American League Central · 2023
Kansas City Royals 2023
- Team WAR
- 20.6 12.4 bat / 8.2 pitch
- Win %
- .346 pyth .392
- Run diff
- -183 4.17 / 5.30 per g
- wRC+
- 86
- ERA
- 5.25 FIP 4.73
- Home runs
- 167
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 158 | 694 | 177 | 30 | 96 | 49 | .276 | .319 | .495 | .345 | 112 | 5.0 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 62 | 235 | 61 | 9 | 32 | 0 | .281 | .321 | .461 | .335 | 105 | 1.1 |
| Nelson Velázquez | RF | 49 | 179 | 38 | 17 | 34 | 0 | .235 | .302 | .586 | .369 | 128 | 1.0 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 140 | 580 | 137 | 23 | 80 | 0 | .255 | .292 | .422 | .303 | 84 | 1.0 |
| Edward Olivares | LF | 105 | 385 | 93 | 12 | 36 | 11 | .263 | .317 | .452 | .331 | 103 | 1.0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 123 | 515 | 126 | 4 | 50 | 23 | .272 | .323 | .358 | .301 | 83 | 0.9 |
| MJ Melendez | RF | 148 | 602 | 125 | 16 | 56 | 6 | .235 | .316 | .398 | .312 | 91 | 0.8 |
| Dairon Blanco | LF | 51 | 138 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 24 | .258 | .324 | .452 | .337 | 107 | 0.8 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 81 | 262 | 52 | 1 | 25 | 6 | .231 | .326 | .307 | .291 | 77 | 0.6 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 88 | 313 | 70 | 5 | 34 | 7 | .240 | .282 | .380 | .288 | 75 | 0.5 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 128 | 461 | 98 | 15 | 55 | 6 | .229 | .274 | .381 | .284 | 72 | 0.5 |
| Drew Waters | CF | 91 | 337 | 69 | 8 | 32 | 16 | .228 | .300 | .377 | .298 | 81 | 0.4 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 61 | 260 | 57 | 9 | 26 | 0 | .247 | .324 | .437 | .329 | 102 | 0.4 |
| Nick Loftin | 1B | 19 | 68 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 2 | .323 | .368 | .435 | .351 | 116 | 0.4 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 76 | 209 | 48 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .251 | .306 | .325 | .283 | 71 | 0.1 |
| Matt Beaty | 1B | 29 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .230 | .347 | .295 | .303 | 84 | 0.1 |
| Logan Porter | C | 10 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .194 | .324 | .323 | .299 | 82 | 0.0 |
| Samad Taylor | 2B | 27 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .200 | .279 | .267 | .251 | 50 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Cropley | C | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .143 | .167 | .126 | -32 | -0.1 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 89 | 345 | 71 | 7 | 35 | 1 | .232 | .307 | .353 | .294 | 79 | -0.1 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 29 | 91 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .183 | .253 | .305 | .249 | 49 | -0.2 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 18 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .186 | .231 | .288 | .227 | 34 | -0.5 |
| Nate Eaton | LF | 21 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .075 | .125 | .075 | .101 | -48 | -0.7 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 38 | 113 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .133 | .188 | .210 | .182 | 5 | -0.8 |
Pitching
35 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brady Singer | 29 | 29 | 159.2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 133 | 5.52 | 4.29 | 1.45 | 7.5 | 2.2 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 61 | 0 | 58.1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 103 | 3.09 | 2.52 | 1.25 | 15.9 | 1.6 |
| Scott Barlow | 63 | 0 | 68.0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 79 | 4.37 | 3.42 | 1.40 | 10.5 | 1.2 |
| Zack Greinke | 30 | 27 | 142.1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 97 | 5.06 | 4.74 | 1.27 | 6.1 | 1.1 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 25 | 9 | 89.2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 4.52 | 4.38 | 1.23 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
| James McArthur | 18 | 2 | 23.1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 4.63 | 2.78 | 0.94 | 8.9 | 0.6 |
| Carlos Hernández | 67 | 4 | 70.0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 77 | 5.27 | 4.28 | 1.33 | 9.9 | 0.6 |
| Austin Cox | 24 | 3 | 35.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 4.54 | 3.73 | 1.26 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| Kris Bubic | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3.94 | 2.63 | 1.31 | 9.0 | 0.5 |
| Tucker Davidson | 38 | 1 | 51.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 5.96 | 4.27 | 1.62 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| Josh Staumont | 21 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5.40 | 3.76 | 1.45 | 10.8 | 0.3 |
| Jose Cuas | 72 | 2 | 65.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 3.99 | 4.60 | 1.50 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
| Angel Zerpa | 15 | 3 | 42.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 4.85 | 4.54 | 1.27 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 9 | 9 | 52.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 4.64 | 5.17 | 1.26 | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| Nick Wittgren | 27 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4.97 | 4.36 | 1.41 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| John McMillon | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.25 | 2.51 | 0.25 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Steven Cruz | 10 | 4 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.97 | 4.76 | 1.74 | 10.7 | 0.1 |
| Josh Taylor | 17 | 1 | 17.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8.15 | 4.78 | 1.75 | 13.2 | 0.0 |
| Nate Eaton | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.26 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Mike Mayers | 6 | 2 | 26.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6.15 | 5.08 | 1.67 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Veneziano | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.97 | 1.71 | 3.9 | -0.0 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 5.59 | 1.67 | 9.0 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 58 | 2 | 59.0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 5.95 | 5.07 | 1.61 | 9.9 | -0.1 |
| Max Castillo | 7 | 0 | 20.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4.43 | 5.32 | 1.43 | 4.4 | -0.1 |
| Jackson Kowar | 23 | 0 | 28.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.43 | 5.29 | 1.93 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Matt Duffy | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 11.26 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Amir Garrett | 27 | 0 | 24.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3.33 | 5.56 | 1.73 | 10.4 | -0.2 |
| Brooks Kriske | 4 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.05 | 7.16 | 1.05 | 8.1 | -0.2 |
| Jordan Lyles | 31 | 31 | 177.2 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 120 | 6.28 | 5.62 | 1.24 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| Taylor Hearn | 13 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11.40 | 6.32 | 2.07 | 9.0 | -0.2 |
| Collin Snider | 20 | 1 | 20.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4.87 | 6.01 | 1.82 | 4.9 | -0.2 |
| Brad Keller | 11 | 9 | 45.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 4.57 | 5.92 | 1.92 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Jonathan Heasley | 12 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7.20 | 6.99 | 1.27 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Alec Marsh | 17 | 8 | 74.1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 85 | 5.69 | 5.70 | 1.56 | 10.3 | -0.4 |
| Dylan Coleman | 23 | 1 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8.84 | 7.02 | 2.02 | 10.3 | -0.4 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2023.
- Average
- 16,136 81 home dates
- Median
- 15,428
- Total
- 1,307,052
- Best
- 38,351 2023-03-30
- Quietest
- 9,736 2023-09-18
- On the road
- 27,053 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.