American League Central · 2021

Kansas City Royals

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Team WAR: 23.4
Win %: .457
Run diff: -102
wRC+: 91
ERA: 4.65
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 5.2 WAR, and Scott Barlow the rotation at a 2.42 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,377 team hits

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.

Batting

25 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Salvador Perez	C	161	665	169	48	121	1	.273	.316	.544	.359	124	5.2
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	2.5
Andrew Benintendi	LF	134	538	136	17	73	8	.276	.324	.442	.330	104	1.4
Jorge Soler	RF	149	602	115	27	70	0	.223	.316	.432	.327	102	1.3
Adalberto Mondesi	3B	35	136	29	6	17	15	.230	.271	.452	.308	89	0.6
Michael A. Taylor	CF	139	528	118	12	54	14	.244	.297	.356	.287	76	0.6
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
Hunter Dozier	RF	143	543	105	16	54	5	.216	.285	.394	.296	81	0.3
Cam Gallagher	C	43	124	28	1	7	0	.250	.298	.330	.278	70	0.2
Emmanuel Rivera	3B	27	98	23	1	5	2	.256	.316	.333	.291	79	0.2
Edward Olivares	RF	36	111	24	5	12	2	.238	.291	.406	.302	85	0.0
Jake Brentz	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	—	1.000	—	.725	365	0.0
Tyler Zuber	P	1	1	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
Jakob Junis	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-115	-0.0
Carlos Hernández	P	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-115	-0.1
Sebastián Rivero	C	16	44	7	0	3	0	.175	.250	.225	.223	33	-0.1
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	-0.2
Brad Keller	P	3	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-115	-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	-0.6

Pitching

29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Scott Barlow	71	0	74.1	5	3	16	91	2.42	2.63	1.20	11.0	1.7
Brady Singer	27	27	128.1	5	10	0	131	4.91	4.04	1.55	9.2	1.6
Mike Minor	28	28	158.2	8	12	0	149	5.05	4.29	1.24	8.5	1.5
Danny Duffy	13	12	61.0	4	3	0	65	2.51	3.40	1.21	9.6	1.2
Josh Staumont	64	0	65.2	4	3	5	72	2.88	3.49	1.07	9.9	0.9
Carlos Hernández	24	11	85.2	6	2	0	74	3.68	4.08	1.28	7.8	0.8
Brad Keller	26	26	133.2	8	12	0	120	5.39	4.72	1.66	8.1	0.7
Domingo Tapia	34	0	33.2	4	1	0	26	2.67	3.35	1.19	7.0	0.5
Jake Brentz	72	0	64.0	5	2	2	76	3.66	4.23	1.28	10.7	0.3
Ronald Bolaños	3	0	6.1	0	0	0	10	1.42	0.96	0.95	14.2	0.3
Daniel Lynch IV	15	15	68.0	4	6	0	55	5.69	4.82	1.63	7.3	0.3
Jakob Junis	16	6	39.1	2	4	0	41	5.26	4.31	1.40	9.4	0.2
Dylan Coleman	5	0	6.1	0	0	0	7	1.42	1.43	0.95	9.9	0.2
Gabe Speier	7	0	7.2	0	0	0	5	1.17	2.26	1.30	5.9	0.2
Richard Lovelady	20	0	20.2	2	0	1	23	3.48	3.85	1.06	10.0	0.2
Ervin Santana	38	2	65.1	2	2	0	52	4.68	4.47	1.33	7.2	0.2
Angel Zerpa	1	1	5.0	0	1	0	4	0.00	2.17	0.80	7.2	0.2
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
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
Jonathan Heasley	3	3	14.2	1	1	0	6	4.91	6.03	1.23	3.7	-0.1
Kris Bubic	29	20	130.0	6	7	0	114	4.43	5.14	1.38	7.9	-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
Wade Davis	40	0	42.2	0	3	2	38	6.75	5.30	1.48	8.0	-0.3
Jesse Hahn	5	0	3.1	0	0	1	3	13.50	13.67	2.70	8.1	-0.3
Tyler Zuber	31	0	27.1	0	3	0	25	6.26	6.17	1.57	8.2	-0.4
Jackson Kowar	9	8	30.1	0	6	0	29	11.27	6.43	2.08	8.6	-0.4

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.