The Kansas City Royals went 74-88 in 2021, a .457 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 686 runs and allowed 788, a run differential of -102. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.65 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 91 team wRC+ was 9% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Salvador Perez led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Mike Minor the rotation at a 5.05 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 19 games back. They spent 28 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 2.5 games on April 28 and were as far as 19 games back on July 18. Their best month was March/April at 15-9, their worst June at 7-20. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 20 to July 26 and an 11-game losing streak from May 2 to May 13. They were 39-42 at home and 35-46 on the road, 21-19 in one-run games and 35-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-5 against the Twins on June 4; the heaviest defeat, 15-1 at the Red Sox on July 1.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
9
.625
105
107
-2
May
11
17
.393
113
130
-17
June
7
20
.259
108
158
-50
July
12
12
.500
101
120
-19
August
14
14
.500
116
123
-7
Sept/Oct
15
16
.484
143
150
-7
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
21-19
.525
Extra innings
4-5
.444
Within the division
36-40
.474
Against .500+ clubs
35-44
.443
Decided by 5+ runs
20-30
.400
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2021. Games back of the best record in the division.
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.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
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
81
14,316
12,604
4,481
35,784
Night
53
14,650
12,384
4,481
35,784
Day
28
13,684
13,205
6,814
24,568
Weekend
38
18,484
16,976
8,869
35,784
Weekday
43
10,633
10,516
4,481
18,477
On the road
80
16,223
14,344
3,211
36,615
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
7,348
May
13
11,809
Jun
11
17,635
Jul
16
17,655
Aug
11
17,168
Sep
14
13,678
Oct
3
17,924
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, 2021.
Regulation
3:06
153 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
3:48
9 of them
Longest
4:52
2021-08-09, 11 inn
Shortest
2:10
2021-04-17
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
162
3:08
3:06
2:08
4:52
Regulation
153
3:06
3:04
2:08
4:26
Extra innings
9
3:48
3:45
2:55
4:52
Home
81
3:11
3:09
2:10
4:52
Road
81
3:05
3:02
2:08
4:40
Day
64
3:06
3:04
2:10
4:26
Night
98
3:09
3:07
2:08
4:52
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:04
May
13
3:14
Jun
11
3:10
Jul
16
3:00
Aug
11
3:18
Sep
14
3:24
Oct
3
3:11
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 186 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 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -102 run differential implies .437. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
