The Kansas City Royals went 71-91 in 2011, a .438 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 730 runs and allowed 762, a run differential of -32. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.48 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Alex Gordon led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Jeff Francis the rotation at a 4.82 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 24 games back. They spent 9 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on April 5 and were as far as 24 games back on September 28. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 15-10, their worst June at 9-18. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 10 to September 17 and a 6-game losing streak from April 22 to April 28. They were 40-41 at home and 31-50 on the road, 25-32 in one-run games and 30-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 at the Indians on July 29; the heaviest defeat, 19-1 against the Indians on May 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
13
.519
135
134
+1
May
10
17
.370
117
141
-24
June
9
18
.333
96
122
-26
July
13
14
.481
129
127
+2
August
10
19
.345
119
133
-14
Sept/Oct
15
10
.600
134
105
+29
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
25-32
.439
Extra innings
10-8
.556
Within the division
32-40
.444
Against .500+ clubs
30-43
.411
Decided by 5+ runs
19-19
.500
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2011. 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
81
21,293
21,262
8,809
40,055
Night
58
20,618
20,337
8,809
38,744
Day
23
22,997
22,364
12,023
40,055
Weekend
39
25,702
26,816
13,302
38,744
Weekday
42
17,200
14,425
8,809
40,055
On the road
81
29,255
32,423
9,076
49,212
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
40,055
Apr
15
15,401
May
16
20,752
Jun
15
21,379
Jul
10
22,558
Aug
13
21,821
Sep
11
26,523
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 161 completed games, 2011.
Regulation
2:48
143 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:40
18 of them
Longest
4:46
2011-04-03, 13 inn
Shortest
2:17
2011-05-20
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
161
2:54
2:50
1:53
4:46
Regulation
143
2:48
2:47
1:53
3:52
Extra innings
18
3:40
3:31
2:47
4:46
Home
80
2:56
2:53
2:17
4:46
Road
81
2:52
2:47
1:53
4:36
Day
49
2:56
2:49
2:22
4:46
Night
112
2:53
2:51
1:53
4:36
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:15
Apr
14
3:06
May
16
2:56
Jun
15
2:47
Jul
10
2:59
Aug
13
2:57
Sep
11
2:49
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 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -32 run differential implies .480. That is about 7 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
