oakland Athletics	5	7	0.417	47	50
Seattle Mariners	7	5	0.583	74	71
Texas Rangers	6	6	0.500	44	50
Total	26	22	0.542	251	222
Season Total	75	86	0.466	746	786

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	27	9	18	0.333	116	157
May	27	15	12	0.556	120	112
June	27	10	17	0.370	132	156
July	27	14	13	0.519	126	123
August	29	14	15	0.483	140	118
September	24	13	11	0.542	112	120
Total	161	75	86	0.466	746	786

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	80	37	43	0.463	372	369
Away	81	38	43	0.469	374	417
Total	161	75	86	0.466	746	786

Roster

1996 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 17 Kevin Appier 41 Tim Belcher 47 Brian Bevil 46 Jaime Bluma 24 Terry Clark 27 Jeff Granger 23 Mark Gubicza 33 Chris Haney 37 Rick Huisman 45 Jason Jacome 49 Doug Linton 57 Mike Magnante 21 Jeff Montgomery 35 Hipólito Pichardo 46 Tim Pugh 50 Kenny Robinson 50 José Rosado 24 Bob Scanlan 51 Julio Valera		Catchers 26 Sal Fasano 15 Mike Macfarlane 36 Henry Mercedes 29 Mike Sweeney Infielders  3 Bob Hamelin  6 David Howard  4 Keith Lockhart 30 José Offerman 12 Craig Paquette 16 Joe Randa  1 Bip Roberts 44 Joe Vitiello 32 Kevin Young		Outfielders 18 Johnny Damon 42 Tom Goodwin 46 Patrick Lennon 58 Rod Myers 25 Les Norman 22 Jon Nunnally 14 Chris Stynes 31 Michael Tucker		Manager  8 Bob Boone Coaches 56 Tim Foli 55 Guy Hansen 54 Bruce Kison 19 Greg Luzinski 39 Mitchell Page  9 Jamie Quirk (bench)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike MacFarlane	112	379	104	.274	19	54
1B	José Offerman	151	561	170	.303	5	47
2B	Keith Lockhart	138	433	118	.273	7	55
SS	David Howard	143	420	92	.219	4	48
3B	Joe Randa	110	337	102	.303	6	47
LF	Tom Goodwin	143	524	148	.282	1	35
CF	Johnny Damon	145	517	140	.271	6	50
RF	Michael Tucker	108	339	88	.260	12	53
DH	Joe Vitiello	85	257	62	.241	8	40

Other batters

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
Craig Paquette	118	429	111	.259	22	67
Bip Roberts	90	339	96	.283	0	52
Bob Hamelin	89	239	61	.255	9	40
Mike Sweeney	50	165	46	.279	4	24
Sal Fasano	51	143	29	.203	6	19
Kevin Young	55	132	32	.242	8	23
Chris Stynes	36	92	27	.243	0	6
Jon Nunnally	35	90	19	.211	5	17
Rod Myers	22	63	18	.286	1	11
Les Norman	54	49	6	.122	0	0
Patrick Lennon	14	30	7	.233	0	1
Henry Mercedes	4	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tim Belcher	35	238.2	15	11	3.92	113
Chris Haney	35	228.0	10	14	4.70	115
Kevin Appier	32	211.1	14	11	3.62	207
Mark Gubicza	19	119.1	4	12	5.13	55
José Rosado	16	106.2	8	6	3.21	64
Doug Linton	21	104.0	7	9	5.02	87

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brian Bevil	3	11.0	1	0	5.73	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jeff Montgomery	48	4	6	24	4.26	45
Hipólito Pichardo	57	3	5	3	5.43	43
Jason Jacome	49	0	4	1	4.72	32
Mike Magnante	38	2	2	0	5.67	32
Julio Valera	31	3	2	1	6.46	31
Rick Huisman	22	2	1	1	4.60	23
Tim Pugh	19	0	1	0	5.45	27
Jaime Bluma	17	0	0	5	3.60	14
Jeff Granger	15	0	0	0	6.61	11
Terry Clark	12	1	1	0	7.79	12
Bob Scanlan	9	0	1	0	3.18	3
Kenny Robinson	5	1	0	0	6.00	5

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Mike Jirschele
AA	Wichita Wranglers	Texas League	Ron Johnson
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	John Mizerock
A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League	Brian Poldberg
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Bob Herold
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Al Pedrique

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington

References

• 1996 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
• 1996 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac