| W-L: 81-81 (0.500) | Finish: 3rd in American League Central |
| Expected W-L (runs) | 77-85 (0.476) |
| SharkWAR Expected W-L | 74-88 (0.457) |
| <<2015 Kansas City Royals | 2017 Kansas City Royals>> |
| Player Name | Pos | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendrys Morales | 1B | 33 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 154 | 618 | 147 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 78.652 | 0.327 | 0.468 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 26 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 158 | 667 | 161 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 78.751 | 0.328 | 0.433 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 30 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 103 | 434 | 114 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 49.732 | 0.339 | 0.408 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 31 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 107 | 337 | 83 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 36.084 | 0.340 | 0.388 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 30 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 128 | 483 | 138 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 52.195 | 0.329 | 0.405 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 23 | -0.3 | 1.0 | 128 | 510 | 130 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 54.600 | 0.318 | 0.413 |
| Drew Butera | C | 32 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 56 | 133 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17.166 | 0.328 | 0.480 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 26 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 139 | 546 | 127 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 55.530 | 0.287 | 0.438 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 32 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 128 | 506 | 98 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 49.645 | 0.312 | 0.380 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 27 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 81 | 332 | 88 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 34.041 | 0.323 | 0.392 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 27 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 27 | 113 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14.250 | 0.301 | 0.500 |
| Terrance Gore | LF | 25 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | -0.472 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Brett Eibner | LF | 27 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 26 | 85 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.156 | 0.286 | 0.423 |
| Dillon Gee | P | 30 | -0.0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.157 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Yordano Ventura | P | 25 | -0.0 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.265 | 0.333 | 0.333 | |
| Chris Young | P | 37 | -0.0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.157 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Rey Fuentes | RF | 25 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 13 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4.710 | 0.364 | 0.342 |
| Danny Duffy | P | 27 | -0.0 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.050 | 0.200 | 0.200 | |
| Ian Kennedy | P | 31 | -0.1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.472 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Hunter Dozier | RF | 24 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.109 | 0.286 | 0.263 |
| Edinson Volquez | P | 32 | -0.2 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.787 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Tony Cruz | C | 29 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.787 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Daniel Nava | 1B | 33 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.269 | 0.167 | 0.182 |
| Billy Burns | CF | 26 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.555 | 0.275 | 0.243 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 34 | -0.9 | -0.5 | 39 | 149 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8.970 | 0.279 | 0.321 |
| Christian Colon | 2B | 27 | 0.1 | -0.6 | 54 | 161 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10.248 | 0.294 | 0.292 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 2B | 20 | -1.3 | -0.8 | 47 | 149 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4.520 | 0.231 | 0.281 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 29 | -0.8 | -1.0 | 162 | 682 | 166 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 51.364 | 0.292 | 0.350 |
| Totals | 8.2 | 6051 | 1450 | 264 | 33 | 147 | 382 | 121 | 35 | 608.390 | 0.314 | 0.400 | ||||
| Player Name | Age | Shark WAR | Pitching WAR | G | GS | IP | W | L | CG | SV | R | BB | SO | Pitch Runs Saved | ERA | WHIP | SOper9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Duffy | 27 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 42 | 26 | 179.67 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 42 | 188 | 41.03 | 3.51 | 1.14 | 9.42 |
| Ian Kennedy | 31 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 33 | 33 | 195.67 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 66 | 184 | 38.58 | 3.68 | 1.22 | 8.46 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 26 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 72 | 0 | 72.00 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 86 | 24.11 | 2.75 | 0.96 | 10.75 |
| Wade Davis | 30 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 45 | 0 | 43.33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 23.26 | 1.87 | 1.13 | 9.76 |
| Brian Flynn | 26 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 36 | 1 | 55.33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 44 | 14.21 | 2.60 | 1.10 | 7.16 |
| Yordano Ventura | 25 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 32 | 32 | 186.00 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 78 | 144 | 11.99 | 4.45 | 1.44 | 6.97 |
| Matt Strahm | 24 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 21 | 0 | 22.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 10.40 | 1.23 | 1.09 | 12.27 |
| Joakim Soria | 32 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 70 | 0 | 66.67 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 27 | 68 | 8.78 | 4.05 | 1.46 | 9.18 |
| Peter Moylan | 37 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 50 | 0 | 44.67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 34 | 7.41 | 3.43 | 1.30 | 6.85 |
| Luke Hochevar | 32 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 40 | 0 | 37.33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 40 | 5.88 | 3.86 | 1.07 | 9.64 |
| Dillon Gee | 30 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 33 | 14 | 125.00 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 37 | 89 | 4.97 | 4.68 | 1.46 | 6.41 |
| Jason Vargas | 33 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3 | 3 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.89 | 2.25 | 0.92 | 8.25 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 36 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 38 | 0 | 53.33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 30 | 3.82 | 4.22 | 1.46 | 5.06 |
| Scott Alexander | 26 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 17 | 0 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 3.76 | 3.32 | 1.63 | 7.58 |
| Drew Butera | 32 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 6.75 | |
| Kevin McCarthy | 24 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 10 | 0 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | -2.85 | 6.48 | 1.92 | 7.56 |
| Alec Mills | 24 | -0.4 | -0.4 | 3 | 0 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | -3.49 | 13.50 | 2.40 | 10.80 |
| Brooks Pounders | 25 | -0.7 | -0.7 | 13 | 0 | 12.67 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | -6.40 | 9.24 | 1.74 | 9.24 |
| Chris Young | 37 | -1.5 | -1.5 | 34 | 13 | 88.67 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 43 | 94 | -13.36 | 6.19 | 1.66 | 9.54 |
| Kris Medlen | 30 | -1.6 | -1.6 | 6 | 6 | 24.33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 18 | -14.18 | 7.77 | 2.05 | 6.66 |
| Edinson Volquez | 32 | -2.0 | -1.8 | 34 | 34 | 189.33 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 76 | 139 | -16.72 | 5.37 | 1.55 | 6.61 |
| Totals | 16.0 | 1440.00 | 81 | 81 | 3 | 41 | 712 | 517 | 1287 | 145.85 | 4.21 | 1.35 | 8.04 |
| Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | Player Name | |||||||||
| C | Salvador Perez | 26 | 1.9 | 128.0 | 1105.7 | 989.0 | 77.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 14.314 |
| Drew Butera | 32 | -0.6 | 51.0 | 325.3 | 288.0 | 16.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | -4.584 | |
| Tony Cruz | 29 | -0.1 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.645 | |
| 1B | Eric Hosmer | 26 | 0.1 | 154.0 | 1351.0 | 1240.0 | 74.0 | 6.0 | 118.0 | 0.651 |
| Kendrys Morales | 33 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 53.0 | 46.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.199 | |
| Daniel Nava | 33 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 22.0 | 17.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.386 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 27 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.171 | |
| Salvador Perez | 26 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.057 | |
| Drew Butera | 32 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.038 | |
| 2B | Whit Merrifield | 27 | 0.2 | 65.0 | 502.7 | 92.0 | 156.0 | 4.0 | 39.0 | 1.370 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 20 | -0.4 | 42.0 | 354.7 | 75.0 | 96.0 | 3.0 | 23.0 | -3.030 | |
| Omar Infante | 34 | -0.3 | 39.0 | 335.7 | 66.0 | 102.0 | 4.0 | 17.0 | -2.628 | |
| Christian Colon | 27 | 0.7 | 32.0 | 247.0 | 45.0 | 94.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 5.618 | |
| 3B | Cheslor Cuthbert | 23 | -1.3 | 127.0 | 1096.3 | 77.0 | 216.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | -9.962 |
| Mike Moustakas | 27 | -0.2 | 26.0 | 221.0 | 29.0 | 40.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | -1.583 | |
| Christian Colon | 27 | 0.1 | 15.0 | 92.7 | 8.0 | 21.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.487 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 27 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 30.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.273 | |
| SS | Alcides Escobar | 29 | 0.2 | 162.0 | 1412.0 | 221.0 | 426.0 | 14.0 | 95.0 | 1.466 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 20 | -0.1 | 7.0 | 19.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -0.737 | |
| Christian Colon | 27 | -0.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.334 | |
| LF | Alex Gordon | 32 | 0.2 | 126.0 | 1100.3 | 222.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.869 |
| Jarrod Dyson | 31 | 0.1 | 19.0 | 119.7 | 27.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.891 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 27 | 0.1 | 13.0 | 91.0 | 20.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.631 | |
| Brett Eibner | 27 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 75.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.471 | |
| Billy Burns | 26 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 25.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.370 | |
| Rey Fuentes | 25 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.080 | |
| Terrance Gore | 25 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.329 | |
| CF | Lorenzo Cain | 30 | 0.7 | 72.0 | 614.7 | 196.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5.131 |
| Jarrod Dyson | 31 | 0.3 | 57.0 | 462.0 | 132.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.326 | |
| Paulo Orlando | 30 | -0.1 | 37.0 | 316.7 | 77.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -0.795 | |
| Billy Burns | 26 | -0.1 | 11.0 | 46.7 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.431 | |
| RF | Paulo Orlando | 30 | -0.1 | 89.0 | 728.3 | 158.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -0.786 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 30 | 0.1 | 29.0 | 259.7 | 61.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.041 | |
| Jarrod Dyson | 31 | -0.0 | 21.0 | 177.0 | 37.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.246 | |
| Brett Eibner | 27 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 78.0 | 22.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.875 | |
| Rey Fuentes | 25 | -0.0 | 9.0 | 74.0 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.118 | |
| Hunter Dozier | 24 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 44.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.588 | |
| Kendrys Morales | 33 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 37.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.026 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 27 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 27.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.444 | |
| Billy Burns | 26 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.132 | |
| C | 1.2 | 1440.0 | 1286.0 | 93.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 9.085 | |||
| 1B | 0.1 | 1440.0 | 1317.0 | 79.0 | 6.0 | 125.0 | 0.969 | |||
| 2B | 0.2 | 1440.0 | 278.0 | 448.0 | 11.0 | 97.0 | 1.330 | |||
| 3B | -1.4 | 1440.0 | 115.0 | 285.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | -10.784 | |||
| SS | 0.1 | 1440.0 | 225.0 | 433.0 | 15.0 | 96.0 | 0.395 | |||
| LF | 0.6 | 1440.0 | 301.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.642 | |||
| CF | 0.8 | 1440.0 | 414.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 6.230 | |||
| RF | 0.3 | 1440.0 | 329.0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.956 | |||