| W-L: 80-82 (0.494) | Finish: 3rd in American League Central |
| Expected W-L (runs) | 72-90 (0.446) |
| SharkWAR Expected W-L | 72-90 (0.444) |
| <<2016 Kansas City Royals | 2018 Kansas City Royals>> |
| Player Name | Pos | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 27 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 162 | 671 | 192 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 108.900 | 0.385 | 0.497 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 31 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 155 | 645 | 175 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 26 | 2 | 88.003 | 0.363 | 0.440 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 28 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 148 | 598 | 151 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 81.938 | 0.314 | 0.521 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 28 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 145 | 630 | 169 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 34 | 8 | 77.513 | 0.324 | 0.460 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 27 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 129 | 498 | 126 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 60.662 | 0.297 | 0.495 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 24 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 113 | 422 | 98 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 48.749 | 0.320 | 0.432 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 24 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.185 | 0.333 | 0.417 |
| Brandon Moss | 1B | 33 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 118 | 401 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 38.545 | 0.279 | 0.428 |
| Ian Kennedy | P | 32 | 0.0 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.706 | 0.500 | 0.333 | |
| Danny Duffy | P | 28 | 0.0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.430 | 0.500 | 0.500 | |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 29 | -0.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.162 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Travis Wood | P | 30 | -0.0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.162 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Jason Vargas | P | 34 | -0.0 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.107 | 0.250 | 0.250 | |
| Jakob Junis | P | 24 | -0.1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.485 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Scott Alexander | P | 27 | -0.1 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.485 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 32 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 58 | 238 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 22.726 | 0.302 | 0.399 |
| Terrance Gore | LF | 26 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.209 | 0.200 | 0.000 |
| Billy Burns | CF | 27 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.216 | 0.167 | 0.167 |
| Christian Colon | 2B | 28 | -0.0 | -0.2 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.049 | 0.222 | 0.176 |
| Jason Hammel | P | 34 | -0.2 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.292 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Ramon Torres | 2B | 24 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 33 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.717 | 0.291 | 0.284 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 2B | 21 | -0.4 | -0.5 | 25 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.760 | 0.214 | 0.245 |
| Drew Butera | C | 33 | -0.3 | -0.6 | 75 | 177 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11.813 | 0.284 | 0.319 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 24 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 58 | 153 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9.494 | 0.275 | 0.322 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 31 | -0.7 | -0.7 | 39 | 89 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.036 | 0.225 | 0.302 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 25 | -0.7 | -0.8 | 35 | 110 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3.946 | 0.245 | 0.258 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 33 | -1.1 | -1.6 | 148 | 541 | 99 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 38.699 | 0.293 | 0.315 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 30 | -0.5 | -2.2 | 162 | 629 | 150 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 43.231 | 0.272 | 0.357 |
| Totals | 8.8 | 6025 | 1436 | 260 | 24 | 193 | 390 | 91 | 31 | 644.101 | 0.313 | 0.420 | ||||
| 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 | 28 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 24 | 24 | 146.33 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 41 | 130 | 29.38 | 3.81 | 1.26 | 8.00 |
| Jason Vargas | 34 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 32 | 32 | 179.67 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 58 | 134 | 29.32 | 4.16 | 1.33 | 6.71 |
| Mike Minor | 29 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 65 | 0 | 77.67 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 88 | 28.85 | 2.55 | 1.02 | 10.20 |
| Scott Alexander | 27 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 58 | 0 | 69.00 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 59 | 22.62 | 2.48 | 1.30 | 7.70 |
| Jakob Junis | 24 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 20 | 16 | 98.33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 25 | 80 | 11.65 | 4.30 | 1.28 | 7.32 |
| Joakim Soria | 33 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 59 | 0 | 56.00 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 64 | 11.46 | 3.70 | 1.23 | 10.29 |
| Peter Moylan | 38 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 79 | 0 | 59.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 46 | 10.14 | 3.49 | 1.10 | 6.98 |
| Nate Karns | 29 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9 | 8 | 45.33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 51 | 7.74 | 4.17 | 1.19 | 10.12 |
| Ryan Buchter | 30 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 29 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 7.11 | 2.67 | 0.89 | 6.00 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 27 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 64 | 0 | 59.33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 33 | 20 | 56 | 7.04 | 4.25 | 1.35 | 8.49 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 33 | 0 | 45.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 6.95 | 3.20 | 1.40 | 5.40 |
| Sam Gaviglio | 27 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3.54 | 3.00 | 1.50 | 6.75 |
| Al Alburquerque | 31 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1.91 | 3.60 | 1.30 | 8.10 |
| Seth Maness | 28 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8 | 0 | 9.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1.21 | 3.72 | 1.86 | 3.72 |
| Neftali Feliz | 29 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 20 | 0 | 19.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 0.62 | 4.74 | 1.32 | 7.58 |
| Brian Flynn | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.35 | 3.86 | 1.29 | 0.00 |
| Jason Hammel | 34 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 32 | 32 | 180.33 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 48 | 145 | 0.07 | 5.29 | 1.43 | 7.24 |
| Mike Morin | 26 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 6 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -1.71 | 7.94 | 1.94 | 9.53 |
| Matt Strahm | 25 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 24 | 3 | 34.67 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 37 | -1.86 | 5.45 | 1.50 | 9.61 |
| Miguel Almonte | 24 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -2.48 | 13.50 | 3.50 | 0.00 |
| Luke Farrell | 26 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 1 | 1 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | -4.07 | 16.88 | 3.75 | 6.75 |
| Ian Kennedy | 32 | -0.8 | -0.8 | 30 | 30 | 154.00 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 61 | 131 | -6.33 | 5.38 | 1.32 | 7.66 |
| Brandon Maurer | 26 | -1.0 | -1.0 | 26 | 0 | 20.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 21 | -7.99 | 8.10 | 2.25 | 9.45 |
| Andres Machado | 24 | -1.1 | -1.1 | 2 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | -8.25 | 22.09 | 3.55 | 2.45 |
| Chris Young | 38 | -1.2 | -1.2 | 14 | 2 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 22 | -9.16 | 7.50 | 2.03 | 6.60 |
| Onelki Garcia | 27 | -1.2 | -1.2 | 2 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | -9.16 | 13.50 | 2.83 | 3.00 |
| Travis Wood | 30 | -1.3 | -1.3 | 28 | 3 | 41.67 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 20 | 29 | -9.86 | 6.91 | 1.82 | 6.26 |
| Trevor Cahill | 29 | -1.3 | -1.3 | 10 | 3 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 15 | -10.11 | 8.22 | 2.35 | 5.87 |
| Eric Skoglund | 24 | -1.6 | -1.6 | 7 | 5 | 18.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 14 | -12.25 | 9.50 | 2.33 | 7.00 |
| Totals | 12.6 | 1437.67 | 80 | 82 | 1 | 39 | 791 | 519 | 1216 | 96.74 | 4.63 | 1.39 | 7.61 |
| Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | Player Name | |||||||||
| C | Salvador Perez | 27 | -0.7 | 115.0 | 941.7 | 784.0 | 46.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | -6.280 |
| Drew Butera | 33 | 0.3 | 74.0 | 432.0 | 397.0 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.939 | |
| Cam Gallagher | 24 | -0.3 | 13.0 | 64.0 | 51.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -3.190 | |
| 1B | Eric Hosmer | 27 | -0.3 | 157.0 | 1338.0 | 1235.0 | 75.0 | 4.0 | 124.0 | -2.317 |
| Brandon Moss | 33 | -0.1 | 14.0 | 61.7 | 62.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | -0.577 | |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 24 | -0.1 | 6.0 | 26.0 | 19.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.783 | |
| Drew Butera | 33 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.176 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 28 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.045 | |
| 2B | Whit Merrifield | 28 | 0.5 | 132.0 | 1142.7 | 232.0 | 341.0 | 11.0 | 93.0 | 4.262 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 21 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 122.3 | 24.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 0.144 | |
| Ramon Torres | 24 | -0.1 | 20.0 | 110.0 | 19.0 | 32.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | -0.584 | |
| Christian Colon | 28 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 50.0 | 11.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.612 | |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 24 | -0.0 | 3.0 | 12.7 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.439 | |
| 3B | Mike Moustakas | 28 | -0.2 | 127.0 | 1093.0 | 74.0 | 226.0 | 12.0 | 17.0 | -2.007 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 24 | 0.1 | 44.0 | 281.0 | 21.0 | 65.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1.360 | |
| Ramon Torres | 24 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 62.7 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.298 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 28 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.315 | |
| SS | Alcides Escobar | 30 | 1.7 | 162.0 | 1404.3 | 202.0 | 468.0 | 15.0 | 97.0 | 15.655 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 21 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 25.3 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.124 | |
| Ramon Torres | 24 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.291 | |
| LF | Alex Gordon | 33 | 0.5 | 140.0 | 1178.7 | 259.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.236 |
| Melky Cabrera | 32 | 0.1 | 12.0 | 91.0 | 22.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.688 | |
| Jorge Bonifacio | 24 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 57.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.149 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 28 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 43.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.343 | |
| Jorge Soler | 25 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 35.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.589 | |
| Brandon Moss | 33 | -0.0 | 5.0 | 29.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.417 | |
| Terrance Gore | 26 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.194 | |
| CF | Lorenzo Cain | 31 | 1.3 | 151.0 | 1275.0 | 430.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 12.140 |
| Paulo Orlando | 31 | -0.0 | 18.0 | 84.7 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.303 | |
| Alex Gordon | 33 | -0.0 | 15.0 | 61.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.124 | |
| Billy Burns | 27 | -0.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.052 | |
| Jorge Bonifacio | 24 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.170 | |
| RF | Jorge Bonifacio | 24 | -0.1 | 92.0 | 743.0 | 160.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -1.158 |
| Melky Cabrera | 32 | -0.1 | 46.0 | 348.7 | 65.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.923 | |
| Paulo Orlando | 31 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 135.0 | 29.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.238 | |
| Jorge Soler | 25 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 117.0 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.274 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 28 | -0.1 | 10.0 | 70.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.843 | |
| Brandon Moss | 33 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.143 | |
| Alex Gordon | 33 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.021 | |
| Billy Burns | 27 | -0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.033 | |
| C | -0.7 | 1437.7 | 1232.0 | 65.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | -6.530 | |||
| 1B | -0.4 | 1437.7 | 1332.0 | 79.0 | 5.0 | 136.0 | -3.545 | |||
| 2B | 0.5 | 1437.7 | 290.0 | 421.0 | 11.0 | 117.0 | 4.995 | |||
| 3B | -0.0 | 1437.7 | 99.0 | 305.0 | 17.0 | 24.0 | -0.034 | |||
| SS | 1.8 | 1437.7 | 210.0 | 483.0 | 16.0 | 99.0 | 17.070 | |||
| LF | 0.6 | 1437.7 | 318.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5.782 | |||
| CF | 1.2 | 1437.7 | 468.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 11.491 | |||
| RF | -0.3 | 1437.7 | 297.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | -2.568 | |||