# 1996 Kansas City Royals season

The 1996 Kansas City Royals season was the 28th season for the franchise, and their 24th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 75 wins and 86 losses and missed the postseason for the 11th consecutive season.

## 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

vteAL 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
April 1@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 20–0
1April 2@ Orioles2–4MussinaAppier (0–1)Myers46,8180–1
2April 3@ Orioles1–7WellsGubicza (0–1)—40,0680–2
3April 4@ Orioles3–5RhodesPichardo (0–1)Myers38,7530–3
4April 5Red Sox5–4 (12)Clark (1–0)Pennington—39,5261–3
5April 6Red Sox7–3Pichardo (1–1)Belinda—17,3392–3
6April 7Red Sox1–3MoyerGubicza (0–2)Slocumb13,1832–4
7April 9@ Yankees3–7PettitteHaney (0–1)—56,3292–5
8April 11@ Yankees3–5KeyBelcher (0–1)Howe17,5192–6
9April 12@ Brewers4–1Appier (1–1)BonesMontgomery (1)7,1133–6
10April 13@ Brewers3–2Gubicza (1–2)SparksMontgomery (2)9,2244–6
11April 14@ Brewers2–5McDonaldHaney (0–2)Miranda19,1314–7
12April 15White Sox10–11KarchnerPichardo (1–2)Hernandez12,6534–8
13April 16White Sox6–5Belcher (1–1)BereMontgomery (3)12,3995–8
14April 17White Sox1–3FernandezAppier (1–2)Hernandez13,3505–9
15April 18Brewers2–8SparksGubicza (1–3)—13,1535–10
16April 19Brewers2–8McDonaldHaney (0–3)—15,3215–11
17April 20Brewers4–12MirandaJacome (0–1)—17,2205–12
18April 21Brewers4–5WickanderPichardo (1–3)Fetters14,6665–13
19April 22Yankees2–6ConeAppier (1–3)—14,7635–14
20April 23Yankees5–2Gubicza (2–3)KeyMontgomery (4)12,5366–14
21April 24Orioles8–11MerckerHaney (0–4)—13,9626–15
22April 25Orioles2–3RhodesValera (0–1)Myers16,0906–16
23April 26@ Red Sox4–3Belcher (2–1)ClemensMontgomery (5)22,3857–16
24April 27@ Red Sox10–0Appier (2–3)Sele—29,4598–16
25April 28@ Red Sox9–7Robinson (1–0)SlocumbMontgomery (6)32,4919–16
26April 29@ Twins6–11HansellClark (1–1)Bennett10,2379–17
27April 30@ Twins7–16NaultyMagnante (0–1)—10,5039–18 :
May: 15–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Twins5–6 (10)StevensMontgomery (0–1)—11,9759–19
29May 3Athletics3–1Appier (3–3)ReyesMontgomery (7)14,45210–19
30May 4Athletics2–5WojciechowskiGubicza (2–4)Groom15,98710–20
31May 5Athletics2–0Haney (1–4)Prieto—16,58911–20
32May 6@ Angels9–4Belcher (3–1)LeftwichPichardo (1)14,44712–20
33May 7@ Angels5–3Valera (1–1)AbbottMontgomery (8)14,65713–20
34May 8@ Angels3–1 (14)Pichardo (2–3)Eichhorn—16,21014–20
35May 9@ Angels8–2Gubicza (3–4)Grimsley—15,30215–20
36May 10@ Mariners14–10Valera (2–1)Davis—24,23116–20
37May 11@ Mariners1–11WolcottBelcher (3–2)Carmona43,29716–21
38May 12@ Mariners5–8JohnsonLinton (0–1)Charlton27,47016–22
39May 13@ Rangers6–7CookMontgomery (0–2)Henneman22,98116–23
40May 14@ Rangers0–10HillGubicza (3–5)—28,99916–24
41May 15@ Rangers3–1Haney (2–4)PavlikMontgomery (9)26,88117–24
42May 17Blue Jays4–2Belcher (4–2)GuzmanMontgomery (10)20,07918–24
43May 18Blue Jays2–6ViolaAppier (3–4)—18,11618–25
44May 19Blue Jays2–3HansonGubicza (3–6)Timlin15,03918–26
45May 20Blue Jays5–4Haney (3–4)HentgenMontgomery (11)14,30319–26
46May 21@ Tigers7–1Linton (1–1)WilliamsValera (1)24,37220–26
47May 22@ Tigers6–4Belcher (5–2)FarrellMontgomery (12)12,89021–26
48May 23Rangers4–2Appier (4–4)OliverMontgomery (13)15,61222–26
49May 24Rangers8–0Gubicza (4–6)Witt—13,69623–26
50May 25Rangers1–2HellingHaney (3–5)Henneman23,66823–27
51May 26Rangers4–6HillLinton (1–2)Henneman22,66523–28
52May 27Tigers5–4 (13)Montgomery (1–2)Veres—19,77624–28
53May 29Tigers4–5GohrAppier (4–5)Walker13,71224–29
54May 31@ Blue Jays2–4HentgenGubicza (4–7)Timlin33,19424–30 :
June: 10–17 (Home: 6–10; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Blue Jays3–5 (10)CrabtreeMontgomery (1–3)—31,10724–31
56June 2@ Blue Jays7–5Belcher (6–2)JanzenMontgomery (14)32,25325–31
57June 3@ Athletics1–2WasdinAppier (4–6)Taylor6,46525–32
58June 4@ Athletics3–8WengertGubicza (4–8)—11,52425–33
59June 5@ Athletics5–2Haney (4–5)JohnsMontgomery (15)8,11326–33
60June 7Mariners9–5Valera (3–1)Wolcott—20,89127–33
61June 8Mariners12–8Appier (5–6)MilackiMontgomery (16)30,02228–33
62June 9Mariners2–3HitchcockGubicza (4–9)Charlton20,48928–34
63June 10Angels5–7 (10)McElroyPugh (0–1)Percival15,69128–35
64June 11Angels9–11McElroyValera (3–2)Percival16,68728–36
65June 12Angels3–4 (10)McElroyMontgomery (1–4)Percival15,42828–37
66June 13Orioles10–2Linton (2–2)Mercker—20,10829–37
67June 14Orioles1–6MussinaGubicza (4–10)—28,50229–38
68June 15Orioles7–6 (16)Magnante (1–1)Krivda—24,78430–38
69June 16Orioles5–13CoppingerJacome (0–2)Mills19,43730–39
70June 17@ Brewers4–9BurrowsAppier (5–7)—9,31530–40
71June 18@ Brewers1–9KarlLinton (2–3)Potts9,11630–41
72June 19@ Brewers8–4 (10)Pichardo (3–3)Mercedes—13,43131–41
73June 21@ Orioles3–9RhodesHaney (4–6)—47,64431–42
74June 22@ Orioles3–5EricksonMontgomery (1–5)—47,53431–43
75June 23@ Orioles4–0Appier (6–7)Krivda—47,60832–43
76June 25Brewers3–5BonesGubicza (4–11)Fetters14,44832–44
77June 26Brewers7–3Haney (5–6)Givens—14,56033–44
78June 27Brewers2–6McDonaldBelcher (6–3)—17,67033–45
79June 28Twins6–2Appier (7–7)Radke—21,51534–45
80June 29Twins7–12TrombleyLinton (2–4)—23,23234–46
81June 30Twins2–5RodriguezGubicza (4–12)Stevens28,24634–47 :
July: 14–13 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1@ Indians4–2Haney (6–6)Nagy—40,81435–47
83July 2@ Indians2–3PooleBelcher (6–4)—42,28335–48
84July 3@ Indians4–6TavarezMagnante (1–2)Shuey42,47035–49
85July 4@ Twins5–3Linton (3–4)RobertsonMontgomery (17)37,29536–49
86July 5@ Twins8–9GuardadoMontgomery (1–6)—18,46536–50
87July 6@ Twins8–5Haney (7–6)AguileraMontgomery (18)18,69937–50
88July 7@ Twins8–2Belcher (7–4)Aldred—14,25138–50
89July 11White Sox3–2Haney (8–6)Alvarez—22,92839–50
90July 12White Sox6–7TapaniBelcher (7–5)Hernandez18,45839–51
91July 13White Sox1–3FernandezRosado (0–1)—25,36339–52
92July 14White Sox2–3BaldwinLinton (3–5)Hernandez17,02439–53
93July 15Indians6–3Magnante (2–2)TavarezMontgomery (19)22,29440–53
94July 16Indians4–10McDowellHaney (8–7)—16,87140–54
95July 17Indians3–2Belcher (8–5)HershiserMontgomery (20)19,53241–54
96July 18@ White Sox7–1Appier (8–7)FernandezPichardo (2)17,65742–54
97July 19@ White Sox7–4 (10)Montgomery (2–6)Hernandez—19,60443–54
98July 20@ White Sox7–5Linton (4–5)KeyserMontgomery (21)32,28244–54
99July 21@ White Sox3–6AlvarezHaney (8–8)Hernandez21,25344–55
100July 22@ Red Sox5–2Belcher (9–5)Gordon—28,10945–55
101July 23@ Red Sox7–5Appier (9–7)Sele—23,71146–55
102July 24@ Red Sox2–12MoyerLinton (4–6)—33,38146–56
103July 25@ Yankees7–0Rosado (1–1)Hutton—23,47547–56
104July 26@ Yankees1–15KeyHaney (8–9)—23,78247–57
105July 27@ Yankees4–5RogersBelcher (9–6)Wetteland42,04447–58
106July 28@ Yankees2–3WettelandJacome (0–3)—35,65847–59
107July 30Red Sox7–0Rosado (2–1)Eshelman—17,16648–59
108July 31Red Sox3–5WakefieldHaney (8–10)Slocumb17,52748–60 :
August: 14–15 (Home: 8–9; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1Red Sox9–4Belcher (10–6)Clemens—18,93449–60
110August 2Yankees4–3 (10)Montgomery (3–6)Rivera—28,61850–60
111August 3Yankees11–4Linton (5–6)Weathers—29,35551–60
112August 4Yankees3–5PettitteRosado (2–2)—24,62451–61
113August 5Yankees2–5KeyPichardo (3–4)Wetteland22,86551–62
114August 6Athletics9–2Belcher (11–6)Wasdin—14,02852–62
115August 7Athletics7–0Appier (10–7)Prieto—15,51753–62
116August 8Athletics1–2WengertLinton (5–7)Taylor19,19753–63
117August 9@ Angels5–3Rosado (3–2)LangstonMontgomery (22)35,97754–63
118August 10@ Angels18–3Haney (9–10)Abbott—21,65755–63
119August 11@ Angels5–6SpringerBelcher (11–7)—18,59155–64
120August 12@ Mariners10–4Appier (11–7)MoyerHuisman (1)43,47656–64
121August 13@ Mariners5–9MulhollandLinton (5–8)Johnson21,96156–65
122August 14@ Mariners3–1Rosado (4–2)WolcottMontgomery (23)23,70957–65
123August 16@ Rangers3–5BurkettHaney (9–11)Henneman32,05357–66
124August 17@ Rangers4–1Belcher (12–7)Hill—41,85558–66
125August 18@ Rangers3–10GrossAppier (11–8)—30,48058–67
126August 19Blue Jays1–2SpoljaricRosado (4–3)Timlin16,86258–68
127August 20Blue Jays5–6 (14)TimlinHuisman (0–1)—14,56858–69
128August 21Blue Jays2–6GuzmanHaney (9–12)—12,23858–70
129August 22Tigers3–10ThompsonBelcher (12–8)—14,69958–71
130August 23Tigers2–3SagerAppier (11–9)Olson15,60358–72
131August 24Tigers9–2Rosado (5–3)Olivares—28,01159–72
132August 25Tigers4–7Van PoppelLinton (5–9)Myers15,12359–73
133August 27Rangers4–3 (10)Montgomery (4–6)Russell—12,90760–73
134August 28Rangers4–3 (12)Huisman (1–1)Gross—12,69561–73
135August 29@ Tigers1–4EischenAppier (11–10)Lima7,88261–74
136August 30@ Tigers0–4Van PoppelRosado (5–4)—16,49861–75
137August 31@ Tigers3–1Linton (6–9)LiraMontgomery (24)16,27062–75 :
September: 13–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Tigers3–2 (13)Huisman (2–1)MyersJacome (1)17,64763–75
139September 2@ Blue Jays2–0Belcher (13–8)Hanson—28,17764–75
140September 3@ Blue Jays5–2Appier (12–10)Hentgen—25,72965–75
141September 4@ Blue Jays0–6WilliamsRosado (5–5)—25,82765–76
142September 6@ Athletics1–7AdamsHaney (9–13)—14,40465–77
143September 7@ Athletics6–13PrietoBelcher (13–9)—13,17565–78
144September 8@ Athletics7–8 (10)CorsiPichardo (3–5)—17,20865–79
145September 10Mariners4–2Rosado (6–5)TorresBluma (1)12,49966–79
146September 11Mariners4–2Linton (7–9)MoyerBluma (2)13,07867–79
147September 12Mariners5–8MulhollandHaney (9–14)Charlton15,04567–80
148September 13Angels8–2Belcher (14–9)Abbott—13,08368–80
149September 14Angels8–5Appier (13–10)Dickson—17,17469–80
September 15AngelsCancelled (rain)69–80
150September 16Twins6–5Rosado (7–5)RadkeBluma (3)16,84370–80
151September 17Twins4–2Haney (10–14)AldredBluma (4)11,80971–80
152September 18Twins4–7MillerBelcher (14–10)—11,58871–81
153September 19@ Indians1–9OgeaAppier (13–11)—42,29771–82
154September 20@ Indians6–4Bevil (1–0)NagyBluma (5)42,35872–82
155September 21@ Indians4–13HershiserRosado (7–6)—42,33972–83
156September 22@ Indians5–6McDowellJacome (0–4)Mesa42,29172–84
157September 24@ White Sox2–3CastilloBelcher (14–11)—14,34872–85
158September 25@ White Sox8–2Appier (14–11)Tapani—15,91173–85
159September 27Indians11–6Rosado (8–6)Hershiser—15,93974–85
160September 28Indians4–5MerckerScanlan (0–1)Mesa19,82074–86
161September 29Indians4–1Belcher (15–11)OgeaPichardo (3)14,55675–86 :
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
## 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

| 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