American League Central · 2016

Kansas City Royals

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Team WAR: 21.2
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 2.3 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	2.3
Cheslor Cuthbert	3B	128	510	130	12	46	2	.274	.318	.413	.319	94	1.8
Lorenzo Cain	CF	103	434	114	9	56	14	.287	.339	.408	.325	97	1.6
Kendrys Morales	DH	154	618	147	30	93	0	.263	.327	.468	.343	109	1.3
Jarrod Dyson	CF	98	337	83	1	25	30	.278	.340	.388	.319	94	1.3
Paulo Orlando	RF	123	484	138	5	43	14	.302	.329	.405	.319	94	1.3
Eric Hosmer	1B	158	667	161	25	104	5	.266	.328	.433	.330	100	1.2
Alcides Escobar	SS	162	682	166	7	55	17	.261	.292	.350	.280	68	1.0
Drew Butera	C	47	133	35	4	16	0	.285	.328	.480	.349	113	1.0
Whit Merrifield	2B	79	332	88	2	29	8	.283	.323	.392	.312	89	0.9
Mike Moustakas	3B	27	113	25	7	13	0	.240	.301	.500	.344	110	0.6
Alex Gordon	LF	128	506	98	17	40	8	.220	.312	.380	.306	85	0.5
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
Rey Fuentes	RF	13	44	13	0	5	0	.317	.364	.341	.316	91	-0.0
Chris Young	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-112	-0.0
Danny Duffy	P	2	6	1	0	1	0	.200	.200	.200	.175	1	-0.1
Dillon Gee	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-112	-0.1
Ian Kennedy	P	2	3	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
Edinson Volquez	P	2	5	0	0	0	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	-0.2
Adalberto Mondesi	2B	46	149	25	2	13	9	.185	.231	.281	.228	35	-0.4

Pitching

21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Danny Duffy	42	26	179.2	12	3	0	188	3.51	3.83	1.14	9.4	2.2
Kelvin Herrera	72	0	72.0	2	6	12	86	2.75	2.47	0.96	10.8	1.7
Wade Davis	45	0	43.1	2	1	27	47	1.87	2.29	1.13	9.8	1.1
Edinson Volquez	34	34	189.1	10	11	0	139	5.37	4.57	1.55	6.6	1.1
Yordano Ventura	32	32	186.0	11	12	0	144	4.45	4.59	1.44	7.0	1.0
Ian Kennedy	33	33	195.2	11	11	0	184	3.68	4.67	1.22	8.5	0.9
Matt Strahm	21	0	22.0	2	2	0	30	1.23	2.06	1.09	12.3	0.6
Brian Flynn	36	1	55.1	1	2	0	44	2.60	4.03	1.10	7.2	0.4
Peter Moylan	50	0	44.2	2	0	0	34	3.43	4.00	1.30	6.9	0.3
Scott Alexander	17	0	19.0	0	0	0	16	3.32	3.25	1.63	7.6	0.3
Jason Vargas	3	3	12.0	0	0	0	11	2.25	3.15	0.92	8.3	0.3
Luke Hochevar	40	0	37.1	2	3	0	40	3.86	4.06	1.07	9.6	0.2
Joakim Soria	70	0	66.2	5	8	1	68	4.05	4.36	1.45	9.2	0.2
Drew Butera	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.65	0.75	6.8	0.0
Chien-Ming Wang	38	0	53.1	6	0	0	30	4.22	4.61	1.46	5.1	0.0
Kevin McCarthy	10	0	8.1	1	0	0	7	6.48	4.83	1.92	7.6	-0.0
Kris Medlen	6	6	24.1	1	3	0	18	7.77	5.20	2.05	6.7	-0.0
Alec Mills	3	0	3.1	0	0	0	4	13.50	6.15	2.40	10.8	-0.1
Brooks Pounders	13	0	12.2	2	1	0	13	9.24	7.96	1.74	9.2	-0.5
Dillon Gee	33	14	125.0	8	9	0	89	4.68	5.25	1.46	6.4	-0.6
Chris Young	34	13	88.2	3	9	1	94	6.19	6.62	1.66	9.5	-1.8

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.