2021 Kansas City Royals

74-88 • .457 Win% • 4th in AL C

The 2021 Kansas City Royals went 74-88 (.457) finishing 4th in the AL C division. The club scored 686 runs, allowed 788, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Salvador Perez (48 HR, 121 RBI) and Brad Keller (8-12, 5.39 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

74 Wins
88 Losses
.457 Win %
4th Rank
686 R 788 RA
Diff -102

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⚡ Quick Stats

686 Runs Scored
788 Runs Allowed
-102 Run Diff
1,159K Attendance

📈 vs. 2021 AL Average

Batting Avg .248 1% above the 2021 league average (.245)
OBP .306 3% below the 2021 league average (.315)
SLG .395 5% below the 2021 league average (.414)
Team ERA 4.64 7% worse than the 2021 league average (4.32)
Runs Scored 686 8% below the 2021 league average (745 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,159,613
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Avg per Game 14,316

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2021

Batting Avg

1 Nicky Lopez 0.300 2 Whit Merrifield 0.277 3 Kyle Isbel 0.276 4 Andrew Benintendi 0.276 5 Salvador Perez 0.273

Home Runs

1 Salvador Perez 48 2 Carlos Santana 19 3 Andrew Benintendi 17 4 Hunter Dozier 16 5 Jorge Soler 13

RBI

1 Salvador Perez 121 2 Whit Merrifield 74 3 Andrew Benintendi 73 4 Carlos Santana 69 5 Hunter Dozier 54
2021 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Whit Merrifield 162 664 97 184 42 3 10 74 40 103 40 0.277
Salvador Perez 161 620 88 169 24 0 48 121 28 170 1 0.273
Carlos Santana 158 565 66 121 15 0 19 69 86 102 2 0.214
Nicky Lopez 151 497 78 149 21 6 2 43 49 74 22 0.300
Andrew Benintendi 134 493 63 136 27 2 17 73 36 97 8 0.276
Hunter Dozier 144 487 55 105 27 6 16 54 43 154 5 0.216
Michael Taylor 142 483 58 118 16 1 12 54 33 144 14 0.244
Jorge Soler 94 308 38 59 16 0 13 37 38 97 0 0.192
Hanser Alberto 103 241 25 65 20 3 2 24 4 26 3 0.270
Ryan O'Hearn 84 236 23 53 5 1 9 29 13 71 0 0.225
Kelvin Gutierrez 38 135 9 29 4 2 1 8 6 31 0 0.215
Adalberto Mondesi 35 126 19 29 8 1 6 17 6 43 15 0.230
Jarrod Dyson 77 122 13 27 7 2 0 10 6 28 8 0.221
Cam Gallagher 48 112 9 28 6 0 1 7 8 20 0 0.250
Edward Olivares 39 101 14 24 2 0 5 12 5 19 2 0.238
Emmanuel Rivera 29 90 13 23 4 0 1 5 8 21 2 0.256
Kyle Isbel 28 76 16 21 5 2 1 7 7 23 2 0.276
Sebastian Rivero 17 40 1 7 2 0 0 3 3 15 0 0.175
Ryan McBroom 7 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.250
Mike Minor 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Kris Bubic 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brad Keller 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Carlos Hernandez 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Jakob Junis 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tyler Zuber 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Scott Barlow 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Blewett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ronald Bolanos 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jake Brentz 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Dylan Coleman 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wade Davis 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Duffy 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Hahn 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jonathan Heasley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Holland 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jackson Kowar 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Richard Lovelady 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Daniel Lynch 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jake Newberry 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joel Payamps 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ervin Santana 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brady Singer 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gabe Speier 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Josh Staumont 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Anthony Swarzak 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Domingo Tapia 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Angel Zerpa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Zimmer 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2021

ERA

1 Scott Barlow 2.42 2 Danny Duffy 2.51 3 Domingo Tapia 2.84 4 Josh Staumont 2.88 5 Jake Brentz 3.66

Wins

1 Brad Keller 8 2 Mike Minor 8 3 Kris Bubic 6 4 Carlos Hernandez 6 5 Scott Barlow 5

Strikeouts

1 Mike Minor 149 2 Brady Singer 131 3 Brad Keller 120 4 Kris Bubic 114 5 Scott Barlow 91
2021 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mike Minor 8 12 5.05 28 28 0 158.2 156 89 41 149
Brad Keller 8 12 5.39 26 26 0 133.2 158 80 64 120
Kris Bubic 6 7 4.43 29 20 0 130.0 121 64 59 114
Brady Singer 5 10 4.91 27 27 0 128.1 146 70 53 131
Carlos Hernandez 6 2 3.68 24 11 0 85.2 69 35 41 74
Scott Barlow 5 3 2.42 71 0 16 74.1 61 20 28 91
Daniel Lynch 4 6 5.69 15 15 0 68.0 80 43 31 55
Josh Staumont 4 3 2.88 64 0 5 65.2 43 21 27 72
Ervin Santana 2 2 4.68 38 2 0 65.1 65 34 22 52
Jake Brentz 5 2 3.66 72 0 2 64.0 45 26 37 76
Danny Duffy 4 3 2.51 13 12 0 61.0 52 17 22 65
Greg Holland 3 5 4.85 57 0 8 55.2 49 30 26 53
Kyle Zimmer 4 1 4.83 52 2 2 54.0 46 29 30 46
Wade Davis 0 3 6.75 40 0 2 42.2 44 32 19 38
Jakob Junis 2 4 5.26 16 6 0 39.1 43 23 12 41
Domingo Tapia 4 1 2.84 32 0 0 31.2 21 10 14 25
Jackson Kowar 0 6 11.27 9 8 0 30.1 43 38 20 29
Tyler Zuber 0 3 6.26 31 0 0 27.1 26 19 17 25
Richard Lovelady 2 0 3.48 20 0 1 20.2 16 8 6 23
Joel Payamps 1 1 4.43 15 1 0 20.1 23 10 3 16
Jonathan Heasley 1 1 4.91 3 3 0 14.2 15 8 3 6
Gabe Speier 0 0 1.17 7 0 0 7.2 10 1 0 5
Anthony Swarzak 0 0 9.39 7 0 0 7.2 13 8 0 5
Ronald Bolanos 0 0 1.42 3 0 0 6.1 4 1 2 10
Dylan Coleman 0 0 1.42 5 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 7
Scott Blewett 0 0 1.80 3 0 0 5.0 3 1 5 4
Angel Zerpa 0 1 0.00 1 1 0 5.0 3 0 1 4
Jake Newberry 0 0 16.62 4 0 0 4.1 10 8 3 5
Jesse Hahn 0 0 13.50 5 0 1 3.1 5 5 4 3
Hanser Alberto 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0

👥 Roster (48)

Hanser Alberto Scott Barlow Andrew Benintendi Scott Blewett Ronald Bolanos Jake Brentz Kris Bubic Dylan Coleman Wade Davis Hunter Dozier Danny Duffy Jarrod Dyson +36 more

48 players

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The 2021 Kansas City Royals in brief

The 2021 Kansas City Royals won 74 games and lost 88, ending up 4th in the AL Central. Runs came in at 686 scored against 788 allowed (-102). Against a league average of .245, the 2021 Kansas City Royals batted .248. Pitchers allowed 4.64 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.32. League clubs averaged 745 runs that year, so the Kansas City Royals scored 8% fewer.

Kauffman Stadium was home in 2021, drawing a total attendance of 1,159,613. Salvador Perez topped the Kansas City Royals with 48 home runs. The hits leader was Whit Merrifield with 184. On the mound, Brad Keller won 8 games to lead the staff. The strikeout leader was Mike Minor with 149. Scott Barlow closed out 16 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2021 Kansas City Royals

What was the 2021 Kansas City Royals record?
The 2021 Kansas City Royals finished 74-88 (.457 win pct).
Who led the 2021 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Salvador Perez led the 2021 Kansas City Royals with 48 home runs.
What was the 2021 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 2021 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 4.64.
Did the 2021 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 2021 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2021 Kansas City Royals play?
The 2021 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 2021 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Salvador Perez (48 HR, 121 RBI) and Brad Keller (8-12, 5.39 ERA).
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