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 4.9 WAR, and Yordano Ventura the rotation at a 4.08 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 12 games clear. They spent 163 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 14.5 games on August 19 and were as far as 1 game back on April 16. Their best month was March/April at 15-7, their worst Sept/Oct at 15-17. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 6 to April 13 and a 4-game losing streak from May 24 to May 27. They were 51-30 at home and 44-37 on the road, 23-17 in one-run games and 47-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 against the Yankees on May 15; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Yankees on May 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
7
.682
119
74
+45
May
14
12
.538
105
101
+4
June
15
11
.577
93
93
0
July
17
11
.607
123
111
+12
August
19
9
.679
129
105
+24
Sept/Oct
15
17
.469
155
157
-2
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
23-17
.575
Extra innings
10-6
.625
Within the division
44-32
.579
Against .500+ clubs
47-43
.522
Decided by 5+ runs
26-17
.605
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2015. 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
33,439
34,068
20,236
40,085
Night
61
33,287
33,420
20,393
39,302
Day
20
33,903
36,062
20,236
40,085
Weekend
39
36,489
37,379
29,427
39,302
Weekday
42
30,606
30,406
20,236
40,085
On the road
81
27,682
27,740
9,668
46,003
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
28,735
May
14
34,015
Jun
11
35,374
Jul
17
33,716
Aug
14
34,256
Sep
15
33,542
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 160 completed games, 2015.
Regulation
2:56
144 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:42
16 of them
Longest
4:03
2015-09-09, 12 inn
Shortest
2:12
2015-05-19
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
160
3:00
2:56
2:12
4:56
Regulation
144
2:56
2:55
2:12
3:59
Extra innings
16
3:42
3:37
2:49
4:56
Home
79
2:56
2:55
2:12
4:03
Road
81
3:04
2:57
2:14
4:56
Day
47
3:01
2:57
2:20
4:56
Night
113
3:00
2:55
2:12
4:39
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:50
May
13
2:49
Jun
10
2:52
Jul
17
2:58
Aug
14
2:57
Sep
15
3:07
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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 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.
