2020 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Record | 26–34 (.433) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
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.
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]
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 36 | 24 | 0.600 | — | 24–7 | 12–17 |
Cleveland Indians | 35 | 25 | 0.583 | 1 | 18–12 | 17–13 |
Chicago White Sox | 35 | 25 | 0.583 | 1 | 18–12 | 17–13 |
Kansas City Royals | 26 | 34 | 0.433 | 10 | 15–15 | 11–19 |
Detroit Tigers | 23 | 35 | 0.397 | 12 | 12–15 | 11–20 |
Division Leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 40 | 20 | 0.667 |
Oakland Athletics | 36 | 24 | 0.600 |
Minnesota Twins | 36 | 24 | 0.600 |
Division 2nd Place | W | L | Pct. |
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Cleveland Indians | 35 | 25 | 0.583 |
New York Yankees | 33 | 27 | 0.550 |
Houston Astros | 29 | 31 | 0.483 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) | Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Chicago White Sox | 35 | 25 | 0.583 | +3 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 32 | 28 | 0.533 | — |
Seattle Mariners | 27 | 33 | 0.450 | 5 |
Los Angeles Angels | 26 | 34 | 0.433 | 6 |
Kansas City Royals | 26 | 34 | 0.433 | 6 |
Baltimore Orioles | 25 | 35 | 0.417 | 7 |
Boston Red Sox | 24 | 36 | 0.400 | 8 |
Detroit Tigers | 23 | 35 | 0.397 | 8 |
Texas Rangers | 22 | 38 | 0.367 | 10 |
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Team | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NL | |||||||||||||
Chicago | — | 2–8 | 9–1 | 9–1 | 5–5 | 10–10 | |||||||||||||
Cleveland | 8–2 | — | 7–3 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 12–8 | |||||||||||||
Detroit | 1–9 | 3–7 | — | 4–6 | 4–6 | 11–7 | |||||||||||||
Kansas City | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | — | 5–5 | 9–11 | |||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5–5 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 5–5 | — | 13–7 |
2020 game log: 26–34 (Home: 15–15; Away: 11–19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July: 3–5 (Home: 0–1; Away: 3–4)
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August: 11–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 4–10)
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September: 12–13 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–5)
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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 | 60 | 248 | 38 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 12 | 12 | .282 | .440 |
Maikel Franco | 60 | 223 | 23 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 16 | .278 | .457 |
Adalberto Mondesí | 59 | 219 | 33 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 11 | .256 | .416 |
Nicky Lopez | 56 | 169 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 18 | .201 | .266 |
Alex Gordon | 50 | 163 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 18 | .209 | .307 |
Hunter Dozier | 44 | 158 | 29 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 27 | .228 | .392 |
Salvador Pérez | 37 | 150 | 22 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .633 |
Jorge Soler | 43 | 149 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 19 | .228 | .443 |
Ryan O'Hearn | 42 | 113 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | .195 | .301 |
Ryan McBroom | 36 | 81 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | .247 | .506 |
Edward Olivares | 18 | 62 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .274 | .419 |
Bubba Starling | 35 | 59 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .169 | .237 |
Cam Gallagher | 25 | 53 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .283 | .434 |
Franchy Cordero | 16 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .211 | .447 |
Brett Phillips | 18 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .226 | .387 |
Meibrys Viloria | 15 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .190 | .238 |
Erick Mejia | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 | .143 |
Nick Heath | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .154 | .231 |
Matt Reynolds | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Kelvin Gutiérrez | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 |
Oscar Hernández | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 |
Team Totals | 60 | 1988 | 248 | 485 | 97 | 7 | 68 | 237 | 49 | 172 | .244 | .402 |
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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Brady Singer | 4 | 5 | 4.06 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 64.1 | 52 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 61 |
Danny Duffy | 4 | 4 | 4.95 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 56.1 | 53 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 57 |
Brad Keller | 5 | 3 | 2.47 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 54.2 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 35 |
Kris Bubic | 1 | 6 | 4.32 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 50.0 | 52 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 49 |
Scott Barlow | 2 | 1 | 4.20 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 30.0 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 39 |
Greg Holland | 3 | 0 | 1.91 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 28.1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 |
Josh Staumont | 2 | 1 | 2.45 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 37 |
Jakob Junis | 0 | 2 | 6.39 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 25.1 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 19 |
Kyle Zimmer | 1 | 0 | 1.57 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 26 |
Tyler Zuber | 1 | 2 | 4.09 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
Jake Newberry | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 24 |
Jesse Hahn | 1 | 0 | 0.52 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 17.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
Carlos Hernández | 0 | 1 | 4.91 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14.2 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
Ian Kennedy | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 15 |
Trevor Rosenthal | 0 | 0 | 3.29 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 13.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
Matt Harvey | 0 | 3 | 11.57 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11.2 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
Chance Adams | 0 | 0 | 9.35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
Kevin McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Gabe Speier | 0 | 1 | 7.94 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Mike Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Glen Sparkman | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Ronald Bolaños | 0 | 2 | 12.27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Randy Rosario | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Scott Blewett | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Foster Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Richard Lovelady | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jorge López | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 26 | 34 | 4.30 | 60 | 60 | 19 | 517.0 | 500 | 272 | 247 | 211 | 517 |
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