The Kansas City Royals went 62-100 in 2006, a .383 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 757 runs and allowed 971, a run differential of -214. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.58 staff ERA was the worst. Their 89 team wRC+ was 11% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Mark Teahen led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Luke Hudson the rotation at a 5.12 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 34 games back. They were as far as 37.5 games back on August 7. Their best month was June at 13-14, their worst March/April at 5-17. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from June 18 to June 22 and a 13-game losing streak from May 12 to May 25. They were 34-47 at home and 28-53 on the road, 14-24 in one-run games and 40-69 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-3 against the Blue Jays on July 7; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 at the Rangers on July 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
5
17
.227
83
139
-56
May
8
21
.276
117
192
-75
June
13
14
.481
136
147
-11
July
11
16
.407
143
143
0
August
12
18
.400
133
178
-45
Sept/Oct
13
14
.481
145
172
-27
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
34-47
.420
Road
28-53
.346
One-run games
14-24
.368
Extra innings
6-6
.500
Within the division
27-47
.365
Against .500+ clubs
40-69
.367
Decided by 5+ runs
14-36
.280
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
80
17,158
15,405
8,839
41,139
Night
59
17,226
15,501
8,839
40,470
Day
21
16,966
15,179
9,817
41,139
Weekend
38
19,231
17,770
9,817
40,470
Weekday
42
15,283
12,425
8,839
41,139
On the road
81
31,341
31,967
9,597
54,698
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
16,869
May
10
19,977
Jun
12
15,822
Jul
15
17,623
Aug
16
17,084
Sep
15
15,068
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:52
150 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:39
12 of them
Longest
4:00
2006-08-23, 10 inn
Shortest
2:07
2006-04-26
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:56
2:52
2:00
4:37
Regulation
150
2:52
2:49
2:00
3:54
Extra innings
12
3:39
3:41
2:43
4:37
Home
81
2:59
2:57
2:07
4:00
Road
81
2:53
2:44
2:00
4:37
Day
46
2:56
2:52
2:07
4:37
Night
116
2:56
2:52
2:00
4:18
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:46
May
10
2:58
Jun
12
3:01
Jul
15
3:00
Aug
16
3:10
Sep
15
2:56
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 172 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Kansas City Royals are 62-100, a .383 win rate, while their -214 run differential implies .388. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
