The Kansas City Royals went 65-97 in 2022, a .401 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 640 runs and allowed 810, a run differential of -170. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.68 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Bobby Witt Jr. led the position players at 3.2 WAR, and Brady Singer the rotation at a 3.23 ERA.
The 2022 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 27 games back. They spent 4 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 9 and were as far as 27 games back on October 5. Their best month was July at 13-15, their worst May at 9-20. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from September 20 to September 23 and a 6-game losing streak from May 19 to May 24. They were 39-42 at home and 26-55 on the road, 16-20 in one-run games and 34-58 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-2 at the Tigers on September 3; the heaviest defeat, 17-3 against the Guardians on April 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
7
12
.368
59
91
-32
May
9
20
.310
123
164
-41
June
11
15
.423
101
131
-30
July
13
15
.464
111
131
-20
August
13
16
.448
121
148
-27
Sept/Oct
12
19
.387
125
145
-20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
26-55
.321
One-run games
16-20
.444
Extra innings
5-5
.500
Within the division
33-43
.434
Against .500+ clubs
34-58
.370
Decided by 5+ runs
12-30
.286
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League Central standings, 2022
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2022. 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
80
15,971
15,070
8,471
29,689
Night
45
17,000
16,460
8,969
29,689
Day
35
14,648
13,282
8,471
28,459
Weekend
40
18,452
17,772
12,336
29,689
Weekday
40
13,490
12,648
8,471
28,459
On the road
80
22,474
20,406
8,168
45,341
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
16,248
May
11
15,324
Jun
16
16,180
Jul
13
15,988
Aug
17
15,747
Sep
12
14,978
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 160 completed games, 2022.
Regulation
3:02
150 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
3:20
10 of them
Longest
4:00
2022-08-28, 9 inn
Shortest
2:11
2022-09-11
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
160
3:03
3:00
2:11
4:14
Regulation
150
3:02
3:00
2:11
4:06
Extra innings
10
3:20
3:11
2:48
4:14
Home
79
3:03
3:03
2:11
4:00
Road
81
3:03
2:59
2:21
4:14
Day
68
3:05
3:02
2:11
4:12
Night
92
3:02
3:00
2:18
4:14
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:56
May
11
3:10
Jun
16
3:04
Jul
13
2:58
Aug
17
3:12
Sep
11
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 65-97, a .401 win rate, while their -170 run differential implies .394. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
