American League Central · 2021
Kansas City Royals 2021
- Team WAR
- 26.0 13.1 bat / 12.9 pitch
- Win %
- .457 pyth .437
- Run diff
- -102 4.23 / 4.86 per g
- wRC+
- 91
- ERA
- 4.65 FIP 4.40
- Home runs
- 176
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Salvador Perez | C | 161 | 665 | 169 | 48 | 121 | 1 | .273 | .316 | .544 | .359 | 124 | 4.7 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 147 | 565 | 149 | 2 | 43 | 22 | .300 | .365 | .378 | .332 | 105 | 3.6 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 162 | 720 | 184 | 10 | 74 | 40 | .277 | .317 | .395 | .308 | 90 | 2.2 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 134 | 538 | 136 | 17 | 73 | 8 | .276 | .324 | .442 | .330 | 104 | 1.6 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 149 | 602 | 115 | 27 | 70 | 0 | .223 | .316 | .432 | .327 | 102 | 1.0 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 3B | 35 | 136 | 29 | 6 | 17 | 15 | .230 | .271 | .452 | .308 | 89 | 0.7 |
| Hanser Alberto | 3B | 97 | 255 | 65 | 2 | 24 | 3 | .270 | .291 | .402 | .298 | 83 | 0.5 |
| Kyle Isbel | RF | 27 | 83 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .276 | .337 | .434 | .336 | 108 | 0.4 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 139 | 528 | 118 | 12 | 54 | 14 | .244 | .297 | .356 | .287 | 76 | 0.3 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 43 | 124 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .250 | .298 | .330 | .278 | 70 | 0.1 |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 27 | 98 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .256 | .316 | .333 | .291 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Jake Brentz | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .725 | 365 | 0.1 |
| Edward Olivares | RF | 36 | 111 | 24 | 5 | 12 | 2 | .238 | .291 | .406 | .302 | 85 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Zuber | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.0 |
| Jakob Junis | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.0 |
| Ryan McBroom | PH | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .275 | 68 | -0.0 |
| Carlos Hernández | P | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.0 |
| Kris Bubic | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.1 |
| Mike Minor | P | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.1 |
| Brad Keller | P | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.1 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF | 143 | 543 | 105 | 16 | 54 | 5 | .216 | .285 | .394 | .296 | 81 | -0.2 |
| Sebastián Rivero | C | 16 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .175 | .250 | .225 | .223 | 33 | -0.2 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 158 | 659 | 121 | 19 | 69 | 2 | .214 | .319 | .342 | .298 | 82 | -0.3 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 74 | 149 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .207 | .260 | .289 | .246 | 48 | -0.5 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 83 | 254 | 53 | 9 | 29 | 0 | .225 | .268 | .369 | .275 | 68 | -0.8 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mike Minor | 28 | 28 | 158.2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 149 | 5.05 | 4.29 | 1.24 | 8.5 | 2.1 |
| Brady Singer | 27 | 27 | 128.1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 131 | 4.91 | 4.04 | 1.55 | 9.2 | 2.1 |
| Scott Barlow | 71 | 0 | 74.1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 91 | 2.42 | 2.63 | 1.20 | 11.0 | 1.9 |
| Danny Duffy | 13 | 12 | 61.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 2.51 | 3.40 | 1.21 | 9.6 | 1.4 |
| Brad Keller | 26 | 26 | 133.2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 120 | 5.39 | 4.72 | 1.66 | 8.1 | 1.1 |
| Josh Staumont | 64 | 0 | 65.2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 72 | 2.88 | 3.49 | 1.07 | 9.9 | 1.1 |
| Carlos Hernández | 24 | 11 | 85.2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 3.68 | 4.08 | 1.28 | 7.8 | 1.1 |
| Domingo Tapia | 34 | 0 | 33.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2.67 | 3.35 | 1.19 | 7.0 | 0.6 |
| Jake Brentz | 72 | 0 | 64.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 3.66 | 4.23 | 1.28 | 10.7 | 0.5 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 15 | 15 | 68.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 5.69 | 4.82 | 1.63 | 7.3 | 0.5 |
| Jakob Junis | 16 | 6 | 39.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 5.26 | 4.31 | 1.40 | 9.4 | 0.4 |
| Ervin Santana | 38 | 2 | 65.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 4.68 | 4.47 | 1.33 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| Ronald Bolaños | 3 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.42 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 14.2 | 0.3 |
| Dylan Coleman | 5 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.42 | 1.43 | 0.95 | 9.9 | 0.3 |
| Richard Lovelady | 20 | 0 | 20.2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3.48 | 3.85 | 1.06 | 10.0 | 0.3 |
| Gabe Speier | 7 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.17 | 2.26 | 1.30 | 5.9 | 0.2 |
| Kris Bubic | 29 | 20 | 130.0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 114 | 4.43 | 5.14 | 1.38 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 2.17 | 0.80 | 7.2 | 0.2 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 52 | 2 | 54.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 4.83 | 4.82 | 1.41 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| Greg Holland | 57 | 0 | 55.2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 4.85 | 4.82 | 1.35 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Scott Blewett | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.80 | 4.57 | 1.60 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Hanser Alberto | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jonathan Heasley | 3 | 3 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.91 | 6.03 | 1.23 | 3.7 | -0.1 |
| Wade Davis | 40 | 0 | 42.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 6.75 | 5.30 | 1.48 | 8.0 | -0.2 |
| Jake Newberry | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16.62 | 8.94 | 3.00 | 10.4 | -0.2 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 13 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.49 | 6.41 | 1.70 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Jesse Hahn | 5 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13.50 | 13.67 | 2.70 | 8.1 | -0.3 |
| Jackson Kowar | 9 | 8 | 30.1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 11.27 | 6.43 | 2.08 | 8.6 | -0.4 |
| Tyler Zuber | 31 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6.26 | 6.17 | 1.57 | 8.2 | -0.4 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 14,316 81 home dates
- Median
- 12,604
- Total
- 1,159,613
- Best
- 35,784 2021-08-14
- Quietest
- 4,481 2021-04-20
- On the road
- 16,223 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.