| Season: | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| MLB | ||
| American | ||
| East | ||
| 24 | Red Sox | |
| 21 | Devil Rays | |
| 19 | Orioles | |
| 19 | Yankees | |
| 17 | Blue Jays | |
| Central | ||
| 19 | Twins | |
| 18 | Indians | |
| 18 | White Sox | |
| 16 | Royals | |
| 16 | Tigers | |
| West | ||
| 23 | Athletics | |
| 22 | Angels | |
| 18 | Rangers | |
| 15 | Mariners | |
| National | ||
| East | ||
| 23 | Marlins | |
| 19 | Mets | |
| 21 | Phillies | |
| 18 | Braves | |
| 15 | Nationals | |
| Central | ||
| 22 | Cubs | |
| 23 | Cardinals | |
| 21 | Astros | |
| 18 | Brewers | |
| 17 | Pirates | |
| 15 | Reds | |
| West | ||
| 23 | D-Backs | |
| 19 | Dodgers | |
| 16 | Giants | |
| 15 | Rockies | |
| 14 | Padres | |
| (-2.22) | ||
Kansas City Royals Playoff Race
| Chance of making the playoffs: | 16.0 | % | Change: | 1.8 |
| Average final seed: | 9.1 | -0.30 | ||
Record: 16 - 21 .432
How are these numbers calculated? (show)
Big Games
How we did yesterday and who we should root for today.
Each game can have 2 kinds of impact on the Royals:
1. How many percentage points it changed their chance of making the playoffs.
2. (If in parenthesis,) how many positions it changed their average finishing position.
The day’s total impact on the Royals is shown between the best and worst case outcomes. Future games show separate impacts for each outcome. Hover your mouse over a game to hightlight it in the standings.
How do I know a games impact? (show)
| Sunday | Impact | |||||||||||||
| Royals | 4 | Orioles | 0 | 1.8 | (-0.30) | |||||||||
| Mariners | 6 | White Sox | 3 | 0.3 | ||||||||||
| Twins | 9 | Red Sox | 8 | -0.3 | ||||||||||
| Indians | Blue Jays | Postponed | ||||||||||||
| Worst | -2.59 | (0.33) | 1.79 | (-0.30) | (-0.32) | 2.60 | Best | |||||||
| Monday | ||||||||||||||
| Win | Win | |||||||||||||
| Twins | -0.3 | Red Sox | 0.3 | 7:05 PM | ||||||||||
| Angels | 0.3 | White Sox | -0.3 | 10:05 PM | ||||||||||
| Indians | -0.3 | Blue Jays | 0.3 | 7:35 PM | ||||||||||
| -0.91 | (0.04) | (-0.03) | 0.95 | |||||||||||
What If
Chances based on how well the Royals finish out the season. Explain (show)
| 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||||||
| If finish: | Chance in | Chance team will finish the regular season at position | |||||||||||||||||||
| TW | W | - | L | PCT | playoffs | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Count | |
| 141 | 125 | - | 0 | 1.000 | In | 100 | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||
| 110 | 94 | - | 31 | .752 | In | 100 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 107 | 91 | - | 34 | .728 | In | 100 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 106 | 90 | - | 35 | .720 | In | 82 | 18 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 104 | 88 | - | 37 | .704 | In | 96 | 4 | 55 | |||||||||||||
| 102 | 86 | - | 39 | .688 | In | 89 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 279 | |||||||||||
| 100 | 84 | - | 41 | .672 | In | 85 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1,251 | |||||||||||
| 98 | 82 | - | 43 | .656 | In | 83 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4,514 | |||||||||||
| 96 | 80 | - | 45 | .640 | 100.0 | 77 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14,573 | ||||||||||
| 94 | 78 | - | 47 | .624 | 100.0 | 67 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39,978 | |||||||||
| 92 | 76 | - | 49 | .608 | 99.8 | 50 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 97,314 | |||||||||
| 90 | 74 | - | 51 | .592 | 98.5 | 30 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 209,116 | ||||||||
| 88 | 72 | - | 53 | .576 | 91.4 | 11 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 394,350 | ||||||
| 86 | 70 | - | 55 | .560 | 67.3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 654,602 | |||||
| 84 | 68 | - | 57 | .544 | 31.1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 955,995 | |||
| 82 | 66 | - | 59 | .528 | 8.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,230,970 | ||
| 80 | 64 | - | 61 | .512 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1,395,851 | |
| 78 | 62 | - | 63 | .496 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1,396,153 | |
| 76 | 60 | - | 65 | .480 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 22 | 5 | 1,230,159 | ||||
| 74 | 58 | - | 67 | .464 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 42 | 22 | 955,765 | |||||
| 72 | 56 | - | 69 | .448 | Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 655,253 | ||||||||
| 70 | 54 | - | 71 | .432 | Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 73 | 393,979 | |||||||||
| 68 | 52 | - | 73 | .416 | Out | 0 | 0 | 11 | 88 | 209,493 | |||||||||||
| 66 | 50 | - | 75 | .400 | Out | 0 | 5 | 95 | 97,422 | ||||||||||||
| 64 | 48 | - | 77 | .384 | Out | 0 | 1 | 99 | 40,094 | ||||||||||||
| 62 | 46 | - | 79 | .368 | Out | 0 | 100 | 14,621 | |||||||||||||
| 60 | 44 | - | 81 | .352 | Out | 0 | 100 | 4,597 | |||||||||||||
| 58 | 42 | - | 83 | .336 | Out | 0 | 100 | 1,198 | |||||||||||||
| 56 | 40 | - | 85 | .320 | Out | 0 | 100 | 327 | |||||||||||||
| 54 | 38 | - | 87 | .304 | Out | 100 | 64 | ||||||||||||||
| 52 | 36 | - | 89 | .288 | Out | 100 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 50 | 34 | - | 91 | .272 | Out | 100 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 0 | - | 125 | .000 | Out | 100 | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Total: | 16.0% | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10,000,000 | |||||