2019 Kansas City Royals season

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)
Seasons

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.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

American League Wild Card

Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	107	55	.660
New York Yankees	103	59	.636
Minnesota Twins	101	61	.623

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
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

Record against opponents

2019 American League record 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 21 Homer Bailey 58 Scott Barlow 50 Jacob Barnes 26 Brad Boxberger 40 Jake Diekman 41 Danny Duffy 51 Chris Ellis 49 Heath Fillmyer 33 Brian Flynn 32 Jesse Hahn 54 Tim Hill 65 Jake Junis 56 Brad Keller 31 Ian Kennedy 48 Ben Lively 28 Jorge López 55 Richard Lovelady 61 Kevin McCarthy 21 Mike Montgomery 68 Jake Newberry 43 Wily Peralta 43 Randy Rosario 53 Eric Skoglund 57 Glenn Sparkman 67 Gabe Speier 63 Josh Staumont 45 Kyle Zimmer		Catchers 33 Nick Dini 36 Cam Gallagher 16 Martín Maldonado 72 Meibrys Viloria Infielders  2 Humberto Arteaga 19 Cheslor Cuthbert 17 Hunter Dozier  9 Lucas Duda 47 Kelvin Gutiérrez  1 Nicky Lopez 15 Whit Merrifield 27 Adalberto Mondesí 66 Ryan O'Hearn  2 Chris Owings 25 Frank Schwindel		Outfielders 38 Jorge Bonifacio  4 Alex Gordon  0 Terrance Gore  6 Billy Hamilton  9 Ryan McBroom 26 Erick Mejia 14 Brett Phillips 12 Jorge Soler 11 Bubba Starling		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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pacific Coast League	Brian Poldberg
AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League	Darryl Kennedy
A-Advanced	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Scott Thorman
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League	Brooks Conrad
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League	Chris Widger
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Omar Ramirez
Rookie	AZL Royals	Arizona League	Tony Peña Jr.
Rookie	DSL Royals	Dominican Summer League	Onil Joseph

External links

• Kansas City Royals Official Site Archived July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• 2019 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference