2019 Kansas City Royals season

2019 Kansas City Royals
2019 Kansas City Royals
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)

Last updated December 03, 2023

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]

Season standings

American League Central

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	101	61	0.623	—	46–35	55–26
Cleveland Indians	93	69	0.574	8	49–32	44–37
Chicago White Sox	72	89	0.447	28½	39–41	33–48
Kansas City Royals	59	103	0.364	42	31–50	28–53
Detroit Tigers	47	114	0.292	53½	22–59	25–55

American League Wild Card

v t e Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	107	55	0.660
New York Yankees	103	59	0.636
Minnesota Twins	101	61	0.623

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Oakland Athletics	97	65	0.599	+1
Tampa Bay Rays	96	66	0.593	—
Cleveland Indians	93	69	0.574	3
Boston Red Sox	84	78	0.519	12
Texas Rangers	78	84	0.481	18
Chicago White Sox	72	89	0.447	23½
Los Angeles Angels	72	90	0.444	24
Seattle Mariners	68	94	0.420	28
Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	0.414	29
Kansas City Royals	59	103	0.364	37
Baltimore Orioles	54	108	0.333	42
Detroit Tigers	47	114	0.292	48½

Record against opponents

2019 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2019
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

Regular season

Game log

2019 game log: 59–103 (Home: 31–50; Away: 28–53)

March/April: 9–20 (Home: 6–10; Away: 3–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	March 28	White Sox	5–3	Keller (1–0)	Rodón (0–1)	Boxberger (1)	31,675	1–0	W1
2	March 30	White Sox	8–6	Junis (1–0)	López (0–1)	Kennedy (1)	13,533	2–0	W2
3	March 31	White Sox	3–6	Giolito (1–0)	López (0–1)	Colomé (1)	12,669	2–1	L1
4	April 2	Twins	4–5 (10)	Hildenberger (1–0)	Boxberger (0–1)	Parker (1)	10,024	2–2	L2
5	April 3	Twins	6–7	May (1–0)	Peralta (0–1)	Parker (2)	10,575	2–3	L3
6	April 4	@ Tigers	4–5	Hardy (1–0)	Zimmer (0–1)	Greene (5)	42,641	2–4	L4
7	April 6	@ Tigers	4–7	Alcántara (2–0)	McCarthy (0–1)	Greene (6)	22,111	2–5	L5
8	April 7	@ Tigers	1–3	Ross (1–1)	Keller (1–1)	Greene (7)	15,058	2–6	L6
9	April 8	Mariners	5–13	Elías (1–0)	Bailey (0–1)	-	10,259	2–7	L7
10	April 9	Mariners	3–6	Gonzales (4–0)	Junis (1–1)	Swarzak (2)	10,366	2–8	L8
11	April 10	Mariners	5–6	Swarzak (1–0)	Boxberger (0–2)	Elías (2)	12,775	2–9	L9
12	April 11	Mariners	6–7 (10)	Brennan (1–0)	Sparkman (0–1)	Sadzeck (1)	10,231	2–10	L10
13	April 12	Indians	8–1	Keller (2–1)	Carrasco (1–2)	-	11,950	3–10	W1
14	April 13	Indians	3–0	Bailey (1–1)	Rodríguez (0–1)	Peralta (1)	15,188	4–10	W2
15	April 14	Indians	9–8	Peralta (1–1)	Hand (0–1)	-	14,303	5–10	W3
16	April 15	@ White Sox	4–5	Bañuelos (1–0)	Boxberger (0–3)	Colomé (4)	12,553	5–11	L1
17	April 16	@ White Sox	1–5	López (1–2)	López (0–2)	-	13,583	5–12	L2
18	April 17	@ White Sox	4–3(10)	Peralta (2–1)	Jones (0–1)	Barlow (1)	14,358	6–12	W1
19	April 18	@ Yankees	6–1	Bailey (2–1)	Germán (3–1)	-	39,106	7–12	W2
20	April 19	@ Yankees	2–6	Sabathia (1–0)	Junis (1–2)	-	39,668	7–13	L1
21	April 20	@ Yankees	2–9	Tanaka (2–1)	Fillmyer (0–1)	-	42,013	7–14	L2
22	April 21	@ Yankees	6–7(10)	Britton (1–0)	Diekman (0–1)	-	40,523	7–15	L3
23	April 22	@ Rays	3–6	Font (1–0)	Keller (2–2)	Pagan (1)	9,914	7–16	L4
24	April 23	@ Rays	2–5	Beeks (1–0)	Bailey (2–2)	Pagan (2)	8,298	7–17	L5
25	April 24	@ Rays	10–2	Junis (2–2)	Snell (2–2)	-	9,502	8–17	W1
26	April 26	Angels	1–5	Skaggs (2–2)	Duffy (0–1)	-	23,186	8–18	L1
27	April 27	Angels	9–4	Barlow (1–0)	Barría (2–2)	-	18,755	9–18	W1
28	April 28	Angels	3–7	Harvey (1–2)	Bailey (2–3)	-	21,549	9–19	L1
29	April 29	Rays	5–8	Chirinos (4–0)	Keller (2–3)	-	11,744	9–20	L2
—	April 30	Rays	Postponed (Rain); Makeup: May 1

May: 10–18 (Home: 5–7; Away: 5–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
30	May 1	Rays	3–2	Junis (3–2)	Stanek (0–1)	Kennedy (2)	-	10–20	W1
31	May 1	Rays	8–2	Sparkman (1–1)	Snell (2–3)	-	11,411	11–20	W2
32	May 2	Rays	1–3	Kolarek (2–0)	Peralta (2–2)	Castillo (4)	23,343	11–21	L1
33	May 3	@ Tigers	3–4	Boyd (3–2)	López (0–3)	Greene (13)	14,020	11–22	L2
34	May 4	@ Tigers	15–3	Bailey (3–3)	Ross (1–4)	-	19,500	12–22	W1
35	May 5	@ Tigers	2–5 (10)	Farmer (2–2)	Kennedy (0–1)	-	16,369	12–23	L1
36	May 6	@ Astros	4–6	Cole (3–4)	Junis (3–3)	Osuna (8)	27,079	12–24	L2
37	May 7	@ Astros	12–2	Duffy (1–1)	McHugh (3–4)	-	30,377	13–24	W1
38	May 8	@ Astros	0–9	Peacock (3–2)	López (0–4)	-	22,698	13–25	L1
39	May 10	Phillies	5–1	Bailey (4–3)	Arrieta (4–3)	-	20,015	14–25	W1
40	May 11	Phillies	0–7	Eflin (5–3)	Keller (2–4)	-	24,463	14–26	L1
41	May 12	Phillies	1–6	Irvin (1–0)	Junis (3–4)	-	19,640	14–27	L2
42	May 14	Rangers	11–5	Duffy (2–1)	Miller (1–3)	-	19,410	15–27	W1
43	May 15	Rangers	1–6	Minor (4–3)	López (0–5)	-	14,572	15–28	L1
44	May 16	Rangers	1–16	Lynn (5–3)	Bailey (4–4)	-	17,469	15–29	L2
45	May 17	@ Angels	2–5	Harvey (2–3)	Keller (2–5)	Robles (5)	43,444	15–30	L3
46	May 18	@ Angels	3–6	Canning (2–1)	Junis (3–5)	Buttrey (2)	43,415	15–31	L4
47	May 19	@ Angels	5–1	Duffy (3–1)	Skaggs (4–4)	-	43,329	16–31	W1
48	May 21	@ Cardinals	Postponed (rain); Makeup:May 22
48	May 22	@ Cardinals	8–2	Keller (3–5)	Wacha (3–2)	-	42,275	17–31	W2
49	May 22	@ Cardinals	3–10	Wainwright (4–4)	Bailey (4–5)	-	42,529	17–32	L1
50	May 24	Yankees	Postponed (rain); Makeup:May25
50	May 25	Yankees	3–7	Happ (4–3)	Barlow (1–1)	-	25,243	17–33	L2
51	May 25	Yankees	5–6	Adams (1–0)	López (0–6)	Chapman (14)	18,599	17–34	L3
52	May 26	Yankees	8–7 (10)	McCarthy (1–1)	Holder (3–2)	—	21,499	18–34	W1
53	May 27	@ White Sox	Suspended (inclement weather); Continuation scheduled for May 28
53	May 28	@ White Sox	1–2	Colomé (2–0)	Diekman (0–2)	—	13,842	18–35	L1
54	May 28	@ White Sox	3–4	Giolito (7–1)	Keller (3–6)	Colomé (10)	13,842	18–36	L2
55	May 29	@ White Sox	7–8	Herrera (2–3)	Kennedy (0–2)	Colomé (11)	16,167	18–37	L3
56	May 30	@ Rangers	4–2	Junis (4–5)	Minor (5–4)	Kennedy (3)	26,202	19–37	W1
57	May 31	@ Rangers	2–6	Jurado (2–2)	Duffy (3–2)	-	31,183	19–38	L1

June: 10–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
58	June 1	@ Rangers	2–6	Lynn (7–4)	Bailey (4–6)	-	27,133	19–39	L2
59	June 2	@ Rangers	1–5	Sampson (4–3)	Keller (3–7)	-	21,891	19–40	L3
60	June 4	Red Sox	3–8	Rodríguez (6–3)	Barlow (1–2)	-	13,184	19–41	L4
61	June 5	Red Sox	0–8	Sale (2–7)	Junis (4–6)	-	15,523	19–42	L5
62	June 6	Red Sox	5–7	Brewer (1–2)	Duffy (3–3)	Barnes (4)	19,928	19–43	L6
63	June 7	White Sox	6–4	Boxberger (1–3)	Fry (1–2)	Kennedy (4)	24,744	20–43	W1
64	June 8	White Sox	0–2	Giolito (9–1)	Keller (3–8)	Colomé (13)	20,889	20–44	L1
65	June 9	White Sox	2–5	López (4–6)	Sparkman (1–2)	-	22,501	20–45	L2
66	June 11	Tigers	3–2	Barlow (2–2)	Alcántara (2–1)	Kennedy (5)	20,776	21–45	W1
67	June 12	Tigers	2–3	Ramirez (3–0)	Diekman (0–3)	Greene (20)	19,870	21–46	L1
68	June 13	Tigers (Game played in Omaha)	7–3	Bailey (5–6)	Boyd (5–5)	Kennedy (6)	25,454	22–46	W1
69	June 14	@ Twins	0–2	Gibson (7–3)	Diekman (0–4)	Rogers (7)	38,898	22–47	L1
70	June 15	@ Twins	4–5	Odorizzi (10–2)	Sparkman (1–3)	Rogers (8)	39,267	22–48	L2
71	June 16	@ Twins	8–6	López (1–6)	Pérez (7–3)	Kennedy (7)	38,886	23–48	W1
72	June 17	@ Mariners	6–4	Flynn (1–0)	Bass (1–2)	Kennedy (8)	14,476	24–48	W2
73	June 18	@ Mariners	9–0	Bailey (6–6)	Kikuchi (3–5)	-	12,697	25–48	W3
74	June 19	@ Mariners	8–2	Gonzales (8–6)	Keller (3–9)	-	16,228	25–49	L1
75	June 20	Twins	4–1	Sparkman (2–3)	Odorizzi (10–3)	Kennedy (9)	22,683	26–49	W1
76	June 21	Twins	7–8	Harper (3–0)	Diekman (0–5)	Rogers (9)	27,418	26–50	L1
77	June 22	Twins	3–5 (10)	May (2–1)	Peralta (2–3)	Parker (10)	28,504	26–51	L2
78	June 23	Twins	6–1	Bailey (7–6)	Pineda (4–4)	McCarthy (1)	21,257	27–51	W1
79	June 24	@ Indians	2–3	Hand (4–2)	Peralta (2–4)	-	15,413	27–52	L1
80	June 25	@ Indians	8–6	McCarthy (2–1)	Hand (4–3)	Kennedy (10)	21,766	28–52	W1
81	June 26	@ Indians	3–5	Bauer (6–6)	Junis (4–7)	-	22,246	28–53	L1
82	June 28	@ Blue Jays	2–6	Hudson (4–2)	Duffy (3–4)	-	18,399	28–54	L2
83	June 29	@ Blue Jays	5–7	Hudson (5–2)	Barlow (2–3)	-	24,906	28–55	L3
84	June 30	@ Blue Jays	7–6	Keller (4–9)	Sanchez (3–11)	Kennedy (11)	21,727	29–55	W1

July: 11–15 (Home: 7–10; Away: 4–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
85	July 1	@Blue Jays	3–11	Richard (1–4)	Sparkman (2–4)	-	29,339	29–56	L1
86	July 2	Indians	5–9	Bauer (7–6)	Junis (4–8)	-	18,934	29–57	L2
87	July 3	Indians	0–4	Clevinger (2–2)	Duffy (3–5)	-	25,049	29–58	L3
88	July 4	Indians	4–8	Cimber (4–2)	López (1–7)	-	18,076	29–59	L4
89	July 5	@Nationals	7–4 (11)	Flynn (2–0)	Venters (0–1)	Peralta (2)	25,213	30–59	W1
90	July 6	@Nationals	0–6	Scherzer (9–5)	Sparkman (2–5)	-	27,863	30–60	L1
91	July 7	@Nationals	2–5	Doolittle (6–2)	Diekman (0–6)	-	21,873	30–61	L2
90th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH
92	July 12	Tigers	8–5	Newberry (1–0)	Hardy (1–1)	Kennedy (12)	25,059	31–61	W1
93	July 13	Tigers	4–1	Keller (5–9)	Boyd (6–7)	Kennedy (13)	27,551	32–61	W2
94	July 14	Tigers	8–12	Ramirez (4–3)	Flynn (2–1)	—	13,763	32–62	L1
95	July 15	White Sox	5–2	Junis (5–8)	Giolito (11–4)	Kennedy (14)	16,006	33–62	W1
96	July 16	White Sox	11–0	Sparkman (3–5)	Cease (1–1)	-	16,557	34–62	W2
97	July 17	White Sox	7–5	Duffy (4–5)	Nova (4–9)	Kennedy (15)	14,340	35–62	W3
98	July 18	White Sox	6–5	Keller (6–9)	Detwiler (1–1)	Kennedy (16)	13,157	36–62	W4
99	July 19	@ Indians	5–10	Bieber (9–3)	Montgomery (1–3)	-	26,640	36–63	L1
100	July 20	@ Indians	1–0	Junis (6–8)	Plutko (3–2)	Kennedy (17)	31,958	37–63	W1
101	July 21	@ Indians	4–5	Plesac (4–3)	Sparkman (3–6)	Hand (27)	23,564	37–64	L1
102	July 23	@ Braves	5–4	Hill (1–0)	Swarzak (2–3)	Kennedy (18)	36,570	38–64	W1
103	July 24	@ Braves	2–0	Keller (7–9)	Teherán (5–7)	Kennedy (19)	38,865	39–64	W2
104	July 25	Indians	4–5 (14)	Goody (2–0)	Flynn (2–2)	Cole (1)	15,224	39–65	L1
105	July 26	Indians	3–8	Plesac (5–3)	Junis (6–9)	-	26,609	39–66	L2
106	July 27	Indians	1–9	Clevinger (5–2)	Sparkman (3–7)	-	31,181	39–67	L3
107	July 28	Indians	9–6	Duffy (5–5)	Bauer (9–8)	Kennedy (20)	14,380	40–67	W1
108	July 29	Blue Jays	3–7	Mayza (1–1)	Keller (7–10)	-	18,306	40–68	L1
109	July 30	Blue Jays	2–9	Reid-Foley (1–1)	Montgomery (1–4)	-	18,379	40–69	L2
110	July 31	Blue Jays	1–4	Waguespack (2–1)	Junis (6–10)	Shafer (1)	14,480	40–70	L3

August: 8–19 (Home: 3–8; Away: 5–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
111	August 2	@ Twins	9–11	May (4–3)	Lovelady (0–1)	Romo (18)	32,341	40–71	L4
112	August 3	@ Twins	3–11	Gibson (11–4)	Duffy (5–6)	-	36,823	40–72	L5
113	August 4	@ Twins	0–3	Smeltzer (1–1)	Keller (7–11)	Rogers (17)	30,171	40–73	L6
114	August 5	@ Red Sox	5–7	Porcello (10–8)	Montgomery (1–5)	Workman (6)	33,636	40–74	L7
115	August 6	@ Red Sox	6–2	Junis (7–10)	Cashner (10–7)	-	36,360	41–74	W1
—	August 7	@ Red Sox	Suspended (rain). Score 4–4, top of 10th. To be resumed on August 22.
116	August 8	@ Tigers	8–10	Jiménez (3–6)	Lovelady (0–2)	-	17,197	41–75	L1
117	August 9	@ Tigers	2–5	Jackson (2–5)	Keller (7–12)	Jiménez (1)	21,475	41–76	L2
118	August 10	@ Tigers	7–0	Montgomery (2–5)	Turnbull (3–10)	-	26,028	42–76	W1
119	August 11	@ Tigers	10–2	Junis (8–10)	Norris (3–10)	-	19,790	43–76	W2
120	August 13	Cardinals	0–2	Flaherty (6–6)	Sparkman (3–8)	Martínez (13)	23,563	43–77	L1
121	August 14	Cardinals	0–6	Hudson (11–6)	Keller (7–13)	-	22,494	43–78	L2
122	August 16	Mets	4–1	Montgomery (3–5)	Syndergaard (8–6)	Kennedy (21)	21,439	44–78	W1
123	August 17	Mets	1–4	deGrom (8–7)	Junis (8–11)	Lugo (3)	28,697	44–79	L1
124	August 18	Mets	5–11	Familia (4–1)	McCarthy (2–2)	-	20,661	44–80	L2
125	August 19	@ Orioles	5–4	López (2–7)	Means (8–9)	Kennedy (22)	11,659	45–80	W1
126	August 20	@ Orioles	1–4	Harvey (1–0)	Barnes (1–2)	Givens (10)	11,826	45–81	L1
127	August 21	@ Orioles	1–8	Brooks (3–7)	Montgomery (3–6)	-	9,872	45–82	L2
128	August 22	@ Red Sox	4–5 (10)	Taylor (1–1)	Lovelady (0–3)	-	32,453	45–83	L3
129	August 23	@ Indians	1–4	Plesac (7–4)	Junis (8–12)	Hand (30)	31,946	45–84	L4
130	August 24	@ Indians	2–4	Clevinger (9–2)	Sparkman (3–9)	Hand (31)	33,349	45–85	L5
131	August 25	@ Indians	9–8 (10)	Kennedy (1–2)	Goody (3–1)	López (1)	29,360	46–85	W1
132	August 26	A's	4–19	Bailey (12–8)	Keller (7–14)	-	13,595	46–86	L1
133	August 27	A's	1–2	Fiers (13–3)	Montgomery (3–7)	Hendriks (16)	13,669	46–87	L2
134	August 28	A's	6–4	Hill (2–0)	Treinen (6–5)	Kennedy (23)	15,049	47–87	W1
135	August 29	A's	8–9	Petit (4–3)	Sparkman (3–10)	Hendriks (17)	13,844	47–88	W2
136	August 30	Orioles	2–14	Means (10–9)	Skoglund (0–1)	-	16,287	47–89	L1
137	August 31	Orioles	7–5	Barlow (3–3)	Fry (1–6)	Kennedy (24)	18,385	48–89	W1

September: 11–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
138	September 1	Orioles	6–4	McCarthy (3–2)	Fry (1–7)	Kennedy (25)	18,208	49–89	W2
139	September 3	Tigers	6–5	Kennedy (2–2)	Reininger (0–1)	-	12,644	50–89	W3
140	September 4	Tigers	5–4	Junis (9–12)	Jackson (3–9)	Kennedy (26)	15,308	51–89	W4
141	September 5	Tigers	4–6	Boyd (8–10)	Sparkman (3–11)	Jiménez (5)	14,736	51–90	L1
142	September 6	@ Marlins	3–0	López (3–7)	López (5–7)	Kennedy (27)	8,915	52–90	W1
143	September 7	@ Marlins	7–2	Duffy (6–6)	Conley (2–8)	Hill (1)	13,112	53–90	W2
144	September 8	@ Marlins	0–9	Alcántara (5–12)	Montgomery (3–8)	-	10,934	53–91	L1
145	September 10	@ White Sox	3–7	Nova (10–12)	Junis (9–13)	-	15,196	53–92	L2
146	September 11	@ White Sox	8–6	Sparkman (4–11)	López (9–13)	Kennedy (28)	14,385	54–92	W1
147	September 12	@ White Sox	6–3	López (4–7)	Giolito (14–9)	Kennedy (29)	13,838	55–92	W2
148	September 13	Astros	1–4	Cole (17–5)	Fillmyer (0–2)	Osuna (33)	20,593	55–93	L1
149	September 14	Astros	1–6	Greinke (16–5)	Montgomery (3–9)	-	20,716	55–94	L2
150	September 15	Astros	3–12	Miley (14–5)	Junis (9–14)	-	17,205	55–95	L3
151	September 16	@ A's	6–5	McCarthy (4–2)	Hendriks (4–3)	Kennedy (30)	12,902	56–95	W1
152	September 17	@ A's	1–2	Puk (2–0)	López (4–8)	Hendriks (23)	14,992	56–96	L1
153	September 18	@ A's	0–1 (11)	Wendelken (3–1)	Hahn (0–1)	-	16,714	56–97	L2
154	September 19	@ Twins	5–8	Thorpe (3–2)	Barnes (1–3)	Rogers (28)	24,565	56–98	L3
155	September 20	@ Twins	3–4	Dobnak (1–1)	Skoglund (0–2)	May (2)	29,468	56–99	L4
156	September 21	@ Twins	12–5	Rosario (2–0)	Rogers (2–4)	-	37,750	57–99	W1
157	September 22	@ Twins	8–12	Littell (6–0)	López (4–9)	-	31,628	57–100	L1
158	September 24	Braves	9–6	Duffy (7–6)	Teherán (10–11)	-	16,688	58–100	W1
159	September 25	Braves	2–10	Jackson (9–2)	Barnes (1–4)	-	16,931	58–101	L1
160	September 27	Twins	2–6 (7)	Berríos (14–8)	Skoglund (0–3)	-	15,389	58–102	L2
161	September 28	Twins	3–4	Duffey (5–1)	Barnes (1–5)	Rogers (30)	21,995	58–103	L3
162	September 29	Twins	5–4	Kennedy (3–2)	Graterol (1–1)	-	17,875	59–103	W1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Roster

2019 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Ned Yost

Coaches

44 Terry Bradshaw (hitting)
80 Ryan Eigsti (bullpen catcher)
22 Cal Eldred (pitching)
7 Pedro Grifol (quality control / catching)
23 Mike Jirschele (third base)
24 Mitch Maier (first base)
46 Dale Sveum (bench)
18 Vance Wilson (bullpen)

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
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

Source:

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
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

Source:

Farm system

Level	Team	League
AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pacific Coast League
AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League
A-Advanced	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League
Rookie	AZL Royals	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Royals	Dominican Summer League

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References

↑ "Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2019". SBNATION. sterlingice. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

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