2009 Kansas City Royals Roster

The 2009 Kansas City Royals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2009 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 2009 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 2009 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 2009 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 2009 Kansas City Royals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"I've made mention of this many times throughout the course of this injury-plagued season that we've (the 2009 Kansas City Royals) had: I'm much more impressed with where we're at mentally, work ethic-wise and attitude-wise with this club in comparison to what we had last year. I think that has grown, I think the character has grown. Right, wrong and indifferent, I think that's something that leads to more wins." - Kansas City Royals Manager Trey Hillman on MLB.com (10/05/09, Dick Kaegel, 'Royals not likely to overhaul '10 roster')

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2009 Kansas City Royals



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Complete Roster  
 

49 John Bale 6-04 205 Left Left 1974-05-22
19 Brian Bannister 6-01 215 Right Right 1981-02-28
52 Bruce Chen 6-02 215 Left Left 1977-06-19
56 Roman Colon 6-05 245 Right Right 1979-08-13
37 Juan Cruz 6-02 170 Right Right 1978-10-15
28 Kyle Davies 6-02 205 Right Right 1983-09-09
41 Lenny DiNardo 6-04 195 Left Left 1979-09-19
40 Kyle Farnsworth 6-04 230 Right Both 1976-04-14
23 Zack Greinke 6-02 195 Right Right 1983-10-21
44 Luke Hochevar 6-05 215 Right Right 1983-09-15
31 Dusty Hughes 5-10 187 Left Left 1982-06-29
54 Anthony Lerew 6-03 220 Right Left 1982-10-28
32 Ron Mahay 6-02 200 Left Left 1971-06-28
47 Victor Marte 6-02 255 Right Right 1980-11-08
55 Gil Meche 6-03 200 Right Right 1978-09-08
47 Sidney Ponson 6-01 225 Right Right 1976-11-02
52 Horacio Ramirez 6-01 170 Left Left 1979-11-24
53 Carlos Rosa 6-01 185 Right Right 1984-09-21
48 Joakim Soria 6-03 185 Right Right 1984-05-18
51 Robinson Tejeda 6-03 190 Right Right 1982-03-24
45 Doug Waechter 6-04 210 Right Right 1981-01-28
34 Jamey Wright 6-06 235 Right Right 1974-12-24
57 Yasuhiko Yabuta 6-02 185 Right Right 1973-06-19
14 John Buck 6-02 230 Right Right 1980-07-07
21 Miguel Olivo 6-00 230 Right Right 1978-07-15
3, 27 Brayan Pena 5-11 230 Right Both 1982-01-07
30 Mike Aviles 5-10 205 Right Right 1981-03-13
3 Yuniesky Betancourt 5-11 205 Right Right 1982-01-31
16 Billy Butler 6-01 240 Right Right 1986-04-18
13 Alberto Callaspo 5-09 225 Right Both 1983-04-19
4 Alex Gordon 6-01 220 Right Left 1984-02-10
46 Luis Hernandez 5-10 190 Right Both 1984-06-26
7 Tug Hulett 5-10 185 Right Left 1983-02-28
17 Mike Jacobs 6-02 215 Right Left 1980-10-30
1 Tony Pena 6-01 180 Right Right 1981-03-23
24 Mark Teahen 6-03 210 Right Left 1981-09-06
1 Josh Anderson 6-02 195 Right Left 1982-08-10
8 Willie Bloomquist 5-11 185 Right Right 1977-11-27
2 Coco Crisp 5-10 185 Right Both 1979-11-01
9 David DeJesus 5-11 190 Left Left 1979-12-20
26 Ryan Freel 5-09 180 Right Right 1976-03-08
11 Jose Guillen 5-11 165 Right Right 1976-05-17
35 Mitch Maier 6-02 210 Right Left 1982-06-30


The 2009 Kansas City Royals played 162 games during the regular season, won 65 games, lost 97 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Kauffman Stadium (Park Factors: 100/101) where 1,797,887 fans witnessed their 2009 Royals finish the season with a .401 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 2009 Kansas City Royals Opening Day starters list, a 2009 Kansas City Royals salary list, a 2009 Kansas City Royals uniform number breakdown and a 2009 Kansas City Royals primary starters list:

2009 Kansas City Royals
Opening Day Starters


Mike Aviles
Billy Butler
Alberto Callaspo
Coco Crisp
David DeJesus
Alex Gordon
Mike Jacobs
Miguel Olivo
Sidney Ponson
Mark Teahen

2009 Kansas City Royals
Most Games by Position

C Miguel Olivo (103)
1B Billy Butler (145)
2B Alberto Callaspo (146)
3B Mark Teahen (107)
SS Yuniesky Betancourt (71)
LF David DeJesus (139)
CF Mitch Maier (85)
RF Jose Guillen (65)
DH Billy Butler (11)
DH Miguel Olivo (11)
  
SP Brian Bannister
SP Kyle Davies
SP Zack Greinke
SP Luke Hochevar
SP Gil Meche
  
RP John Bale
RP Roman Colon
RP Juan Cruz
RP Kyle Farnsworth
RP Ron Mahay
RP Robinson Tejeda
RP Jamey Wright
CL Joakim Soria


2009 Kansas City Royals
Salaries

Jose Guillen $12,000,000.00
Gil Meche $11,400,000.00
Coco Crisp $6,083,333.00
Kyle Farnsworth $4,250,000.00
Ron Mahay $4,000,000.00
Zack Greinke $3,750,000.00
David DeJesus $3,600,000.00
Mark Teahen $3,575,000.00
Mike Jacobs $3,275,000.00
John Buck $2,900,000.00
Miguel Olivo $2,700,000.00
Juan Cruz $2,250,000.00
Horacio Ramirez $1,800,000.00
Brian Bannister $1,737,500.00
Willie Bloomquist $1,400,000.00
Luke Hochevar $1,325,000.00
Kyle Davies $1,300,000.00
John Bale $1,200,000.00
Joakim Soria $1,000,000.00
Jamey Wright $800,000.00
Doug Waechter $640,000.00
Bruce Chen $600,000.00
Sidney Ponson $600,000.00
Alex Gordon $457,000.00
Robinson Tejeda $437,000.00
Roman Colon $435,000.00
Tony Pena $425,000.00
Mike Aviles $424,500.00
Billy Butler $421,000.00
Alberto Callaspo $415,500.00
Brayan Pena $405,000.00
Mitch Maier $400,500.00
Luis Hernandez $400,000.00
Tug Hulett $400,000.00
Carlos Rosa $400,000.00
Josh Anderson $390,000.00
Dusty Hughes $390,000.00
Victor Marte $390,000.00
Yasuhiko Yabuta $390,000.00


2009 Kansas City Royals
Uniform Numbers

#1 Josh Anderson
#1 Tony Pena
#2 Coco Crisp
#3 Yuniesky Betancourt
#3 Brayan Pena
#4 Alex Gordon
#7 Tug Hulett
#8 Willie Bloomquist
#9 David DeJesus
#11 Jose Guillen
#13 Alberto Callaspo
#14 John Buck
#16 Billy Butler
#17 Mike Jacobs
#19 Brian Bannister
#21 Miguel Olivo
#23 Zack Greinke
#24 Mark Teahen
#26 Ryan Freel
#27 Brayan Pena
#28 Kyle Davies
#30 Mike Aviles
#31 Dusty Hughes
#32 Ron Mahay
#34 Jamey Wright
#35 Mitch Maier
#37 Juan Cruz
#40 Kyle Farnsworth
#41 Lenny DiNardo
#44 Luke Hochevar
#45 Doug Waechter
#46 Luis Hernandez
#47 Victor Marte
#47 Sidney Ponson
#48 Joakim Soria
#49 John Bale
#51 Robinson Tejeda
#52 Bruce Chen
#52 Horacio Ramirez
#53 Carlos Rosa
#54 Anthony Lerew
#55 Gil Meche
#56 Roman Colon
#57 Yasuhiko Yabuta

Did you know that a 2009 Kansas City Royals Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

     

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