highest era in royals history

Luke Hochevar has the highest career ERA for the Royals, with an ERA of 4.98.

Interpreted as:
highest era with a minimum of 750 IP by a player in royals history
NAMEERAIPGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Luke Hochevar
L. Hochevar
4.98
929.1
279
46
65
.414
128
702
5
2
3
946
514
550
116
299
45
40
10
3,963
41
6.80
2.90
2.35
1.12
17.7
7.5
1.34
.296
5.33
117
4.30
104
9.16
-18.4
2Jeff Suppan
J. Suppan
4.73
864.2
138
39
51
.433
133
472
11
3
0
927
454
489
123
289
29
2
13
3,739
28
4.91
3.01
1.63
1.28
12.6
7.7
1.41
.285
5.09
96
4.92
104
9.65
-17.3
3Tom Gordon
T. Gordon
4.02
1149.2
274
79
71
.527
144
999
12
2
3
1,040
514
572
91
587
20
58
27
4,971
71
7.82
4.60
1.70
0.71
20.1
11.8
1.42
.290
4.48
94
3.79
92
8.14
41.3
4Danny Duffy
D. Duffy
3.95
1172.1
234
68
68
.500
204
1,048
1
0
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
5Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
3.93
1387.1
266
66
91
.420
222
1,101
12
3
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
6Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
3.91
2218.2
382
132
135
.494
327
1,366
42
16
2
2,226
965
1,050
153
783
58
14
39
9,457
107
5.54
3.18
1.74
0.62
14.4
8.3
1.36
.292
4.26
92
3.66
88
9.03
116
7Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
3.81
2554.2
429
166
143
.537
392
1,057
88
17
1
2,644
1,082
1,243
192
780
34
13
41
10,829
41
3.72
2.75
1.36
0.68
9.8
7.2
1.34
.280
4.38
99
3.72
99
9.31
11
8Bud Black
B. Black
3.73
977.2
216
56
57
.496
128
508
16
3
10
942
405
457
100
289
29
37
22
4,109
27
4.68
2.66
1.76
0.92
12.4
7.0
1.26
.265
4.21
90
4.01
100
8.67
-0.1
9Larry Gura
L. Gura
3.72
1701.1
310
111
78
.587
219
633
61
14
12
1,628
704
792
166
503
40
37
31
7,108
24
3.35
2.66
1.26
0.88
8.9
7.1
1.25
.254
4.19
93
4.18
107
8.61
-54.5
10Steve Busby
S. Busby
3.72
1060.2
167
70
54
.565
150
659
53
7
0
1,003
438
483
73
433
25
8
22
4,505
28
5.59
3.67
1.52
0.62
14.6
9.6
1.35
.281
4.10
97
3.53
94
8.51
22
11Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
3.70
2187.0
312
144
106
.576
302
1,323
103
23
1
2,137
898
1,008
202
622
52
3
39
9,149
73
5.44
2.56
2.13
0.83
14.5
6.8
1.26
.278
4.15
93
3.59
93
8.79
62.5
12Charlie Leibrandt
C. Leibrandt
3.60
1257.0
194
76
61
.555
187
618
34
10
0
1,294
503
563
102
359
16
3
14
5,308
39
4.42
2.57
1.72
0.73
11.6
6.8
1.32
.283
4.03
87
3.73
94
9.26
36.4
13Dick Drago
D. Drago
3.52
1134.0
182
61
70
.466
160
577
53
10
1
1,162
444
493
91
310
31
14
26
4,738
16
4.58
2.46
1.86
0.72
12.2
6.5
1.30
.287
3.91
99
3.43
94
9.22
29
14Kevin Appier
K. Appier
3.49
1843.2
287
115
92
.556
275
1,458
32
10
0
1,671
714
771
138
634
39
2
30
7,688
72
7.12
3.09
2.30
0.67
19.0
8.2
1.25
.283
3.76
77
3.48
80
8.16
184.1
15Marty Pattin
M. Pattin
3.48
825.2
244
43
39
.524
63
370
18
2
21
801
319
369
74
217
14
92
36
3,447
12
4.03
2.37
1.71
0.81
10.7
6.3
1.23
.262
4.02
89
3.75
99
8.73
0.7
16Al Fitzmorris
A. Fitzmorris
3.46
1098.0
243
70
48
.593
136
391
35
11
7
1,075
422
467
66
359
9
38
38
4,591
56
3.20
2.94
1.09
0.54
8.5
7.8
1.31
.268
3.83
95
3.63
100
8.81
-3
17Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
3.21
1660.1
252
110
78
.585
226
1,093
64
14
1
1,551
593
650
126
331
27
13
25
6,725
41
5.92
1.79
3.30
0.68
16.3
4.9
1.13
.277
3.52
78
3.09
78
8.41
158.1
18Jeff Montgomery
J. Montgomery
3.20
849.1
686
44
50
.468
0
720
0
0
304
760
302
332
79
287
26
543
39
3,548
32
7.63
3.04
2.51
0.84
20.3
8.1
1.23
.280
3.52
72
3.56
83
8.05
63.7
19Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
2.55
920.1
573
51
44
.537
0
321
0
0
238
919
261
293
52
139
7
503
58
3,725
4
3.14
1.36
2.31
0.51
8.6
3.7
1.15
.270
2.87
62
3.24
81
8.99
75.8

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TEAMWLPCTGB
39
33
.542
37
32
.536
0.5
32
40
.444
7.0
29
42
.408
9.5
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Sun
6/14
@
2:10 PM
Mon
6/15
@
6:45 PM
Tue
6/16
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6:45 PM
Wed
6/17
@
1:05 PM
Thu
6/18
@
7:40 PM
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MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
46
24
.657
38
32
.543
8.0
36
35
.507
10.5
35
36
.493
11.5
31
39
.443
15.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
42
26
.618
38
30
.559
4.0
36
34
.514
7.0
36
35
.507
7.5
33
36
.478
9.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
45
26
.634
36
33
.522
8.0
35
35
.500
9.5
28
42
.400
16.5
26
44
.371
18.5
AL EastWLPCTGB
42
27
.609
40
26
.606
0.5
34
37
.479
9.0
34
38
.472
9.5
29
39
.426
12.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
39
33
.542
37
32
.536
0.5
32
40
.444
7.0
29
42
.408
9.5
28
42
.400
10.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
37
35
.514
34
35
.493
1.5
34
36
.486
2.0
32
39
.451
4.5
28
42
.400
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Scores

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Fri
5/29
@
8-3
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5/29
@
5-6
Fri
5/29
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7-9
Fri
5/29
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3-4
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5/29
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5-8

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
6/14
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Sun
6/14
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1:35 PM
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6/14
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1:35 PM
Sun
6/14
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6/14
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1:40 PM