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History
Opening day Lineups
Opening Day Lineups
1969
Name
Pos.
1.
Lou Piniella
CF
2.
Jerry Adair
2B
3.
Ed Kirkpatrick
LF
4.
Joe Foy
3B
5.
Chuck Harrison
1B
6.
Bob Oliver
RF
7.
Ellie Rodriguez
C
8.
Jackie Hernandez
SS
9.
Wally Bunker
P
1970
Name
Pos.
1.
Pat Kelly
RF
2.
Mike Fiore
1B
3.
Amos Otis
CF
4.
Bob Oliver
1B
5.
Lou Piniella
LF
6.
Luis Alcaraz
2B
7.
Jackie Hernandez
SS
8.
Ellie Rodriguez
C
9.
Wally Bunker
P
1971
Name
Pos.
1.
Fred Patek
SS
2.
Joe Keough
RF
3.
Amos Otis
CF
4.
Lou Piniella
LF
5.
Bob Oliver
1B
6.
Cookie Rojas
2B
7.
Paul Schaal
3B
8.
Buck Martinez
C
9.
Dick Drago
P
1972
Name
Pos.
1.
Steve Hovley
CF
2.
Paul Schaal
3B
3.
Cookie Rojas
2B
4.
Lou Piniella
LF
5.
John Mayberry
1B
6.
Bob Oliver
RF
7.
Jerry May
C
8.
Bobby Floyd
SS
9.
Dick Drago
P
1973
Name
Pos.
1.
Fred Patek
SS
2.
Cookie Rojas
2B
3.
Amos Otis
CF
4.
John Mayberry
1B
5.
Hal McRae
LF
6.
Ed Kirkpatrick
DH
7.
Lou Piniella
RF
8.
Paul Schaal
3B
9.
Jerry May
C
Steve Busby
P
1974
Name
Pos.
1.
Fred Patek
SS
2.
Jim Wohlford
LF
3.
Vada Pinson
RF
4.
John Mayberry
1B
5.
Amos Otis
CF
6.
Cookie Rojas
2B
7.
Hal McRae
DH
8.
Paul Schaal
3B
9.
Fran Healy
C
Paul Splittorff
P
1975
Name
Pos.
1.
Fred Patek
SS
2.
Amos Otis
CF
3.
John Mayberry
1B
4.
Hal McRae
RF
5.
Harmon Killebrew
DH
6.
George Brett
3B
7.
Vada Pinson
LF
8.
Cookie Rojas
2B
9.
Fran Healy
C
Steve Busby
P
1976
Name
Pos.
1.
Dave Nelson
DH
2.
Amos Otis
CF
3.
George Brett
3B
4.
John Mayberry
1B
5.
Hal McRae
LF
6.
Al Cowens
RF
7.
Fran Healy
C
8.
Fred Patek
SS
9.
Frank White
2B
Paul Splittorff
P
1977
Name
Pos.
1.
George Brett
3B
2.
Hal McRae
DH
3.
Amos Otis
CF
4.
John Mayberry
1B
5.
Al Cowens
RF
6.
Joe Zdeb
LF
7.
Buck Martinez
C
8.
Fred Patek
SS
9.
Frank White
2B
Paul Splittorff
P
1978
Name
Pos.
1.
Willie Wilson
LF
2.
Hal McRae
DH
3.
George Brett
3B
4.
Al Cowens
RF
5.
Clint Hurdle
1B
6.
Amos Otis
CF
7.
Darrell Porter
C
8.
Fred Patek
SS
9.
Frank White
2B
Dennis Leonard
P
1979
Name
Pos.
1.
George Brett
3B
2.
Frank White
2B
3.
Amos Otis
CF
4.
Al Cowens
RF
5.
Hal McRae
DH
6.
Darrell Porter
C
7.
John Wathan
1B
8.
Clint Hurdle
LF
9.
Fred Patek
SS
Dennis Leonard
P
1980
Name
Pos.
1.
Willie Wilson
CF
2.
Hal McRae
DH
3.
George Brett
3B
4.
Willie Aikens
1B
5.
Pete LaCock
LF
6.
Jamie Quirk
C
7.
Clint Hurdle
RF
8.
Frank White
2B
9.
U.L. Washington
SS
Dennis Leonard
P
1981
Name
Pos.
1.
Willie Wilson
CF
2.
Hal McRae
DH
3.
George Brett
3B
4.
Willie Aikens
1B
5.
Amos Otis
LF
6.
Clint Hurdle
RF
7.
John Wathan
C
8.
U.L. Washington
SS
9.
Frank White
2B
Larry Gura
P
1982
Name
Pos.
1.
Willie Wilson
LF
2.
John Wathan
C
3.
George Brett
3B
4.
Willie Aikens
1B
5.
Amos Otis
CF
6.
Hal McRae
DH
7.
Jerry Martin
RF
8.
Frank White
2B
9.
U.L. Washington
SS
Dennis Leonard
P
1983
Name
Pos.
1.
Willie Wilson
LF
2.
U.L. Washington
SS
3.
George Brett
3B
4.
Amos Otis
CF
5.
Hal McRae
DH
6.
Willie Aikens
1B
7.
Frank White
2B
8.
Jerry Martin
RF
9.
John Wathan
C
Larry Gura
P
1984
Name
Pos.
1.
Onix Concepcion
SS
2.
Butch Davis
LF
3.
Frank White
2B
4.
Hal McRae
DH
5.
Steve Balboni
1B
6.
Darryl Motley
RF
7.
Don Slaught
C
8.
Pat Sheridan
CF
9.
Greg Pryor
3B
Bud Black
P
1985
Name
Pos.
1.
Willie Wilson
CF
2.
Pat Sheridan
RF
3.
George Brett
3B
4.
Jorge Orta
DH
5.
Steve Balboni
1B
6.
Darryl Motley
LF
7.
Frank White
2B
8.
Jim Sundberg
C
9.
Onix Concepcion
SS
Bud Black
P
1986
Name
Pos.
1.
Lonnie Smith
LF
2.
Willie Wilson
CF
3.
George Brett
3B
4.
Hal McRae
DH
5.
Frank White
2B
6.
Steve Balboni
1B
7.
Darryl Motley
RF
8.
Jim Sundberg
C
9.
Angel Salazar
SS
Bud Black
P
1987
Name
Pos.
1.
Willie Wilson
CF
2.
Kevin Seitzer
1B
3.
Danny Tartabull
RF
4.
George Brett
3B
5.
Frank White
2B
6.
Bo Jackson
LF
7.
Steve Balboni
1B
8.
Ed Hearn
C
9.
Buddy Biancalana
SS
Danny Jackson
P
1988
Name
Pos.
1.
Willie Wilson
CF
2.
Kevin Seitzer
3B
3.
George Brett
DH
4.
Danny Tartabull
RF
5.
Frank White
2B
6.
Steve Balboni
1B
7.
Bo Jackson
LF
8.
Mike Macfarlane
C
9.
Kurt Stillwell
SS
Bret Saberhagen
P
1989
Name
Pos.
1.
Willie Wilson
CF
2.
Kevin Seitzer
3B
3.
George Brett
1B
4.
Danny Tartabull
RF
5.
Pat Tabler
DH
6.
Bo Jackson
LF
7.
Bob Boone
C
8.
Frank White
2B
9.
Kurt Stillwell
SS
Mark Gubicza
P
1990
Name
Pos.
1.
Gerald Perry
DH
2.
Kevin Seitzer
3B
3.
George Brett
1B
4.
Bo Jackson
LF
5.
Danny Tartabull
RF
6.
Jim Eisenreich
CF
7.
Kurt Stillwell
SS
8.
Frank White
2B
9.
Bob Boone
C
Bret Saberhagen
P
1991
Name
Pos.
1.
Brian McRae
CF
2.
Kevin Seitzer
3B
3.
George Brett
1B
4.
Danny Tartabull
RF
5.
Kirk Gibson
DH
6.
Mike Macfarlane
C
7.
Kurt Stillwell
SS
8.
Gary Thurman
LF
9.
Terry Shumpert
2B
Bret Saberhagen
P
1992
Name
Pos.
1.
Brian McRae
CF
2.
Gregg Jefferies
3B
3.
Wally Joyner
1B
4.
Kevin McReynolds
RF
5.
George Brett
DH
6.
Mike Macfarlane
C
7.
Keith Miller
LF
8.
David Howard
SS
9.
Terry Shumpert
2B
Kevin Appier
P
1993
Name
Pos.
1.
Keith Miller
3B
2.
Wally Joyner
1B
3.
George Brett
DH
4.
Felix Jose
RF
5.
Brent Mayne
C
6.
Kevin McReynolds
LF
7.
Brian McRae
CF
8.
Jose Lind
2B
9.
Greg Gagne
SS
Kevin Appier
P
1994
Name
Pos.
1.
Vince Coleman
LF
2.
Brian McRae
CF
3.
Wally Joyner
1B
4.
Mike Macfarlane
C
5.
Gary Gaetti
3B
6.
Bob Hamelin
DH
7.
Dave Henderson
RF
8.
Greg Gagne
SS
9.
Jose Lind
SS
Kevin Appier
P
1995
Name
Pos.
1.
Michael Tucker
LF
2.
Tom Goodwin
CF
3.
Wally Joyner
1B
4.
Bob Hamelin
DH
5.
Felix Jose
RF
6.
Gary Gaetti
3B
7.
Greg Gagne
SS
8.
Brent Mayne
C
9.
Jose Lind
2B
Kevin Appier
P
1996
Name
Pos.
1.
Bip Roberts
2B
2.
Tom Goodwin
LF
3.
Johnny Damon
CF
4.
Michael Tucker
RF
5.
Keith Lockhart
3B
6.
Bob Hamelin
1B
7.
Joe Vitiello
DH
8.
Mike Macfarlane
C
9.
Jose Offerman
SS
Kevin Appier
P
1997
Name
Pos.
1.
Jose Offerman
2B
2.
Tom Goodwin
CF
3.
Bip Roberts
LF
4.
Jeff King
1B
5.
Jay Bell
SS
6.
Joe Vitiello
DH
7.
Jermaine Dye
RF
8.
Craig Paquette
3B
9.
Tim Spehr
C
Kevin Appier
P
1998
Name
Pos.
1.
Johnny Damon
CF
2.
Jose Offerman
2B
3.
Hal Morris
LF
4.
Jeff King
1B
5.
Terry Pendleton
DH
6.
Dean Palmer
3B
7.
Larry Sutton
RF
8.
Mike Sweeney
C
9.
Felix Martinez
SS
Tim Belcher
P
1999
Name
Pos.
1.
Carlos Beltran
CF
2.
Joe Randa
3B
3.
Johnny Damon
LF
4.
Jeff King
1B
5.
Larry Sutton
DH
6.
Jermaine Dye
RF
7.
Chad Kreuter
C
8.
Rey Sanchez
SS
9.
Carlos Febles
2B
Kevin Appier
P
2000
Name
Pos.
1.
Johnny Damon
LF
2.
Carlos Febles
2B
3.
Carlos Beltran
CF
4.
Jermaine Dye
RF
5.
Mike Sweeney
1B
6.
Joe Randa
3B
7.
Mark Quinn
DH
8.
Brian Johnson
C
9.
Rey Sanchez
SS
Jeff Suppan
P
2001
Name
Pos.
1.
Carlos Febles
2B
2.
Carlos Beltran
CF
3.
Mike Sweeney
1B
4.
Jermaine Dye
RF
5.
Joe Randa
3B
6.
Mark Quinn
LF
7.
Dee Brown
DH
8.
Hector Ortiz
C
9.
Rey Sanchez
SS
Jeff Suppan
P
2002
Name
Pos.
1.
Chuck Knoblauch
LF
2.
Neifi Perez
SS
3.
Carlos Beltran
CF
4.
Mike Sweeney
1B
5.
Michael Tucker
RF
6.
Joe Randa
3B
7.
Raul Ibañez
DH
8.
Brent Mayne
C
9.
Carlos Febles
2B
Jeff Suppan
P
2003
Name
Pos.
1.
Michael Tucker
CF
2.
Joe Randa
3B
3.
Mike Sweeney
1B
4.
Raul Ibañez
LF
5.
Brandon Berger
RF
6.
Ken Harvey
DH
7.
Angel Berroa
SS
8.
Brent Mayne
C
9.
Carlos Febles
2B
Runelvys Hernandez
P
2004
Name
Pos.
1.
Angel Berroa
SS
2.
Carlos Beltran
CF
3.
Mike Sweeney
1B
4.
Juan Gonzalez
RF
5.
Joe Randa
3B
6.
Ken Harvey
DH
7.
Benito Santiago
C
8.
Aaron Guiel
LF
9.
Desi Relaford
2B
Brian Anderson
P
2005
Name
Pos.
1.
David DeJesus
CF
2.
Ruben Gotay
2B
3.
Mike Sweeney
1B
4.
Calvin Pickering
DH
5.
Matt Stairs
RF
6.
Angel Berroa
SS
7.
Terence Long
LF
8.
John Buck
C
9.
Mark Teahan
3B
Jose Lima
P
2006
Name
Pos.
1.
David DeJesus
CF
2.
Mark Grudzielanek
2B
3.
Mike Sweeney
DH
4.
Reggie Sanders
RF
5.
Emil Brown
LF
6.
Doug Mientkiewicz
1B
7.
Angel Berroa
SS
8.
Mark Teahen
3B
9.
John Buck
C
Scott Elarton
P
2007
Name
Pos.
1.
David DeJesus
CF
2.
Mark Grudzielanek
2B
3.
Mark Teahen
RF
4.
Mike Sweeney
DH
5.
Alex Gordon
3B
6.
Ryan Shealy
1B
7.
Ross Gload
LF
8.
John Buck
C
9.
Tony Pena
SS
Gil Meche
P
2008
Name
Pos.
1.
David DeJesus
CF
2.
Mark Grudzielanek
2B
3.
Alex Gordon
3B
4.
Jose Guillen
RF
5.
Billy Butler
DH
6.
Mark Teahen
LF
7.
Ross Gload
1B
8.
John Buck
C
9.
Tony Pena
SS
Gil Meche
P
2009
Name
Pos.
1.
Coco Crisp
CF
2.
David DeJesus
LF
3.
Mark Teahen
2B
4.
Jose Guillen
RF
5.
Mike Jacobs
1B
6.
Billy Butler
DH
7.
Alex Gordon
3B
8.
Miguel Olivo
C
9.
Mike Aviles
SS
Gil Meche
P
2010
Name
Pos.
1.
David DeJesus
RF
2.
Scott Podsednik
LF
3.
Billy Butler
1B
4.
Rick Ankiel
CF
5.
Jose Guillen
DH
6.
Willie Bloomquist
3B
7.
Yuniesky Betancourt
SS
8.
Jason Kendall
C
9.
Chris Getz
2B
Zack Greinke
P
2011
Name
Pos.
1.
Mike Aviles
3B
2.
Melky Cabrera
CF
3.
Alex Gordon
LF
4.
Billy Butler
DH
5.
Kila Ka'aihue
1B
6.
Jeff Francoeur
RF
7.
Alcides Escobar
SS
8.
Matt Treanor
C
9.
Chris Getz
2B
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