2015 Kansas City Royals
Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 827
Runs Allowed: 724
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium
Attendance: 2,702,450
Manager: William Li

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-72, 9th in the American
AA: 68-70, 9th in the American
A: 69-69, 7th in the American
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to Baltimore Orioles
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  James Shanks 36 153 640 102 194 34 5 13 70 62 28 46 119 .303 .359 .433 .792 97.3 14.1 0.5
3B  Christopher Swarthout 25 156 569 135 168 44 3 48 130 25 8 103 84 .295 .399 .636 1.035 136.9 26.3 4.9
1B  Corey Hart 33 154 597 84 198 25 3 19 93 8 12 41 115 .332 .375 .479 .854 97.4 16.0 2.3
2B  Michael Reisman 24 156 553 81 167 34 0 17 82 19 5 76 102 .302 .397 .456 .852 98.6 16.6 6.2
LF  Austin Kearns 35 153 536 85 138 31 3 26 95 3 0 81 155 .257 .362 .472 .834 93.5 15.1 5.2
CF *Jeremy Reed 34 152 547 62 151 36 1 5 67 15 14 38 95 .276 .332 .373 .705 65.6 6.7 6.3
RF *Jai Miller 29 129 486 81 138 35 3 23 88 11 1 55 122 .284 .358 .510 .868 86.3 14.0 4.3
C  Jeremy Brown 35 136 471 52 118 14 1 8 48 1 0 47 138 .251 .318 .335 .653 51.7 3.6 6.5
SS #Andres Blanco 31 138 468 51 117 20 2 3 39 27 18 43 60 .250 .314 .321 .634 46.4 1.6 7.4
LF *Chris Lubanski 30 93 229 32 47 9 2 5 31 24 10 18 71 .205 .268 .328 .596 21.0 0.0 2.3
SS  Tommy Whiteman 35 64 164 14 48 7 0 0 17 2 1 7 41 .293 .322 .335 .657 15.4 1.1 2.4
C  Max St. Pierre 35 44 142 19 35 4 0 3 17 2 0 9 39 .246 .308 .338 .646 15.0 0.8 1.7
2B #Ruben Gotay 32 36 119 15 23 5 0 4 14 1 2 12 24 .193 .267 .336 .603 11.2 0.0 0.4
1B  Damaso Espino 32 34 84 4 16 1 0 0 5 0 1 6 20 .190 .253 .202 .455 2.6 0.0 0.6
1B *Chris Fallon 36 8 24 6 7 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 1 .292 .370 .500 .870 4.0 0.6 0.1
2B *Danny Washington 22 10 13 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .462 .692 1.1 0.0 0.1
P  Deon Padilla 25 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.1 1622 5643 827 1568 301 23 176 806 200 102 583 1190 .278 .350 .433 .783 843.3 116.4 51.1
  Rank among 14 AL teams 11 9 7 10 5 6 8 1 14 5 4 6 4 6 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Dave Cedeno 37 11 13 .458 34 34 0 233.7 228 128 35 92 227 4.93 10.5
*Matt Riley 35 18 9 .667 35 35 0 199.3 181 115 26 72 216 5.19 9.6
 Douglas Mondy 24 14 9 .609 35 35 0 198.7 164 76 13 81 196 3.44 16.7
*C.C. Sabathia 34 15 7 .682 26 26 0 181.3 134 54 20 50 180 2.68 18.3
 Ramon Ramirez 33 5 1 .833 65 0 1 119.0 103 32 4 65 67 2.42 12.7
 Elliott Knowles 22 4 8 .333 20 20 0 117.3 157 78 17 31 61 5.98 1.1
 Joseph West 30 5 1 .833 80 0 6 80.0 58 17 4 9 81 1.91 13.6
 Gary Norton 31 10 9 .526 70 0 33 77.3 84 30 5 12 69 3.49 13.9
 Pako Kitahachi 29 1 2 .333 44 0 2 74.0 81 32 10 20 63 3.89 5.4
 Deon Padilla 25 5 1 .833 27 0 0 66.7 74 29 6 18 46 3.92 4.6
 Felix Duran 27 3 3 .500 36 0 5 42.0 31 16 5 7 46 3.43 5.3
*Jonathan Figueroa 31 0 5 .000 8 8 0 32.0 44 32 13 18 33 9.00 0.0
 Joseph Lacombe 30 3 0 1.000 4 4 0 26.0 32 9 2 6 10 3.12 2.8
*Broderick Sutton 20 0 0 .000 5 0 0 10.0 17 10 2 7 7 9.00 0.0
 William Reeves 26 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1.3 1 1 0 2 2 6.77 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 94 68 .580 491 162 47 1458.6 1389 659 162 490 1304 4.07 114.4
Rank among 14 AL teams 3 3 8 3 2 2 5 2 4 6 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 32.0
J.Brown 1178.7 131 134 1084 58 13 0 .989 31.0
M.St. Pierre 280.0 31 34 247 23 2 0 .993 42.6
Team Total 1458.7 162 168 1331 81 15 0 .989 34.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.28
C.Hart 1305.0 149 151 1256 96 11 117 .992 9.32
D.Espino 87.0 7 16 78 4 1 4 .988 8.48
C.Fallon 56.0 6 8 53 3 1 4 .982 9.00
C.Swarthout 10.7 0 5 10 3 0 1 1.000 10.98
Team Total 1458.7 162 180 1397 106 13 126 .991 9.27
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 4.97
M.Reisman 1308.7 148 152 240 449 21 87 .970 4.74
T.Whiteman 76.0 6 17 15 33 0 9 1.000 5.68
R.Gotay 72.0 8 12 16 26 2 7 .955 5.25
D.Washington 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1458.7 162 182 272 508 23 103 .971 4.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.24
C.Swarthout 1320.0 149 149 79 237 18 23 .946 2.15
D.Espino 131.0 13 18 6 19 0 0 1.000 1.72
C.Hart 7.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
Team Total 1458.7 162 171 86 256 18 23 .950 2.11
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.26
A.Blanco 1141.7 130 136 168 388 26 76 .955 4.38
T.Whiteman 299.0 32 42 38 97 8 17 .944 4.06
D.Washington 15.0 0 7 3 3 1 2 .857 3.60
D.Padilla 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Lubanski 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 187 210 488 35 95 .952 4.31
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.93
A.Kearns 1177.0 133 136 268 4 5 1 .982 2.08
C.Lubanski 262.7 29 34 48 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
T.Whiteman 9.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Shanks 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Reed 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Miller 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 177 322 4 5 1 .985 2.01
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
J.Reed 1183.0 135 139 307 8 6 1 .981 2.40
J.Shanks 129.0 14 16 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.81
C.Lubanski 126.0 13 16 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.36
A.Kearns 18.0 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Miller 2.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1458.7 162 180 371 8 6 1 .984 2.34
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.02
J.Miller 1099.0 124 124 230 4 0 0 1.000 1.92
C.Lubanski 175.7 19 24 42 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Reed 113.0 13 13 22 1 1 0 .958 1.83
A.Kearns 63.0 6 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
M.St. Pierre 4.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
J.Shanks 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1458.7 162 170 307 7 2 0 .994 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.61
D.Cedeno 233.7 34 34 12 30 0 2 1.000 1.62
M.Riley 199.3 35 35 14 28 0 2 1.000 1.90
D.Mondy 198.7 35 35 7 18 1 2 .962 1.13
C.Sabathia 181.3 26 26 12 29 2 1 .953 2.03
R.Ramirez 119.0 0 65 5 20 1 5 .962 1.89
E.Knowles 117.3 20 20 6 14 3 1 .870 1.53
J.West 80.0 0 80 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.46
G.Norton 77.3 0 70 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.63
P.Kitahachi 74.0 0 44 5 7 0 1 1.000 1.46
D.Padilla 66.7 0 27 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.76
F.Duran 42.0 0 36 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.71
J.Figueroa 32.0 8 8 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.41
J.Lacombe 26.0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.04
B.Sutton 10.0 0 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60
W.Reeves 1.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1458.6 162 491 78 190 7 15 .975 1.65
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hart .332
On-Base Pct Swarthout .399
Slugging Pct Swarthout .636
OPS Swarthout 1.035
XR Swarthout 136.9
Games Reisman, Swarthout 156
At-Bats Shanks 640
Runs Swarthout 135
Hits Hart 198
Total Bases Swarthout 362
Singles Hart 151
Doubles Swarthout 44
Triples Shanks 5
Homeruns Swarthout 48
RBIs Swarthout 130
Stolen Bases Shanks 62
Caught Stealing Shanks 28
Walks Swarthout 103
Strikeouts Kearns 155
ERA Sabathia 2.68
Wins Riley 18
Losses Cedeno 13
Winning Pct Sabathia .682
Saves Norton 33
Games Pitched West 80
Games Started Mondy, Riley 35
Complete Games Cedeno 3
Shutouts Sabathia 2
Innings Pitched Cedeno 233.7
Hits Allowed Cedeno 228
Homeruns Allowed Cedeno 35
Strikeouts Cedeno 227
Walks Allowed Cedeno 92
Walks per 9IP Sabathia 2.5
Hits per 9IP Sabathia 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Riley 9.8
WHiP Sabathia 1.01
OAVG Sabathia .201
OOBP Sabathia .259
OSLG Mondy .294
OOPS Sabathia .586
Team All-Stars
C.C. Sabathia
Christopher Swarthout
Joseph West
Player Salaries
C.C. Sabathia $ 14,500,000
Gary Norton $ 7,000,000
Andres Blanco $ 6,600,000
Jai Miller $ 5,790,000
James Shanks $ 4,790,000
Austin Kearns $ 4,250,000
Dave Cedeno $ 3,400,000
Joseph West $ 3,070,000
Matt Riley $ 3,070,000
Jeremy Brown $ 3,000,000
Jeremy Reed $ 2,800,000
Corey Hart $ 1,700,000
Chris Fallon $ 1,342,857
Max St. Pierre $ 1,290,000
Tommy Whiteman $ 1,290,000
Ramon Ramirez $ 770,000
Wilson Sarabia $ 400,000
Damaso Espino $ 350,000
Adam Miller $ 350,000
Douglas Mondy $ 300,000
Joseph Lacombe $ 300,000
Elliott Knowles $ 300,000
Pako Kitahachi $ 300,000
Broderick Sutton $ 300,000
Danny Washington $ 300,000
Ruben Gotay $ 300,000
Deon Padilla $ 300,000
William Reeves $ 300,000
Felix Duran $ 300,000
Michael Reisman $ 300,000
Christopher Swarthout $ 300,000
Chris Lubanski $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Dennis Vanderhoff
Joel Hanrahan
Baltimore Elliott Knowles
Austin Kearns
2/3 Signed     C.C. Sabathia
2/4 Signed     Jeremy Brown
2/8 Signed     Andres Blanco
2/16 Signed     Jeremy Reed
4/19 Released Jimmy Leanos    
4/19 Released Anthony Jimerson    
4/19 Released Howard Retzlaff    
5/29 Waived Jonathan Figueroa Houston  
6/7 Released Daniel Gooch    
6/7 Released Jimmy Roop    
6/7 Released Jeff Caldwell