2014 KANSAS CITY ROYALS AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES ROSTER
Manager: Ned Yost (3). Coaches: Bench-Don Wakamatsu (22), Catching-Pedro Grifol (28), Pitching-Dave Eiland (58), First Base-Rusty Kuntz (15), Hitting-Dale Sveum (21), Bullpen-Doug Henry (57), Third Base-Mike Jirschele (59).
No. Pitchers (11) 55 Tim Collins 17 Wade Davis 41 Danny Duffy 27 Brandon Finnegan 54 Jason Frasor 11 Jeremy Guthrie 40 Kelvin Herrera 56 Greg Holland 33 James Shields 51 Jason Vargas 30 Yordano Ventura
B-T L-L R-R L-L L-L R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-L R-R
Ht. 5-7 6-5 6-3 5-11 5-9 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-0
Wt. 170 230 205 184 180 205 200 205 214 215 180
Born Age Birthplace 08-21-89 25 Worcester, MA 09-07-85 29 Lake Wales, FL 12-21-88 25 Goleta, CA 04-14-93 21 Fort Worth, TX 08-09-77 37 Chicago, IL 04-08-79 35 Roseburg, OR 12-31-89 24 Tenares, DR 11-20-85 28 Marion, NC 12-20-81 32 Newhall, CA 02-02-83 31 Apple Valley, CA 06-03-91 23 Samana, Dominican Republic
No. Catchers (2) 19 Erik Kratz 13 Salvador Perez
B-T Ht. Wt. R-R 6-4 240 R-R 6-3 250
Born Age Birthplace 06-15-80 34 Telford, PA 05-10-90 24 Valencia, Venezuela
No. Infielders (6) 16 Billy Butler 24 Christian Colon 2 Alcides Escobar 35 Eric Hosmer 14 Omar Infante 8 Mike Moustakas
B-T R-R R-R R-R L-L R-R L-R
Ht. 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-4 5-11 6-0
Wt. 240 190 185 230 195 215
Born Age Birthplace 04-18-86 28 Orange Park, FL 05-14-89 25 Cayey, PR 12-16-86 27 La Sabana, Venezuela 10-24-89 24 South Miami, FL 12-26-81 32 Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela 09-11-88 26 Los Angeles, CA
No. Outfielders (6) 23 Nori Aoki 6 Lorenzo Cain 1 Jarrod Dyson 4 Alex Gordon 0 Terrance Gore 7 Josh Willingham
B-T L-R R-R L-R L-R R-R R-R
Ht. 5-9 6-2 5-10 6-2 5-7 6-2
Wt. 180 205 160 220 159 228
Born Age Birthplace 01-05-82 32 Hyuga City, Japan 04-13-86 28 Valdosta, GA 08-15-84 30 McComb, MS 02-10-84 30 Lincoln, NE 06-08-91 23 Macon, GA 02-17-79 35 Florence, AL
2014 Pronunciation Guide Name Pronunciation Norichika (Nori) Aoki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . noer-EECH-kuh/AH-oh-kee Jarrod Dyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . juh-ROD Alcides Escobar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . al-SEE-dess Jason Frasor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRAY-zoer Eric Hosmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOZ-mur
Name Pronunciation Raul Ibanez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ee-BAHN-yehz Omar Infante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in-FAHN-tay Mike Jirschele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jersh-LEE Mike Moustakas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MOO-STAH-kis Yordano Ventura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . your-DON-oh