2016 Kansas City Royals season

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2016  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record81–81 (.500)
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 entered the 2016 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]

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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

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9467.584—53‍–‍2841‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 8675.534845‍–‍3541‍–‍40
Kansas City Royals 8181.50013½47‍–‍3434‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox 7884.48116½45‍–‍3633‍–‍48
Minnesota Twins 59103.36435½30‍–‍5129‍–‍52

American League division leaders

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Texas Rangers 9567.586
Cleveland Indians 9467.584
Boston Red Sox 9369.574
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 8973.549—
Baltimore Orioles 8973.549—
Detroit Tigers 8675.5342½
Seattle Mariners 8676.5313
New York Yankees 8478.5195
Houston Astros 8478.5195
Kansas City Royals 8181.5008
Chicago White Sox 7884.48111
Los Angeles Angels 7488.45715
Oakland Athletics 6993.42620
Tampa Bay Rays 6894.42021
Minnesota Twins 59103.36430

Record against opponents

2016 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —8–114–35–15–21–64–24–25–110–93–41–613–63–49–1014–6
Boston 11–8—3–44–22–55–22–44–34–311–85–14–312–73–39–1014–6
Chicago 3–44–3—8–117–123–35–142–512–73–35–24–34–34–25–19–11
Cleveland 1–52–411–8—14–43–414–56–110–92–54–23–45–12–54–313–7
Detroit 2–55–212–74–14—4–27–122–415–43–34–34–36–12–43–413–7
Houston 6–12–53–34–32–4—3–413–65–22–413–611–83–34–152–511–9
Kansas City 2–44–214–55–1412–74–3—1–515–42–51–63–45–21–62–410–10
Los Angeles 2–43–45–21–64–26–135–1—2–41–612–78–113–49–104–39–11
Minnesota 1–53–47–129–104–152–54–154–2—2–52–44–23–45–21–68–12
New York 9–108–113–35–23–34–25–26–15–2—4–33–311–83–47–128–12
Oakland 4–31–52–52–43–46–136–17–124–23–4—7–125–29–103–37–13
Seattle 6–13–43–44–33–48–114–311–82–43–312–7—4–27–123–313–7
Tampa Bay 6–137–123–41–51–63–32–54–34–38–112–52–4—4–211–810–10
Texas 4–33–32–45–24–215–46–110–92–54–310–912–72–4—3–413–7
Toronto 10–910–91–53–44–35–24–23–46–112–73–33–38–114–3—13–7

Game log

2016 Game Log: 81–81 (Home: 47–34; Away: 34–47)
April: 12–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 3 Mets 4–3 Vólquez (1–0) Harvey (0–1) Davis (1)40,0301–0W1
2April 5 Mets 0–2 Syndergaard (1–0) Young (0–1) Familia (1)39,7821–1L1
3April 8 Twins 4–3 Soria (1–0) Jepsen (0–2) Davis (2)27,1662–1W1
4April 9 Twins 7–0 Kennedy (1–0) Milone (0–1)—31,0013–1W2
5April 10 Twins 4–3 Davis (1–0) May (0–1)—35,3174–1W3
6April 11@ Astros 2–8 McHugh (1–1) Young (0–2)—43,3324–2L1
7April 12@ Astros 3–2 Medlen (1–0) Fiers (0–1) Davis (3)21,0275–2W1
8April 13@ Astros 4–2 Hochevar (1–0) Giles (0–1) Soria (1)24,1096–2W2
9April 14@ Astros 6–2 Kennedy (2–0) Fister (1–1) Davis (4)21,2037–2W3
10April 15@ Athletics 4–2 Vólquez (1–0) Hill (1–2) Davis (5)19,4518–2W4
11April 16@ Athletics 3–5 Gray (2–1) Young (0–3) Madson (3)25,5648–3L1
12April 17@ Athletics 2–3 Axford (2–0) Soria (1–1) Madson (4)29,6688–4L2
13April 19 Tigers 8–6 Ventura (1–0) Greene (1–1) Davis (6)26,8899–4W1
14April 20 Tigers 2–3 Zimmermann (3–0) Kennedy (2–1) Rodríguez (4)28,9289–5L1
15April 21 Tigers 4–0 Vólquez (3–0) Pelfrey (0–3)—30,76310–5W1
16April 22 Orioles 4–2 Young (1–3) Gallardo (1–1) Davis (7)29,54611–5W2
17April 23 Orioles 3–8 Wilson (1–0) Medlen (1–1)—39,90011–6L1
18April 24 Orioles 6–1 Ventura (2–0) Wright (1–2)—34,74812–6W1
19April 25@ Angels 1–6 Richards (1–3) Kennedy (2–2)—31,06112–7L1
20April 26@ Angels 4–9 Weaver (3–0) Vólquez (3–1)—34,42812–8L2
21April 27@ Angels 2–4 Salas (1–1) Young (1–4) Smith (1)35,14212–9L3
22April 29@ Mariners 0–1 Hernández (2–2) Medlen (1–2) Cishek (6)38,68412–10L4
23April 30@ Mariners 0–6 Miley (2–2) Ventura (2–1)—43,44412–11L5
May: 17–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 1@ Mariners 4–1 Kennedy (3–2) Walker (2–1) Davis (8)37,05313–11W1
25May 2 Nationals 0–2 Gonzalez (2–1) Vólquez (3–2) Papelbon (9)32,39413–12L1
26May 3 Nationals 7–6 Wang (1–0) Papelbon (0–2)—33,72914–12W1
27May 4 Nationals 2–13 Strasburg (5–0) Medlen (1–3)—38,61014–13L1
28May 6@ Indians 1–7 Salazar (3–2) Ventura (2–2)—13,58714–14L2
29May 7@ Indians 7–0 Kennedy (4–2) Anderson (0–2)—17,30215–14W1
30May 8@ Indians 4–5 Tomlin (5–0) Vólquez (3–3) Allen (8)14,46315–15L1
31May 9@ Yankees 3–6 Yates (2–0) Young (1–5)—41,24315–16L2
32May 10@ Yankees 7–10 Miller (2–0) Herrera (0–1) Chapman (1)39,12815–17L3
33May 11@ Yankees 7–3 Ventura (3–2) Pineda (1–4)—31,22616–17W1
34May 12@ Yankees 3–7 Eovaldi (3–2) Kennedy (4–3)—35,94416–18L1
35May 13 Braves 5–1 Vólquez (4–3) Teherán (0–4)—33,13217–18W1
36May 14 Braves 0–5 Foltynewicz (1–1) Gee (0–1)—36,54117–19L1
37May 15 Braves 4–2 (13) Wang (2–0) O'Flaherty (0–3)—33,86118–19W1
–May 16 Red Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: May 18th.
38May 17 Red Sox 8–4 Ventura (4–2) Porcello (6–2)—25,21519–19W2
39May 18 Red Sox 3–2 Flynn (1–0) Wright (3–4) Davis (9)33,61320–19W3
40May 18 Red Sox 2–5 Price (6–1) Vólquez (4–4) Kimbrel (11)23,73920–20L1
41May 20@ White Sox 4–1 Gee (1–1) Quintana (5–3) Davis (10)24,02021–20W1
42May 21@ White Sox 2–1 Soria (2–1) González (0–1) Davis (11)27,63122–20W2
43May 22@ White Sox 2–3 Rodon (2–4) Ventura (4–3) Robertson (11)34,52622–21L1
44May 23@ Twins 10–4 Moylan (1–0) Nolasco (1–3)—17,88623–21W1
45May 24@ Twins 7–4 Vólquez (5–4) Santana (1–3) Davis (12)23,54124–21W2
46May 25@ Twins 5–7 Duffey (2–3) Gee (1–2) Jepsen (4)27,23324–22L1
–May 26 White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: TBA.
47May 27 White Sox 7–5 Moylan (2–0) Albers (1–4) Davis (13)28,50825–22W1
48May 28 White Sox 8–7 Wang (2–0) Kahnle (0–1)—31,59826–22W2
49May 29 White Sox 5–4 Young (2–5) Jones (2–1) Davis (14)36,62427–22W3
50May 30 Rays 6–2 Herrera (1–1) Ramírez (6–3)—32,01828–22W4
51May 31 Rays 10–5 Gee (2–2) Smyly (2–7) Davis (15)26,00629–22W5
June: 13–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
52June 1 Rays 6–3 Duffy (1–0) Archer (3–7) Davis (16)30,55430–22W6
53June 2@ Indians 4–5 Hunter (2–1) Soria (2–2)—11,13130–23L1
54June 3@ Indians 1–6 Salazar (6–3) Vólquez (5–5)—24,75330–24L2
55June 4@ Indians 1–7 Tomlin (8–1) Kennedy (4–4)—23,25830–25L3
56June 5@ Indians 0–7 Kluber (5–6) Young (2–6)—16,74730–26L4
57June 6@ Orioles 1–4 Wright (3–3) Duffy (1–1) Britton (18)14,87830–27L5
58June 7@ Orioles 1–9 Jiménez (3–6) Ventura (4–4)28,11030–28L6
59June 8@ Orioles 0–4 Tillman (8–1) Vólquez (5–6) Brach (2)19,17830–29L7
60June 10@ White Sox 7–5 Sale (10–2) Kennedy (4–5) Robertson (15)31,18330-30L8
61June 11@ White Sox 4–1 Duffy (2–1) Quintana (5–7)—31,18331-30W1
62June 12@ White Sox 1–3 Ventura (5–4) Rodon (2–6) Davis (17)30,36332-30W2
63June 13 Indians 2–1 Vólquez (6–6) Carrasco (2–2)—31,26933–30W3
64June 14 Indians 3–2 Soria (3–2) Shaw (0–3)—29,29334–30W4
65June 15 Indians 9–4 Kennedy (5–5) Kluber (6–7)—33,54635–30W5
66June 16 Tigers 4–10 Verlander (7–5) Hochevar (1–1)—33,56835–31L1
67June 17 Tigers 10–3 Ventura (6–4) Fulmer (7–2)—37,74636–31W1
68June 18 Tigers 16–5 Vólquez (7–6) Boyd (0–2)—38,48037–31W2
69June 19 Tigers 2–1 (13) Wang (4–0) Ryan (1–2)—34,65938–31W3
70June 21@ Mets 0–2 Robles (1–3) Kennedy (5–6) Familia (23)40,12238–32L1
71June 22@ Mets 3–4 Syndergaard (8–2) Soria (3–3) Familia (24)35,18538–33L2
72June 24 Astros 4–13 Keuchel (4–9) Vólquez (7–7)—36,19538–34L3
73June 25 Astros 5–13 Feliz (5–1) Young (2–7)—38,88038–35L4
74June 26 Astros 6–1 Kennedy (6–6) Fister (8–4)—36,45039–35W1
75June 27 Cardinals 6–2 Duffy (3–1) Wainwright (6–5)—31,35540–35W2
76June 28 Cardinals 4–8 Wacha (4–7) Ventura (6–5)—32,90940–36L1
77June 29@ Cardinals 3–2 (12) Wang (5–0) Maness (0–2)—44,84041–36W1
78June 30@ Cardinals 4–2 Gee (3–2) Leake (5–6) Davis (19)44,80242–36W2
July: 7–19 (Home: 5–8; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
79July 1@ Phillies 3–4 Hellickson (6–6) Kennedy (6–7) Gómez (22)30,26342–37L1
80July 2@ Phillies 6–2 Duffy (4–1) Nola (5–8)—40,33143–37W1
81July 3@ Phillies 2–7 Velasquez (7–2) Ventura (6–6)—20,47343–38L1
82July 4@ Blue Jays 2–6 Sanchez (9–1) Vólquez (7–8)—36,43843–39L2
83July 5@ Blue Jays 3–8 Dickey (6–9) Young (2–8)—35,91743–40L3
84July 6@ Blue Jays 2–4 Stroman (7–4) Herrera (1–2) Osuna (17)39,97143–41L4
85July 7 Mariners 4–3 Pounders (1–0) Cishek (2–5)—31,42544–41W1
86July 8 Mariners 2–3 Iwakuma (9–6) Ventura (6–7) Cishek (21)33,39144–42L1
87July 9 Mariners 5–3 Vólquez (8–8) Miley (6–6) Herrera (1)30,65945–42W1
88July 10 Mariners 5–8 Montgomery (3–3) Gee (3–3)—27,54445–43L1
87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California
89July 15@ Tigers 2–4 Verlander (9–6) Hochevar (1–2) Rodríguez (25)37,44745–44L2
90July 16@ Tigers 8–4 Duffy (5–1) Pelfrey (2–9)—39,59446–44W1
91July 17@ Tigers 2–4 Rodríguez (1–0) Soria (3–4)—37,36346–45L1
92July 18 Indians 7–3 Hochevar (2–2) Shaw (1–4) Davis (20)38,04247–45W1
93July 19 Indians 3–7 Salazar (11–3) Flynn (1–1)—31,14447–46L1
94July 20 Indians 4–11 Carrasco (7–3) Kennedy (6–8)—33,45547–47L2
95July 22 Rangers 3–1 Duffy (6–1) Darvish (2–2) Davis (21)33,53548–47W1
96July 23 Rangers 4–7 Hamels (11–2) Ventura (6–8)—32,13248–48L1
97July 24 Rangers 1–2 Claudio (2–1) Hochevar (2–3) Dyson (20)32,73948–49L2
98July 25 Angels 2–6 Santiago (9–4) Kennedy (6–9)—33,82848–50L3
99July 26 Angels 0–13 Skaggs (1–0) Gee (3–4)—28,02648–51L4
100July 27 Angels 5–7 Soria (4–4) Shoemaker (5–11)—30,27949–51W1
101July 28@ Rangers 2–3 Hamels (12–2) Ventura (6–9) Dyson (21)36,00849–52L1
102July 29@ Rangers 3–8 Griffin (4–1) Vólquez (8–9)—40,00849–53L2
103July 30@ Rangers 1–2 Bush (4–2) Pounders (1–1)—47,12549–54L3
104July 31@ Rangers 3–5 Harrell (3–2) Gee (3–5) Dyson (22)32,80649–55L4
August: 20–9 (Home: 9–4; Away:11–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
105August 1@ Rays 3–0 Duffy (7–1) Archer (5–15) Herrera (2)13,97650–55W1
106August 2@ Rays 3–2 Young (3–8) Cedeño (3–3) Herrera (3)12,62551–55W2
107August 3@ Rays 0–12 Odorizzi (6–5) Vólquez (8–10)—11,14951–56L1
108August 4@ Rays 2–3 Boxberger (1–0) Soria (4–5) Colomé (26)13,12051–57L2
109August 5 Blue Jays 3–4 Cecil (1–6) Herrera (1–3) Benoit (1)31,83151–58L3
110August 6 Blue Jays 4–2 Duffy (8–1) Sanchez (11–2) Herrera (4)35,98652–58W1
111August 7 Blue Jays 7–1 Ventura (7–9) Stroman (8–5)—25,83053–58W2
112August 9 White Sox 5–7 (10) Robertson (3–2) Herrera (1–4) Jennings (1)27,13453–59L1
113August 10 White Sox 3–2 (14) Gee (4–5) Albers (2–5)—25,18854–59W1
114August 11 White Sox 2–1 Duffy (9–1) Fulmer (0–2)—34,31055–59W2
115August 12@ Twins 7–3 Ventura (8–9) Gibson (4–7)—24,61756–59W3
116August 13@ Twins 3–5 Duffey (8–8) Gee (4–6) Kintzler (11)30,14756–60L1
117August 14@ Twins 11–4 Vólquez (9–10) Santiago (10–7) Young (1)31,73057–60W1
118August 15@ Tigers 3–1 Kennedy (7–9) Norris (1–1) Herrera (5)29,80358–60W2
119August 16@ Tigers 6–1 Duffy (10–1) Verlander (12–7)—28,66359–60W3
120August 17@ Tigers 4–1 Ventura (8–9) Sánchez (6–12) Herrera (6)28,79060–60W4
121August 18 Twins 8–1 Gee (5–6) Duffey (8–9)—30,59961–60W5
122August 19 Twins 5–4 (11) Wang (6–0) Chargois (0–1)—28,46362–60W6
123August 20 Twins 10–0 Kennedy (8–9) Santiago (10–8)—29,26863–60W7
124August 21 Twins 1–2 Duffy (11–1) Santana (6–10) Herrera (7)32,99664–60W8
125August 23@ Marlins 1–0 Ventura (9–9) Cashner (4–10) Herrera (8)18,51365–60W9
126August 24@ Marlins 0–3 Fernández (13–7) Gee (5–7) Rodney (25)17,89465–61L1
127August 25@ Marlins 5–2 Vólquez (10–10) Koehler (9–9) Herrera (9)19,04566–61W1
128August 26@ Red Sox 6–3 Kennedy (9–9) Wright (13–6) Herrera (10)38,14367–61W2
129August 27@ Red Sox 3–8 Price (13–8) Duffy (11–2)—37,93367–62L1
130August 28@ Red Sox 10–4 Strahm (2–0) Rodriguez (2–6)—37,33768–62W1
131August 29 Yankees 8–5 Gee (6–7) Pineda (6–11) Herrera (11)22,85969–62W2
132August 30 Yankees 4–5 (10) Betances (3–4) Soria (4–6) Shreve (1)22,89569–63L1
133August 31 Yankees 4–5 (13) Heller (1–0) Young (3–9) Betances (7)22,61569–64L2
September: 12–15 (Home: 6–9; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 2 Tigers 6–7 Rodríguez (3–3) Davis (1-1)—25,00869–65L3
135September 3 Tigers 5–2 Ventura (10–9) Fulmer (10–6) Davis (21)39,75770–65W1
136September 4 Tigers 5–6 Greene (3–3) Soria (4–7) Rodríguez (38)34,61670–66L1
137September 5@ Twins 11–5 Kennedy (10–9) Berríos (2–5)—20,99271–66W1
138September 6@ Twins 10–3 Herrera (2–4) Kintzler (0–2)—22,19472–66W2
139September 7@ Twins 5–6 Wimmers (1–1) Soria (4–8) Kintzler (14)17,97272–67L1
140September 9@ White Sox 2–7 Rodon (7–8) Ventura (10–10)—20,65372–68L2
141September 10@ White Sox 6–5 McCarthy (1–0) Beck (2–2) Davis (23)20,14873–68W1
142September 11@ White Sox 2–0 Kennedy (11–9) Sale (15–8) Davis (24)20,10774–68W2
143September 12 Athletics 3–16 Coulombe (3–1) Gee (6–8) Neal (2)31,06174–69L1
144September 13 Athletics 4–5 Axford (6–4) Strahm (2–1) Madson (30)29,52374–70L2
145September 14 Athletics 0–8 Manaea (6–9) Ventura (10–11)—30,00674–71L3
146September 15 Athletics 5–14 Mengden (2–7) Volquez (10–11)—32,17674–72L4
147September 16 White Sox 4–7 Sale (16–8) Herrera (2–5)—29,31874–73L5
148September 17 White Sox 3–2 Gee (7–8) González (4–7) Davis (25)34,80575–73W1
149September 18 White Sox 10–3 Duffy (12–2) Quintana (12–11)—34,98276–73W2
150September 19 White Sox 8–3 Ventura (11–11) Rodon (7–10)—31,50277–73W3
151September 20@ Indians 1–2 Miller (9–1) Flynn (1–2)—13,62377–74L1
152September 21@ Indians 3–4 Kluber (18–9) Kennedy (11–10) Allen (28)13,88877–75L2
153September 22@ Indians 2–5 Otero (5–1) Gee (7–9) Allen (29)15,25377–76L3
154September 23@ Tigers 3–8 Fulmer (11–7) Duffy (12–3)—29,48077–77L4
155September 24@ Tigers 7–4 Davis (2–1) Rodríguez (3–4) Herrera (12)31,72178–77W1
156September 25@ Tigers 12–9 Gee (8–9) Boyd (6–5)—33,37579–77W2
157September 27 Twins 4–3 (11) Pounders (2–1) Milone (3–5)—28,43580–77W3
158September 28 Twins 5–2 Soria (5–8) Rogers (3–1) Davis (27)23,43781–77W4
159September 29 Twins 6–7 Tonkin (3–2) Herrera (2–6) Kintzler (16)29,56681–78L1
160September 30 Indians 2–7 Merritt (1–0) Ventura (11–12)—24,74181–79L2
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
161October 1 Indians 3–6 Clevinger (3–3) Strahm (2–2) Allen (31)28,56981–80L3
162October 2 Indians 2–3 Tomlin (13–9) Kennedy (11–11) Allen (32)29,47581–81L4
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Roster

2016 Kansas City Royals
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Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
Alcides Escobar 162637571662467551727.261.350
Eric Hosmer 1586058016124125104557.266.433
Kendrys Morales 154558651472403093048.263.468
Salvador Pérez 139514571272822264022.247.438
Cheslor Cuthbert 128475491302811246232.274.413
Paulo Orlando 128457521382445431413.302.405
Alex Gordon 12844562981621740852.220.380
Lorenzo Cain 103397561141919561431.287.408
Whit Merrifield 813114488223229819.283.392
Jarrod Dyson 10729946831481253026.278.388
Christian Colón 54147133460113011.231.293
Adalberto Mondesí 4713516251321396.185.281
Omar Infante 3913416329101109.239.321
Drew Butera 55123183510141608.285.480
Mike Moustakas 2710412256071309.240.500
Brett Eibner 267811186031006.231.423
Rey Fuentes 1341213100503.317.341
Billy Burns 243779000130.243.243
Hunter Dozier 81944100102.211.263
Daniel Nava 91111100001.091.182
Tony Cruz 4400000100.000.000
Terrance Gore 173600000110.000.000
Pitcher Totals1621812000100.111.111
Team Totals1625552675145026433147640121382.261.400

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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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Ian Kennedy 11113.6833330195.2173818066184
Edinson Vólquez 10115.3734340189.121712411376139
Yordano Ventura 11124.4532320186.0190969278144
Danny Duffy 1233.5142260179.2163717042188
Dillon Gee 894.6833140125.014667653789
Chris Young 396.193413188.210463614394
Kelvin Herrera 262.757201272.05723221286
Joakim Soria 584.05700166.27031302768
Brian Flynn 122.60361055.13819162344
Chien-Ming Wang 604.22380053.16027251830
Peter Moylan 203.43500044.24219171634
Wade Davis 211.874502743.133991647
Luke Hochevar 233.86400037.1311716940
Kris Medlen 137.7766024.13025212018
Matt Strahm 221.23210022.013431130
Scott Alexander 003.32170019.02477716
Brooks Pounders 219.24130012.2191313313
Jason Vargas 002.2533012.0833311
Kevin McCarthy 106.4810008.1118657
Alec Mills 0013.503003.135554
Drew Butera 000.002001.110001
Team Totals81814.21162162411440.014337126745171287

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Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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