The Kansas City Royals went 56-106 in 2023, a .346 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 676 runs and allowed 859, a run differential of -183. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.25 staff ERA was 28th of 30. Their 86 team wRC+ was 14% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Bobby Witt Jr. led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Brady Singer the rotation at a 5.52 ERA.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 31 games back. They were as far as 32 games back on September 30. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 15-12, their worst June at 6-20. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 28 to August 4 and a 10-game losing streak from June 5 to June 16. They were 33-48 at home and 23-58 on the road, 21-20 in one-run games and 25-60 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-2 against the Red Sox on September 1; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Guardians on June 28.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
7
22
.241
96
160
-64
May
10
17
.370
125
131
-6
June
6
20
.231
83
154
-71
July
9
16
.360
99
127
-28
August
9
19
.321
127
150
-23
Sept/Oct
15
12
.556
146
137
+9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
33-48
.407
Road
23-58
.284
One-run games
21-20
.512
Extra innings
3-4
.429
Within the division
20-32
.385
Against .500+ clubs
25-60
.294
Decided by 5+ runs
13-24
.351
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2023. 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
81
16,136
15,428
9,736
38,351
Night
51
16,178
15,465
9,814
37,016
Day
30
16,067
15,370
9,736
38,351
Weekend
37
19,372
19,058
12,740
37,016
Weekday
44
13,416
11,912
9,736
38,351
On the road
79
27,053
26,493
3,095
46,242
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
38,351
Apr
12
14,001
May
16
14,818
Jun
13
17,820
Jul
12
17,822
Aug
12
15,418
Sep
14
15,171
Oct
1
20,662
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, 2023.
Regulation
2:36
155 games
All games
2:38
Extra innings
3:12
7 of them
Longest
3:27
2023-06-12, 10 inn
Shortest
1:54
2023-07-16
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
162
2:38
2:37
1:51
3:27
Regulation
155
2:36
2:36
1:51
3:24
Extra innings
7
3:12
3:17
2:47
3:27
Home
81
2:41
2:40
1:54
3:27
Road
81
2:34
2:36
1:51
3:13
Day
68
2:35
2:33
1:54
3:24
Night
94
2:40
2:40
1:51
3:27
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:32
Apr
12
2:29
May
16
2:46
Jun
13
2:47
Jul
12
2:32
Aug
12
2:45
Sep
14
2:47
Oct
1
2:24
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 156 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 56-106, a .346 win rate, while their -183 run differential implies .392. That is about 8 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
