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.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 22 games back. They were as far as 22 games back on September 25. Their best month was June at 17-9, their worst March/April at 7-16. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from July 19 to July 28 and a 9-game losing streak from April 20 to April 30. They were 43-38 at home and 37-44 on the road, 25-16 in one-run games and 29-42 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-2 at the Tigers on July 26; the heaviest defeat, 17-0 at the Twins on September 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
7
16
.304
63
100
-37
May
15
14
.517
115
131
-16
June
17
9
.654
136
114
+22
July
16
10
.615
141
111
+30
August
10
18
.357
114
169
-55
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
133
166
-33
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
25-16
.610
Extra innings
4-7
.364
Within the division
35-41
.461
Against .500+ clubs
29-42
.408
Decided by 5+ runs
22-32
.407
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2017. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
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.
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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
