2021 Kansas City Royals Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 74-88
Finished 4th in the AL's Central Division
Attendance: 1,159,613, Avg. 14,316
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium
Manager: Mike Matheny (74-88)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

2021 Kansas City Royals Roster
2021 Kansas City Royals Results

The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 2021 season with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's Central Division.

The Royals plated 686 runs and conceded 788 runs. Salvador Perez walloped 48 home runs for Kansas City, while Andrew Benintendi, Hunter Dozier and Carlos Santana each added 20 or more, too. Salvador Perez accounted for 121 RBI. Nicky Lopez led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .300 clip. Brad Keller and Mike Minor topped the team with 8 wins each, and Kris Bubic recorded a 4.43 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Mike Matheny coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mike Minor	8	12	.400	5.05	28	28	0	0	0	158.7	156	92	89	26	41	0	149	5	0	4	669
Brad Keller	8	12	.400	5.39	26	26	0	0	0	133.7	158	89	80	18	64	1	120	7	0	5	613
Carlos Hernandez	6	2	.750	3.68	24	11	1	0	0	85.7	69	36	35	7	41	1	74	4	1	6	358
Kris Bubic	6	7	.462	4.43	29	20	3	0	0	130.0	121	67	64	22	59	0	114	7	1	0	556
Jake Brentz	5	2	.714	3.66	72	0	10	0	2	64.0	45	32	26	7	37	1	76	6	2	8	278
Scott Barlow	5	3	.625	2.42	71	0	28	0	16	74.3	61	20	20	4	28	2	91	2	0	4	306
Brady Singer	5	10	.333	4.91	27	27	0	1	0	128.3	146	81	70	14	53	1	131	11	1	3	586
Domingo Tapia	4	1	.800	2.84	32	0	0	0	0	31.7	21	10	10	1	14	2	25	0	0	2	124
Kyle Zimmer	4	1	.800	4.83	52	2	9	0	2	54.0	46	32	29	7	30	1	46	0	0	9	223
Danny Duffy	4	3	.571	2.51	13	12	0	0	0	61.0	52	19	17	6	22	1	65	0	0	3	252
Josh Staumont	4	3	.571	2.88	64	0	19	0	5	65.7	43	24	21	6	27	1	72	2	0	4	264
Daniel Lynch	4	6	.400	5.69	15	15	0	0	0	68.0	80	46	43	9	31	0	55	4	1	4	311
Greg Holland	3	5	.375	4.85	57	0	24	0	8	55.7	49	32	30	9	26	2	53	1	1	6	243
Richard Lovelady	2	0	1.000	3.48	20	0	2	0	1	20.7	16	9	8	3	6	1	23	1	0	1	84
Ervin Santana	2	2	.500	4.68	38	2	19	0	0	65.3	65	35	34	9	22	1	52	2	2	7	277
Jakob Junis	2	4	.333	5.26	16	6	1	0	0	39.3	43	24	23	7	12	0	41	0	0	2	168
Joel Payamps	1	1	.500	4.43	15	1	1	0	0	20.3	23	12	10	3	3	0	16	0	0	1	86
Jonathan Heasley	1	1	.500	4.91	3	3	0	0	0	14.7	15	8	8	3	3	0	6	2	0	0	59
Hanser Alberto	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Gabe Speier	0	0		1.17	7	0	1	0	0	7.7	10	3	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	33
Ronald Bolanos	0	0		1.42	3	0	0	0	0	6.3	4	1	1	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	25
Dylan Coleman	0	0		1.42	5	0	1	0	0	6.3	5	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	25
Scott Blewett	0	0		1.80	3	0	2	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	21
Anthony Swarzak	0	0		9.39	7	0	5	0	0	7.7	13	8	8	3	0	0	5	1	0	0	35
Jesse Hahn	0	0		13.50	5	0	1	0	1	3.3	5	5	5	2	4	0	3	1	0	1	19
Jake Newberry	0	0		16.62	4	0	1	0	0	4.3	10	8	8	2	3	0	5	0	0	1	24
Angel Zerpa	0	1	.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	3	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	20
Tyler Zuber	0	3	.000	6.26	31	0	6	0	0	27.3	26	20	19	6	17	1	25	1	0	2	123
Wade Davis	0	3	.000	6.75	40	0	25	0	2	42.7	44	33	32	8	19	0	38	2	0	4	190
Jackson Kowar	0	6	.000	11.27	9	8	1	0	0	30.3	43	38	38	7	20	0	29	2	0	8	154
Totals	74	88	.457	4.64	718	162	161	1	37	1417.3	1375	788	731	189	591	16	1344	62	9	86	6127

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Whit Merrifield	162	720	664	97	184	42	3	10	74	40	4	40	103	.277	.317	.395	.711	262	12	4	0	12	1
Salvador Perez	161	665	620	88	169	24	0	48	121	1	0	28	170	.273	.316	.544	.859	337	14	13	0	4	4
Nicky Lopez	151	565	497	78	149	21	6	2	43	22	1	49	74	.300	.365	.378	.744	188	9	4	12	3	0
Andrew Benintendi	134	538	493	63	136	27	2	17	73	8	9	36	97	.276	.324	.442	.766	218	2	2	1	6	0
Carlos Santana	158	659	565	66	121	15	0	19	69	2	0	86	102	.214	.319	.342	.660	193	12	3	0	5	3
Michael Taylor	142	528	483	58	118	16	1	12	54	14	7	33	144	.244	.297	.356	.653	172	9	5	2	5	0
Hunter Dozier	144	543	487	55	105	27	6	16	54	5	4	43	154	.216	.285	.394	.680	192	12	7	0	6	0
Hanser Alberto	103	255	241	25	65	20	3	2	24	3	1	4	26	.270	.291	.402	.693	97	1	4	4	2	0
Jorge Soler	94	354	308	38	59	16	0	13	37	0	0	38	97	.192	.288	.370	.658	114	9	5	0	3	0
Ryan O'Hearn	84	254	236	23	53	5	1	9	29	0	0	13	71	.225	.268	.369	.636	87	7	2	0	3	0
Adalberto Mondesi	35	136	126	19	29	8	1	6	17	15	1	6	43	.230	.271	.452	.723	57	2	1	3	0	0
Kelvin Gutierrez	38	142	135	9	29	4	2	1	8	0	1	6	31	.215	.254	.296	.550	40	3	1	0	0	0
Cam Gallagher	48	123	112	9	28	6	0	1	7	0	0	8	20	.250	.298	.330	.628	37	2	0	2	1	0
Jarrod Dyson	77	132	122	13	27	7	2	0	10	8	3	6	28	.221	.256	.311	.567	38	1	0	3	1	0
Edward Olivares	39	111	101	14	24	2	0	5	12	2	2	5	19	.238	.291	.406	.697	41	2	3	1	1	0
Emmanuel Rivera	29	98	90	13	23	4	0	1	5	2	0	8	21	.256	.316	.333	.650	30	2	0	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel	28	83	76	16	21	5	2	1	7	2	0	7	23	.276	.337	.434	.772	33	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastian Rivero	17	44	40	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	.175	.250	.225	.475	9	1	1	0	0	0
Ryan McBroom	7	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Zuber	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Minor	28	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Bubic	29	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Hernandez	24	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Keller	26	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jakob Junis	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ronald Bolanos	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ervin Santana	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Brady Singer	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Blewett	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabe Speier	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Angel Zerpa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Swarzak	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Zimmer	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Domingo Tapia	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Barlow	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Holland	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Brentz	72	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson Kowar	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Heasley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Lovelady	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Hahn	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Duffy	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Newberry	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Lynch	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Davis	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Payamps	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Coleman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Staumont	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2368	5986	5427	686	1349	251	29	163	647	124	33	421	1258	.249	.306	.396	.702	2147	100	55	31	52	8

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Carlos Santana	1B	136	136	1167.0	1001	50	7	117	.993	8.105	7.728	0	0	0
Hunter Dozier	1B	19	12	122.3	99	8	0	10	1.000	7.872	5.632	0	0	0
Ryan O'Hearn	1B	20	13	117.0	102	5	3	11	.973	8.231	5.350	0	0	0
Emmanuel Rivera	1B	1	1	9.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.000	7.000	0	0	0
Kelvin Gutierrez	1B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Whit Merrifield	2B	149	147	1255.7	283	382	8	103	.988	4.766	4.463	0	0	0
Hanser Alberto	2B	31	12	134.7	25	35	3	10	.952	4.010	1.935	0	0	0
Nicky Lopez	2B	4	3	27.0	9	11	0	3	1.000	6.667	5.000	0	0	0
Hunter Dozier	3B	57	52	422.7	33	75	5	11	.956	2.300	1.895	0	0	0
Kelvin Gutierrez	3B	37	34	303.3	27	63	9	11	.909	2.670	2.432	0	0	0
Hanser Alberto	3B	49	30	294.0	32	53	4	8	.955	2.602	1.735	0	0	0
Emmanuel Rivera	3B	28	26	222.3	23	48	5	3	.934	2.874	2.536	0	0	0
Adalberto Mondesi	3B	20	20	175.0	14	40	2	6	.964	2.777	2.700	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	C	124	120	1002.7	975	61	2	12	.998	9.299	8.355	1	23	18	43.9
Cam Gallagher	C	46	33	308.7	281	13	5	0	.983	8.572	6.391	1	13	4	23.5
Sebastian Rivero	C	17	9	106.0	95	8	0	0	1.000	8.745	6.059	2	5	2	28.6
Michael Taylor	OF	139	135	1186.0	351	11	3	3	.992	2.747	2.604	0	0	0
Andrew Benintendi	OF	129	129	1116.0	225	6	3	1	.987	1.863	1.791	0	0	0
Hunter Dozier	OF	70	63	550.0	122	6	2	0	.985	2.095	1.829	0	0	0
Jorge Soler	OF	46	46	345.0	66	0	1	0	.985	1.722	1.435	0	0	0
Jarrod Dyson	OF	68	30	338.3	95	3	1	0	.990	2.607	1.441	0	0	0
Edward Olivares	OF	36	27	243.3	42	2	2	0	.957	1.627	1.222	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel	OF	25	20	184.3	46	1	0	0	1.000	2.295	1.880	0	0	0
Ryan O'Hearn	OF	26	23	172.0	35	1	0	0	1.000	1.884	1.385	0	0	0
Whit Merrifield	OF	20	13	117.0	28	1	0	0	1.000	2.231	1.450	0	0	0
Mike Minor	P	28	28	158.7	1	7	1	0	.889	.454	.286	0	0	0
Brad Keller	P	26	26	133.7	6	7	0	0	1.000	.875	.500	0	0	0
Kris Bubic	P	29	20	130.0	3	9	1	2	.923	.831	.414	0	0	0
Brady Singer	P	27	27	128.3	9	5	6	1	.700	.982	.519	0	0	0
Carlos Hernandez	P	24	11	85.7	4	8	1	2	.923	1.261	.500	0	0	0
Scott Barlow	P	71	0	74.3	1	6	0	0	1.000	.848	.099	0	0	0
Daniel Lynch	P	15	15	68.0	1	4	0	1	1.000	.662	.333	0	0	0
Josh Staumont	P	64	0	65.7	2	2	1	0	.800	.548	.063	0	0	0
Ervin Santana	P	38	2	65.3	6	4	1	1	.909	1.378	.263	0	0	0
Jake Brentz	P	72	0	64.0	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.266	.125	0	0	0
Danny Duffy	P	13	12	61.0	1	5	0	1	1.000	.885	.462	0	0	0
Greg Holland	P	57	0	55.7	7	5	1	0	.923	1.940	.211	0	0	0
Kyle Zimmer	P	52	2	54.0	4	5	0	3	1.000	1.500	.173	0	0	0
Wade Davis	P	40	0	42.7	2	2	0	0	1.000	.844	.100	0	0	0
Jakob Junis	P	16	6	39.3	2	4	0	1	1.000	1.373	.375	0	0	0
Domingo Tapia	P	32	0	31.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.284	.031	0	0	0
Jackson Kowar	P	9	8	30.3	0	7	0	0	1.000	2.077	.778	0	0	0
Tyler Zuber	P	31	0	27.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.317	.129	0	0	0
Richard Lovelady	P	20	0	20.7	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.613	.300	0	0	0
Joel Payamps	P	15	1	20.3	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.770	.267	0	0	0
Jonathan Heasley	P	3	3	14.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.614	.333	0	0	0
Anthony Swarzak	P	7	0	7.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Gabe Speier	P	7	0	7.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.348	.286	0	0	0
Dylan Coleman	P	5	0	6.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Ronald Bolanos	P	3	0	6.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Angel Zerpa	P	1	1	5.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.600	2.000	0	0	0
Scott Blewett	P	3	0	5.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Jake Newberry	P	4	0	4.3	0	1	0	1	1.000	2.077	.250	0	0	0
Jesse Hahn	P	5	0	3.3	1	1	0	1	1.000	5.400	.400	0	0	0
Hanser Alberto	P	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Nicky Lopez	SS	148	141	1233.7	156	371	7	77	.987	3.845	3.561	0	0	0
Hanser Alberto	SS	17	11	101.3	15	39	0	7	1.000	4.796	3.176	0	0	0
Adalberto Mondesi	SS	11	10	82.3	10	22	0	4	1.000	3.498	2.909	0	0	0
Totals		2192	1458	12756.0	4252	1422	84	411	.985	4.003	2.589	4	41	24	36.9

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