2007 Kansas City Royals season explained

Kansas City Royals
Season:	2007
League:	American League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Kauffman Stadium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Record:	69–93 (.494)
Owners:	David Glass
General Managers:	Dayton Moore
Managers:	Buddy Bell
Television:	KMCI RSTN
Radio:	WHB 810AM KCXM 97.3FM

The 2007 Kansas City Royals season was the 39th season for the franchise, and their 37th 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).^[1] ^[2]

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.^[3] The team went 15–12 in June, their first winning month since July 2003.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] The Royals went 13–12 in July, giving the team its first consecutive winning months since June and July 2003.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.

Roster

2007 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (hitting) (bench) (bullpen) (pitching) (first base) (third base)

Game log

|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 1 || April 2 || Red Sox || 7 – 1 || Meche (1-0)|| Schilling (0-1) || || 41,257 || 1-0|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 2 || April 4 || Red Sox || 7 – 1 || Beckett (1-0) || Pérez (0-1) || || 22,348 || 1-1|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 3 || April 5 || Red Sox || 4 – 1 || Matsuzaka (1-0) || Greinke (0-1) || Papelbon (1) || 23,170 || 1-2|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 4 || April 6 || Tigers || 3 – 1 || de la Rosa (1-0) || Mesa (0-1) || Riske (1) || 13,330 || 2-2|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 5 || April 7 || Tigers || 6 – 5 || Maroth (1-0) ||Meche (1-1) || Jones (2) || 13,899 || 2-3|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 6 || April 8 || Tigers || 3 – 2 || Rodney (1-1) || Riske (0-1) || Jones (3) || 13,109 || 2-4|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 7 || April 9 || @ Blue Jays || 9 – 1 || Burnett (1-1) || Pérez (0-2) || || 50,125 || 2-5|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 8 || April 10 || @ Blue Jays || 5 – 3 || Greinke (1-1) || Towers (0-1) || Soria (1) || 22,106 || 3-5|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 9 || April 11 || @ Blue Jays || 7 – 4 || Chacín (1-0) || de la Rosa (1-1) || Ryan (3) || 15,218 || 3-6|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 10 || April 12 || @ Orioles || 2 – 1 || Ray (1-1) || Standridge (0-1) || || 13,229 || 3-7|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 11 || April 13 || @ Orioles || 8 – 1 || Bédard (2-1) || Duckworth (0-1) || || 20,922 || 3-8|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 12 || April 14 || @ Orioles || 6 – 4 || Williamson (1-0) || Peralta (0-1) || Ray (3) || 15,244 || 3-9|- style="background-color:#bbbbbb"| -- || April 15 || @ Orioles || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 3-9|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 13 || April 16 || @ Tigers || 12 – 5 || Verlander (1-0) || Greinke (1-2) || || 21,832 || 3-10|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 14 || April 17 || @ Tigers || 7 – 6 || Ledezma (3-0) || Riske (0-2) || Jones (7) || 21,263 || 3-11|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 15 || April 18 || @ Tigers || 4 – 3 || Soria (1-0) || Rodney (1-3) || || 27,945 || 4-11|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 16 || April 20 || Twins || 11 – 7 || Pérez (1-2) || Ponson (1-2) || Riske (2) || 31,813 || 5-11|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 17 || April 21 || Twins ||7 – 5 ||Neshek (2-0) ||Peralta (0-2) ||Nathan (6) || 20,566|| 5-12|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 18 || April 22 || Twins || 3 – 1 || de la Rosa (2-1) || Ortiz (3-1) || Soria (2) || 14,801 || 6-12|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 19 || April 23 || White Sox || 7 – 4 || Buehrle (2-0) || Gobble (0-1) || Jenks (7) || 12,265 || 6-13|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 20 || April 24 || White Sox || 9 – 7 || Logan (1-0) || Soria (1-1) || Jenks (8) || 14,907 || 6-14|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 21 || April 25 || @ Twins || 4 – 3 || Pérez (2-2) || Ponson (1-3) || Soria (3) || 21,496 || 7-14|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 22 || April 26 || @ Twins || 1 – 0 || Rincón (1-0) || Wellemeyer (0-1) || || 18,520 || 7-15|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 23 || April 27 || @ Mariners || 7 – 4 || Ramírez (2-1) || de la Rosa (2-2) || Putz (3) || 37,281 || 7-16|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 24 || April 28 || @ Mariners || 8 – 3 || Meche (2-1) || Weaver (0-4) || Duckworth (1) || 32,441 || 8-16|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 25 || April 29 || @ Mariners || 5 – 1 || Morrow (2-0) || Bannister (0-1) || || 26,019 || 8-17|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 26 || April 30 || Angels || 3 – 1 || Lackey (4-2) || Pérez (2-3) || Rodríguez (9) || 10,866 || 8-18|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 27 || May 1 || Angels || 7 – 5 || Colón (3-0) || Greinke (1-3) || Rodríguez (10) || 11,225 || 8-19|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 28 || May 2 || Angels || 3 – 1 || de la Rosa (3-2) || Santana (2-4) || Soria (4) || 9,697 || 9-19|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 29 || May 3 || Angels || 5 – 2 || Meche (3-1) || Weaver (1-3) || Soria (5) || 12,683 || 10-19|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 30 || May 4 || Tigers || 6 – 3 || Verlander (2-1) || Bannister (0-2) || Jones (11) || 17,614 || 10-20|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 31 || May 5 || Tigers || 7 – 5 || Mesa (1-1) || Duckworth (0-2) || Jones (12) || 26,070 || 10-21|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 32 || May 6 || Tigers || 13 – 4 || Durbin (2-1) || Greinke (1-4) || || 17,034 || 10-22|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 33 || May 8 || Athletics || 6 – 1 || Gaudin (2-1) || de la Rosa (3-3) || || 10,989 || 10-23|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 34 || May 9 || Athletics || 3 – 2 || Gobble (1-1) || Duchscherer (3-2) || Soria (6) || 10,974 || 11-23|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 35 || May 10 || Athletics || 17 – 3 || Kennedy (1-2) || Hudson (0-1) || || 31,006 || 11-24|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 36 || May 11 || @ White Sox || 2 – 1 || Garland (2-2) || Pérez (2-4) || Jenks (12) || 34,522 || 11-25|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 37 || May 12 || @ White Sox || 5 – 4 || MacDougal (1-0) || Duckworth (0-3) || || 36,702 || 11-26|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 38 || May 13 || @ White Sox || 11 – 1 || de la Rosa (4-3) || Vázquez (2-2) || || 34,468 || 12-26|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 39 || May 14 || @ Athletics || 2 – 1 || Gobble (2-1) || Duchscherer (3-3) || Soria (7) || 12,477 || 13-26|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 40 || May 15 || @ Athletics || 5 – 4 || DiNardo (1-1) || Soria (1-2) || || 14,966 || 13-27|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 41 || May 16 || @ Athletics || 4 – 3 || Gobble (3-1) || Calero (0-3) || Riske (3) || 16,242 || 14-27|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 42 || May 17 || @ Athletics || 7 – 4 || Elarton (1-0) || Braden (1-3) || Soria (8) || 21,037 || 15-27|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 43 || May 18 || @ Rockies || 5 – 2 || Duckworth (1-3) || Corpas (0-2) || Soria (9) || 22,399 || 16-27|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 44 || May 19 || @ Rockies || 6 – 4 || Buchholz (2-2) || Meche (3-2) || Fuentes (11) || 24,017 || 16-28|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 45 || May 20 || @ Rockies || 10 – 5 || Peralta (1-2) || Ramírez (1-1) || || 25,829 || 17-28|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 46 || May 22 || Indians || 4 – 3 || Greinke (2-4) || Mastny (3-2) || Soria (10) || 19,776 || 18-28|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 47 || May 23 || Indians || 11 – 7 || Duckworth (2-3) || Lee (2-1) || || 11,506 || 19-28|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 48 || May 24 || Indians || 10 – 3 || Sowers (1-4) || de la Rosa (4-4) || || 11,681 || 19-29|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 49 || May 25 || Mariners || 10 – 2 || Hernández (3-2) || Meche (3-3) || || 28,651 || 19-30|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 50 || May 26 || Mariners || 9 – 1 || Baek (2-2) || Bannister (0-3) || || 21,138 || 19-31|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 51 || May 27 || Mariners || 7 – 4 || Washburn (5-4) || Pérez (2-5) || Putz (12) || 16,091 || 19-32|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 52 || May 28 || Orioles || 9 – 1 || Trachsel (4-3) || Elarton (1-1) || || 14,758 || 19-33|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 53 || May 29 || Orioles || 6 – 2 || Guthrie (3-1) || de la Rosa (4-5) || || 13,556 || 19-34|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 54 || May 30 || Orioles || 3 – 0 || Bédard (4-3) || Meche (3-4) || Ray (12) || 10,513 || 19-35|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 55 || June 1 || @ Devil Rays || 4 – 1 || Bannister (1-3) || Kazmir (3-3) || Dotel (1) || 12,032 || 20-35|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 56 || June 2 || @ Devil Rays || 9 – 4 || Pérez (3-5) || Jackson (0-7) || || 14,403 || 21-35|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 57 || June 3 || @ Devil Rays || 5 – 1 || Howell (1-0) || Elarton (1-2) || || 12,220 || 21-36|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 58 || June 4 || @ Devil Rays || 4 – 2 || Shields (5-0) || Meche (3-5) || Reyes (14) || 9,435 || 21-37|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 59 || June 5 || @ Indians || 1 – 0 || Sabathia (9-1) || de la Rosa (4-6) || || 14,036 || 21-38|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 60 || June 6 || @ Indians || 4 – 3 || Bannister (2-3) || Byrd (6-2) || Dotel (2) || 17,632 || 22-38|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 61 || June 7 || @ Indians || 8 – 3 || Carmona (7-1) || Pérez (3-6) || || 19,315 || 22-39|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 62 || June 8 || Phillies || 8 – 4 || Elarton (2-2) || García (1-5) || Dotel (3) || 19,121 || 23-39|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 63 || June 9 || Phillies || 4 – 0 || Lieber (3-4) || Meche (3-6) || || 23,734 || 23-40|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 64 || June 10 || Phillies || 17 – 5 || Greinke (3-4) || Moyer (5-5) || || 16,034 || 24-40|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 65 || June 12 || Cardinals || 8 – 1 || Bannister (3-3) || Thompson (4-2) || || 29,354 || 25-40|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 66 || June 13 || Cardinals || 7 – 3 || Wainwright (5-5) || Pérez (3-7) || || 25,555 || 25-41|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 67 || June 14 || Cardinals || 17 – 8 || Greinke (4-4) || Wells (2-11) || || 28,837 || 26-41|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 68 || June 15 || Marlins || 6 – 2 || Meche (4-6) || Mitre (2-3) || Dotel (4) || 28,015 || 27-41|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 69 || June 16 || Marlins || 9 – 8 || VandenHurk (2-2) || de la Rosa (4-7) || Gregg (11) || 24,323 || 27-42|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 70 || June 17 || Marlins || 5 – 4 || Bannister (4-3) || Olsen (5-6) || Dotel (5) || 19,433 || 28-42|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 71 || June 18 || @ Cardinals || 5 – 3 || Pérez (4-7) || Wainwright (5-6) || Dotel (6) || 43,524 || 29-42|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 72 || June 19 || @ Cardinals || 5 – 1 || Thompson (5-2) || Elarton (2-3) || || 42,712 || 29-43|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 73 || June 20 || @ Cardinals || 7 – 6 || Wells (3-11) || de la Rosa (4-8) || || 42,623 || 29-44|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 74 || June 22 || @ Brewers || 11 – 6 || Suppan (8-7) || de la Rosa (4-9) || || 36,328 || 29-45|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 75 || June 23 || @ Brewers || 7 – 1 || Bush (5-6) || Bannister (4-4) || || 41,721 || 29-46|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 76 || June 24 || @ Brewers || 4 – 3 || Riske (1-2) || Capellán (0-2) || Gobble (1) || 44,064 || 30-46|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 77 || June 25 || @ Angels || 5 – 3 || Thomson (1-0) || Lackey (10-5) || Dotel (7) || 43,895 || 31-46|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 78 || June 26 || @ Angels || 12 – 4 || Meche (5-6) || Santana (5-8) || || 44,002 || 32-46|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 79 || June 27 || @ Angels || 1 – 0 || de la Rosa (5-9) || Weaver (6-4) || Dotel (8) || 41,269 || 33-46|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 80 || June 29 || White Sox || 8 – 1 || Bannister (5-4) || Contreras (5-9) || Greinke (1) || 20,525 || 34-46|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 81 || June 30 || White Sox || 3 – 1 || Bukvich (1-0) || Dotel (0-1) || Jenks (21) || 25,119 || 34-47|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 82 || July 1 || White Sox || 3 – 1 || Garland (6-5) || Thomson (1-1) || Jenks (22) || 23,004 || 34-48|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 83 || July 2 || Mariners || 3 – 2 || Dotel (1-1) || Morrow (3-2) || || 13,257 || 35-48|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 84 || July 3 || Mariners || 17 – 3 || de la Rosa (6-9) || Feierabend (1-3) || || 28,140 || 36-48|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 85 || July 4 || Mariners || 4 – 0 || Washburn (8-6) || Bannister (5-5) || Putz (24) || 27,797 || 36-49|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 86 || July 6 || Devil Rays || 6 – 5 || Shields (7-4) || Pérez (4-8) || Glover (1) || 18,753 || 36-50|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 87 || July 7 || Devil Rays || 8 – 7 || Dotel (2-1) || Shawn Camp (0-3) || || 20,458 || 37-50|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 88 || July 8 || Devil Rays || 12 – 4 || de la Rosa (7-9) || Kazmir (5-6) || || 14,726 || 38-50|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 89 || July 13 || @ Indians || 5 – 4 || Borowski (2-3) || Greinke (4-5) || || 32,624 || 38-51|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 90 || July 14 || @ Indians || 6 – 5 || Meche (6-6) || Sabathia (12-4) || Dotel (9) || 31,599 || 39-51|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 91 || July 15 || @ Indians || 5 – 3 || Carmona (11-4) || de la Rosa (7-10) || Borowski (26) || 29,657 || 39-52|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 92 || July 16 || @ Red Sox || 4 – 0 || Gabbard (3-0) || Bannister (5-6) || || 37,099 || 39-53|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 93 || July 17 || @ Red Sox || 9 – 3 || Gobble (4-1) || Wakefield (10-9) || || 37,001 || 40-53|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 94 || July 18 || @ Red Sox || 6 – 5 || Pérez (5-8) || Tavárez (5-8) || Dotel (10) || 36,681 || 41-53|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 95 || July 20 || @ Tigers || 10 – 2 || Meche (7-6) || Rogers (3-2) || || 43,200 || 42-53|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 96 || July 21 || @ Tigers || 10 – 8 || Durbin (7-3) || Soria (1-3) || || 43,408 || 42-54|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 97 || July 22 || @ Tigers || 5 – 2 || Bannister (6-6) || Robertson (6-7) || || 42,201 || 43-54|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 98 || July 23 || Yankees || 9 – 2 || Clemens (3-4) || Pérez (5-9) || || 30,746 || 43-55|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 99 || July 24 || Yankees || 9 – 4 || Wang (11-5) || Elarton (2-4) || || 38,212 || 43-56|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 100 || July 25 || Yankees || 7 – 1 || Mussina (5-7) || Meche (7-7) || || 28,460 || 43-57|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 101 || July 26 || Yankees || 7 – 0 || de la Rosa (8-10) || Igawa (2-3) || || 37,036 || 44-57|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 102 || July 27 || Rangers || 6 – 1 || Bannister (7-6) || Wright (3-3) || || 21,730 || 45-57|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 103 || July 28 || Rangers || 6 – 5 || Pérez (6-9) || Millwood (7-9) || Dotel (11) || 27,700 || 46-57|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 104 || July 29 || Rangers || 10 – 0 || Núñez (1-0) || Loe (5-9) || Peralta (1) || 15,638 || 47-57|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 105 || July 30 || @ Twins || 3 – 1 || Baker (5-4) || Meche (7-8) || Nathan (23) || 23,628 || 47-58|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 106 || July 31 || @ Twins || 5 – 3 || Silva (9-11) || de la Rosa (8-11) || Nathan (24) || 22,890 || 47-59|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 107 || August 1 || @ Twins || 5 – 3 || Greinke (5-5)|| Rincón (3-2) || Soria (11) || 24,880 || 48-59|- style="background-color:#bbbbbb"| --- || August 2 || @ Twins ||colspan=5|Postponed (I-35W bridge collapse) || 48-59|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 108 || August 3 || @ Yankees || 7 – 1 || Wang (13-5) || Pérez (6-10) || || 54,246 || 48-60|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 109 || August 4 || @ Yankees || 16 – 8 || Myers (1-0) || Bale (0-1) || || 54,056 || 48-61|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 110 || August 5 || @ Yankees || 8 – 5 || Mussina (7-7) || Meche (7-9) || Rivera (17) || 54,525 || 48-62|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 111 || August 7 || Twins || 5 – 1 || Bannister (8-6) || Bonser (5-8) || || 15,648 || 49-62|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 112 || August 8 || Twins || 11 – 4 || Santana (12-9)|| Pérez (6-11) || || 21,503 || 49-63|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 113 || August 9 || Twins || 1 – 0 || Davies (5-8) || Garza (1-3)|| Soria (12) || 14,569 || 50-63|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 114 || August 10 || Blue Jays || 2 – 1 || Marcum (9-4) || Meche (7-10) || Accardo (21) || 21,276 || 50-64|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 115 || August 11 || Blue Jays || 4 – 1 || Núñez (2-0) || McGowan (8-6) || Soria (13) || 25,934 || 51-64|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 116 || August 12 || Blue Jays || 4 – 1 || Burnett (6-6) || Bannister (8-7) || Accardo (22) || 18,381 || 51-65|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 117 || August 13 || Blue Jays || 6 – 2 || Pérez (7-11) || Litsch (4-5) || || 14,845 || 52-65|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 118 || August 14 || @ Rangers || 5 – 3 || Millwood (8-9) || Davies (5-9) || Wilson (5) || 23,906 || 52-66|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 119 || August 15 || @ Rangers || 4 – 3 || Wood (3-1) || Meche (7-11) || Wilson (6) || 24,529 || 52-67|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 120 || August 16 || @ Rangers || 6 – 2 || Braun (1-0) || Eyre (4-6) || || 22,674 || 53-67|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 121 || August 17 || @ Athletics || 9 – 2 || Bannister (9-7) || Meyer (0-1) || || 18,185 || 54-67|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 122 || August 18 || @ Athletics || 7 – 3 || Pérez (8-11) || Gaudin (9-9) || || 24,638 || 55-67|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 123 || August 19 || @ Athletics || 6 – 1 || DiNardo (8-6) || Davies (5-10) || || 26,445 || 55-68|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 124 || August 20 || @ White Sox || 4 – 3 || Thornton (4-4) || Riske (1-3) || Jenks (34) || 35,391 || 55-69|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 125 || August 21 || @ White Sox || 5 – 2 || Vázquez (11-6) || Núñez (2-1) || Jenks (35) || 35,309 || 55-70|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 126 || August 22 || @ White Sox || 7 – 6 || Bannister (10-7) || Contreras (6-16) || || 31,739 || 56-70|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 127 || August 24 || Indians || 2 – 1 || Bale (1-1) || Sabathia (14-7) || Soria (14) || 25,640 || 57-70|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 128 || August 25 || Indians || 9 – 4 || Laffey (2-1) || Davies (5-11) || || 23,167 || 57-71|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 129 || August 26 || Indians || 5 – 3 || Betancourt (3-0) || Peralta (1-3) || Borowski (37) || 18,268 || 57-72|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 130 || August 28 || Tigers || 6 – 3 || Bannister (11-7) || Robertson (7-11) || || 16,193 || 58-72|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 131 || August 29 || Tigers || 5 – 0 || Braun (2-0) || Miller (5-5) || Riske (4) || 11,628 || 59-72|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 132 || August 30 || Tigers || 6 – 1 || Bonderman (11-7) || Núñez (2-2) || || 11,196 || 59-73|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 133 || August 31 || @ Twins || 9 – 4 || Davies (6-11) || Garza (3-5) || || 15,736 || 60-73|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 134 || August 31 || @ Twins || 5 – 0 || Baker (8-6) || Meche (7-12) || || 24,986 || 60-74|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 135 || September 1 || @ Twins || 6 – 4 || Silva (11-13) || Duckworth (2-4) || Nathan (29) || 21,738 || 60-75|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 136 || September 2 || @ Twins || 8 – 1 || Bannister (12-7) || Bonser (6-12) || || 26,454 || 61-75|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 137 || September 3 || @ Rangers || 8 – 1 || Greinke (6-5) || Loe (6-11) || || 19,214 || 62-75|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 138 || September 4 || @ Rangers || 9 – 8 || Rheinecker (2-1) || Núñez (2-3) || Wilson (11) || 18,892 || 62-76|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 139 || September 5 || @ Rangers || 3 – 2 || Padilla (5-9) || Davies (6-12) || Benoit (3) || 17,232 || 62-77|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 140 || September 7 || Yankees || 3 – 2 || Farnsworth (2-1) || Musser (0-1) || Rivera (24) || 27,462 || 62-78|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 141 || September 8 || Yankees || 11 – 5 || Pettitte (13-8) || Bannister (12-8) || || 35,518 || 62-79|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 142 || September 9 || Yankees || 6 – 3 || Wang (18-6) || Duckworth (2-5) || Rivera (25) || 24,910 || 62-80|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 143 || September 10 || Twins || 4 – 2 || Bonser (7-12) || Buckner (0-1) || Nathan (31) || 10,525 || 62-81|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 144 || September 11 || Twins || 6 – 3 || Baker (9-7) || Davies (6-13) || Nathan (32) || 12,891 || 62-82|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 145 || September 12 || Twins || 6 – 3 || Meche (8-12) || Silva (11-14) || || 10,102 || 63-82|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 146 || September 14 || @ Indians || 5 – 4 || Borowski (4-5) || Riske (1-4) || || 35,230 || 63-83|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 147 || September 15 || @ Indians || 6 – 0 || Carmona (17-8) || Greinke (6-6) || || 32,113 || 63-84|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 148 || September 16 || @ Indians || 4 – 3 || Buckner (1-1) || Laffey (3-2) || Soria (15) || 30,112 || 64-84|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 149 || September 17 || White Sox || 11 – 3 || Vázquez (13-8) || Davies (6-14) || || 14,421 || 64-85|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 150 || September 18 || White Sox || 3 – 2 || Meche (9-12) || Floyd (1-4) || Soria (16) || 15,015 || 65-85|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 151 || September 19 || White Sox || 7 – 0 || Contreras (10-16) || Bannister (12-9) || || 11,857 || 65-86|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 152 || September 20 || White Sox || 3 – 0 || Greinke (7-6) || Garland (9-13) || Soria (17) || 10,264 || 66-86|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 153 || September 21 || @ Tigers || 5 – 4 || Byrdak (2-0) || Núñez (2-4) || Jones (38) || 40,117 || 66-87|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 154 || September 22 || @ Tigers || 7 – 4 || Davies (7-14) || Rogers (3-3) || || 41,792 || 67-87|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 155 || September 23 || @ Tigers || 7 – 2 || Verlander (18-6) || de la Rosa (8-12) || || 40,068 || 67-88|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 156 || September 24 || @ Orioles || 3 – 2 || Walker (3-2) || Meche (9-13) || Bradford (2) || 15,769 || 67-89|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 157 || September 25 || @ White Sox || 9 – 5 || Duckworth (3-5) || Wassermann (0-1) || || 31,607 || 68-89|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 158 || September 26 || @ White Sox || 3 – 0 || Garland (10-13) || Greinke (7-7) || || 32,091 || 68-90|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 159 || September 27 || @ White Sox || 10 – 0 || Broadway (1-1) || Buckner (1-2) || || 34,477 || 68-91|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 160 || September 28 || Indians || 5 – 3 || Sabathia (19-7) || Davies (7-15) || Borowski (44) || 29,846 || 68-92|- style="background-color:#bbffbb"| 161 || September 29 || Indians || 4 – 3 || Soria (2-3) || Pérez (1-2) || || 24,274 || 69-92|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 162 || September 30 || Indians || 4 – 2 || Laffey (4-2) || Hochevar (0-1) || Borowski (45) || 19,104 || 69-93

Statistical team leaders

Batting

Stat	Player	Total
		.285
		18
		62
		101
		157
		14

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total
		12
		13
		3.67
		156
		17
		216

Stats as of September 30, 2007

Royals among league leaders

Batting

Total	AL Rank	MLB Rank
101	13	26
9	2 (tie)	5 (tie)
157	16 (tie)	30 (tie)	- align=center	591	13	27-->

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total	AL Rank	MLB Rank	- align=center	13	7 (tie)	15 (tie)-->
		3.67	14	24
		216	8	13
		2	11	20
		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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	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:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2007-batting.shtml

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	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:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2007-pitching.shtml

Awards and honors

Mike Sweeney, Hutch Award^[10]

2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Gil Meche, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

References

Game Logs:

1st Half: Kansas City Royals Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Kansas City Royals Game Log on ESPN.com

Batting Statistics: Kansas City Royals Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
2007 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
Kansas City Royals: Official web site

Notes and References

News: Dutton . Bob . Royals to Open 2010 Season With $70.1 million Payroll . Kansas City Star . April 4, 2010 . April 5, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100409055851/http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/04/1856456/royals-to-open-2010-season-with.html. April 9, 2010 . dead.
News: USA Today Salaries Database . USA Today . April 5, 2010 . October 24, 2007.
Web site: Kansas Payday Loans | Online Cash Advances in Kansas | Snappy.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/royals/story/172603.html The Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/royals/story/173373.html The Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/baseball/story/213679.html The Kansas City Star
News: How they scored . USA Today . April 18, 2006 . April 22, 2010.
Web site: Bell stepping down as Royals skipper . August 1, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519174939/http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070801&content_id=2122768&vkey=news_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc . May 19, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
Web site: Twins postpone Thursday's game after bridge collapses near Metrodome . ESPN . August 1, 2007 . August 2, 2007.
Web site: Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac .