2019 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Record | 59–103 (.364) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
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 2019 Kansas City Royals season was the 51st season for the franchise, and their 47th at Kauffman Stadium. They had a 1-game improvement from the previous season, but they were eliminated from postseason contention on August 27. The season was Ned Yost's final season as manager as he announced on September 23 that he was retiring at the end of the season. [1]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 46–35 | 55–26 |
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 69 | .574 | 8 | 49–32 | 44–37 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 89 | .447 | 28½ | 39–41 | 33–48 |
Kansas City Royals | 59 | 103 | .364 | 42 | 31–50 | 28–53 |
Detroit Tigers | 47 | 114 | .292 | 53½ | 22–59 | 25–55 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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Houston Astros | 107 | 55 | .660 |
New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 |
Minnesota Twins | 101 | 61 | .623 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | .599 | +1 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 96 | 66 | .593 | — |
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 69 | .574 | 3 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 78 | .519 | 12 |
Texas Rangers | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 89 | .447 | 23½ |
Los Angeles Angels | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 |
Seattle Mariners | 68 | 94 | .420 | 28 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 29 |
Kansas City Royals | 59 | 103 | .364 | 37 |
Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 108 | .333 | 42 |
Detroit Tigers | 47 | 114 | .292 | 48½ |
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 7–12 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 2–17 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 7–13 |
Boston | 12–7 | — | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 10–10 |
Chicago | 3–3 | 2–5 | — | 11–8 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–14 |
Cleveland | 4–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | — | 18–1 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 6–0 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–12 |
Detroit | 4–3 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 1–18 | — | 1–6 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 3–4 | 5–15 |
Houston | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–1 | — | 5–1 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 18–1 | 3–4 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 11–9 |
Kansas City | 3–3 | 1–5 | 10–9 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 9–11 |
Los Angeles | 3–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 4–2 | — | 1–5 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 6–1 | 12–8 |
Minnesota | 6–0 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 14–5 | 4–3 | 14–5 | 5–1 | — | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 8–12 |
New York | 17–2 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | — | 2–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
Oakland | 6–1 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 4–2 | — | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 0–6 | 11–9 |
Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 1–18 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 9–10 | — | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Tampa Bay | 12–7 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 13–6 | 14–6 |
Texas | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 6–0 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 9–11 |
Toronto | 11–8 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 6–0 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 3–17 |
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March/April: 9–20 (Home: 6–10; Away: 3–10)
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May: 10–18 (Home: 5–7; Away: 5–11)
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June: 10–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–9)
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July: 11–15 (Home: 7–10; Away: 4–5)
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August: 8–19 (Home: 3–8; Away: 5–11)
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September: 11–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–7)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Royals team member |
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 |
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Whit Merrifield | 162 | 681 | 105 | 206 | 41 | 10 | 16 | 74 | 20 | 45 | .302 | .463 |
Jorge Soler | 162 | 589 | 95 | 156 | 33 | 1 | 48 | 117 | 3 | 73 | .265 | .569 |
Alex Gordon | 150 | 556 | 77 | 148 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 76 | 5 | 51 | .266 | .396 |
Hunter Dozier | 139 | 523 | 75 | 146 | 29 | 10 | 26 | 84 | 2 | 55 | .279 | .522 |
Adalberto Mondesí | 102 | 415 | 58 | 109 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 43 | 19 | .263 | .424 |
Nicky Lopez | 103 | 379 | 44 | 91 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 18 | .240 | .325 |
Ryan O'Hearn | 105 | 328 | 32 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 39 | .195 | .369 |
Cheslor Cuthbert | 87 | 309 | 24 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 19 | .246 | .379 |
Billy Hamilton | 93 | 275 | 32 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 25 | .211 | .269 |
Martín Maldonado | 74 | 238 | 26 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 17 | .227 | .366 |
Bubba Starling | 56 | 186 | 26 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 9 | .215 | .317 |
Chris Owings | 40 | 135 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | .133 | .222 |
Meibrys Viloria | 42 | 133 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 10 | .211 | .286 |
Cam Gallagher | 45 | 126 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 11 | .238 | .365 |
Humberto Arteaga | 41 | 122 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .197 | .230 |
Lucas Duda | 39 | 105 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 11 | .171 | .324 |
Ryan McBroom | 23 | 75 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | .293 | .360 |
Kelvin Gutiérrez | 20 | 73 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .260 | .356 |
Brett Phillips | 30 | 65 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | .138 | .262 |
Nick Dini | 20 | 56 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .196 | .357 |
Terrance Gore | 37 | 51 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | .275 | .353 |
Erick Mejia | 9 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .227 | .273 |
Jorge Bonifacio | 5 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .350 | .500 |
Frank Schwindel | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .105 | .105 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5496 | 691 | 1356 | 281 | 40 | 162 | 655 | 117 | 456 | .247 | .401 |
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 |
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Jakob Junis | 9 | 14 | 5.24 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 175.1 | 192 | 108 | 102 | 58 | 164 |
Brad Keller | 7 | 14 | 4.19 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 165.1 | 154 | 80 | 77 | 70 | 122 |
Glenn Sparkman | 4 | 11 | 6.02 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 136.0 | 164 | 96 | 91 | 41 | 81 |
Danny Duffy | 7 | 6 | 4.34 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 130.2 | 125 | 69 | 63 | 46 | 115 |
Jorge López | 4 | 9 | 6.33 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 123.2 | 140 | 94 | 87 | 42 | 109 |
Homer Bailey | 7 | 6 | 4.80 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 90.0 | 89 | 49 | 48 | 38 | 81 |
Scott Barlow | 3 | 3 | 4.22 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 70.1 | 64 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 92 |
Mike Montgomery | 2 | 7 | 4.64 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 64.0 | 78 | 37 | 33 | 21 | 51 |
Ian Kennedy | 3 | 2 | 3.41 | 63 | 0 | 30 | 63.1 | 64 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 73 |
Kevin McCarthy | 4 | 2 | 4.48 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 60.1 | 68 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 38 |
Jake Diekman | 0 | 6 | 4.75 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 41.2 | 33 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 63 |
Wily Peralta | 2 | 4 | 5.80 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 40.1 | 45 | 28 | 26 | 19 | 24 |
Tim Hill | 2 | 0 | 3.63 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 39.2 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 39 |
Jake Newberry | 1 | 0 | 3.77 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 29 |
Brian Flynn | 2 | 2 | 5.22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29.1 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 22 |
Brad Boxberger | 1 | 3 | 5.40 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 26.2 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 27 |
Heath Fillmyer | 0 | 2 | 8.06 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 22.1 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 15 |
Eric Skoglund | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21.0 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 |
Richard Lovelady | 0 | 3 | 7.65 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 17 |
Josh Staumont | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
Kyle Zimmer | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 18 |
Jacob Barnes | 0 | 4 | 8.31 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Gabe Speier | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
Jesse Hahn | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Randy Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Alex Gordon | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Humberto Arteaga | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chris Owings | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Ben Lively | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 59 | 103 | 5.20 | 162 | 162 | 37 | 1425.0 | 1525 | 869 | 824 | 582 | 1230 |
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