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As easy as it is to harp on the pitching woes of the KC Royals, offensively the team is putting up historically bad numbers as well.
Whit Merrifield led the team with a .282 average in 2020. Outside of Cheslor Cuthbert hitting .274 in 2016, that is the worst for a KC Royals qualified leader since Lou Piniella had the same average in the franchise’s inaugural season in 1969.
Cuthbert only had eight plate appearances above the required 502 to qualify, if not for him Eric Hosmer would have been the best on the team with a .