American League Central · 2022
Kansas City Royals 2022
- Team WAR
- 23.4 16.7 bat / 6.7 pitch
- Win %
- .401 pyth .394
- Run diff
- -170 3.95 / 5.00 per g
- wRC+
- 94
- ERA
- 4.68 FIP 4.36
- Home runs
- 147
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 150 | 632 | 150 | 20 | 80 | 30 | .254 | .294 | .428 | .312 | 100 | 3.2 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 125 | 521 | 140 | 5 | 51 | 8 | .304 | .373 | .399 | .344 | 122 | 2.7 |
| MJ Melendez | C | 128 | 534 | 100 | 18 | 62 | 2 | .217 | .313 | .393 | .313 | 100 | 2.2 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 114 | 473 | 113 | 23 | 76 | 0 | .254 | .292 | .465 | .325 | 109 | 2.2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 72 | 298 | 76 | 10 | 26 | 1 | .295 | .383 | .450 | .367 | 138 | 1.7 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 123 | 456 | 105 | 9 | 43 | 4 | .254 | .313 | .357 | .298 | 90 | 1.3 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 136 | 550 | 126 | 11 | 58 | 16 | .250 | .298 | .375 | .296 | 88 | 1.2 |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 99 | 359 | 77 | 12 | 40 | 1 | .233 | .292 | .409 | .308 | 97 | 1.0 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 51 | 194 | 42 | 4 | 17 | 3 | .243 | .307 | .376 | .304 | 94 | 0.8 |
| Drew Waters | RF | 31 | 109 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | .240 | .324 | .479 | .350 | 126 | 0.7 |
| Nate Eaton | 3B | 39 | 122 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 11 | .264 | .331 | .387 | .315 | 101 | 0.6 |
| Edward Olivares | RF | 52 | 174 | 46 | 4 | 15 | 2 | .286 | .333 | .410 | .328 | 111 | 0.6 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 126 | 500 | 109 | 12 | 41 | 4 | .236 | .292 | .387 | .299 | 91 | 0.3 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 17 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .214 | .267 | .333 | .268 | 68 | 0.1 |
| Maikel Garcia | SS | 8 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .318 | .348 | .364 | .316 | 103 | 0.1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 136 | 480 | 99 | 0 | 20 | 13 | .227 | .281 | .273 | .252 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Dairon Blanco | CF | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .252 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Brewer Hicklen | CF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Sebastián Rivero | C | 15 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .177 | 5 | -0.2 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 49 | 182 | 29 | 7 | 20 | 0 | .184 | .271 | .386 | .289 | 83 | -0.2 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 64 | 145 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .239 | .290 | .321 | .273 | 72 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Isbel | RF | 93 | 278 | 54 | 5 | 28 | 9 | .211 | .264 | .340 | .266 | 68 | -0.3 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 15 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .140 | .204 | .140 | .167 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Brent Rooker | LF | 16 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .156 | .189 | 13 | -0.4 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brady Singer | 27 | 24 | 153.1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 150 | 3.23 | 3.58 | 1.14 | 8.8 | 2.5 |
| Zack Greinke | 26 | 26 | 137.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 3.68 | 4.03 | 1.34 | 4.8 | 1.6 |
| Luke Weaver | 26 | 1 | 35.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 6.56 | 2.69 | 1.82 | 9.6 | 0.8 |
| Scott Barlow | 69 | 0 | 74.1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 77 | 2.18 | 3.62 | 1.00 | 9.3 | 0.8 |
| Taylor Clarke | 47 | 0 | 49.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 4.04 | 3.30 | 1.18 | 8.8 | 0.7 |
| Amir Garrett | 60 | 0 | 45.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 4.96 | 3.40 | 1.32 | 9.7 | 0.6 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 27 | 27 | 131.2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 122 | 5.13 | 4.63 | 1.57 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| Brad Keller | 35 | 22 | 139.2 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 102 | 5.09 | 4.50 | 1.50 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| Dylan Coleman | 68 | 0 | 68.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 2.78 | 3.88 | 1.24 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Kris Bubic | 28 | 27 | 129.0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 110 | 5.58 | 4.78 | 1.70 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Wyatt Mills | 27 | 0 | 29.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4.60 | 3.62 | 1.33 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| Gabe Speier | 17 | 1 | 19.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2.33 | 3.78 | 1.09 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Joel Payamps | 41 | 0 | 55.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 3.23 | 4.24 | 1.37 | 6.6 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Mengden | 5 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5.14 | 3.11 | 1.57 | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| Josh Staumont | 42 | 0 | 37.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 6.45 | 4.25 | 1.75 | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| Jose Cuas | 47 | 0 | 37.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 3.58 | 4.39 | 1.67 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| Collin Snider | 42 | 0 | 34.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6.55 | 4.45 | 1.60 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Matt Peacock | 9 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.40 | 4.41 | 1.60 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Foster Griffin | 6 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.53 | 4.69 | 1.89 | 5.7 | -0.0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 3 | 2 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.64 | 5.75 | 1.09 | 2.5 | -0.1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 10.61 | 3.50 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 19.11 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Arodys Vizcaíno | 7 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.35 | 8.05 | 1.94 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| Jake Brentz | 8 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 23.63 | 8.36 | 3.94 | 15.2 | -0.2 |
| Ronald Bolaños | 8 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.42 | 5.68 | 1.75 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| Nicky Lopez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 29.11 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Jackson Kowar | 7 | 0 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9.77 | 6.37 | 2.43 | 9.8 | -0.4 |
| Carlos Hernández | 27 | 7 | 56.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 7.39 | 5.20 | 1.84 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| Jonathan Heasley | 21 | 21 | 104.0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 70 | 5.28 | 5.67 | 1.49 | 6.1 | -0.8 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2022.
- Average
- 15,971 80 home dates
- Median
- 15,070
- Total
- 1,277,686
- Best
- 29,689 2022-08-13
- Quietest
- 8,471 2022-08-22
- On the road
- 22,474 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.