Since 2000, James Shields has the best ERA for the Royals, with an ERA of 3.18.

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era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game leaders kc royals since 2000

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	James Shields J. Shields	3.18	68	27	17	.614	68	376	3	1	0	455.2	439	161	177	43	112	19	0	0	1,885	23	7.43	2.21	3.36	0.85	19.9	5.9	1.21	.297	3.50	80	3.52	92	8.67	15.7
2	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	3.47	65	20	18	.526	65	455	1	0	0	355.0	276	137	147	35	137	9	0	1	1,456	18	11.54	3.47	3.32	0.89	31.3	9.4	1.16	.294	3.73	82	3.12	75	7.00	40.6
3	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	3.49	69	27	23	.540	69	318	0	0	0	396.2	359	154	157	39	108	12	0	1	1,625	6	7.22	2.45	2.94	0.88	19.6	6.6	1.18	.279	3.56	83	3.72	90	8.15	18.3
4	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	3.51	68	25	19	.568	68	352	1	0	0	404.2	366	158	168	44	122	15	0	2	1,668	10	7.83	2.71	2.89	0.98	21.1	7.3	1.21	.284	3.74	84	3.83	93	8.14	13.3
5	Felipe Paulino F. Paulino	3.55	28	7	7	.500	27	158	0	0	0	162.1	154	64	70	13	63	8	0	2	687	7	8.76	3.49	2.51	0.72	23.0	9.2	1.34	.317	3.88	85	3.44	86	8.54	10.5
6	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	3.55	32	11	10	.524	32	150	0	0	0	180.0	158	71	74	23	57	3	0	1	743	3	7.50	2.85	2.63	1.15	20.2	7.7	1.19	.265	3.70	84	4.11	99	7.90	1
7	Ervin Santana E. Santana	3.58	70	11	12	.478	34	213	0	0	0	276.1	255	110	120	35	73	8	19	4	1,136	13	6.94	2.38	2.92	1.14	18.8	6.4	1.19	.273	3.91	86	4.06	101	8.31	-2
8	Jason Vargas J. Vargas	3.88	74	34	23	.596	74	300	2	2	0	421.2	432	182	189	52	114	12	0	6	1,776	7	6.40	2.43	2.63	1.11	16.9	6.4	1.29	.293	4.03	93	4.21	105	9.22	-9.8
9	Yordano Ventura Y. Ventura	3.89	94	38	31	.551	93	470	2	0	0	547.2	525	237	247	54	211	22	0	3	2,355	35	7.72	3.47	2.23	0.89	20.0	9.0	1.34	.295	4.06	95	3.97	100	8.63	-1.5
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.93	266	66	91	.420	222	1,101	12	3	1	1387.1	1,436	606	656	151	330	46	8	12	5,826	34	7.14	2.14	3.34	0.98	18.9	5.7	1.27	.306	4.26	89	3.75	88	9.32	83
11	Paul Byrd P. Byrd	3.95	49	23	17	.575	48	178	8	2	0	321.2	334	141	156	47	60	8	0	2	1,334	4	4.98	1.68	2.97	1.32	13.3	4.5	1.22	.276	4.36	83	4.41	98	9.35	4
12	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	3.95	234	68	68	.500	204	1,048	1	0	1	1172.1	1,111	514	545	144	432	45	7	6	4,974	52	8.05	3.32	2.43	1.11	21.1	8.7	1.32	.293	4.18	92	4.17	101	8.53	-5.8
13	Michael Lorenzen M. Lorenzen	4.12	34	9	11	.450	32	149	0	0	0	170.1	168	78	82	27	51	7	0	0	723	12	7.87	2.69	2.92	1.43	20.6	7.1	1.29	.288	4.33	98	4.47	107	8.88	-5.8
14	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	4.14	126	22	38	.367	89	495	0	0	1	522.0	508	240	263	61	216	18	11	5	2,237	11	8.53	3.72	2.29	1.05	22.1	9.7	1.39	.309	4.53	97	4.11	99	8.76	1.4
15	Mike Minor M. Minor	4.23	93	14	18	.438	28	237	0	0	6	236.1	213	111	115	31	63	6	13	3	976	9	9.03	2.40	3.76	1.18	24.3	6.5	1.17	.285	4.38	94	3.73	88	8.11	13.8
16	Brad Keller B. Keller	4.27	150	38	53	.418	114	506	2	1	1	679.0	679	322	347	62	303	25	8	5	2,948	41	6.71	4.02	1.67	0.82	17.2	10.3	1.45	.301	4.60	97	4.31	102	9.00	-7.2
17	Gil Meche G. Meche	4.27	111	29	39	.426	100	475	3	1	0	617.0	631	293	319	67	231	8	1	7	2,654	16	6.93	3.37	2.06	0.98	17.9	8.7	1.40	.301	4.65	96	4.18	97	9.20	9.2
18	Brady Singer B. Singer	4.28	127	36	44	.450	124	645	1	0	0	685.1	695	326	347	82	214	42	2	1	2,934	16	8.47	2.81	3.01	1.08	22.0	7.3	1.33	.314	4.56	99	3.97	96	9.13	13.8
19	Jeremy Guthrie J. Guthrie	4.38	109	41	34	.547	103	375	4	2	0	653.2	721	318	337	91	171	33	4	2	2,799	15	5.16	2.35	2.19	1.25	13.4	6.1	1.36	.296	4.64	109	4.69	120	9.93	-58.9
20	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	4.43	68	23	20	.535	67	294	1	0	0	389.2	407	192	213	39	148	15	0	2	1,703	8	6.79	3.42	1.99	0.90	17.3	8.7	1.42	.305	4.92	106	4.18	103	9.40	-5.9
21	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	4.48	163	22	37	.373	86	508	0	0	30	546.2	525	272	287	100	189	21	52	7	2,326	15	8.36	3.11	2.69	1.65	21.8	8.1	1.31	.282	4.73	102	4.83	114	8.64	-36.9
22	Bruce Chen B. Chen	4.53	156	47	43	.522	113	494	2	1	1	718.2	753	362	381	100	231	26	17	17	3,089	14	6.19	2.89	2.14	1.25	16.0	7.5	1.37	.292	4.77	109	4.57	113	9.43	-42.5
23	Dillon Gee D. Gee	4.68	33	8	9	.471	14	89	0	0	0	125.0	146	65	67	24	37	6	3	3	551	1	6.41	2.66	2.41	1.73	16.2	6.7	1.46	.309	4.82	110	5.24	126	10.51	-15.5
24	Dennys Reyes D. Reyes	4.75	40	4	8	.333	12	91	0	0	0	108.0	114	57	64	12	50	4	5	3	483	6	7.58	4.17	1.82	1.00	18.8	10.4	1.52	.313	5.33	98	4.30	93	9.50	3.7
25	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	4.76	13	4	7	.364	13	56	1	1	0	81.1	101	43	45	10	17	2	0	0	350	0	6.20	1.88	3.29	1.11	16.0	4.9	1.45	.343	4.98	116	4.05	102	11.18	-0.9

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Mon 5/18	BOS	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Tue 5/19	BOS	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 5/20	BOS	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Fri 5/22	SEA	@	KCR	7:40 PM
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Cardinals	27	19	.587	1.5
Pirates	24	23	.511	5.0
Reds	24	23	.511	5.0
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Since 2000, James Shields has the best ERA for the Royals, with an ERA of 3.18.

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