American League Central · 2026

Kansas City Royals

49-70Kauffman StadiumAmerican League

Team WAR: 13.9
Win %: .412
Run diff: -110
wRC+: 94
ERA: 4.80
Home runs: 118

The Kansas City Royals went 49-70 in 2026, a .412 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 492 runs and allowed 602, a run differential of -110. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.80 staff ERA was 28th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ is 6% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Bobby Witt Jr. leads the position players at 3.5 WAR, and Noah Cameron the rotation at a 4.37 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

973 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

19 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	100	439	111	13	42	31	.284	.355	.450	.351	121	3.5
Jac Caglianone	RF	110	426	104	20	49	4	.264	.317	.480	.345	116	1.6
Carter Jensen	C	109	436	88	16	55	1	.227	.303	.419	.315	96	1.5
Lane Thomas	CF	100	338	67	10	38	7	.228	.322	.388	.319	98	1.1
Nick Loftin	3B	81	283	59	5	35	1	.243	.326	.391	.320	99	1.0
Michael Massey	2B	95	324	79	9	39	2	.262	.295	.425	.311	93	1.0
Tyler Tolbert	SS	45	98	27	3	6	15	.314	.362	.465	.361	128	0.9
Maikel Garcia	3B	69	294	70	3	30	5	.261	.320	.373	.309	92	0.8
Isaac Collins	LF	104	390	80	6	35	6	.239	.338	.367	.321	100	0.7
John Rave	RF	17	48	11	2	2	2	.262	.340	.548	.381	141	0.4
Luke Maile	C	6	19	5	1	5	0	.278	.316	.500	.351	121	0.2
Kyle Isbel	CF	62	201	42	3	13	5	.233	.286	.333	.277	70	0.1
Jonathan India	2B	16	58	8	2	8	0	.167	.310	.313	.294	81	0.1
Josh Rojas	3B	27	72	16	1	8	1	.235	.268	.324	.263	60	-0.1
Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	79	336	68	6	33	4	.232	.318	.345	.297	84	-0.1
Kameron Misner	CF	15	44	9	0	4	3	.220	.256	.244	.229	37	-0.2
Andrew Velazquez	SS	5	15	1	0	0	1	.067	.067	.067	.059	-80	-0.2
Starling Marte	RF	53	158	36	2	14	2	.250	.304	.326	.284	75	-0.3
Salvador Perez	DH	110	461	92	16	49	0	.216	.262	.373	.276	69	-0.5

Pitching

26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Noah Cameron	22	21	123.2	6	8	0	116	4.37	3.73	1.29	8.4	1.8
Michael Wacha	23	23	144.0	5	8	0	112	3.44	4.02	1.15	7.0	1.7
Seth Lugo	24	24	134.2	5	7	0	104	4.41	4.25	1.37	7.0	1.2
Daniel Lynch IV	47	1	47.2	4	3	1	37	2.45	3.09	1.01	7.0	0.8
Kris Bubic	9	9	50.1	3	2	0	51	4.11	3.70	1.23	9.1	0.8
Randy Dobnak	7	5	36.0	2	1	0	19	2.00	3.92	1.33	4.8	0.4
Stephen Kolek	10	10	54.0	4	3	0	34	4.50	4.53	1.24	5.7	0.3
Jose Cuas	7	0	8.0	0	0	0	10	2.25	1.34	1.50	11.3	0.3
Luinder Avila	21	12	70.0	5	4	0	61	5.53	4.53	1.61	7.8	0.3
Alex Lange	44	0	45.2	1	6	10	48	6.11	4.44	1.53	9.5	0.1
Josh Rojas	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.09	1.00	0.0	0.0
Nick Mears	21	0	19.1	2	3	0	15	5.12	4.59	1.50	7.0	0.0
Beck Way	19	1	23.1	1	1	0	21	3.86	4.93	1.59	8.1	-0.1
Easton McGee	6	0	7.1	0	0	0	7	8.59	6.36	2.18	8.6	-0.1
Carlos Estévez	1	0	0.1	0	1	0	0	162.00	60.09	18.00	0.0	-0.2
John Schreiber	47	0	42.2	0	3	1	33	3.59	5.15	1.38	7.0	-0.2
Lucas Erceg	45	0	43.0	4	3	12	31	6.07	5.32	1.77	6.5	-0.3
Mason Black	13	0	22.2	0	0	0	17	3.57	6.00	1.59	6.8	-0.3
Steven Cruz	41	2	43.0	2	3	3	49	4.19	5.39	1.21	10.3	-0.4
Eric Cerantola	4	0	5.1	0	0	0	7	10.13	10.96	2.63	11.8	-0.4
Eli Morgan	16	0	19.1	0	1	1	16	5.12	6.50	1.71	7.4	-0.4
Mitch Spence	3	1	9.1	0	2	0	6	21.21	8.87	3.00	5.8	-0.4
Cole Ragans	8	8	35.1	1	4	0	45	4.84	6.17	1.42	11.5	-0.4
Bailey Falter	5	2	9.2	0	2	0	6	13.97	9.09	3.10	5.6	-0.5
Tyler Tolbert	5	0	4.2	0	0	0	0	25.07	16.80	4.29	0.0	-0.6
Matt Strahm	41	0	35.2	3	4	0	30	7.32	7.12	1.49	7.6	-1.0

Record versus run differential

Kansas City Royals are 49-70, a .412 win rate, while their -110 run differential implies .409. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.