American League Central · 2018
Kansas City Royals
- Team WAR
- 14.9 12.5 bat / 2.4 pitch
- Win %
- .358 pyth .380
- Run diff
- -195 3.94 / 5.14 per g
- wRC+
- 90
- ERA
- 4.94 FIP 4.68
- Home runs
- 161
The Kansas City Royals went 58-104 in 2018, a .358 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 638 runs and allowed 833, a run differential of -195. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.94 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Whit Merrifield led the position players at 4.9 WAR, and Brad Keller the rotation at a 3.08 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,315 team hits
Batting
30 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 158 | 707 | 192 | 12 | 60 | 45 | .304 | .367 | .438 | .353 | 122 | 4.9 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 152 | 635 | 144 | 28 | 95 | 4 | .251 | .315 | .459 | .332 | 108 | 2.8 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 75 | 291 | 76 | 14 | 37 | 32 | .276 | .306 | .498 | .344 | 116 | 2.3 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 129 | 544 | 120 | 27 | 80 | 1 | .235 | .274 | .439 | .306 | 90 | 1.7 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 44 | 170 | 39 | 12 | 30 | 0 | .262 | .353 | .597 | .404 | 157 | 1.4 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 61 | 257 | 59 | 9 | 28 | 3 | .265 | .354 | .466 | .358 | 126 | 1.3 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 141 | 568 | 124 | 13 | 54 | 12 | .245 | .324 | .370 | .307 | 91 | 0.8 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 105 | 367 | 79 | 14 | 50 | 1 | .241 | .313 | .418 | .318 | 98 | 0.4 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 68 | 270 | 53 | 4 | 23 | 0 | .225 | .312 | .360 | .300 | 86 | 0.1 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 9 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .259 | .286 | .333 | .273 | 68 | 0.1 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 139 | 531 | 112 | 4 | 34 | 8 | .231 | .279 | .313 | .264 | 61 | 0.0 |
| Ian Kennedy | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .439 | 181 | 0.0 |
| Heath Fillmyer | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .319 | 99 | 0.0 |
| Brad Keller | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Drew Butera | C | 57 | 182 | 31 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .190 | .264 | .301 | .255 | 55 | -0.0 |
| Brian Flynn | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Tim Hill | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 102 | 388 | 83 | 11 | 34 | 2 | .229 | .278 | .395 | .295 | 82 | -0.0 |
| Danny Duffy | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Jakob Junis | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Jason Hammel | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Eric Skoglund | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 20 | 69 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .206 | .250 | .302 | .244 | 48 | -0.1 |
| Ramón Torres | 3B | 9 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .207 | .214 | .190 | 11 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Goins | 2B | 39 | 120 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .226 | .252 | .313 | .250 | 52 | -0.2 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 30 | 117 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .194 | .282 | .301 | .265 | 62 | -0.3 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 48 | 147 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 1 | .187 | .252 | .306 | .251 | 52 | -0.4 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 47 | 151 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .179 | .260 | .284 | .248 | 51 | -0.4 |
| Rosell Herrera | RF | 84 | 302 | 65 | 1 | 20 | 3 | .234 | .286 | .317 | .270 | 65 | -0.6 |
| Paulo Orlando | CF | 24 | 93 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .167 | .194 | .200 | .177 | 2 | -0.8 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brad Keller | 41 | 20 | 140.1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 3.08 | 3.55 | 1.30 | 6.2 | 2.0 |
| Jakob Junis | 30 | 30 | 177.0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 164 | 4.37 | 4.64 | 1.27 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
| Danny Duffy | 28 | 28 | 155.0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 141 | 4.88 | 4.70 | 1.49 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
| Ian Kennedy | 22 | 22 | 119.2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 105 | 4.66 | 4.61 | 1.38 | 7.9 | 0.6 |
| Tim Hill | 70 | 0 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 4.53 | 3.51 | 1.31 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 65 | 0 | 72.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 3.25 | 4.06 | 1.25 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| Jason Hammel | 39 | 18 | 127.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 92 | 6.02 | 4.55 | 1.63 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 48 | 0 | 44.1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 38 | 2.44 | 3.95 | 1.20 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 15 | 3 | 38.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 4.46 | 4.02 | 1.62 | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| Brian Flynn | 48 | 0 | 75.2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 4.04 | 4.28 | 1.61 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
| Scott Barlow | 6 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3.60 | 3.49 | 1.27 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| Heath Fillmyer | 17 | 13 | 82.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 4.26 | 4.75 | 1.34 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Trevor Oaks | 4 | 2 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7.24 | 3.97 | 1.98 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Eric Skoglund | 14 | 13 | 70.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 5.14 | 5.06 | 1.21 | 6.3 | -0.0 |
| Wily Peralta | 37 | 0 | 34.1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 3.67 | 4.73 | 1.49 | 9.2 | -0.1 |
| Jerry Vasto | 6 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8.31 | 5.70 | 1.85 | 8.3 | -0.1 |
| Drew Butera | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 30.16 | 15.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Eric Stout | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.14 | 15.16 | 3.86 | 7.7 | -0.3 |
| Jake Newberry | 14 | 0 | 13.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.72 | 6.46 | 1.65 | 7.4 | -0.3 |
| Justin Grimm | 21 | 0 | 17.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 10.38 | 6.56 | 1.90 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| Enny Romero | 8 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12.60 | 8.46 | 2.90 | 9.0 | -0.4 |
| Jason Adam | 31 | 0 | 32.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 6.12 | 6.16 | 1.39 | 10.3 | -0.6 |
| Burch Smith | 38 | 6 | 78.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 6.92 | 5.38 | 1.67 | 8.9 | -0.6 |
| Brandon Maurer | 37 | 0 | 31.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 7.76 | 6.58 | 2.14 | 8.9 | -0.7 |
| Blaine Boyer | 21 | 0 | 21.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12.05 | 8.33 | 2.08 | 3.7 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Kansas City Royals are 58-104, a .358 win rate, while their -195 run differential implies .380. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.