2016 Kansas City Royals roster: 81-81

Team stats and league rank

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

2016 Royals roster: batting

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2016 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.
Alcides Escobar	SS	162	637	57	166	7	55	17	.261	.292	.642
Eric Hosmer	1B	158	605	80	161	25	104	5	.266	.328	.761
Kendrys Morales	DH	154	558	65	147	30	93	0	.263	.327	.795
Salvador Perez	DH	139	514	57	127	22	64	0	.247	.288	.725
Cheslor Cuthbert	3B	128	475	49	130	12	46	2	.274	.318	.731
Paulo Orlando	RF	128	457	52	138	5	43	14	.302	.329	.734
Alex Gordon	LF	128	445	62	98	17	40	8	.220	.312	.692
Lorenzo Cain	CF	103	397	56	114	9	56	14	.287	.339	.747
Whit Merrifield	2B	81	311	44	88	2	29	8	.283	.323	.716
Jarrod Dyson	CF	107	299	46	83	1	25	30	.278	.340	.728
Christian Colon	2B	54	147	13	34	1	13	0	.231	.294	.586
Adalberto Mondesi	SS	47	135	16	25	2	13	9	.185	.231	.512
Omar Rafael Infante	2B	39	134	16	32	0	11	0	.239	.279	.600
Drew Butera	C	56	123	18	35	4	16	0	.285	.328	.808
Mike Moustakas	1B	27	104	12	25	7	13	0	.240	.301	.801
Reymond Louis Fuentes	OF	13	41	2	13	0	5	0	.317	.364	.705
Tony Cruz	C	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000

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

2016 Royals roster: pitching

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2016 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.
Ian Kennedy	RP	33	33	11	11	3.68	195.2	184	1.22	0
Edinson Volquez	SP	34	34	10	11	5.37	189.1	139	1.55	0
Yordano Ventura	SP	32	32	11	12	4.45	186.0	144	1.44	0
Danny Duffy	SP	42	26	12	3	3.51	179.2	188	1.14	0
Dillon Gee	RP	33	14	8	9	4.68	125.0	89	1.46	0
Chris Young	SP	34	13	3	9	6.19	88.2	94	1.66	1
Kelvin Herrera	RP	72	0	2	6	2.75	72.0	86	0.96	12
Joakim Soria	RP	70	0	5	8	4.05	66.2	68	1.46	1
Chien-Ming Wang	RP	38	0	6	0	4.22	53.1	30	1.46	0
Peter Moylan	RP	50	0	2	0	3.43	44.2	34	1.30	0
Wade Davis	RP	45	0	2	1	1.87	43.1	47	1.13	27
Luke Hochevar	RP	40	0	2	3	3.86	37.1	40	1.07	0
Kris Medlen	SP	6	6	1	3	7.77	24.1	18	2.05	0
Matt Strahm	RP	21	0	2	2	1.23	22.0	30	1.09	0
Scott Alexander	RP	17	0	0	0	3.32	19.0	16	1.63	0
Jason Vargas	SP	3	3	0	0	2.25	12.0	11	0.92	0
Alec Mills	SP	3	0	0	0	13.50	3.1	4	2.40	0

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

Results

1. Apr 3, 2016vs NYMW 4-3
2. Apr 5, 2016vs NYML 0-2
3. Apr 8, 2016vs MINW 4-3
4. Apr 9, 2016vs MINW 7-0
5. Apr 10, 2016vs MINW 4-3
6. Apr 11, 2016@ HOUL 2-8
7. Apr 12, 2016@ HOUW 3-2
8. Apr 13, 2016@ HOUW 4-2
9. Apr 14, 2016@ HOUW 6-2
10. Apr 15, 2016@ ATHW 4-2
11. Apr 16, 2016@ ATHL 3-5
12. Apr 17, 2016@ ATHL 2-3
13. Apr 19, 2016vs DETW 8-6
14. Apr 20, 2016vs DETL 2-3
15. Apr 21, 2016vs DETW 4-0
16. Apr 22, 2016vs BALW 4-2
17. Apr 23, 2016vs BALL 3-8
18. Apr 24, 2016vs BALW 6-1
19. Apr 25, 2016@ LAAL 1-6
20. Apr 26, 2016@ LAAL 4-9
21. Apr 27, 2016@ LAAL 2-4
22. Apr 29, 2016@ SEAL 0-1
23. Apr 30, 2016@ SEAL 0-6
24. May 1, 2016@ SEAW 4-1
25. May 2, 2016vs WSHL 0-2
26. May 3, 2016vs WSHW 7-6
27. May 4, 2016vs WSHL 2-13
28. May 6, 2016@ CLEL 1-7
29. May 7, 2016@ CLEW 7-0
30. May 8, 2016@ CLEL 4-5
31. May 9, 2016@ NYYL 3-6
32. May 10, 2016@ NYYL 7-10
33. May 11, 2016@ NYYW 7-3
34. May 12, 2016@ NYYL 3-7
35. May 13, 2016vs ATLW 5-1
36. May 14, 2016vs ATLL 0-5
37. May 15, 2016vs ATLW 4-2
38. May 17, 2016vs BOSW 8-4
39. May 18, 2016vs BOSW 3-2
40. May 18, 2016vs BOSL 2-5
41. May 20, 2016@ CHWW 4-1
42. May 21, 2016@ CHWW 2-1
43. May 22, 2016@ CHWL 2-3
44. May 23, 2016@ MINW 10-4
45. May 24, 2016@ MINW 7-4
46. May 25, 2016@ MINL 5-7
47. May 27, 2016vs CHWW 7-5
48. May 28, 2016vs CHWW 8-7
49. May 29, 2016vs CHWW 5-4
50. May 30, 2016vs TBW 6-2
51. May 31, 2016vs TBW 10-5
52. Jun 1, 2016vs TBW 6-3
53. Jun 2, 2016@ CLEL 4-5
54. Jun 3, 2016@ CLEL 1-6
55. Jun 4, 2016@ CLEL 1-7
56. Jun 5, 2016@ CLEL 0-7
57. Jun 6, 2016@ BALL 1-4
58. Jun 7, 2016@ BALL 1-9
59. Jun 8, 2016@ BALL 0-4
60. Jun 10, 2016@ CHWL 5-7
61. Jun 11, 2016@ CHWW 4-1
62. Jun 12, 2016@ CHWW 3-1
63. Jun 13, 2016vs CLEW 2-1
64. Jun 14, 2016vs CLEW 3-2
65. Jun 15, 2016vs CLEW 9-4
66. Jun 16, 2016vs DETL 4-10
67. Jun 17, 2016vs DETW 10-3
68. Jun 18, 2016vs DETW 16-5
69. Jun 19, 2016vs DETW 2-1
70. Jun 21, 2016@ NYML 1-2
71. Jun 22, 2016@ NYML 3-4
72. Jun 24, 2016vs HOUL 4-13
73. Jun 25, 2016vs HOUL 5-13
74. Jun 26, 2016vs HOUW 6-1
75. Jun 27, 2016vs STLW 6-2
76. Jun 28, 2016vs STLL 4-8
77. Jun 29, 2016@ STLW 3-2
78. Jun 30, 2016@ STLW 4-2
79. Jul 1, 2016@ PHIL 3-4
80. Jul 2, 2016@ PHIW 6-2
81. Jul 3, 2016@ PHIL 2-7
82. Jul 4, 2016@ TORL 2-6
83. Jul 5, 2016@ TORL 3-8
84. Jul 6, 2016@ TORL 2-4
85. Jul 7, 2016vs SEAW 4-3
86. Jul 8, 2016vs SEAL 2-3
87. Jul 9, 2016vs SEAW 5-3
88. Jul 10, 2016vs SEAL 5-8
89. Jul 15, 2016@ DETL 2-4
90. Jul 16, 2016@ DETW 8-4
91. Jul 17, 2016@ DETL 2-4
92. Jul 18, 2016vs CLEW 7-3
93. Jul 19, 2016vs CLEL 3-7
94. Jul 20, 2016vs CLEL 4-11
95. Jul 22, 2016vs TEXW 3-1
96. Jul 23, 2016vs TEXL 4-7
97. Jul 24, 2016vs TEXL 1-2
98. Jul 25, 2016vs LAAL 2-6
99. Jul 26, 2016vs LAAL 0-13
100. Jul 27, 2016vs LAAW 7-5
101. Jul 28, 2016@ TEXL 2-3
102. Jul 29, 2016@ TEXL 3-8
103. Jul 30, 2016@ TEXL 1-2
104. Jul 31, 2016@ TEXL 3-5
105. Aug 1, 2016@ TBW 3-0
106. Aug 2, 2016@ TBW 3-2
107. Aug 3, 2016@ TBL 0-12
108. Aug 4, 2016@ TBL 2-3
109. Aug 5, 2016vs TORL 3-4
110. Aug 6, 2016vs TORW 4-2
111. Aug 7, 2016vs TORW 7-1
112. Aug 9, 2016vs CHWL 5-7
113. Aug 10, 2016vs CHWW 3-2
114. Aug 11, 2016vs CHWW 2-1
115. Aug 12, 2016@ MINW 7-3
116. Aug 13, 2016@ MINL 3-5
117. Aug 14, 2016@ MINW 11-4
118. Aug 15, 2016@ DETW 3-1
119. Aug 16, 2016@ DETW 6-1
120. Aug 17, 2016@ DETW 4-1
121. Aug 18, 2016vs MINW 8-1
122. Aug 19, 2016vs MINW 5-4
123. Aug 20, 2016vs MINW 10-0
124. Aug 21, 2016vs MINW 2-1
125. Aug 23, 2016@ MIAW 1-0
126. Aug 24, 2016@ MIAL 0-3
127. Aug 25, 2016@ MIAW 5-2
128. Aug 26, 2016@ BOSW 6-3
129. Aug 27, 2016@ BOSL 3-8
130. Aug 28, 2016@ BOSW 10-4
131. Aug 29, 2016vs NYYW 8-5
132. Aug 30, 2016vs NYYL 4-5
133. Aug 31, 2016vs NYYL 4-5
134. Sep 2, 2016vs DETL 6-7
135. Sep 3, 2016vs DETW 5-2
136. Sep 4, 2016vs DETL 5-6
137. Sep 5, 2016@ MINW 11-5
138. Sep 6, 2016@ MINW 10-3
139. Sep 7, 2016@ MINL 5-6
140. Sep 9, 2016@ CHWL 2-7
141. Sep 10, 2016@ CHWW 6-5
142. Sep 11, 2016@ CHWW 2-0
143. Sep 12, 2016vs ATHL 3-16
144. Sep 13, 2016vs ATHL 4-5
145. Sep 14, 2016vs ATHL 0-8
146. Sep 15, 2016vs ATHL 5-14
147. Sep 16, 2016vs CHWL 4-7
148. Sep 17, 2016vs CHWW 3-2
149. Sep 18, 2016vs CHWW 10-3
150. Sep 19, 2016vs CHWW 8-3
151. Sep 20, 2016@ CLEL 1-2
152. Sep 21, 2016@ CLEL 3-4
153. Sep 22, 2016@ CLEL 2-5
154. Sep 23, 2016@ DETL 3-8
155. Sep 24, 2016@ DETW 7-4
156. Sep 25, 2016@ DETW 12-9
157. Sep 27, 2016vs MINW 4-3
158. Sep 28, 2016vs MINW 5-2
159. Sep 29, 2016vs MINL 6-7
160. Sep 30, 2016vs CLEL 2-7
161. Oct 1, 2016vs CLEL 3-6
162. Oct 2, 2016vs CLEL 2-3