most wins as a royals pitcher in a single season from 1995 to 2016

Between the 1995 and 2016 seasons, Paul Byrd won the most games for the Royals in a season, with 17 wins in 2002.

	NAME	W	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	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	Paul Byrd P. Byrd	17	2002	KCR	11	.607	33	33	3.90	129	7	2	0	228.1	224	99	111	36	38	7	0	1	935	3	5.08	1.50	3.39	1.42	13.8	4.1	1.15	.259	4.38	83	4.46	99	8.83	0.9
2	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	16	2009	KCR	8	.667	33	33	2.16	242	6	3	0	229.1	195	55	64	11	51	4	0	0	915	5	9.50	2.00	4.75	0.43	26.4	5.6	1.07	.303	2.51	48	2.32	53	7.65	52.5
3	Jeremy Guthrie J. Guthrie	15	2013	KCR	12	.556	33	33	4.04	111	3	2	0	211.2	236	95	99	30	59	8	0	1	905	7	4.72	2.51	1.88	1.28	12.3	6.5	1.39	.296	4.21	100	4.79	122	10.03	-20.6
4	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	15	1996	KCR	11	.577	35	35	3.92	113	4	1	0	238.2	262	104	117	28	68	6	0	4	1,021	7	4.26	2.56	1.66	1.06	11.1	6.7	1.38	.290	4.41	77	4.67	93	9.88	9.1
5	Kevin Appier K. Appier	15	1995	KCR	10	.600	31	31	3.89	185	4	1	0	201.1	163	87	90	14	80	8	0	1	832	5	8.27	3.58	2.31	0.63	22.2	9.6	1.21	.273	4.02	81	3.48	74	7.29	27.8
6	James Shields J. Shields	14	2014	KCR	8	.636	34	34	3.21	180	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
7	Yordano Ventura Y. Ventura	14	2014	KCR	10	.583	31	30	3.20	159	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
8	Gil Meche G. Meche	14	2008	KCR	11	.560	34	34	3.98	183	0	0	0	210.1	204	93	98	19	73	0	0	2	886	5	7.83	3.12	2.51	0.81	20.7	8.2	1.32	.303	4.19	90	3.60	84	8.73	15.8
9	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	14	1998	KCR	14	.500	34	34	4.27	130	2	0	0	234.0	247	111	127	37	73	7	0	0	1,003	6	5.00	2.81	1.78	1.42	13.0	7.3	1.37	.278	4.88	90	5.10	110	9.50	-11.1
10	Kevin Appier K. Appier	14	1996	KCR	11	.560	32	32	3.62	207	5	1	0	211.1	192	85	87	17	75	5	0	2	874	10	8.82	3.19	2.76	0.72	23.7	8.6	1.26	.307	3.71	71	3.39	68	8.18	37.6
11	Yordano Ventura Y. Ventura	13	2015	KCR	8	.619	28	28	4.08	156	0	0	0	163.1	154	74	75	14	58	9	0	1	693	10	8.60	3.20	2.69	0.77	22.5	8.4	1.30	.307	4.13	100	3.56	90	8.49	7.2
12	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	13	2015	KCR	9	.591	34	33	3.55	155	1	0	0	200.1	190	79	89	16	72	8	0	1	850	3	6.96	3.23	2.15	0.72	18.2	8.5	1.31	.290	4.00	87	3.82	96	8.54	3
13	Jeremy Guthrie J. Guthrie	13	2014	KCR	11	.542	32	32	4.13	124	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
14	James Shields J. Shields	13	2013	KCR	9	.591	34	34	3.15	196	2	0	0	228.2	215	80	82	20	68	8	0	0	946	11	7.71	2.68	2.88	0.79	20.7	7.2	1.24	.298	3.23	78	3.46	88	8.46	11.7
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	13	2008	KCR	10	.565	32	32	3.47	183	1	0	0	202.1	202	78	87	21	56	4	0	1	851	8	8.14	2.49	3.27	0.93	21.5	6.6	1.28	.308	3.87	78	3.55	83	8.99	16.3
16	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	13	1997	KCR	12	.520	32	32	5.02	113	3	1	0	213.1	242	119	128	31	70	5	0	2	927	7	4.77	2.95	1.61	1.31	12.2	7.6	1.46	.298	5.40	109	4.99	108	10.21	-8.3
17	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	12	2016	KCR	3	.800	42	26	3.51	188	1	0	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
18	Bruce Chen B. Chen	12	2011	KCR	8	.600	25	25	3.77	97	1	0	0	155.0	152	65	71	18	50	7	0	2	654	2	5.63	2.90	1.94	1.05	14.8	7.6	1.30	.278	4.12	91	4.38	110	8.83	-6.7
19	Bruce Chen B. Chen	12	2010	KCR	7	.632	33	23	4.17	98	1	1	1	140.1	136	65	68	17	57	3	4	4	608	3	6.29	3.66	1.72	1.09	16.1	9.4	1.38	.275	4.36	100	4.53	110	8.72	-6.5
20	Brian Bannister B. Bannister	12	2007	KCR	9	.571	27	27	3.87	77	1	0	0	165.0	156	71	76	15	44	6	0	1	683	4	4.20	2.40	1.75	0.82	11.3	6.4	1.21	.261	4.15	84	4.39	100	8.51	0
21	Pat Rapp P. Rapp	12	1998	KCR	13	.480	32	32	5.30	132	1	1	0	188.1	208	111	117	24	107	10	0	7	855	14	6.31	5.11	1.23	1.15	15.4	12.5	1.67	.316	5.59	112	5.25	113	9.94	-12
22	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	12	1995	KCR	12	.500	31	31	4.43	119	2	0	0	189.0	204	93	110	12	89	4	0	4	843	9	5.67	4.24	1.34	0.57	14.1	10.6	1.55	.310	5.24	92	4.14	88	9.71	12.2
23	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	12	1995	KCR	14	.462	33	33	3.75	81	3	2	0	213.1	222	89	97	21	62	6	0	2	898	4	3.42	2.62	1.31	0.89	9.0	6.9	1.33	.276	4.09	78	4.57	97	9.37	3.6
24	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	11	2016	KCR	11	.500	33	33	3.68	184	0	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
25	Yordano Ventura Y. Ventura	11	2016	KCR	12	.478	32	32	4.45	144	2	0	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

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White Sox	76	73	.510
Guardians	76	74	.507	0.5
Tigers	70	79	.470	6.0
Twins	70	79	.470	6.0
Royals	66	84	.440	10.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/15	KCR	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 9/16	KCR	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 9/17	KCR	@	HOU	7:15 PM
Fri 9/18	KCR	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Sat 9/19	KCR	@	PIT	6:40 PM

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Final

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Braves	88	62	.587
Phillies	83	67	.553	5.0
Marlins	74	76	.493	14.0
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.5
Mets	69	80	.463	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - x	93	57	.620
Cubs	83	67	.553	10.0
Pirates	75	75	.500	18.0
Cardinals	74	76	.493	19.0
Reds	70	79	.470	22.5
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Padres	81	68	.544	9.0
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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