2020 Kansas City Royals season

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2020  Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals Insignia.svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record26–34 (.433)
Divisional place4th
Owners John Sherman
General managers Dayton Moore
Managers Mike Matheny
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 2020 Kansas City Royals season was the 52nd season for the franchise, and their 48th at Kauffman Stadium. The 2020 season was the first under new owner John Sherman, whose purchase of the team was approved by MLB on November 21, 2019. [1] It was also the first season under manager Mike Matheny, replacing Ned Yost after having a ten-season tenure. [2] The team finished with a 26–34 win–loss record, landing them fourth place in the American League Central.

Contents

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. [3] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. [4] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day. [5]

Offseason

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 3624.600—24‍–‍712‍–‍17
Cleveland Indians 3525.583118‍–‍1217‍–‍13
Chicago White Sox 3525.583118‍–‍1217‍–‍13
Kansas City Royals 2634.4331015‍–‍1511‍–‍19
Detroit Tigers 2335.3971212‍–‍1511‍–‍20

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 4020.667
Oakland Athletics 3624.600
Minnesota Twins 3624.600
Division 2nd Place
Team W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 3525.583
New York Yankees 3327.550
Houston Astros 2931.483
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 3525.583+3
Toronto Blue Jays 3228.533—
Seattle Mariners 2733.4505
Los Angeles Angels 2634.4336
Kansas City Royals 2634.4336
Baltimore Orioles 2535.4177
Boston Red Sox 2436.4008
Detroit Tigers 2335.3978
Texas Rangers 2238.36710

Record against opponents

2020 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

TeamCWSCLEDETKCMINNL
Chicago —2–89–19–15–510–10
Cleveland 8–2—7–35–53–712–8
Detroit 1–93–7—4–64–611–7
Kansas City 1–95–56–4—5–59–11
Minnesota 5–57–36–45–5—13–7

Game log

2020 game log: 26–34 (Home: 15–15; Away: 11–19)
July: 3–5 (Home: 0–1; Away: 3–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ Indians 0–2 Bieber (1–0) Duffy (0–1) Hand (1)0–1L1
2July 25@ Indians 3–2 (10) Barlow (1–0) Karinchak (0–1) Holland (1)1–1W1
3July 26@ Indians 2–9 Carrasco (1–0) Bolaños (0–1)—1–2L1
4July 27@ Tigers 14–6 Griffin (1–0) Funkhouser (0–1)—2–2W1
5July 28@ Tigers 3–4 Alexander (1–0) Zuber (0–1) Jiménez (3)2–3L1
6July 29@ Tigers 4–5 Garcia (1–0) Kennedy (0–1) Jiménez (4)2–4L2
7July 30@ Tigers 5–3 Holland (1–0) Cisnero (1–1) Rosenthal (1)3–4W1
8July 31 White Sox 2–3 Keuchel (2–0) Bubic (0–1) Colomé (1)3–5L1
August: 11–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
9August 1 White Sox 5–11 Foster (1–0) Bolaños (0–2) Heuer (1)3–6L2
10August 2 White Sox 2–9 Cease (1–1) Barlow (1–1)—3–7L3
11August 3@ Cubs 0–2 Mills (2–0) Duffy (0–2) Wick (2)3–8L4
12August 4@ Cubs 4–5 Hendricks (2–1) Singer (0–1) Ryan (1)3–9L5
13August 5 Cubs 1–6 Darvish (2–1) Bubic (0–2)—3–10L6
14August 6 Cubs 13–2 Keller (1–0) Chatwood (2–1)—4–10W1
15August 7 Twins 3–2 Holland (2–0) Wisler (0–1) Rosenthal (2)5–10W2
16August 8 Twins 9–6 Zuber (1–1) Thorpe (0–1) Rosenthal (3)6–10W3
17August 9 Twins 4–2 Singer (1–1) Berríos (1–2) Barlow (1)7–10W4
18August 11@ Reds 5–6 (10) Sims (1–0) Staumont (0–1)—7–11L1
19August 12@ Reds 5–4 Keller (2–0) Miley (0–2) Rosenthal (4)8–11W1
—August 14@ Twins Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 15.
20August 15 (1)@ Twins 2–4 (7) Duffey (1–0) Speier (0–1) Rogers (5)8–12L1
21August 15 (2)@ Twins 4–2 (7) Duffy (1–2) Berríos (1–3) Rosenthal (5)9–12W1
22August 16@ Twins 2–4 Dobnak (4–1) Singer (1–2) Romo (3)9–13L1
23August 17@ Twins 1–4 Smeltzer (2–0) Bubic (0–3)—9–14L2
—August 18 Reds Postponed (COVID-19). Rescheduled to August 19.
24August 19 (1) Reds 4–0 (7) Keller (3–0) Castillo (0–3) Rosenthal (6)10–14W1
25August 19 (2) Reds 0–5 (7) Bauer (3–0) Harvey (0–1)—10–15L1
26August 21 Twins 7–2 Duffy (2–2) Odorizzi (0–1)—11–15W1
27August 22 Twins 2–7 Dobnak (5–1) Singer (1–3)—11–16L1
28August 23 Twins 4–5 Clippard (1–0 Bubic (0–4) Rogers (6)11–17L2
29August 24@ Cardinals 3–9 Flaherty (2–0) Keller (3–1)—11–18L3
30August 25@ Cardinals 5–4 Staumont (1–1) Gant (0–1) Rosenthal (7)12–18W1
31August 26@ Cardinals 5–6 Reyes (1–0) Rosario (0–1)—12–19L1
32August 28@ White Sox 5–6 Colomé (1–0) Kennedy (0–2)—12–20L2
33August 29@ White Sox 9–6 Newberry (1–0) Burdi (0–1) Hahn (1)13–20W1
34August 30@ White Sox 2–5 (10) Foster (3–0) Zuber (1–2)—13–21L1
35August 31 Indians 2–1 Barlow (2–1) Karinchak (0–2) Holland (2)14–21W1
September: 12–13 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
36September 1 Indians 1–10 Plesac (2–1) Harvey (0–2)—14–22L1
37September 2 Indians 0–5 McKenzie (2–0) Junis (0–1)—14–23L2
38September 3 White Sox 6–11 Cease (5–2) Duffy (2–3)—14–24L3
39September 4 White Sox 4–7 Heuer (2–0) Singer (1–4) Colomé (8)14–25L4
40September 5 White Sox 3–5 Giolito (4–2) Bubic (0–5) Colomé (9)14–26L5
41September 6 White Sox 2–8 Keuchel (6–2) Harvey (0–3)—14–27L6
42September 7@ Indians 2–5 Plesac (3–1) Keller (3–2) Hand (12)14–28L7
43September 8@ Indians 8–5 Holland (3–0) Cimber (0–1) Barlow (2)15–28W1
44September 9@ Indians 3–0 Duffy (3–3) Carrasco (2–4) Holland (3)16–28W2
45September 10@ Indians 11–1 Singer (2–4) Civale (3–5)—17–28W3
46September 11 Pirates 4–3 Bubic (1–5) Brault (0–3) Holland (4)18–28W4
47September 12 Pirates 7–4 Zimmer (1–0) Williams (1–7) Holland (5)19–28W5
48September 13 Pirates 11–0 Keller (4–2) Kuhl (1–2)—20–28W6
49September 15@ Tigers 0–6 Boyd (2–6) Junis (0–2)—20–29L1
50September 16@ Tigers 4–0 Singer (3–4) Skubal (1–3)—21–29W1
51September 18@ Brewers 5–9 Rasmussen (1–0) Duffy (3–4)—21–30L1
52September 19@ Brewers 0–5 Burnes (4–0) Bubic (1–6)—21–31L2
53September 20@ Brewers 3–5 Lindblom (2–3) Keller (4–3) Hader (10)21–32L3
54September 21 Cardinals 4–1 Staumont (2–1) Wainwright (5–2) Holland (6)22–32W1
55September 22 Cardinals 0–5 Gomber (1–1) Singer (3–5)—22–33L1
56September 23 Cardinals 12–3 Duffy (4–4) Martínez (0–3)—23–33W1
57September 24 Tigers 8–7 Hahn (1–0) Alexander (2–3) Newberry (1)24–33W2
58September 25 Tigers 3–2 Keller (5–3) Turnbull (4–4) Hahn (2)25–33W3
59September 26 Tigers 3–4 Boyd (3–7) Hernández (0–1) Garcia (4)25–34L1
60September 27 Tigers 3–1 Singer (4–5) Skubal (1–4) Hahn (3)26–34W1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Roster

2020 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

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
Whit Merrifield 6024838701209301212.282.440
Maikel Franco 602232362160838116.278.457
Adalberto Mondesí 5921933561136222411.256.416
Nicky Lopez 56169153480113018.201.266
Alex Gordon 50163153440411018.209.307
Hunter Dozier 44158293642612427.228.392
Salvador Pérez 371502250120113213.333.633
Jorge Soler 43149173480824019.228.443
Ryan O'Hearn 4211372260218018.195.301
Ryan McBroom 36818203061004.247.506
Edward Olivares 1862517112702.274.419
Bubba Starling 3559510101504.169.237
Cam Gallagher 25531015501306.283.434
Franchy Cordero 163878302714.211.447
Brett Phillips 183187011233.226.387
Meibrys Viloria 152114100002.190.238
Erick Mejia 81411100010.071.143
Nick Heath 151322100322.154.231
Matt Reynolds 31110000000.000.000
Kelvin Gutiérrez 4901000003.111.111
Oscar Hernández 4412000000.500.500
Team Totals6019882484859776823749172.244.402

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Brady Singer 454.061212064.15229292361
Danny Duffy 444.951211056.15333312257
Brad Keller 532.4799054.23916151735
Kris Bubic 164.321010050.05229242249
Scott Barlow 214.20320230.0271414939
Greg Holland 301.91280628.12086731
Josh Staumont 212.45260025.220871637
Jakob Junis 026.3986025.1351818619
Kyle Zimmer 101.57161023.014441026
Tyler Zuber 124.09230022.01511102030
Jake Newberry 104.09200122.02012101224
Jesse Hahn 100.52180317.1411819
Carlos Hernández 014.9153014.21998613
Ian Kennedy 029.00151014.0201714515
Trevor Rosenthal 003.29140713.2955721
Matt Harvey 0311.5774011.2271515510
Chance Adams 009.356008.2159906
Kevin McCarthy 004.505006.0103322
Gabe Speier 017.948005.295546
Mike Montgomery 005.063105.165314
Glen Sparkman 005.404005.096312
Ronald Bolaños 0212.272203.287532
Randy Rosario 018.104003.173334
Scott Blewett 006.002003.062214
Foster Griffin 100.001001.200001
Richard Lovelady 009.001001.011110
Jorge López 0027.001000.232200
Team Totals26344.30606019517.0500272247211517

Source:

Farm system

On June 30, 2020, Minor League Baseball announced that the 2020 season would not be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [20]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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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