2016 Kansas City Royals
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2016 MLB Stats Batting Stats Leaders
| Name | Age | G | PA | HR | SB | BB% | K% | ISO | BABIP | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | wRC+ | BsR | Off | Def | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrod Dyson | 31 | 107 | 337 | 1 | 30 | 7.7% | 11.6% | .110 | .315 | .278 | .340 | .388 | .316 | 95 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 2.2 |
| Paulo Orlando | 30 | 128 | 484 | 5 | 14 | 2.7% | 21.7% | .103 | .380 | .302 | .329 | .405 | .317 | 96 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 30 | 103 | 434 | 9 | 14 | 7.1% | 19.4% | .121 | .341 | .287 | .339 | .408 | .322 | 99 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 2.2 |
| Alex Gordon | 32 | 128 | 506 | 17 | 8 | 10.3% | 29.2% | .160 | .288 | .220 | .312 | .380 | .303 | 86 | 2.5 | -5.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 |
| Alcides Escobar | 29 | 162 | 682 | 7 | 17 | 4.0% | 14.1% | .089 | .295 | .261 | .292 | .350 | .278 | 69 | 1.9 | -23.6 | 13.0 | 1.3 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 23 | 128 | 510 | 12 | 2 | 6.3% | 18.8% | .139 | .320 | .274 | .318 | .413 | .316 | 95 | -3.4 | -6.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Drew Butera | 32 | 56 | 133 | 4 | 0 | 6.0% | 27.1% | .195 | .373 | .285 | .328 | .480 | .345 | 115 | -0.8 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 1.0 |
| Whit Merrifield | 27 | 81 | 332 | 2 | 8 | 5.7% | 21.7% | .109 | .361 | .283 | .323 | .392 | .309 | 91 | 2.6 | -1.1 | -1.1 | 0.9 |
| Kendrys Morales | 33 | 154 | 618 | 30 | 0 | 7.8% | 19.4% | .204 | .283 | .263 | .327 | .468 | .339 | 111 | -3.7 | 4.5 | -16.5 | 0.9 |
| Mike Moustakas | 27 | 27 | 113 | 7 | 0 | 8.0% | 11.5% | .260 | .214 | .240 | .301 | .500 | .339 | 111 | -0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| Salvador Perez | 26 | 139 | 546 | 22 | 0 | 4.0% | 21.8% | .191 | .280 | .247 | .288 | .438 | .308 | 89 | -2.7 | -9.6 | -4.3 | 0.5 |
| Christian Colon | 27 | 54 | 161 | 1 | 0 | 6.8% | 19.3% | .061 | .287 | .231 | .294 | .293 | .264 | 59 | -0.5 | -8.3 | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| Eric Hosmer | 26 | 158 | 667 | 25 | 5 | 8.5% | 19.8% | .167 | .301 | .266 | .328 | .433 | .326 | 102 | -3.0 | -1.3 | -19.2 | 0.2 |
| Terrance Gore | 25 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Brett Eibner | 27 | 26 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 7.1% | 27.1% | .192 | .288 | .231 | .286 | .423 | .299 | 84 | -0.8 | -2.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Yordano Ventura | 25 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 66.7% | .000 | 1.000 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 79 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Danny Duffy | 27 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 16.7% | .000 | .250 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | -1 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 36 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Peter Moylan | 37 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kelvin Herrera | 26 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Joakim Soria | 32 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Luke Hochevar | 32 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Wade Davis | 30 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Vargas | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kris Medlen | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brooks Pounders | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Alexander | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Flynn | 26 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Strahm | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Alec Mills | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin McCarthy | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Young | 37 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Ian Kennedy | 31 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 66.7% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Dillon Gee | 30 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Hunter Dozier | 24 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.5% | 38.1% | .053 | .364 | .211 | .286 | .263 | .250 | 50 | 0.0 | -1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Edinson Volquez | 32 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 60.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0.0 | -1.3 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Tony Cruz | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 60.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0.0 | -1.3 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Billy Burns | 26 | 24 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 17.5% | .000 | .290 | .243 | .275 | .243 | .234 | 39 | 0.3 | -2.6 | -0.8 | -0.2 |
| Rey Fuentes | 25 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 6.8% | 18.2% | .024 | .394 | .317 | .364 | .341 | .315 | 95 | -1.0 | -1.2 | -2.3 | -0.2 |
| Daniel Nava | 33 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.3% | 33.3% | .091 | .143 | .091 | .167 | .182 | .161 | -11 | 0.0 | -1.6 | -1.3 | -0.2 |
| Omar Infante | 34 | 39 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 6.0% | 15.4% | .082 | .278 | .239 | .279 | .321 | .260 | 57 | 0.8 | -6.9 | -1.0 | -0.3 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 20 | 47 | 149 | 2 | 9 | 4.0% | 32.2% | .096 | .271 | .185 | .231 | .281 | .226 | 33 | 1.9 | -10.1 | -0.2 | -0.5 |
| Team Total | 29 | 2244 | 6052 | 147 | 121 | 6.3% | 20.2% | .139 | .309 | .261 | .312 | .400 | .307 | 89 | 9.1 | -70.5 | -3.5 | 13.4 |
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Starting Pitching Stats Leaders
| Name | Age | G | GS | IP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | BABIP | LOB% | GB% | HR/FB | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Duffy | 27 | 26 | 26 | 161.2 | 25.4% | 5.6% | 1.45 | .286 | 81.4% | 36.2% | 13.8% | 3.56 | 3.99 | 3.84 | 2.5 |
| Ian Kennedy | 31 | 33 | 33 | 195.2 | 22.5% | 8.1% | 1.52 | .268 | 83.1% | 33.2% | 12.8% | 3.68 | 4.67 | 4.67 | 2.0 |
| Edinson Volquez | 32 | 34 | 34 | 189.1 | 16.3% | 8.9% | 1.09 | .319 | 65.7% | 51.2% | 12.8% | 5.37 | 4.57 | 4.58 | 1.7 |
| Yordano Ventura | 25 | 32 | 32 | 186.0 | 17.6% | 9.6% | 1.11 | .297 | 73.8% | 50.2% | 12.8% | 4.45 | 4.59 | 4.59 | 1.6 |
| Jason Vargas | 33 | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 23.4% | 6.4% | 0.75 | .219 | 83.3% | 36.4% | 6.3% | 2.25 | 3.15 | 4.28 | 0.4 |
| Kris Medlen | 30 | 6 | 6 | 24.1 | 15.1% | 16.8% | 0.74 | .354 | 53.0% | 46.9% | 7.7% | 7.77 | 5.20 | 5.91 | 0.1 |
| Dillon Gee | 30 | 14 | 14 | 73.0 | 17.1% | 6.4% | 1.97 | .333 | 74.0% | 39.5% | 17.2% | 5.55 | 5.45 | 4.72 | 0.0 |
| Brian Flynn | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2.1 | 8.3% | 8.3% | 3.86 | .333 | 55.6% | 44.4% | 33.3% | 11.57 | 9.15 | 5.72 | -0.1 |
| Chris Young | 37 | 13 | 13 | 56.0 | 22.6% | 10.5% | 4.18 | .281 | 83.3% | 27.1% | 27.1% | 7.39 | 8.56 | 5.38 | -1.6 |
| Team Total | 30 | 162 | 162 | 900.1 | 19.9% | 8.4% | 1.51 | .298 | 74.3% | 42.1% | 14.5% | 4.67 | 4.82 | 4.57 | 6.6 |
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Relief Pitching Stats Leaders
| Name | Age | G | GS | IP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | BABIP | LOB% | GB% | HR/FB | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Herrera | 26 | 72 | 0 | 72.0 | 30.4% | 4.2% | 0.75 | .290 | 77.0% | 44.2% | 10.0% | 2.75 | 2.47 | 2.77 | 2.1 |
| Wade Davis | 30 | 45 | 0 | 43.1 | 26.7% | 9.1% | 0.00 | .300 | 82.7% | 48.6% | 0.0% | 1.87 | 2.29 | 3.68 | 1.4 |
| Matt Strahm | 24 | 21 | 0 | 22.0 | 34.1% | 12.5% | 0.00 | .283 | 84.0% | 46.7% | 0.0% | 1.23 | 2.06 | 3.04 | 0.8 |
| Chris Young | 37 | 21 | 0 | 32.2 | 24.2% | 10.7% | 0.55 | .372 | 72.3% | 38.9% | 5.7% | 4.13 | 3.30 | 4.29 | 0.5 |
| Danny Duffy | 27 | 16 | 0 | 18.0 | 28.4% | 6.8% | 0.50 | .340 | 77.7% | 37.5% | 5.6% | 3.00 | 2.37 | 3.31 | 0.4 |
| Brian Flynn | 26 | 35 | 0 | 53.0 | 20.6% | 10.5% | 0.68 | .216 | 79.8% | 55.5% | 10.8% | 2.21 | 3.81 | 3.99 | 0.4 |
| Luke Hochevar | 32 | 40 | 0 | 37.1 | 26.5% | 6.0% | 1.45 | .269 | 75.1% | 36.1% | 12.8% | 3.86 | 4.06 | 4.06 | 0.2 |
| Peter Moylan | 37 | 50 | 0 | 44.2 | 17.8% | 8.4% | 0.81 | .281 | 75.4% | 61.5% | 13.8% | 3.43 | 4.00 | 3.91 | 0.2 |
| Scott Alexander | 26 | 17 | 0 | 19.0 | 19.0% | 8.3% | 0.47 | .383 | 81.1% | 68.3% | 7.1% | 3.32 | 3.25 | 3.79 | 0.2 |
| Joakim Soria | 32 | 70 | 0 | 66.2 | 23.2% | 9.2% | 1.35 | .323 | 80.0% | 50.0% | 17.5% | 4.05 | 4.36 | 3.84 | 0.2 |
| Drew Butera | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.00 | .250 | 100.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.00 | 1.65 | 4.14 | 0.0 |
| Alec Mills | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 21.1% | 26.3% | 0.00 | .333 | 44.4% | 44.4% | 0.0% | 13.50 | 6.15 | 8.64 | 0.0 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 24 | 10 | 0 | 8.1 | 17.1% | 12.2% | 1.08 | .357 | 54.8% | 53.6% | 16.7% | 6.48 | 4.83 | 4.47 | -0.1 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 36 | 38 | 0 | 53.1 | 13.0% | 7.8% | 1.01 | .309 | 74.0% | 49.4% | 12.5% | 4.22 | 4.61 | 4.65 | -0.1 |
| Dillon Gee | 30 | 19 | 0 | 52.0 | 14.7% | 7.1% | 1.38 | .274 | 85.5% | 43.1% | 12.7% | 3.46 | 4.97 | 4.99 | -0.2 |
| Brooks Pounders | 25 | 13 | 0 | 12.2 | 22.4% | 5.2% | 4.26 | .361 | 66.2% | 33.3% | 26.1% | 9.24 | 7.96 | 4.83 | -0.5 |
| Team Total | 29 | 472 | 0 | 539.2 | 22.4% | 8.3% | 0.92 | .300 | 77.3% | 48.1% | 11.2% | 3.45 | 3.75 | 3.95 | 5.5 |
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Fielding Stats Leaders
| Name | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | DRS | ARM | DPR | RngR | ErrR | UZR | UZR/150 | Def |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 16.4 | 0.1 | ||
| Kendrys Morales | 1B | 7 | 6 | 53.0 | 46 | 3 | -1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 | |
| Drew Butera | 1B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Salvador Perez | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Daniel Nava | 1B | 6 | 1 | 22.0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | -0.5 | 0.1 | -0.4 | -19.1 | -1.3 | |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 154 | 154 | 1351.0 | 1240 | 74 | -1 | -0.4 | -7.9 | 3.4 | -4.9 | -3.5 | -18.8 | |
| Christian Colon | 2B | 32 | 29 | 247.0 | 45 | 94 | 6 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 16.5 | 5.0 | |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 2B | 42 | 40 | 354.2 | 75 | 96 | -1 | -1.2 | -0.9 | 0.5 | -1.6 | -5.4 | 0.7 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 65 | 55 | 502.2 | 92 | 156 | 3 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 10.7 | -0.1 | |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 39 | 38 | 335.2 | 66 | 102 | -4 | -1.2 | 1.1 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -2.9 | -1.0 | |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 26 | 26 | 221.0 | 29 | 40 | 1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 17.6 | 1.3 | |
| Christian Colon | 3B | 15 | 10 | 92.2 | 8 | 21 | 0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -0.4 | -7.0 | 1.2 | |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 127 | 123 | 1096.1 | 77 | 216 | -11 | -0.8 | -5.6 | -0.7 | -7.1 | -7.8 | 0.1 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 3B | 5 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0.1 | -0.9 | -0.3 | -1.1 | -28.7 | -0.4 | |
| Drew Butera | C | 51 | 34 | 325.1 | 288 | 16 | -7 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Tony Cruz | C | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Salvador Perez | C | 128 | 128 | 1105.2 | 989 | 77 | 4 | -3.5 | ||||||
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 72 | 72 | 614.2 | 196 | 2 | 9 | -0.4 | 5.3 | -0.1 | 4.8 | 10.1 | 5.3 | |
| Paulo Orlando | CF | 37 | 36 | 316.2 | 77 | 2 | 3 | 0.3 | 3.1 | -0.4 | 3.0 | 12.7 | 2.6 | |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 57 | 50 | 462.0 | 132 | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 17.1 | 2.5 | |
| Billy Burns | CF | 11 | 4 | 46.2 | 9 | 0 | -2 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -4.9 | -0.5 | |||
| Alex Gordon | LF | 126 | 125 | 1100.1 | 222 | 6 | 3 | -0.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | |
| Jarrod Dyson | LF | 19 | 12 | 119.2 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 20.2 | 1.1 | |
| Brett Eibner | LF | 9 | 9 | 75.0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 8.6 | 0.9 | |
| Terrance Gore | LF | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 101.9 | 0.9 | ||
| Billy Burns | LF | 6 | 2 | 25.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 0.3 | |
| Whit Merrifield | LF | 13 | 11 | 91.0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0.3 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Rey Fuentes | LF | 3 | 3 | 24.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -0.6 | -95.7 | 0.0 | |
| Jarrod Dyson | RF | 21 | 21 | 177.0 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 4.7 | 32.5 | 1.7 | |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 89 | 79 | 728.1 | 158 | 4 | 3 | -2.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | |
| Hunter Dozier | RF | 7 | 5 | 44.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 10.2 | 0.2 | |
| Brett Eibner | RF | 9 | 9 | 78.0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 19.4 | 0.2 | |
| Billy Burns | RF | 3 | 2 | 15.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -10.2 | -0.2 | |||
| Lorenzo Cain | RF | 29 | 29 | 259.2 | 61 | 1 | 3 | -0.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 8.0 | -0.3 | |
| Whit Merrifield | RF | 4 | 3 | 27.0 | 8 | 1 | -1 | -0.3 | -1.1 | 0.0 | -1.3 | -56.4 | -0.6 | |
| Kendrys Morales | RF | 5 | 5 | 37.0 | 8 | 0 | -1 | -0.1 | -1.4 | 0.1 | -1.4 | -46.2 | -1.6 | |
| Rey Fuentes | RF | 9 | 9 | 74.0 | 18 | 1 | -3 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -1.8 | -32.7 | -2.2 | |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 162 | 162 | 1412.0 | 221 | 426 | -4 | -0.6 | -1.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 13.0 | |
| Christian Colon | SS | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 31.0 | 0.2 | ||
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 7 | 0 | 19.0 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 0.7 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -1.2 | -0.9 | ||
| Team Total | --- | 1409 | 1296 | 11520.0 | 4265 | 1368 | 22 | 3.7 | -3.0 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 21.2 | 2.9 | 12.4 |
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