The Kansas City Royals went 69-93 in 2026, a .426 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 690 runs and allowed 810, a run differential of -120. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.75 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Bobby Witt Jr. led the position players at 4.9 WAR, and Noah Cameron the rotation at a 4.11 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 16 games back. They spent 2 of 185 days in first place and were as far as 17 games back on September 26. Their best month was August at 16-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 7-17. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from August 16 to August 25 and an 8-game losing streak from April 12 to April 20. They were 41-40 at home and 28-53 on the road, 21-26 in one-run games and 23-52 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-1 against the Phillies on July 6; the heaviest defeat, 22-1 at the White Sox on June 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
19
.387
126
148
-22
May
10
18
.357
95
132
-37
June
13
14
.481
140
157
-17
July
11
14
.440
99
119
-20
August
16
11
.593
130
117
+13
Sept/Oct
7
17
.292
100
137
-37
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
28-53
.346
One-run games
21-26
.447
Extra innings
4-7
.364
Within the division
25-27
.481
Against .500+ clubs
23-52
.307
Decided by 5+ runs
12-22
.353
Last 10
2-8
.200
American League Central standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2026. 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
18,853
17,114
10,803
39,320
Night
54
18,402
16,624
10,803
32,326
Day
27
19,755
18,383
11,579
39,320
Weekend
37
21,944
22,827
11,579
32,326
Weekday
44
16,254
15,089
10,803
39,320
On the road
81
27,987
28,635
9,274
51,799
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
39,320
Apr
15
15,023
May
16
19,940
Jun
10
21,500
Jul
11
19,388
Aug
13
19,549
Sep
15
17,399
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:37
151 games
All games
2:39
Extra innings
3:13
11 of them
Longest
3:50
2026-04-20, 12 inn
Shortest
1:55
2026-04-10
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
2:39
2:38
1:55
3:50
Regulation
151
2:37
2:36
1:55
3:36
Extra innings
11
3:13
3:12
2:38
3:50
Home
81
2:42
2:41
1:55
3:50
Road
81
2:36
2:34
2:05
3:30
Day
57
2:39
2:40
1:56
3:39
Night
105
2:40
2:37
1:55
3:50
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:14
Apr
15
2:53
May
16
2:35
Jun
10
2:52
Jul
11
2:35
Aug
13
2:37
Sep
15
2:42
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 157 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 69-93, a .426 win rate, while their -120 run differential implies .427. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
