American League Central · 2015
Kansas City Royals 2015
- Team WAR
- 29.6 19.1 bat / 10.6 pitch
- Win %
- .586 pyth .555
- Run diff
- +83 4.47 / 3.96 per g
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 3.64 FIP 4.07
- 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 4.9 WAR, and Yordano Ventura the rotation at a 4.08 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
23 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 140 | 604 | 169 | 16 | 72 | 28 | .307 | .361 | .477 | .364 | 132 | 4.9 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 146 | 614 | 156 | 22 | 82 | 1 | .284 | .348 | .470 | .357 | 128 | 4.2 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 157 | 667 | 178 | 18 | 93 | 7 | .297 | .363 | .459 | .359 | 129 | 3.5 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 158 | 639 | 165 | 22 | 106 | 0 | .290 | .362 | .485 | .368 | 135 | 2.7 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 104 | 422 | 96 | 13 | 48 | 2 | .271 | .377 | .432 | .355 | 126 | 2.1 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 141 | 553 | 138 | 21 | 70 | 1 | .260 | .280 | .426 | .303 | 89 | 1.5 |
| 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 | 0.6 |
| Christian Colón | SS | 42 | 119 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .290 | .356 | .336 | .315 | 98 | 0.4 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 74 | 251 | 60 | 7 | 27 | 3 | .249 | .269 | .444 | .306 | 92 | 0.3 |
| Chris Young | P | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .441 | 186 | 0.1 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 18 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .217 | .280 | .370 | .288 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 32 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| Orlando Calixte | SS | 2 | 3 | 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 |
| Yordano Ventura | P | 3 | 6 | 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 |
| Drew Butera | C | 43 | 120 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .196 | .252 | .252 | .232 | 40 | -0.3 |
| Alex Rios | RF | 105 | 411 | 98 | 4 | 32 | 9 | .255 | .287 | .353 | .281 | 75 | -0.3 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 122 | 455 | 97 | 2 | 44 | 2 | .220 | .234 | .318 | .240 | 45 | -1.3 |
Pitching
20 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Yordano Ventura | 28 | 28 | 163.1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 156 | 4.08 | 3.57 | 1.30 | 8.6 | 2.7 |
| Edinson Volquez | 34 | 33 | 200.1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 155 | 3.55 | 3.82 | 1.31 | 7.0 | 2.7 |
| Wade Davis | 69 | 0 | 67.1 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 78 | 0.94 | 2.29 | 0.79 | 10.4 | 1.8 |
| 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 | 0.9 |
| Franklin Morales | 67 | 0 | 62.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 3.18 | 3.52 | 1.16 | 5.9 | 0.7 |
| Danny Duffy | 30 | 24 | 136.2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 102 | 4.08 | 4.43 | 1.39 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
| Greg Holland | 48 | 0 | 44.2 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 49 | 3.83 | 3.27 | 1.46 | 9.9 | 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 |
| Chris Young | 34 | 18 | 123.1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 83 | 3.06 | 4.52 | 1.09 | 6.1 | 0.3 |
| Luke Hochevar | 50 | 0 | 50.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 3.73 | 4.00 | 1.28 | 8.7 | 0.3 |
| Yohan Pino | 7 | 1 | 19.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3.26 | 3.60 | 1.34 | 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 |
| Brandon Finnegan | 20 | 4 | 48.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 3.56 | 4.80 | 1.21 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| Michael Mariot | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 8.80 | 1.33 | 3.0 | -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 | -1.4 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 33,439 81 home dates
- Median
- 34,068
- Total
- 2,708,549
- Best
- 40,085 2015-04-06
- Quietest
- 20,236 2015-04-09
- On the road
- 27,682 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.