American League Central · 2024

Kansas City Royals 2024

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Team WAR: 37.1
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+ was 4% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Bobby Witt Jr. led the position players at 9.7 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	9.7
Salvador Perez	C	158	652	160	27	104	0	.271	.330	.456	.336	113	3.1
Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	131	554	130	19	97	1	.262	.315	.446	.326	106	1.5
Michael Massey	2B	100	356	86	14	45	1	.259	.294	.449	.317	100	1.2
Kyle Isbel	CF	134	426	88	8	42	11	.229	.287	.367	.288	80	1.0
Maikel Garcia	3B	156	626	133	7	58	37	.231	.281	.332	.272	69	1.0
Freddy Fermin	C	102	368	92	6	36	2	.271	.319	.366	.302	90	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	0.3
MJ Melendez	LF	134	451	85	17	44	4	.206	.273	.400	.293	84	0.2
Yuli Gurriel	1B	18	65	13	0	6	1	.241	.338	.296	.292	83	-0.0
Drew Waters	LF	7	19	3	0	1	0	.188	.316	.250	.273	70	-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	-0.1
Adam Frazier	2B	103	294	53	4	22	3	.202	.282	.294	.264	64	-0.3
Nelson Velázquez	DH	64	230	41	8	27	2	.200	.274	.366	.282	76	-0.5
Nick Loftin	2B	54	171	28	1	14	1	.189	.282	.236	.245	51	-0.5

Pitching

25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Cole Ragans	32	32	186.1	11	9	0	223	3.14	2.99	1.14	10.8	4.8
Seth Lugo	33	33	206.2	16	9	0	181	3.00	3.25	1.09	7.9	4.7
Michael Wacha	29	29	166.2	13	8	0	145	3.35	3.65	1.19	7.8	3.0
Brady Singer	32	32	179.2	9	13	0	170	3.71	3.93	1.27	8.5	2.6
Alec Marsh	26	25	129.0	9	9	0	123	4.53	4.34	1.26	8.6	1.3
John Schreiber	59	0	51.2	4	3	2	46	3.66	3.03	1.32	8.0	1.0
Kris Bubic	27	0	30.1	1	1	1	39	2.67	1.95	1.02	11.6	1.0
Angel Zerpa	60	0	53.2	2	0	0	49	3.86	3.97	1.45	8.2	0.4
Carlos Hernández	27	0	30.0	0	1	0	27	3.30	3.50	1.33	8.1	0.4
Sam Long	43	0	42.2	3	3	1	44	3.16	3.89	1.20	9.3	0.4
James McArthur	57	0	56.2	5	7	18	49	4.92	4.17	1.45	7.8	0.3
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	0.2
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
Chris Stratton	57	0	58.1	4	3	4	44	5.55	4.62	1.47	6.8	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
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

Attendance

Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2024.

Average: 20,473
Median: 20,691
Total: 1,658,347
Best: 38,775
Quietest: 9,740
On the road: 25,830

By situation

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	20,473	20,691	9,740	38,775
Night	55	20,214	20,087	10,004	36,799
Day	26	21,022	21,376	9,740	38,775
Weekend	40	23,516	24,171	10,592	36,799
Weekday	41	17,505	16,275	9,740	38,775
On the road	80	25,830	25,068	4,557	52,789

Through the season

Average home crowd by month.
Month	Games	Average
Mar	3	23,747
Apr	14	13,110
May	13	19,851
Jun	16	21,748
Jul	12	24,344
Aug	11	22,180
Sep	12	21,785

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 161 completed games, 2024.

Regulation: 2:31
All games: 2:32
Extra innings: 2:59
Longest: 3:25
Shortest: 2:04

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	161	2:32	2:32	1:59	3:25
Regulation	153	2:31	2:31	1:59	3:25
Extra innings	8	2:59	3:00	2:32	3:17
Home	80	2:34	2:36	2:04	3:25
Road	81	2:31	2:30	1:59	3:17
Day	59	2:31	2:30	2:05	3:17
Night	102	2:33	2:33	1:59	3:25

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Mar	3	2:32
Apr	13	2:36
May	13	2:33
Jun	16	2:33
Jul	12	2:35
Aug	11	2:40
Sep	12	2:28

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 151 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 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.