most strikeouts as a royals pitcher in 2014

James Shields fanned the most batters for the Royals in 2014, with 180 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	180	2014	KCR	34	14	8	.636	34	3.21	1	1	0	227.0	224	81	95	23	44	11	0	0	939	12	7.14	1.74	4.09	0.91	19.2	4.7	1.18	.295	3.77	82	3.59	96	8.88	4
2	Yordano Ventura Y. Ventura	159	2014	KCR	31	14	10	.583	30	3.20	0	0	0	183.0	168	65	70	14	69	5	0	1	782	11	7.82	3.39	2.30	0.69	20.3	8.8	1.30	.288	3.44	81	3.60	96	8.26	3
3	Jason Vargas J. Vargas	128	2014	KCR	30	11	10	.524	30	3.71	1	1	0	187.0	197	77	82	19	41	6	0	4	790	1	6.16	1.97	3.12	0.91	16.2	5.2	1.27	.299	3.95	94	3.83	102	9.48	-1.9
4	Jeremy Guthrie J. Guthrie	124	2014	KCR	32	13	11	.542	32	4.13	1	0	0	202.2	215	93	100	23	49	14	0	0	864	3	5.51	2.18	2.53	1.02	14.4	5.7	1.30	.294	4.44	105	4.31	115	9.55	-12.9
5	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	113	2014	KCR	31	9	12	.429	25	2.53	0	0	0	149.1	113	42	52	12	53	5	1	2	606	5	6.81	3.19	2.13	0.72	18.6	8.7	1.11	.239	3.13	64	3.82	102	6.81	-1.3
6	Wade Davis W. Davis	109	2014	KCR	71	9	2	.818	0	1.00	0	0	3	72.0	38	8	8	0	23	3	11	0	279	1	13.63	2.88	4.74	0.00	39.1	8.2	0.85	.264	1.00	25	1.18	32	4.75	20.7
7	Greg Holland G. Holland	90	2014	KCR	65	1	3	.250	0	1.44	0	0	46	62.1	37	10	13	3	20	0	60	0	240	9	12.99	2.89	4.50	0.43	37.5	8.3	0.91	.268	1.88	37	1.83	49	5.34	13.4
8	Kelvin Herrera K. Herrera	59	2014	KCR	70	4	3	.571	0	1.41	0	0	0	70.0	54	11	12	0	26	3	12	0	285	1	7.59	3.34	2.27	0.00	20.7	9.1	1.14	.274	1.54	36	2.68	72	6.94	8.3
9	Bruce Chen B. Chen	36	2014	KCR	13	2	4	.333	7	7.45	0	0	0	48.1	69	40	40	7	16	1	6	1	223	0	6.70	2.98	2.25	1.30	16.1	7.2	1.76	.380	7.45	190	4.58	122	12.85	-4.5
10	Aaron Crow A. Crow	34	2014	KCR	67	6	1	.857	0	4.12	0	0	3	59.0	52	27	32	10	24	0	20	1	244	2	5.19	3.66	1.42	1.53	13.9	9.8	1.29	.239	4.88	105	5.40	144	7.93	-11
11	Louis Coleman L. Coleman	24	2014	KCR	31	1	0	1.000	0	5.56	0	0	1	34.0	39	21	21	6	18	1	10	1	154	3	6.35	4.76	1.33	1.59	15.6	11.7	1.68	.314	5.56	141	5.69	152	10.32	-7.4
12	Michael Mariot M. Mariot	21	2014	KCR	17	1	0	1.000	0	6.48	0	0	0	25.0	31	18	21	2	12	0	8	1	118	5	7.56	4.32	1.75	0.72	17.8	10.2	1.72	.349	7.56	165	3.93	105	11.16	-0.5
13	Francisley Bueno F. Bueno	20	2014	KCR	30	0	0		0	4.18	0	0	0	32.1	36	15	16	3	7	1	8	2	142	1	5.57	1.95	2.86	0.84	14.1	4.9	1.33	.297	4.45	106	3.84	102	10.02	-0.3
14	Jason Frasor J. Frasor	16	2014	KCR	23	3	0	1.000	0	1.53	0	0	0	17.2	13	3	3	1	4	1	5	1	67	1	8.15	2.04	4.00	0.51	23.9	6.0	0.96	.267	1.53	39	2.90	77	6.62	1.7
15	Tim Collins T. Collins	15	2014	KCR	22	0	3	.000	0	3.86	0	0	0	21.0	18	9	9	2	11	2	9	0	90	1	6.43	4.71	1.36	0.86	16.7	12.2	1.38	.267	3.86	98	4.79	128	7.71	-2.5
16	Liam Hendriks L. Hendriks	15	2014	KCR	6	0	2	.000	3	4.66	0	0	0	19.1	26	10	12	0	3	1	0	0	86	1	6.98	1.40	5.00	0.00	17.4	3.5	1.50	.388	5.59	118	2.20	59	12.10	3.4
17	Brandon Finnegan B. Finnegan	10	2014	KCR	7	0	1	.000	0	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	28	0	12.86	1.29	10.00	0.00	35.7	3.6	1.00	.353	1.29	33	0.70	19	7.71	2.4
18	Casey Coleman C. Coleman	5	2014	KCR	10	1	0	1.000	0	5.25	0	0	0	12.0	16	7	8	0	6	0	4	0	55	0	3.75	4.50	0.83	0.00	9.1	10.9	1.83	.364	6.00	134	3.79	101	12.00	-0.1
19	Scott Downs S. Downs	3	2014	KCR	17	0	2	.000	0	3.14	0	0	0	14.1	12	5	7	1	5	0	2	0	57	1	1.88	3.14	0.60	0.63	5.3	8.8	1.19	.229	4.40	80	4.66	124	7.53	-1.5
20	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	2	2014	KCR	2	0	1	.000	1	43.88	0	0	0	2.2	12	13	13	1	3	2	1	0	24	0	6.75	10.13	0.67	3.38	8.3	12.5	5.63	.688	43.88	1117	12.13	324	40.50	-2.5
21	Donnie Joseph D. Joseph	2	2014	KCR	1	0	0		0	81.00	0	0	0	0.2	5	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	27.00	13.50	2.00	13.50	25.0	12.5	9.00	1.000	81.00	2062	21.13	564	67.50	-1.3
22	Justin Marks J. Marks	2	2014	KCR	1	0	0		0	13.50	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	13	0	9.00	13.50	0.67	0.00	15.4	23.1	3.50	.500	13.50	344	5.63	150	18.00	-0.4
23	Wilking Rodríguez W. Rodríguez	1	2014	KCR	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	4.50	4.50	1.00	0.00	14.3	14.3	1.00	.200	0.00	0	3.63	97	4.50	0

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Cameron

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2026 Division Standings

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White Sox	70	63	.526
Guardians	68	66	.507	2.5
Twins	64	70	.478	6.5
Tigers	62	71	.466	8.0
Royals	59	75	.440	11.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 8/27	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Fri 8/28	KCR	@	CLE	7:10 PM
Sat 8/29	KCR	@	CLE	4:10 PM
Sun 8/30	KCR	@	CLE	1:40 PM
Tue 9/1	MIA	@	KCR	7:40 PM

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Final

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Olson

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RBI Leaders

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Batting Average Leaders

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Hit Leaders

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Run Leaders

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OBP Leaders

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SLG Leaders

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SB Leaders

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Chisholm

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Gray

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Cease

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ERA Leaders

1.68

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WHIP Leaders

0.76

Misiorowski

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K/9 Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Cease

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Williams

K/BB Leaders

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5.93

Sale

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Walk Leaders

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Rasmussen

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MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,225.2

Ohtani

1,869.1

Crow-Armstrong

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Crow-Armstrong

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76-58

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Braves	78	55	.586
Phillies	74	60	.552	4.5
Marlins	68	66	.507	10.5
Nationals	62	73	.459	17.0
Mets	60	73	.451	18.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	82	51	.617
Cubs	76	58	.567	6.5
Cardinals	66	68	.493	16.5
Pirates	65	70	.481	18.0
Reds	63	71	.470	19.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	80	53	.602
Padres	72	62	.537	8.5
Diamondbacks	71	63	.530	9.5
Giants	54	79	.406	26.0
Rockies	52	81	.391	28.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	79	54	.594
Yankees	75	57	.568	3.5
Red Sox	73	60	.549	6.0
Orioles	65	68	.489	14.0
Blue Jays	65	69	.485	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	70	63	.526
Guardians	68	66	.507	2.5
Twins	64	70	.478	6.5
Tigers	62	71	.466	8.0
Royals	59	75	.440	11.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	66	67	.496
Rangers	66	68	.493	0.5
Mariners	64	70	.478	2.5
Athletics	53	81	.396	13.5
Angels	52	82	.388	14.5

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Wed 8/12	HOU	@	SFG	2-1
Wed 8/12	MIL	@	SDP	3-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 8/27	BAL	@	STL	2:15 PM
Thu 8/27	HOU	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Thu 8/27	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Thu 8/27	MIL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
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