2013 Kansas City Royals season

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2013  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place3rd
Owners David Glass
General managers Dayton Moore
Managers Ned Yost
Television Fox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Radio KCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc)
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The Kansas City Royals' 2013 season was the 45th for the Royals franchise which began on April 1, 2013 against the Chicago White Sox.

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After a winning record in spring training (setting a team and MLB record), the Royals remained over .500 nearly most of April during regular season play. The team also didn't commit an error in their first seven games (for 64 2/3 innings) for the first time in team history. On September 22, the Royals won their 82nd game of the season, to clinch their second winning season since 1994 and first since 2003.

Offseason and spring training

During the offseason, the Kansas City Royals donated over $4 million in funds raised during the 2012 All-Star game for various projects in the Kansas City area communities, including building two baseball facilities for disabled children.

Alex Gordon signed a $37.5 million four-year deal last season with the Royals. The team lost Eric Hosmer to the United States team for the World Baseball Classic.

Right-handed pitcher Zack Greinke, who won the 2009 AL Cy Young Award while with Kansas City, signed a $147 million six-year contract to join the Los Angeles Dodgers in the offseason but was slow during spring training with a sore elbow and the flu.

Jeremy Guthrie signed a $25 million three-year deal in November 2012 to stay with the Royals after being their best starter during the year. Guthrie will be the Royals' No. 3 starter. Former AL MVP, Miguel Tejada, made the team as a utility player with a $1.1 million one-year contract.

During spring training in Surprise, Arizona, the Royals had the best record of any team and maintained first place throughout every game. They not only tied and then exceeded a franchise record (previously set 22 wins and 9 losses in 1999), but also had more spring training wins than any other team in MLB history.

The Royals were the only team losing less than 10 games other than the Baltimore Orioles (9 losses), ending spring training with a 25–7–2 record. Kansas City lost their first spring training game after 11 wins in a row, the only unbeaten team in spring training at that point.

Kansas City manager Ned Yost said "The key to our success this year is going to be our pitching staff, because we can catch the ball. If they're throwing strikes, we're going to be able to make plays and I think we're going to be able to score runs." Yost added, "It just gives you confidence going into the season knowing that everybody's ready, everybody's playing well."

The Royals left Arizona (Surprise Stadium) without any players having any serious injuries. This was in contrast to March 2012 when closer Joakim Soria needed season-ending Tommy John surgery and starting catcher Salvador Pérez required knee surgery which sidelined him until late June 2012.

Kansas City led the majors in team batting average, hits, doubles, runs scored and on-base percentage, clinching first place in the Cactus League standings. The Royals finished with a Cactus League-leading .335 batting average and 230 runs.

After improving their starting rotation, the Royals were considered a "sleeper team" entering the 2013 season. The Royals appeared poised to challenge the AL champion Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. Overall, the Royals increased their chances that they would contend in 2013.

According to Foxs Sports, for the first time in more than two decades the Kansas City Royals may become relevant again. Other projections predicted the Royals to finish in second, third or even fourth place in the American League Central.

"There's a lot to like about this team", Royals manager Ned Yost said. "I think we've got a great defense. I think our starting pitching is going to be a focal point and a strong asset to our club. Our relief pitching has always been dynamite in my mind."

Transactions

Signings

•Major League: Jeremy Guthrie, SP: three years, $25MM.

•Minor League: Blaine Boyer, Chad Tracy, Endy Chávez, Miguel Tejada, Xavier Nady, Willy Taveras, George Sherrill, Dan Wheeler, Brandon Wood and Anthony Ortega.

Trades and Claims

•Acquired SP James Shields, P Wade Davis and IF Elliot Johnson from the Tampa Bay Rays for OF Wil Myers, P Mike Montgomery, 3B Patrick Leonard and P Jake Odorizzi.

•Acquired P Luis Rico and P Luis Santos from the Pittsburgh Pirates for P Vin Mazzaro and 1B Clint Robinson.

•Acquired SP Ervin Santana from the Los Angeles Angels for P Brandon Sisk.

•Claimed C George Kottaras off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

•Claimed P Guillermo Moscoso off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

•Claimed C Brett Hayes off waivers from the Miami Marlins.

•Claimed P Chris Volstad off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

Notable Losses

•Wil Myers, Vin Mazzaro, Joakim Soria, Mike Montgomery, Brandon Sisk and Patrick Leonard.

Season highlights

April

In April, Jeremy Guthrie had the longest undefeated streak by a Royals pitcher over 13 starts since Kevin Appier in 1994-95.

On April 5, Alex Gordon and Chris Getz each hit a bases-loaded triple, allowing the Royals to rally and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 13–4, spoiling the Phillies' home opener with a sellout crowd of 45,307 at Citizens Bank Park. The interleague matchup was a rare one between teams who first met in the 1980 World Series. The only other visit to Philadelphia by the Royals came in 2004. After getting a total of 17 hits in their first three games against the Chicago White Sox, the Royals had 19 against the Phillies. Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and George Brett, rivals when the Phillies beat the Royals to win their first championship 33 years earlier, threw out the first pitches (along with SNL's Joe Piscopo). Wade Davis, acquired from Tampa Bay Rays along with James Shields, made his first start since 2011. He made 54 relief appearances for the Rays in 2012 after 58 starts from 2010-11.

The Royals didn't commit an error in their first seven games (64 2/3 innings) for the first time in team history. As of April 10, the Royals had won four straight games and six of seven games to move three games above .500 for the first time since May 12, 2011, when they were 20–17. The Royals went on to sweep the Minnesota Twins at home at Kauffman Stadium. However, on April 12 (after a day off), the Royals lost against the Toronto Blue Jays after committing three errors within the game, matching their season total at that time.

Royals 1B Eric Hosmer had tightness in his right quadriceps and did not start for the second straight night on April 13. Nonetheless, as a result of Alex Gordon driving in a run, the Royals avoided a three-game sweep by the Blue Jays, who had won six straight and eight of 10 against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium, including a four-game sweep in their only series in Kansas City from the previous season. Therefore, the Royals maintained first place in the ALC, but were tied with the Detroit Tigers after they defeated the Oakland Athletics.

Impact of the Boston Marathon bombing

Although performing well, the Royals helped the Atlanta Braves win their 10th straight game with a 6–3 victory over KC on April 16. After both teams had a day off, players, managers and coaches for both teams wore No. 42 on their jerseys to honor Jackie Robinson. Like many teams, the Braves also held a moment of silence before the game for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing (April 15). Chris Getz, KC's No. 8 hitter, homered for the first time in nearly four years (on July 19, 2009 when he played for the Chicago White Sox). Jeff Francoeur, a former Braves RF, played his first game at Turner Field with Kansas City. With Wade Davis pitching 7 scoreless innings, the Royals beat the Braves 1–0 on April 17 to end Atlanta's 10-game winning streak.

The Royals had a scheduled weekend series against the Boston Red Sox between April 19–21. It was to be Boston's first home game since the bombings, the explosions occurring 45 minutes after they finished playing the Rays on April 15 while en route to play the Cleveland Indians. However, the Greater Boston area went on a citywide lockdown in search of a suspect on the morning of April 19. Therefore, their first "homecoming game" of the weekend was postponed. The Red Sox reported the decision was made "to support efforts of law enforcement officers." The Royals stayed at the Westin Copley Place Hotel near Copley Square, about a block from the marathon finish line. "We've been told not to go outside. We've been told the hotel has been locked down, although I've seen a handful of people moving around", Royals vice president Mike Swanson said. "The streets are just, wow. It's numbingly quiet for a noon hour in Boston." No make-up game was immediately scheduled.

However, with the second suspect captured that same evening and Fenway Park under tight security, play resumed Saturday, April 20, with a win of 4–3 by Boston over the Royals. Following an emotional pregame ceremony, both teams honored the victims of the bombing tragedy by wearing special uniforms/logos. (The Red Sox wore white home jerseys with "Boston" on the front instead of the customary "Red Sox" while Kansas City players and staff wore a "B Strong" patch on the front of their jerseys, with the shirts being auctioned off for funds to support victims of the bombing.) The Red Sox later announced Friday's (April, 19) game would be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Sunday (April, 21). The regularly scheduled game took place at 1:35 p.m., and a nightcap at 7 p.m. Even with the loss, the Royals moved to first place since the Detroit Tigers also lost in the American League Central.

On April 21, Kansas City ended Boston's seven-game winning streak with a 4–2 win over the Red Sox in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. With tributes to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings still visibly clear, the Royals ended a season-opening streak of 16 games by Red Sox starters allowing three runs or less, tying an AL record achieved by the Oakland Athletics in 1978 and 1981. With the Detroit Tigers losing, the win kept the Royals secure in first place. In the second game of the doubleheader, Kansas City narrowly beat Boston 5–4 in 10 innings to win the weekend series (and sweep the doubleheader), as a result of Lorenzo Cain walking with two outs and the bases loaded in the 10th inning. With both wins against the Red Sox on April 21, Kansas City remained in first place in the AL Central as did Boston in the AL East. A disappointing ending to an emotional weekend for the Red Sox, Ervin Santana (2-1) pitched seven strong innings, Kelvin Herrera (2–2) got the win and Greg Holland pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save in five opportunities. Billy Butler homered in the eighth inning of the night game (clearing the Green Monster). The Royals also recalled LHP Will Smith from Triple-A Omaha.

Remaining in first place

On April 25, Alex Gordon's grand slam (clearing the 420-foot marker on the wall in center field) highlighted a five-run 10th inning for Kansas City, who rallied against the Detroit Tigers bullpen for an 8–3 win, keeping the Royals in first place (ALC). Billy Butler had three hits on the day and improved to 23 for 55 (.418) off Justin Verlander, the best mark of anyone with at least 30 at-bats against the Detroit pitcher. Tim Collins (1–0) pitched a scoreless ninth for the Royals and got the win. [1] This followed a game the previous day, which the Royals narrowly lost against Detroit (having only played two out of six days due to postponed games and having no batting practice prior to the game on April 24 as a result of bad weather). [2] Overall, the Royals went 4–3 at Atlanta, Boston and Detroit. Kansas City did not play a home game since April 14. They played seven road games in 11 days. "This was a phenomenal road trip for us", said right-hander James Shields, who pitched eight solid innings on April 25. "We're going to look back at this road trip, and I think it's going to be a pretty crucial road trip."

On April 28, in the opener of a doubleheader caused by a rainout two days earlier, Jeremy Guthrie (3–0) allowed six hits over 6 2/3 innings for his 16th consecutive start without a loss. That matched the Kansas City record set by Paul Splittorff from August 13, 1977 – April 22, 1978. The Royals went on to beat the Indians 9–0, with a memorable 500th career hit from Alcides Escobar being a home run (370 feet) and a right center home run by Alex Gordon (438 feet), [3] [4]

May

After spending most of April in first place (AL Central), the Royals ended the month with a 14–10 record (7–4 at home), a half game behind the Detroit Tigers as of April 30 (an improvement from their 6–15 mark going into May a year ago). [5] However, on May 1, the Royals moved back into first place (15–10), due to the Tigers losing to the Minnesota Twins and then the Royals later beating the Tampa Bay Rays (giving them a .600 percentage). [6] [7] Unfortunately, it was not to last, as the Royals would go 8-20 for the month, their worst May record since 2006 (8-21).

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9369.574—51‍–‍3042‍–‍39
Cleveland Indians 9270.568151‍–‍3041‍–‍40
Kansas City Royals 8676.531744‍–‍3742‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins 6696.4072732‍–‍4934‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox 6399.3893037‍–‍4426‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 9765.599
Oakland Athletics 9666.593
Detroit Tigers 9369.574
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 9270.568+½
Tampa Bay Rays 9271.564—
Texas Rangers 9172.5581
Kansas City Royals 8676.5315½
New York Yankees 8577.5256½
Baltimore Orioles 8577.5256½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7884.48113½
Toronto Blue Jays 7488.45717½
Seattle Mariners 7191.43820½
Minnesota Twins 6696.40725½
Chicago White Sox 6399.38928½
Houston Astros 51111.31540½

Record vs. opponents

2013 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —11–84–33–44–24–23–45–23–39–105–22–46–135–210–911–9
Boston 8–11—4–26–13–46–12–53–34–313–63–36–112–72–411–814–6
Chicago 3–42–4—2–177–123–49–103–48–113–32–53–32–54–24–38–12
Cleveland 4–31–617–2—4–156–110–94–213–61–65–25–22–45–14–211–9
Detroit 2–44–312–715–4—6–19–100–611–83–33–45–23–33–45–212–8
Houston 2–41–64–31–61–6—2–410–91–51–54–159–102–52–173–48–12
Kansas City 4–35–210–99–1010–94–2—2–515–42–51–54–36–13–32–49–11
Los Angeles 2–53–34–32–46–09–105–2—1–53–48–1111–84–34–156–110–10
Minnesota 3–33–411–86–138–115–14–155–1—2–51–64–31–64–31–58–12
New York 10–96–133–36–13–35–15–24–35–2—1–54–37–123–414–59–11
Oakland 2–53–35–22–54–315–45–111–86–15–1—8–113–310–94–313–7
Seattle 4–21–63–32–52–510–93–48–113–43–411–8—3–37–123–38–12
Tampa Bay 13–67–125–24–23–35–21–63–46–112–73–33–3—4–411–812–8
Texas 2–54–22–41–54–317–23–315–43–44–39–1012–74–4—1–610–10
Toronto 9–108–113–42–42–54–34–21–65–15–143–43–38–116–1—11–9

Detailed records

Game log

Legend
Royals WinRoyals LossGame Postponed
* All times are CDT
2013 Game Log
April (14–10)
#DateOpponentTimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ White Sox 3:100–1 Chris Sale (1–0) James Shields (0–1) Addison Reed (1)39,0120–1
2April 3@ White Sox 3:102–5 Jake Peavy (1–0) Ervin Santana (0–1) Addison Reed (2)14,2130–2
3April 4@ White Sox 3:103–1 Jeremy Guthrie (1–0) Gavin Floyd (0–1) Greg Holland (1)15,0361–2
4April 5@ Phillies 3:0513–4 Bruce Chen (1–0) Kyle Kendrick(0–1)45,3072–2
5April 6@ Phillies 6:053–4 Antonio Bastardo (1–0) Greg Holland (0–1)39,4752–3
6April 7@ Phillies 12:359–8 James Shields (1–1) Cole Hamels (0–2) Kelvin Herrera (1)39,4513–3
7April 8 Twins 3:103–1 Ervin Santana (1–1) Kevin Correia (0–1) Aaron Crow (1)40,0734–3
8April 9 Twins 7:107–4 Jeremy Guthrie (2–0) Mike Pelfrey (1–1) Greg Holland (2)11,6975–3
9April 10 Twins 7:103–0 Wade Davis (1–0) Liam Hendriks (0–1) Kelvin Herrera (2)10,0696–3
10April 12 Blue Jays 7:104–8 J. A. Happ (2–0) Luis Mendoza (0–1) Aaron Loup (1)13,0496–4
11April 13 Blue Jays 6:102–3 R. A. Dickey (1–2) James Shields (1–2) Casey Janssen (3)21,9606–5
12April 14 Blue Jays 1:103–2 Kelvin Herrera (1–0) Darren Oliver (0–1)29,0577–5
13April 16@ Braves 6:103–6 Eric O'Flaherty (3–0) Kelvin Herrera (1–1)26,4007–6
14April 17@ Braves 11:101–0 Wade Davis (2–0) Mike Minor (2–1) Greg Holland (3)23,0188–6
–April 19@ Red Sox Postponed (lockdown in Boston due to manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspect)(Makeup date: doubleheader April 21)
15April 20@ Red Sox 12:103–4 Clay Buchholz (4–0) Kelvin Herrera (1–2) Andrew Bailey (3)35,1528–7
16April 21@ Red Sox 1:354–2 Ervin Santana (2–1) Ryan Dempster (0–2) Greg Holland (4)31,4839–7
17April 21@ Red Sox 7:055–4 Kelvin Herrera (2–2) Andrew Miller (0–1) Greg Holland (5)33,27010–7
–April 23@ Tigers Postponed (rain)(Makeup date: doubleheader August 16)
18April 24@ Tigers 6:055–7 Max Scherzer (2–0) Wade Davis (2–1) José Valverde (1)30,34710–8
19April 25@ Tigers 12:058–3 (10) Tim Collins (1–0) Phil Coke (0–3)30,32111–8
–April 26 Indians Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: doubleheader April 28)
20April 27 Indians 6:103–2 Ervin Santana (3–1) Scott Kazmir (0–1) Greg Holland (6)19,22412–8
21April 28 Indians 1:109–0 Jeremy Guthrie (3–0) Justin Masterson (4–2)22,00113–8
22April 28 Indians 7:103–10 Corey Kluber (2–0) Will Smith (0–1)19,83113–9
23April 29 Indians 7:100–9 Ubaldo Jiménez (1–2) Wade Davis (2–2)14,25513–10
24April 30 Rays 7:108–2 James Shields (2–2) Alex Cobb (3–2)12,73814–10
May (8–20)
#DateOpponentTimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1 Rays 7:109–8 Bruce Chen (2–0) Jake McGee (0–2) Greg Holland (7)11,51415–10
–May 2 Rays Postponed after 3 1/2 innings (rain)(Makeup date: August 26)
–May 3 White Sox Postponed (rain)(Makeup date: May 6)
26May 4 White Sox 6:102–0 Jeremy Guthrie (4–0) Dylan Axelrod (0–2)19,95716–10
27May 5 White Sox 1:106–5 (10) Greg Holland (1–1) Brian Omogrosso (0–1)16,46217–10
28May 6 White Sox 1:101–2 (11) Jesse Crain (1–1) Kelvin Herrera (2–3) Addison Reed (11)15,57617–11
29May 7@ Orioles 6:053–4 Tommy Hunter (2–1) Tim Collins (1–1) Jim Johnson (12)12,92117–12
30May 8@ Orioles 6:053–5 Chris Tillman (3–1) Luis Mendoza (0–2) Jim Johnson (13)12,34417–13
31May 9@ Orioles 6:056–2 Jeremy Guthrie (5–0) Freddy García (0–1)23,28218–13
32May 10 Yankees 7:106–11 Phil Hughes (2–2) Wade Davis (2–3)24,52118–14
33May 11 Yankees 6:102–3 Andy Pettitte (4–2) James Shields (2–3) Mariano Rivera (14)30,91018–15
34May 12 Yankees 1:102–4 Hiroki Kuroda (5–2) Ervin Santana (3–2) Mariano Rivera (15)29,51518–16
35May 13@ Angels 9:0511–4 Luis Mendoza (1–2) Joe Blanton (0–7) Luke Hochevar (1)32,20319–16
36May 14@ Angels 9:052–6 Jason Vargas (2–3) Jeremy Guthrie (5–1)33,02819–17
37May 15@ Angels 9:059–5 Wade Davis (3–3) Barry Enright (0–2)31,91720–17
38May 17@ Athletics 9:071–2 Sean Doolittle (3–0) James Shields (2–4) Grant Balfour (7)14,60220–18
39May 18@ Athletics 8:071–2 Tommy Milone (4–5) Ervin Santana (3–3) Grant Balfour (8)35,06720–19
40May 19@ Athletics 3:073–4 Jerry Blevins (3–0) Kelvin Herrera (2–4) Ryan Cook (1)20,38720–20
41May 20@ Astros 7:105–6 Dallas Keuchel (1–1) Jeremy Guthrie (5–2) José Veras (7)12,98920–21
42May 21@ Astros 7:107–3 Bruce Chen (3–0) Paul Clemens (1–2)12,30221–21
43May 22@ Astros 7:101–3 Jordan Lyles (2–1) James Shields (2–5) José Veras (8)12,32421–22
44May 23 Angels 7:104–5 Joe Blanton (1–7) Ervin Santana (3–4) Robert Coello (1)18,78421–23
45May 24 Angels 7:102–5 Jason Vargas (4–3) Luke Hochevar (0–1) Garrett Richards (1)32,14821–24
46May 25 Angels 1:100–7 Billy Buckner (1–0) Jeremy Guthrie (5–3)27,95821–25
47May 26 Angels 1:102–5 Jerome Williams (4–1) Wade Davis (3–4) Ernesto Frieri (10)24,47521–26
48May 27 Cardinals 1:103–6 Adam Wainwright (7–3) James Shields (2–6) Edward Mujica (15)34,74621–27
49May 28 Cardinals 7:101–4 Tyler Lyons (2–0) Ervin Santana (3–5) Edward Mujica (16)27,83321–28
50May 29@ Cardinals 7:153–5 Randy Choate (1–0) Aaron Crow (0–1) Edward Mujica (17)43,47721–29
51May 30@ Cardinals 7:154–2 Louis Coleman (1–0) Mitchell Boggs (0–3) Greg Holland (8)43,91622–29
52May 31@ Rangers 7:052–7 Derek Holland (5–2) Wade Davis (3–5)37,76522–30
June (16–11)
#DateOpponentTimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1@ Rangers 3:054–1 (10) Aaron Crow (1–1) Robbie Ross (2–1) Greg Holland (9)36,10723–30
54June 2@ Rangers 2:051–3 Tanner Scheppers (4–0) JC Gutierrez (0–1) Joe Nathan (17)47,56723–31
55June 4 Twins 7:100–3 Samuel Deduno (2–1) Luis Mendoza (1–3) Glen Perkins (12)20,13423–32
56June 5 Twins 7:104–1 Jeremy Guthrie (6–3) P. J. Walters (2–1) Greg Holland (10)12,40724–32
57June 6 Twins 7:107–3 Tim Collins (2–1) Jared Burton (0–3)14,94225–32
58June 7 Astros 7:104–2 Kelvin Herrera (3–4) Wesley Wright (0–2) Greg Holland (11)24,80826–32
59June 8 Astros 6:157–2 Ervin Santana (4–5) Érik Bédard (1–3)28,05527–32
60June 9 Astros 1:102–0 Aaron Crow (2–1) Héctor Ambriz (1–3) Greg Holland (12)20,72328–32
61June 10 Tigers 7:103–2 Jeremy Guthrie (7–3) Doug Fister (5–4) Greg Holland (13)17,65329–32
62June 11 Tigers 7:102–3 Max Scherzer (9–0) Aaron Crow (2–2) José Valverde (9)16,49329–33
63June 12 Tigers 1:103–2 (10) Greg Holland (2–1) Phil Coke (0–4)24,56430–33
64June 13@ Rays 6:1010–1 Ervin Santana (5–5) Jeremy Hellickson (4–3)11,39831–33
65June 14@ Rays 6:107–2 Luis Mendoza (2–3) Matt Moore (8–3)13,40732–33
66June 15@ Rays 3:103–5 Alex Torres (2–0) Jeremy Guthrie (7–4) Fernando Rodney (14)18,59332–34
67June 16@ Rays 12:405–3 Wade Davis (4–5) Roberto Hernández (4–7) Greg Holland (14)27,44233–34
68June 17@ Indians 6:102–1 Aaron Crow (3–2) Bryan Shaw (0–1) Greg Holland (15)12,80334–34
69June 18@ Indians 6:103–4 Cody Allen (2–0) Kelvin Herrera (3–5) Vinnie Pestano (2)14,85334–35
70June 19@ Indians 6:103–6 Justin Masterson (9–5) Luis Mendoza (2–4)17,34934–36
71June 21 White Sox 7:101–9 Hector Santiago (3–5) Jeremy Guthrie (7–5)33,83034–37
72June 22 White Sox 1:102–3 Jesse Crain (2–1) Aaron Crow (3–3) Addison Reed (21)20,36434–38
73June 23 White Sox 1:107–6 Luke Hochevar (1–1) Jesse Crain (2–2) Greg Holland (16)18,62235–38
74June 25 Braves 7:103–4 Kris Medlen (5–7) Tim Collins (2–2) Craig Kimbrel (22)29,94735–39
75June 26 Braves 7:104–3 (10) Aaron Crow (4–3) Alex Wood (0–2)22,20736–39
76June 27@ Twins 7:101–3 Samuel Deduno (4–2) Jeremy Guthrie (7–6) Glen Perkins (20)28,04036–40
77June 28@ Twins 7:109–3 James Shields (3–6) PJ Walters (2–4)28,91637–40
78June 29@ Twins 3:102–6 Kyle Gibson (1–0) Wade Davis (4–6)36,88137–41
79June 30@ Twins 1:109–8 Aaron Crow (5–3) Jared Burton (1–5) Greg Holland (17)34,23238–41
July (15–10)
#DateOpponentTimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 2 Indians 7:105–6 Cody Allen (3–0) Tim Collins (2–3) Chris Perez (8)15,62538–42
81July 3 Indians 7:106–5 Will Smith (1–1) Cody Allen (3–1) Greg Holland (18)28,53439–42
82July 4 Indians 1:1010–7 Luke Hochevar (2–1) Bryan Shaw (0–2) Greg Holland (19)16,79240–42
83July 5 Athletics 7:103–6 Tommy Milone (8–7) Wade Davis (4–7) Grant Balfour (22)35,51840–43
84July 6 Athletics 1:104–3 Aaron Crow (6–3) Ryan Cook (1–2) Greg Holland (20)16,60641–43
85July 7 Athletics 1:104–10 A. J. Griffin (7–6) Luis Mendoza (2–5) Jesse Chavez (1)17,80441–44
86July 8@ Yankees 6:105–1 Jeremy Guthrie (8–6) Phil Hughes (4–8) Greg Holland (21)35,05742–44
87July 9@ Yankees 6:103–1 James Shields (4–6) CC Sabathia (9–7) Greg Holland (22)35,79743–44
88July 10@ Yankees 6:101–8 Iván Nova (4–2) Wade Davis (4–8)35,78143–45
89July 11@ Yankees 12:104–8 Andy Pettitte (7–6) Ervin Santana (5–6)40,38143–46
90July 12@ Indians 6:050–3 Corey Kluber (7–5) Tim Collins (2–4) Cody Allen (2)24,07743–47
91July 13@ Indians 6:053–5 Scott Kazmir (5–4) Jeremy Guthrie (8–7) Chris Perez (12)29,74043–48
92July 14@ Indians 12:054–6 Rich Hill (1–1) Tim Collins (2–5) Chris Perez (13)15,43243–49
93July 19 Tigers 7:101–0 Ervin Santana (6–6) Aníbal Sánchez (7–7) Greg Holland (23)35,00044–49
94July 20 Tigers 6:106–5 Jeremy Guthrie (9–7) Justin Verlander (10–7) Greg Holland (24)30,11645–49
95July 21 Tigers 1:101–4 Doug Fister (8–5) James Shields (4–7) Joaquín Benoit (9)20,51345–50
96July 22 Orioles 7:102–9 Scott Feldman (9–7) Wade Davis (4–9)16,36245–51
97July 23 Orioles 7:103–2 Bruce Chen (4–0) Jason Hammel (7–7) Greg Holland (25)19,07246–51
98July 24 Orioles 7:104–3 Luke Hochevar (3–1) Darren O'Day (5–1)17,41047–51
99July 25 Orioles 7:107–1 Jeremy Guthrie (10–7) Miguel González (8–4)17,67548–51
100July 26@ White Sox 7:105–1 James Shields (5–7) José Quintana (5–3)18,34249–51
101July 27@ White Sox 6:101–0 Wade Davis (5–9) Chris Sale (6–10) Greg Holland (26)26,17250–51
102July 28@ White Sox 1:104–2 (12) Aaron Crow (7–3) Donnie Veal (1–1) Greg Holland (27)24,07951–51
103July 30@ Twins 7:107–2 Ervin Santana (7–6) Mike Pelfrey (4–9)33,08552–51
104July 31@ Twins 7:104–3 Jeremy Guthrie (11–7) Caleb Thielbar (1–1) Greg Holland (28)32,78953–51
August (16–15)
#DateOpponentTimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1@ Twins 12:107–2 James Shields (6–7) Scott Diamond (5–10)35,44854–51
106August 2@ Mets 6:102–4 (11) Carlos Torres (2–2) Luis Mendoza (2–6)31,03254–52
107August 3@ Mets 12:104–3 (12) Kelvin Herrera (4–5) David Aardsma (2–1) Greg Holland (29)25,09555–52
108August 4@ Mets 12:106–2 Ervin Santana (8–6) Zack Wheeler (4–2)25,65856–52
109August 5 Twins 7:1013–0 Jeremy Guthrie (12–7) Kevin Correia (7–8)21,47457–52
110August 6 Twins 7:100–7 Andrew Albers (1–0) James Shields (6–8)18,92457–53
111August 7 Twins 7:105–2 Louis Coleman (2–0) Samuel Deduno (7–5) Greg Holland (30)20,19858–53
112August 8 Red Sox 7:105–1 Bruce Chen (5–0) Jon Lester (10–7) Luke Hochevar (2)21,12159–53
113August 9 Red Sox 7:109–6 Francisley Bueno (1–0) Drake Britton (1–1) Greg Holland (31)29,48560–53
114August 10 Red Sox 6:103–5 Brandon Workman (3–1) Jeremy Guthrie (12–8) Koji Uehara (12)38,74260–54
115August 11 Red Sox 1:104–3 James Shields (7–8) John Lackey (7–10) Greg Holland (32)24,93561–54
116August 12 Marlins 7:106–2 Wade Davis (6–9) Tom Koehler (3–8)15,95662–54
117August 13 Marlins 7:100–1 (10) Chad Qualls (3–1) Kelvin Herrera (4–6) Steve Cishek (25)21,09462–55
118August 14 Marlins 1:102–5 Dan Jennings (2–3) Tim Collins (2–6) Steve Cishek (26)17,76062–56
119August 15@ Tigers 6:051–4 Aníbal Sánchez (11–7) Jeremy Guthrie (12–9) Joaquín Benoit (16)37,87262–57
120August 16@ Tigers 12:052–1 Danny Duffy (1–0) Justin Verlander (12–9) Greg Holland (33)38,71463–57
121August 16@ Tigers 6:053–0 James Shields (8–8) José Álvarez (1–3) Greg Holland (34)40,98064–57
122August 17@ Tigers 6:055–6 Joaquín Benoit (3–0) Aaron Crow (7–4)41,85064–58
123August 18@ Tigers 12:053–6 Max Scherzer (18–1) Bruce Chen (5–1)41,74064–59
124August 20 White Sox 7:100–2 John Danks (3–10) Ervin Santana (8–7) Addison Reed (32)13,06064–60
125August 21 White Sox 7:102–5 André Rienzo (1–0) Jeremy Guthrie (12–10) Addison Reed (33)13,08364–61
126August 22 White Sox 7:103–4 (12) Jake Petricka (1–0) Luke Hochevar (3–2) Addison Reed (34)13,36364–62
127August 23 Nationals 7:1010–11 Tanner Roark (4–0) Bruce Chen (5–2) Rafael Soriano (33)28,73364–63
128August 24 Nationals 6:102–7 Jordan Zimmermann (15–7) Wade Davis (6–10)28,02364–64
129August 25 Nationals 1:106–4 Kelvin Herrera (5–6) Craig Stammen (7–6) Greg Holland (35)19,66165–64
130August 26 Rays 1:1011–1 Jeremy Guthrie (13–10) Jeremy Hellickson (10–8)20,54666–64
131August 27@ Twins 7:106–1 James Shields (9–8) Jared Burton (2–8)27,00667–64
132August 28@ Twins 7:108–1 Danny Duffy (2–0) Andrew Albers (2–2)27,37968–64
133August 29@ Twins 12:103–1 Bruce Chen (6–2) Samuel Deduno (8–8) Greg Holland (36)28,01269–64
134August 30@ Blue Jays 6:072–3 Mark Buehrle (11–7) Ervin Santana (8–8) Casey Janssen (25)21,03169–65
135August 31@ Blue Jays 12:072–4 R. A. Dickey (11–12) Kelvin Herrera (5–7) Casey Janssen (26)34,31569–66
September (17–10)
#DateOpponentTimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Blue Jays 12:075–0 James Shields (10–8) J. A. Happ (3–5)22,96170–66
137September 2 Mariners 1:103–1 Will Smith (2–1) Félix Hernández (12–9) Greg Holland (37)20,06371–66
138September 3 Mariners 7:104–3 Luke Hochevar (4–2) Yoervis Medina (4–4) Greg Holland (38)13,63872–66
139September 4 Mariners 7:104–6 Lucas Luetge (1–2) Aaron Crow (7–5) Danny Farquhar (12)13,62172–67
140September 5 Mariners 1:107–6 (13) Louis Coleman (3–0) Chance Ruffin (0–1)14,00473–67
141September 6 Tigers 7:102–16 Aníbal Sánchez (13–7) James Shields (10–9)21,35873–68
142September 7 Tigers 6:104–3 Wade Davis (7–10) Justin Verlander (12–11) Greg Holland (39)20,40274–68
143September 8 Tigers 1:105–2 Bruce Chen (7–2) Doug Fister (12–8) Greg Holland (40)16,77475–68
144September 9@ Indians 6:053–4 Ubaldo Jiménez (11–9) Ervin Santana (8–9) Chris Perez (23)9,79475–69
145September 10@ Indians 6:056–3 Jeremy Guthrie (14–10) Zach McAllister (7–9) Greg Holland (41)12,61576–69
146September 11@ Indians 11:056–2 James Shields (11–9) Scott Kazmir (8–8) Greg Holland (42)12,08577–69
147September 13@ Tigers 6:053–6 Justin Verlander (13–11) Bruce Chen (7–3) Joaquín Benoit (19)40,38977–70
148September 14@ Tigers 6:051–0 Ervin Santana (9–9) Doug Fister (12–9) Greg Holland (43)41,84178–70
149September 15@ Tigers 12:052–3 Drew Smyly (6–0) Jeremy Guthrie (14–11) Joaquín Benoit (20)40,49178–71
150September 16 Indians 7:107–1 James Shields (12–9) Scott Kazmir (8–9)15,41379–71
151September 17 Indians 7:103–5 Cody Allen (6–1) Wade Davis (7–11) Chris Perez (25)21,68579–72
152September 18 Indians 7:107–2 Bruce Chen (8–3) Danny Salazar (1–3)21,19880–72
153September 20 Rangers 7:102–1 Luke Hochevar (5–2) Jason Frasor (4–3) Greg Holland (44)21,83781–72
154September 21 Rangers 6:101–3 Matt Garza (10–6) Jeremy Guthrie (14–12) Joe Nathan (40)36,57581–73
155September 22 Rangers 1:104–0 (10) Tim Collins (3–6) Neal Cotts (5–3)27,89982–73
156September 23@ Mariners 9:106–5 (12) Wade Davis (8–11) Lucas Luetge (1–3) Greg Holland (45)12,79083–73
157September 24@ Mariners 9:100–4 James Paxton (3–0) Bruce Chen (8–4)12,52883–74
158September 25@ Mariners 9:100–6 Hisashi Iwakuma (14–6) Ervin Santana (9–10)15,34783–75
159September 26@ White Sox 7:103–2 Jeremy Guthrie (15–12) André Rienzo (2–3) Greg Holland (46)16,43484–75
160September 27@ White Sox 7:106–1 James Shields (13–9) Chris Sale (11–14)24,47485–75
161September 28@ White Sox 6:105–6 Erik Johnson (3–2) Yordano Ventura (0–1) Addison Reed (40)22,23585–76
162September 29@ White Sox 1:104–1 Bruce Chen (9–4) José Quintana (9–7) Greg Holland (47)22,63386–76

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Alex Gordon 1566339016827620811152.265.422
Eric Hosmer 1596238618834317791151.302.448
Alcides Escobar 158607571422044522219.234.300
Billy Butler 162582621682701582079.289.412
Salvador Pérez 138496481452531379021.292.433
Mike Moustakas 136472421102601242232.233.364
Lorenzo Cain 115399541002134461433.251.348
David Lough 963153590174533510.286.413
Jarrod Dyson 872133055942173421.258.366
Chris Getz 782092946611181620.220.273
Jeff Francoeur 5918319388231328.208.322
Elliot Johnson 7916219292129148.179.241
Emilio Bonifácio 421582145620111617.285.348
Miguel Tejada 5315615455032016.288.378
George Kottaras 46100131840512124.180.370
Justin Maxwell 3597142661517211.268.505
Johnny Giavotella 144149300405.220.293
Jamey Carroll 143654300204.111.194
Brett Hayes 51825301200.278.611
Pedro Ciriaco 51102100010.182.273
Adam Moore 51013100011.300.400
Irving Falú 1401000000.250.250
Carlos Peña 4300000000.000.000
Pitcher Totals1622126000100.286.286
Team Totals1625549648144325434112620153422.260.379

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Pitching

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
James Shields 1393.1534340228.2215828068196
Jeremy Guthrie 15124.0433330211.2236999559111
Ervin Santana 9103.2432320211.0190857651161
Wade Davis 8115.3231240135.1169898058114
Bruce Chen 943.2734150121.010746443678
Luis Mendoza 265.362215094.010660564354
Luke Hochevar 521.92580270.14115151782
Greg Holland 211.216804767.04011918103
Kelvin Herrera 573.86590258.14827252174
Tim Collins 363.54660053.14926212852
Aaron Crow 753.38570148.04919182244
Will Smith 213.24191033.1241612743
Louis Coleman 300.61270029.21922632
Juan Gutiérrez 013.38250029.1301311817
Danny Duffy 201.8555024.119551422
Yordano Ventura 013.5233015.11366611
Francisley Bueno 100.007008.140025
Donnie Joseph 000.006005.240047
Chris Dwyer 000.002003.020012
Everett Teaford 000.001000.210000
Team Totals86763.45162162521448.113666015554691208

Source:

Roster

2013 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Storm Chasers Pacific Coast League Mike Jirschele
AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League Brian Poldberg
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Vance Wilson
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Brian Buchanan
Rookie Burlington Royals Appalachian League Tommy Shields
Rookie AZL Royals Arizona League Darryl Kennedy
Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League Omar Ramírez

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