2017 Kansas City Royals roster: 80-82

Team stats and league rank

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

2017 Royals roster: batting

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2017 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.
Eric Hosmer	1B	162	603	98	192	25	94	6	.318	.385	.882
Alcides Escobar	SS	162	599	71	150	6	54	4	.250	.272	.629
Whit Merrifield	2B	145	587	80	169	19	78	34	.288	.324	.784
Lorenzo Cain	CF	155	584	86	175	15	49	26	.300	.363	.803
Mike Moustakas	1B	148	555	75	151	38	85	0	.272	.314	.835
Alex Gordon	LF	148	476	52	99	9	45	7	.208	.293	.608
Salvador Perez	DH	129	471	57	126	27	80	1	.268	.297	.792
Brandon Moss	RF	118	362	41	75	22	50	2	.207	.279	.707
Drew Butera	C	75	163	18	37	3	14	0	.227	.284	.603
Cheslor Cuthbert	3B	58	143	10	33	2	18	0	.231	.275	.596
Jorge Soler	DH	35	97	7	14	2	6	0	.144	.245	.503
Paulo Orlando	RF	39	86	9	17	2	6	1	.198	.225	.527
Adalberto Mondesi	SS	25	53	4	9	1	3	5	.170	.214	.460
Billy Burns	CF	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333

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

2017 Royals roster: pitching

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2017 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.
Jason Hammel	SP	32	32	8	13	5.29	180.1	145	1.43	0
Jason Vargas	SP	32	32	18	11	4.16	179.2	134	1.33	0
Ian Kennedy	RP	30	30	5	13	5.38	154.0	131	1.32	0
Danny Duffy	SP	24	24	9	10	3.81	146.1	130	1.26	0
Jakob Junis	RP	20	16	9	3	4.30	98.1	80	1.28	0
Mike Minor	SP	65	0	6	6	2.55	77.2	88	1.02	6
Scott Alexander	RP	58	0	5	4	2.48	69.0	59	1.30	4
Peter Moylan	RP	79	0	0	0	3.49	59.1	46	1.10	0
Kelvin Herrera	RP	64	0	3	3	4.25	59.1	56	1.35	26
Joakim Soria	RP	59	0	4	3	3.70	56.0	64	1.23	1
Matt Strahm	RP	24	3	2	5	5.45	34.2	37	1.50	0
Chris Young	SP	14	2	0	0	7.50	30.0	22	2.03	0

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

Results

1. Apr 3, 2017@ MINL 1-7
2. Apr 5, 2017@ MINL 1-9
3. Apr 6, 2017@ MINL 3-5
4. Apr 7, 2017@ HOUW 5-1
5. Apr 8, 2017@ HOUW 7-3
6. Apr 9, 2017@ HOUL 4-5
7. Apr 10, 2017vs ATHL 0-2
8. Apr 12, 2017vs ATHL 3-8
9. Apr 13, 2017vs ATHW 3-1
10. Apr 14, 2017vs LAAW 7-1
11. Apr 15, 2017vs LAAW 3-2
12. Apr 16, 2017vs LAAW 1-0
13. Apr 18, 2017vs SFL 1-2
14. Apr 19, 2017vs SFW 2-0
15. Apr 20, 2017@ TEXL 0-1
16. Apr 21, 2017@ TEXL 2-6
17. Apr 22, 2017@ TEXL 1-2
18. Apr 23, 2017@ TEXL 2-5
19. Apr 24, 2017@ CHWL 1-12
20. Apr 25, 2017@ CHWL 5-10
21. Apr 26, 2017@ CHWL 2-5
22. Apr 28, 2017vs MINL 4-6
23. Apr 30, 2017vs MINL 5-7
24. May 1, 2017vs CHWW 6-1
25. May 2, 2017vs CHWL 0-6
26. May 3, 2017vs CHWW 6-1
27. May 4, 2017vs CHWL 3-8
28. May 5, 2017vs CLEW 3-1
29. May 6, 2017vs CLEL 1-3
30. May 7, 2017vs CLEL 0-1
31. May 8, 2017@ TBW 7-3
32. May 9, 2017@ TBW 7-6
33. May 10, 2017@ TBL 1-12
34. May 11, 2017@ TBW 6-0
35. May 12, 2017vs BALW 3-2
36. May 13, 2017vs BALW 4-3
37. May 14, 2017vs BALW 9-8
38. May 16, 2017vs NYYL 1-7
39. May 17, 2017vs NYYL 7-11
40. May 18, 2017vs NYYW 5-1
41. May 19, 2017@ MINL 3-4
42. May 21, 2017@ MINW 6-4
43. May 21, 2017@ MINL 4-8
44. May 22, 2017@ NYYL 2-4
45. May 23, 2017@ NYYW 6-2
46. May 24, 2017@ NYYL 0-3
47. May 26, 2017@ CLEW 6-4
48. May 27, 2017@ CLEW 5-2
49. May 28, 2017@ CLEL 1-10
50. May 29, 2017vs DETL 7-10
51. May 30, 2017vs DETW 1-0
52. May 31, 2017vs DETL 5-6
53. Jun 2, 2017vs CLEW 4-0
54. Jun 3, 2017vs CLEW 12-5
55. Jun 4, 2017vs CLEL 0-8
56. Jun 5, 2017vs HOUL 3-7
57. Jun 6, 2017vs HOUW 9-7
58. Jun 7, 2017vs HOUW 7-5
59. Jun 8, 2017vs HOUL 1-6
60. Jun 9, 2017@ SDL 3-6
61. Jun 10, 2017@ SDW 12-6
62. Jun 11, 2017@ SDW 8-3
63. Jun 13, 2017@ SFW 8-1
64. Jun 14, 2017@ SFW 7-2
65. Jun 15, 2017@ LAAW 7-2
66. Jun 16, 2017@ LAAW 3-1
67. Jun 17, 2017@ LAAL 0-9
68. Jun 18, 2017@ LAAW 7-3
69. Jun 19, 2017vs BOSW 4-2
70. Jun 20, 2017vs BOSL 3-8
71. Jun 21, 2017vs BOSW 6-4
72. Jun 23, 2017vs TORW 5-4
73. Jun 24, 2017vs TORW 3-2
74. Jun 25, 2017vs TORL 2-8
75. Jun 27, 2017@ DETL 3-5
76. Jun 28, 2017@ DETW 8-2
77. Jun 29, 2017@ DETL 3-7
78. Jun 30, 2017vs MINW 8-1
79. Jul 1, 2017vs MINW 11-6
80. Jul 1, 2017vs MINL 5-10
81. Jul 2, 2017vs MINW 6-2
82. Jul 3, 2017@ SEAW 3-1
83. Jul 4, 2017@ SEAW 7-3
84. Jul 5, 2017@ SEAW 9-6
85. Jul 7, 2017@ LADL 1-4
86. Jul 8, 2017@ LADL 4-5
87. Jul 9, 2017@ LADL 2-5
88. Jul 14, 2017vs TEXL 3-5
89. Jul 15, 2017vs TEXL 0-1
90. Jul 16, 2017vs TEXW 4-3
91. Jul 17, 2017vs DETL 2-10
92. Jul 18, 2017vs DETL 3-9
93. Jul 19, 2017vs DETW 4-3
94. Jul 20, 2017vs DETW 16-4
95. Jul 21, 2017vs CHWW 7-6
96. Jul 22, 2017vs CHWW 7-2
97. Jul 23, 2017vs CHWW 5-4
98. Jul 24, 2017@ DETW 5-3
99. Jul 25, 2017@ DETW 3-1
100. Jul 26, 2017@ DETW 16-2
101. Jul 28, 2017@ BOSW 4-2
102. Jul 29, 2017@ BOSL 8-9
103. Jul 30, 2017@ BOSW 5-3
104. Jul 31, 2017@ BALL 1-2
105. Aug 1, 2017@ BALL 2-7
106. Aug 2, 2017@ BALL 0-6
107. Aug 3, 2017vs SEAW 6-4
108. Aug 4, 2017vs SEAL 2-5
109. Aug 6, 2017vs SEAL 7-8
110. Aug 6, 2017vs SEAW 9-1
111. Aug 7, 2017vs STLL 3-11
112. Aug 8, 2017vs STLL 3-10
113. Aug 9, 2017@ STLL 5-8
114. Aug 10, 2017@ STLL 6-8
115. Aug 11, 2017@ CHWL 3-6
116. Aug 12, 2017@ CHWW 5-4
117. Aug 13, 2017@ CHWW 14-6
118. Aug 14, 2017@ ATHW 6-2
119. Aug 15, 2017@ ATHL 8-10
120. Aug 16, 2017@ ATHW 7-6
121. Aug 18, 2017vs CLEL 1-10
122. Aug 19, 2017vs CLEL 0-5
123. Aug 20, 2017vs CLEW 7-4
124. Aug 22, 2017vs COLW 3-2
125. Aug 23, 2017vs COLW 6-4
126. Aug 24, 2017vs COLL 2-3
127. Aug 25, 2017@ CLEL 0-4
128. Aug 26, 2017@ CLEL 0-4
129. Aug 27, 2017@ CLEL 0-12
130. Aug 28, 2017vs TBL 0-12
131. Aug 29, 2017vs TBW 6-2
132. Aug 30, 2017vs TBL 3-5
133. Sep 1, 2017@ MINW 7-6
134. Sep 2, 2017@ MINL 0-17
135. Sep 3, 2017@ MINW 5-4
136. Sep 4, 2017@ DETW 7-6
137. Sep 5, 2017@ DETL 2-13
138. Sep 6, 2017@ DETW 13-2
139. Sep 7, 2017vs MINL 2-4
140. Sep 8, 2017vs MINL 5-8
141. Sep 9, 2017vs MINW 5-2
142. Sep 10, 2017vs MINW 11-3
143. Sep 11, 2017vs CHWL 3-11
144. Sep 12, 2017vs CHWW 4-3
145. Sep 13, 2017vs CHWL 3-5
146. Sep 14, 2017@ CLEL 2-3
147. Sep 15, 2017@ CLEW 4-3
148. Sep 16, 2017@ CLEL 4-8
149. Sep 17, 2017@ CLEL 2-3
150. Sep 19, 2017@ TORL 2-5
151. Sep 20, 2017@ TORW 15-5
152. Sep 21, 2017@ TORW 1-0
153. Sep 22, 2017@ CHWL 6-7
154. Sep 23, 2017@ CHWW 8-2
155. Sep 24, 2017@ CHWL 1-8
156. Sep 25, 2017@ NYYL 3-11
157. Sep 26, 2017vs DETW 2-1
158. Sep 27, 2017vs DETW 7-4
159. Sep 28, 2017vs DETL 1-4
160. Sep 29, 2017vs ARIW 2-1
161. Sep 30, 2017vs ARIW 4-3
162. Oct 1, 2017vs ARIL 2-14