American League Central · 2024

Kansas City Royals

86-76Kauffman StadiumAmerican League

Team WAR: 33.4
Win %: .531
Run diff: +91
wRC+: 96
ERA: 3.83
Home runs: 162

The Kansas City Royals went 86-76 in 2024, a .531 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 735 runs and allowed 644, a run differential of +91. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.83 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ is 4% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Bobby Witt Jr. leads the position players at 9.2 WAR, and Cole Ragans the rotation at a 3.14 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,292 team hits

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.

Batting

18 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	161	709	211	32	109	31	.332	.389	.588	.411	164	9.2
Salvador Perez	C	158	652	160	27	104	0	.271	.330	.456	.336	113	3.5
Freddy Fermin	C	102	368	92	6	36	2	.271	.319	.366	.302	90	1.3
Michael Massey	2B	100	356	86	14	45	1	.259	.294	.449	.317	100	1.3
Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	131	554	130	19	97	1	.262	.315	.446	.326	106	1.2
Kyle Isbel	CF	134	426	88	8	42	11	.229	.287	.367	.288	80	0.9
Maikel Garcia	3B	156	626	133	7	58	37	.231	.281	.332	.272	69	0.9
Dairon Blanco	LF	71	132	31	4	13	31	.258	.308	.392	.307	93	0.6
Hunter Renfroe	RF	116	424	88	15	52	1	.229	.297	.392	.304	91	0.5
MJ Melendez	LF	134	451	85	17	44	4	.206	.273	.400	.293	84	0.1
Drew Waters	LF	7	19	3	0	1	0	.188	.316	.250	.273	70	-0.0
Yuli Gurriel	1B	18	65	13	0	6	1	.241	.338	.296	.292	83	-0.0
CJ Alexander	3B	3	8	1	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.111	-40	-0.1
Tyler Gentry	RF	3	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-115	-0.1
Garrett Hampson	CF	94	231	49	0	16	7	.230	.275	.300	.257	59	-0.3
Nelson Velázquez	DH	64	230	41	8	27	2	.200	.274	.366	.282	76	-0.4
Adam Frazier	2B	103	294	53	4	22	3	.202	.282	.294	.264	64	-0.4
Nick Loftin	2B	54	171	28	1	14	1	.189	.282	.236	.245	51	-0.4

Pitching

25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Cole Ragans	32	32	186.1	11	9	0	223	3.14	2.99	1.14	10.8	4.2
Seth Lugo	33	33	206.2	16	9	0	181	3.00	3.25	1.09	7.9	4.1
Michael Wacha	29	29	166.2	13	8	0	145	3.35	3.65	1.19	7.8	2.5
Brady Singer	32	32	179.2	9	13	0	170	3.71	3.93	1.27	8.5	2.1
Alec Marsh	26	25	129.0	9	9	0	123	4.53	4.34	1.26	8.6	0.9
Kris Bubic	27	0	30.1	1	1	1	39	2.67	1.95	1.02	11.6	0.9
John Schreiber	59	0	51.2	4	3	2	46	3.66	3.03	1.32	8.0	0.9
Carlos Hernández	27	0	30.0	0	1	0	27	3.30	3.50	1.33	8.1	0.4
Angel Zerpa	60	0	53.2	2	0	0	49	3.86	3.97	1.45	8.2	0.3
Sam Long	43	0	42.2	3	3	1	44	3.16	3.89	1.20	9.3	0.3
James McArthur	57	0	56.2	5	7	18	49	4.92	4.17	1.45	7.8	0.2
Steven Cruz	5	0	5.2	0	0	0	4	0.00	1.75	0.18	6.4	0.2
Daniel Lynch IV	16	3	43.1	2	0	1	39	3.32	4.41	0.99	8.1	0.1
Jordan Lyles	5	0	5.0	0	0	0	3	0.00	3.17	0.80	5.4	0.1
Will Klein	8	0	7.1	1	0	0	7	11.05	3.71	2.45	8.6	0.1
Tyler Duffey	9	0	9.0	1	0	0	10	5.00	3.94	1.67	10.0	0.1
Nick Pratto	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.17	1.00	9.0	0.0
Nick Loftin	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.17	1.00	0.0	0.0
Garrett Hampson	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.17	0.00	0.0	-0.0
Chris Stratton	57	0	58.1	4	3	4	44	5.55	4.62	1.47	6.8	-0.1
Dan Altavilla	5	1	3.2	0	1	0	5	14.73	7.26	2.18	12.3	-0.1
Nick Anderson	37	0	35.2	3	1	1	29	4.04	5.07	1.40	7.3	-0.2
Will Smith	45	0	41.1	0	4	1	29	6.53	5.27	1.45	6.3	-0.3
Matt Sauer	14	0	16.1	0	0	0	9	7.71	6.66	2.08	5.0	-0.4
Jonathan Bowlan	1	1	2.2	0	1	0	3	13.50	18.92	3.38	10.1	-0.4

Record versus run differential

Kansas City Royals are 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +91 run differential implies .560. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.