2010 Kansas City Royals season

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2010  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
Owners David Glass
General managers Dayton Moore
Managers Trey Hillman
Ned Yost
Television Fox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Frank White)
Radio KCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Bob Davis, Steve Stewart)
  2009 Seasons 2011  

The Kansas City Royals' season of 2010 was the 42nd for the Royals franchise. It was also the 25th anniversary of their first World Series championship (1985).

Contents

The Royals' payroll as the 2010 season opened was $70 million (21st in the major leagues). [1] [2] Royals batters struck out 905 times during the season, the fewest of any team in a season in the 2010s. [3]

Regular season

Manager Trey Hillman and third base coach Dave Owen (baseball) were dismissed after the game on May 13, 2010 and replaced with Ned Yost as manager and Rusty Kuntz as first base coach with Eddie Rodriguez shifting from first base coach to third base coach.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9468.58053284140
Chicago White Sox 8874.543645364338
Detroit Tigers 8181.5001352292952
Cleveland Indians 6993.4262538433150
Kansas City Royals 6795.4142738432952

American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 9666.593
Minnesota Twins 9468.580
Texas Rangers 9072.556
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 9567.586
Boston Red Sox 8973.5496
Chicago White Sox 8874.5437
Toronto Blue Jays 8577.52510
Detroit Tigers 8181.50014
Oakland Athletics 8181.50014
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8082.49415
Cleveland Indians 6993.42626
Kansas City Royals 6795.41428
Baltimore Orioles 6696.40729
Seattle Mariners 61101.37734

Record vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore 9–94–33–35–52–46–03–55–133–73–67–116–43–157–11
Boston 9–91–64–43–34–39–13–29–94–57–37–114–612–613–5
Chicago 3–46–19–98–1010–87–25–132–44–59–13–44–53–515–3
Cleveland 3–34–49–99–910–85–46–122–63–63–42–72–46–45–13
Detroit 5–53–310–89–910–86–49–94–43–33–51–63–64–411–7
Kansas City 4–23-49–108–108–103-75–133–53–65–44–42–73–38–10
Los Angeles 0–61–92–74–54–67–32–54–411–815–44–59–106–311–7
Minnesota 5–32–313–512–69–913–55–22–46–36-43–57–33–68–10
New York 13–59–94–26-24–45–34–44–29–16–48–104–48–1011–7
Oakland 7–35–45–46–33–36–38–113–61–913–64–59–103–48–10
Seattle 6–33–71–94–35–34–54–154–64–66–132–77–122–39–9
Tampa Bay 11–711–74–37–26–14–45–45–310–85–47–24–210–87–11
Texas 4–66–45–44–26–37–210-93-74-410-912–72–43–714–4
Toronto 15–36–125–34–64–43–33–66–310–84–33–28–107–37–11

Game log

Legend
Royals WinRoyals LossGame Postponed
2010 Game Log
April (9–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5 Tigers 8–4 Zumaya (1–0) Tejeda (0–1)40,0520–1
2April 7 Tigers 3–2 (11) Farnsworth (1–0) Valverde (0–1)10,5741–1
3April 8 Tigers 7–3 Bonine (1–0) Mendoza (0–1)10,9091–2
4April 9 Red Sox 4–3 Parrish (1–0) Bard (0–1) Soria (1)21,0912–2
5April 10 Red Sox 8–3 Beckett (1–0) Greinke (0–1)37,5052–3
6April 11 Red Sox 8–6 Buchholz (1–0) Meche (0–1) Papelbon (2)19,2402–4
7April 12@ Tigers 10–5 Hochevar (1–0) Scherzer (0–1)17,0583–4
8April 13@ Tigers 6–5 Zumaya (2–0) Hughes (0–1) Valverde (2)18,4143–5
9April 14@ Tigers 7–3 Davies (1–0) Perry (0–1) Soria (2)19,2624–5
10April 16@ Twins 10–3 Baker (2–1) Greinke (0–2)38,5324–6
11April 17@ Twins 6–5 Duensing (2–0) Parrish (1–1) Rauch (6)38,5644–7
12April 18@ Twins 10–5 Hochevar (2–0) Pavano (2–1) Soria (3)38,5445–7
13April 19@ Blue Jays 8–1 Morrow (1–1) Bannister (0–1)10,3145–8
14April 20@ Blue Jays 4–3 Camp (1–0) Davies (0–2) Gregg (4)10,5655–9
15April 21@ Blue Jays 4–3 (10) Tejeda (1–1) Downs (0–1) Soria (4)15,5776–9
16April 23 Twins 8–3 Pavano (3–1) Meche (0–2)16,6056–10
17April 24 Twins 9–7 (12) Rauch (1–0) Tejeda (1–2)26,6496–11
18April 25 Twins 4–3 Bannister (1–1) Slowey (2–2) Soria (5)15,6017–11
19April 26 Mariners 3–1 Davies (2–1) Hernández (2–1) Chen (1)11,3918–11
20April 27 Mariners 3–2 Kelley (1–0) Rupe (0–1) Aardsma (7)14,9698–12
21April 28 Mariners 6–5 League (3–1) Thompson (0–1) Aardsma (8)13,2068–13
22April 29@ Rays 11–1 Garza (4–1) Hochevar (2–1)12,7668–14
23April 30@ Rays 3–2 Rupe (1–1) Choate (0–2) Soria (6)25,1959–14
May (12–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Rays 4–2 (11) Tejada (2–2) Cormier (2–1) Soria (7)34,81310–14
25May 2@ Rays 1–0 Davis (3–1) Greinke (0–3) Soriano (6)19,75710–15
26May 3@ White Sox 5–1 Peavy (1–2) Meche (0–3)21,20810–16
27May 4@ White Sox 7–2 Hochevar (3–1) Floyd (1–3)17,15711–16
28May 5@ White Sox 9–2 García (1–2) Bannister (1–2)21,25511–17
29May 6@ Rangers 13–12 Francisco (4–3) Soria (0–1) Feliz (7)15,13211–18
30May 7@ Rangers 4–1 Wilson (3–1) Greinke (0–4)29,06511–19
31May 8@ Rangers 3–2 Ray (1–0) Meche (0–4) Feliz (8)36,34911–20
32May 9@ Rangers 6–4 Mathis (1–0) Thompson (0–2) Feliz (9)25,47611–21
33May 11 Indians 8–2 Westbrook (1–2) Bannister (1–2)15,93011–22
34May 12 Indians 4–0 Carmona (4–1) Davies (2–2)11,80311–23
35May 13 Indians 6–4 Greinke (1–4) Huff (1–5) Soria (8)28,36112–23
36May 14 White Sox 6–1 Hughes (1–1) Buehrle (2–5)27,81613–23
37May 15 White Sox 5–4 Peavy (3–2) Hochevar (3–2) Thornton (1)22,19213–24
38May 16 White Sox 5–3 Bannister (2–3) Floyd (1–4) Soria (9)13,92214–24
39May 17@ Orioles 4–3 Davies (3–2) Bergesen (3–3) Soria (10)9,29915–24
40May 18@ Orioles 4–3 (10) Simón (1–1) Bullington (0–1)9,71515–25
41May 19@ Indians 8–4 Chen (1–0) Wood (0–2)10,91616–25
42May 20@ Indians 9–3 Hochevar (4–2) Talbot (5–3)13,95317–25
43May 21 Rockies 9–2 Bannister (3–3) Hammel (1–3)24,80718–25
44May 22 Rockies 3–0 Francis (1–0) Davies (3–3) Corpas (3)20,90718–26
45May 23 Rockies 11–7 Rogers (1–2) Greinke (1–5)21,86718–27
46May 25 Rangers 8–7 O'Day (2–2) Thompson (0–3) Feliz (13)12,79618–28
47May 26 Rangers 5–2 Hochevar (5–2) Feldman (2–5) Soria (11)14,72219–28
48May 27@ Red Sox 4–3 Bannister (4–3) Matsuzaka (3–2) Soria (12)37,94020–28
49May 28@ Red Sox 12–5 Davies (4–3) Wakefield (1–3)37,94521–28
50May 29@ Red Sox 1–0 Buchholz (7–3) Greinke (1–6) Papelbon (12)37,95621–29
51May 30@ Red Sox 8–1 Lester (6–2) Thompson (0–4)37,58121–30
52May 31 Angels 7–1 Santana (5–3) Hochevar (5–3)24,64921–31
June (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1 Angels 6–3 Bannister (5–3) Piñeiro (3–6) Soria (13)15,14222–31
54June 2 Angels 7–2 Kazmir (4–5) Davies (4–4)12,71822–32
55June 3 Angels 5–4 Weaver (5–2) Greinke (1–7) Fuentes (7)13,62122–33
56June 4 Tigers 7–3 Chen (2–0) Scherzer (2–5)21,93023–33
57June 5 Tigers 4–2 Verlander (6–4) Hochevar (5–4) Valverde (12)24,38323–34
58June 6 Tigers 7–2 Bannister (6–3) Bonderman (2–4)22,24024–34
59June 8@ Twins 7–3 Slowey (7–3) Greinke (1–8) Guerrier (1)38,97024–35
60June 9@ Twins 6–2 Pavano (6–6) Davies (4–5)40,32324–36
61June 10@ Twins 9–8 Chen (3–0) Baker (5–5) Soria (14)39,02225–36
62June 11@ Reds 6–5 (11) Marté (1–0) Owings (3–2) Soria (15)25,84726–36
63June 12@ Reds 11–5 Cueto (6–1) Bannister (6–4)34,24026–37
64June 13@ Reds 7–3 Greinke (2–8) LeCure (1–3)23,74727–37
65June 15 Astros 15–7 Texeira (1–1) Paulino (1–8)24,86228–37
66June 16 Astros 4–2 Oswalt (5–8) Chen (3–1) Lindstrom (15)17,67528–38
67June 17 Astros 5–2 Marté (2–0) Myers (4–5) Soria (16)16,25529–38
68June 18@ Braves 6–4 Lowe (9–5) Bannister (6–5) Wagner (13)29,80829–39
69June 19@ Braves 5–4 Wagner (5–0) Tejeda (2–3)39,10929–40
70June 20@ Braves 8–5 Kimbrel (2–0) Wood (0–1) Wagner (14)30,07229–41
71June 21@ Nationals 2–1 Hernández (6–4) Chen (3–2) Capps (21)13,59229–42
72June 22@ Nationals 4–3 Atilano (6–4) Lerew (0–1) Capps (22)21,16829–43
73June 23@ Nationals 1–0 Bannister (7–5) Strasburg (2–1) Soria (17)31,91330–43
74June 25 Cardinals 4–2 Greinke (3–8) Suppan (0–3) Soria (18)38,91631–43
75June 26 Cardinals 5–3 Hawksworth (2–4) Davies (4–6) Franklin (15)38,45731–44
76June 27 Cardinals 10–3 Chen (4–2) García (7–4)32,93832–44
77June 28 White Sox 3–1 Lerew (1–1) Buehrle (6–7) Soria (19)15,05633–44
78June 29 White Sox 4–3 Floyd (3–7) Bannister (7–6) Putz (2)19,36433–45
79June 30 White Sox 7–6 Greinke (4–8) Peavy (7–6) Soria (20)18,33534–45
July (10–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 2@ Angels 2–1 (10) Tejeda (3–3) Shields (0–3) Soria (21)40,00535–45
81July 3@ Angels 4–2 Chen (5–2) Santana (8–6) Soria (22)39,11236–45
82July 4@ Angels 11–0 Piñeiro (9–6) Lerew (1–2)42,11636–46
83July 5@ Mariners 6–4 (10) Farnsworth (2–0) Cordero (0–1) Soria (23)22,61737–46
84July 6@ Mariners 3–2 Greinke (5–8) Rowland-Smith (1–8) Soria (24)17,55538–46
85July 7@ Mariners 7–3 Marté (3–0) League (5–6) Soria (25)16,95439–46
86July 9@ White Sox 8–2 Buehrle (8–7) Chen (5–3)25,57239–47
87July 10@ White Sox 5–1 Floyd (5–7) Bannister (7–7)32,33939–48
88July 11@ White Sox 15–5 Peña (3–1) Lerew (1–3)29,04039–49
All-Star Break : National League defeats American League 3–1.
89July 16 Athletics 5–1 Gonzalez (8–6) Greinke (5–9)37,31239–50
90July 17 Athletics 6–5 Breslow (4–2) Soria (0–2) Bailey (19)26,63439–51
91July 18 Athletics 9–6 Mazzaro (5–2) Bannister (7–8) Bailey (20)18,70239–52
92July 19 Blue Jays 5–4 (10) Farnsworth (3–0) Gregg (0–4)12,96840–52
93July 20 Blue Jays 13–1 Litsch (1–4) Lerew (1–4)18,86540–53
94July 21 Blue Jays 5–2 Greinke (6–9) Rzepczynski (0–1) Soria (26)15,28541–53
95July 22@ Yankees 10–4 Sabathia (13–3) Chen (5–4)47,48441–54
96July 23@ Yankees 7–1 Burnett (8–8) Bannister (7–9)46,80141–55
97July 24@ Yankees 7–4 Davies (5–6) Mitre (0–2) Soria (27)48,13842–55
98July 25@ Yankees 12–6 Hughes (12–3) O'Sullivan (1–1)47,89042–56
99July 26 Twins 19–1 Liriano (9–7) Greinke (6–10)19,30642–57
100July 27 Twins 11–2 Pavano (13–6) Chen (5–5)16,74942–58
101July 28 Twins 6–4 Duensing (4–1) Bannister (7–10) Rauch (21)15,48442–59
102July 29 Orioles 6–5 (11) Hernandez (5–7) Wood (0–2) Simón (15)17,22042–60
103July 30 Orioles 7–5 Wood (1–2) Simón (2–2)21,53743–60
104July 31 Orioles 4–3 Greinke (7–10) Hernandez (5–8) Soria (28)25,05544–60
August (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1 Orioles 5–4 Chen (6–5) Millwood (2–11) Soria (29)14,66245–60
106August 2@ Athletics 6–0 Cahill (11–4) Bannister (7–11)10,04745–61
107August 3@ Athletics 3–2 Chavez (4–2) Breslow (4–3) Soria (30)10,67046–61
108August 4@ Athletics 4–3 Anderson (3–2) O'Sullivan (1–2) Wuertz (4)22,32546–62
109August 6@ Mariners 7–1 French (1–2) Greinke (7–11)20,41146–63
110August 7@ Mariners 2–1 Chen (7–5) Pauley (0–4) Soria (31)24,52047–63
111August 8@ Mariners 3–2 Vargas (8–5) Davies (5–7) Aardsma (20)24,07847–64
112August 9@ Angels 6–4 Santana (11–8) O'Sullivan (1–3) Fuentes (22)40,01147–65
113August 10@ Angels 3–1 Haren (1–2) Bullington (0–2) Fuentes (23)43,51247–66
114August 11@ Angels 2–1 (10) Fuentes (4–1) Chavez (4–3)39,09347–67
115August 12 Yankees 4–3 Sabathia (15–5) Chen (7–6) Robertson (1)23,33747–68
116August 13 Yankees 4–3 Davies (6–7) Moseley (2–2) Soria (32)30,68048–68
117August 14 Yankees 8–3 Hughes (14–5) O'Sullivan (1–4)34,20648–69
118August 15 Yankees 1–0 Bullington (1–2) Burnett (9–10) Soria (33)26,01249–69
119August 17 Indians 2–1 Greinke (8–11) Gómez (3–1) Soria (34)13,25850–69
120August 18 Indians 9–7 Chen (8–6) Carmona (11–11) Soria (35)12,86451–69
121August 19 Indians 7–3 Pérez (4–0) Wood (1–3) Perez (15)9,73251–70
August 20 White Sox Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 21
122August 21 (Game 1) White Sox 6–5 (11) Chavez (5–3) Sale (0–1)N/A52–70
123August 21 (Game 2) White Sox 7–6 (10) Putz (6–5) Holland (0–1)25,54352–71
124August 22 White Sox 3–2 (10) O'Sullivan (2–4) Linebrink (1–1)18,87753–71
125August 23@ Tigers 12–3 Bonderman (7–9) Chen (8–7)30,55253–72
126August 24@ Tigers 9–1 Porcello (6–11) Davies (6–8)29,04353–73
127August 25@ Tigers 4–3 (12) Humber (1–0) Fígaro (0–1) Soria (36)31,23154–73
128August 27@ Indians 15–4 Tomlin (2–3) Bullington (1–3)17,63154–74
129August 28@ Indians 4–3 (10) Perez (2–2) Chavez (5–4)16,37254–75
130August 29@ Indians 6–2 Chen (9–7) Carmona (11–13)19,72555–75
131August 30 Rangers 3–0 Wilson (14–5) Davies (6–9) Feliz (33)15,88155–76
132August 31 Rangers 10–9 Soria (1–2) Oliver (1–2)10,29556–76
September/October (11–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1 Rangers 4–3 Hunter (12–2) Bullington (1–4) Feliz (34)10,81156–77
134September 3 Tigers 9–5 (11) Perry (3–5) Chavez (5–5)17,83556–78
135September 4 Tigers 6–4 Porcello (8–11) Hughes (1–2) Valverde (25)21,48356–79
136September 5 Tigers 2–1 Davies (7–9) Thomas (5–2) Soria (37)19,06157–79
137September 6@ Twins 5–4 Manship (2–0) O'Sullivan (2–5) Capps (10)40,22857–80
138September 7@ Twins 10–3 Liriano (13–7) Bannister (7–12)38,81657–81
139September 8@ Twins 4–3 Duensing (8–2) Greinke (8–12) Capps (11)39,37657–82
140September 10@ White Sox 4–3 Putz (7–5) Tejeda (3–4) Sale (2)27,00957–83
141September 11@ White Sox 8–2 Davies (8–9) Jackson (3–1)26,38958–83
142September 12@ White Sox 12–6 Santos (2–0) Humber (1–1)23,75658–84
143September 13 Athletics 3–1 Cramer (1–0) Hochevar (5–5) Bailey (24)20,69558–85
144September 14 Athletics 11–3 Greinke (9–12) Gonzalez (14–9)12,85259–85
145September 15 Athletics 6–3 Chen (10–7) Cahill (16–7) Soria (38)11,08760–85
146September 17 Indians 11–4 Carrasco (1–0) Davies (8–10)21,16860–86
147September 18 Indians 6–4 Smith (2–2) O'Sullivan (2–6) Perez (21)18,11260–87
148September 19 Indians 6–4 Hochevar (6–5) Tomlin (4–4) Soria (39)17,80361–87
149September 20@ Tigers 7–5 Thomas (6–2) Greinke (9–13) Coke (2)24,38261–88
150September 21@ Tigers 9–6 Chen (11–7) Galarraga (4–7) Soria (40)26,17862–88
151September 22@ Tigers 4–2 Scherzer (12–10) Davies (8–11)24,67862–89
152September 23@ Indians 4–2 O'Sullivan (3–6) Talbot (9–13) Soria (41)16,62563–89
153September 24@ Indians 7–3 Tomlin (5–4) Hochevar (6–6)25,10063–90
154September 25@ Indians 7–1 Gómez (4–5) Greinke (9–14)19,74663–91
155September 26@ Indians 5–3 Pérez (6–1) Tejeda (3–5) Pestano (1)18,81363–92
156September 27 Twins 10–8 Humber (2–1) Manship (2–1) Soria (42)19,30764–92
157September 28 Twins 10–1 O'Sullivan (4–6) Blackburn (10–11)18,48765–92
158September 29 Twins 4–2 Guerrier (5–7) Meche (0–5) Capps (16)18,34065–93
159September 30 Rays 3–2 Greinke (10–14) Garza (15–10) Soria (43)21,56366–93
160October 1 Rays 7–0 Chen (12–7) Shields (13–15)23,37467–93
161October 2 Rays 4–0 Qualls (3–4) Davies (8–12)32,48467–94
162October 3 Rays 3–2 (12) Niemann (12–8) Hughes (1–3) Soriano (45)20,93667–95

Roster

2010 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
(C) Jason Kendall 11843439111180037.25612
(1B) Billy Butler 158595771894501578.3180
(2B) Mike Avilés 11042463129163832.30414
(SS) Yuniesky Betancourt 151556601442921678.2592
(3B) Alberto Callaspo 883494096192843.2753
(LF) Scott Podsednik 9539046121192544.31030
(CF) Mitch Maier 1173734198156539.2633
(RF) David DeJesus 9135246112233537.3183
(DH) José Guillén 106396461011721662.2551
(3B) Wilson Betemit 8427636822001343.2970
(LF) Alex Gordon 742423452100820.2151
(2B) Chris Getz 72224235390018.23715
(1B) Kila Ka'aihue 52180223961825.2170
(CF) Gregor Blanco 49179224983111.27410
(UT) Willie Bloomquist 721703145101317.2658
(C) Brayan Peña 601581140100119.2532
(CF) Rick Ankiel 2792142470415.2611
(CF) Jarrod Dyson 185711124215.2119
(RF) Jai Miller 20555133014.2361
(3B) Josh Fields 13495150036.3060
(C) Lucas May 1237371006.1890
Pitcher Totals16216121001.1250
Team Totals1625604676153427931121640.274115

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBSO
SP Zack Greinke 10144.1733330220.011410255181
SP Kyle Davies 8125.3432320183.211410980126
SP Bruce Chen 1274.1733231140.168655798
SP Brian Bannister 7126.3424230127.292905077
SP Luke Hochevar 664.8118170103.061553776
SP Sean O'Sullivan 366.111413070.250482737
CL Joakim Soria 121.786604365.213131671
RP Rob Tejeda 353.54540061.028242656
RP Dusty Hughes 133.83570056.128242434
RP Blake Wood 135.07510049.229282231
RP Kyle Farnsworth 302.42370044.213121236
Gil Meche 055.69209061.242393841
Kanekoa Texeira 104.64270042.224221519
Bryan Bullington 146.12135042.229291729
Víctor Marte 309.76220027.230301519
Anthony Lerew 148.5466026.12525918
Jesse Chavez 235.88230026.020171116
Philip Humber 214.1581021.21010716
Brad Thompson 046.41160019.21614410
Greg Holland 016.75150018.21514823
Josh Rupe 115.5911009.26678
John Parrish 113.009006.02254
Juan Cruz 003.385005.12247
Luis Mendoza 0122.504004.0101031
Román Colón 0018.005002.04421
Team Totals67954.97162162441436.28457945511035

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals Pacific Coast League Mike Jirschele
AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League Brian Poldberg
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Brian Rupp
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Jim Gabella
Rookie Burlington Royals Appalachian League Nelson Liriano
Rookie AZL Royals Arizona League Darryl Kennedy
Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League Brian Buchanan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Northwest Arkansas

References

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  3. "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 2010 to 2019, Standard stats, requiring Strikeouts <= 1000, sorted by lowest Strikeouts". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 16, 2021.