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Kansas City Royals

KC · AL Central · 2026
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Roster construction

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 824 724 +99 19th of 30
Share of plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 16.5% 13.7% +2.8% 21st of 30
WAR bled by sub-replacement hitters -2.6 -2.6 — 15th of 30
Count of sub-replacement hitters 4 5 −1 8th of 30
Batters faced by sub-replacement pitchers 1627 951 +675 27th of 30
Share of batters faced by sub-replacement pitchers 29.5% 17.2% +12.3% 26th of 30
WAR of the club's best position player 6.2 4.1 +2.1 2nd of 30
Combined WAR of the club's three best position players 10.3 9.5 +0.8 10th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's five best position players 13.7 13.1 +0.6 11th of 30
Total position-player WAR 16.2 16.0 +0.2 13th of 30
Total pitching WAR 4.1 12.4 −8.3 29th of 30
Share of position-player WAR from the top three 63.6% 62.7% +0.9% 14th of 30
Concentration of WAR across the lineup 0.37 0.43 −0.06 22nd of 30
Position players with a 2+ WAR season 2 3 −1 24th of 30
Position players with a 4+ WAR season 1 0 — 5th of 30
Hitters used 19 22 −3 27th of 30
Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 28.4 28.4 +0.1 16th of 30
Plate appearances given to hitters 25 and under 965 1226 −261 17th of 30
Share of plate appearances given to hitters 25 and under 19.3% 23.2% −3.9% 16th of 30
Plate appearances given to hitters 35 and older 714 330 +383 5th of 30

Staff shape

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Pitchers used 32 29 +2 6th of 30
Rotation WAR 8.8 10.8 −2.0 20th of 30
Bullpen WAR -1.0 4.3 −5.3 29th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's three best starters 6.8 7.6 −0.8 20th of 30
Share of innings thrown by starters 68.2% 70.9% −2.7% 20th of 30
Quality starts 53 47 +5 8th of 30
Blown saves 25 21 +3 22nd of 30

Results

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Run differential -92 0 −92 27th of 30
Run differential per game -0.69 0.00 −0.69 27th of 30
Runs scored per game 4.22 4.47 −0.25 22nd of 30
Runs allowed per game 4.90 4.47 +0.43 25th of 30
Winning percentage .440 .500 −.060 26th of 30
Pythagorean winning percentage .431 .502 −.071 27th of 30
Wins above Pythagorean expectation 1.2 -0.2 +1.4 13th of 30
Winning percentage in one-run games .450 .499 −.049 22nd of 30
Winning percentage in games decided by five or more .333 .499 −.166 28th of 30
Winning percentage in extra innings .444 .511 −.067 22nd of 30
Home winning percentage .545 .528 +.017 12th of 30
Road winning percentage .338 .472 −.134 29th of 30
Winning percentage within the division .488 .503 −.015 20th of 30
Longest winning streak 9 6 +2 3rd of 30

Batting

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Team Games 134 133 — 3rd of 30
Team Plate Appearances 5017 5054 −37 21st of 30
Team At Bats 4482 4489 −7 15th of 30
Team Runs 565 597 −32 22nd of 30
Team Hits 1104 1094 +9 15th of 30
Team Doubles 236 207 +28 3rd of 30
Team Triples 18 18 — 14th of 30
Team Home Runs 136 153 −17 22nd of 30
Team Runs Batted In 538 571 −33 22nd of 30
Team Stolen Bases 108 90 +17 9th of 30
Team Walks 421 451 −30 26th of 30
Team Strikeouts 1052 1116 −64 6th of 30
Team Walk Rate 8.4% 8.9% −0.5% 25th of 30
Team Strikeout Rate 21.0% 22.1% −1.1% 6th of 30
Team Batting Average .246 .244 +.002 12th of 30
Team On-Base Percentage .315 .318 −.003 19th of 30
Team Slugging Percentage .398 .400 −.002 19th of 30
Team On-Base Plus Slugging .713 .719 −.006 21st of 30

Pitching

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Team Wins 59 66 −7 26th of 30
Team Losses 75 66 +8 26th of 30
Team Saves 33 34 −1 19th of 30
Team Games 134 133 — 3rd of 30
Team Games Started 134 133 — 3rd of 30
Team Innings Pitched 1177.1 1184.2 −7.1 24th of 30
Team Innings per Game 8.8 8.9 −0.1 21st of 30
Team Strikeouts 976 1116 −140 28th of 30
Team Strikeouts per 9 Innings 7.5 8.5 −1.0 28th of 30
Team Walks per 9 Innings 3.8 3.4 +0.4 25th of 30
Team Earned Run Average 4.70 4.16 +0.54 27th of 30

Rank is among the MLB clubs with a value for that metric, best first. Descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) are ranked but not colored — for them, "high" isn't "good".