2019 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record59–103 (.364)
Divisional place4th
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersDayton Moore
ManagersNed Yost
TelevisionFox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
RadioKCSP 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. [1]

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 10161 0.623 46–35 55–26
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 8 49–32 44–37
Chicago White Sox 7289 0.447 28½ 39–41 33–48
Kansas City Royals 59103 0.364 42 31–50 28–53
Detroit Tigers 47114 0.292 53½ 22–59 25–55

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Houston Astros 10755 0.660
New York Yankees 10359 0.636
Minnesota Twins 10161 0.623


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 +1
Tampa Bay Rays 9666 0.593
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 3
Boston Red Sox 8478 0.519 12
Texas Rangers 7884 0.481 18
Chicago White Sox 7289 0.447 23½
Los Angeles Angels 7290 0.444 24
Seattle Mariners 6894 0.420 28
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 29
Kansas City Royals 59103 0.364 37
Baltimore Orioles 54108 0.333 42
Detroit Tigers 47114 0.292 48½

Record against opponents


Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2019
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore 7–123–33–43–42–43–34–30–62–171–63–47–121–68–117–13
Boston 12–75–23–35–22–45–14–33–35–144–34–37–124–311–810–10
Chicago 3–32–511–812–64–39–102–56–134–31–52–42–44–34–36–14
Cleveland 4–33–38–1118–13–412–76–010–94–31–55–11–64–36–18–12
Detroit 4–32–56–121–181–610–93–35–143–31–61–62–40–63–45–15
Houston 4–24–23–44–36–15–114–53–44–311–818–13–413–64–211–9
Kansas City 3–31–510–97–129–101–52–45–142–52–52–53–42–51–69–11
Los Angeles 3–43–45–20–63–35–144–21–52–56–1310–93–49–106–112–8
Minnesota 6–03–313–69–1014–54–314–55–12–43–45–25–26–14–38–12
New York 17–214–53–43–43–33–45–25–24–22–46–112–73–311–812–8
Oakland 6–13–45–15–16–18–115–213–64–34–210–94–313–60–611–9
Seattle 4–33–44–21–56–11–185–29–102–51–69–102–48–114–29–11
Tampa Bay 12–712–74–26–14–24–34–34–32–57–123–44–23–313–614–6
Texas 6–13–43–43–46–06–135–210–91–63–36–1311–83–33–39–11
Toronto 11–88–113–41–64–32–46–11–63–48–116–02–46–133–33–17

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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 28White Sox53Keller (10)Rodón (01)Boxberger (1)31,67510W1
2March 30White Sox86Junis (10)López (01)Kennedy (1)13,53320W2
3March 31White Sox36Giolito (10)López (01)Colomé (1)12,66921L1
4April 2Twins45 (10)Hildenberger (10)Boxberger (01)Parker (1)10,02422L2
5April 3Twins67May (10)Peralta (01)Parker (2)10,57523L3
6April 4@ Tigers45Hardy (10)Zimmer (01)Greene (5)42,64124L4
7April 6@ Tigers47Alcántara (20)McCarthy (01)Greene (6)22,11125L5
8April 7@ Tigers13Ross (11)Keller (11)Greene (7)15,05826L6
9April 8Mariners513Elías (10)Bailey (01)-10,25927L7
10April 9Mariners36Gonzales (40)Junis (11)Swarzak (2)10,36628L8
11April 10Mariners56Swarzak (10)Boxberger (02)Elías (2)12,77529L9
12April 11Mariners67 (10)Brennan (10)Sparkman (01)Sadzeck (1)10,231210L10
13April 12Indians81Keller (21)Carrasco (12)-11,950310W1
14April 13Indians30Bailey (11)Rodríguez (01)Peralta (1)15,188410W2
15April 14Indians98Peralta (11)Hand (01)-14,303510W3
16April 15@ White Sox45Bañuelos (10)Boxberger (03)Colomé (4)12,553511L1
17April 16@ White Sox15López (12)López (02)-13,583512L2
18April 17@ White Sox43(10)Peralta (21)Jones (01)Barlow (1)14,358612W1
19April 18@ Yankees61Bailey (21)Germán (31)-39,106712W2
20April 19@ Yankees26Sabathia (10)Junis (12)-39,668713L1
21April 20@ Yankees29Tanaka (21)Fillmyer (01)-42,013714L2
22April 21@ Yankees67(10)Britton (10)Diekman (01)-40,523715L3
23April 22@ Rays36Font (10)Keller (22)Pagan (1)9,914716L4
24April 23@ Rays25Beeks (10)Bailey (22)Pagan (2)8,298717L5
25April 24@ Rays102Junis (22)Snell (22)-9,502817W1
26April 26Angels15Skaggs (22)Duffy (01)-23,186818L1
27April 27Angels94Barlow (10)Barría (22)-18,755918W1
28April 28Angels37Harvey (12)Bailey (23)-21,549919L1
29April 29Rays58Chirinos (40)Keller (23)-11,744920L2
April 30RaysPostponed (Rain); Makeup: May 1
May: 10–18 (Home: 5–7; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
30May 1Rays32Junis (32)Stanek (01)Kennedy (2)-1020W1
31May 1Rays82Sparkman (11)Snell (23)-11,4111120W2
32May 2Rays13Kolarek (20)Peralta (22)Castillo (4)23,3431121L1
33May 3@ Tigers34Boyd (32)López (03)Greene (13)14,0201122L2
34May 4@ Tigers153Bailey (33)Ross (14)-19,5001222W1
35May 5@ Tigers25 (10)Farmer (2–2)Kennedy (0–1)-16,3691223L1
36May 6@ Astros46Cole (34)Junis (33)Osuna (8)27,0791224L2
37May 7@ Astros122Duffy (11)McHugh (34)-30,3771324W1
38May 8@ Astros09Peacock (32)López (04)-22,6981325L1
39May 10Phillies51Bailey (43)Arrieta (43)-20,0151425W1
40May 11Phillies07Eflin (53)Keller (24)-24,4631426L1
41May 12Phillies16Irvin (10)Junis (34)-19,6401427L2
42May 14Rangers115Duffy (21)Miller (13)-19,4101527W1
43May 15Rangers16Minor (43)López (05)-14,5721528L1
44May 16Rangers116Lynn (53)Bailey (44)-17,4691529L2
45May 17@ Angels25Harvey (23)Keller (25)Robles (5)43,4441530L3
46May 18@ Angels36Canning (21)Junis (35)Buttrey (2)43,4151531L4
47May 19@ Angels51Duffy (31)Skaggs (44)-43,3291631W1
48May 21@ CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup:May 22
48May 22@ Cardinals82Keller (35)Wacha (32)-42,2751731W2
49May 22@ Cardinals310Wainwright (44)Bailey (45)-42,5291732L1
50May 24YankeesPostponed (rain); Makeup:May25
50May 25Yankees37Happ (43)Barlow (11)-25,2431733L2
51May 25Yankees56Adams (10)López (06)Chapman (14)18,5991734L3
52May 26Yankees87 (10)McCarthy (11)Holder (32)21,4991834W1
53May 27@ White SoxSuspended (inclement weather); Continuation scheduled for May 28
53May 28@ White Sox12Colomé (2–0)Diekman (02)13,8421835L1
54May 28@ White Sox34Giolito (71)Keller (36)Colomé (10)13,8421836L2
55May 29@ White Sox78Herrera (23)Kennedy (02)Colomé (11)16,1671837L3
56May 30@ Rangers42Junis (45)Minor (54)Kennedy (3)26,2021937W1
57May 31@ Rangers26Jurado (22)Duffy (32)-31,1831938L1
June: 10–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
58June 1@ Rangers26Lynn (74)Bailey (46)-27,1331939L2
59June 2@ Rangers15Sampson (43)Keller (37)-21,8911940L3
60June 4Red Sox38Rodríguez (63)Barlow (12)-13,1841941L4
61June 5Red Sox08Sale (27)Junis (46)-15,5231942L5
62June 6Red Sox57Brewer (12)Duffy (33)Barnes (4)19,9281943L6
63June 7White Sox64Boxberger (13)Fry (12)Kennedy (4)24,7442043W1
64June 8White Sox02Giolito (91)Keller (38)Colomé (13)20,8892044L1
65June 9White Sox25López (4–6)Sparkman (12)-22,5012045L2
66June 11Tigers32Barlow (22)Alcántara (21)Kennedy (5)20,7762145W1
67June 12Tigers23Ramirez (30)Diekman (03)Greene (20)19,8702146L1
68June 13Tigers (Game played in Omaha)73Bailey (56)Boyd (55)Kennedy (6)25,4542246W1
69June 14@ Twins02Gibson (73)Diekman (04)Rogers (7)38,8982247L1
70June 15@ Twins45Odorizzi (102)Sparkman (13)Rogers (8)39,2672248L2
71June 16@ Twins86López (16)Pérez (73)Kennedy (7)38,8862348W1
72June 17@ Mariners64Flynn (10)Bass (12)Kennedy (8)14,4762448W2
73June 18@ Mariners90Bailey (66)Kikuchi (35)-12,6972548W3
74June 19@ Mariners82Gonzales (86)Keller (39)-16,2282549L1
75June 20Twins41Sparkman (23)Odorizzi (103)Kennedy (9)22,6832649W1
76June 21Twins78Harper (30)Diekman (05)Rogers (9)27,4182650L1
77June 22Twins35 (10)May (21)Peralta (23)Parker (10)28,5042651L2
78June 23Twins61Bailey (76)Pineda (44)McCarthy (1)21,2572751W1
79June 24@ Indians23Hand (42)Peralta (24)-15,4132752L1
80June 25@ Indians86McCarthy (21)Hand (43)Kennedy (10)21,7662852W1
81June 26@ Indians35Bauer (66)Junis (47)-22,2462853L1
82June 28@ Blue Jays26Hudson (42)Duffy (34)-18,3992854L2
83June 29@ Blue Jays57Hudson (52)Barlow (23)-24,9062855L3
84June 30@ Blue Jays76Keller (49)Sanchez (3–11)Kennedy (11)21,7272955W1
July: 11–15 (Home: 7–10; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
85July 1@Blue Jays311Richard (14)Sparkman (24)-29,3392956L1
86July 2Indians59Bauer (76)Junis (48)-18,9342957L2
87July 3Indians04Clevinger (22)Duffy (35)-25,0492958L3
88July 4Indians48Cimber (42)López (17)-18,0762959L4
89July 5@Nationals74 (11)Flynn (20)Venters (01)Peralta (2)25,2133059W1
90July 6@Nationals06Scherzer (95)Sparkman (25)-27,8633060L1
91July 7@Nationals25Doolittle (62)Diekman (06)-21,8733061L2
90th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH
92July 12Tigers85Newberry (10)Hardy (11)Kennedy (12)25,0593161W1
93July 13Tigers41Keller (59)Boyd (67)Kennedy (13)27,5513261W2
94July 14Tigers812Ramirez (43)Flynn (21)13,7633262L1
95July 15White Sox52Junis (58)Giolito (114)Kennedy (14)16,0063362W1
96July 16White Sox110Sparkman (35)Cease (11)-16,5573462W2
97July 17White Sox75Duffy (45)Nova (49)Kennedy (15)14,3403562W3
98July 18White Sox65Keller (69)Detwiler (11)Kennedy (16)13,1573662W4
99July 19@ Indians510Bieber (93)Montgomery (13)-26,6403663L1
100July 20@ Indians10Junis (68)Plutko (32)Kennedy (17)31,9583763W1
101July 21@ Indians45Plesac (43)Sparkman (36)Hand (27)23,5643764L1
102July 23@ Braves54Hill (1–0)Swarzak (2–3)Kennedy (18)36,5703864W1
103July 24@ Braves20Keller (79)Teherán (57)Kennedy (19)38,8653964W2
104July 25Indians45 (14)Goody (20)Flynn (22)Cole (1)15,2243965L1
105July 26Indians38Plesac (53)Junis (6–9)-26,6093966L2
106July 27Indians19Clevinger (52)Sparkman (37)-31,1813967L3
107July 28Indians96Duffy (55)Bauer (98)Kennedy (20)14,3804067W1
108July 29Blue Jays37Mayza (11)Keller (710)-18,3064068L1
109July 30Blue Jays29Reid-Foley (11)Montgomery (14)-18,3794069L2
110July 31Blue Jays14Waguespack (21)Junis (610)Shafer (1)14,4804070L3
August: 8–19 (Home: 3–8; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
111August 2@ Twins911May (43)Lovelady (01)Romo (18)32,3414071L4
112August 3@ Twins311Gibson (114)Duffy (56)-36,8234072L5
113August 4@ Twins03Smeltzer (11)Keller (711)Rogers (17)30,1714073L6
114August 5@ Red Sox57Porcello (108)Montgomery (15)Workman (6)33,6364074L7
115August 6@ Red Sox62Junis (710)Cashner (107)-36,3604174W1
August 7@ Red SoxSuspended (rain). Score 4–4, top of 10th. To be resumed on August 22.
116August 8@ Tigers810Jiménez (36)Lovelady (02)-17,1974175L1
117August 9@ Tigers25Jackson (25)Keller (712)Jiménez (1)21,4754176L2
118August 10@ Tigers70Montgomery (25)Turnbull (310)-26,0284276W1
119August 11@ Tigers102Junis (810)Norris (310)-19,7904376W2
120August 13Cardinals02Flaherty (66)Sparkman (38)Martínez (13)23,5634377L1
121August 14Cardinals06Hudson (116)Keller (713)-22,4944378L2
122August 16Mets41Montgomery (35)Syndergaard (86)Kennedy (21)21,4394478W1
123August 17Mets14deGrom (87)Junis (811)Lugo (3)28,6974479L1
124August 18Mets511Familia (41)McCarthy (22)-20,6614480L2
125August 19@ Orioles54López (27)Means (89)Kennedy (22)11,6594580W1
126August 20@ Orioles14Harvey (10)Barnes (12)Givens (10)11,8264581L1
127August 21@ Orioles18Brooks (3–7)Montgomery (3–6)-9,8724582L2
128August 22@ Red Sox45 (10)Taylor (11)Lovelady (03)-32,4534583L3
129August 23@ Indians14Plesac (74)Junis (812)Hand (30)31,9464584L4
130August 24@ Indians24Clevinger (92)Sparkman (39)Hand (31)33,3494585L5
131August 25@ Indians98 (10)Kennedy (12)Goody (31)López (1)29,3604685W1
132August 26A's419Bailey (128)Keller (714)-13,5954686L1
133August 27A's12Fiers (133)Montgomery (37)Hendriks (16)13,6694687L2
134August 28A's64Hill (20)Treinen (65)Kennedy (23)15,0494787W1
135August 29A's89Petit (43)Sparkman (310)Hendriks (17)13,8444788W2
136August 30Orioles214Means (109)Skoglund (01)-16,2874789L1
137August 31Orioles75Barlow (33)Fry (16)Kennedy (24)18,3854889W1
September: 11–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
138September 1Orioles64McCarthy (32)Fry (17)Kennedy (25)18,2084989W2
139September 3Tigers65Kennedy (22)Reininger (01)-12,6445089W3
140September 4Tigers54Junis (912)Jackson (39)Kennedy (26)15,3085189W4
141September 5Tigers46Boyd (810)Sparkman (311)Jiménez (5)14,7365190L1
142September 6@ Marlins30López (37)López (57)Kennedy (27)8,9155290W1
143September 7@ Marlins72Duffy (66)Conley (28)Hill (1)13,1125390W2
144September 8@ Marlins09Alcántara (512)Montgomery (38)-10,9345391L1
145September 10@ White Sox37Nova (1012)Junis (913)-15,1965392L2
146September 11@ White Sox86Sparkman (411)López (913)Kennedy (28)14,3855492W1
147September 12@ White Sox63López (47)Giolito (149)Kennedy (29)13,8385592W2
148September 13Astros14Cole (175)Fillmyer (02)Osuna (33)20,5935593L1
149September 14Astros16Greinke (165)Montgomery (39)-20,7165594L2
150September 15Astros312Miley (145)Junis (914)-17,2055595L3
151September 16@ A's65McCarthy (42)Hendriks (43)Kennedy (30)12,9025695W1
152September 17@ A's12Puk (20)López (48)Hendriks (23)14,9925696L1
153September 18@ A's01 (11)Wendelken (31)Hahn (01)-16,7145697L2
154September 19@ Twins58Thorpe (32)Barnes (13)Rogers (28)24,5655698L3
155September 20@ Twins34Dobnak (11)Skoglund (02)May (2)29,4685699L4
156September 21@ Twins125Rosario (20)Rogers (24)-37,7505799W1
157September 22@ Twins812Littell (60)López (49)-31,62857100L1
158September 24Braves96Duffy (76)Teherán (1011)-16,68858100W1
159September 25Braves210Jackson (92)Barnes (14)-16,93158101L1
160September 27Twins26 (7)Berríos (148)Skoglund (03)-15,38958102L2
161September 28Twins34Duffey (51)Barnes (15)Rogers (30)21,99558103L3
162September 29Twins54Kennedy (32)Graterol (11)-17,87559103W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Roster

2019 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Whit Merrifield162681105206411016742045.302.463
Jorge Soler1625899515633148117373.265.569
Alex Gordon150556771483111376551.266.396
Hunter Dozier1395237514629102684255.279.522
Adalberto Mondesí1024155810920109624319.263.424
Nicky Lopez1033794491222230118.240.325
Ryan O'Hearn10532832641311438039.195.369
Cheslor Cuthbert873092476140940119.246.379
Billy Hamilton9327532581220121825.211.269
Martín Maldonado742382654150617017.227.366
Bubba Starling5618626407041229.215.317
Chris Owings40135918412948.133.222
Meibrys Viloria4213372870115010.211.286
Cam Gallagher45126143070312011.238.365
Humberto Arteaga411221124400418.197.230
Lucas Duda3910571840415011.171.324
Ryan McBroom2375822500607.293.360
Kelvin Gutiérrez20734192111115.260.356
Brett Phillips3065792026310.138.262
Nick Dini20561111302604.196.357
Terrance Gore375113142101136.275.353
Erick Mejia92235100404.227.273
Jorge Bonifacio52037300301.350.500
Frank Schwindel61501000000.067.067
Pitcher Totals1621902000101.105.105
Team Totals1625496691135628140162655117456.247.401

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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 Junis9145.2431310175.119210810258164
Brad Keller7144.1928280165.1154807770122
Glenn Sparkman4116.0231230136.016496914181
Danny Duffy764.3423230130.2125696346115
Jorge López496.3339181123.2140948742109
Homer Bailey764.801818090.08949483881
Scott Barlow334.22610170.16433333792
Mike Montgomery274.641313064.07837332151
Ian Kennedy323.416303063.16424241773
Kevin McCarthy424.48560160.16831302138
Jake Diekman064.75480041.23323222363
Wily Peralta245.80420240.14528261924
Tim Hill203.63460139.23117161339
Jake Newberry103.77270031.02913131629
Brian Flynn225.22111029.13818171722
Brad Boxberger135.40290126.22516161727
Heath Fillmyer028.06123022.12820201215
Eric Skoglund039.0064021.030212194
Richard Lovelady037.65250020.0301717817
Josh Staumont003.72160019.1211381015
Kyle Zimmer0110.80150018.12822221918
Jacob Barnes048.31150013.01413121110
Gabe Speier007.369007.1566610
Jesse Hahn0113.506004.277767
Randy Rosario100.006003.231003
Alex Gordon0019.292002.185520
Humberto Arteaga005.401001.221110
Chris Owings0021.601001.264410
Ben Lively0027.001001.033301
Chris Ellis000.001001.010010
Team Totals591035.20162162371425.015258698245821230

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Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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

References

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