2017 Kansas City Royals

80-82 • .494 Win% • 3rd in AL C

The 2017 Kansas City Royals went 80-82 (.494) finishing 3rd in the AL C division. The club scored 702 runs, allowed 791, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Mike Moustakas (38 HR, 85 RBI) and Jason Vargas (18-11, 4.16 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

80 Wins
82 Losses
.494 Win %
3rd Rank
702 R 791 RA
Diff -89

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⚡ Quick Stats

702 Runs Scored
791 Runs Allowed
-89 Run Diff
2,220K Attendance

📈 vs. 2017 AL Average

Batting Avg .259 1% above the 2017 league average (.255)
OBP .311 4% below the 2017 league average (.323)
SLG .419 2% below the 2017 league average (.428)
Team ERA 4.61 6% worse than the 2017 league average (4.37)
Runs Scored 702 8% below the 2017 league average (763 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,220,370
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Avg per Game 27,411

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2017

Batting Avg

1 Eric Hosmer 0.318 2 Lorenzo Cain 0.300 3 Whit Merrifield 0.288 4 Mike Moustakas 0.272 5 Melky Cabrera 0.269

Home Runs

1 Mike Moustakas 38 2 Salvador Perez 27 3 Eric Hosmer 25 4 Brandon Moss 22 5 Whit Merrifield 19

RBI

1 Eric Hosmer 94 2 Mike Moustakas 85 3 Salvador Perez 80 4 Whit Merrifield 78 5 Alcides Escobar 54
2017 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eric Hosmer 162 603 98 192 31 1 25 94 66 104 6 0.318
Alcides Escobar 162 599 71 150 36 5 6 54 15 102 4 0.250
Whit Merrifield 145 587 80 169 32 6 19 78 29 88 34 0.288
Lorenzo Cain 155 584 86 175 27 5 15 49 54 100 26 0.300
Mike Moustakas 148 555 75 151 24 0 38 85 34 94 0 0.272
Alex Gordon 148 476 52 99 20 2 9 45 45 126 7 0.208
Salvador Perez 129 471 57 126 24 1 27 80 17 95 1 0.268
Jorge Bonifacio 113 384 55 98 15 1 17 40 35 118 1 0.255
Brandon Moss 118 362 41 75 14 0 22 50 37 128 2 0.207
Melky Cabrera 58 223 24 60 13 2 4 29 11 22 1 0.269
Drew Butera 75 163 18 37 4 1 3 14 12 41 0 0.227
Cheslor Cuthbert 58 143 10 33 7 0 2 18 9 39 0 0.231
Jorge Soler 35 97 7 14 5 0 2 6 12 36 0 0.144
Paulo Orlando 39 86 9 17 3 0 2 6 1 20 1 0.198
Ramon Torres 33 74 9 18 3 0 0 4 4 12 1 0.243
Adalberto Mondesi 25 53 4 9 1 0 1 3 3 22 5 0.170
Cam Gallagher 13 24 2 6 1 0 1 5 3 4 0 0.250
Christian Colon 7 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.176
Jason Hammel 32 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Billy Burns 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Terrance Gore 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0.000
Jason Vargas 32 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Scott Alexander 58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jakob Junis 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ian Kennedy 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.333
Danny Duffy 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Trevor Cahill 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Travis Wood 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Alburquerque 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Miguel Almonte 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ryan Buchter 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luke Farrell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Neftali Feliz 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Flynn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Onelki Garcia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sam Gaviglio 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kelvin Herrera 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nate Karns 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andres Machado 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Seth Maness 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brandon Maurer 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin McCarthy 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Minor 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Morin 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Peter Moylan 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Skoglund 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joakim Soria 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Strahm 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Young 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2017

ERA

1 Scott Alexander 2.48 2 Mike Minor 2.55 3 Kevin McCarthy 3.20 4 Peter Moylan 3.49 5 Joakim Soria 3.70

Wins

1 Jason Vargas 18 2 Danny Duffy 9 3 Jakob Junis 9 4 Jason Hammel 8 5 Mike Minor 6

Strikeouts

1 Jason Hammel 145 2 Jason Vargas 134 3 Ian Kennedy 131 4 Danny Duffy 130 5 Mike Minor 88
2017 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jason Hammel 8 13 5.29 32 32 0 180.1 209 106 48 145
Jason Vargas 18 11 4.16 32 32 0 179.2 181 83 58 134
Ian Kennedy 5 13 5.38 30 30 0 154.0 143 92 61 131
Danny Duffy 9 10 3.81 24 24 0 146.1 143 62 41 130
Jakob Junis 9 3 4.30 20 16 0 98.1 101 47 25 80
Mike Minor 6 6 2.55 65 0 6 77.2 57 22 22 88
Scott Alexander 5 4 2.48 58 0 4 69.0 62 19 28 59
Kelvin Herrera 3 3 4.25 64 0 26 59.1 60 28 20 56
Peter Moylan 0 0 3.49 79 0 0 59.1 40 23 25 46
Joakim Soria 4 3 3.70 59 0 1 56.0 49 23 20 64
Nate Karns 2 2 4.17 9 8 0 45.1 41 21 13 51
Kevin McCarthy 1 0 3.20 33 0 0 45.0 50 16 13 27
Travis Wood 1 3 6.91 28 3 0 41.2 56 32 20 29
Matt Strahm 2 5 5.45 24 3 0 34.2 30 21 22 37
Chris Young 0 0 7.50 14 2 0 30.0 47 25 14 22
Ryan Buchter 1 0 2.67 29 0 0 27.0 16 8 8 18
Trevor Cahill 0 0 8.22 10 3 0 23.0 33 21 21 15
Brandon Maurer 2 2 8.10 26 0 2 20.0 34 18 11 21
Neftali Feliz 1 0 4.74 20 0 0 19.0 17 10 8 16
Eric Skoglund 1 2 9.50 7 5 0 18.0 30 19 12 14
Sam Gaviglio 1 0 3.00 4 2 0 12.0 13 4 5 9
Al Alburquerque 0 1 3.60 11 0 0 10.0 7 4 6 9
Seth Maness 1 0 3.72 8 0 0 9.2 16 4 2 4
Onelki Garcia 0 1 13.50 2 1 0 6.0 12 9 5 2
Mike Morin 0 0 7.94 6 0 0 5.2 8 5 3 6
Andres Machado 0 0 22.09 2 0 0 3.2 10 9 3 1
Luke Farrell 0 0 16.88 1 1 0 2.2 7 5 3 2
Brian Flynn 0 0 3.86 1 0 0 2.1 3 1 0 0
Miguel Almonte 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 2.0 5 3 2 0

👥 Roster (49)

Al Alburquerque Scott Alexander Miguel Almonte Jorge Bonifacio Ryan Buchter Billy Burns Drew Butera Melky Cabrera Trevor Cahill Lorenzo Cain Christian Colon Cheslor Cuthbert +37 more

49 players

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The 2017 Kansas City Royals in brief

The 2017 Kansas City Royals finished 80-82, a .494 winning percentage, placing 3rd in the AL Central. The Kansas City Royals scored 702 runs and allowed 791, a run differential of -89. The team batting average of .259 was 1% above the 2017 league mark of .255. The staff ERA of 4.61 was 6% worse than the league average of 4.37. The home park, Kauffman Stadium, recorded 2,220,370 in attendance, about 27,411 a game.

The home run leader was Mike Moustakas, who hit 38. Eric Hosmer drove in a team-high 94 runs. On the mound, Jason Vargas won 18 games to lead the staff. Jason Hammel struck out 145, the most on the club. Kelvin Herrera saved 26 games.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2017 Kansas City Royals

What was the 2017 Kansas City Royals record?
The 2017 Kansas City Royals finished 80-82 (.494 win pct).
Who led the 2017 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Mike Moustakas led the 2017 Kansas City Royals with 38 home runs.
What was the 2017 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 2017 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 4.61.
Did the 2017 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 2017 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2017 Kansas City Royals play?
The 2017 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 2017 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Mike Moustakas (38 HR, 85 RBI) and Jason Vargas (18-11, 4.16 ERA).
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