American League Central · 2020
Kansas City Royals 2020
- Team WAR
- 10.3 5.0 bat / 5.4 pitch
- Win %
- .433 pyth .458
- Run diff
- -24 4.13 / 4.53 per g
- wRC+
- 90
- ERA
- 4.19 FIP 4.41
- Home runs
- 70
The Kansas City Royals went 26-34 in 2020, a .433 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 248 runs and allowed 272, a run differential of -24. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.19 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Salvador Perez led the position players at 2.0 WAR, and Brad Keller the rotation at a 2.47 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
21 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Salvador Perez | C | 37 | 156 | 50 | 11 | 32 | 1 | .333 | .353 | .633 | .410 | 159 | 2.0 |
| Whit Merrifield | RF | 60 | 265 | 70 | 9 | 30 | 12 | .282 | .325 | .440 | .330 | 105 | 1.1 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 60 | 243 | 62 | 8 | 38 | 1 | .278 | .321 | .457 | .330 | 105 | 1.1 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 59 | 233 | 56 | 6 | 22 | 24 | .256 | .294 | .416 | .306 | 89 | 0.9 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 44 | 186 | 36 | 6 | 12 | 4 | .228 | .344 | .392 | .330 | 105 | 0.7 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 21 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .283 | .356 | .434 | .347 | 116 | 0.5 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 43 | 174 | 34 | 8 | 24 | 0 | .228 | .326 | .443 | .334 | 108 | 0.4 |
| Brett Phillips | RF | 27 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .196 | .305 | .392 | .308 | 90 | 0.2 |
| Ryan McBroom | 1B | 36 | 85 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .247 | .282 | .506 | .330 | 105 | 0.2 |
| Franchy Cordero | CF | 16 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .211 | .286 | .447 | .314 | 94 | 0.1 |
| Óscar Hernández | C | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .443 | 181 | 0.0 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .292 | .238 | .254 | 53 | 0.0 |
| Nick Heath | CF | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .154 | .313 | .231 | .270 | 64 | -0.0 |
| Kelvin Gutiérrez | 3B | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .333 | .111 | .254 | 53 | -0.0 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 50 | 184 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .209 | .299 | .307 | .277 | 69 | -0.1 |
| Edward Olivares | RF | 28 | 101 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .240 | .267 | .375 | .276 | 68 | -0.2 |
| Matt Reynolds | 3B | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.2 |
| Erick Mejia | 3B | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .143 | .089 | -59 | -0.2 |
| Bubba Starling | CF | 27 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .169 | .219 | .237 | .206 | 21 | -0.4 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 55 | 192 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 0 | .201 | .286 | .266 | .256 | 55 | -0.4 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 42 | 132 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 0 | .195 | .303 | .301 | .271 | 65 | -0.4 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brad Keller | 9 | 9 | 54.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2.47 | 3.43 | 1.02 | 5.8 | 1.3 |
| Brady Singer | 12 | 12 | 64.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 4.06 | 4.08 | 1.17 | 8.5 | 1.1 |
| Greg Holland | 28 | 0 | 28.1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 1.91 | 2.52 | 0.95 | 9.8 | 0.8 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | 23 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 1.90 | 2.22 | 0.85 | 14.5 | 0.8 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 16 | 1 | 23.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.57 | 2.37 | 1.04 | 10.2 | 0.7 |
| Scott Barlow | 32 | 0 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 4.20 | 3.42 | 1.20 | 11.7 | 0.5 |
| Danny Duffy | 12 | 11 | 56.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 4.95 | 4.75 | 1.33 | 9.1 | 0.5 |
| Jesse Hahn | 18 | 0 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0.52 | 2.56 | 0.69 | 9.9 | 0.5 |
| Kris Bubic | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 4.32 | 4.75 | 1.48 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
| Josh Staumont | 26 | 0 | 25.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2.45 | 3.54 | 1.40 | 13.0 | 0.4 |
| Chance Adams | 6 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9.35 | 3.31 | 1.73 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Scott Blewett | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.00 | 1.52 | 2.33 | 12.0 | 0.1 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 2.99 | 2.00 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
| Jake Newberry | 20 | 0 | 22.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4.09 | 4.69 | 1.45 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Foster Griffin | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.99 | 0.00 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Mike Montgomery | 3 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.06 | 4.69 | 1.31 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Gabe Speier | 8 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7.94 | 5.49 | 2.29 | 9.5 | -0.0 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 5 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 6.19 | 2.00 | 3.0 | -0.1 |
| Randy Rosario | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8.10 | 8.29 | 3.00 | 10.8 | -0.1 |
| Richard Lovelady | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 19.19 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Zuber | 23 | 0 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4.09 | 5.69 | 1.59 | 12.3 | -0.2 |
| Carlos Hernández | 5 | 3 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4.91 | 6.40 | 1.70 | 8.0 | -0.2 |
| Jakob Junis | 8 | 6 | 25.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6.39 | 6.23 | 1.62 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Ronald Bolaños | 2 | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12.27 | 12.46 | 3.00 | 4.9 | -0.3 |
| Matt Harvey | 7 | 4 | 11.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11.57 | 9.45 | 2.74 | 7.7 | -0.5 |
| Ian Kennedy | 15 | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9.00 | 8.83 | 1.79 | 9.6 | -0.6 |
Attendance
30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.
- Average
- 0 no crowd admitted
- Median
- 0
- Total
- 0
- On the road
- 0 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Night | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weekend | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weekday | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| On the road | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By season
Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.
- Regulation
- 3:04 57 games
- All games
- 3:05
- Extra innings
- 3:21 3 of them
- Longest
- 3:55 2020-08-08, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 2:11 2020-08-19
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 60 | 3:05 | 3:05 | 2:11 | 3:59 |
| Regulation | 57 | 3:04 | 3:04 | 2:11 | 3:59 |
| Extra innings | 3 | 3:21 | 3:33 | 2:52 | 3:38 |
| Home | 30 | 3:06 | 3:09 | 2:11 | 3:55 |
| Road | 30 | 3:04 | 3:01 | 2:25 | 3:59 |
| Day | 13 | 3:03 | 3:02 | 2:27 | 3:38 |
| Night | 47 | 3:05 | 3:06 | 2:11 | 3:59 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Jul | 1 | 2:56 |
| Aug | 13 | 3:09 |
| Sep | 16 | 3:05 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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 26-34, a .433 win rate, while their -24 run differential implies .458. That is about 1 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.