most strikeouts as a royals pitcher 2016

Danny Duffy struck out the most hitters for the Royals in a season in 2016, with 188 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	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	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	188	2016	KCR	42	12	3	.800	26	3.51	1	0	179.2	163	70	71	27	42	7	5	0	731	4	9.42	2.10	4.48	1.35	25.7	5.7	1.14	.291	3.56	83	3.82	92	8.17	6.7
2	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	184	2016	KCR	33	11	11	.500	33	3.68	0	0	195.2	173	80	81	33	66	13	0	1	818	4	8.46	3.04	2.79	1.52	22.5	8.1	1.22	.268	3.73	87	4.66	112	7.96	-11.4
3	Yordano Ventura Y. Ventura	144	2016	KCR	32	11	12	.478	32	4.45	2	0	186.0	190	92	96	23	78	8	0	1	816	13	6.97	3.77	1.85	1.11	17.6	9.6	1.44	.297	4.65	105	4.59	110	9.19	-9.2
4	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	139	2016	KCR	34	10	11	.476	34	5.37	0	0	189.1	217	113	124	23	76	7	0	1	853	5	6.61	3.61	1.83	1.09	16.3	8.9	1.55	.319	5.89	127	4.56	110	10.32	-8.9
5	Chris Young C. Young	94	2016	KCR	34	3	9	.250	13	6.19	0	1	88.2	104	61	63	28	43	1	7	1	406	3	9.54	4.36	2.19	2.84	23.2	10.6	1.66	.317	6.39	146	6.61	159	10.56	-24.8
6	Dillon Gee D. Gee	89	2016	KCR	33	8	9	.471	14	4.68	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
7	Kelvin Herrera K. Herrera	86	2016	KCR	72	2	6	.250	0	2.75	0	12	72.0	57	22	23	6	12	3	23	0	283	3	10.75	1.50	7.17	0.75	30.4	4.2	0.96	.290	2.88	65	2.46	59	7.13	13.8
8	Joakim Soria J. Soria	68	2016	KCR	70	5	8	.385	0	4.05	0	1	66.2	70	30	31	10	27	2	18	0	293	2	9.18	3.65	2.52	1.35	23.2	9.2	1.45	.323	4.18	95	4.35	105	9.45	-1.5
9	Wade Davis W. Davis	47	2016	KCR	45	2	1	.667	0	1.87	0	27	43.1	33	9	9	0	16	3	40	0	176	4	9.76	3.32	2.94	0.00	26.7	9.1	1.13	.300	1.87	44	2.29	55	6.85	9.2
10	Brian Flynn B. Flynn	44	2016	KCR	36	1	2	.333	1	2.60	0	0	55.1	38	16	19	5	23	1	11	0	221	8	7.16	3.74	1.91	0.81	19.9	10.4	1.10	.223	3.09	61	4.02	97	6.18	0.8
11	Luke Hochevar L. Hochevar	40	2016	KCR	40	2	3	.400	0	3.86	0	0	37.1	31	16	17	6	9	3	1	0	151	2	9.64	2.17	4.44	1.45	26.5	6.0	1.07	.269	4.10	91	4.05	97	7.47	0.4
12	Peter Moylan P. Moylan	34	2016	KCR	50	2	0	1.000	0	3.43	0	0	44.2	42	17	19	4	16	2	11	0	191	3	6.85	3.22	2.13	0.81	17.8	8.4	1.30	.281	3.83	81	3.99	96	8.46	0.8
13	Matt Strahm M. Strahm	30	2016	KCR	21	2	2	.500	0	1.23	0	0	22.0	13	3	4	0	11	1	1	1	88	1	12.27	4.50	2.73	0.00	34.1	12.5	1.09	.283	1.64	29	2.05	49	5.32	5.2
14	Chien-Ming Wang C. Wang	30	2016	KCR	38	6	0	1.000	0	4.22	0	0	53.1	60	25	27	6	18	2	24	0	231	1	5.06	3.04	1.67	1.01	13.0	7.8	1.46	.309	4.56	99	4.60	111	10.13	-2.7
15	Kris Medlen K. Medlen	18	2016	KCR	6	1	3	.250	6	7.77	0	0	24.1	30	21	25	2	20	0	0	0	119	1	6.66	7.40	0.90	0.74	15.1	16.8	2.05	.354	9.25	183	5.19	125	11.10	-2.9
16	Scott Alexander S. Alexander	16	2016	KCR	17	0	0		0	3.32	0	0	19.0	24	7	7	1	7	0	4	0	84	0	7.58	3.32	2.29	0.47	19.0	8.3	1.63	.383	3.32	78	3.24	78	11.37	1.9
17	Brooks Pounders B. Pounders	13	2016	KCR	13	2	1	.667	0	9.24	0	0	12.2	19	13	13	6	3	0	6	0	58	0	9.24	2.13	4.33	4.26	22.4	5.2	1.74	.361	9.24	218	7.95	191	13.50	-5.5
18	Jason Vargas J. Vargas	11	2016	KCR	3	0	0		3	2.25	0	0	12.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	47	0	8.25	2.25	3.67	0.75	23.4	6.4	0.92	.219	2.25	53	3.14	76	6.00	1.4
19	Kevin McCarthy K. McCarthy	7	2016	KCR	10	1	0	1.000	0	6.48	0	0	8.1	11	6	8	1	5	0	1	0	41	0	7.56	5.40	1.40	1.08	17.1	12.2	1.92	.357	8.64	153	4.82	116	11.88	-0.6
20	Alec Mills A. Mills	4	2016	KCR	3	0	0		0	13.50	0	0	3.1	3	5	5	0	5	1	2	0	19	0	10.80	13.50	0.80	0.00	21.1	26.3	2.40	.333	13.50	318	6.14	148	8.10	-0.8
21	Drew Butera D. Butera	1	2016	KCR	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	6.75	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	0.75	.250	0.00	0	1.64	39	6.75	0.4

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	85	77	.525
White Sox	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	MIN	@	KCR	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	MIN	@	KCR	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	MIN	@	KCR	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	CWS	@	KCR	4:00 AM
Tue 3/30	CWS	@	KCR	4:00 AM

Last Game

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Final

Royals

69 - 93

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Contreras

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Playoffs RBI Leaders

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Contreras

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Genao

Playoffs Hit Leaders

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Contreras

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Chourio

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Playoffs Run Leaders

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Sheets

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Playoffs Win Leaders

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Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

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Rasmussen

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Playoffs ERA Leaders

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Playoffs WHIP Leaders

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VanWey

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Playoffs K/9 Leaders

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Chapman

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Playoffs K/BB Leaders

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18.00

Burke

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

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Rasmussen

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Contreras

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Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

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Worst Record ATS

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

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Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
Wed 9/16	CWS	@	CLE	3-6
Wed 9/16	SFG	@	STL	6-5
Wed 9/16	NYY	@	MIN	4-5
Wed 9/16	DET	@	TOR	1-5

Schedule

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Thu 3/25	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
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Thu 3/25	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Thu 3/25	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
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