American League Central · 2025
Kansas City Royals
82-80Kauffman StadiumAmerican League
- Team WAR
- 26.4 13.7 bat / 12.7 pitch
- Win %
- .506 pyth .510
- Run diff
- +14 4.02 / 3.93 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 3.70 FIP 4.03
- Home runs
- 146
The Kansas City Royals went 82-80 in 2025, a .506 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 651 runs and allowed 637, a run differential of +14. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.70 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ is 3% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Bobby Witt Jr. leads the position players at 6.1 WAR, and Kris Bubic the rotation at a 2.55 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,264 team hits
Batting
20 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 157 | 687 | 184 | 23 | 88 | 38 | .295 | .351 | .501 | .362 | 137 | 6.1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 159 | 666 | 170 | 16 | 74 | 23 | .286 | .351 | .449 | .349 | 128 | 4.4 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 160 | 682 | 164 | 32 | 113 | 1 | .264 | .323 | .475 | .341 | 122 | 2.1 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 155 | 641 | 141 | 30 | 100 | 0 | .236 | .284 | .446 | .311 | 100 | 1.9 |
| Jonathan India | 2B | 136 | 567 | 116 | 9 | 45 | 0 | .233 | .323 | .346 | .304 | 95 | 0.9 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 103 | 347 | 80 | 5 | 26 | 1 | .251 | .297 | .339 | .283 | 79 | 0.8 |
| Carter Jensen | C | 20 | 69 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .300 | .391 | .550 | .406 | 169 | 0.7 |
| Tyler Tolbert | CF | 50 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .280 | .321 | .380 | .307 | 97 | 0.5 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 127 | 409 | 94 | 4 | 33 | 4 | .255 | .301 | .353 | .289 | 84 | 0.5 |
| Luke Maile | C | 19 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .244 | .346 | .356 | .320 | 107 | 0.3 |
| Dairon Blanco | CF | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .210 | 27 | -0.1 |
| Nick Loftin | LF | 66 | 188 | 35 | 4 | 20 | 1 | .208 | .278 | .357 | .280 | 78 | -0.1 |
| John Rave | RF | 56 | 175 | 30 | 4 | 14 | 7 | .196 | .283 | .307 | .270 | 70 | -0.2 |
| Cavan Biggio | DH | 32 | 83 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .174 | .296 | .246 | .261 | 64 | -0.2 |
| Drew Waters | LF | 67 | 219 | 50 | 1 | 14 | 5 | .243 | .288 | .316 | .269 | 70 | -0.4 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 76 | 277 | 64 | 3 | 20 | 2 | .244 | .268 | .313 | .256 | 60 | -0.5 |
| Mark Canha | LF | 46 | 125 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .212 | .272 | .265 | .246 | 53 | -0.6 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 32 | 108 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .182 | .241 | .242 | .222 | 36 | -0.6 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 20 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .167 | .153 | -14 | -0.8 |
| Jac Caglianone | RF | 62 | 232 | 33 | 7 | 18 | 1 | .157 | .237 | .295 | .241 | 49 | -1.0 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kris Bubic | 20 | 20 | 116.1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 116 | 2.55 | 2.89 | 1.18 | 9.0 | 2.8 |
| Michael Wacha | 31 | 31 | 172.2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 126 | 3.86 | 3.66 | 1.22 | 6.6 | 2.7 |
| Cole Ragans | 13 | 13 | 61.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 4.67 | 2.50 | 1.18 | 14.3 | 1.8 |
| Noah Cameron | 24 | 24 | 138.1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 114 | 2.99 | 4.18 | 1.10 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
| Lucas Erceg | 61 | 0 | 61.1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 2.64 | 3.49 | 1.17 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 27 | 26 | 141.2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 127 | 4.64 | 4.59 | 1.33 | 8.1 | 0.7 |
| Carlos Estévez | 67 | 0 | 66.0 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 54 | 2.45 | 3.67 | 1.06 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| Angel Zerpa | 69 | 2 | 64.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 4.18 | 3.86 | 1.38 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| Taylor Clarke | 51 | 0 | 55.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 3.25 | 3.97 | 0.85 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| Hunter Harvey | 12 | 0 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 1.35 | 0.66 | 9.3 | 0.4 |
| Luinder Avila | 13 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1.29 | 2.14 | 0.93 | 10.3 | 0.4 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 34 | 1 | 44.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 3.86 | 3.97 | 1.22 | 9.3 | 0.3 |
| John Schreiber | 74 | 0 | 64.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 3.80 | 4.17 | 1.19 | 8.7 | 0.3 |
| Steven Cruz | 47 | 0 | 45.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 3.74 | 4.14 | 1.18 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Trevor Richards | 5 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.94 | 2.43 | 2.29 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Luke Maile | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.14 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Seth Lugo | 26 | 26 | 145.1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 125 | 4.15 | 5.09 | 1.29 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Chris Stratton | 15 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7.71 | 4.94 | 2.00 | 9.4 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 57 | 2 | 67.2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 3.06 | 4.76 | 1.36 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Rich Hill | 2 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5.00 | 7.80 | 1.89 | 4.0 | -0.3 |
| Sam Long | 39 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5.36 | 5.54 | 1.74 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
Record versus run differential
Kansas City Royals are 82-80, a .506 win rate, while their +14 run differential implies .510. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.