2018 Kansas City Royals season
The 2018 Kansas City Royals season was their 50th season for the franchise, and their 46th at Kauffman Stadium. They significantly failed to improve upon their 80–82 record the previous year, reaching 100+ losses for the first time since 2006 and finishing 58–104, the second-worst record in the 2018 MLB season, ahead of only the Baltimore Orioles, who finished 47–115.
Offseason
Transactions
- November 2, 2017: 1B Eric Hosmer, 3B Mike Moustakas, RHP Peter Moylan, LHP Jason Vargas, RHP Trevor Cahill, RF Melky Cabrera, CF Lorenzo Cain, and SS Alcides Escobar elected free agency. Activated RHP Nate Karns, LHP Brian Flynn, CF Bubba Starling, and RHP Miguel Almonte from the 60-day disabled list.
- November 3, 2017: LHP Mike Minor elected free agency.
- November 20, 2017: Selected the contract of C Meibrys Viloria from Lexington Legends. Selected the contract of LHP Tim Hill from Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Selected the contract of LHP Eric Stout from Omaha Storm Chasers.
- December 1, 2017: LF Terrance Gore elected free agency.
- December 2, 2017: Signed free agent LF Terrance Gore to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
- December 5, 2017: Signed free agent RHP Wily Peralta.
- December 7, 2017: Signed free agent RHP Scott Barlow.
- December 8, 2017: Seattle Mariners claim Mike Morin off waivers.
- December 14, 2017: New York Mets traded RHP Burch Smith for Future Considerations. Cincinnati Reds traded RHP Brad Keller for Future Considerations.
- December 15, 2017: Signed free agent RHP Mike Broadway to a minor league contract. Signed free agent DH Cody Asche to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
- January 4, 2018: Chicago White Sox traded 2B Jake Peter to Los Angeles Dodgers; Dodgers traded cash, RHP Joakim Soria and LHP Luis Avilan to White Sox; Dodgers traded SS Erick Mejia and RHP Trevor Oaks to Royals; Royals traded RHP Joakim Soria and LHP Scott Alexander to Dodgers.
- January 12, 2018: Signed free agent SS Guillermo Fernandez to a minor league contract.
- January 13, 2018: Signed free agent RHP Luis Barroso to a minor league contract.
- January 16, 2018: Signed free agent RHP Clayton Mortensen and OF Tyler Collins to minor league contracts. Collins invited to spring training.
- January 25, 2018: Signed free agent SS Ryan Goins to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
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 |
| Whit Merrifield | 158 | 632 | 88 | 192 | 43 | 3 | 12 | 60 | 45 | 61 | .304 | .438 |
| Salvador Pérez | 129 | 510 | 52 | 120 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 80 | 1 | 17 | .235 | .439 |
| Alex Gordon | 141 | 506 | 56 | 124 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 54 | 12 | 50 | .245 | .370 |
| Alcides Escobar | 140 | 485 | 54 | 112 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 8 | 29 | .231 | .313 |
| Mike Moustakas | 98 | 378 | 46 | 94 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 62 | 3 | 30 | .249 | .468 |
| Hunter Dozier | 102 | 362 | 36 | 83 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 24 | .229 | .395 |
| Lucas Duda | 87 | 310 | 34 | 75 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 1 | 24 | .242 | .413 |
| Adalberto Mondesí | 75 | 275 | 47 | 76 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 32 | 11 | .276 | .498 |
| Rosell Herrera | 75 | 265 | 25 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 19 | .238 | .325 |
| Jon Jay | 59 | 238 | 28 | 73 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 19 | .307 | .374 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | 69 | 236 | 31 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 29 | .225 | .360 |
| Jorge Soler | 61 | 223 | 27 | 59 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 28 | .265 | .466 |
| Drew Butera | 51 | 149 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | .188 | .289 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 44 | 149 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 20 | .262 | .597 |
| Abraham Almonte | 50 | 134 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 15 | .179 | .284 |
| Ryan Goins | 41 | 115 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .226 | .313 |
| Brett Phillips | 36 | 112 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | .188 | .313 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 30 | 103 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 | .194 | .301 |
| Brian Goodwin | 27 | 94 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 6 | .266 | .415 |
| Paulo Orlando | 25 | 90 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .200 |
| Cam Gallagher | 22 | 63 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .206 | .302 |
| Ramón Torres | 9 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .179 | .214 |
| Meibrys Viloria | 10 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .333 |
| Pitcher totals | 162 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .190 |
| Team totals | 162 | 5505 | 638 | 1350 | 283 | 29 | 155 | 606 | 117 | 427 | .245 | .392 |
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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 |
| Jakob Junis | 9 | 12 | 4.37 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 177.0 | 182 | 94 | 86 | 43 | 164 |
| Danny Duffy | 8 | 12 | 4.88 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 155.0 | 161 | 86 | 84 | 70 | 141 |
| Brad Keller | 9 | 6 | 3.08 | 41 | 20 | 0 | 140.1 | 133 | 50 | 48 | 50 | 96 |
| Jason Hammel | 4 | 14 | 6.02 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 127.0 | 168 | 91 | 85 | 39 | 92 |
| Ian Kennedy | 3 | 9 | 4.66 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 119.2 | 125 | 66 | 62 | 40 | 105 |
| Heath Fillmyer | 4 | 2 | 4.26 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 82.1 | 78 | 41 | 39 | 32 | 57 |
| Burch Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.92 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 78.0 | 90 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 77 |
| Brian Flynn | 3 | 5 | 4.04 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 75.2 | 87 | 37 | 34 | 35 | 47 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 5 | 4 | 3.25 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 70 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 46 |
| Eric Skoglund | 1 | 6 | 5.14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 70.0 | 66 | 41 | 40 | 19 | 49 |
| Tim Hill | 1 | 4 | 4.53 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 45.2 | 46 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 42 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 0 | 3 | 4.46 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 38.1 | 47 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 27 |
| Wily Peralta | 1 | 0 | 3.67 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 34.1 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 35 |
| Jorge López | 2 | 4 | 6.35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 34.0 | 41 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 23 |
| Jason Adam | 0 | 3 | 6.12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| Brandon Maurer | 0 | 4 | 7.76 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 31.1 | 42 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 31 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 1 | 1 | 1.05 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 25.2 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| Blaine Boyer | 2 | 1 | 12.05 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 21.2 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 13 | 9 |
| Scott Barlow | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| Trevor Oaks | 0 | 2 | 7.24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13.2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 |
| Jake Newberry | 2 | 0 | 4.73 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Justin Grimm | 1 | 3 | 13.50 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 8 |
| Ben Lively | 0 | 1 | 1.35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Enny Romero | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Jerry Vasto | 0 | 1 | 2.45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Eric Stout | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Drew Butera | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team totals | 58 | 104 | 4.94 | 162 | 162 | 33 | 1432.0 | 1542 | 833 | 786 | 549 | 1157 |
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