American League Central · 2017
Kansas City Royals 2017
- Team WAR
- 25.0 13.4 bat / 11.7 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. Eric Hosmer led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Danny Duffy the rotation at a 3.81 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 162 | 671 | 192 | 25 | 94 | 6 | .318 | .385 | .498 | .380 | 141 | 4.3 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 155 | 645 | 175 | 15 | 49 | 26 | .300 | .363 | .440 | .350 | 120 | 4.0 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 144 | 630 | 169 | 19 | 78 | 34 | .288 | .324 | .460 | .336 | 110 | 3.1 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 148 | 598 | 151 | 38 | 85 | 0 | .272 | .314 | .521 | .348 | 118 | 2.8 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 128 | 499 | 126 | 27 | 80 | 1 | .268 | .297 | .495 | .332 | 107 | 2.0 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 111 | 422 | 98 | 17 | 40 | 1 | .255 | .320 | .432 | .326 | 103 | 0.9 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 11 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .417 | .329 | 106 | 0.1 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| 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 | -0.0 |
| Jakob Junis | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Ramón Torres | 2B | 30 | 79 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .243 | .291 | .284 | .259 | 57 | -0.1 |
| Terrance Gore | PH | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .142 | -25 | -0.1 |
| Jason Hammel | P | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 162 | 629 | 150 | 6 | 54 | 4 | .250 | .272 | .357 | .272 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Billy Burns | CF | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -23 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Moss | DH | 116 | 401 | 75 | 22 | 50 | 2 | .207 | .279 | .428 | .304 | 88 | -0.3 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 51 | 153 | 33 | 2 | 18 | 0 | .231 | .275 | .322 | .263 | 59 | -0.4 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 2B | 22 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .170 | .214 | .245 | .206 | 19 | -0.4 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 30 | 90 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .198 | .225 | .302 | .230 | 36 | -0.6 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 33 | 110 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .144 | .245 | .258 | .229 | 36 | -0.8 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 146 | 541 | 99 | 9 | 45 | 7 | .208 | .293 | .315 | .273 | 66 | -1.1 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Danny Duffy | 24 | 24 | 146.1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 130 | 3.81 | 3.46 | 1.26 | 8.0 | 3.2 |
| Jason Hammel | 32 | 32 | 180.1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 145 | 5.29 | 4.37 | 1.43 | 7.2 | 2.0 |
| Mike Minor | 65 | 0 | 77.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 2.55 | 2.62 | 1.02 | 10.2 | 1.9 |
| Joakim Soria | 59 | 0 | 56.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 3.70 | 2.23 | 1.23 | 10.3 | 1.7 |
| Jason Vargas | 32 | 32 | 179.2 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 134 | 4.16 | 4.67 | 1.33 | 6.7 | 1.4 |
| Scott Alexander | 58 | 0 | 69.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 2.48 | 3.23 | 1.30 | 7.7 | 1.3 |
| Jakob Junis | 20 | 16 | 98.1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 4.30 | 4.55 | 1.28 | 7.3 | 0.8 |
| Peter Moylan | 79 | 0 | 59.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3.49 | 4.00 | 1.10 | 7.0 | 0.6 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 33 | 0 | 45.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.20 | 3.98 | 1.40 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Nate Karns | 9 | 8 | 45.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 4.17 | 4.48 | 1.19 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
| Al Alburquerque | 21 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2.50 | 2.94 | 1.00 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 64 | 0 | 59.1 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 56 | 4.25 | 4.30 | 1.35 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| 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 |
| Ian Kennedy | 30 | 30 | 154.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 131 | 5.38 | 5.61 | 1.32 | 7.7 | -0.4 |
| Chris Young | 14 | 2 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7.50 | 6.22 | 2.03 | 6.6 | -0.4 |
| Travis Wood | 39 | 14 | 94.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 6.80 | 5.90 | 1.73 | 6.2 | -0.9 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2017.
- Average
- 27,755 80 home dates
- Median
- 26,491
- Total
- 2,220,370
- Best
- 40,019 2017-04-10
- Quietest
- 17,727 2017-09-12
- On the road
- 28,458 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 27,755 | 26,491 | 17,727 | 40,019 |
| Night | 57 | 27,366 | 25,916 | 18,604 | 38,848 |
| Day | 23 | 28,717 | 27,950 | 17,727 | 40,019 |
| Weekend | 38 | 29,917 | 29,540 | 23,163 | 38,848 |
| Weekday | 42 | 25,798 | 24,803 | 17,727 | 40,019 |
| On the road | 80 | 28,458 | 30,053 | 9,320 | 48,017 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 27,137 |
| May | 16 | 25,300 |
| Jun | 14 | 29,388 |
| Jul | 13 | 28,751 |
| Aug | 15 | 27,803 |
| Sep | 12 | 25,807 |
| Oct | 1 | 32,277 |
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, 2017.
- Regulation
- 2:58 151 games
- All games
- 3:02
- Extra innings
- 3:52 11 of them
- Longest
- 4:10 2017-07-21, 10 inn
- Shortest
- 2:19 2017-06-02
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:02 | 2:59 | 2:16 | 4:45 |
| Regulation | 151 | 2:58 | 2:57 | 2:16 | 3:44 |
| Extra innings | 11 | 3:52 | 3:47 | 3:20 | 4:45 |
| Home | 81 | 3:00 | 2:59 | 2:19 | 4:10 |
| Road | 81 | 3:03 | 2:59 | 2:16 | 4:45 |
| Day | 53 | 3:02 | 3:02 | 2:16 | 3:49 |
| Night | 109 | 3:02 | 2:57 | 2:19 | 4:45 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 2:58 |
| May | 16 | 2:57 |
| Jun | 14 | 2:58 |
| Jul | 13 | 3:17 |
| Aug | 15 | 2:54 |
| Sep | 12 | 2:57 |
| Oct | 1 | 3:31 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 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.