2009 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 Apr 7 CWS 7.0 26 1 1 7 6 0 0 91 61 30 .67
Zack Greinke Apr 8 CWS 6.0 23 W 0 0 3 7 3 0 95 57 38 .60
Kyle Davies Apr 9 CWS 7.0 25 0 0 3 8 2 0 103 67 36 .65
Sidney Ponson Apr 10 @NYY 6.0 28 L 4 4 6 5 3 0 104 59 45 .57
Horacio Ramirez Apr 11 @NYY 4.1 22 L 6 6 8 2 2 1 71 36 35 .51
Gil Meche Apr 12 @NYY 7.0 27 4 4 6 6 2 0 100 60 40 .60
Zack Greinke Apr 13 @CLE 5.0 23 W 0 0 6 9 2 0 104 63 41 .61
Kyle Davies Apr 14 @CLE 5.2 25 W 3 3 7 5 1 0 98 58 40 .59
Sidney Ponson Apr 15 @CLE 6.0 26 2 2 6 3 3 0 89 50 39 .56
Gil Meche Apr 17 TEX 6.0 25 W 0 0 6 6 2 0 92 57 35 .62
Zack Greinke Apr 18 TEX 9.0 34 W 0 0 7 10 0 0 111 76 35 .68
Kyle Davies Apr 19 TEX 6.0 26 3 3 3 8 5 1 111 59 52 .53
Sidney Ponson Apr 21 CLE 3.1 21 L 6 6 8 2 4 1 80 43 37 .54
Brian Bannister Apr 22 CLE 6.0 24 W 0 0 4 1 2 0 94 58 36 .62
Gil Meche Apr 23 CLE 7.1 27 L 3 4 5 7 0 0 113 71 42 .63
Zack Greinke Apr 24 @DET 9.0 30 W 0 1 3 10 1 0 108 68 40 .63
Kyle Davies Apr 25 @DET 5.1 26 L 7 7 8 2 2 2 86 47 39 .55
Sidney Ponson Apr 26 @DET 8.0 29 L 3 3 6 7 0 1 101 73 28 .72
Brian Bannister Apr 27 @TOR 7.0 28 W 1 1 1 2 6 0 103 53 50 .51
Gil Meche Apr 28 @TOR 3.2 22 L 5 5 7 2 5 0 84 43 41 .51
Zack Greinke Apr 29 @TOR 7.0 28 W 2 2 5 8 2 0 111 70 41 .63
Kyle Davies Apr 30 @TOR 5.2 23 W 3 3 7 0 3 1 89 52 37 .58
Sidney Ponson May 1 MIN 4.1 23 L 7 7 9 1 1 2 76 51 25 .67
Brian Bannister May 2 MIN 5.1 27 3 6 8 4 2 1 94 64 30 .68
Gil Meche May 3 MIN 6.0 26 W 4 4 7 3 2 0 116 68 48 .59
Zack Greinke May 4 @CWS 9.0 31 W 0 0 6 10 0 0 104 72 32 .69
Kyle Davies May 5 @CWS 4.0 23 6 6 8 2 3 2 95 52 43 .55
Sidney Ponson May 6 @SEA 7.1 30 W 1 1 8 1 1 0 85 54 31 .64
Brian Bannister May 7 @SEA 6.0 22 W 0 0 5 7 1 0 105 67 38 .64
Gil Meche May 8 LAA 5.2 28 L 2 4 7 7 3 0 120 74 46 .62
Zack Greinke May 9 LAA 8.0 28 L 1 1 4 5 0 0 115 69 46 .60
Kyle Davies May 10 LAA 6.0 23 1 1 3 4 3 0 95 58 37 .61
Luke Hochevar May 12 OAK 2.0 16 L 8 8 7 1 2 1 48 33 15 .69
Brian Bannister May 13 OAK 5.2 23 L 2 2 5 3 1 0 86 53 33 .62
Gil Meche May 14 @BAL 4.1 21 L 5 5 6 1 2 1 87 50 37 .57
Zack Greinke May 15 @BAL 7.0 29 W 1 1 6 6 2 0 106 72 34 .68
Kyle Davies May 16 @BAL 7.0 29 L 3 3 6 4 2 0 119 70 49 .59
Luke Hochevar May 17 @BAL 3.1 16 2 3 3 1 3 0 70 34 36 .49
Brian Bannister May 19 @CLE 6.0 27 5 5 9 4 1 1 87 52 35 .60
Gil Meche May 20 @CLE 6.0 23 2 2 6 2 1 0 87 55 32 .63
Zack Greinke May 21 @CLE 6.0 27 2 2 8 8 2 0 103 63 40 .61
Kyle Davies May 22 STL 6.0 23 L 2 2 3 7 2 0 104 66 38 .63
Luke Hochevar May 23 STL 6.1 27 L 4 4 7 1 2 1 92 57 35 .62
Brian Bannister May 24 STL 6.0 27 W 2 2 7 4 2 0 99 61 38 .62
Gil Meche May 25 @DET 2.1 17 L 2 4 6 1 3 0 73 40 33 .55
Zack Greinke May 26 @DET 9.0 30 W 1 1 6 8 0 0 121 83 38 .69
Kyle Davies May 27 @DET 5.2 27 L 5 8 10 1 2 2 91 55 36 .60
Brian Bannister May 29 @CWS 5.0 26 L 7 7 10 4 1 1 87 60 27 .69
Gil Meche May 30 @CWS 7.0 27 2 2 5 7 2 0 103 65 38 .63
Zack Greinke May 31 @CWS 7.0 28 3 4 8 7 0 0 114 77 37 .68
Kyle Davies Jun 2 TAM 5.2 24 L 4 4 3 7 6 1 114 62 52 .54
Brian Bannister Jun 3 TAM 3.2 23 L 8 8 9 2 3 1 91 55 36 .60
Gil Meche Jun 4 TAM 6.0 29 1 1 6 2 5 1 110 63 47 .57
Zack Greinke Jun 5 TOR 5.0 26 L 5 7 9 3 1 2 101 61 40 .60
Luke Hochevar Jun 6 TOR 6.2 25 W 2 2 4 3 2 1 91 58 33 .64
Kyle Davies Jun 7 TOR 8.0 35 L 4 4 9 3 3 2 126 74 52 .59
Brian Bannister Jun 9 CLE 5.0 23 1 4 4 5 3 0 97 56 41 .58
Gil Meche Jun 10 CLE 7.0 29 W 0 0 4 11 3 0 115 67 48 .58
Zack Greinke Jun 11 CLE 7.1 30 3 3 6 6 3 0 116 66 50 .57
Luke Hochevar Jun 12 @CIN 9.0 30 W 1 1 3 3 1 1 80 57 23 .71
Kyle Davies Jun 13 @CIN 5.0 22 W 3 3 2 1 5 0 100 54 46 .54
Brian Bannister Jun 14 @CIN 8.0 29 W 0 1 4 4 1 0 108 69 39 .64
Gil Meche Jun 16 @ARI 9.0 31 W 0 0 4 6 1 0 132 82 50 .62
Zack Greinke Jun 17 @ARI 6.2 31 L 4 6 8 9 2 1 115 70 45 .61
Luke Hochevar Jun 18 @ARI 4.0 25 L 6 7 9 3 2 0 95 60 35 .63
Kyle Davies Jun 19 @STL 2.2 17 L 7 8 9 2 2 3 58 32 26 .55
Brian Bannister Jun 20 @STL 8.0 29 L 2 3 6 4 0 1 86 58 28 .67
Gil Meche Jun 21 @STL 3.1 22 L 9 9 9 1 2 2 75 47 28 .63
Zack Greinke Jun 23 HOU 8.0 31 W 1 1 8 5 0 0 107 71 36 .66
Luke Hochevar Jun 24 HOU 7.0 25 2 2 3 4 1 1 93 61 32 .66
Brian Bannister Jun 25 HOU 6.0 26 L 5 5 6 3 2 2 93 57 36 .61
Gil Meche Jun 26 PIT 5.0 23 L 4 4 5 3 3 2 84 47 37 .56
Bruce Chen Jun 27 PIT 6.1 24 L 4 4 7 2 0 1 76 54 22 .71
Zack Greinke Jun 28 PIT 6.1 24 W 2 2 7 3 0 0 80 50 30 .63
Luke Hochevar Jun 29 @MIN 7.0 27 W 0 0 2 2 4 0 102 62 40 .61
Brian Bannister Jun 30 @MIN 7.0 29 L 1 2 6 6 1 1 98 69 29 .70
Gil Meche Jul 1 @MIN 6.0 31 L 2 3 6 5 5 1 121 74 47 .61
Bruce Chen Jul 2 @CWS 6.0 23 L 2 2 5 5 1 1 100 62 38 .62
Zack Greinke Jul 3 @CWS 6.0 26 L 2 4 9 6 1 1 82 51 31 .62
Luke Hochevar Jul 4 @CWS 6.0 28 W 4 4 9 3 2 2 95 57 38 .60
Brian Bannister Jul 5 @CWS 6.0 24 W 2 2 5 2 2 0 99 61 38 .62
Gil Meche Jul 6 DET 5.2 25 2 2 5 5 5 2 114 64 50 .56
Bruce Chen Jul 7 DET 4.2 23 L 7 7 4 3 5 3 92 48 44 .52
Zack Greinke Jul 8 DET 6.0 27 L 3 3 7 9 2 0 100 61 39 .61
Luke Hochevar Jul 9 BOS 6.0 26 W 5 5 9 5 1 2 101 68 33 .67
Brian Bannister Jul 10 BOS 7.2 30 L 1 1 3 7 4 0 115 68 47 .59
Gil Meche Jul 11 BOS 3.2 21 L 6 8 6 6 3 2 87 53 34 .61
Bruce Chen Jul 12 BOS 3.0 18 L 3 3 6 2 3 0 78 46 32 .59
Brian Bannister Jul 17 @TAM 5.0 26 2 4 7 3 4 0 111 64 47 .58
Zack Greinke Jul 18 @TAM 7.0 30 1 1 9 7 3 0 108 67 41 .62
Luke Hochevar Jul 19 @TAM 6.1 25 2 2 7 9 0 0 97 67 30 .69
Sidney Ponson Jul 21 @LAA 5.0 24 L 6 6 8 2 2 1 98 60 38 .61
Bruce Chen Jul 21 (2) @LAA 5.0 22 L 3 3 7 3 0 1 94 60 34 .64
Brian Bannister Jul 22 @LAA 6.2 27 4 4 8 5 0 2 114 76 38 .67
Zack Greinke Jul 24 @TEX 7.0 28 L 1 1 3 10 3 1 114 72 42 .63
Luke Hochevar Jul 25 @TEX 7.0 27 W 2 3 5 13 0 1 112 76 36 .68
Sidney Ponson Jul 26 @TEX 6.0 23 0 0 5 4 3 0 97 54 43 .56
Bruce Chen Jul 27 BAL 5.0 26 3 3 8 6 2 1 99 64 35 .65
Brian Bannister Jul 28 BAL 6.0 27 3 3 7 2 3 1 100 58 42 .58
Zack Greinke Jul 29 BAL 6.0 26 2 2 5 7 1 1 116 80 36 .69
Luke Hochevar Jul 30 BAL 6.0 30 L 7 7 11 4 1 1 105 66 39 .63
Sidney Ponson Jul 31 TAM 4.1 24 L 7 7 8 2 3 1 88 47 41 .53
Bruce Chen Aug 1 TAM 6.2 26 L 2 3 5 6 3 0 106 66 40 .62
Brian Bannister Aug 2 TAM 7.0 25 W 0 0 5 7 0 0 117 72 45 .62
Zack Greinke Aug 3 TAM 5.0 27 L 6 6 10 9 3 1 105 65 40 .62
Luke Hochevar Aug 4 @SEA 5.0 26 4 4 7 8 2 1 112 72 40 .64
Kyle Davies Aug 5 @SEA 3.2 20 L 8 8 8 2 1 0 88 55 33 .63
Bruce Chen Aug 6 @SEA 6.2 29 W 2 2 10 4 1 1 101 66 35 .65
Brian Bannister Aug 7 @OAK 4.0 22 L 7 7 7 1 3 0 80 48 32 .60
Zack Greinke Aug 8 @OAK 7.0 29 W 3 3 7 5 2 0 115 67 48 .58
Luke Hochevar Aug 9 @OAK 7.0 30 L 4 4 7 6 3 2 114 67 47 .59
Kyle Davies Aug 11 MIN 5.0 23 W 1 1 5 6 3 0 105 61 44 .58
Brian Bannister Aug 12 MIN 6.0 27 L 7 7 9 3 1 1 94 57 37 .61
Gil Meche Aug 13 MIN 5.0 24 W 4 4 7 2 2 1 83 54 29 .65
Zack Greinke Aug 14 DET 7.0 29 0 0 3 7 4 0 108 66 42 .61
Luke Hochevar Aug 15 DET 4.0 23 L 6 6 12 4 0 2 105 70 35 .67
Kyle Davies Aug 16 DET 6.0 26 2 2 9 3 1 1 92 55 37 .60
Brian Bannister Aug 17 CWS 7.0 33 6 7 10 6 3 2 110 67 43 .61
Gil Meche Aug 18 CWS 5.0 28 W 4 4 8 2 5 2 105 54 51 .51
Zack Greinke Aug 19 CWS 7.0 28 L 4 4 6 8 1 3 104 65 39 .63
Luke Hochevar Aug 21 @MIN 7.0 25 3 3 5 3 0 0 94 64 30 .68
Kyle Davies Aug 22 @MIN 5.2 25 L 6 6 4 6 3 1 93 53 40 .57
Brian Bannister Aug 23 @MIN 6.0 25 L 4 4 6 2 1 1 102 64 38 .63
Gil Meche Aug 24 @CLE 7.0 29 4 4 8 3 2 1 100 61 39 .61
Zack Greinke Aug 25 @CLE 8.0 29 W 2 2 5 15 1 1 117 77 40 .66
Luke Hochevar Aug 26 @CLE 6.1 29 L 3 4 8 6 2 1 116 75 41 .65
Kyle Davies Aug 27 SEA 6.0 25 W 2 2 5 5 3 0 100 64 36 .64
Brian Bannister Aug 28 SEA 6.2 31 L 5 6 7 6 2 0 119 78 41 .66
Gil Meche Aug 29 SEA 4.0 20 L 7 7 8 1 0 2 86 50 36 .58
Zack Greinke Aug 30 SEA 9.0 29 W 0 0 1 5 1 0 114 74 40 .65
Luke Hochevar Aug 31 OAK 5.1 26 L 6 7 6 5 4 0 108 65 43 .60
Kyle Davies Sep 1 OAK 6.0 23 W 1 1 4 6 2 1 99 60 39 .61
Brian Bannister Sep 2 OAK 1.1 8 L 3 3 3 1 1 0 32 21 11 .66
Rob Tejeda Sep 4 @LAA 5.1 19 0 0 1 6 2 0 83 54 29 .65
Zack Greinke Sep 5 @LAA 8.0 33 0 1 8 8 2 0 125 82 43 .66
Luke Hochevar Sep 6 @LAA 3.2 21 L 7 7 9 2 2 0 71 44 27 .62
Kyle Davies Sep 7 @LAA 5.0 24 W 1 1 5 1 6 1 96 50 46 .52
Bruce Chen Sep 8 @DET 4.2 24 5 5 7 1 4 1 93 59 34 .63
Rob Tejeda Sep 9 @DET 6.0 24 W 0 0 3 8 2 0 98 64 34 .65
Lenny DiNardo Sep 10 @DET 5.0 22 2 2 7 4 3 0 88 56 32 .64
Zack Greinke Sep 11 CLE 7.0 24 1 1 4 6 0 0 102 66 36 .65
Luke Hochevar Sep 12 CLE 5.0 24 L 5 5 7 6 3 1 98 61 37 .62
Kyle Davies Sep 13 CLE 6.0 24 W 0 0 1 3 6 0 108 55 53 .51
Rob Tejeda Sep 15 DET 5.0 22 W 1 1 2 5 4 0 102 63 39 .62
Lenny DiNardo Sep 16 DET 5.1 27 L 4 4 9 2 1 0 104 75 29 .72
Zack Greinke Sep 17 DET 5.0 19 W 0 0 3 8 2 0 77 46 31 .60
Luke Hochevar Sep 18 CWS 9.0 29 W 0 0 3 5 1 0 105 76 29 .72
Dusty Hughes Sep 19 CWS 4.1 22 L 3 4 5 5 4 1 87 53 34 .61
Rob Tejeda Sep 20 CWS 6.0 22 W 1 1 3 5 2 0 104 66 38 .63
Lenny DiNardo Sep 21 @BOS 5.0 30 8 8 10 0 6 1 116 57 59 .49
Zack Greinke Sep 22 @BOS 6.0 23 W 0 0 2 5 3 0 91 53 38 .58
Luke Hochevar Sep 23 @BOS 5.0 25 L 6 6 8 5 3 0 94 57 37 .61
Anthony Lerew Sep 24 @BOS 4.2 25 L 2 4 7 2 3 1 102 64 38 .63
Rob Tejeda Sep 25 @MIN 4.1 22 L 5 6 2 3 7 1 82 42 40 .51
Lenny DiNardo Sep 26 @MIN 5.0 26 L 3 7 8 2 3 0 102 66 36 .65
Zack Greinke Sep 27 @MIN 7.0 29 W 1 1 7 8 2 0 97 67 30 .69
Luke Hochevar Sep 28 NYY 6.0 30 L 8 8 12 2 2 2 93 59 34 .63
Anthony Lerew Sep 29 NYY 6.0 24 2 2 5 3 2 2 92 56 36 .61
Rob Tejeda Sep 30 NYY 5.0 21 3 3 4 5 3 2 81 49 32 .60
Lenny DiNardo Oct 2 MIN 1.0 12 L 7 7 7 0 2 1 46 25 21 .54
Zack Greinke Oct 3 MIN 6.0 26 4 4 6 5 2 0 96 63 33 .66
Luke Hochevar Oct 4 MIN 3.0 16 L 7 7 4 2 3 3 58 35 23 .60
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