2016 Kansas City Royals season

2016  Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	3rd
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 2016 Kansas City Royals season was the 48th season for the franchise, and their 44th at Kauffman Stadium. It was also the team's 11th season under the management of Dayton Moore. The Royals entered the season as the defending World Series champions, hoping to reach the World Series for the third consecutive season. Before the season, the team signed free agents Ian Kennedy (a starting pitcher) and Joakim Soria (a reliever) and re-signed star Alex Gordon. ^[1] However, several players from the previous year's team departed in free agency, including right fielder Alex Rios, second baseman/outfielder Ben Zobrist, and pitchers Greg Holland, Ryan Madson, and Franklin Morales. ^[2]

The 2016 Royals team was adversely affected by injuries to Gordon, center fielder Lorenzo Cain, closer Wade Davis, and third baseman Mike Moustakas. ^[1] The team was eliminated from postseason contention with four games left in the season, becoming the fourth consecutive World Series winner to miss the playoffs the following year. ^[3] However, the Royals were the most successful team in the league at challenging umpire calls via instant replay thanks to the work of replay coordinator Bill Duplissea. ^[4] The Royals ended the season with an 81–81 record, finishing in third place in the Central Division. ^[5]

Season standings

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	94	67	.584	—	53‍–‍28	41‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers	86	75	.534	8	45‍–‍35	41‍–‍40
Kansas City Royals	81	81	.500	13½	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox	78	84	.481	16½	45‍–‍36	33‍–‍48
Minnesota Twins	59	103	.364	35½	30‍–‍51	29‍–‍52

American League division leaders

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Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Texas Rangers	95	67	.586
Cleveland Indians	94	67	.584
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	—
Baltimore Orioles	89	73	.549	—
Detroit Tigers	86	75	.534	2½
Seattle Mariners	86	76	.531	3
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	5
Houston Astros	84	78	.519	5
Kansas City Royals	81	81	.500	8
Chicago White Sox	78	84	.481	11
Los Angeles Angels	74	88	.457	15
Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	20
Tampa Bay Rays	68	94	.420	21
Minnesota Twins	59	103	.364	30

Record against opponents

2016 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–11	4–3	5–1	5–2	1–6	4–2	4–2	5–1	10–9	3–4	1–6	13–6	3–4	9–10	14–6
Boston	11–8	—	3–4	4–2	2–5	5–2	2–4	4–3	4–3	11–8	5–1	4–3	12–7	3–3	9–10	14–6
Chicago	3–4	4–3	—	8–11	7–12	3–3	5–14	2–5	12–7	3–3	5–2	4–3	4–3	4–2	5–1	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	2–4	11–8	—	14–4	3–4	14–5	6–1	10–9	2–5	4–2	3–4	5–1	2–5	4–3	13–7
Detroit	2–5	5–2	12–7	4–14	—	4–2	7–12	2–4	15–4	3–3	4–3	4–3	6–1	2–4	3–4	13–7
Houston	6–1	2–5	3–3	4–3	2–4	—	3–4	13–6	5–2	2–4	13–6	11–8	3–3	4–15	2–5	11–9
Kansas City	2–4	4–2	14–5	5–14	12–7	4–3	—	1–5	15–4	2–5	1–6	3–4	5–2	1–6	2–4	10–10
Los Angeles	2–4	3–4	5–2	1–6	4–2	6–13	5–1	—	2–4	1–6	12–7	8–11	3–4	9–10	4–3	9–11
Minnesota	1–5	3–4	7–12	9–10	4–15	2–5	4–15	4–2	—	2–5	2–4	4–2	3–4	5–2	1–6	8–12
New York	9–10	8–11	3–3	5–2	3–3	4–2	5–2	6–1	5–2	—	4–3	3–3	11–8	3–4	7–12	8–12
Oakland	4–3	1–5	2–5	2–4	3–4	6–13	6–1	7–12	4–2	3–4	—	7–12	5–2	9–10	3–3	7–13
Seattle	6–1	3–4	3–4	4–3	3–4	8–11	4–3	11–8	2–4	3–3	12–7	—	4–2	7–12	3–3	13–7
Tampa Bay	6–13	7–12	3–4	1–5	1–6	3–3	2–5	4–3	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	4–2	11–8	10–10
Texas	4–3	3–3	2–4	5–2	4–2	15–4	6–1	10–9	2–5	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–4	—	3–4	13–7
Toronto	10–9	10–9	1–5	3–4	4–3	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	12–7	3–3	3–3	8–11	4–3	—	13–7

Game log

2016 Game Log: 81–81 (Home: 47–34; Away: 34–47)
April: 12–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 3 Mets 4–3 Vólquez (1–0) Harvey (0–1) Davis (1) 40,030 1–0 W1 2 April 5 Mets 0–2 Syndergaard (1–0) Young (0–1) Familia (1) 39,782 1–1 L1 3 April 8 Twins 4–3 Soria (1–0) Jepsen (0–2) Davis (2) 27,166 2–1 W1 4 April 9 Twins 7–0 Kennedy (1–0) Milone (0–1) — 31,001 3–1 W2 5 April 10 Twins 4–3 Davis (1–0) May (0–1) — 35,317 4–1 W3 6 April 11 @ Astros 2–8 McHugh (1–1) Young (0–2) — 43,332 4–2 L1 7 April 12 @ Astros 3–2 Medlen (1–0) Fiers (0–1) Davis (3) 21,027 5–2 W1 8 April 13 @ Astros 4–2 Hochevar (1–0) Giles (0–1) Soria (1) 24,109 6–2 W2 9 April 14 @ Astros 6–2 Kennedy (2–0) Fister (1–1) Davis (4) 21,203 7–2 W3 10 April 15 @ Athletics 4–2 Vólquez (1–0) Hill (1–2) Davis (5) 19,451 8–2 W4 11 April 16 @ Athletics 3–5 Gray (2–1) Young (0–3) Madson (3) 25,564 8–3 L1 12 April 17 @ Athletics 2–3 Axford (2–0) Soria (1–1) Madson (4) 29,668 8–4 L2 13 April 19 Tigers 8–6 Ventura (1–0) Greene (1–1) Davis (6) 26,889 9–4 W1 14 April 20 Tigers 2–3 Zimmermann (3–0) Kennedy (2–1) Rodríguez (4) 28,928 9–5 L1 15 April 21 Tigers 4–0 Vólquez (3–0) Pelfrey (0–3) — 30,763 10–5 W1 16 April 22 Orioles 4–2 Young (1–3) Gallardo (1–1) Davis (7) 29,546 11–5 W2 17 April 23 Orioles 3–8 Wilson (1–0) Medlen (1–1) — 39,900 11–6 L1 18 April 24 Orioles 6–1 Ventura (2–0) Wright (1–2) — 34,748 12–6 W1 19 April 25 @ Angels 1–6 Richards (1–3) Kennedy (2–2) — 31,061 12–7 L1 20 April 26 @ Angels 4–9 Weaver (3–0) Vólquez (3–1) — 34,428 12–8 L2 21 April 27 @ Angels 2–4 Salas (1–1) Young (1–4) Smith (1) 35,142 12–9 L3 22 April 29 @ Mariners 0–1 Hernández (2–2) Medlen (1–2) Cishek (6) 38,684 12–10 L4 23 April 30 @ Mariners 0–6 Miley (2–2) Ventura (2–1) — 43,444 12–11 L5
May: 17–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 24 May 1 @ Mariners 4–1 Kennedy (3–2) Walker (2–1) Davis (8) 37,053 13–11 W1 25 May 2 Nationals 0–2 Gonzalez (2–1) Vólquez (3–2) Papelbon (9) 32,394 13–12 L1 26 May 3 Nationals 7–6 Wang (1–0) Papelbon (0–2) — 33,729 14–12 W1 27 May 4 Nationals 2–13 Strasburg (5–0) Medlen (1–3) — 38,610 14–13 L1 28 May 6 @ Indians 1–7 Salazar (3–2) Ventura (2–2) — 13,587 14–14 L2 29 May 7 @ Indians 7–0 Kennedy (4–2) Anderson (0–2) — 17,302 15–14 W1 30 May 8 @ Indians 4–5 Tomlin (5–0) Vólquez (3–3) Allen (8) 14,463 15–15 L1 31 May 9 @ Yankees 3–6 Yates (2–0) Young (1–5) — 41,243 15–16 L2 32 May 10 @ Yankees 7–10 Miller (2–0) Herrera (0–1) Chapman (1) 39,128 15–17 L3 33 May 11 @ Yankees 7–3 Ventura (3–2) Pineda (1–4) — 31,226 16–17 W1 34 May 12 @ Yankees 3–7 Eovaldi (3–2) Kennedy (4–3) — 35,944 16–18 L1 35 May 13 Braves 5–1 Vólquez (4–3) Teherán (0–4) — 33,132 17–18 W1 36 May 14 Braves 0–5 Foltynewicz (1–1) Gee (0–1) — 36,541 17–19 L1 37 May 15 Braves 4–2 (13) Wang (2–0) O'Flaherty (0–3) — 33,861 18–19 W1 – May 16 Red Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: May 18th. 38 May 17 Red Sox 8–4 Ventura (4–2) Porcello (6–2) — 25,215 19–19 W2 39 May 18 Red Sox 3–2 Flynn (1–0) Wright (3–4) Davis (9) 33,613 20–19 W3 40 May 18 Red Sox 2–5 Price (6–1) Vólquez (4–4) Kimbrel (11) 23,739 20–20 L1 41 May 20 @ White Sox 4–1 Gee (1–1) Quintana (5–3) Davis (10) 24,020 21–20 W1 42 May 21 @ White Sox 2–1 Soria (2–1) González (0–1) Davis (11) 27,631 22–20 W2 43 May 22 @ White Sox 2–3 Rodon (2–4) Ventura (4–3) Robertson (11) 34,526 22–21 L1 44 May 23 @ Twins 10–4 Moylan (1–0) Nolasco (1–3) — 17,886 23–21 W1 45 May 24 @ Twins 7–4 Vólquez (5–4) Santana (1–3) Davis (12) 23,541 24–21 W2 46 May 25 @ Twins 5–7 Duffey (2–3) Gee (1–2) Jepsen (4) 27,233 24–22 L1 – May 26 White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: TBA. 47 May 27 White Sox 7–5 Moylan (2–0) Albers (1–4) Davis (13) 28,508 25–22 W1 48 May 28 White Sox 8–7 Wang (2–0) Kahnle (0–1) — 31,598 26–22 W2 49 May 29 White Sox 5–4 Young (2–5) Jones (2–1) Davis (14) 36,624 27–22 W3 50 May 30 Rays 6–2 Herrera (1–1) Ramírez (6–3) — 32,018 28–22 W4 51 May 31 Rays 10–5 Gee (2–2) Smyly (2–7) Davis (15) 26,006 29–22 W5
June: 13–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 52 June 1 Rays 6–3 Duffy (1–0) Archer (3–7) Davis (16) 30,554 30–22 W6 53 June 2 @ Indians 4–5 Hunter (2–1) Soria (2–2) — 11,131 30–23 L1 54 June 3 @ Indians 1–6 Salazar (6–3) Vólquez (5–5) — 24,753 30–24 L2 55 June 4 @ Indians 1–7 Tomlin (8–1) Kennedy (4–4) — 23,258 30–25 L3 56 June 5 @ Indians 0–7 Kluber (5–6) Young (2–6) — 16,747 30–26 L4 57 June 6 @ Orioles 1–4 Wright (3–3) Duffy (1–1) Britton (18) 14,878 30–27 L5 58 June 7 @ Orioles 1–9 Jiménez (3–6) Ventura (4–4) 28,110 30–28 L6 59 June 8 @ Orioles 0–4 Tillman (8–1) Vólquez (5–6) Brach (2) 19,178 30–29 L7 60 June 10 @ White Sox 7–5 Sale (10–2) Kennedy (4–5) Robertson (15) 31,183 30-30 L8 61 June 11 @ White Sox 4–1 Duffy (2–1) Quintana (5–7) — 31,183 31-30 W1 62 June 12 @ White Sox 1–3 Ventura (5–4) Rodon (2–6) Davis (17) 30,363 32-30 W2 63 June 13 Indians 2–1 Vólquez (6–6) Carrasco (2–2) — 31,269 33–30 W3 64 June 14 Indians 3–2 Soria (3–2) Shaw (0–3) — 29,293 34–30 W4 65 June 15 Indians 9–4 Kennedy (5–5) Kluber (6–7) — 33,546 35–30 W5 66 June 16 Tigers 4–10 Verlander (7–5) Hochevar (1–1) — 33,568 35–31 L1 67 June 17 Tigers 10–3 Ventura (6–4) Fulmer (7–2) — 37,746 36–31 W1 68 June 18 Tigers 16–5 Vólquez (7–6) Boyd (0–2) — 38,480 37–31 W2 69 June 19 Tigers 2–1 (13) Wang (4–0) Ryan (1–2) — 34,659 38–31 W3 70 June 21 @ Mets 0–2 Robles (1–3) Kennedy (5–6) Familia (23) 40,122 38–32 L1 71 June 22 @ Mets 3–4 Syndergaard (8–2) Soria (3–3) Familia (24) 35,185 38–33 L2 72 June 24 Astros 4–13 Keuchel (4–9) Vólquez (7–7) — 36,195 38–34 L3 73 June 25 Astros 5–13 Feliz (5–1) Young (2–7) — 38,880 38–35 L4 74 June 26 Astros 6–1 Kennedy (6–6) Fister (8–4) — 36,450 39–35 W1 75 June 27 Cardinals 6–2 Duffy (3–1) Wainwright (6–5) — 31,355 40–35 W2 76 June 28 Cardinals 4–8 Wacha (4–7) Ventura (6–5) — 32,909 40–36 L1 77 June 29 @ Cardinals 3–2 (12) Wang (5–0) Maness (0–2) — 44,840 41–36 W1 78 June 30 @ Cardinals 4–2 Gee (3–2) Leake (5–6) Davis (19) 44,802 42–36 W2
July: 7–19 (Home: 5–8; Away: 2–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 79 July 1 @ Phillies 3–4 Hellickson (6–6) Kennedy (6–7) Gómez (22) 30,263 42–37 L1 80 July 2 @ Phillies 6–2 Duffy (4–1) Nola (5–8) — 40,331 43–37 W1 81 July 3 @ Phillies 2–7 Velasquez (7–2) Ventura (6–6) — 20,473 43–38 L1 82 July 4 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Sanchez (9–1) Vólquez (7–8) — 36,438 43–39 L2 83 July 5 @ Blue Jays 3–8 Dickey (6–9) Young (2–8) — 35,917 43–40 L3 84 July 6 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Stroman (7–4) Herrera (1–2) Osuna (17) 39,971 43–41 L4 85 July 7 Mariners 4–3 Pounders (1–0) Cishek (2–5) — 31,425 44–41 W1 86 July 8 Mariners 2–3 Iwakuma (9–6) Ventura (6–7) Cishek (21) 33,391 44–42 L1 87 July 9 Mariners 5–3 Vólquez (8–8) Miley (6–6) Herrera (1) 30,659 45–42 W1 88 July 10 Mariners 5–8 Montgomery (3–3) Gee (3–3) — 27,544 45–43 L1 87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California 89 July 15 @ Tigers 2–4 Verlander (9–6) Hochevar (1–2) Rodríguez (25) 37,447 45–44 L2 90 July 16 @ Tigers 8–4 Duffy (5–1) Pelfrey (2–9) — 39,594 46–44 W1 91 July 17 @ Tigers 2–4 Rodríguez (1–0) Soria (3–4) — 37,363 46–45 L1 92 July 18 Indians 7–3 Hochevar (2–2) Shaw (1–4) Davis (20) 38,042 47–45 W1 93 July 19 Indians 3–7 Salazar (11–3) Flynn (1–1) — 31,144 47–46 L1 94 July 20 Indians 4–11 Carrasco (7–3) Kennedy (6–8) — 33,455 47–47 L2 95 July 22 Rangers 3–1 Duffy (6–1) Darvish (2–2) Davis (21) 33,535 48–47 W1 96 July 23 Rangers 4–7 Hamels (11–2) Ventura (6–8) — 32,132 48–48 L1 97 July 24 Rangers 1–2 Claudio (2–1) Hochevar (2–3) Dyson (20) 32,739 48–49 L2 98 July 25 Angels 2–6 Santiago (9–4) Kennedy (6–9) — 33,828 48–50 L3 99 July 26 Angels 0–13 Skaggs (1–0) Gee (3–4) — 28,026 48–51 L4 100 July 27 Angels 5–7 Soria (4–4) Shoemaker (5–11) — 30,279 49–51 W1 101 July 28 @ Rangers 2–3 Hamels (12–2) Ventura (6–9) Dyson (21) 36,008 49–52 L1 102 July 29 @ Rangers 3–8 Griffin (4–1) Vólquez (8–9) — 40,008 49–53 L2 103 July 30 @ Rangers 1–2 Bush (4–2) Pounders (1–1) — 47,125 49–54 L3 104 July 31 @ Rangers 3–5 Harrell (3–2) Gee (3–5) Dyson (22) 32,806 49–55 L4
August: 20–9 (Home: 9–4; Away:11–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 105 August 1 @ Rays 3–0 Duffy (7–1) Archer (5–15) Herrera (2) 13,976 50–55 W1 106 August 2 @ Rays 3–2 Young (3–8) Cedeño (3–3) Herrera (3) 12,625 51–55 W2 107 August 3 @ Rays 0–12 Odorizzi (6–5) Vólquez (8–10) — 11,149 51–56 L1 108 August 4 @ Rays 2–3 Boxberger (1–0) Soria (4–5) Colomé (26) 13,120 51–57 L2 109 August 5 Blue Jays 3–4 Cecil (1–6) Herrera (1–3) Benoit (1) 31,831 51–58 L3 110 August 6 Blue Jays 4–2 Duffy (8–1) Sanchez (11–2) Herrera (4) 35,986 52–58 W1 111 August 7 Blue Jays 7–1 Ventura (7–9) Stroman (8–5) — 25,830 53–58 W2 112 August 9 White Sox 5–7 (10) Robertson (3–2) Herrera (1–4) Jennings (1) 27,134 53–59 L1 113 August 10 White Sox 3–2 (14) Gee (4–5) Albers (2–5) — 25,188 54–59 W1 114 August 11 White Sox 2–1 Duffy (9–1) Fulmer (0–2) — 34,310 55–59 W2 115 August 12 @ Twins 7–3 Ventura (8–9) Gibson (4–7) — 24,617 56–59 W3 116 August 13 @ Twins 3–5 Duffey (8–8) Gee (4–6) Kintzler (11) 30,147 56–60 L1 117 August 14 @ Twins 11–4 Vólquez (9–10) Santiago (10–7) Young (1) 31,730 57–60 W1 118 August 15 @ Tigers 3–1 Kennedy (7–9) Norris (1–1) Herrera (5) 29,803 58–60 W2 119 August 16 @ Tigers 6–1 Duffy (10–1) Verlander (12–7) — 28,663 59–60 W3 120 August 17 @ Tigers 4–1 Ventura (8–9) Sánchez (6–12) Herrera (6) 28,790 60–60 W4 121 August 18 Twins 8–1 Gee (5–6) Duffey (8–9) — 30,599 61–60 W5 122 August 19 Twins 5–4 (11) Wang (6–0) Chargois (0–1) — 28,463 62–60 W6 123 August 20 Twins 10–0 Kennedy (8–9) Santiago (10–8) — 29,268 63–60 W7 124 August 21 Twins 1–2 Duffy (11–1) Santana (6–10) Herrera (7) 32,996 64–60 W8 125 August 23 @ Marlins 1–0 Ventura (9–9) Cashner (4–10) Herrera (8) 18,513 65–60 W9 126 August 24 @ Marlins 0–3 Fernández (13–7) Gee (5–7) Rodney (25) 17,894 65–61 L1 127 August 25 @ Marlins 5–2 Vólquez (10–10) Koehler (9–9) Herrera (9) 19,045 66–61 W1 128 August 26 @ Red Sox 6–3 Kennedy (9–9) Wright (13–6) Herrera (10) 38,143 67–61 W2 129 August 27 @ Red Sox 3–8 Price (13–8) Duffy (11–2) — 37,933 67–62 L1 130 August 28 @ Red Sox 10–4 Strahm (2–0) Rodriguez (2–6) — 37,337 68–62 W1 131 August 29 Yankees 8–5 Gee (6–7) Pineda (6–11) Herrera (11) 22,859 69–62 W2 132 August 30 Yankees 4–5 (10) Betances (3–4) Soria (4–6) Shreve (1) 22,895 69–63 L1 133 August 31 Yankees 4–5 (13) Heller (1–0) Young (3–9) Betances (7) 22,615 69–64 L2
September: 12–15 (Home: 6–9; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 134 September 2 Tigers 6–7 Rodríguez (3–3) Davis (1-1) — 25,008 69–65 L3 135 September 3 Tigers 5–2 Ventura (10–9) Fulmer (10–6) Davis (21) 39,757 70–65 W1 136 September 4 Tigers 5–6 Greene (3–3) Soria (4–7) Rodríguez (38) 34,616 70–66 L1 137 September 5 @ Twins 11–5 Kennedy (10–9) Berríos (2–5) — 20,992 71–66 W1 138 September 6 @ Twins 10–3 Herrera (2–4) Kintzler (0–2) — 22,194 72–66 W2 139 September 7 @ Twins 5–6 Wimmers (1–1) Soria (4–8) Kintzler (14) 17,972 72–67 L1 140 September 9 @ White Sox 2–7 Rodon (7–8) Ventura (10–10) — 20,653 72–68 L2 141 September 10 @ White Sox 6–5 McCarthy (1–0) Beck (2–2) Davis (23) 20,148 73–68 W1 142 September 11 @ White Sox 2–0 Kennedy (11–9) Sale (15–8) Davis (24) 20,107 74–68 W2 143 September 12 Athletics 3–16 Coulombe (3–1) Gee (6–8) Neal (2) 31,061 74–69 L1 144 September 13 Athletics 4–5 Axford (6–4) Strahm (2–1) Madson (30) 29,523 74–70 L2 145 September 14 Athletics 0–8 Manaea (6–9) Ventura (10–11) — 30,006 74–71 L3 146 September 15 Athletics 5–14 Mengden (2–7) Volquez (10–11) — 32,176 74–72 L4 147 September 16 White Sox 4–7 Sale (16–8) Herrera (2–5) — 29,318 74–73 L5 148 September 17 White Sox 3–2 Gee (7–8) González (4–7) Davis (25) 34,805 75–73 W1 149 September 18 White Sox 10–3 Duffy (12–2) Quintana (12–11) — 34,982 76–73 W2 150 September 19 White Sox 8–3 Ventura (11–11) Rodon (7–10) — 31,502 77–73 W3 151 September 20 @ Indians 1–2 Miller (9–1) Flynn (1–2) — 13,623 77–74 L1 152 September 21 @ Indians 3–4 Kluber (18–9) Kennedy (11–10) Allen (28) 13,888 77–75 L2 153 September 22 @ Indians 2–5 Otero (5–1) Gee (7–9) Allen (29) 15,253 77–76 L3 154 September 23 @ Tigers 3–8 Fulmer (11–7) Duffy (12–3) — 29,480 77–77 L4 155 September 24 @ Tigers 7–4 Davis (2–1) Rodríguez (3–4) Herrera (12) 31,721 78–77 W1 156 September 25 @ Tigers 12–9 Gee (8–9) Boyd (6–5) — 33,375 79–77 W2 157 September 27 Twins 4–3 (11) Pounders (2–1) Milone (3–5) — 28,435 80–77 W3 158 September 28 Twins 5–2 Soria (5–8) Rogers (3–1) Davis (27) 23,437 81–77 W4 159 September 29 Twins 6–7 Tonkin (3–2) Herrera (2–6) Kintzler (16) 29,566 81–78 L1 160 September 30 Indians 2–7 Merritt (1–0) Ventura (11–12) — 24,741 81–79 L2
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 161 October 1 Indians 3–6 Clevinger (3–3) Strahm (2–2) Allen (31) 28,569 81–80 L3 162 October 2 Indians 2–3 Tomlin (13–9) Kennedy (11–11) Allen (32) 29,475 81–81 L4
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Royals team member

Roster

2016 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 54 Scott Alexander 17 Wade Davis 41 Danny Duffy 33 Brian Flynn 53 Dillon Gee 40 Kelvin Herrera 44 Luke Hochevar 31 Ian Kennedy 61 Kevin McCarthy 39 Kris Medlen 63 Alec Mills 47 Peter Moylan 62 Brooks Pounders 48 Joakim Soria 64 Matt Strahm 51 Jason Vargas 30 Yordano Ventura 36 Edinson Vólquez 67 Chien-Ming Wang 32 Chris Young		Catchers  9 Drew Butera  7 Tony Cruz 13 Salvador Pérez Infielders 24 Christian Colón 19 Cheslor Cuthbert  2 Alcides Escobar 35 Eric Hosmer 14 Omar Infante 15 Whit Merrifield 27 Raúl A. Mondesí 25 Kendrys Morales  8 Mike Moustakas 12 Daniel Nava		Outfielders 14 Billy Burns  6 Lorenzo Cain 60 Hunter Dozier  1 Jarrod Dyson 12 Brett Eibner 34 Reymond Fuentes  4 Alex Gordon  0 Terrance Gore 16 Paulo Orlando		Manager  3 Ned Yost Coaches 58 Dave Eiland (pitching) 28 Pedro Grifol (catching) 57 Doug Henry (bullpen) 23 Mike Jirschele (third base) 18 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 21 Dale Sveum (hitting) 22 Don Wakamatsu (bench) 88 Cody Clark (bullpen catcher)

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Alcides Escobar	162	637	57	166	24	6	7	55	17	27	.261	.350
Eric Hosmer	158	605	80	161	24	1	25	104	5	57	.266	.433
Kendrys Morales	154	558	65	147	24	0	30	93	0	48	.263	.468
Salvador Pérez	139	514	57	127	28	2	22	64	0	22	.247	.438
Cheslor Cuthbert	128	475	49	130	28	1	12	46	2	32	.274	.413
Paulo Orlando	128	457	52	138	24	4	5	43	14	13	.302	.405
Alex Gordon	128	445	62	98	16	2	17	40	8	52	.220	.380
Lorenzo Cain	103	397	56	114	19	1	9	56	14	31	.287	.408
Whit Merrifield	81	311	44	88	22	3	2	29	8	19	.283	.392
Jarrod Dyson	107	299	46	83	14	8	1	25	30	26	.278	.388
Christian Colón	54	147	13	34	6	0	1	13	0	11	.231	.293
Adalberto Mondesí	47	135	16	25	1	3	2	13	9	6	.185	.281
Omar Infante	39	134	16	32	9	1	0	11	0	9	.239	.321
Drew Butera	55	123	18	35	10	1	4	16	0	8	.285	.480
Mike Moustakas	27	104	12	25	6	0	7	13	0	9	.240	.500
Brett Eibner	26	78	11	18	6	0	3	10	0	6	.231	.423
Rey Fuentes	13	41	2	13	1	0	0	5	0	3	.317	.341
Billy Burns	24	37	7	9	0	0	0	1	3	0	.243	.243
Hunter Dozier	8	19	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	.211	.263
Daniel Nava	9	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.182
Tony Cruz	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000
Terrance Gore	17	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.111
Team Totals	162	5552	675	1450	264	33	147	640	121	382	.261	.400

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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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ian Kennedy	11	11	3.68	33	33	0	195.2	173	81	80	66	184
Edinson Vólquez	10	11	5.37	34	34	0	189.1	217	124	113	76	139
Yordano Ventura	11	12	4.45	32	32	0	186.0	190	96	92	78	144
Danny Duffy	12	3	3.51	42	26	0	179.2	163	71	70	42	188
Dillon Gee	8	9	4.68	33	14	0	125.0	146	67	65	37	89
Chris Young	3	9	6.19	34	13	1	88.2	104	63	61	43	94
Kelvin Herrera	2	6	2.75	72	0	12	72.0	57	23	22	12	86
Joakim Soria	5	8	4.05	70	0	1	66.2	70	31	30	27	68
Brian Flynn	1	2	2.60	36	1	0	55.1	38	19	16	23	44
Chien-Ming Wang	6	0	4.22	38	0	0	53.1	60	27	25	18	30
Peter Moylan	2	0	3.43	50	0	0	44.2	42	19	17	16	34
Wade Davis	2	1	1.87	45	0	27	43.1	33	9	9	16	47
Luke Hochevar	2	3	3.86	40	0	0	37.1	31	17	16	9	40
Kris Medlen	1	3	7.77	6	6	0	24.1	30	25	21	20	18
Matt Strahm	2	2	1.23	21	0	0	22.0	13	4	3	11	30
Scott Alexander	0	0	3.32	17	0	0	19.0	24	7	7	7	16
Brooks Pounders	2	1	9.24	13	0	0	12.2	19	13	13	3	13
Jason Vargas	0	0	2.25	3	3	0	12.0	8	3	3	3	11
Kevin McCarthy	1	0	6.48	10	0	0	8.1	11	8	6	5	7
Alec Mills	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	3.1	3	5	5	5	4
Drew Butera	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	81	81	4.21	162	162	41	1440.0	1433	712	674	517	1287

Source:

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pacific Coast League	Brian Poldberg
AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League	Vance Wilson
A-Advanced	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Jamie Quirk
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League	Omar Ramírez
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League	Scott Thorman
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Justin Gemoll
Rookie	DSL Royals	Dominican Summer League	Darryl Kennedy

References

1. "Royals' injuries, fatigue led to uneven 2016". MLB.com.
2. "2016 MLB preview: A team-by-team capsule, including key additions and losses". UPI.
3. Sep 28, foxsports; ET, 2016 at 10:30p (September 28, 2016). "Royals defeat Twins, but get officially eliminated from playoffs". FOX Sports.
4. Dodd, Rustin (September 17, 2017). "The Royals remain the best at questioning umpires. Here's their secret". Kansas City Star. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
5. Benjamin, Josh. "30 Teams In 30 Days: Kansas City Royals Seek To Reclaim Throne". Forbes.

External links

• 2016 Kansas City Royals Official Site Archived July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• 2016 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference