2017 Kansas City Royals season

2017  Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	80–82 (.494)
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, Rex Hudler, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc, Jeff Montgomery)
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The 2017 Kansas City Royals season was the 49th season for the franchise, and their 45th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals opened the season at the Minnesota Twins on April 3, 2017 and finished the season at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 1. They failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Offseason

Transactions

• November 3: C Drew Butera and RHP Peter Moylan elected free agency.
• November 4: RHP Edinson Vólquez, RHP Kris Medlen, and DH Kendrys Morales elected free agency.
• November 5: RHP Luke Hochevar elected free agency.
• November 18: C Tony Cruz designated for assignment. C Drew Butera signed. C Cam Gallagher, RHP Andrew Edwards, Jake Junis, and 1B Samir Dueñez signed from minors.
• November 23: C Tony Cruz released.
• December 1: RHP Brooks Pounders traded to the Los Angeles Angels for RHP Jared Ruxer.
• December 7: RHP Wade Davis traded to the Chicago Cubs for LF Jorge Soler
• January 3: RHP Sam Lewis traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for LF Peter O'Brien.
• January 6: LF Jarrod Dyson traded to the Seattle Mariners for RHP Nate Karns.
• February 1: DH Brandon Moss signed.
• February 8: RHP Alec Mills traded to the Chicago Cubs for CF Donald Dewees, Jr. RHP Jason Hammel signed.
• February 15: LHP Travis Wood signed.

Yordano Ventura

On the morning of January 22, 2017, it was announced that Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic.

Regular season

The team's 16–4 win over the Detroit Tigers on July 20, 2017, was the first time in franchise history that the Royals had recorded four 4-run innings in a game. ^[1] In the month of August, the Royals set a dubious franchise record of 45 innings without scoring a run, spanning more than 4 games. It was the longest such streak by any team since the pitching mound was lowered in the late 1960s. ^[2]

Game log

2017 game log: 80–82 (Home: 43–38; Away: 37–44)
April: 7–16 (Home: 5–5; Away: 2–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 3 @ Twins 1–7 Santana (1–0) Strahm (0–1) — 39,615 0–1 L1 2 April 5 @ Twins 1–9 Santiago (1–0) Kennedy (0–1) — 15,171 0–2 L2 3 April 6 @ Twins 3–5 Rogers (1–0) Minor (0–1) Kintzler (1) 16,078 0–3 L3 4 April 7 @ Astros 5–1 Vargas (1–0) Fiers (0–1) — 30,491 1–3 W1 5 April 8 @ Astros 7–3 Duffy (1–0) Gregerson (0–1) — 35,373 2–3 W2 6 April 9 @ Astros 4–5 (12) Devenski (1–0) Strahm (0–2) — 32,411 2–4 L1 7 April 10 A's 0–2 Cotton (1–1) Kennedy (0–2) Doolittle (1) 40,019 2–5 L2 8 April 12 A's 3–8 Triggs (2–0) Hammel (0–1) — 24,380 2–6 L3 9 April 13 A's 3–1 Vargas (2–0) Hahn (0–1) Herrera (1) 22,160 3–6 W1 10 April 14 Angels 7–1 Duffy (2–0) Ramírez (2–1) — 26,838 4–6 W2 11 April 15 Angels 3–2 Soria (1–0) Alvarez (0–1) Herrera (2) 24,162 5–6 W3 12 April 16 Angels 1–0 Herrera (1–0) Parker (0–1) — 27,950 6–6 W4 13 April 18 Giants 2–1 (11) Law (1–0) Alexander (0–1) Melancon (3) 20,863 6–7 L1 14 April 19 Giants 2–0 Vargas (3–0) Bumgarner (0–3) Herrera (3) 24,402 7–7 W1 15 April 20 @ Rangers 0–1 (13) Álvarez (1–0) Wood (0–1) — 26,898 7–8 L1 16 April 21 @ Rangers 2–6 Hamels (1–0) Karns (0–1) — 31,320 7–9 L2 17 April 22 @ Rangers 1–2 Bush (1–0) Wood (0–2) — 41,446 7–10 L3 18 April 23 @ Rangers 2–5 Darvish (2–2) Hammel (0–2) Bush (1) 37,177  7–11 L4 19 April 24 @ White Sox 1–12 González (3–0) Vargas (3–1)  — 11,484 7–12 L5 20 April 25 @ White Sox 5–10 Jennings (2–0) Duffy (2–1) — 14,591 7–13 L6 21 April 26 @ White Sox 2–5 Quintana (1–4) Karns (0–2) Robertson (5) 18,218 7–14 L7 22 April 28 Twins 4–6 Breslow (1–0) Soria (1–1) Kintzler (6) 27,911 7–15 L8 — April 29 Twins Postponed (rain)(Rescheduled for July 1st) 23 April 30 Twins 5–7 Hughes (4–1) Hammel (0–3) Kintzler (7) 32,685 7–16 L9
May: 15–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 24 May 1 White Sox 6–1 Vargas (4–1) Covey (0–2) — 20,148 8–16 W1 25 May 2 White Sox 0–6 Quintana (2–4) Duffy (2–2) — 18,604 8–17 L1 26 May 3 White Sox 6–1 Karns (1–2) Pelfrey (0–2) — 22,298 9–17 W1 27 May 4 White Sox 3–8 Holland (3–2) Kennedy (0–3) — 36,525 9–18 L1 28 May 5 Indians 3–1 Hammel (1–3) Salazar (2–3) Herrera (4) 25,722 10–18 W1 29 May 6 Indians 1–3 Miller (2–0) Herrera (1–1) Allen (8) 23,743 10–19 L1 30 May 7 Indians 0–1 Clevinger (1–0) Duffy (2–3) Allen (9) 25,754 10–20 L2 31 May 8 @ Rays 7–3 Karns (2–2) Snell (0–3) — 12,826 11–20 W1 32 May 9 @ Rays 7–6 (12) Junis (1–0) Moreno (0–1) Herrera (5) 9,921 12–20 W2 33 May 10 @ Rays 1–12 Archer (3–1) Hammel (1–4) — 9,320 12–21 L1 34 May 11 @ Rays 6–0 Vargas (5–1) Odorizzi (2–2) — 9,340 13–21 W1 35 May 12 Orioles 3–2 Soria (2–1) Nuño (0–1) Herrera (6) 25,467 14–21 W2 36 May 13 Orioles 4–3 Maness (1–0) Asher (1–2) Herrera (7) 24,662 15–21 W3 37 May 14 Orioles 9–8 Strahm (1–2) Bleier (0–1) Herrera (8) 30,662 16–21 W4 38 May 16 Yankees 1–7 Sabathia (3–2) Hammel (1–5) — 30,878 16–22 L1 39 May 17 Yankees 7–11 Pineda (4–2) Vargas (5–2) Betances (1) 22,899 16–23 L2 40 May 18 Yankees 5–1 Duffy (3–3) Montgomery (2–3) — 22,803 17–23 W1 41 May 19 @ Twins 3–4 (10) Kintzler (2–0) Alburquerque (0–1) — 23,553 17–24 L1 — May 20 @ Twins Postponed (rain)(Rescheduled for May 21) 42 May 21 @ Twins 6–4 Minor (1–1) Hughes (4–3) Herrera (9) 18–24 W1 43 May 21 @ Twins 4–8 Mejía (1–1) Kennedy (0–4) — 27,852 18–25 L1 44 May 22 @ Yankees 2–4 Pineda (5–2) Vargas (5–3) Betances (3) 35,005 18–26 L2 45 May 23 @ Yankees 6–2 Duffy (4–3) Warren (1–1) — 35,931 19–26 W1 46 May 24 @ Yankees 0–3 Severino (3–2) Hammel (1–6) Betances (4) 34,610 19–27 L1 — May 25 @ Yankees Postponed (rain)(Rescheduled for September 25) 47 May 26 @ Indians 6–4 Minor (2–1) Shaw (1–1) Herrera (10) 29,603 20–27 W1 48 May 27 @ Indians 5–2 Vargas (6–3) Salazar (3–5) Herrera (11) 30,920 21–27 W2 49 May 28 @ Indians 1–10 Tomlin (3–6) Duffy (4–4) — 23,136 21–28 L1 50 May 29 Tigers 7–10 Rodríguez (2–5) Soria (2–2) Wilson (4) 28,419 21–29 L2 51 May 30 Tigers 1–0 Skoglund (1–0) Verlander (4–4) Herrera (12) 21,864 22–29 W1 52 May 31 Tigers 5–6 Saupold (1–0) Kennedy (0–5) Wilson (5) 24,347 22–30 L1
June: 17–9 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 53 June 2 Indians 4–0 Vargas (7–3) Tomlin (3–7) — 33,408 23–30 W1 54 June 3 Indians 12–5 Hammel (2–6) Carrasco (5–3) — 26,497 24–30 W2 55 June 4 Indians 0–8 Otero (1–0) Skoglund (1–1) — 28,185 24–31 L1 56 June 5 Astros 3–7 Fiers (2–2) Kennedy (0–6) — 21,892 24–32 L2 57 June 6 Astros 9–7 Minor (3–1) Giles (1–2) — 20,974 25–32 W1 58 June 7 Astros 7–5 Vargas (8–3) Díaz (0–1) Herrera (13) 25,628 26–32 W2 59 June 8 Astros 1–6 Harris (2–1) Herrera (1–2) — 32,747 26–33 L1 60 June 9 @ Padres 3–6 Chacín (5–5) Strahm (1–3) Maurer (10) 23,055 26–34 L2 61 June 10 @ Padres 12–6 Wood (1–2) Hand (1–4) — 26,107 27–34 W1 62 June 11 @ Padres 8–3 Junis (2–0) Lamet (2–2) — 25,599 28–34 W2 63 June 13 @ Giants 8–1 Vargas (9–3) Blach (4–4) — 41,284 29–34 W3 64 June 14 @ Giants 7–2 Hammel (3–6) Cueto (5–6) — 41,144 30–34 W4 65 June 15 @ Angels 7–2 Strahm (2–3) Nolasco (2–8) — 34,884 31–34 W5 66 June 16 @ Angels 3–1 Kennedy (1–6) Chavez (5–7) Herrera (14) 34,184 32–34 W6 67 June 17 @ Angels 0–9 Meyer (3–3) Junis (2–1) — 41,209 32–35 L1 68 June 18 @ Angels 7–3 Vargas (10–3) Ramirez (6–5) Herrera (15) 40,178 33–35 W1 69 June 19 Red Sox 4–2 Hammel (4–6) Boyer (0–1) Herrera (16) 27,992 34–35 W2 70 June 20 Red Sox 3–8 Sale (9–3) Strahm (2–4) — 25,983 34–36 L1 71 June 21 Red Sox 6–4 Soria (3–2) Scott (0–1) Herrera (17) 30,826 35–36 W1 72 June 23 Blue Jays 5–4 Soria (4–2) Loup (2–1) — 38,848 36–36 W2 72 June 24 Blue Jays 3–2 Vargas (11–3) Estrada (4–6) Herrera (18) 26,938 37–36 W3 74 June 25 Blue Jays 2–8 Liriano (4–3) Alexander (0–2) — 37,182 37–37 L1 75 June 27 @ Tigers 3–5 Verlander (5–4) Strahm (2–5) J. Wilson (7) 29,488 37–38 L2 76 June 28 @ Tigers 8–2 Kennedy (2–6) Norris (4–6) — 29,614 38–38 W1 77 June 29 @ Tigers 3–7 Fulmer (7–6) Junis (2–2) — 33,681 38–39 L1 78 June 30 Twins 8–1 Vargas (12–3) Santana (10–5) — 34,332 39–39 W1
July: 16–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 79 July 1 (1) Twins 11–6 Minor (4–1) Duffey (0–2) — 25,571 40–39 W2 80 July 1 (2) Twins 5–10 Jorge (1–0) Hammel (4–7) — 32,448 40–40 L1 81 July 2 Twins 6–2 Alexander (1–2) Santiago (4–8) — 28,775 41–40 W1 82 July 3 @ Mariners 3–1 Kennedy (3–6) Moore (1–1) Soria (1) 35,789 42–40 W2 83 July 4 @ Mariners 7–3 Duffy (5–4) Hernandez (3–3) — 25,555 43–40 W3 84 July 5 @ Mariners 9–6 Minor (7–5) Pazos (2–2) Herrera (19) 15,157 44–40 W4 85 July 7 @ Dodgers 1–4 Maeda (7–4) Hammel (4–8) Jansen (21) 48,017 44–41 L1 86 July 8 @ Dodgers 4–5 (10) Stripling (1–3) Alexander (1–3) — 45,225 44–42 L2 87 July 9 @ Dodgers 2–5 Kershaw (14–2) Duffy (5–5) — 41,524 44–43 L3 88th All-Star Game in Miami, Florida 88 July 14 Rangers 3–5 Pérez (5–6) Minor (5–2) Claudio (2) 35,591 44–44 L4 89 July 15 Rangers 0–1 Leclerc (2–2) Duffy (5–6) Claudio (3) 32,907 44–45 L5 90 July 16 Rangers 4–3 Herrera (2–2) Grilli (2–5) — 23,163 45–45 W1 91 July 17 Tigers 2–10 Zimmermann (6–7) Vargas (12–4) — 26,359 45–46 L1 92 July 18 Tigers 3–9 Boyd (3–5) Wood (1–3) — 22,908 45–47 L2 93 July 19 Tigers 4–3 McCarthy (1–0) J. Wilson (3–4) — 30,105 46–47 W1 94 July 20 Tigers 16–4 Duffy (6–6) Fulmer (10–7) — 29,018 47–47 W2 95 July 21 White Sox 7–6 (10) Feliz (2–5) Clippard (1–6) — 29,647 48–47 W3 96 July 22 White Sox 7–2 Alexander (2–3) Holmberg (1–3) — 34,088 49–47 W4 97 July 23 White Sox 5–4 Herrera (3–2) Infante (0–1) — 23,184 50–47 W5 98 July 24 @ Tigers 5–3 (12) Junis (3–2) VerHagen (0–1) Herrera (20) 26,415 51–47 W6 99 July 25 @ Tigers 3–1 Duffy (7–6) Fulmer (10–8) Herrera (21) 27,259 52–47 W7 100 July 26 @ Tigers 16–2 Kennedy (4–6) Sánchez (2–1) — 29,073 53–47 W8 101 July 28 @ Red Sox 4–2 Vargas (13–4) Porcello (4–14) Herrera (22) 37,321 54–47 W9 102 July 29 @ Red Sox 8–9 (10) Barnes (6–2) Minor (5–3) — 36,912 54–48 L1 103 July 30 @ Red Sox 5–3 Hammel (5–8) Barnes (6–3) Herrera (23) 36,480 55–48 W1 104 July 31 @ Orioles 1–2 Britton (1–0) Soria (4–3) — 20,663 55–49 L1
August: 10–18 (Home: 6–9; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 105 August 1 @ Orioles 2–7 Bundy (10–8) Kennedy (4–7) — 20,931 55–50 L2 106 August 2 @ Orioles 0–6 Hellickson (7–5) Vargas (13–5) — 14,984 55–51 L3 107 August 3 Mariners 6–4 Buchter (4–3) Pagan (0–2) Herrera (24) 29,228 56–51 W1 108 August 4 Mariners 2–5 Paxton (12–3) Hammel (5–9) Diaz (22) 38,130 56–52 L1 — August 5 Mariners PPD, RAIN; Rescheduled for August 6 109 August 6 Mariners 7–8 Pazos (3–3) Duffy (7–7) Díaz (23) 56–53 L2 110 August 6 Mariners 9–1 Junis (4–2) Ramírez (4–4) — 29,432 57–53 W1 111 August 7 Cardinals 3–11 Martinez (8–9) Kennedy (4–8) — 38,478 57–54 L1 112 August 8 Cardinals 3–10 Wacha (9–4) Vargas (13–6) — 37,267 57–55 L2 113 August 9 @ Cardinals 5–8 Bowman (3–4) Maurer (1–5) Rosenthal (9) 44,139 57–56 L3 114 August 10 @ Cardinals 6–8 Lyons (1–0) Minor (5–4) Rosenthal (10) 41,706 57–57 L4 115 August 11 @ White Sox 3–6 Bummer (1–2) Duffy (7–8) Clippard (3) 18,137 57–58 L5 116 August 12 @ White Sox 5–4 Alexander (3–3) Bummer (1–3) Herrera (25) 20,413 58–58 W1 117 August 13 @ White Sox 14–6 Vargas (14–6) Holland (6–12) — 27,351 59–58 W2 118 August 14 @ A's 6–2 Junis (5–2) Cotton (5–10) — 9,848 60–58 W3 119 August 15 @ A's 8–10 Treinen (1–2) Minor (5–5) — 13,875 60–59 L1 120 August 16 @ A's 7–6 Maurer (2–5) Treinen (1–3) Herrera (26) 15,239 61–59 W1 121 August 18 Indians 1–10 Kluber (12–3) Kennedy (4–9) — 35,974 61–60 L1 122 August 19 Indians 0–5 Bauer (12–8) Vargas (14–7) — 34,204 61–61 L2 123 August 20 Indians 7–4 Hammel (6–9) Salazar (5–6) — 27,417 62–61 W1 124 August 22 Rockies 3–2 Duffy (8–8) Gray (5–3) Alexander (1) 22,868 63–61 W2 125 August 23 Rockies 6–4 Maurer (3–5) Holland (2–5) — 25,752 64–61 W3 126 August 24 Rockies 2–3 Ottavino (2–3) Minor (5–6) Holland (36) 25,314 64–62 L1 127 August 25 @ Indians 0–4 Merritt (1–0) Vargas (14–8) — 34,061 64–63 L2 128 August 26 @ Indians 0–4 Clevinger (7–5) Hammel (6–10) — 34,273 64–64 L3 129 August 27 @ Indians 0–12 Carrasco (13–6) Skoglund (1–2) — 32,229 64–65 L4 130 August 28 Rays 0–12 Pruitt (7–3) Kennedy (4–10) Andriese (1) 21,866 64–66 L5 131 August 29 Rays 6–2 Junis (6–2) Cobb (9–9) — 25,204 65–66 W1 132 August 30 Rays 3–5 Odorizzi (7–7) Vargas (14–9) Colomé (40) 25,916 65–67 L1
September/October: 15–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 133 September 1 @ Twins 7–6 Hammel (7–10) Gee (1–2) Alexander (2) 24,068 66–67 W1 134 September 2 @ Twins 0–17 Gibson (9–10) Garcia (0–1) — 33,413 66–68 L1 135 September 3 @ Twins 5–4 Alexander (4–3) Busenitz (1–1) Maurer (21) 32,234 67–68 W1 136 September 4 @ Tigers 7–6 Junis (7–2) Lewicki (0–1) Alexander (3) 24,804 68–68 W3 137 September 5 @ Tigers 2–13 Jaye (1–0) Vargas (14–10) — , 68–69 L1 138 September 6 @ Tigers 13–2 Hammel (8–10) Boyd (5–9) — 23,755 69–69 W1 139 September 7 Twins 2–4 Hildenberger (3–2) Herrera (3–3) Belisle (6) 26,485 69–70 L1 140 September 8 Twins 5–8 Santana (8–5) Kennedy (4–11) Belisle (7) 31,879 69–71 L2 141 September 9 Twins 5–2 Minor (6–6) Pressly (2–3) Maurer (2) 29,991 70–71 W1 142 September 10 Twins 11–3 Vargas (15–10) Colón (6–12) — 35,003 71–71 W2 143 September 11 White Sox 3–11 López (1–3) Hammel (8–11) — 23,135 71–72 L1 144 September 12 White Sox 4–3 Gaviglio (4–5) Covey (0–5) Alexander (4) 17,727 72–72 W1 145 September 13 White Sox 3–5 Minaya (3–2) Alexander (4–4) — 25,665 72–73 L1 146 September 14 @ Indians 2–3 (10) Allen (3–6) Maurer (3–6) — 30,874 72–74 L2 147 September 15 @ Indians 4–3 Vargas (16–10) Bauer (16–9) Minor (1) 34,025 73–74 W1 148 September 16 @ Indians 4–8 Carrasco (16–6) Hammel (8–12) — 33,688 73–75 L1 149 September 17 @ Indians 2–3 Kluber (17–4) Duffy (8–9) Allen (28) 32,313 73–76 L2 150 September 19 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Stroman (12–8) Kennedy (4–12) Osuna (37) 33,554 73–77 L3 151 September 20 @ Blue Jays 15–5 Junis (8–2) Anderson (1–2) — 33,050 74–77 W1 152 September 21 @ Blue Jays 1–0 Vargas (17–10) Happ (9–11) Minor (2) 35,861 75–77 W2 153 September 22 @ White Sox 6–7 López (3–3) Hammel (8–13) Minaya (6) 18,041 75–78 L1 154 September 23 @ White Sox 8–2 Duffy (9–9) Covey (0–7) — 20,306 76–78 W1 155 September 24 @ White Sox 1–8 Giolito (3–3) Kennedy (4–13) — 18,791 76–79 L1 156 September 25 @ Yankees 3–11 Sabathia (13–5) Junis (8–3) — 40,023 76–80 L2 157 September 26 Tigers 2–1 Vargas (18–10) Sánchez (3–6) Minor (3) 20,613 77–80 W1 158 September 27 Tigers 7–4 Alexander (5–4) VerHagen (0–3) Minor (4) 21,319 78–80 W2 159 September 28 Tigers 1–4 Norris (5–8) Duffy (9–10) Greene (8) 21,650 78–81 L1 160 September 29 D-Backs 2–1 Kennedy (5–13) Greinke (17–7) Minor (5) 23,488 79–81 W1 161 September 30 D-Backs 4–3 Junis (9–3) Bradley (3–3) Minor (6) 32,727 80–81 W2 162 October 1 D-Backs 2–14 Banda (2–3) Vargas (18–11) — 32,277 80–82 L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Royals team member

Season standings

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	102	60	.630	—	49‍–‍32	53‍–‍28
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	17	41‍–‍40	44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals	80	82	.494	22	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	35	39‍–‍42	28‍–‍53
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	38	34‍–‍47	30‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

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Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	102	60	.630
Houston Astros	101	61	.623
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	91	71	.562	+6
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	—
Kansas City Royals	80	82	.494	5
Los Angeles Angels	80	82	.494	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	.494	5
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	7
Texas Rangers	78	84	.481	7
Toronto Blue Jays	76	86	.469	9
Baltimore Orioles	75	87	.463	10
Oakland Athletics	75	87	.463	10
Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	18
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	21

Record against opponents

2017 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2017
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	10–9	4–3	1–6	3–4	1–5	3–3	2–4	2–5	7–12	4–3	4–2	8–11	6–1	12–7	8–12
Boston	9–10	—	6–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	2–4	5–2	8–11	3–4	3–3	11–8	5–1	13–6	16–4
Chicago	3–4	1–6	—	6–13	10–9	4–2	10–9	3–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	3–4	3–3	4–3	3–3	6–14
Cleveland	6–1	3–4	13–6	—	13–6	5–1	12–7	6–0	12–7	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–3	6–1	4–2	6–14
Detroit	4–3	4–3	9–10	6–13	—	3–4	8–11	3–4	8–11	3–3	1–5	1–6	2–5	1–5	3–3	8–12
Houston	5–1	4–3	2–4	1–5	4–3	—	3–4	12–7	5–1	5–2	12–7	14–5	3–4	12–7	4–3	15–5
Kansas City	3–3	4–2	9–10	7–12	11–8	4–3	—	6–1	8–11	2–5	3–3	5–2	4–3	1–6	3–3	9–11
Los Angeles	4–2	4–2	4–3	0–6	4–3	7–12	1–6	—	2–5	4–2	12–7	12–7	3–4	8–11	4–3	11–9
Minnesota	5–2	2–5	12–7	7–12	11–8	1–5	11–8	5–2	—	2–4	3–3	3–4	2–4	4–3	4–3	13–7
New York	12–7	11–8	4–3	2–5	3–3	2–5	5–2	2–4	4–2	—	2–5	5–2	12–7	3–3	9–10	15–5
Oakland	3–4	4–3	5–1	4–3	5–1	7–12	3–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	—	7–12	2–5	10–9	2–5	7–13
Seattle	2–4	3–3	4–3	2–4	6–1	5–14	2–5	7–12	4–3	2–5	12–7	—	5–1	11–8	1–6	12–8
Tampa Bay	11–8	8–11	3–3	3–4	5–2	4–3	3–4	4–3	4–2	7–12	5–2	1–5	—	2–4	9–10	11–9
Texas	1–6	1–5	3–4	1–6	5–1	7–12	6–1	11–8	3–4	3–3	9–10	8–11	4–2	—	3–4	14–6
Toronto	7–12	6–13	3–3	2–4	3–3	3–4	3–3	3–4	3–4	10–9	5–2	6–1	10–9	4–3	—	9–11

Roster

2017 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 62 Al Alburquerque 54 Scott Alexander 50 Miguel Almonte 49 Ryan Buchter 34 Trevor Cahill 41 Danny Duffy 59 Luke Farrell 43 Neftalí Feliz 33 Brian Flynn 64 Onelki García 62 Sam Gaviglio 44 Jason Hammel 40 Kelvin Herrera 65 Jake Junis 55 Nate Karns 31 Ian Kennedy 59 Andrés Machado 63 Seth Maness 32 Brandon Maurer 61 Kevin McCarthy 26 Mike Minor 64 Mike Morin 47 Peter Moylan 53,69 Eric Skoglund 48 Joakim Soria 64 Matt Strahm 51 Jason Vargas 34 Travis Wood 32 Chris Young		Catchers  9 Drew Butera 36 Cam Gallagher 13 Salvador Perez Infielders 24 Christian Colón 19 Cheslor Cuthbert  2 Alcides Escobar 35 Eric Hosmer 15 Whit Merrifield 27 Raúl Mondesí 37 Brandon Moss  8 Mike Moustakas 46 Ramón Torres		Outfielders 38 Jorge Bonifacio 14 Billy Burns 53 Melky Cabrera  6 Lorenzo Cain  4 Alex Gordon  0 Terrance Gore 16 Paulo Orlando 12 Jorge Soler		Manager  3 Ned Yost Coaches 44 Brian Buchanan (assistant hitting) 80 Ryan Eigsti (bullpen catcher) 58 Dave Eiland (pitching) 28 Pedro Grifol (catching) 57 Doug Henry (bullpen) 23 Mike Jirschele (third base/infield) 18 Rusty Kuntz (first base/outfield/baserunning) 21 Dale Sveum (hitting) 22 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

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
Eric Hosmer	162	603	98	192	31	1	25	94	6	66	.318	.498
Alcides Escobar	162	599	71	150	36	5	6	54	4	15	.250	.357
Whit Merrifield	145	587	80	169	32	6	19	78	34	29	.288	.460
Lorenzo Cain	155	584	86	175	27	5	15	49	26	54	.300	.440
Mike Moustakas	148	555	75	151	24	0	38	85	0	34	.272	.521
Alex Gordon	148	476	52	99	20	2	9	45	7	45	.208	.315
Salvador Pérez	129	471	57	126	24	1	27	80	1	17	.268	.495
Jorge Bonifacio	113	384	55	98	15	1	17	40	1	35	.255	.432
Brandon Moss	118	362	41	75	14	0	22	50	2	37	.207	.428
Melky Cabrera	58	223	24	60	13	2	4	29	1	11	.269	.399
Drew Butera	75	163	18	37	4	1	3	14	0	12	.227	.319
Cheslor Cuthbert	58	143	10	33	7	0	2	18	0	9	.231	.322
Jorge Soler	35	97	7	14	5	0	2	6	0	12	.144	.258
Paulo Orlando	39	86	9	17	3	0	2	6	1	1	.198	.302
Ramón Torres	33	74	9	18	3	0	0	4	1	4	.243	.284
Adalberto Mondesí	25	53	4	9	1	0	1	3	5	3	.170	.245
Cam Gallagher	13	24	2	6	1	0	1	5	0	3	.250	.417
Christian Colón	7	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.176	.176
Billy Burns	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167
Terrance Gore	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.120	.120
Team Totals	162	5536	702	1436	260	24	193	660	91	390	.259	.420

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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
Jason Hammel	8	13	5.29	32	32	0	180.1	209	109	106	48	145
Jason Vargas	18	11	4.16	32	32	0	179.2	181	84	83	58	134
Ian Kennedy	5	13	5.38	30	30	0	154.0	143	99	92	61	131
Danny Duffy	9	10	3.81	24	24	0	146.1	143	67	62	41	130
Jakob Junis	9	3	4.30	20	16	0	98.1	101	52	47	25	80
Mike Minor	6	6	2.55	65	0	6	77.2	57	23	22	22	88
Scott Alexander	5	4	2.48	58	0	4	69.0	62	23	19	28	59
Kelvin Herrera	3	3	4.25	64	0	26	59.1	60	33	28	20	56
Peter Moylan	0	0	3.49	79	0	0	59.1	40	26	23	25	46
Joakim Soria	4	3	3.70	59	0	1	56.0	49	24	23	20	64
Nate Karns	2	2	4.17	9	8	0	45.1	41	21	21	13	51
Kevin McCarthy	1	0	3.20	33	0	0	45.0	50	23	16	13	27
Travis Wood	1	3	6.91	28	3	0	41.2	56	33	32	20	29
Matt Strahm	2	5	5.45	24	3	0	34.2	30	22	21	22	37
Chris Young	0	0	7.50	14	2	0	30.0	47	27	25	14	22
Ryan Buchter	1	0	2.67	29	0	0	27.0	16	10	8	8	18
Trevor Cahill	0	0	8.22	10	3	0	23.0	33	21	21	21	15
Brandon Maurer	2	2	8.10	26	0	2	20.0	34	18	18	11	21
Neftalí Feliz	1	0	4.74	20	0	0	19.0	17	11	10	8	16
Eric Skoglund	1	2	9.50	7	5	0	18.0	30	20	19	12	14
Sam Gaviglio	1	0	3.00	4	2	0	12.0	13	4	4	5	9
Al Alburquerque	0	1	3.60	11	0	0	10.0	7	4	4	6	9
Seth Maness	1	0	3.72	8	0	0	9.2	16	5	4	2	4
Onelki Garcia	0	1	13.50	2	1	0	6.0	12	9	9	5	2
Mike Morin	0	0	7.94	6	0	0	5.2	8	5	5	3	6
Andrés Machado	0	0	22.09	2	0	0	3.2	10	9	9	3	1
Luke Farrell	0	0	16.88	1	1	0	2.2	7	5	5	3	2
Brian Flynn	0	0	3.86	1	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	0
Miguel Almonte	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	2	0
Team Totals	80	82	4.61	162	162	39	1437.2	1480	791	737	519	1216

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Awards

First baseman Eric Hosmer won the Silver Slugger Award as the best offensive player at his position in the American League. ^[3]

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	Scott Thorman
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League	Omar Ramírez
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Justin Gemoll
Rookie	AZL Royals	Arizona League	Darryl Kennedy
Rookie	DSL Royals	Dominican Summer League

References

1. "Fantastic fours: Royals roll with 4 big innings". MLB.com. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
2. Flanagan, Jeffrey; Chastain, Bill (August 30, 2017). "Royals hit 3 homers, snap skid against Rays". MLB.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
3. "Silver Slugger Awards". Louisville Slugger. Retrieved July 7, 2018.

External links

• Kansas City Royals Official Site Archived July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• 2017 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference