American League Central · 2022
Kansas City Royals
- Team WAR
- 20.8 16.0 bat / 4.8 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 3.1 WAR, and Brady Singer the rotation at a 3.23 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,382 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 150 | 632 | 150 | 20 | 80 | 30 | .254 | .294 | .428 | .312 | 100 | 3.1 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 125 | 521 | 140 | 5 | 51 | 8 | .304 | .373 | .399 | .344 | 122 | 2.5 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 114 | 473 | 113 | 23 | 76 | 0 | .254 | .292 | .465 | .325 | 109 | 2.4 |
| MJ Melendez | C | 128 | 534 | 100 | 18 | 62 | 2 | .217 | .313 | .393 | .313 | 100 | 2.1 |
| 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 | 1.2 |
| 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 | 1.1 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 51 | 194 | 42 | 4 | 17 | 3 | .243 | .307 | .376 | .304 | 94 | 0.7 |
| Drew Waters | RF | 31 | 109 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | .240 | .324 | .479 | .350 | 126 | 0.6 |
| 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 | 0.5 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 126 | 500 | 109 | 12 | 41 | 4 | .236 | .292 | .387 | .299 | 91 | 0.3 |
| Maikel Garcia | SS | 8 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .318 | .348 | .364 | .316 | 103 | 0.1 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 17 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .214 | .267 | .333 | .268 | 68 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 49 | 182 | 29 | 7 | 20 | 0 | .184 | .271 | .386 | .289 | 83 | -0.1 |
| Sebastián Rivero | C | 15 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .177 | 5 | -0.2 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.2 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 136 | 480 | 99 | 0 | 20 | 13 | .227 | .281 | .273 | .252 | 57 | -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 | -0.3 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 64 | 145 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .239 | .290 | .321 | .273 | 72 | -0.3 |
| Kyle Isbel | RF | 93 | 278 | 54 | 5 | 28 | 9 | .211 | .264 | .340 | .266 | 68 | -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 | 2.2 |
| Zack Greinke | 26 | 26 | 137.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 3.68 | 4.03 | 1.34 | 4.8 | 1.3 |
| Luke Weaver | 26 | 1 | 35.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 6.56 | 2.69 | 1.82 | 9.6 | 0.7 |
| Scott Barlow | 69 | 0 | 74.1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 77 | 2.18 | 3.62 | 1.00 | 9.3 | 0.7 |
| Taylor Clarke | 47 | 0 | 49.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 4.04 | 3.30 | 1.18 | 8.8 | 0.6 |
| Amir Garrett | 60 | 0 | 45.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 4.96 | 3.40 | 1.32 | 9.7 | 0.5 |
| Dylan Coleman | 68 | 0 | 68.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 2.78 | 3.88 | 1.24 | 9.4 | 0.4 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 27 | 27 | 131.2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 122 | 5.13 | 4.63 | 1.57 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Brad Keller | 35 | 22 | 139.2 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 102 | 5.09 | 4.50 | 1.50 | 6.6 | 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 | 0.1 |
| Daniel Mengden | 5 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5.14 | 3.11 | 1.57 | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| Joel Payamps | 41 | 0 | 55.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 3.23 | 4.24 | 1.37 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Kris Bubic | 28 | 27 | 129.0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 110 | 5.58 | 4.78 | 1.70 | 7.7 | 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 |
| Matt Peacock | 9 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.40 | 4.41 | 1.60 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Collin Snider | 42 | 0 | 34.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6.55 | 4.45 | 1.60 | 5.8 | -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 | -1.0 |
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.