1997 Kansas City Royals Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Kevin Appier Apr 2 BAL 5.0 27 2 2 6 6 5 1 106 63 43 .59
Jose Rosado Apr 3 BAL 6.0 26 1 3 6 4 1 0 95 61 34 .64
Tim Belcher Apr 4 MIN 7.2 34 W 1 1 7 6 4 1 119 80 39 .67
Chris Haney Apr 5 MIN 4.2 26 L 7 7 10 3 1 0 92 52 40 .57
Glendon Rusch Apr 6 MIN 8.0 29 W 0 2 4 4 1 0 108 67 41 .62
Kevin Appier Apr 7 @BAL 7.2 32 4 4 8 8 2 1 116 74 42 .64
Jose Rosado Apr 9 @BAL 8.1 30 2 2 4 4 2 1 111 67 44 .60
Tim Belcher Apr 12 @MIN 6.0 27 L 6 6 8 4 2 1 111 68 43 .61
Kevin Appier Apr 13 @MIN 8.0 30 W 1 1 5 7 3 0 114 65 49 .57
Glendon Rusch Apr 14 TOR 7.0 30 W 2 2 7 4 2 0 92 61 31 .66
Jose Rosado Apr 15 TOR 5.0 24 W 2 3 6 3 3 1 108 68 40 .63
Jim Pittsley Apr 16 @TEX 7.0 26 L 2 2 3 2 2 1 94 53 41 .56
Tim Belcher Apr 17 @TEX 8.0 31 L 2 4 7 4 1 1 105 75 30 .71
Kevin Appier Apr 19 @ANA 9.0 34 W 3 3 5 4 1 1 109 70 39 .64
Glendon Rusch Apr 20 @ANA 5.0 27 L 4 6 10 4 3 0 100 63 37 .63
Jose Rosado Apr 21 SEA 6.0 26 2 3 7 2 1 0 83 53 30 .64
Tim Belcher Apr 22 SEA 7.0 30 L 1 2 7 4 3 1 121 71 50 .59
Jim Pittsley Apr 23 SEA 4.0 22 4 4 6 2 4 0 82 40 42 .49
Kevin Appier Apr 25 OAK 7.0 26 W 2 2 5 7 0 1 96 66 30 .69
Jose Rosado Apr 26 OAK 6.0 28 2 2 7 5 3 2 108 70 38 .65
Tim Belcher Apr 27 OAK 9.0 33 W 1 1 6 2 1 0 122 80 42 .66
Glendon Rusch Apr 29 @TOR 6.0 25 5 5 7 4 0 3 94 60 34 .64
Kevin Appier Apr 30 @TOR 9.0 34 L 1 1 5 7 1 1 117 75 42 .64
Jose Rosado May 1 @TOR 7.2 29 W 0 0 3 5 4 0 113 67 46 .59
Jim Pittsley May 2 @NYY 7.2 30 L 4 4 4 1 4 2 113 58 55 .51
Tim Belcher May 3 @NYY 9.0 36 W 1 1 8 3 2 0 116 73 43 .63
Glendon Rusch May 4 @NYY 3.2 22 L 7 7 10 2 2 2 74 46 28 .62
Kevin Appier May 5 BOS 9.0 30 W 0 0 5 7 1 0 104 72 32 .69
Jose Rosado May 6 BOS 7.2 28 W 2 2 5 7 0 1 107 75 32 .70
Jim Pittsley May 7 DET 1.2 12 L 6 6 5 0 3 1 51 23 28 .45
Tim Belcher May 8 DET 7.0 29 W 0 0 4 5 4 0 117 72 45 .62
Glendon Rusch May 9 NYY 6.2 29 5 5 8 4 1 1 105 65 40 .62
Kevin Appier May 10 NYY 7.0 28 L 2 3 6 6 1 1 122 69 53 .57
Jose Rosado May 11 NYY 6.1 29 L 3 3 7 5 3 1 120 74 46 .62
Tim Belcher May 13 @BOS 9.0 30 W 0 0 2 4 2 0 110 63 47 .57
Glendon Rusch May 14 @BOS 5.1 24 1 1 6 7 4 0 94 57 37 .61
Kevin Appier May 15 @DET 5.0 24 5 6 4 5 4 1 105 63 42 .60
Jose Rosado May 16 @DET 8.1 37 L 6 6 10 3 3 0 108 74 34 .69
Jim Pittsley May 17 @DET 5.0 23 L 5 5 6 2 2 3 78 49 29 .63
Tim Belcher May 18 @DET 6.1 32 L 6 6 13 6 2 0 115 71 44 .62
Glendon Rusch May 20 CLE 6.1 27 2 2 8 6 1 0 97 62 35 .64
Kevin Appier May 21 CLE 8.0 32 L 1 1 2 7 8 0 118 65 53 .55
Jose Rosado May 22 CLE 4.1 21 L 6 6 6 2 3 1 56 30 26 .54
Tim Belcher May 23 @SEA 6.0 29 L 6 6 10 4 1 2 115 74 41 .64
Jim Pittsley May 24 @SEA 5.1 27 3 3 7 2 5 0 94 46 48 .49
Glendon Rusch May 25 @SEA 7.1 30 2 2 4 4 5 1 108 63 45 .58
Kevin Appier May 26 @OAK 9.0 34 0 1 5 10 1 0 142 98 44 .69
Jose Rosado May 27 @OAK 8.0 29 1 1 1 8 4 0 107 68 39 .64
Tim Belcher May 28 @CLE 7.1 38 L 8 8 13 1 5 0 119 76 43 .64
Glendon Rusch May 30 TEX 7.0 30 W 2 2 8 7 2 1 100 61 39 .61
Kevin Appier May 31 TEX 7.0 31 L 3 3 8 9 3 2 117 76 41 .65
Jose Rosado Jun 1 TEX 5.2 23 W 2 2 4 1 2 0 67 41 26 .61
Tim Belcher Jun 3 ANA 8.0 31 W 2 2 6 3 2 1 111 68 43 .61
Glendon Rusch Jun 4 ANA 5.1 27 L 7 7 10 5 1 1 None None None None
Kevin Appier Jun 5 @TEX 9.0 35 3 3 4 11 5 2 143 93 50 .65
Jose Rosado Jun 6 @TEX 9.0 32 W 1 1 5 6 1 0 123 83 40 .67
Jim Pittsley Jun 7 @TEX 7.0 26 W 3 3 4 6 2 1 97 64 33 .66
Tim Belcher Jun 8 @TEX 6.0 25 W 2 2 6 6 2 0 121 76 45 .63
Glendon Rusch Jun 9 @ANA 5.2 30 L 7 7 11 2 3 0 88 57 31 .65
Kevin Appier Jun 10 @ANA 8.0 32 L 5 5 9 4 3 1 116 75 41 .65
Jose Rosado Jun 11 @ANA 8.0 30 W 1 1 7 5 2 1 122 76 46 .62
Jim Pittsley Jun 13 PIT 5.0 25 3 3 5 1 4 1 89 52 37 .58
Tim Belcher Jun 14 PIT 7.0 29 W 3 3 7 6 3 0 111 72 39 .65
Kevin Appier Jun 15 PIT 5.0 17 W 0 0 2 0 1 0 57 40 17 .70
Jose Rosado Jun 16 @HOU 9.0 35 W 1 2 6 4 0 1 119 83 36 .70
Chris Haney Jun 17 @HOU 4.2 22 L 2 6 5 3 2 0 63 38 25 .60
Jim Pittsley Jun 18 @HOU 8.0 29 W 2 2 8 4 0 0 90 63 27 .70
Tim Belcher Jun 20 MIL 6.2 30 L 6 6 11 1 1 2 112 67 45 .60
Kevin Appier Jun 22 MIL 6.1 28 4 4 10 4 1 0 117 71 46 .61
Jose Rosado Jun 23 CWS 5.1 25 6 6 7 3 2 3 90 55 35 .61
Jim Pittsley Jun 24 CWS 7.0 31 L 4 4 8 2 2 0 93 53 40 .57
Tim Belcher Jun 25 CWS 7.0 27 2 2 6 5 0 1 101 63 38 .62
Chris Haney Jun 26 @MIL 6.0 23 W 2 2 6 6 0 1 87 58 29 .67
Kevin Appier Jun 27 @MIL 6.0 26 W 0 1 5 2 2 0 None None None None
Jose Rosado Jun 28 @MIL 7.0 31 L 5 5 8 3 2 0 115 75 40 .65
Jim Pittsley Jun 29 @MIL 7.0 28 1 1 8 5 1 0 101 65 36 .64
Tim Belcher Jun 30 CHC 7.0 29 3 3 10 7 1 1 86 63 23 .73
Glendon Rusch Jul 1 CHC 6.0 27 L 6 6 10 1 1 1 None None None None
Kevin Appier Jul 2 CHC 6.0 27 L 3 3 9 5 1 1 105 65 40 .62
Jose Rosado Jul 4 CLE 7.0 30 4 5 10 3 1 1 105 70 35 .67
Jim Pittsley Jul 5 CLE 4.2 27 L 6 7 12 5 1 2 95 58 37 .61
Tim Belcher Jul 6 CLE 7.0 33 7 7 8 4 4 2 127 74 53 .58
Kevin Appier Jul 10 @CWS 7.0 31 L 4 5 9 7 1 0 102 67 35 .66
Jose Rosado Jul 11 @CWS 6.2 29 L 5 5 7 3 3 2 103 62 41 .60
Tim Belcher Jul 12 @CWS 4.1 25 L 8 8 10 2 2 2 80 49 31 .61
Jim Pittsley Jul 13 @CWS 4.0 22 L 7 7 7 2 4 2 90 45 45 .50
Glendon Rusch Jul 14 @MIL 8.1 31 1 1 5 3 0 1 99 64 35 .65
Kevin Appier Jul 15 @MIL 7.2 31 L 5 5 7 4 1 3 110 74 36 .67
Jose Rosado Jul 16 OAK 3.2 21 L 6 6 5 4 6 0 89 50 39 .56
Tim Belcher Jul 17 OAK 3.1 20 L 9 9 9 3 0 2 88 54 34 .61
Ricky Bones Jul 18 SEA 3.2 20 L 4 5 5 1 3 0 82 41 41 .50
Glendon Rusch Jul 19 SEA 5.2 28 6 6 9 4 2 2 103 58 45 .56
Kevin Appier Jul 20 SEA 4.1 23 L 5 5 5 7 5 1 107 59 48 .55
Jose Rosado Jul 22 MIN 6.2 27 L 3 3 7 5 0 1 89 65 24 .73
Tim Belcher Jul 23 MIN 7.0 28 W 1 1 7 3 1 0 86 55 31 .64
Ricky Bones Jul 24 MIN 7.0 27 W 2 3 5 5 1 0 87 54 33 .62
Glendon Rusch Jul 25 TOR 7.0 27 L 2 2 5 5 2 1 107 67 40 .63
Kevin Appier Jul 26 TOR 7.0 29 2 2 5 5 3 1 115 70 45 .61
Jose Rosado Jul 27 TOR 7.0 26 0 2 2 9 2 0 115 72 43 .63
Tim Belcher Jul 28 @MIN 7.0 28 W 3 3 5 5 2 1 100 60 40 .60
Jim Pittsley Jul 28 (2) @MIN 6.0 24 W 1 2 3 1 4 0 94 55 39 .59
Ricky Bones Jul 29 @MIN 2.1 15 L 6 7 6 1 2 0 46 28 18 .61
Glendon Rusch Jul 30 @MIN 3.0 22 L 9 10 9 2 3 0 87 50 37 .57
Kevin Appier Jul 31 @BOS 9.0 34 1 1 9 6 1 0 127 82 45 .65
Jose Rosado Aug 1 @BOS 3.2 24 L 6 8 9 0 4 3 85 46 39 .54
Tim Belcher Aug 2 @BOS 6.2 28 W 1 3 8 3 0 0 88 65 23 .74
Ricky Bones Aug 3 @BOS 7.0 26 W 2 2 6 6 0 2 99 65 34 .66
Glendon Rusch Aug 4 @NYY 6.0 27 L 4 4 7 3 2 3 108 70 38 .65
Kevin Appier Aug 5 @NYY 7.1 30 L 4 4 7 5 2 0 109 74 35 .68
Jose Rosado Aug 6 @DET 7.0 29 W 4 4 9 2 0 1 103 70 33 .68
Tim Belcher Aug 7 @DET 4.2 25 L 8 8 11 3 1 3 91 61 30 .67
Ricky Bones Aug 8 BOS 4.2 29 L 7 7 12 2 3 1 104 64 40 .62
Glendon Rusch Aug 9 BOS 9.0 32 W 2 2 6 6 1 2 102 70 32 .69
Kevin Appier Aug 10 BOS 4.2 23 3 4 6 2 3 1 109 69 40 .63
Jose Rosado Aug 12 NYY 5.0 26 4 4 7 4 3 1 100 62 38 .62
Tim Belcher Aug 13 NYY 5.2 28 L 5 5 9 2 4 2 95 52 43 .55
Ricky Bones Aug 14 NYY 5.0 21 2 2 5 2 1 0 80 48 32 .60
Glendon Rusch Aug 15 DET 5.0 22 W 3 3 5 7 3 1 97 58 39 .60
Kevin Appier Aug 16 DET 8.0 31 W 1 1 8 7 0 0 122 83 39 .68
Jose Rosado Aug 17 DET 2.1 15 L 5 6 5 1 2 0 48 30 18 .63
Tim Belcher Aug 19 @BAL 5.1 27 L 6 10 9 3 2 2 91 56 35 .62
Ricky Bones Aug 19 (2) @BAL 9.0 33 W 2 2 7 1 0 1 88 62 26 .70
Glendon Rusch Aug 20 @BAL 7.0 29 L 4 4 7 6 1 2 97 68 29 .70
Kevin Appier Aug 21 @BAL 7.2 33 L 4 4 9 6 3 0 117 72 45 .62
Jose Rosado Aug 22 @TOR 7.0 31 L 5 5 10 4 0 2 87 67 20 .77
Jim Pittsley Aug 23 @TOR 4.0 21 3 5 5 4 1 0 93 62 31 .67
Ricky Bones Aug 24 @TOR 5.1 27 7 7 11 5 1 1 99 57 42 .58
Glendon Rusch Aug 26 BAL 6.0 27 4 4 5 1 3 1 104 54 50 .52
Kevin Appier Aug 27 BAL 7.0 26 3 3 4 6 2 1 106 68 38 .64
Jose Rosado Aug 28 BAL 7.0 26 W 1 1 4 7 1 1 105 69 36 .66
Jim Pittsley Aug 29 @STL 2.2 16 3 3 4 0 3 0 65 34 31 .52
Tim Belcher Aug 30 @STL 7.0 29 W 5 5 7 3 1 0 89 61 28 .69
Glendon Rusch Aug 31 @STL 6.2 27 2 3 6 5 1 0 101 69 32 .68
Kevin Appier Sep 1 CIN 5.0 22 W 3 3 6 2 1 1 82 52 30 .63
Jose Rosado Sep 2 CIN 6.0 27 L 2 2 7 5 3 0 96 62 34 .65
Ricky Bones Sep 3 CIN 2.0 13 L 6 6 5 1 4 2 54 27 27 .50
Tim Belcher Sep 4 @OAK 6.0 27 6 6 7 3 3 1 105 64 41 .61
Glendon Rusch Sep 5 @OAK 4.2 27 4 4 9 4 4 1 107 66 41 .62
Kevin Appier Sep 6 @OAK 4.2 27 L 7 7 11 2 2 0 101 62 39 .61
Jose Rosado Sep 7 @OAK 3.0 17 L 5 5 8 1 1 0 72 48 24 .67
Jim Pittsley Sep 8 @SEA 5.0 20 W 1 1 3 3 3 0 77 41 36 .53
Tim Belcher Sep 9 @SEA 5.1 22 2 2 4 1 2 1 86 49 37 .57
Kevin Appier Sep 11 ANA 6.1 25 W 1 1 9 7 0 1 None None None None
Jose Rosado Sep 12 ANA 5.0 23 5 5 5 7 3 1 97 59 38 .61
Jim Pittsley Sep 13 ANA 5.0 23 1 1 5 2 4 0 92 51 41 .55
Tim Belcher Sep 14 ANA 6.0 25 2 2 2 4 5 1 108 58 50 .54
Glendon Rusch Sep 15 TEX 3.1 19 5 6 9 2 1 1 80 49 31 .61
Kevin Appier Sep 16 TEX 7.0 28 2 2 6 6 2 1 102 65 37 .64
Jose Rosado Sep 17 @CWS 3.0 20 4 4 7 1 4 1 73 45 28 .62
Jim Pittsley Sep 18 @CWS 6.0 30 L 5 5 10 2 2 1 99 62 37 .63
Tim Belcher Sep 19 @CLE 8.0 37 W 3 3 9 2 4 1 120 77 43 .64
Ricky Bones Sep 19 (2) @CLE 5.0 25 L 4 4 10 3 1 0 99 57 42 .58
Glendon Rusch Sep 20 @CLE 7.0 29 2 2 7 6 0 1 110 70 40 .64
Kevin Appier Sep 21 @CLE 7.0 25 0 0 4 10 1 0 120 82 38 .68
Jose Rosado Sep 23 MIL 5.2 27 4 4 7 3 4 0 94 60 34 .64
Jim Pittsley Sep 23 (2) MIL 5.0 19 W 2 2 4 3 1 0 73 41 32 .56
Tim Belcher Sep 24 MIL 6.0 25 3 3 6 1 3 2 84 50 34 .60
Glendon Rusch Sep 25 MIL 7.1 30 W 1 1 4 3 3 1 96 62 34 .65
Kevin Appier Sep 26 CWS 5.0 27 L 5 6 7 5 4 1 108 63 45 .58
Ricky Bones Sep 27 CWS 6.0 27 W 2 3 8 5 2 0 88 57 31 .65
Jim Pittsley Sep 28 CWS 5.0 20 2 2 3 3 2 1 77 41 36 .53