Actually, the Royals AREN'T that good when scoring more than four runs

It happened again this morning, another reader e-mailing in with the stat that the Royals are 27-13 when they score four or more runs, and 22-9 when the score five or more.

Joe Posnanski got into the importance of scoring more than four runs in a column a while back, so I won't rehash that here.

But this might surprise you: the Royals' win percentage when scoring five or more runs is actually the third-worst in the American League, and only .003 better than second-worst. It's true.

They've also scored five or more runs in the fewest games (31) of any team in the league. Their 40 games with four or more runs are also the fewest in the league.

Here's how the AL teams have figured out so far. The first column is their record when scoring four, the second is their record when scoring five or more, and the third is the win percentage when scoring five or more:

Royals: 5-4, 22-9, .709

Tigers: 7-2, 28-8, .778

Twins: 4-4, 32-7, .821

White Sox: 9-5, 29-6, .829

Indians: 3-3, 28-17, .622*

* The Indians are actually 6-8 when scoring five runs, and 2-4 when scoring seven. Doctors call that a symptom of a bad pitching staff and bad team.

Red Sox: 6-4, 37-6, .860

Yankees: 7-7, 38-10, .792

Rays: 6-4, 35-6, .854

Blue Jays: 4-3, 36-9, .800

Orioles: 3-11, 28-9, .757

Angels: 6-8, 32-9, .780

Mariners: 8-2, 24-10, .706

Rangers: 1-5, 38-5, .884

A's: 5-5, 28-9 .757

Submitted by Sam Mellinger on July 7, 2009 - 9:55am.
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Really?

Submitted by theryangavin on July 8, 2009 - 8:52am.

Thanks for checking in, Damian.

Damian Rolls

Submitted by ryangoodwin5 on July 8, 2009 - 8:45am.

So the Royals are struggling and they decide to trade for a 33 yr old utility man to solve it. Here is what they really need to do: Sign Damian Rolls. Alot of you might be asking who Rolls is but he is a Kansas City native (Schlagle H.S.) who was a 1st round draft pick in 1995 for the Dodgers, spent 5 years in the Majors with Tampa (which included hitting 2 home runs off of Roger Clemens during a 2003 game) and is currently looking for one more shot as he plays for the T-Bones. In his time with Tampa he played everywhere except Catcher and could be a valuable utility guy. More importantly, it would be the Royals taking care of a native Kansas Citian who has proven he can play at that level, give them a positive in the p.r. department after the Rany fiasco, and put somebody in the clubhouse who would value putting on the Royal Blue with pride. C'mon Dayton, do the right thing.

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Submitted by ksuwdboots on July 7, 2009 - 3:28pm.

edited.

Sam

Submitted by maxonoodle on July 7, 2009 - 1:56pm.

Can you address on one of your blogs why it was Hernandez — and not Tony Pena Jr. — that was DFA with the Freel acquisition? Seriously, why is TPJ still on the roster?

Hernandez vs. Pena

Submitted by radmoney88 on July 7, 2009 - 3:22pm.

I believe its because Pena is out of minor league options, while Hernandez has a few left. Regardless, Pena should have been DFA'd instead.

GMDM+TPJ 4EVER!

LH didn't have any options left either

Submitted by ksuwdboots on July 7, 2009 - 3:28pm.

Luis Hernandez didn't have any options left either, that's why he was DFA'ed rather than just optioned to AAA Omaha.

5 runs or more

Submitted by Muley05 on July 7, 2009 - 1:48pm.

I can recall a few games where the Royals were down 10+ runs, but rallied in the late innings to score 5 runs and make the score 12-5 or something similar. That is probably skewing the win percentage in those games down.

Much like position players pitching in blowouts, guys are just going to throw BP when they are up 10+ runs, and even the offensively anemic Royals can hit a little then.

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