American League Central · 2016

Kansas City Royals 2016

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Team WAR: 21.4
Win %: .500
Run diff: -37
wRC+: 88
ERA: 4.21
Home runs: 144

The Kansas City Royals went 81-81 in 2016, a .500 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 675 runs and allowed 712, a run differential of -37. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.21 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Salvador Perez led the position players at 1.7 WAR, and Danny Duffy the rotation at a 3.51 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,422 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

25 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Salvador Perez	C	139	546	127	22	64	0	.247	.288	.438	.311	89	1.7
Jarrod Dyson	CF	98	337	83	1	25	30	.278	.340	.388	.319	94	1.3
Eric Hosmer	1B	158	667	161	25	104	5	.266	.328	.433	.330	100	1.3
Cheslor Cuthbert	3B	128	510	130	12	46	2	.274	.318	.413	.319	94	1.2
Lorenzo Cain	CF	103	434	114	9	56	14	.287	.339	.408	.325	97	1.2
Kendrys Morales	DH	154	618	147	30	93	0	.263	.327	.468	.343	109	0.9
Paulo Orlando	RF	123	484	138	5	43	14	.302	.329	.405	.319	94	0.9
Whit Merrifield	2B	79	332	88	2	29	8	.283	.323	.392	.312	89	0.9
Drew Butera	C	47	133	35	4	16	0	.285	.328	.480	.349	113	0.9
Alcides Escobar	SS	162	682	166	7	55	17	.261	.292	.350	.280	68	0.6
Mike Moustakas	3B	27	113	25	7	13	0	.240	.301	.500	.344	110	0.4
Alex Gordon	LF	128	506	98	17	40	8	.220	.312	.380	.306	85	0.3
Terrance Gore	LF	15	3	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	-112	0.1
Yordano Ventura	P	2	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.292	77	0.0
Danny Duffy	P	2	6	1	0	1	0	.200	.200	.200	.175	1	0.0
Chris Young	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-112	-0.0
Dillon Gee	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-112	-0.0
Ian Kennedy	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-112	-0.0
Rey Fuentes	RF	13	44	13	0	5	0	.317	.364	.341	.316	91	-0.0
Edinson Volquez	P	2	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-112	-0.1
Hunter Dozier	RF	8	21	4	0	1	0	.211	.286	.263	.252	50	-0.1
Tony Cruz	C	3	5	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-112	-0.1
Omar Infante	2B	38	149	32	0	11	0	.239	.279	.321	.262	57	-0.2
Christian Colón	2B	52	161	34	1	13	0	.231	.294	.293	.265	59	-0.3
Adalberto Mondesi	2B	46	149	25	2	13	9	.185	.231	.281	.228	35	-0.5

Pitching

21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Danny Duffy	42	26	179.2	12	3	0	188	3.51	3.83	1.14	9.4	2.7
Kelvin Herrera	72	0	72.0	2	6	12	86	2.75	2.47	0.96	10.8	2.0
Edinson Volquez	34	34	189.1	10	11	0	139	5.37	4.57	1.55	6.6	1.6
Yordano Ventura	32	32	186.0	11	12	0	144	4.45	4.59	1.44	7.0	1.6
Ian Kennedy	33	33	195.2	11	11	0	184	3.68	4.67	1.22	8.5	1.5
Wade Davis	45	0	43.1	2	1	27	47	1.87	2.29	1.13	9.8	1.3
Matt Strahm	21	0	22.0	2	2	0	30	1.23	2.06	1.09	12.3	0.7
Brian Flynn	36	1	55.1	1	2	0	44	2.60	4.03	1.10	7.2	0.5
Peter Moylan	50	0	44.2	2	0	0	34	3.43	4.00	1.30	6.9	0.4
Scott Alexander	17	0	19.0	0	0	0	16	3.32	3.25	1.63	7.6	0.3
Joakim Soria	70	0	66.2	5	8	1	68	4.05	4.36	1.45	9.2	0.3
Luke Hochevar	40	0	37.1	2	3	0	40	3.86	4.06	1.07	9.6	0.3
Jason Vargas	3	3	12.0	0	0	0	11	2.25	3.15	0.92	8.3	0.3
Chien-Ming Wang	38	0	53.1	6	0	0	30	4.22	4.61	1.46	5.1	0.1
Drew Butera	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.65	0.75	6.8	0.0
Kris Medlen	6	6	24.1	1	3	0	18	7.77	5.20	2.05	6.7	0.0
Kevin McCarthy	10	0	8.1	1	0	0	7	6.48	4.83	1.92	7.6	-0.0
Alec Mills	3	0	3.1	0	0	0	4	13.50	6.15	2.40	10.8	-0.1
Dillon Gee	33	14	125.0	8	9	0	89	4.68	5.25	1.46	6.4	-0.3
Brooks Pounders	13	0	12.2	2	1	0	13	9.24	7.96	1.74	9.2	-0.5
Chris Young	34	13	88.2	3	9	1	94	6.19	6.62	1.66	9.5	-1.7

Attendance

Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.

Average: 31,577
Median: 31,502
Total: 2,557,712
Best: 40,030
Quietest: 22,615
On the road: 27,980

By situation

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	31,577	31,502	22,615	40,030
Night	60	31,001	31,031	22,615	40,030
Day	21	33,220	33,613	25,830	39,782
Weekend	40	32,901	33,262	24,741	40,030
Weekday	41	30,285	30,763	22,615	39,782
On the road	81	27,980	28,790	11,131	47,125

Through the season

Average home crowd by month.
Month	Games	Average
Apr	11	33,097
May	14	31,828
Jun	13	34,223
Jul	13	32,015
Aug	13	28,460
Sep	15	30,596
Oct	2	29,022

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, 2016.

Regulation: 2:56
All games: 2:59
Extra innings: 3:55
Longest: 4:34
Shortest: 2:15

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	2:59	2:58	2:10	4:34
Regulation	152	2:56	2:56	2:10	3:51
Extra innings	10	3:55	3:56	3:05	4:34
Home	81	3:03	3:03	2:15	4:34
Road	81	2:56	2:54	2:10	4:28
Day	42	2:58	2:55	2:21	4:16
Night	120	3:00	2:58	2:10	4:34

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Apr	11	3:01
May	14	3:05
Jun	13	3:00
Jul	13	2:58
Aug	13	3:07
Sep	15	3:06
Oct	2	2:54

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 81-81, a .500 win rate, while their -37 run differential implies .476. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.