American League Central · 2019
Kansas City Royals
- Team WAR
- 15.0 8.6 bat / 6.3 pitch
- Win %
- .364 pyth .397
- Run diff
- -178 4.27 / 5.36 per g
- wRC+
- 85
- ERA
- 5.16 FIP 4.79
- Home runs
- 169
The Kansas City Royals went 59-103 in 2019, a .364 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 691 runs and allowed 869, a run differential of -178. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.16 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 85 team wRC+ was 15% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Jorge Soler led the position players at 3.8 WAR, and Homer Bailey the rotation at a 4.57 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,391 team hits
Batting
29 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jorge Soler | DH | 162 | 679 | 156 | 48 | 117 | 3 | .265 | .354 | .569 | .382 | 137 | 3.8 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 139 | 586 | 146 | 26 | 84 | 2 | .279 | .348 | .522 | .363 | 125 | 3.5 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 162 | 735 | 206 | 16 | 74 | 20 | .302 | .348 | .463 | .342 | 111 | 3.1 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 102 | 443 | 109 | 9 | 62 | 43 | .263 | .291 | .424 | .300 | 83 | 1.6 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 150 | 633 | 148 | 13 | 76 | 5 | .266 | .345 | .396 | .321 | 97 | 1.1 |
| Martín Maldonado | C | 101 | 374 | 71 | 12 | 27 | 0 | .213 | .293 | .378 | .291 | 77 | 0.9 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 42 | 142 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .238 | .312 | .365 | .297 | 81 | 0.4 |
| Terrance Gore | LF | 32 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .275 | .362 | .353 | .320 | 96 | 0.2 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 5 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .350 | .381 | .500 | .374 | 132 | 0.1 |
| Ryan McBroom | RF | 23 | 83 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .293 | .361 | .360 | .321 | 97 | 0.1 |
| Nick Dini | C | 19 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .196 | .270 | .357 | .271 | 64 | 0.1 |
| Kelvin Gutiérrez | 3B | 20 | 79 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .260 | .304 | .356 | .286 | 73 | 0.0 |
| Erick Mejia | CF | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .227 | .333 | .273 | .280 | 69 | -0.0 |
| Danny Duffy | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .218 | 28 | -0.0 |
| Jakob Junis | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Glenn Sparkman | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Jorge López | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Brad Keller | P | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .176 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 1B | 87 | 330 | 76 | 9 | 40 | 1 | .246 | .294 | .379 | .289 | 75 | -0.1 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 27 | 79 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .138 | .247 | .262 | .231 | 37 | -0.3 |
| Frank Schwindel | 1B | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .058 | -78 | -0.3 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 41 | 148 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .211 | .259 | .286 | .238 | 42 | -0.3 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 103 | 402 | 91 | 2 | 30 | 1 | .240 | .276 | .325 | .261 | 57 | -0.5 |
| Humberto Arteaga | SS | 39 | 135 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .197 | .258 | .230 | .223 | 32 | -0.5 |
| Billy Hamilton | CF | 108 | 353 | 69 | 0 | 15 | 22 | .218 | .289 | .275 | .253 | 52 | -0.6 |
| Bubba Starling | CF | 53 | 197 | 40 | 4 | 12 | 2 | .215 | .255 | .317 | .249 | 49 | -0.6 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 38 | 119 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .171 | .252 | .324 | .248 | 48 | -0.6 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 104 | 370 | 64 | 14 | 38 | 0 | .195 | .281 | .369 | .281 | 70 | -0.9 |
| Chris Owings | 2B | 60 | 196 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 5 | .139 | .209 | .233 | .200 | 16 | -1.2 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Homer Bailey | 31 | 31 | 163.1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 149 | 4.57 | 4.11 | 1.32 | 8.2 | 2.2 |
| Brad Keller | 28 | 28 | 165.1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 122 | 4.19 | 4.35 | 1.35 | 6.6 | 1.8 |
| Ian Kennedy | 63 | 0 | 63.1 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 73 | 3.41 | 2.99 | 1.28 | 10.4 | 1.3 |
| Scott Barlow | 61 | 0 | 70.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 4.22 | 3.41 | 1.44 | 11.8 | 1.1 |
| Jakob Junis | 31 | 31 | 175.1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 164 | 5.24 | 4.82 | 1.43 | 8.4 | 1.1 |
| Jake Diekman | 76 | 0 | 62.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 84 | 4.65 | 3.55 | 1.42 | 12.2 | 0.9 |
| Danny Duffy | 23 | 23 | 130.2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 115 | 4.34 | 4.78 | 1.31 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 56 | 0 | 60.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 4.48 | 3.96 | 1.48 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Tim Hill | 46 | 0 | 39.2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 3.63 | 3.84 | 1.11 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
| Richard Lovelady | 25 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7.65 | 4.16 | 1.90 | 7.7 | 0.2 |
| Brian Flynn | 11 | 1 | 29.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5.22 | 4.65 | 1.88 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Brad Boxberger | 29 | 0 | 26.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 5.40 | 4.68 | 1.57 | 9.1 | 0.1 |
| Chris Ellis | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.21 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Jesse Hahn | 6 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13.50 | 6.86 | 2.79 | 13.5 | -0.1 |
| Ben Lively | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 14.21 | 3.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Gabe Speier | 9 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.36 | 6.49 | 1.50 | 12.3 | -0.1 |
| Humberto Arteaga | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 12.81 | 1.80 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Alex Gordon | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 11.36 | 4.29 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 15 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10.80 | 5.78 | 2.56 | 8.8 | -0.2 |
| Josh Staumont | 16 | 0 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.72 | 6.06 | 1.60 | 7.0 | -0.2 |
| Chris Owings | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 20.61 | 4.20 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Jake Newberry | 27 | 0 | 31.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.77 | 5.92 | 1.45 | 8.4 | -0.3 |
| Wily Peralta | 42 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 5.80 | 5.84 | 1.59 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
| Eric Skoglund | 6 | 4 | 21.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9.00 | 7.36 | 1.86 | 1.7 | -0.5 |
| Jorge López | 39 | 18 | 123.2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 109 | 6.33 | 5.55 | 1.47 | 7.9 | -0.5 |
| Heath Fillmyer | 12 | 3 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8.06 | 7.38 | 1.79 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 31 | 23 | 136.0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 81 | 6.02 | 5.93 | 1.51 | 5.4 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Kansas City Royals are 59-103, a .364 win rate, while their -178 run differential implies .397. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.