2008 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%
Gil Meche Mar 31 DET 6.0 29 3 3 8 5 4 1 99 64 35 .65
Brian Bannister Apr 2 DET 7.0 22 W 0 0 2 4 0 0 86 54 32 .63
Zack Greinke Apr 3 DET 7.0 29 W 1 1 6 3 2 1 99 60 39 .61
John Bale Apr 4 MIN 6.1 28 L 4 4 10 2 1 0 95 62 33 .65
Gil Meche Apr 5 MIN 5.2 25 L 6 6 6 5 2 1 87 57 30 .66
Brett Tomko Apr 6 MIN 5.0 19 W 0 0 6 3 1 0 92 58 34 .63
Brian Bannister Apr 8 @NYY 5.0 23 W 2 2 5 6 4 0 97 58 39 .60
Zack Greinke Apr 9 @NYY 8.0 29 W 0 0 6 2 2 0 107 73 34 .68
John Bale Apr 10 @NYY 6.0 26 L 4 4 8 3 1 1 86 58 28 .67
Gil Meche Apr 11 @MIN 6.0 26 L 5 5 5 6 4 1 107 62 45 .58
Brett Tomko Apr 12 @MIN 6.0 26 L 2 2 6 1 1 1 92 67 25 .73
Brian Bannister Apr 13 @MIN 9.0 31 W 0 1 3 3 1 0 111 72 39 .65
Zack Greinke Apr 14 SEA 9.0 30 W 1 1 5 4 1 0 107 74 33 .69
John Bale Apr 15 SEA 3.0 16 L 5 5 7 3 1 0 68 43 25 .63
Gil Meche Apr 16 LAA 6.0 26 W 2 2 6 2 3 0 99 65 34 .66
Brett Tomko Apr 17 LAA 7.0 29 L 5 5 6 3 1 0 100 66 34 .66
Brian Bannister Apr 18 OAK 5.0 25 L 5 5 9 1 1 0 86 54 32 .63
Zack Greinke Apr 19 OAK 5.0 28 2 3 8 6 4 0 100 62 38 .62
Luke Hochevar Apr 20 OAK 4.2 26 L 6 6 9 5 3 0 96 58 38 .60
Gil Meche Apr 22 @CLE 3.1 20 L 8 8 9 2 1 2 83 53 30 .64
Brett Tomko Apr 24 @CLE 4.0 25 L 6 7 11 2 2 0 108 68 40 .63
Brian Bannister Apr 24 (2) @CLE 6.2 24 L 2 2 4 4 0 1 87 59 28 .68
Zack Greinke Apr 25 @TOR 7.0 27 1 1 5 4 1 1 93 63 30 .68
Luke Hochevar Apr 26 @TOR 6.0 25 W 1 1 6 3 2 0 99 63 36 .64
Gil Meche Apr 27 @TOR 6.2 29 L 3 3 9 3 1 1 129 80 49 .62
Brett Tomko Apr 29 TEX 3.1 20 5 5 7 3 3 0 89 52 37 .58
Brian Bannister Apr 30 TEX 3.0 18 L 7 7 7 3 2 3 90 52 38 .58
Zack Greinke May 1 TEX 7.0 25 L 2 2 4 9 0 2 105 68 37 .65
Luke Hochevar May 3 CLE 6.0 24 W 2 2 3 6 4 1 97 57 40 .59
Gil Meche May 4 CLE 7.0 25 W 0 0 4 4 0 0 110 73 37 .66
Brett Tomko May 5 @LAA 7.0 24 0 0 2 7 2 0 96 57 39 .59
Brian Bannister May 6 @LAA 6.2 34 L 5 5 13 3 2 1 103 64 39 .62
Zack Greinke May 7 @LAA 7.0 27 W 3 3 5 8 2 1 107 69 38 .64
Luke Hochevar May 8 @BAL 7.0 28 L 4 4 5 5 2 1 109 68 41 .62
Gil Meche May 9 @BAL 5.0 23 L 5 5 6 2 2 2 98 66 32 .67
Brett Tomko May 10 @BAL 5.1 25 L 6 6 9 8 0 1 110 75 35 .68
Brian Bannister May 11 @BAL 8.0 28 W 0 0 2 5 2 0 110 75 35 .68
Zack Greinke May 13 @DET 6.0 27 2 2 9 2 2 1 100 62 38 .62
Luke Hochevar May 14 @DET 6.0 25 W 0 0 4 5 3 0 96 55 41 .57
Gil Meche May 15 @DET 7.0 28 W 3 3 6 6 2 1 109 65 44 .60
Brett Tomko May 16 FLA 6.0 25 W 2 2 5 4 1 1 78 51 27 .65
Brian Bannister May 17 FLA 6.1 29 L 6 6 7 5 2 1 107 68 39 .64
Zack Greinke May 18 FLA 6.0 25 W 3 3 9 5 1 1 94 60 34 .64
Luke Hochevar May 19 BOS 6.0 28 L 4 7 5 2 6 1 114 61 53 .54
Gil Meche May 20 BOS 7.0 28 L 2 2 5 8 2 0 119 76 43 .64
Brett Tomko May 21 BOS 4.1 19 L 5 5 7 2 1 2 91 52 39 .57
Brian Bannister May 22 BOS 5.1 27 L 7 7 12 4 1 1 107 72 35 .67
Zack Greinke May 23 TOR 5.0 26 L 6 6 9 2 2 0 93 59 34 .63
Luke Hochevar May 24 TOR 6.0 27 L 4 5 6 4 4 1 108 62 46 .57
Gil Meche May 25 TOR 6.0 25 L 2 2 5 5 2 0 115 69 46 .60
Brett Tomko May 26 TOR 6.0 27 L 6 7 8 4 0 2 108 67 41 .62
Brian Bannister May 27 @MIN 5.0 23 3 3 7 3 2 0 111 72 39 .65
Zack Greinke May 28 @MIN 8.0 31 3 3 5 8 2 0 117 80 37 .68
Luke Hochevar May 29 @MIN 5.1 27 L 5 5 9 3 3 0 90 53 37 .59
Gil Meche May 30 @CLE 5.0 22 3 3 6 6 2 2 110 69 41 .63
Kyle Davies May 31 @CLE 5.0 23 W 1 1 5 2 3 0 100 58 42 .58
Brian Bannister Jun 1 @CLE 7.1 28 W 1 1 5 4 1 1 103 70 33 .68
Zack Greinke Jun 3 CWS 6.0 29 L 8 8 9 3 2 4 83 56 27 .67
Luke Hochevar Jun 4 CWS 5.2 27 4 4 5 2 5 2 108 64 44 .59
Gil Meche Jun 5 CWS 5.2 28 L 5 5 8 5 4 0 115 71 44 .62
Kyle Davies Jun 6 NYY 6.2 27 W 1 1 7 3 1 0 104 65 39 .63
Brian Bannister Jun 7 NYY 3.1 19 5 5 8 1 2 0 71 43 28 .61
Zack Greinke Jun 8 NYY 5.0 25 L 4 4 6 6 4 2 104 58 46 .56
Luke Hochevar Jun 9 NYY 6.0 22 2 2 4 4 0 1 87 56 31 .64
Gil Meche Jun 10 @TEX 6.0 23 1 1 4 4 2 0 100 64 36 .64
Kyle Davies Jun 11 @TEX 6.0 26 1 1 6 3 5 0 109 61 48 .56
Brian Bannister Jun 12 @TEX 7.0 28 4 4 6 4 0 2 127 78 49 .61
Zack Greinke Jun 13 ARI 7.0 31 0 0 3 5 7 0 111 58 53 .52
Luke Hochevar Jun 14 ARI 7.0 31 W 2 3 10 6 0 0 111 74 37 .67
Gil Meche Jun 15 ARI 7.1 27 W 3 3 4 10 1 0 115 73 42 .63
Kyle Davies Jun 17 STL 7.0 27 W 1 1 5 4 3 0 108 70 38 .65
Brian Bannister Jun 18 STL 7.0 27 W 2 2 9 1 0 0 81 58 23 .72
Zack Greinke Jun 19 STL 7.0 24 W 1 1 2 7 1 1 112 75 37 .67
Luke Hochevar Jun 20 @SFG 4.2 22 4 4 9 0 2 0 72 48 24 .67
Gil Meche Jun 21 @SFG 5.2 23 W 1 2 3 7 2 0 101 61 40 .60
Kyle Davies Jun 22 @SFG 1.1 12 5 5 6 1 2 0 52 34 18 .65
Brian Bannister Jun 23 @COL 7.0 29 W 0 3 3 5 6 1 113 66 47 .58
Zack Greinke Jun 24 @COL 6.0 25 W 3 3 9 10 0 1 99 70 29 .71
Luke Hochevar Jun 25 @COL 8.0 31 W 2 2 7 3 2 1 95 64 31 .67
Gil Meche Jun 27 @STL 7.0 27 W 1 1 6 2 1 1 103 61 42 .59
Kyle Davies Jun 28 @STL 6.1 27 L 3 5 7 2 2 1 100 60 40 .60
Brian Bannister Jun 29 @STL 4.2 26 L 7 7 9 1 4 1 103 51 52 .50
Zack Greinke Jun 30 BAL 5.0 23 5 5 7 5 1 1 86 57 29 .66
Luke Hochevar Jul 1 BAL 6.0 27 L 6 6 6 2 3 0 98 58 40 .59
Gil Meche Jul 2 BAL 6.0 26 L 4 5 9 0 2 1 89 60 29 .67
Kyle Davies Jul 3 BAL 4.0 21 7 7 8 4 1 2 77 45 32 .58
Brian Bannister Jul 4 TAM 5.0 24 L 6 7 8 6 1 1 102 62 40 .61
Zack Greinke Jul 5 TAM 6.0 26 L 2 2 7 7 1 0 113 70 43 .62
Luke Hochevar Jul 6 TAM 4.0 22 L 7 7 9 1 1 1 67 40 27 .60
Gil Meche Jul 7 TAM 5.1 28 2 2 7 5 4 0 115 71 44 .62
Kyle Davies Jul 8 @CWS 5.2 26 3 3 9 2 2 1 102 58 44 .57
Brian Bannister Jul 9 @CWS 6.2 26 5 5 4 6 3 2 106 62 44 .58
Zack Greinke Jul 10 @CWS 7.0 28 1 1 6 8 1 1 109 72 37 .66
Luke Hochevar Jul 11 @SEA 7.0 26 W 1 1 5 4 0 0 92 59 33 .64
Gil Meche Jul 12 @SEA 6.2 29 4 4 10 1 1 1 98 66 32 .67
Kyle Davies Jul 13 @SEA 7.0 26 3 3 6 4 1 1 100 66 34 .66
Zack Greinke Jul 18 CWS 3.0 23 L 7 7 11 2 3 1 87 58 29 .67
Gil Meche Jul 19 CWS 6.1 22 W 1 1 2 6 1 0 91 59 32 .65
Brian Bannister Jul 20 CWS 3.0 19 5 5 8 4 1 1 77 46 31 .60
Luke Hochevar Jul 21 @DET 5.0 24 L 7 7 8 5 1 1 93 55 38 .59
Kyle Davies Jul 22 @DET 4.0 18 L 2 2 5 3 1 1 96 54 42 .56
Zack Greinke Jul 23 @DET 6.0 26 L 5 5 7 8 2 0 98 63 35 .64
Gil Meche Jul 24 @TAM 7.0 26 W 0 0 5 4 1 0 100 63 37 .63
Brian Bannister Jul 25 @TAM 5.1 27 L 2 3 7 1 1 0 100 59 41 .59
Luke Hochevar Jul 26 @TAM 5.0 19 2 2 4 0 1 0 78 48 30 .62
Kyle Davies Jul 27 @TAM 5.0 22 W 1 1 6 2 2 0 83 47 36 .57
Zack Greinke Jul 28 OAK 7.1 30 W 2 2 7 11 1 0 106 68 38 .64
Gil Meche Jul 29 OAK 7.0 28 W 2 2 5 8 2 0 101 64 37 .63
Brian Bannister Jul 30 OAK 5.0 27 2 2 8 7 4 0 111 69 42 .62
Luke Hochevar Aug 1 @CWS 6.0 28 L 4 4 10 2 0 0 93 59 34 .63
Kyle Davies Aug 2 @CWS 5.1 22 W 3 3 5 2 1 2 81 51 30 .63
Zack Greinke Aug 3 @CWS 6.1 25 W 2 2 6 6 0 0 87 53 34 .61
Gil Meche Aug 4 @BOS 6.0 27 W 2 2 4 9 5 0 109 66 43 .61
Brian Bannister Aug 5 @BOS 4.0 20 L 3 3 6 3 2 0 87 49 38 .56
Luke Hochevar Aug 6 @BOS 5.2 27 L 5 5 7 2 3 0 92 61 31 .66
Kyle Davies Aug 8 @MIN 2.1 15 L 3 3 3 2 5 0 69 36 33 .52
Zack Greinke Aug 9 @MIN 5.0 26 L 5 6 9 6 3 1 100 59 41 .59
Gil Meche Aug 10 @MIN 6.1 29 4 4 5 6 7 0 117 69 48 .59
Brian Bannister Aug 12 CWS 7.0 26 L 4 4 4 7 2 3 106 69 37 .65
Luke Hochevar Aug 13 CWS 7.0 27 L 3 3 5 4 1 0 97 66 31 .68
Kyle Davies Aug 14 CWS 5.0 27 L 3 3 9 7 2 0 100 63 37 .63
Gil Meche Aug 15 NYY 6.0 26 1 1 6 8 2 0 106 64 42 .60
Zack Greinke Aug 16 NYY 6.2 27 0 2 6 5 2 0 104 64 40 .62
Brian Bannister Aug 17 NYY 1.0 16 L 10 10 10 0 3 3 65 37 28 .57
Luke Hochevar Aug 19 CLE 5.0 23 L 4 4 7 4 1 2 85 53 32 .62
Gil Meche Aug 20 CLE 7.0 24 1 3 2 9 1 2 104 71 33 .68
Zack Greinke Aug 21 CLE 5.0 24 L 1 5 6 4 1 1 99 63 36 .64
Brian Bannister Aug 22 @DET 8.0 30 L 4 4 5 2 3 2 100 60 40 .60
Kyle Davies Aug 23 @DET 6.0 26 L 4 4 4 4 4 1 89 53 36 .60
Brandon Duckworth Aug 24 @DET 5.0 24 W 3 3 7 0 4 0 88 45 43 .51
Gil Meche Aug 25 @TEX 6.1 33 L 5 5 14 4 1 1 104 72 32 .69
Zack Greinke Aug 26 @TEX 6.0 25 0 1 4 5 1 0 101 60 41 .59
Brian Bannister Aug 27 @TEX 6.2 28 L 2 3 6 8 1 1 102 69 33 .68
Kyle Davies Aug 29 DET 4.2 24 L 2 6 8 2 1 0 83 48 35 .58
Brandon Duckworth Aug 30 DET 6.0 26 W 3 3 7 4 2 0 103 66 37 .64
Gil Meche Aug 31 DET 7.0 26 2 2 5 6 0 1 110 68 42 .62
Zack Greinke Sep 2 @OAK 7.0 27 W 2 2 6 8 1 1 102 68 34 .67
Brian Bannister Sep 4 @OAK 7.0 31 1 4 7 3 2 1 108 69 39 .64
Kyle Davies Sep 4 (2) @OAK 5.0 21 W 1 1 3 2 3 0 101 61 40 .60
Brandon Duckworth Sep 5 @CLE 4.0 20 L 5 5 5 1 4 0 82 46 36 .56
Gil Meche Sep 6 @CLE 7.0 25 W 1 1 3 10 2 0 109 68 41 .62
Zack Greinke Sep 7 @CLE 6.0 25 L 3 3 5 8 2 0 105 66 39 .63
Brian Bannister Sep 9 MIN 3.2 22 L 7 7 10 2 1 1 93 64 29 .69
Kyle Davies Sep 10 MIN 5.2 26 L 4 4 8 3 1 0 105 65 40 .62
Brandon Duckworth Sep 11 MIN 5.0 22 2 2 7 5 2 0 85 55 30 .65
Gil Meche Sep 12 CLE 5.0 25 L 6 6 10 7 1 1 108 72 36 .67
Zack Greinke Sep 13 CLE 6.0 27 W 3 3 9 5 1 0 95 61 34 .64
Rob Tejeda Sep 13 (2) CLE 5.0 19 W 1 1 2 2 3 0 80 45 35 .56
Brian Bannister Sep 14 CLE 6.0 25 W 3 3 6 2 1 0 100 63 37 .63
Kyle Davies Sep 15 @SEA 8.0 26 W 0 0 4 8 0 0 98 66 32 .67
Brandon Duckworth Sep 16 @SEA 6.0 24 W 2 2 5 2 2 1 85 49 36 .58
Gil Meche Sep 17 @SEA 7.0 27 W 2 2 6 7 3 0 103 59 44 .57
Zack Greinke Sep 18 @SEA 7.0 24 W 0 0 2 7 1 0 97 61 36 .63
Brian Bannister Sep 19 @CWS 5.0 24 L 7 7 8 1 2 2 93 61 32 .66
Kyle Davies Sep 20 @CWS 7.0 23 W 2 2 3 3 1 1 101 65 36 .64
Brandon Duckworth Sep 21 @CWS 6.0 23 L 3 3 5 3 1 1 90 56 34 .62
Gil Meche Sep 22 DET 6.0 23 W 2 2 4 4 2 0 95 59 36 .62
Zack Greinke Sep 23 DET 7.0 27 W 0 0 4 4 2 0 107 65 42 .61
Brian Bannister Sep 24 DET 6.0 25 W 0 0 7 4 1 0 102 67 35 .66
Kyle Davies Sep 26 MIN 6.0 22 W 1 1 4 8 2 0 101 64 37 .63
Gil Meche Sep 27 MIN 6.0 28 W 1 2 7 7 3 0 99 63 36 .64
Brandon Duckworth Sep 28 MIN 6.0 28 L 1 2 2 5 4 0 116 67 49 .58