Kansas City Royals 2009

65–97record

.401win pct

686runs

842allowed

-156run diff

144home runs

43players

The three rarest things in 2009

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
47	One-Hit Shutout	Zack Greinke	2009-08-30	1 in 193 games	box score ↗
43	Five for Five	Billy Butler	2009-07-27	1 in 135 games	box score ↗
41	Steal of Home	David DeJesus	2009-08-02	1 in 107 games	box score ↗

Batting (43)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Billy Butler	159	672	608	78	183	51	1	21	93	58	103	1	0	.301	.362	.492	.853
Alberto Callaspo	155	634	576	79	173	41	8	11	73	52	51	2	1	.300	.356	.457	.813
David DeJesus	144	627	558	74	157	28	9	13	71	51	87	4	9	.281	.347	.434	.781
Mark Teahen	144	571	524	69	142	34	1	12	50	37	123	8	1	.271	.325	.408	.734
Mike Jacobs	128	478	434	46	99	16	1	19	61	41	132	0	0	.228	.297	.401	.698
Willie Bloomquist	125	468	434	52	115	11	8	4	29	27	73	25	6	.265	.308	.355	.663
Miguel Olivo	114	416	390	51	97	15	5	23	65	19	126	5	2	.249	.292	.490	.781
Mitch Maier	127	397	341	42	83	15	3	3	31	43	76	9	2	.243	.333	.331	.665
Jose Guillen	81	312	281	30	68	8	0	9	40	22	50	1	0	.242	.314	.367	.681
Yuniesky Betancourt	71	263	246	25	59	10	5	4	27	11	26	0	2	.240	.269	.370	.639
Coco Crisp	49	215	180	30	41	8	5	3	14	29	23	13	2	.228	.336	.378	.714
John Buck	59	202	186	16	46	12	4	8	36	13	55	1	1	.247	.299	.484	.782
Alex Gordon	49	189	164	28	38	6	0	6	22	21	43	5	0	.232	.324	.378	.703
Brayan Pena	64	183	165	17	45	10	0	6	18	12	18	0	0	.273	.318	.442	.761
Mike Aviles	36	127	120	10	22	3	1	1	8	4	26	1	0	.183	.208	.250	.458
Josh Anderson	44	123	118	20	28	3	0	1	8	5	21	12	3	.237	.268	.288	.556
Luis Hernandez	37	81	73	4	15	1	0	0	4	4	18	1	0	.205	.256	.219	.476
Tony Pena	40	53	51	3	5	1	0	0	2	2	13	0	0	.098	.132	.118	.250
Ryan Freel	18	51	45	8	11	2	0	0	3	4	12	0	0	.244	.306	.289	.595
Tug Hulett	15	19	18	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269
Zack Greinke	33	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500
Brian Bannister	26	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Luke Hochevar	25	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bruce Chen	17	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Kyle Davies	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Gil Meche	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
John Bale	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Roman Colon	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Juan Cruz	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Lenny DiNardo	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Kyle Farnsworth	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dusty Hughes	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Anthony Lerew	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Ron Mahay	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Victor Marte	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Sidney Ponson	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Horacio Ramirez	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Carlos Rosa	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Joakim Soria	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Rob Tejeda	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Doug Waechter	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jamey Wright	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Yasuhiko Yabuta	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (23)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Zack Greinke	33	16–8	33	6	0	195	64	55	51	242	11	229.1	2.16	1.07
Brian Bannister	26	7–12	26	0	0	161	94	81	50	98	15	154.0	4.73	1.37
Luke Hochevar	25	7–13	25	2	0	167	109	104	46	106	23	143.0	6.55	1.49
Gil Meche	23	6–10	23	1	0	144	81	73	58	95	17	129.0	5.09	1.57
Kyle Davies	22	8–9	22	1	0	122	76	72	66	86	18	123.0	5.27	1.53
Jamey Wright	65	3–5	0	0	0	73	51	38	44	60	8	79.0	4.33	1.48
Rob Tejeda	35	4–2	6	0	0	43	30	29	50	87	4	73.2	3.54	1.26
Bruce Chen	17	1–6	9	0	0	74	42	40	25	45	12	62.1	5.78	1.59
Sidney Ponson	14	1–7	9	0	0	79	50	48	25	32	6	58.2	7.36	1.77
Joakim Soria	47	3–2	0	0	30	44	14	13	16	69	5	53.0	2.21	1.13
Roman Colon	43	2–3	0	0	0	50	27	27	22	29	7	50.1	4.83	1.43
Juan Cruz	46	3–4	0	0	2	46	34	32	29	38	6	50.1	5.72	1.49
Ron Mahay	41	1–1	0	0	0	55	26	22	19	34	9	41.1	4.79	1.79
Kyle Farnsworth	41	1–5	0	0	0	43	22	19	14	42	3	37.1	4.58	1.53
John Bale	43	0–1	0	0	1	34	19	18	18	24	3	28.1	5.72	1.84
Horacio Ramirez	19	0–2	1	0	0	27	16	15	11	13	3	22.2	5.96	1.68
Lenny DiNardo	5	0–3	5	0	0	41	28	24	15	8	2	21.1	10.12	2.62
Dusty Hughes	8	0–2	1	0	0	13	9	8	8	15	2	14.0	5.14	1.50
Yasuhiko Yabuta	12	2–1	0	0	0	29	21	21	7	9	3	14.0	13.50	2.57
Anthony Lerew	3	0–1	2	0	0	14	8	6	8	7	4	13.1	4.05	1.65
Victor Marte	8	0–0	0	0	0	13	12	11	12	7	2	12.0	8.25	2.08
Carlos Rosa	7	0–0	0	0	1	10	4	4	3	4	1	10.2	3.38	1.22
Doug Waechter	5	0–0	0	0	0	9	5	5	3	3	2	5.1	8.44	2.25