The Kansas City Royals went 72-90 in 2012, a .444 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 676 runs and allowed 746, a run differential of -70. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.37 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Alex Gordon led the position players at 3.7 WAR, and Kelvin Herrera the rotation at a 2.35 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 16 games back. They were as far as 16 games back on October 1. Their best month was August at 17-11, their worst July at 7-19. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 12 to May 15 and a 12-game losing streak from April 11 to April 24. They were 37-44 at home and 35-46 on the road, 27-26 in one-run games and 47-50 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 9-1 at the White Sox on May 13; the heaviest defeat, 15-3 at the Indians on September 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
6
15
.286
83
102
-19
May
15
13
.536
117
117
0
June
14
13
.519
102
118
-16
July
7
19
.269
121
147
-26
August
17
11
.607
115
105
+10
Sept/Oct
13
19
.406
138
157
-19
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
27-26
.509
Extra innings
8-7
.533
Within the division
34-38
.472
Against .500+ clubs
47-50
.485
Decided by 5+ runs
14-21
.400
Last 10
2-8
.200
American League Central standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2012. 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
21,748
21,938
12,462
40,230
Night
59
20,607
19,502
12,462
37,902
Day
21
24,953
23,252
16,706
40,230
Weekend
38
26,287
24,989
20,434
40,230
Weekday
42
17,642
16,614
12,462
31,076
On the road
81
27,448
28,993
9,137
44,106
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
21,620
May
12
23,840
Jun
15
24,626
Jul
11
22,202
Aug
14
18,849
Sep
16
18,756
Oct
3
19,993
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:51
146 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:54
15 of them
Longest
5:23
2012-07-13, 14 inn
Shortest
2:12
2012-09-18
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
2:57
2:54
2:12
5:23
Regulation
146
2:51
2:51
2:12
3:42
Extra innings
15
3:54
3:41
2:46
5:23
Home
81
2:56
2:55
2:12
5:23
Road
80
2:57
2:53
2:13
5:00
Day
52
3:01
3:00
2:23
5:00
Night
109
2:55
2:50
2:12
5:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
3:01
May
12
3:02
Jun
15
2:50
Jul
11
3:10
Aug
14
2:52
Sep
16
2:50
Oct
3
2:49
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 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 72-90, a .444 win rate, while their -70 run differential implies .455. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
