| W-L: 69-93 (0.426) | Finish: 5th in American League Central |
| Expected W-L (runs) | 74-88 (0.456) |
| SharkWAR Expected W-L | 64-98 (0.395) |
| <<2006 Kansas City Royals | 2008 Kansas City Royals>> |
| Player Name | Pos | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Teahen | RF | 25 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 144 | 608 | 155 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 73.612 | 0.353 | 0.410 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 21 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 92 | 360 | 96 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 46.559 | 0.347 | 0.447 |
| Mark Grudzielanek | 2B | 37 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 116 | 486 | 137 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 59.688 | 0.346 | 0.426 |
| David DeJesus | CF | 27 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 157 | 703 | 157 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 77.959 | 0.351 | 0.372 |
| Reggie Sanders | LF | 39 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 24 | 85 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14.728 | 0.412 | 0.493 |
| Esteban German | 2B | 29 | -1.3 | 0.5 | 121 | 405 | 92 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 11 | 7 | 44.850 | 0.351 | 0.376 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 23 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 151 | 600 | 134 | 36 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 62.746 | 0.314 | 0.411 |
| Ross Gload | 1B | 31 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 102 | 346 | 92 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 38.437 | 0.318 | 0.441 |
| John Buck | C | 26 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 113 | 399 | 77 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 42.657 | 0.308 | 0.429 |
| Joey Gathright | LF | 26 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 74 | 261 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 28.195 | 0.370 | 0.342 |
| Mike Sweeney | 1B | 33 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 74 | 289 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 29.632 | 0.315 | 0.404 |
| Joel Peralta | P | 31 | 0.1 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.900 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| Brandon Duckworth | P | 31 | 0.1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.600 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| Brian Bannister | P | 26 | 0.0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.734 | 0.500 | 0.333 | |
| Fernando Cortez | 2B | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.467 | 0.333 | 0.357 |
| Craig Brazell | 1B | 27 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.542 | 0.400 | 0.250 |
| Scott Elarton | P | 31 | -0.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.168 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Zack Greinke | P | 23 | -0.0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.168 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Neal Musser | P | 26 | -0.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.168 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Odalis Perez | P | 29 | -0.1 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.071 | 0.200 | 0.200 | |
| Gil Meche | P | 28 | -0.1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.671 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Jorge De La Rosa | P | 26 | -0.1 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.839 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Paul Phillips | C | 30 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.068 | 0.200 | 0.214 |
| Justin Huber | LF | 24 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.910 | 0.100 | 0.100 |
| Angel Berroa | SS | 29 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.608 | 0.167 | 0.091 |
| Jason Smith | SS | 29 | -0.7 | -0.3 | 40 | 89 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.903 | 0.213 | 0.447 |
| Shane Costa | LF | 25 | -0.5 | -0.7 | 55 | 109 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4.804 | 0.257 | 0.301 |
| Emil Brown | LF | 32 | -0.4 | -0.7 | 113 | 397 | 94 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 30.914 | 0.300 | 0.347 |
| Ryan Shealy | 1B | 27 | -0.6 | -0.8 | 52 | 189 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11.917 | 0.286 | 0.308 |
| Jason LaRue | C | 33 | -2.3 | -1.3 | 66 | 195 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6.354 | 0.240 | 0.272 |
| Tony Peña | SS | 26 | -0.9 | -1.7 | 152 | 536 | 136 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 37.827 | 0.284 | 0.356 |
| Totals | 1.3 | 6139 | 1447 | 300 | 46 | 102 | 428 | 78 | 44 | 617.353 | 0.325 | 0.388 | ||||
| Player Name | Age | Shark WAR | Pitching WAR | G | GS | IP | W | L | CG | SV | R | BB | SO | Pitch Runs Saved | ERA | WHIP | SOper9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Meche | 28 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 34 | 34 | 216.00 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 62 | 156 | 51.17 | 3.67 | 1.30 | 6.50 |
| Brian Bannister | 26 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 27 | 27 | 165.00 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 44 | 77 | 35.40 | 3.87 | 1.21 | 4.20 |
| Joakim Soria | 23 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 62 | 0 | 69.00 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 75 | 30.05 | 2.48 | 0.94 | 9.78 |
| Zack Greinke | 23 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 52 | 14 | 122.00 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 36 | 106 | 28.23 | 3.69 | 1.30 | 7.82 |
| David Riske | 30 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 65 | 0 | 69.67 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 52 | 26.39 | 2.45 | 1.26 | 6.72 |
| Joel Peralta | 31 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 62 | 0 | 87.67 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 66 | 18.01 | 3.80 | 1.28 | 6.78 |
| Jimmy Gobble | 25 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 74 | 0 | 53.67 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 50 | 14.00 | 3.02 | 1.47 | 8.39 |
| Juan Carlos Oviedo | 25 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 13 | 6 | 43.67 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 37 | 8.53 | 3.92 | 1.24 | 7.63 |
| John Bale | 33 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 26 | 0 | 40.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 42 | 7.42 | 4.05 | 1.55 | 9.45 |
| Octavio Dotel | 33 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 24 | 0 | 23.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 5.99 | 3.91 | 1.52 | 11.35 |
| Luke Hochevar | 23 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4 | 1 | 12.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.49 | 2.13 | 1.18 | 3.55 |
| John Thomson | 33 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 10.67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2.63 | 3.38 | 1.50 | 2.53 |
| Neal Musser | 26 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 17 | 0 | 24.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 2.48 | 4.38 | 1.86 | 6.93 |
| Brandon Duckworth | 31 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 26 | 3 | 46.67 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 0.66 | 4.63 | 1.59 | 4.05 |
| Billy Buckner | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | 34.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 0.32 | 5.29 | 1.56 | 4.50 |
| Jason Standridge | 28 | -0.4 | -0.4 | 4 | 0 | 7.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | -4.50 | 8.22 | 2.09 | 7.04 |
| Luke Hudson | 30 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | -5.53 | 18.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 |
| Odalis Perez | 29 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 26 | 26 | 137.33 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 50 | 64 | -5.73 | 5.57 | 1.66 | 4.19 |
| Ryan Braun | 26 | -0.8 | -0.8 | 26 | 0 | 39.33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 24 | -7.72 | 6.64 | 1.73 | 5.49 |
| Jorge De La Rosa | 26 | -1.0 | -0.9 | 26 | 23 | 130.00 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 53 | 82 | -8.75 | 5.82 | 1.64 | 5.68 |
| Todd Wellemeyer | 28 | -1.0 | -1.0 | 12 | 0 | 15.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | -10.60 | 10.34 | 2.30 | 5.17 |
| Kyle Davies | 23 | -1.1 | -1.1 | 11 | 11 | 50.00 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 40 | -11.34 | 6.66 | 1.78 | 7.20 |
| Scott Elarton | 31 | -2.9 | -2.9 | 9 | 9 | 37.00 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 21 | 13 | -29.00 | 10.46 | 2.00 | 3.16 |
| Totals | 15.1 | 1437.33 | 69 | 93 | 2 | 36 | 778 | 520 | 993 | 152.62 | 4.50 | 1.44 | 6.22 |
| Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | Player Name | |||||||||
| C | John Buck | 26 | -0.1 | 112.0 | 924.3 | 697.0 | 29.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | -1.136 |
| Jason LaRue | 33 | -1.0 | 65.0 | 474.3 | 311.0 | 24.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | -8.089 | |
| Paul Phillips | 30 | -0.0 | 7.0 | 38.7 | 29.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.133 | |
| 1B | Ross Gload | 31 | -0.0 | 89.0 | 675.7 | 623.0 | 45.0 | 3.0 | 78.0 | -0.278 |
| Ryan Shealy | 27 | 0.2 | 52.0 | 421.0 | 402.0 | 29.0 | 0.0 | 37.0 | 1.262 | |
| Alex Gordon | 23 | -0.1 | 32.0 | 154.0 | 132.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 16.0 | -1.152 | |
| Billy Butler | 21 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 83.0 | 79.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 0.051 | |
| Mark Teahen | 25 | -0.1 | 9.0 | 49.0 | 45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | -1.217 | |
| Mike Sweeney | 33 | -0.1 | 6.0 | 39.3 | 40.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -0.729 | |
| Jason Smith | 29 | -0.0 | 3.0 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.281 | |
| Craig Brazell | 27 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | -0.074 | |
| Paul Phillips | 30 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.025 | |
| 2B | Mark Grudzielanek | 37 | -0.6 | 116.0 | 947.3 | 184.0 | 300.0 | 6.0 | 68.0 | -4.784 |
| Esteban German | 29 | -1.0 | 56.0 | 406.0 | 83.0 | 105.0 | 3.0 | 27.0 | -8.374 | |
| Jason Smith | 29 | -0.1 | 7.0 | 41.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -0.833 | |
| Fernando Cortez | 25 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 33.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.504 | |
| Tony Peña | 26 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.510 | |
| Angel Berroa | 29 | -0.1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.469 | |
| 3B | Alex Gordon | 23 | 0.6 | 137.0 | 1135.0 | 99.0 | 247.0 | 14.0 | 22.0 | 5.080 |
| Esteban German | 29 | -0.6 | 46.0 | 281.7 | 16.0 | 49.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | -5.285 | |
| Jason Smith | 29 | -0.1 | 4.0 | 14.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.892 | |
| Jason LaRue | 33 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.107 | |
| Angel Berroa | 29 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.028 | |
| SS | Tony Peña | 26 | 0.8 | 150.0 | 1273.7 | 208.0 | 438.0 | 23.0 | 98.0 | 6.480 |
| Jason Smith | 29 | -0.1 | 20.0 | 120.0 | 22.0 | 39.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | -1.188 | |
| Angel Berroa | 29 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 21.7 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2.575 | |
| Esteban German | 29 | -0.2 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -1.526 | |
| Alex Gordon | 23 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.284 | |
| Mark Grudzielanek | 37 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.215 | |
| LF | Emil Brown | 32 | 0.1 | 78.0 | 606.3 | 155.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.917 |
| Joey Gathright | 26 | 0.6 | 64.0 | 519.3 | 154.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5.085 | |
| Shane Costa | 25 | 0.1 | 15.0 | 98.0 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.977 | |
| Reggie Sanders | 39 | -0.0 | 9.0 | 57.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.212 | |
| Ross Gload | 31 | -0.0 | 8.0 | 53.7 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.176 | |
| Billy Butler | 21 | -0.2 | 6.0 | 43.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -1.396 | |
| Esteban German | 29 | -0.0 | 8.0 | 42.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.328 | |
| Justin Huber | 24 | -0.0 | 3.0 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.299 | |
| CF | David DeJesus | 27 | 0.2 | 156.0 | 1351.3 | 401.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.950 |
| Joey Gathright | 26 | -0.1 | 10.0 | 56.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.500 | |
| Mark Teahen | 25 | -0.0 | 5.0 | 30.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.058 | |
| RF | Mark Teahen | 25 | 1.2 | 137.0 | 1150.7 | 318.0 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 9.537 |
| Emil Brown | 32 | 0.2 | 21.0 | 150.7 | 42.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.647 | |
| Shane Costa | 25 | 0.1 | 13.0 | 73.0 | 23.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.176 | |
| Reggie Sanders | 39 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 63.0 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.140 | |
| C | -1.1 | 1437.3 | 1037.0 | 54.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | -9.358 | |||
| 1B | -0.3 | 1437.3 | 1342.0 | 92.0 | 7.0 | 149.0 | -2.444 | |||
| 2B | -1.6 | 1437.3 | 290.0 | 428.0 | 11.0 | 105.0 | -13.445 | |||
| 3B | -0.1 | 1437.3 | 116.0 | 299.0 | 20.0 | 27.0 | -1.233 | |||
| SS | 0.8 | 1437.3 | 237.0 | 492.0 | 27.0 | 111.0 | 6.271 | |||
| LF | 0.6 | 1437.3 | 373.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 4.568 | |||
| CF | 0.2 | 1437.3 | 425.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.392 | |||
| RF | 1.8 | 1437.3 | 410.0 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 14.501 | |||