The KC Royals are a contact hitting team. Pretty much anyone who has listened to five minutes of a Kansas City Royals broadcast, or read a couple of articles about the team, knows that fact. What most might not realize is the KC Royals might be the best contact hitting team of the last 65 years, according to Fangraphs.com writer Jeff Sullivan.
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While not a particularly prolific offense scoring 679 runs (5th in the American League), they are certainly above-average. Though they remain last in the American League in walk rate at 6.