American League Central · 2018
Kansas City Royals 2018
- Team WAR
- 14.6 9.9 bat / 4.7 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 4.6 WAR, and Brad Keller the rotation at a 3.08 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
30 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 158 | 707 | 192 | 12 | 60 | 45 | .304 | .367 | .438 | .353 | 122 | 4.6 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 152 | 635 | 144 | 28 | 95 | 4 | .251 | .315 | .459 | .332 | 108 | 2.6 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 75 | 291 | 76 | 14 | 37 | 32 | .276 | .306 | .498 | .344 | 116 | 2.3 |
| 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 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 129 | 544 | 120 | 27 | 80 | 1 | .235 | .274 | .439 | .306 | 90 | 0.9 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 141 | 568 | 124 | 13 | 54 | 12 | .245 | .324 | .370 | .307 | 91 | 0.7 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 105 | 367 | 79 | 14 | 50 | 1 | .241 | .313 | .418 | .318 | 98 | 0.3 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 68 | 270 | 53 | 4 | 23 | 0 | .225 | .312 | .360 | .300 | 86 | 0.1 |
| Heath Fillmyer | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .319 | 99 | 0.1 |
| Ian Kennedy | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .439 | 181 | 0.1 |
| Brad Keller | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 9 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .259 | .286 | .333 | .273 | 68 | 0.0 |
| Tim Hill | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Brian Flynn | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -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 | -0.0 |
| Eric Skoglund | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 20 | 69 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .206 | .250 | .302 | .244 | 48 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Goins | 2B | 39 | 120 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .226 | .252 | .313 | .250 | 52 | -0.2 |
| Ramón Torres | 3B | 9 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .207 | .214 | .190 | 11 | -0.2 |
| Drew Butera | C | 57 | 182 | 31 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .190 | .264 | .301 | .255 | 55 | -0.3 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 139 | 531 | 112 | 4 | 34 | 8 | .231 | .279 | .313 | .264 | 61 | -0.3 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 102 | 388 | 83 | 11 | 34 | 2 | .229 | .278 | .395 | .295 | 82 | -0.3 |
| 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 | -0.6 |
| Rosell Herrera | RF | 84 | 302 | 65 | 1 | 20 | 3 | .234 | .286 | .317 | .270 | 65 | -0.7 |
| 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 | 2.3 |
| Jakob Junis | 30 | 30 | 177.0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 164 | 4.37 | 4.64 | 1.27 | 8.3 | 1.2 |
| Danny Duffy | 28 | 28 | 155.0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 141 | 4.88 | 4.70 | 1.49 | 8.2 | 0.9 |
| Ian Kennedy | 22 | 22 | 119.2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 105 | 4.66 | 4.61 | 1.38 | 7.9 | 0.9 |
| Tim Hill | 70 | 0 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 4.53 | 3.51 | 1.31 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| Jason Hammel | 39 | 18 | 127.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 92 | 6.02 | 4.55 | 1.63 | 6.5 | 0.6 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 65 | 0 | 72.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 3.25 | 4.06 | 1.25 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 48 | 0 | 44.1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 38 | 2.44 | 3.95 | 1.20 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| Brian Flynn | 48 | 0 | 75.2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 4.04 | 4.28 | 1.61 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 15 | 3 | 38.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 4.46 | 4.02 | 1.62 | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| Heath Fillmyer | 17 | 13 | 82.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 4.26 | 4.75 | 1.34 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| Scott Barlow | 6 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3.60 | 3.49 | 1.27 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| Trevor Oaks | 4 | 2 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7.24 | 3.97 | 1.98 | 6.6 | 0.2 |
| Eric Skoglund | 14 | 13 | 70.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 5.14 | 5.06 | 1.21 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| Wily Peralta | 37 | 0 | 34.1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 3.67 | 4.73 | 1.49 | 9.2 | -0.0 |
| 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 |
| Jake Newberry | 14 | 0 | 13.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.72 | 6.46 | 1.65 | 7.4 | -0.3 |
| Eric Stout | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.14 | 15.16 | 3.86 | 7.7 | -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 |
| Burch Smith | 38 | 6 | 78.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 6.92 | 5.38 | 1.67 | 8.9 | -0.5 |
| Jason Adam | 31 | 0 | 32.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 6.12 | 6.16 | 1.39 | 10.3 | -0.5 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 20,557 81 home dates
- Median
- 19,262
- Total
- 1,665,107
- Best
- 38,427 2018-08-11
- Quietest
- 12,324 2018-04-09
- On the road
- 24,262 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 20,557 | 19,262 | 12,324 | 38,427 |
| Night | 58 | 20,237 | 18,481 | 12,324 | 38,427 |
| Day | 23 | 21,364 | 19,690 | 14,314 | 36,517 |
| Weekend | 40 | 21,764 | 20,472 | 15,011 | 38,427 |
| Weekday | 41 | 19,379 | 18,319 | 12,324 | 36,517 |
| On the road | 80 | 24,262 | 22,069 | 7,963 | 46,965 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 2 | 27,041 |
| Apr | 13 | 15,975 |
| May | 13 | 22,509 |
| Jun | 12 | 21,540 |
| Jul | 12 | 22,704 |
| Aug | 16 | 21,100 |
| Sep | 13 | 18,631 |
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, 2018.
- Regulation
- 2:54 149 games
- All games
- 2:57
- Extra innings
- 3:27 13 of them
- Longest
- 4:12 2018-05-29, 14 inn
- Shortest
- 2:16 2018-05-06
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 2:57 | 2:55 | 2:00 | 4:25 |
| Regulation | 149 | 2:54 | 2:53 | 2:00 | 4:03 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 3:27 | 3:29 | 2:46 | 4:25 |
| Home | 81 | 2:58 | 2:56 | 2:16 | 4:12 |
| Road | 81 | 2:56 | 2:53 | 2:00 | 4:25 |
| Day | 57 | 2:51 | 2:49 | 2:00 | 3:37 |
| Night | 105 | 3:00 | 2:57 | 2:16 | 4:25 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 2 | 3:10 |
| Apr | 13 | 3:02 |
| May | 13 | 2:57 |
| Jun | 12 | 2:49 |
| Jul | 12 | 3:03 |
| Aug | 16 | 2:48 |
| Sep | 13 | 3:07 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 174 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 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.