American League Central · 2017
Kansas City Royals
- Team WAR
- 23.4 13.5 bat / 9.9 pitch
- Win %
- .494 pyth .446
- Run diff
- -89 4.33 / 4.88 per g
- wRC+
- 96
- ERA
- 4.60 FIP 4.42
- Home runs
- 189
The Kansas City Royals went 80-82 in 2017, a .494 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 702 runs and allowed 791, a run differential of -89. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.60 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Lorenzo Cain led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and Danny Duffy the rotation at a 3.81 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,373 team hits
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 155 | 645 | 175 | 15 | 49 | 26 | .300 | .363 | .440 | .350 | 120 | 4.0 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 162 | 671 | 192 | 25 | 94 | 6 | .318 | .385 | .498 | .380 | 141 | 3.8 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 144 | 630 | 169 | 19 | 78 | 34 | .288 | .324 | .460 | .336 | 110 | 3.0 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 148 | 598 | 151 | 38 | 85 | 0 | .272 | .314 | .521 | .348 | 118 | 3.0 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 128 | 499 | 126 | 27 | 80 | 1 | .268 | .297 | .495 | .332 | 107 | 2.7 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 111 | 422 | 98 | 17 | 40 | 1 | .255 | .320 | .432 | .326 | 103 | 0.8 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 11 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .417 | .329 | 106 | 0.2 |
| Drew Butera | C | 63 | 177 | 37 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .227 | .284 | .319 | .269 | 63 | 0.1 |
| Ian Kennedy | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .396 | 152 | 0.0 |
| Danny Duffy | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .437 | 181 | 0.0 |
| Jason Vargas | P | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 28 | -0.0 |
| Scott Alexander | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Jakob Junis | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Billy Burns | CF | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -23 | -0.1 |
| Ramón Torres | 2B | 30 | 79 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .243 | .291 | .284 | .259 | 57 | -0.1 |
| Terrance Gore | LF | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .142 | -25 | -0.1 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 162 | 629 | 150 | 6 | 54 | 4 | .250 | .272 | .357 | .272 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Jason Hammel | P | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.2 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 51 | 153 | 33 | 2 | 18 | 0 | .231 | .275 | .322 | .263 | 59 | -0.3 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 2B | 22 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .170 | .214 | .245 | .206 | 19 | -0.3 |
| Brandon Moss | DH | 116 | 401 | 75 | 22 | 50 | 2 | .207 | .279 | .428 | .304 | 88 | -0.4 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 30 | 90 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .198 | .225 | .302 | .230 | 36 | -0.5 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 33 | 110 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .144 | .245 | .258 | .229 | 36 | -0.7 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 146 | 541 | 99 | 9 | 45 | 7 | .208 | .293 | .315 | .273 | 66 | -1.2 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Danny Duffy | 24 | 24 | 146.1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 130 | 3.81 | 3.46 | 1.26 | 8.0 | 2.8 |
| Mike Minor | 65 | 0 | 77.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 2.55 | 2.62 | 1.02 | 10.2 | 1.8 |
| Jason Hammel | 32 | 32 | 180.1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 145 | 5.29 | 4.37 | 1.43 | 7.2 | 1.7 |
| Joakim Soria | 59 | 0 | 56.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 3.70 | 2.23 | 1.23 | 10.3 | 1.6 |
| Scott Alexander | 58 | 0 | 69.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 2.48 | 3.23 | 1.30 | 7.7 | 1.2 |
| Jason Vargas | 32 | 32 | 179.2 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 134 | 4.16 | 4.67 | 1.33 | 6.7 | 1.1 |
| Jakob Junis | 20 | 16 | 98.1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 4.30 | 4.55 | 1.28 | 7.3 | 0.7 |
| Peter Moylan | 79 | 0 | 59.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3.49 | 4.00 | 1.10 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 33 | 0 | 45.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.20 | 3.98 | 1.40 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Al Alburquerque | 21 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2.50 | 2.94 | 1.00 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| Nate Karns | 9 | 8 | 45.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 4.17 | 4.48 | 1.19 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 64 | 0 | 59.1 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 56 | 4.25 | 4.30 | 1.35 | 8.5 | 0.3 |
| Brian Flynn | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3.16 | 1.29 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Eric Skoglund | 7 | 5 | 18.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9.50 | 5.05 | 2.33 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Miguel Almonte | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 6.16 | 3.50 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Matt Strahm | 24 | 3 | 34.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 5.45 | 5.44 | 1.50 | 9.6 | -0.2 |
| Seth Maness | 8 | 0 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.72 | 6.99 | 1.86 | 3.7 | -0.2 |
| Onelki Garcia | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 9.32 | 2.83 | 3.0 | -0.3 |
| Andrés Machado | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.09 | 12.16 | 3.55 | 2.5 | -0.3 |
| Chris Young | 14 | 2 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7.50 | 6.22 | 2.03 | 6.6 | -0.4 |
| Ian Kennedy | 30 | 30 | 154.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 131 | 5.38 | 5.61 | 1.32 | 7.7 | -0.6 |
| Travis Wood | 39 | 14 | 94.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 6.80 | 5.90 | 1.73 | 6.2 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Kansas City Royals are 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their -89 run differential implies .446. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.