The Kansas City Royals went 75-87 in 2008, a .463 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 691 runs and allowed 781, a run differential of -90. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.49 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Mike Aviles led the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Gil Meche the rotation at a 3.98 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 13.5 games back. They spent 12 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 3 and were as far as 20 games back on August 26. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-8, their worst August at 7-20. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 13 to September 18 and a 12-game losing streak from May 19 to May 30. They were 38-43 at home and 37-44 on the road, 20-18 in one-run games and 41-62 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 against the Mariners on September 18; the heaviest defeat, 19-4 against the Tigers on July 21.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
15
.444
100
129
-29
May
10
19
.345
101
130
-29
June
16
11
.593
140
128
+12
July
12
14
.462
113
141
-28
August
7
20
.259
103
156
-53
Sept/Oct
18
8
.692
134
97
+37
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
20-18
.526
Extra innings
7-6
.538
Within the division
31-41
.431
Against .500+ clubs
41-62
.398
Decided by 5+ runs
16-31
.340
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League Central standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2008. 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
79
19,986
18,635
10,307
37,537
Night
60
19,923
18,901
10,307
37,537
Day
19
20,187
16,920
13,779
37,296
Weekend
39
23,396
22,561
13,779
37,537
Weekday
40
16,662
14,644
10,307
37,296
On the road
81
29,920
29,315
10,617
54,213
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
18,980
May
15
17,033
Jun
13
23,937
Jul
13
20,274
Aug
15
21,225
Sep
13
15,581
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, 2008.
Regulation
2:50
149 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:37
13 of them
Longest
4:20
2008-07-08, 13 inn
Shortest
2:10
2008-04-13
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
2:54
2:50
2:10
4:53
Regulation
149
2:50
2:47
2:10
3:59
Extra innings
13
3:37
3:42
2:40
4:53
Home
81
2:53
2:46
2:10
4:20
Road
81
2:55
2:51
2:10
4:53
Day
53
2:59
2:53
2:10
4:53
Night
109
2:51
2:47
2:13
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:51
May
15
2:52
Jun
13
2:58
Jul
13
2:56
Aug
15
2:59
Sep
13
2:39
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 170 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 75-87, a .463 win rate, while their -90 run differential implies .444. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
