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2015 Kansas City Royals  (2014)  (2016) 101-61, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 814 runs, Allowed 591 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 106-56 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .709 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 92-70   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 95-67 Manager(s): Thomas Treece

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B #Kendrys Morales      32  152  529   84  146  38   2  26  102   0   0   67  110  .276  .363  .503   94   6.3  4e5        20  
 OF  Lorenzo Cain         29  149  550   94  168  38   4  19   89  23   4   31   87  .305  .351  .493   92   6.2  1(-2)e12    6  
 3B *Mike Moustakas       26  150  524   73  157  38   1  19   91   3   0   38   57  .300  .360  .485   90   6.3  2e14       28  
 1B *Eric Hosmer          25  157  581   84  169  27   3  17   79   3   0   51  106  .291  .347  .435   87   5.4  1e4       -40  
 2B #Ben Zobrist          34  137  466   74  133  38   4  11   69   3   0   56   61  .285  .360  .455   77   6.0  3e8         6  
 C   Salvador Perez       25  146  497   59  134  14   0  26   69   1   1   19   79  .270  .301  .455   61   4.3  1(-3)e1    50  
 SS #Erick Aybar          31  158  548   65  147  28   2   6   53  11   3   28   55  .268  .306  .359   55   3.3  2e18       26  
 OF *Alejandro De Aza     31   96  309   44   93  27   6   5   41   4   0   16   81  .301  .353  .476   53   6.6  3(0)e4     74  
 OF *Nori Aoki            33   98  312   49  101  17   2   6   50  21   4   19   36  .324  .361  .449   52   6.5  3(-1)e2    77  
 OF *Alex Gordon          31  117  328   58   82  14   0   9   41   1   4   44   71  .250  .359  .375   47   4.9  1(-4)e0   -74  
 OF *John Jaso            31   61  190   30   52  22   0   3   18   2   1   23   42  .274  .350  .437   29   5.6  4(+2)e16  -52  
 OF  Paulo Orlando        29   61  168   25   43  15   3   4   27   3   1    5   44  .256  .300  .452   23   4.9  2(-2)e10   39  
 OF  Ryan Raburn          34   62  176   23   39  10   0   5   19   0   0   22   46  .222  .320  .364   21   4.2  3(-1)e7  -253  
 2B  Christian Colon      26   38  118   19   37   3   0   0    8   1   0    8   13  .314  .357  .339   14   4.7  3e8         4  
 UT *Tommy La Stella      26   21   72   13   22   8   0   1    7   1   0    8   10  .306  .375  .458   12   6.8            106  
 C   Drew Butera          31   57  101    8   27   4   0   0    7   0   0    6   28  .267  .327  .307   10   3.6  2(-2)e4   130  
 2B #Nick Franklin        24   50   88    7   12   1   0   2    6   0   0    6   35  .136  .189  .216    3   1.3  4e12     -115  
 3B  Cheslor Cuthbert     22   18   47    3    9   2   0   2    3   0   0    2   10  .191  .224  .362    3   2.2  4e13      -63  
 UT *Daniel Descalso      28    9   22    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    7  .136  .136  .136    0    .4           -335  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           833                    3

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Edinson Volquez      32  14  10  .583  34  33   1   1   0   0   0  199.2  204   82   78  13   62  154  3.52   93   4.2  -42  
  P  James Shields        33  13   5  .722  32  32   2   0   0   0   1  200.2  149   83   79  31   84  197  3.54   82   3.7 -129  
  P  Yordano Ventura      24  12   8  .600  28  28   2   0   0   0   1  157.2  148   88   78  28   53  154  4.45   83   4.8   11  
  P  Johnny Cueto         29  12  11  .522  33  33   4   0   0   0   0  210.0  203   97   90  29   59  163  3.86   99   4.2    5  
  P  Matt Andriese        25   8   3  .727  24   8   0   6   2   0   0   66.0   55   15   14   3   18   48  1.91   20   2.8 -179  
  P *Danny Duffy          26   7   7  .500  21  20   0   1   0   0   0  109.1  136   62   60  13   50   92  4.94   80   6.8   49  
  P  Archie Bradley       22   6   0 1.000   8   8   0   0   0   0   0   47.0   38   14   12   4   20   33  2.30   18   3.5 -146  
  P  Jeff Manship         30   5   1  .833  49   0   0   6   0   0   0   40.0   17   10    9   5   11   41  2.02    7   1.6   19  
  P *J.P. Howell          32   5   2  .714  67   0   0  11   1   4   0   40.1   64   19   19   5   13   26  4.24   36   8.3  190  
  P  Greg Holland         29   4   2  .667  49   0   0  43  24   2   0   43.0   37   13   13   4   22   42  2.72   19   4.2  -12  
  P  Wade Davis           29   3   1  .750  46   0   0  20   8   2   0   65.0   33   14   14   4   20   70  1.94   11   1.5   -8  
  P *Dan Jennings         28   3   1  .750  39   0   0   8   1   3   0   54.0   41   19   16   4   13   45  2.67   18   3.0  -81  
  P  Casey Janssen        33   3   2  .600  28   0   0  12   3   1   0   39.0   36   15   10   2    5   31  2.31   14   3.2  -95  
  P *Joe Beimel           38   2   1  .667  36   0   0  10   0   2   0   38.2   43   22   22  10   13   21  5.12   24   5.8   60  
  P  Luke Hochevar        31   2   3  .400  45   0   0  15   4   2   0   56.1   48   17   16   5   20   50  2.56   25   4.1  -91  
  P *Oliver Perez         33   1   0 1.000  12   0   0   4   0   0   0   10.1    9    5    5   3    2   12  4.35    4   4.5   -9  
  P  Kelvin Herrera       25   1   4  .200  72   0   0  16   2   4   0   68.2   40   15   15   4   26   78  1.97   15   2.0 -115  
  P  Jonathan Papelbon    34   0   0  .000   2   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    1    1   1    0    0  9.00    1   9.0  553  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      656        -36

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Salvador Perez 1146 132 143 1049 42 2 4 .998 57 16 Drew Butera 301 30 56 289 7 2 0 .993 5 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eric Hosmer 1210 133 145 1173 93 2 128 .998 9.42 Kendrys Morales 229 28 30 224 16 1 34 .996 9.45 Nick Franklin 6 1 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 Salvador Perez 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ben Zobrist 954 113 125 182 304 5 92 .990 4.59 Christian Colon 202 25 30 52 77 0 27 1.000 5.76 Nick Franklin 197 14 44 34 71 3 16 .972 4.79 Tommy La Stella 85 9 13 18 22 0 7 1.000 4.24 Daniel Descalso 9 1 1 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Moustakas 1227 136 145 107 256 17 46 .955 2.66 Cheslor Cuthbert 125 15 16 11 28 0 1 1.000 2.81 Tommy La Stella 74 9 11 3 22 1 2 .962 3.04 Daniel Descalso 20 2 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.25 Ben Zobrist 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Erick Aybar 1380 154 156 190 499 22 105 .969 4.49 Christian Colon 51 6 6 5 11 2 3 .889 2.82 Daniel Descalso 15 2 2 2 5 0 1 1.000 4.20 Nick Franklin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex Gordon 729 77 104 190 4 0 0 1.000 2.39 Alejandro De Aza 274 32 38 58 6 0 1 1.000 2.10 John Jaso 214 28 31 45 2 0 0 1.000 1.98 Nori Aoki 168 18 27 34 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 Ryan Raburn 33 4 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 Paulo Orlando 17 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24 Ben Zobrist 12 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lorenzo Cain 1227 140 149 309 10 5 0 .985 2.34 Alejandro De Aza 74 8 14 11 2 0 0 1.000 1.58 Paulo Orlando 73 6 13 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.73 Alex Gordon 33 5 7 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 Nori Aoki 19 1 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 Ben Zobrist 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Ryan Raburn 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 John Jaso 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nori Aoki 466 48 65 68 2 0 1 1.000 1.35 Alejandro De Aza 328 39 46 55 4 1 0 .983 1.62 Paulo Orlando 286 32 41 40 0 2 0 .952 1.26 Ryan Raburn 153 17 20 34 2 0 0 1.000 2.12 Eric Hosmer 102 13 14 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 Ben Zobrist 87 9 14 9 1 3 0 .769 1.03 Alex Gordon 15 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 John Jaso 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2015 Draft

Round 1 (#16):	Johnny Cueto
Round 2 (#40):	James Shields
Round 3 (#62):	Dan Jennings
Round 4 (#84):	Nori Aoki
Round 5 (#104):	Alejandro De Aza
Round 6 (#122):	Jeff Manship
Round 7 (#139):	Matt Andriese
Round 8 (#154):	Tommy La Stella
Round 9 (#165):	John Jaso
Round 10 (#173):	Archie Bradley

Transactions

• 2015-01: acquired Drew Butera as a free agent
• 2015-02: acquired Daniel Descalso as a free agent
• 2015-03: acquired Casey Janssen as a free agent
• 2015-20: released Casey Janssen
• 2015-20: acquired Oliver Perez as a free agent
• 2015-25: released Joe Beimel
• 2015-25: acquired Jonathan Papelbon as a free agent
• 2015 postseason: released Jonathan Papelbon, Edinson Volquez

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