2014 Kansas City Royals

89-73 • .549 Win% • 2nd in AL C

The 2014 Kansas City Royals went 89-73 (.549) finishing 2nd in the AL C division. They won the pennant but did not win the World Series. The club scored 651 runs, allowed 624, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Alex Gordon (19 HR, 74 RBI) and James Shields (14-8, 3.21 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
73 Losses
.549 Win %
2nd Rank
651 R 624 RA
Diff +27

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⚡ Quick Stats

651 Runs Scored
624 Runs Allowed
+27 Run Diff
1,956K Attendance

📈 vs. 2014 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 4% above the 2014 league average (.253)
OBP .313 1% below the 2014 league average (.315)
SLG .376 4% below the 2014 league average (.390)
Team ERA 3.51 8% better than the 2014 league average (3.82)
Runs Scored 651 4% below the 2014 league average (677 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,956,482
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Avg per Game 24,154

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2014

Batting Avg

1 Lorenzo Cain 0.301 2 Nori Aoki 0.285 3 Alcides Escobar 0.285 4 Danny Valencia 0.282 5 Billy Butler 0.271

Home Runs

1 Alex Gordon 19 2 Salvador Perez 17 3 Mike Moustakas 15 4 Billy Butler 9 5 Eric Hosmer 9

RBI

1 Alex Gordon 74 2 Salvador Perez 70 3 Billy Butler 66 4 Omar Infante 66 5 Eric Hosmer 58
2014 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Alcides Escobar 162 579 74 165 34 5 3 50 23 83 31 0.285
Salvador Perez 150 578 57 150 28 2 17 70 22 85 1 0.260
Alex Gordon 156 563 87 150 34 1 19 74 65 126 12 0.266
Billy Butler 151 549 57 149 32 0 9 66 41 96 0 0.271
Omar Infante 135 528 50 133 21 3 6 66 33 68 9 0.252
Eric Hosmer 131 503 54 136 35 1 9 58 35 93 4 0.270
Nori Aoki 132 491 63 140 22 6 1 43 43 49 17 0.285
Lorenzo Cain 133 471 55 142 29 4 5 53 24 108 28 0.301
Mike Moustakas 140 457 45 97 21 1 15 54 35 74 1 0.212
Jarrod Dyson 120 260 33 70 4 4 1 24 22 52 36 0.269
Danny Valencia 36 110 8 31 5 0 2 11 7 27 0 0.282
Raul Ibanez 33 80 7 15 3 1 2 5 10 16 0 0.188
Josh Willingham 24 73 14 17 5 0 2 6 11 24 1 0.233
Brett Hayes 27 52 3 7 1 0 1 2 1 12 0 0.135
Pedro Ciriaco 25 47 7 10 2 0 0 2 0 9 4 0.213
Christian Colon 21 45 8 15 5 1 0 6 3 4 2 0.333
Justin Maxwell 20 40 4 6 1 0 0 3 2 20 0 0.150
Johnny Giavotella 12 37 8 8 1 0 1 5 1 5 0 0.216
Erik Kratz 13 29 4 8 1 0 2 3 1 10 0 0.276
Jimmy Paredes 9 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.200
Carlos Peguero 4 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.222
Jayson Nix 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.000
James Shields 34 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.286
Danny Duffy 31 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Jeremy Guthrie 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Yordano Ventura 31 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.250
Lane Adams 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Terrance Gore 11 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000
Aaron Brooks 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Francisley Bueno 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Chen 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Casey Coleman 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Louis Coleman 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Collins 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aaron Crow 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wade Davis 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Downs 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brandon Finnegan 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Frasor 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Liam Hendriks 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kelvin Herrera 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Holland 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Donnie Joseph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Michael Mariot 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Marks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Francisco Peña 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wilking Rodriguez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Vargas 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2014

ERA

1 Wade Davis 1.00 2 Kelvin Herrera 1.41 3 Greg Holland 1.44 4 Danny Duffy 2.53 5 Yordano Ventura 3.20

Wins

1 James Shields 14 2 Yordano Ventura 14 3 Jeremy Guthrie 13 4 Jason Vargas 11 5 Wade Davis 9

Strikeouts

1 James Shields 180 2 Yordano Ventura 159 3 Jason Vargas 128 4 Jeremy Guthrie 124 5 Danny Duffy 113
2014 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
James Shields 14 8 3.21 34 34 0 227.0 224 81 44 180
Jeremy Guthrie 13 11 4.13 32 32 0 202.2 215 93 49 124
Jason Vargas 11 10 3.71 30 30 0 187.0 197 77 41 128
Yordano Ventura 14 10 3.20 31 30 0 183.0 168 65 69 159
Danny Duffy 9 12 2.53 31 25 0 149.1 113 42 53 113
Wade Davis 9 2 1.00 71 0 3 72.0 38 8 23 109
Kelvin Herrera 4 3 1.41 70 0 0 70.0 54 11 26 59
Greg Holland 1 3 1.44 65 0 46 62.1 37 10 20 90
Aaron Crow 6 1 4.12 67 0 3 59.0 52 27 24 34
Bruce Chen 2 4 7.45 13 7 0 48.1 69 40 16 36
Louis Coleman 1 0 5.56 31 0 1 34.0 39 21 18 24
Francisley Bueno 0 0 4.18 30 0 0 32.1 36 15 7 20
Michael Mariot 1 0 6.48 17 0 0 25.0 31 18 12 21
Tim Collins 0 3 3.86 22 0 0 21.0 18 9 11 15
Liam Hendriks 0 2 4.66 6 3 0 19.1 26 10 3 15
Jason Frasor 3 0 1.53 23 0 0 17.2 13 3 4 16
Scott Downs 0 2 3.14 17 0 0 14.1 12 5 5 3
Casey Coleman 1 0 5.25 10 0 0 12.0 16 7 6 5
Brandon Finnegan 0 1 1.29 7 0 0 7.0 6 1 1 10
Aaron Brooks 0 1 43.88 2 1 0 2.2 12 13 3 2
Justin Marks 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 2
Wilking Rodriguez 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 1
Donnie Joseph 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0.2 5 6 1 2

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
KCA def. BAL 4-0
AL Division Series
KCA def. LAA 3-0
AL Wild Card
KCA def. OAK 1-0
World Series
Lost to SFN 4-3

👥 Roster (48)

Lane Adams Nori Aoki Aaron Brooks Francisley Bueno Billy Butler Lorenzo Cain Bruce Chen Pedro Ciriaco Casey Coleman Louis Coleman Tim Collins Christian Colon +36 more

48 players

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The 2014 Kansas City Royals in brief

A 89-73 record (.549) put the 2014 Kansas City Royals 2nd in the AL Central. The club won the pennant and earned a wild-card berth. Runs came in at 651 scored against 624 allowed (+27). Against a league average of .253, the 2014 Kansas City Royals batted .262. Pitchers allowed 3.51 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 3.82.

Home games were played at Kauffman Stadium, where 1,956,482 fans came through the gates. Alex Gordon led the club in home runs with 19. On the mound, James Shields won 14 games to lead the staff. The AL Championship Series ended in a win against BAL 4-0. The AL Division Series ended in a win against LAA 3-0. The AL Wild Card round ended in a win against OAK 1-0.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2014 Kansas City Royals

What was the 2014 Kansas City Royals record?
The 2014 Kansas City Royals finished 89-73 (.549 win pct).
Who led the 2014 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Alex Gordon led the 2014 Kansas City Royals with 19 home runs.
What was the 2014 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 2014 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 3.51.
Did the 2014 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 2014 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2014 Kansas City Royals play?
The 2014 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 2014 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Alex Gordon (19 HR, 74 RBI) and James Shields (14-8, 3.21 ERA).
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