Kansas City Royals


Record 3374 - 3657 (.480)
Home +/- -73.6
Away +/- -67.8
#
Last
Since
World Series
1
1985
28 yrs
League
2
1985
28 yrs
Division
7
1985
28 yrs
Wild Card
0
19 yrs
Baseball-Reference Links
 Links
Team Encyclopedia Batting Stats Retrosheet
Starters Positional Pitching Stats Baseball-Almanac
Starters Pitching Batting Leaders Baseball America Execs
Opening Day Starters Pitching Leaders Wikipedia / BR Bullpen
Managers Team Batting SportsLogos.net
Amateur Drafts Team Pitching Official Site

Kansas City Royals All-Rookie Team
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
25.8
2.1
26.1
1.8
24.7
1.8
25.0
1.3
23.0
1.0

Center Field
22.2
4.7
26.9
2.3
24.5
1.9
27.9
1.6
21.7
1.4


Right Field
23.6
2.5
24.9
2.4
25.6
1.2
19.9
0.5
25.0
0.4
Shortstop
27.3
4.7
25.4
2.5
26.3
1.8
25.5
1.4
27.4
1.0
Second Base
23.1
2.0
30.6
1.9
28.4
1.2
28.0
0.8
24.9
0.7
Third Base
25.3
5.5
23.4
2.0
21.1
1.4
26.5
1.3
22.8
1.1
First Base
24.7
2.9
27.5
1.7
21.7
1.6
20.9
1.2
24.3
1.0
Manager
49.1
9.5
42.6
2.1
46.0
1.5
47.6
1.0
45.5
0.8
Catcher
21.1
1.5
24.8
1.2
27.7
1.0
30.7
1.0
23.1
0.8
Designated Hitter
26.6
2.6
22.3
0.8
21.2
0.7
27.8
0.5
22.7
0.2
Starting Pitcher
IP
22.6
185.7
5.3
27.2
214.0
4.3
20.7
145.0
3.7
21.6
106.7
3.5
21.6
163.0
3.4
24.5
192.3
3.1
26.3
165.0
2.9
24.1
212.3
2.7
23.8
238.3
2.6
24.7
144.3
2.4
26.8
158.3
2.3
25.1
141.3
2.2
24.2
74.3
2.0
21.8
123.3
1.9
22.9
125.0
1.8
Swingman
IP
25.6
152.7
1.7
23.1
77.7
1.3
27.1
44.0
0.7
26.3
52.0
0.5
27.5
21.7
0.5
Relief Pitcher
IP
23.3
102.3
2.8
27.4
128.3
2.5
22.5
84.3
2.5
25.6
60.0
2.5
23.1
69.0
2.4
22.5
75.3
2.3
24.4
101.7
2.0
26.2
38.7
1.9
24.5
43.7
1.8
23.8
93.3
1.8
24.6
62.0
1.6
28.3
112.7
1.5
25.2
59.7
1.4
26.5
52.0
1.4
21.2
63.3
1.3
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The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James