The Kansas City Royals went 67-95 in 2010, a .414 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 676 runs and allowed 845, a run differential of -169. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.94 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Billy Butler led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Zack Greinke the rotation at a 4.17 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 27 games back. They were as far as 29.5 games back on September 22. Their best month was June at 13-14, their worst Sept/Oct at 11-19. The longest runs were a 3-game winning streak from May 19 to May 21 and a 7-game losing streak from May 5 to May 12. They were 38-43 at home and 29-52 on the road, 27-30 in one-run games and 44-69 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-1 against the Twins on September 28; the heaviest defeat, 19-1 against the Twins on July 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
14
.391
99
129
-30
May
12
17
.414
126
134
-8
June
13
14
.481
130
123
+7
July
10
15
.400
94
173
-79
August
12
16
.429
93
139
-46
Sept/Oct
11
19
.367
134
147
-13
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
29-52
.358
One-run games
27-30
.474
Extra innings
10-8
.556
Within the division
29-43
.403
Against .500+ clubs
44-69
.389
Decided by 5+ runs
14-30
.318
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2010. 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
20,192
18,871
9,732
40,052
Night
55
19,947
18,487
9,732
38,916
Day
25
20,729
19,061
10,909
40,052
Weekend
38
24,172
22,061
13,922
38,916
Weekday
42
16,590
15,385
9,732
40,052
On the road
81
27,339
25,572
9,299
48,138
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
19,816
May
12
19,982
Jun
15
22,126
Jul
12
20,426
Aug
13
18,104
Sep
14
17,757
Oct
3
25,598
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, 2010.
Regulation
2:48
144 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:20
18 of them
Longest
4:15
2010-04-24, 12 inn
Shortest
2:07
2010-08-15
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
2:51
2:48
2:07
4:15
Regulation
144
2:48
2:46
2:07
3:39
Extra innings
18
3:20
3:24
2:40
4:15
Home
81
2:53
2:52
2:07
4:15
Road
81
2:50
2:45
2:09
3:52
Day
49
2:51
2:48
2:07
3:52
Night
113
2:51
2:47
2:09
4:15
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:07
May
12
2:42
Jun
15
2:43
Jul
12
2:53
Aug
13
3:00
Sep
14
2:53
Oct
3
2:58
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 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 67-95, a .414 win rate, while their -169 run differential implies .399. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
