The Kansas City Royals went 65-97 in 2009, a .401 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 686 runs and allowed 842, a run differential of -156. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.81 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Alberto Callaspo led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Zack Greinke the rotation at a 2.16 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 4th in the AL Central, 21.5 games back. They spent 24 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on May 7 and were as far as 24 games back on September 6. Their best month was March/April at 12-10, their worst July at 7-19. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 2 to May 7 and a 10-game losing streak from July 10 to July 24. They were 33-48 at home and 32-49 on the road, 16-25 in one-run games and 31-60 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 at the White Sox on September 18; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 against the Tigers on May 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
10
.545
97
82
+15
May
11
17
.393
112
149
-37
June
10
16
.385
96
130
-34
July
7
19
.269
91
146
-55
August
10
19
.345
139
170
-31
Sept/Oct
15
16
.484
151
165
-14
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
33-48
.407
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
16-25
.390
Extra innings
6-3
.667
Within the division
32-40
.444
Against .500+ clubs
31-60
.341
Decided by 5+ runs
18-41
.305
Last 10
2-8
.200
American League Central standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2009. 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
22,474
21,018
9,593
39,026
Night
54
23,028
22,175
9,593
39,026
Day
26
21,322
18,793
10,751
38,769
Weekend
39
27,023
26,662
13,430
39,026
Weekday
41
18,146
17,353
9,593
34,524
On the road
81
27,800
27,635
10,039
51,155
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
19,680
May
17
24,397
Jun
11
28,141
Jul
14
21,728
Aug
12
20,260
Sep
14
19,316
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, 2009.
Regulation
2:52
153 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:37
9 of them
Longest
4:33
2009-05-05, 11 inn
Shortest
2:06
2009-04-24
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
2:52
2:05
4:33
Regulation
153
2:52
2:49
2:05
3:44
Extra innings
9
3:37
3:25
3:09
4:33
Home
81
2:57
3:01
2:06
4:33
Road
81
2:51
2:45
2:05
4:20
Day
54
2:50
2:49
2:06
3:33
Night
108
2:56
2:55
2:05
4:33
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:50
May
17
2:55
Jun
11
2:49
Jul
14
2:59
Aug
12
3:04
Sep
14
3:07
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 65-97, a .401 win rate, while their -156 run differential implies .407. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
