The Kansas City Royals went 86-76 in 2013, a .531 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 648 runs and allowed 601, a run differential of +47. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.46 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Eric Hosmer led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and James Shields the rotation at a 3.15 ERA.
The 2013 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 7 games back. They spent 20 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on April 10 and were as far as 11.5 games back on August 24. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-10, their worst May at 8-20. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from July 23 to August 1 and an 8-game losing streak from May 22 to May 29. They were 44-37 at home and 42-39 on the road, 31-25 in one-run games and 44-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 against the Twins on August 5; the heaviest defeat, 16-2 against the Tigers on September 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
10
.583
104
90
+14
May
8
20
.286
101
125
-24
June
16
11
.593
108
89
+19
July
15
10
.600
97
101
-4
August
16
15
.516
135
104
+31
Sept/Oct
17
10
.630
103
92
+11
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
31-25
.554
Extra innings
11-4
.733
Within the division
44-32
.579
Against .500+ clubs
44-45
.494
Decided by 5+ runs
20-13
.606
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2013
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2013. 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
21,614
20,364
10,069
40,073
Night
56
21,308
20,163
10,069
38,742
Day
25
22,300
20,513
14,004
40,073
Weekend
38
24,933
24,498
13,049
38,742
Weekday
43
18,681
17,653
10,069
40,073
On the road
81
27,433
28,012
9,794
47,567
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
19,450
May
13
24,184
Jun
14
21,768
Jul
13
22,078
Aug
17
21,538
Sep
13
20,344
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, 2013.
Regulation
2:52
147 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:29
15 of them
Longest
4:17
2013-09-05, 13 inn
Shortest
2:07
2013-05-28
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
2:55
2:54
2:07
4:17
Regulation
147
2:52
2:51
2:07
3:45
Extra innings
15
3:29
3:20
2:47
4:17
Home
81
2:56
2:56
2:07
4:17
Road
81
2:54
2:51
2:17
4:12
Day
55
2:57
2:53
2:22
4:17
Night
107
2:54
2:55
2:07
4:12
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:47
May
13
2:55
Jun
14
2:56
Jul
13
2:55
Aug
17
3:00
Sep
13
3:02
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 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +47 run differential implies .534. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
