Alcides Escobar and Freddie Patek are tied for the most career games by a Royals shortstop, with 1,245 games.

Interpreted as:

career regular-season games leader shortstop royals

	NAME	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Alcides Escobar A. Escobar	1,245	4,672	526	1,208	207	43	36	390	191	41	687	160	38	5,012	1,609	286	79	29	10	102	.259	.292	.344	.636	423	-148.3	.279	71	-172.7
2	Freddie Patek F. Patek	1,245	4,305	571	1,036	182	41	28	382	413	27	586	336	108	4,867	1,384	251	89	33	16	64	.241	.309	.321	.630	434	-90.8	.291	79	-112.8
3	U L Washington	757	2,459	319	625	94	28	26	228	229	1	346	120	50	2,746	853	148	38	19	2	30	.254	.316	.347	.663	272	-34.9	.302	84	-49.7
4	Angel Berroa A. Berroa	627	2,300	293	606	103	20	45	235	94	49	407	50	20	2,496	884	168	38	15	8	61	.263	.305	.384	.689	247	-59	.301	76	-77.2
5	Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	626	2,491	403	722	151	34	105	373	176	26	487	148	43	2,722	1,256	290	1	28	20	34	.290	.340	.504	.844	419	98.2	.357	128	87.4
6	Kurt Stillwell K. Stillwell	524	1,813	219	464	100	17	26	209	161	11	256	18	17	2,022	676	143	20	17	8	29	.256	.318	.373	.691	218	-6	.312	93	-15.7
7	Greg Gagne G. Gagne	386	1,345	163	358	80	10	23	157	98	6	232	23	34	1,472	527	113	13	10	3	26	.266	.317	.392	.708	161	-20.1	.314	84	-30.4
8	Rey Sanchez R. Sanchez	377	1,378	180	398	50	13	3	122	61	10	137	27	9	1,489	483	66	30	10	2	42	.289	.321	.351	.672	144	-48.4	.299	68	-64.2
9	David Howard D. Howard	311	875	90	192	27	7	6	83	71	5	162	11	12	993	251	40	34	8	0	10	.219	.279	.287	.566	66	-52.5	.261	51	-61.6
10	Onix Concepcion O. Concepcion	309	821	86	195	23	4	3	60	35	10	81	15	11	890	235	30	20	4	0	18	.238	.276	.286	.562	58	-41.8	.257	55	-47.5
11	Buddy Biancalana B. Biancalana	293	526	69	112	16	7	6	30	40	0	145	8	7	581	160	29	15	0	0	8	.213	.269	.304	.573	40	-26.7	.261	56	-30.4
12	Tony Pena Jr. T. Pena Jr.	287	785	83	179	30	8	3	63	18	4	140	8	7	824	234	41	10	7	2	18	.228	.247	.298	.545	39	-62.2	.239	36	-66
13	Adalberto Mondesi A. Mondesi	251	959	141	248	44	16	29	124	45	2	299	104	22	1,021	411	89	8	7	0	14	.259	.291	.429	.720	114	-11.4	.305	88	-15.4
14	Angel Salazar A. Salazar	233	615	48	138	27	2	2	45	13	2	93	5	5	645	175	31	13	2	0	9	.224	.242	.285	.527	30	-46.6	.235	38	-50.2
15	Jackie Hernandez J. Hernandez	228	742	68	167	18	3	6	50	53	4	161	18	10	811	209	27	9	3	1	8	.225	.279	.282	.561	55	-33.3	.261	58	-39.3
16	Yuniesky Betancourt Y. Betancourt	222	802	85	203	39	7	20	105	34	1	90	2	5	851	316	66	7	7	1	21	.253	.282	.394	.676	79	-19.9	.295	77	-23.9
17	Bill Pecota B. Pecota	221	417	68	97	12	6	7	34	40	4	68	17	2	470	142	25	8	1	1	8	.233	.305	.341	.646	45	-8.7	.293	79	-11.3
18	Neifi Perez N. Perez	194	753	83	179	27	5	4	49	30	1	72	11	13	805	228	36	12	9	2	13	.238	.265	.303	.568	46	-51.2	.250	40	-59.5
19	Jay Bell J. Bell	153	573	89	167	28	3	21	92	71	4	101	10	6	660	264	52	3	9	2	13	.291	.368	.461	.829	98	17.1	.364	116	13.3
20	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez	151	497	78	149	21	6	2	43	49	4	74	22	1	565	188	29	12	3	0	9	.300	.365	.378	.744	75	6.7	.329	105	3.1
21	Mike Aviles M. Aviles	138	539	78	158	30	5	11	59	22	2	84	9	3	568	231	46	2	3	4	15	.293	.322	.429	.750	67	-1.8	.325	93	-4.9
22	Curtis Wilkerson C. Wilkerson	111	296	27	74	10	1	2	29	18	1	47	18	7	326	92	13	7	4	3	4	.250	.292	.311	.602	24	-10.8	.272	64	-13.1
23	Bobby Floyd B. Floyd	96	187	24	50	10	1	0	19	15	0	44	1	2	205	62	11	0	3	0	3	.267	.317	.332	.649	19	-2.7	.297	82	-4
24	Rich Severson R. Severson	93	270	26	69	11	3	1	23	19	1	38	0	0	293	89	15	3	0	2	5	.256	.307	.330	.637	26	-6.7	.289	76	-8.3
25	Shane Halter S. Halter	86	204	17	45	12	0	2	13	12	1	38	2	5	226	63	14	7	2	0	3	.221	.265	.309	.574	14	-14.1	.257	45	-16