# 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.
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).

## 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.
* (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. The team went 15–12 in June, their first winning month since July 2003. 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. 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. The Royals went 13–12 in July, giving the team its first consecutive winning months since June and July 2003. 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. 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. Before the game, a moment of silence was held for the victims of the collapse. 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

vteAL 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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 |

### Game log

2007 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2Red Sox7 – 1Meche (1-0)Schilling (0-1)41,2571-0
2April 4Red Sox7 – 1Beckett (1-0)Pérez (0-1)22,3481-1
3April 5Red Sox4 – 1Matsuzaka (1-0)Greinke (0-1)Papelbon (1)23,1701-2
4April 6Tigers3 – 1de la Rosa (1-0)Mesa (0-1)Riske (1)13,3302-2
5April 7Tigers6 – 5Maroth (1-0)Meche (1-1)Jones (2)13,8992-3
6April 8Tigers3 – 2Rodney (1-1)Riske (0-1)Jones (3)13,1092-4
7April 9@ Blue Jays9 – 1Burnett (1-1)Pérez (0-2)50,1252-5
8April 10@ Blue Jays5 – 3Greinke (1-1)Towers (0-1)Soria (1)22,1063-5
9April 11@ Blue Jays7 – 4Chacín (1-0)de la Rosa (1-1)Ryan (3)15,2183-6
10April 12@ Orioles2 – 1 (10)Ray (1-1)Standridge (0-1)13,2293-7
11April 13@ Orioles8 – 1Bédard (2-1)Duckworth (0-1)20,9223-8
12April 14@ Orioles6 – 4Williamson (1-0)Peralta (0-1)Ray (3)15,2443-9
--April 15@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 243-9
13April 16@ Tigers12 – 5Verlander (1-0)Greinke (1-2)21,8323-10
14April 17@ Tigers7 – 6Ledezma (3-0)Riske (0-2)Jones (7)21,2633-11
15April 18@ Tigers4 – 3 (10)Soria (1-0)Rodney (1-3)27,9454-11
16April 20Twins11 – 7Pérez (1-2)Ponson (1-2)Riske (2)31,8135-11
17April 21Twins7 – 5Neshek (2-0)Peralta (0-2)Nathan (6)20,5665-12
18April 22Twins3 – 1de la Rosa (2-1)Ortiz (3-1)Soria (2)14,8016-12
19April 23White Sox7 – 4Buehrle (2-0)Gobble (0-1)Jenks (7)12,2656-13
20April 24White Sox9 – 7Logan (1-0)Soria (1-1)Jenks (8)14,9076-14
21April 25@ Twins4 – 3Pérez (2-2)Ponson (1-3)Soria (3)21,4967-14
22April 26@ Twins1 – 0 (11)Rincón (1-0)Wellemeyer (0-1)18,5207-15
23April 27@ Mariners7 – 4Ramírez (2-1)de la Rosa (2-2)Putz (3)37,2817-16
24April 28@ Mariners8 – 3Meche (2-1)Weaver (0-4)Duckworth (1)32,4418-16
25April 29@ Mariners5 – 1Morrow (2-0)Bannister (0-1)26,0198-17
26April 30Angels3 – 1Lackey (4-2)Pérez (2-3)Rodríguez (9)10,8668-18 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1Angels7 – 5Colón (3-0)Greinke (1-3)Rodríguez (10)11,2258-19
28May 2Angels3 – 1de la Rosa (3-2)Santana (2-4)Soria (4)9,6979-19
29May 3Angels5 – 2Meche (3-1)Weaver (1-3)Soria (5)12,68310-19
30May 4Tigers6 – 3Verlander (2-1)Bannister (0-2)Jones (11)17,61410-20
31May 5Tigers7 – 5Mesa (1-1)Duckworth (0-2)Jones (12)26,07010-21
32May 6Tigers13 – 4Durbin (2-1)Greinke (1-4)17,03410-22
33May 8Athletics6 – 1Gaudin (2-1)de la Rosa (3-3)10,98910-23
34May 9Athletics3 – 2Gobble (1-1)Duchscherer (3-2)Soria (6)10,97411-23
35May 10Athletics17 – 3Kennedy (1-2)Hudson (0-1)31,00611-24
36May 11@ White Sox2 – 1Garland (2-2)Pérez (2-4)Jenks (12)34,52211-25
37May 12@ White Sox5 – 4 (10)MacDougal (1-0)Duckworth (0-3)36,70211-26
38May 13@ White Sox11 – 1de la Rosa (4-3)Vázquez (2-2)34,46812-26
39May 14@ Athletics2 – 1Gobble (2-1)Duchscherer (3-3)Soria (7)12,47713-26
40May 15@ Athletics5 – 4 (11)DiNardo (1-1)Soria (1-2)14,96613-27
41May 16@ Athletics4 – 3Gobble (3-1)Calero (0-3)Riske (3)16,24214-27
42May 17@ Athletics7 – 4Elarton (1-0)Braden (1-3)Soria (8)21,03715-27
43May 18@ Rockies5 – 2Duckworth (1-3)Corpas (0-2)Soria (9)22,39916-27
44May 19@ Rockies6 – 4Buchholz (2-2)Meche (3-2)Fuentes (11)24,01716-28
45May 20@ Rockies10 – 5 (12)Peralta (1-2)Ramírez (1-1)25,82917-28
46May 22Indians4 – 3Greinke (2-4)Mastny (3-2)Soria (10)19,77618-28
47May 23Indians11 – 7Duckworth (2-3)Lee (2-1)11,50619-28
48May 24Indians10 – 3Sowers (1-4)de la Rosa (4-4)11,68119-29
49May 25Mariners10 – 2Hernández (3-2)Meche (3-3)28,65119-30
50May 26Mariners9 – 1Baek (2-2)Bannister (0-3)21,13819-31
51May 27Mariners7 – 4Washburn (5-4)Pérez (2-5)Putz (12)16,09119-32
52May 28Orioles9 – 1Trachsel (4-3)Elarton (1-1)14,75819-33
53May 29Orioles6 – 2Guthrie (3-1)de la Rosa (4-5)13,55619-34
54May 30Orioles3 – 0Bédard (4-3)Meche (3-4)Ray (12)10,51319-35 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Devil Rays4 – 1Bannister (1-3)Kazmir (3-3)Dotel (1)12,03220-35
56June 2@ Devil Rays9 – 4Pérez (3-5)Jackson (0-7)14,40321-35
57June 3@ Devil Rays5 – 1Howell (1-0)Elarton (1-2)12,22021-36
58June 4@ Devil Rays4 – 2Shields (5-0)Meche (3-5)Reyes (14)9,43521-37
59June 5@ Indians1 – 0Sabathia (9-1)de la Rosa (4-6)14,03621-38
60June 6@ Indians4 – 3Bannister (2-3)Byrd (6-2)Dotel (2)17,63222-38
61June 7@ Indians8 – 3Carmona (7-1)Pérez (3-6)19,31522-39
62June 8Phillies8 – 4Elarton (2-2)García (1-5)Dotel (3)19,12123-39
63June 9Phillies4 – 0Lieber (3-4)Meche (3-6)23,73423-40
64June 10Phillies17 – 5Greinke (3-4)Moyer (5-5)16,03424-40
65June 12Cardinals8 – 1Bannister (3-3)Thompson (4-2)29,35425-40
66June 13Cardinals7 – 3Wainwright (5-5)Pérez (3-7)25,55525-41
67June 14Cardinals17 – 8Greinke (4-4)Wells (2-11)28,83726-41
68June 15Marlins6 – 2Meche (4-6)Mitre (2-3)Dotel (4)28,01527-41
69June 16Marlins9 – 8VandenHurk (2-2)de la Rosa (4-7)Gregg (11)24,32327-42
70June 17Marlins5 – 4Bannister (4-3)Olsen (5-6)Dotel (5)19,43328-42
71June 18@ Cardinals5 – 3Pérez (4-7)Wainwright (5-6)Dotel (6)43,52429-42
72June 19@ Cardinals5 – 1Thompson (5-2)Elarton (2-3)42,71229-43
73June 20@ Cardinals7 – 6 (14)Wells (3-11)de la Rosa (4-8)42,62329-44
74June 22@ Brewers11 – 6Suppan (8-7)de la Rosa (4-9)36,32829-45
75June 23@ Brewers7 – 1Bush (5-6)Bannister (4-4)41,72129-46
76June 24@ Brewers4 – 3 (11)Riske (1-2)Capellán (0-2)Gobble (1)44,06430-46
77June 25@ Angels5 – 3Thomson (1-0)Lackey (10-5)Dotel (7)43,89531-46
78June 26@ Angels12 – 4Meche (5-6)Santana (5-8)44,00232-46
79June 27@ Angels1 – 0de la Rosa (5-9)Weaver (6-4)Dotel (8)41,26933-46
80June 29White Sox8 – 1Bannister (5-4)Contreras (5-9)Greinke (1)20,52534-46
81June 30White Sox3 – 1 (10)Bukvich (1-0)Dotel (0-1)Jenks (21)25,11934-47 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1White Sox3 – 1Garland (6-5)Thomson (1-1)Jenks (22)23,00434-48
83July 2Mariners3 – 2 (11)Dotel (1-1)Morrow (3-2)13,25735-48
84July 3Mariners17 – 3de la Rosa (6-9)Feierabend (1-3)28,14036-48
85July 4Mariners4 – 0Washburn (8-6)Bannister (5-5)Putz (24)27,79736-49
86July 6Devil Rays6 – 5Shields (7-4)Pérez (4-8)Glover (1)18,75336-50
87July 7Devil Rays8 – 7Dotel (2-1)Shawn Camp (0-3)20,45837-50
88July 8Devil Rays12 – 4de la Rosa (7-9)Kazmir (5-6)14,72638-50
89July 13@ Indians5 – 4Borowski (2-3)Greinke (4-5)32,62438-51
90July 14@ Indians6 – 5Meche (6-6)Sabathia (12-4)Dotel (9)31,59939-51
91July 15@ Indians5 – 3Carmona (11-4)de la Rosa (7-10)Borowski (26)29,65739-52
92July 16@ Red Sox4 – 0Gabbard (3-0)Bannister (5-6)37,09939-53
93July 17@ Red Sox9 – 3Gobble (4-1)Wakefield (10-9)37,00140-53
94July 18@ Red Sox6 – 5Pérez (5-8)Tavárez (5-8)Dotel (10)36,68141-53
95July 20@ Tigers10 – 2Meche (7-6)Rogers (3-2)43,20042-53
96July 21@ Tigers10 – 8 (10)Durbin (7-3)Soria (1-3)43,40842-54
97July 22@ Tigers5 – 2Bannister (6-6)Robertson (6-7)42,20143-54
98July 23Yankees9 – 2Clemens (3-4)Pérez (5-9)30,74643-55
99July 24Yankees9 – 4Wang (11-5)Elarton (2-4)38,21243-56
100July 25Yankees7 – 1Mussina (5-7)Meche (7-7)28,46043-57
101July 26Yankees7 – 0de la Rosa (8-10)Igawa (2-3)37,03644-57
102July 27Rangers6 – 1Bannister (7-6)Wright (3-3)21,73045-57
103July 28Rangers6 – 5Pérez (6-9)Millwood (7-9)Dotel (11)27,70046-57
104July 29Rangers10 – 0Núñez (1-0)Loe (5-9)Peralta (1)15,63847-57
105July 30@ Twins3 – 1Baker (5-4)Meche (7-8)Nathan (23)23,62847-58
106July 31@ Twins5 – 3Silva (9-11)de la Rosa (8-11)Nathan (24)22,89047-59 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Twins5 – 3 (10)Greinke (5-5)Rincón (3-2)Soria (11)24,88048-59
---August 2@ TwinsPostponed (I-35W bridge collapse) Rescheduled for August 3148-59
108August 3@ Yankees7 – 1Wang (13-5)Pérez (6-10)54,24648-60
109August 4@ Yankees16 – 8Myers (1-0)Bale (0-1)54,05648-61
110August 5@ Yankees8 – 5Mussina (7-7)Meche (7-9)Rivera (17)54,52548-62
111August 7Twins5 – 1Bannister (8-6)Bonser (5-8)15,64849-62
112August 8Twins11 – 4Santana (12-9)Pérez (6-11)21,50349-63
113August 9Twins1 – 0Davies (5-8)Garza (1-3)Soria (12)14,56950-63
114August 10Blue Jays2 – 1Marcum (9-4)Meche (7-10)Accardo (21)21,27650-64
115August 11Blue Jays4 – 1Núñez (2-0)McGowan (8-6)Soria (13)25,93451-64
116August 12Blue Jays4 – 1Burnett (6-6)Bannister (8-7)Accardo (22)18,38151-65
117August 13Blue Jays6 – 2Pérez (7-11)Litsch (4-5)14,84552-65
118August 14@ Rangers5 – 3Millwood (8-9)Davies (5-9)Wilson (5)23,90652-66
119August 15@ Rangers4 – 3Wood (3-1)Meche (7-11)Wilson (6)24,52952-67
120August 16@ Rangers6 – 2Braun (1-0)Eyre (4-6)22,67453-67
121August 17@ Athletics9 – 2Bannister (9-7)Meyer (0-1)18,18554-67
122August 18@ Athletics7 – 3Pérez (8-11)Gaudin (9-9)24,63855-67
123August 19@ Athletics6 – 1DiNardo (8-6)Davies (5-10)26,44555-68
124August 20@ White Sox4 – 3Thornton (4-4)Riske (1-3)Jenks (34)35,39155-69
125August 21@ White Sox5 – 2Vázquez (11-6)Núñez (2-1)Jenks (35)35,30955-70
126August 22@ White Sox7 – 6Bannister (10-7)Contreras (6-16)31,73956-70
127August 24Indians2 – 1Bale (1-1)Sabathia (14-7)Soria (14)25,64057-70
128August 25Indians9 – 4Laffey (2-1)Davies (5-11)23,16757-71
129August 26Indians5 – 3 (11)Betancourt (3-0)Peralta (1-3)Borowski (37)18,26857-72
130August 28Tigers6 – 3Bannister (11-7)Robertson (7-11)16,19358-72
131August 29Tigers5 – 0Braun (2-0)Miller (5-5)Riske (4)11,62859-72
132August 30Tigers6 – 1Bonderman (11-7)Núñez (2-2)11,19659-73
133August 31@ Twins9 – 4Davies (6-11)Garza (3-5)15,73660-73
134August 31@ Twins5 – 0Baker (8-6)Meche (7-12)24,98660-74 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Twins6 – 4Silva (11-13)Duckworth (2-4)Nathan (29)21,73860-75
136September 2@ Twins8 – 1Bannister (12-7)Bonser (6-12)26,45461-75
137September 3@ Rangers8 – 1Greinke (6-5)Loe (6-11)19,21462-75
138September 4@ Rangers9 – 8Rheinecker (2-1)Núñez (2-3)Wilson (11)18,89262-76
139September 5@ Rangers3 – 2Padilla (5-9)Davies (6-12)Benoit (3)17,23262-77
140September 7Yankees3 – 2Farnsworth (2-1)Musser (0-1)Rivera (24)27,46262-78
141September 8Yankees11 – 5Pettitte (13-8)Bannister (12-8)35,51862-79
142September 9Yankees6 – 3Wang (18-6)Duckworth (2-5)Rivera (25)24,91062-80
143September 10Twins4 – 2Bonser (7-12)Buckner (0-1)Nathan (31)10,52562-81
144September 11Twins6 – 3Baker (9-7)Davies (6-13)Nathan (32)12,89162-82
145September 12Twins6 – 3Meche (8-12)Silva (11-14)10,10263-82
146September 14@ Indians5 – 4Borowski (4-5)Riske (1-4)35,23063-83
147September 15@ Indians6 – 0Carmona (17-8)Greinke (6-6)32,11363-84
148September 16@ Indians4 – 3Buckner (1-1)Laffey (3-2)Soria (15)30,11264-84
149September 17White Sox11 – 3Vázquez (13-8)Davies (6-14)14,42164-85
150September 18White Sox3 – 2Meche (9-12)Floyd (1-4)Soria (16)15,01565-85
151September 19White Sox7 – 0Contreras (10-16)Bannister (12-9)11,85765-86
152September 20White Sox3 – 0Greinke (7-6)Garland (9-13)Soria (17)10,26466-86
153September 21@ Tigers5 – 4Byrdak (2-0)Núñez (2-4)Jones (38)40,11766-87
154September 22@ Tigers7 – 4Davies (7-14)Rogers (3-3)41,79267-87
155September 23@ Tigers7 – 2Verlander (18-6)de la Rosa (8-12)40,06867-88
156September 24@ Orioles3 – 2Walker (3-2)Meche (9-13)Bradford (2)15,76967-89
157September 25@ White Sox9 – 5Duckworth (3-5)Wassermann (0-1)31,60768-89
158September 26@ White Sox3 – 0Garland (10-13)Greinke (7-7)32,09168-90
159September 27@ White Sox10 – 0Broadway (1-1)Buckner (1-2)34,47768-91
160September 28Indians5 – 3Sabathia (19-7)Davies (7-15)Borowski (44)29,84668-92
161September 29Indians4 – 3Soria (2-3)Pérez (1-2)24,27469-92
162September 30Indians4 – 2Laffey (4-2)Hochevar (0-1)Borowski (45)19,10469-93 :

## 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 |
Source:

### 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 |
Source:

## Awards and honors

* Mike Sweeney, Hutch Award
2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Gil Meche, pitcher, reserve

## Farm system

| 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 |