American League Central · 2020

Kansas City Royals 2020

26-344th in the AL CentralKauffman StadiumAmerican League Central American League

Team WAR: 10.3
Win %: .433
Run diff: -24
wRC+: 90
ERA: 4.19
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.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 4th in the AL Central, 10 games back. They spent 1 of 66 days in first place and were as far as 13 games back on September 19. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 12-13, their worst August at 11-16. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 8 to September 13 and a 7-game losing streak from September 1 to September 7. They were 15-15 at home and 11-19 on the road, 8-9 in one-run games and 17-27 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-2 against the Cubs on August 6; the heaviest defeat, 10-1 against the Indians on September 1.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	3	5	.375	33	34	-1
August	11	16	.407	108	125	-17
Sept/Oct	12	13	.480	107	113	-6

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	15-15	.500
Road	11-19	.367
One-run games	8-9	.471
Extra innings	1-2	.333
Within the division	17-23	.425
Against .500+ clubs	17-27	.386
Decided by 5+ runs	6-14	.300
Last 10	5-5	.500

American League Central standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League Central, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Minnesota Twins	36	24	.600	—	269	215	+54	15.4
Chicago White Sox	35	25	.583	1	306	246	+60	16.1
Cleveland Indians	35	25	.583	1	248	209	+39	15.0
Kansas City Royals	26	34	.433	10	248	272	-24	10.3
Detroit Tigers	23	35	.397	12	249	318	-69	4.5

2020 Kansas City Royals roster

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.

Catchers 4

Salvador PerezC · 37 G · 2.0 WAR
Cam GallagherC · 21 G · 0.5 WAR
Óscar HernándezC · 3 G · 0.0 WAR
Meibrys ViloriaC · 12 G · 0.0 WAR

Infielders 9

Maikel Franco3B · 60 G · 1.1 WAR
Adalberto MondesiSS · 59 G · 0.9 WAR
Hunter Dozier1B · 44 G · 0.7 WAR
Ryan McBroom1B · 36 G · 0.2 WAR
Kelvin Gutiérrez3B · 3 G · -0.0 WAR
Matt Reynolds3B · 3 G · -0.2 WAR
Erick Mejia3B · 7 G · -0.2 WAR
Nicky Lopez2B · 55 G · -0.4 WAR
Ryan O'Hearn1B · 42 G · -0.4 WAR

Outfielders 7

Whit MerrifieldRF · 60 G · 1.1 WAR
Brett PhillipsRF · 27 G · 0.2 WAR
Franchy CorderoCF · 16 G · 0.1 WAR
Nick HeathCF · 10 G · -0.0 WAR
Alex GordonLF · 50 G · -0.1 WAR
Edward OlivaresRF · 28 G · -0.2 WAR
Bubba StarlingCF · 27 G · -0.4 WAR

Designated hitters 1

Jorge SolerDH · 43 G · 0.4 WAR

Starting pitchers 8

Brad Keller9 GS · 1.3 WAR
Brady Singer12 GS · 1.1 WAR
Danny Duffy11 GS · 0.5 WAR
Kris Bubic10 GS · 0.5 WAR
Carlos Hernández3 GS · -0.2 WAR
Jakob Junis6 GS · -0.2 WAR
Ronald Bolaños2 GS · -0.3 WAR
Matt Harvey4 GS · -0.5 WAR

Relief pitchers 18

Greg Holland28 G · 0.8 WAR
Trevor Rosenthal23 G · 0.8 WAR
Kyle Zimmer16 G · 0.7 WAR
Scott Barlow32 G · 0.5 WAR
Jesse Hahn18 G · 0.5 WAR
Josh Staumont26 G · 0.4 WAR
Chance Adams6 G · 0.2 WAR
Scott Blewett2 G · 0.1 WAR
Glenn Sparkman4 G · 0.1 WAR
Jake Newberry20 G · 0.1 WAR
Foster Griffin1 G · 0.1 WAR
Mike Montgomery3 G · 0.0 WAR
Gabe Speier8 G · -0.0 WAR
Kevin McCarthy5 G · -0.1 WAR
Randy Rosario4 G · -0.1 WAR
Richard Lovelady1 G · -0.2 WAR
Tyler Zuber23 G · -0.2 WAR
Ian Kennedy15 G · -0.6 WAR

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
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	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
All games: 3:05
Extra innings: 3:21
Longest: 3:55
Shortest: 2:11

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	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

Average completed game by month.
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.

Record versus run differential

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.

Kansas City Royals 2020

The 2020 season

American League Central standings, 2020

2020 Kansas City Royals roster

Catchers 4

Infielders 9

Outfielders 7

Designated hitters 1

Starting pitchers 8

Relief pitchers 18

Where the offence comes from

Batting

Pitching

Attendance

By situation

By season

Game time

By situation

Through the season

By season