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Kansas City Royals 12-30-2008
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008: Washington and Kansas City Agree to Trade
A trade between the Washington Nationals and the Kansas City Royals was made official this morning. The Washington Nationals have sent 37-year old catcher Ivan Rodriguez to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for 31-year old starting pitcher Mike Maroth and 34-year old shortstop Orlando Cabrera.

His numbers show Rodriguez is carrying a .286 lifetime batting average with 311 home runs and 1218 RBIs.

During his career Maroth has compiled a 104-65 record with a 3.63 ERA in 220 starts.
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008: Blalock and Stotts Traded
A trade between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics was made official this morning. The Kansas City Royals have sent 23-year old reliever Edwin Burns, 28-year old third baseman Hank Blalock and 33-year old shortstop Carlos Guillen to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for 28-year old second baseman J.T. Stotts and 21-year old minor league center fielder Riley Cooper.

During his career Blalock is batting .315 and has totaled 197 home runs.

Stotts boasts a career batting average of .272 with 601 hits, 26 homers and 240 RBIs.
Monday, October 27th, 2008: Top Batter Named by American League
Brad Snyder had a sensational 2008 season against American League pitchers and was acclaimed the league's Platinum Player Award winner today.

The Kansas City right fielder hit .342 and collected 199 hits, 50 home runs, 130 RBIs and scored 134 times to win the coveted trophy.

This weekend Snyder will be honored by the SION Baseball Writers Association at its annual awards dinner.
Team Leaders AVG
B. Snyder
.342
2C. RobersonKCA.321
3M. CabreraKCA.307
4G. DobbsKCA.298
5Y. MolinaKCA.283
Team Leaders HR
B. Snyder
50
2H. BlalockKCA35
2M. CabreraKCA35
4G. DobbsKCA31
5Y. MolinaKCA29
Team Leaders RBI
B. Snyder
130
2G. DobbsKCA112
3Y. MolinaKCA104
4H. BlalockKCA101
5M. CabreraKCA100
Team Leaders W
B. Duckworth
23
2M. MarothKCA22
3C. HernandezKCA18
3T. WellemeyerKCA18
5B. ZitoKCA11
Team Leaders ERA
C. Hernandez
1.93
2B. DuckworthKCA2.06
3M. MarothKCA3.03
4T. WellemeyerKCA3.17
   
Team Leaders K
B. Duckworth
243
2C. HernandezKCA239
3T. WellemeyerKCA211
4M. MarothKCA192
5B. ZitoKCA139
Pitching Staff
RoleThrowsPitcherWLSVERA 
StarterLCarlos Hernandez18401.93 
StarterRBrandon Duckworth23502.06 
StarterLBarry Zito11403.94 
StarterRTodd Wellemeyer18703.17 
MopupLLes Walrond0015.12 
Middle RelieverRJohn Birtwell1111.93 
Middle RelieverRJoe Valentine4121.85 
Setup RelieverRJoe Valentine4121.85 
CloserLEric Dubose65373.00 
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Standings
Central DivisionWLPCTGB
Kansas City Royals12339.759-
Detroit Tigers9468.58029.0
Minnesota Twins9072.55633.0
Cleveland Indians61101.37762.0
Chicago (A) White Sox42120.25981.0

Team Information
Record overall123-39, .759 PCT
Position in Division1st, - GB
Record at home66-15, .815 PCT
Record on the road57-24, .704 PCT
Record in X-inning games10-1, .909 PCT
Record in one-run games22-19, .537 PCT
Record versus LHP28-9, .757 PCT
Record versus RHP95-30, .760 PCT
Record last 10 games6-4, .600 PCT
Record in April18-6, .750 PCT
Record in May23-6, .793 PCT
Record in June17-9, .654 PCT
Record in July24-5, .828 PCT
Record in August23-5, .821 PCT
Record in September18-8, .692 PCT

Team Batting Stats & Rankings
Batting Average.291 - 1st in AL
On-Base Percentage.359 - 1st in AL
Slugging Percentage.502 - 1st in AL
On-Base + Slugging.861 - 1st in AL
Runs Scored991 - 1st in AL
Hits1652 - 1st in AL
Extra-Base Hits587 - 1st in AL
Home Runs283 - 1st in AL
Bases-On-Balls588 - 1st in AL
Strikeouts670 - 1st in AL
Stolen Bases177 - 5th in AL

Team Pitching Stats & Rankings
Earned Run Average 2.84 - 1st in AL
Starters' ERA2.76 - 1st in AL
Bullpen ERA3.29 - 1st in AL
Runs allowed515 - 1st in AL
Hits allowed1269 - 1st in AL
Opponents AVG.232 - 1st in AL
BABIP.289 - 3rd in AL
Home Runs allowed102 - 1st in AL
Bases-On-Balls306 - 1st in AL
Strikeouts1326 - 1st in AL

Minor League System
Omaha Royals (AAA)
Wichita Wranglers (AA)

Lineups Overview
#BLineup vs RHPPOS #BLineup vs LHPPOS #BLineup vs RHP+DHPOS #BLineup vs LHP+DHPOS 
1RChris RobersonLF 1LGreg Dobbs1B 1RJerry OwensCF 1RJerry OwensCF 
2LGreg Dobbs1B 2RChris RobersonLF 2RChris RobersonDH 2RChris RobersonDH 
3RMiguel CabreraSS 3LBrad SnyderRF 3LBrad SnyderRF 3LBrad SnyderRF 
4LBrad SnyderRF 4RMiguel CabreraSS 4RMiguel CabreraSS 4RMiguel CabreraSS 
5RYadier MolinaC 5RRyan Braun2B 5LGreg DobbsLF 5LGreg DobbsLF 
6RDave Kelton3B 6RYadier MolinaC 6RDave Kelton1B 6RRyan Braun2B 
 7RDave Kelton3B 7RRyan Braun2B 7RYadier MolinaC 
8RJerry OwensCF 8RJerry OwensCF  8RDave Kelton1B 
  9RYadier MolinaC  

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