whoever asked about if the Royals are going to set some records for baserunners LOB for a season, this may surprise you:
2014 LOB:
1. Tampa Bay 1093
2. Pittsburgh 1069
3. Boston 1068
4. Minnesota 1062
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27. Kansas City 950
28. Milwaukee 930
29. Seattle 912
30. San Diego 910
It makes sense if you consider the following:
though the Royals' OBP has been taken behind the woodshed ad nauseam this year, it is only slightly below average (19th in MLB), and yet they are 16th in MLB in runs scored per game. So they score better than their OBP suggests, which means once people get on base, they score. The last few games in Detroit have definitely been the exception, not the rule.