American League Central · 2015

Kansas City Royals

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Team WAR: 30.0
Win %: .586
Run diff: +83
wRC+: 102
ERA: 3.64
Home runs: 132

The Kansas City Royals went 95-67 in 2015, a .586 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 724 runs and allowed 641, a run differential of +83. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.64 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Lorenzo Cain led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Yordano Ventura the rotation at a 4.08 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,430 team hits

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.

Batting

23 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Lorenzo Cain	CF	140	604	169	16	72	28	.307	.361	.477	.364	132	5.0
Mike Moustakas	3B	146	614	156	22	82	1	.284	.348	.470	.357	128	4.4
Eric Hosmer	1B	157	667	178	18	93	7	.297	.363	.459	.359	129	3.2
Kendrys Morales	DH	158	639	165	22	106	0	.290	.362	.485	.368	135	3.0
Salvador Perez	C	141	553	138	21	70	1	.260	.280	.426	.303	89	2.5
Alex Gordon	LF	104	422	96	13	48	2	.271	.377	.432	.355	126	2.1
Jarrod Dyson	CF	81	225	50	2	18	26	.250	.311	.380	.306	92	0.9
Alcides Escobar	SS	148	662	157	3	47	17	.257	.293	.320	.273	69	0.9
Christian Colón	SS	42	119	31	0	6	3	.290	.356	.336	.315	98	0.5
Paulo Orlando	RF	74	251	60	7	27	3	.249	.269	.444	.306	92	0.3
Cheslor Cuthbert	3B	18	50	10	1	8	0	.217	.280	.370	.288	79	0.1
Chris Young	P	2	4	2	0	3	0	.500	.500	.500	.441	186	0.1
Terrance Gore	LF	6	4	0	0	0	3	.000	.250	.000	.183	6	0.0
Kris Medlen	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
Jeremy Guthrie	P	2	5	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.220	32	-0.0
Orlando Calixte	SS	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122	-0.1
Francisco Peña	C	5	7	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.126	-34	-0.1
Dusty Coleman	3B	3	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122	-0.1
Yordano Ventura	P	3	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122	-0.1
Edinson Volquez	P	3	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122	-0.1
Alex Rios	RF	105	411	98	4	32	9	.255	.287	.353	.281	75	-0.1
Drew Butera	C	43	120	21	1	5	0	.196	.252	.252	.232	40	-0.3
Omar Infante	2B	122	455	97	2	44	2	.220	.234	.318	.240	45	-1.2

Pitching

20 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Yordano Ventura	28	28	163.1	13	8	0	156	4.08	3.57	1.30	8.6	2.5
Edinson Volquez	34	33	200.1	13	9	0	155	3.55	3.82	1.31	7.0	2.4
Wade Davis	69	0	67.1	8	1	17	78	0.94	2.29	0.79	10.4	1.7
Ryan Madson	68	0	63.1	1	2	3	58	2.13	3.09	0.96	8.2	1.0
Kelvin Herrera	72	0	69.2	4	3	0	64	2.71	3.44	1.12	8.3	0.8
Franklin Morales	67	0	62.1	4	2	0	41	3.18	3.52	1.16	5.9	0.7
Greg Holland	48	0	44.2	3	2	32	49	3.83	3.27	1.46	9.9	0.6
Danny Duffy	30	24	136.2	7	8	1	102	4.08	4.43	1.39	6.7	0.6
Kris Medlen	15	8	58.1	6	2	0	40	4.01	4.13	1.27	6.2	0.4
Jason Vargas	9	9	43.0	5	2	0	27	3.98	4.30	1.35	5.7	0.3
Luke Hochevar	50	0	50.2	1	1	1	49	3.73	4.00	1.28	8.7	0.2
Yohan Pino	7	1	19.1	0	2	0	13	3.26	3.60	1.34	6.1	0.2
Chris Young	34	18	123.1	11	6	0	83	3.06	4.52	1.09	6.1	0.2
Jason Frasor	32	0	28.0	1	0	0	22	1.29	3.96	1.61	7.1	0.2
Scott Alexander	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	3	4.50	4.13	1.33	4.5	0.0
Louis Coleman	4	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0.00	4.47	1.00	3.0	-0.0
Michael Mariot	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	1	3.00	8.80	1.33	3.0	-0.2
Brandon Finnegan	20	4	48.0	5	2	0	45	3.56	4.80	1.21	8.4	-0.2
Miguel Almonte	9	0	8.2	0	2	0	10	6.23	9.60	1.62	10.4	-0.5
Jeremy Guthrie	30	24	148.1	8	8	0	84	5.95	5.61	1.55	5.1	-1.5

Record versus run differential

Kansas City Royals are 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +83 run differential implies .555. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.