2012 Kansas City Royals roster: 72-90

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 30 clubs that season.

2012 Royals roster: batting

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2012 Kansas City Royals batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Alex Gordon	LF	161	642	93	189	14	72	10	.294	.368	.822
Billy Butler	DH	161	614	72	192	29	107	2	.313	.373	.882
Alcides Escobar	SS	155	605	68	177	5	52	35	.293	.331	.721
Mike Moustakas	1B	149	563	69	136	20	73	5	.242	.296	.708
Jeff Francoeur	LF	148	561	58	132	16	49	4	.235	.287	.665
Eric Hosmer	1B	152	535	65	124	14	60	16	.232	.304	.663
Jarrod Dyson	CF	102	292	52	76	0	9	30	.260	.328	.650
Salvador Perez	DH	76	289	38	87	11	39	0	.301	.328	.798
Lorenzo Cain	CF	61	222	27	59	7	31	10	.266	.316	.734
Yuniesky Betancourt	1B	57	215	21	49	7	36	0	.228	.256	.656
Brayan Pena	C	68	212	16	50	2	25	0	.236	.262	.583
Chris Getz	PR	64	189	22	52	0	17	9	.275	.312	.672
Johnny Giavotella	2B	53	181	21	43	1	15	3	.238	.270	.574
Humberto Quintero	C	43	138	7	32	1	19	0	.232	.257	.598
Irving Falu	2B	24	85	14	29	0	7	0	.341	.371	.806
Tony Abreu	2B	22	70	5	18	1	15	0	.257	.284	.641
Mitch Maier	OF	32	64	8	11	2	7	2	.172	.260	.573
Jason Bourgeois	OF	30	62	10	16	0	5	5	.258	.303	.626
David Lough	LF	20	59	9	14	0	2	1	.237	.292	.597
Adam Moore	C	4	11	1	2	1	2	0	.182	.250	.795
Clint Robinson	1B	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Manny Pina	C	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

2012 Royals roster: pitching

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2012 Kansas City Royals pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bruce Chen	SP	34	34	11	14	5.07	191.2	140	1.37	0
Luke Hochevar	RP	32	32	8	16	5.73	185.1	144	1.42	0
Luis Mendoza	SP	30	25	8	10	4.23	166.0	104	1.42	0
Will Smith	RP	16	16	6	9	5.32	89.2	59	1.61	0
Kelvin Herrera	RP	76	0	4	3	2.35	84.1	77	1.19	3
Tim Collins	RP	72	0	5	4	3.36	69.2	93	1.28	0
Greg Holland	P	67	0	7	4	2.96	67.0	91	1.37	16
Aaron James Crow	RP	73	0	3	1	3.48	64.2	65	1.18	2
Everett Teaford	RP	18	5	1	4	4.99	61.1	35	1.45	0
Louis Coleman	RP	42	0	0	0	3.71	51.0	65	1.31	0
Vin Mazzaro	RP	18	6	4	3	5.73	44.0	26	1.68	0
Felipe Paulino	SP	7	7	3	1	1.67	37.2	39	1.22	0
Nate Adcock	RP	12	2	0	3	2.34	34.2	22	1.44	0
Danny Duffy	SP	6	6	2	2	3.90	27.2	28	1.59	0
Francisley Bueno	RP	18	0	1	1	1.56	17.1	7	1.04	0
Jeremy Jeffress	RP	13	0	0	0	6.75	13.1	13	2.40	0
Tommy Hottovy	RP	9	0	0	0	2.89	9.1	6	1.71	0
Roman Colon	RP	3	0	0	0	6.75	8.0	3	1.88	0
Jake Odorizzi	SP	2	2	0	1	4.91	7.1	4	1.64	0
Ryan Verdugo	RP	1	1	0	1	32.40	1.2	2	6.00	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

1. Apr 6, 2012@ LAAL 0-5
2. Apr 7, 2012@ LAAW 6-3
3. Apr 8, 2012@ LAAW 7-3
4. Apr 9, 2012@ ATHL 0-1
5. Apr 10, 2012@ ATHW 3-0
6. Apr 11, 2012@ ATHL 4-5
7. Apr 13, 2012vs CLEL 3-8
8. Apr 14, 2012vs CLEL 9-11
9. Apr 15, 2012vs CLEL 7-13
10. Apr 16, 2012vs DETL 2-3
11. Apr 17, 2012vs DETL 1-3
12. Apr 18, 2012vs DETL 3-4
13. Apr 20, 2012vs TORL 3-4
14. Apr 21, 2012vs TORL 5-9
15. Apr 22, 2012vs TORL 3-5
16. Apr 23, 2012vs TORL 1-4
17. Apr 24, 2012@ CLEL 3-4
18. Apr 25, 2012@ CLEW 8-2
19. Apr 26, 2012@ CLEW 4-2
20. Apr 27, 2012@ MINW 7-6
21. Apr 29, 2012@ MINL 4-7
22. May 1, 2012@ DETL 3-9
23. May 2, 2012@ DETW 3-2
24. May 3, 2012vs NYYW 4-3
25. May 4, 2012vs NYYL 2-6
26. May 5, 2012vs NYYW 5-1
27. May 6, 2012vs NYYL 4-10
28. May 7, 2012vs BOSL 5-11
29. May 8, 2012vs BOSW 6-4
30. May 9, 2012vs BOSW 4-3
31. May 11, 2012@ CHWL 0-5
32. May 12, 2012@ CHWW 5-0
33. May 13, 2012@ CHWW 9-1
34. May 14, 2012@ TEXW 3-1
35. May 15, 2012@ TEXW 7-4
36. May 16, 2012vs BALL 3-4
37. May 17, 2012vs BALL 3-5
38. May 18, 2012vs ARIL 4-6
39. May 19, 2012vs ARIW 7-3
40. May 20, 2012vs ARIL 0-2
41. May 21, 2012@ NYYW 6-0
42. May 22, 2012@ NYYL 2-3
43. May 23, 2012@ NYYL 3-8
44. May 25, 2012@ BALL 2-8
45. May 26, 2012@ BALW 4-3
46. May 27, 2012@ BALW 4-2
47. May 28, 2012@ CLEL 5-8
48. May 29, 2012@ CLEW 8-2
49. May 30, 2012@ CLEW 6-3
50. Jun 1, 2012vs ATHW 2-0
51. Jun 2, 2012vs ATHL 3-9
52. Jun 3, 2012vs ATHW 2-0
53. Jun 4, 2012vs MINL 7-10
54. Jun 5, 2012vs MINW 1-0
55. Jun 6, 2012vs MINL 2-4
56. Jun 8, 2012@ PITL 2-4
57. Jun 9, 2012@ PITL 3-5
58. Jun 10, 2012@ PITL 2-3
59. Jun 12, 2012vs MILW 2-1
60. Jun 13, 2012vs MILW 4-3
61. Jun 14, 2012vs MILW 4-3
62. Jun 15, 2012@ STLW 3-2
63. Jun 16, 2012@ STLL 7-10
64. Jun 17, 2012@ STLW 5-3
65. Jun 18, 2012@ HOUL 7-9
66. Jun 19, 2012@ HOUW 2-0
67. Jun 20, 2012@ HOUW 2-1
68. Jun 22, 2012vs STLL 4-11
69. Jun 23, 2012vs STLL 2-8
70. Jun 24, 2012vs STLL 8-11
71. Jun 25, 2012vs TBW 8-0
72. Jun 26, 2012vs TBW 8-2
73. Jun 27, 2012vs TBW 5-4
74. Jun 29, 2012@ MINW 4-3
75. Jun 30, 2012@ MINL 2-7
76. Jun 30, 2012@ MINL 1-5
77. Jul 1, 2012@ MINL 8-10
78. Jul 2, 2012@ TORW 11-3
79. Jul 3, 2012@ TORL 3-6
80. Jul 4, 2012@ TORL 1-4
81. Jul 5, 2012@ TORW 9-6
82. Jul 6, 2012@ DETL 2-4
83. Jul 7, 2012@ DETL 7-8
84. Jul 8, 2012@ DETL 1-7
85. Jul 13, 2012vs CHWL 8-9
86. Jul 14, 2012vs CHWW 6-3
87. Jul 15, 2012vs CHWL 1-2
88. Jul 16, 2012vs SEAL 4-9
89. Jul 17, 2012vs SEAL 6-9
90. Jul 18, 2012vs SEAW 8-7
91. Jul 19, 2012vs SEAL 1-6
92. Jul 20, 2012vs MINL 1-2
93. Jul 21, 2012vs MINW 7-3
94. Jul 22, 2012vs MINL 5-7
95. Jul 23, 2012@ LAAL 3-6
96. Jul 24, 2012@ LAAW 4-1
97. Jul 25, 2012@ LAAL 6-11
98. Jul 26, 2012@ SEAL 1-4
99. Jul 27, 2012@ SEAL 1-6
100. Jul 28, 2012@ SEAL 3-4
101. Jul 29, 2012@ SEAL 6-7
102. Jul 31, 2012vs CLEW 8-3
103. Aug 1, 2012vs CLEW 5-2
104. Aug 2, 2012vs CLEW 7-6
105. Aug 3, 2012vs TEXL 3-5
106. Aug 4, 2012vs TEXL 2-4
107. Aug 5, 2012vs TEXW 7-6
108. Aug 6, 2012@ CHWL 2-4
109. Aug 7, 2012@ CHWW 5-2
110. Aug 8, 2012@ CHWW 2-1
111. Aug 9, 2012@ BALW 8-2
112. Aug 10, 2012@ BALL 1-7
113. Aug 11, 2012@ BALW 7-3
114. Aug 12, 2012@ BALL 3-5
115. Aug 14, 2012vs ATHW 5-0
116. Aug 15, 2012vs ATHW 3-2
117. Aug 16, 2012vs ATHL 0-3
118. Aug 17, 2012vs CHWW 4-2
119. Aug 18, 2012vs CHWW 9-4
120. Aug 19, 2012vs CHWW 5-2
121. Aug 20, 2012@ TBL 1-5
122. Aug 21, 2012@ TBW 1-0
123. Aug 22, 2012@ TBL 3-5
124. Aug 24, 2012@ BOSL 3-4
125. Aug 25, 2012@ BOSW 10-9
126. Aug 26, 2012@ BOSL 6-8
127. Aug 27, 2012@ BOSL 1-5
128. Aug 28, 2012vs DETW 9-8
129. Aug 29, 2012vs DETW 1-0
130. Aug 30, 2012vs DETW 2-1
131. Sep 1, 2012vs MINL 1-3
132. Sep 1, 2012vs MINL 7-8
133. Sep 2, 2012vs MINW 6-4
134. Sep 3, 2012vs TEXL 4-8
135. Sep 4, 2012vs TEXW 6-3
136. Sep 5, 2012vs TEXL 6-7
137. Sep 6, 2012vs TEXL 4-5
138. Sep 7, 2012@ CHWW 7-5
139. Sep 8, 2012@ CHWL 4-5
140. Sep 9, 2012@ CHWW 2-1
141. Sep 11, 2012@ MINW 9-1
142. Sep 12, 2012@ MINW 10-5
143. Sep 13, 2012@ MINL 3-4
144. Sep 14, 2012vs LAAL 7-9
145. Sep 15, 2012vs LAAW 3-2
146. Sep 16, 2012vs LAAL 3-4
147. Sep 18, 2012vs CHWL 2-3
148. Sep 19, 2012vs CHWW 3-0
149. Sep 20, 2012vs CHWW 4-3
150. Sep 21, 2012vs CLEW 6-3
151. Sep 22, 2012vs CLEW 5-3
152. Sep 23, 2012vs CLEL 4-15
153. Sep 24, 2012@ DETL 2-6
154. Sep 25, 2012@ DETL 0-2
155. Sep 26, 2012@ DETL 4-5
156. Sep 27, 2012@ DETL 4-5
157. Sep 28, 2012@ CLEL 5-8
158. Sep 29, 2012@ CLEW 7-6
159. Sep 30, 2012@ CLEL 3-15
160. Oct 1, 2012vs DETL 3-6
161. Oct 2, 2012vs DETW 4-2
162. Oct 3, 2012vs DETL 0-1