2016 Kansas City Royals season
The 2016 Kansas City Royals season was the 48th season for the franchise, and their 44th at Kauffman Stadium. It was also the team's 11th season under the management of Dayton Moore. The Royals entered the season as the defending World Series champions, hoping to reach the World Series for the third consecutive season. Before the season, the team signed free agents Ian Kennedy and Joakim Soria and re-signed star Alex Gordon. However, several players from the previous year's team departed in free agency, including right fielder Alex Rios, second baseman/outfielder Ben Zobrist, and pitchers Greg Holland, Ryan Madson, and Franklin Morales.
The 2016 Royals team was adversely affected by injuries to Gordon, center fielder Lorenzo Cain, closer Wade Davis, and third baseman Mike Moustakas. The team was eliminated from postseason contention with four games left in the season, becoming the fourth consecutive World Series winner to miss the playoffs the following year. However, the Royals were the most successful team in the league at challenging umpire calls via instant replay thanks to the work of replay coordinator Bill Duplissea. The Royals ended the season with an 81–81 record, finishing in third place in the Central Division.
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Alcides Escobar | 162 | 637 | 57 | 166 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 17 | 27 | .261 | .350 |
| Eric Hosmer | 158 | 605 | 80 | 161 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 104 | 5 | 57 | .266 | .433 |
| Kendrys Morales | 154 | 558 | 65 | 147 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 93 | 0 | 48 | .263 | .468 |
| Salvador Pérez | 139 | 514 | 57 | 127 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 64 | 0 | 22 | .247 | .438 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 128 | 475 | 49 | 130 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 46 | 2 | 32 | .274 | .413 |
| Paulo Orlando | 128 | 457 | 52 | 138 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 14 | 13 | .302 | .405 |
| Alex Gordon | 128 | 445 | 62 | 98 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 52 | .220 | .380 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 103 | 397 | 56 | 114 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 56 | 14 | 31 | .287 | .408 |
| Whit Merrifield | 81 | 311 | 44 | 88 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 19 | .283 | .392 |
| Jarrod Dyson | 107 | 299 | 46 | 83 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 30 | 26 | .278 | .388 |
| Christian Colón | 54 | 147 | 13 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 11 | .231 | .293 |
| Adalberto Mondesí | 47 | 135 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | .185 | .281 |
| Omar Infante | 39 | 134 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | .239 | .321 |
| Drew Butera | 55 | 123 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 8 | .285 | .480 |
| Mike Moustakas | 27 | 104 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 9 | .240 | .500 |
| Brett Eibner | 26 | 78 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | .231 | .423 |
| Rey Fuentes | 13 | 41 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .317 | .341 |
| Billy Burns | 24 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .243 | .243 |
| Hunter Dozier | 8 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .211 | .263 |
| Daniel Nava | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .182 |
| Tony Cruz | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Terrance Gore | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher totals | 162 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 |
| Team totals | 162 | 5552 | 675 | 1450 | 264 | 33 | 147 | 640 | 121 | 382 | .261 | .400 |
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Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Ian Kennedy | 11 | 11 | 3.68 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 195.2 | 173 | 81 | 80 | 66 | 184 |
| Edinson Vólquez | 10 | 11 | 5.37 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 189.1 | 217 | 124 | 113 | 76 | 139 |
| Yordano Ventura | 11 | 12 | 4.45 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 186.0 | 190 | 96 | 92 | 78 | 144 |
| Danny Duffy | 12 | 3 | 3.51 | 42 | 26 | 0 | 179.2 | 163 | 71 | 70 | 42 | 188 |
| Dillon Gee | 8 | 9 | 4.68 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 125.0 | 146 | 67 | 65 | 37 | 89 |
| Chris Young | 3 | 9 | 6.19 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 88.2 | 104 | 63 | 61 | 43 | 94 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 2 | 6 | 2.75 | 72 | 0 | 12 | 72.0 | 57 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 86 |
| Joakim Soria | 5 | 8 | 4.05 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 66.2 | 70 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 68 |
| Brian Flynn | 1 | 2 | 2.60 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 55.1 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 44 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 6 | 0 | 4.22 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 53.1 | 60 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 30 |
| Peter Moylan | 2 | 0 | 3.43 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 44.2 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 34 |
| Wade Davis | 2 | 1 | 1.87 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 43.1 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 47 |
| Luke Hochevar | 2 | 3 | 3.86 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 40 |
| Kris Medlen | 1 | 3 | 7.77 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24.1 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 18 |
| Matt Strahm | 2 | 2 | 1.23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| Scott Alexander | 0 | 0 | 3.32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| Brooks Pounders | 2 | 1 | 9.24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 13 |
| Jason Vargas | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 6.48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Alec Mills | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Drew Butera | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 81 | 81 | 4.21 | 162 | 162 | 41 | 1440.0 | 1433 | 712 | 674 | 517 | 1287 |
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